It'll be Alright.

So, I’ve ceased to link my Tumblr with facebook as of this last post.  So from here out, only people on Tumblr, or with the link (or RSS, or many other ways I suppose) will see my posts.

 I think I’ve said it before, but I’m moving to more shades of discretion with what I put where.  A lot of my thoughts stem from the passage of 1 Corinthians 8, in which is read:

1 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that “We all possess knowledge.” But knowledge puffs up while love builds up. 2 Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know. 3 But whoever loves God is known by God.[a]

 4 So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world” and that “There is no God but one.” 5 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”), 6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.

 7 But not everyone possesses this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled. 8 But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

 9 Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak. 10 For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, won’t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols? 11 So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge. 12 When you sin against them in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 13 Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.

As I’ve moved to San Francisco, one of the things I wouldn’t have expected is the vast difference in culture from here to Ohio.  For one, many if not most pastors in the city drink openly, having alcohol at church events sometimes (depending on the church) meals with church members, etc.  Back home, this would be pretty taboo in most settings.  Because of cultural shifts like this, I often feel a lot of the things I’d process for public benefit would be misconstrued in light of other contexts.  So, it seemed wise for me to disconnect my Tumblr from facebook, because of the mixed culture context.  It’s one reason why I really wish Google+ would catch on more sooner.  While I’m sure I could tweak facebook to do what I’d want it to do, I don’t know.  That’s for another day.

So, in light of this scripture, I’m trying to prevent any family to stumble in light of my ‘eating the sacrificed meat’.  For as I’m learning, applying to all my life, knowledge isn’t worth it if you let it withhold love.  

I’m hoping this will remedy of that in a net realm way.  I don’t know why I’m talking about this so much.  I didn’t want this whole post to be about that.  I guess it ended up that way, though.  It’s kind of silly, really, sometimes when I think about it.  I keep a public Blogger blog, a personal processing Tumblr Blog, and also a completely private journal application.  Maybe a little overkill.  I find though, I process much more consistently in this season with type then writing.  

Things about me:  I seem to pass in and out of seasons in a matter of weeks.  I need to look into it more to see if there’s definite ends.  It seems just when I rest in something, I cease to continue in it.  I’m never able to do anything for more than 30-60 days at a time.  I kind of hate it, but I kind of love it.  I’m trying to learn French right now, but I know that since the course is in three parts, 30 days days each, I have low faith in my ability to actually do it.  But, at least I know this about myself so I’m aware of it if it happens.  

I don’t know.  I’m a peculiar person.  I guess that kind of guarantees I always will be.  And I guess that’s just how it is.