JoshLamkins.com » freedom http://joshlamkins.com Thoughts From a Three-Pound Fallen Brain Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:56:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Democracy http://joshlamkins.com/democracy http://joshlamkins.com/democracy#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:43:26 +0000 admin http://joshlamkins.com/?p=468 Why do you believe in Democracy?
For quite sometime, there has been a lot of debate that has challenged the core values of America. We have always hailed ourselves as “the land of the free and the home of the brave” but, to many people, our freedom has been far from that which so many before us fought bravely for. If you asked most people, you would probably see a consensus that there has been too much freedom within our government. Too much freedom you ask? Do we actually have too much of the founding element in our country? I would have too agree that in some ways yes, we do.

So with the scarred image of Democracy as it stands today, why should we believe in it? I believe in democracy because I believe in the fall of man. While, I think, many believe because of the opposite. Mankind is so fallen that no man can be trusted with unchecked power over his fellow man. Democracy, as it stands today, has a fleeted from this position.

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And that is so liberating. There is so much freedom in this statement because it allows us to let God be God (be still and know) and it takes the worry off of our shoulders.  We can have questions and not know all the answers and feel good about it.  Because it is not up to us to know and by acknowledging this we have no other option but to look outside ourselves for guidance. No other options but to ask questions.

Questions are so central to faith. By acknowledging that we have questions we are acknowledging that we do not have all the answers.

We do not know everything.

Questions by nature, no matter how shallow, or crazy, or blasphemous, or ignorant, or arrogant, or raw, or shocking, are rooted in humility. A humility that understands. A humility that grows. A humility that allows change. A humility that understands that there is more. Questions bring freedom. The freedom to know that I do not have to know.

By nature we must feel in control for our lives to feel right. But by God’s nature, not being in control is the essence of understanding what is right. When we “give it all to God” we are submitting to more than just an overused cliché. We are submitting to His plan and His authority. God is in control. Don’t try to make it anymore complicated than that.

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