Post by Gabriel Karras on Nov 19, 2009 3:12:39 GMT -6
I will become even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes. But by these slave girls you spoke of, I will be held in honor.
2nd Samuel 6:22
"I know this is.. unique for me. I've never attempted this speaking without a visual before, but I feel that this seems to be a better way to impact people with words. They stop thinking about the way my hair is styled, or what I'm wearing, or oogling Sister Desiree. Now there is just me, speaking straight to you. Especially you...
....Atreyu.
See, you speak highly of honor and dignity, like you can understand the real meaning behind those words. Maybe you can. Maybe there's something about you I just can't see, but I doubt it. You see, you have conviction, but you're wrong. You wish to eliminate an aspect of a sport, and while that in and of itself might be perceived as a noble intent. It is, in fact, just a fools ambition. You didn't create that aspect of wrestling, you actually took no part in it from what I have seen, and yet you believe yourself capable of destroying it? You would take away the livlihood of other men simply for your own self centered goals? Not even I am that conceited. I may warn a man that cheating on his wife is a Sin, but I would not go so far as to restrain him from making that mistake. What you intend to do is bathed in the opposite of honor, Atreyu. It is a transparent ideal processed to create nothing, only to take away. Destructive ideas are not noble, Atreyu. They are not honorable, no matter how many times you say it.
But getting back to Samuel up there, I admit I've come to a crossroad. Here I am, the nCw Xtreme Champion, and yet I feel nothing. I don't feel pride for what I've done, because I can't be certain I earned it more than Xavier Cross earned the right to lose it. And yet, I see it in the people I speak with. The people who attend my sermons. They see a man who stands before them a success, at least partially. I began this path only mere months ago, and now I have something to show for the fruits of my labor. But does that make it worth it?
....I don't know.
An unfriendly man pursues selfish ends; he defies all sound judgment.
Proverbs 18:1
But, all I can do is continue on. Trying as always to be the man God needs me to be to spread His word. If that quest puts me in the way of derailing Atreyu's selfish ambitions, then so be it. I don't believe I have God on my side, sir. I know I do. And if He considers your purpose to be dishonest and dishonorable, then you will fail. I look around the locker rooms, and I don't see the people you speak of. Some have little wrestling talent, yes, but none are neanderthals. Misguided? Yes. Closed minded? Absolutely. But they are only human, and humans left to their own devices will Sin if it suits them. You have no right to take things from them. And if I have to stop you by force. So be it.
Jacob answered Laban, "I was afraid, because I thought you would take your daughters away from me by force.
Genesis 31:31
Taking away what people love. Only drives them further away. No-one will thank you for what you are trying to do. Not them, and not I. Yours is a Vengeful God."[/color]
2nd Samuel 6:22
"I know this is.. unique for me. I've never attempted this speaking without a visual before, but I feel that this seems to be a better way to impact people with words. They stop thinking about the way my hair is styled, or what I'm wearing, or oogling Sister Desiree. Now there is just me, speaking straight to you. Especially you...
....Atreyu.
See, you speak highly of honor and dignity, like you can understand the real meaning behind those words. Maybe you can. Maybe there's something about you I just can't see, but I doubt it. You see, you have conviction, but you're wrong. You wish to eliminate an aspect of a sport, and while that in and of itself might be perceived as a noble intent. It is, in fact, just a fools ambition. You didn't create that aspect of wrestling, you actually took no part in it from what I have seen, and yet you believe yourself capable of destroying it? You would take away the livlihood of other men simply for your own self centered goals? Not even I am that conceited. I may warn a man that cheating on his wife is a Sin, but I would not go so far as to restrain him from making that mistake. What you intend to do is bathed in the opposite of honor, Atreyu. It is a transparent ideal processed to create nothing, only to take away. Destructive ideas are not noble, Atreyu. They are not honorable, no matter how many times you say it.
But getting back to Samuel up there, I admit I've come to a crossroad. Here I am, the nCw Xtreme Champion, and yet I feel nothing. I don't feel pride for what I've done, because I can't be certain I earned it more than Xavier Cross earned the right to lose it. And yet, I see it in the people I speak with. The people who attend my sermons. They see a man who stands before them a success, at least partially. I began this path only mere months ago, and now I have something to show for the fruits of my labor. But does that make it worth it?
....I don't know.
An unfriendly man pursues selfish ends; he defies all sound judgment.
Proverbs 18:1
But, all I can do is continue on. Trying as always to be the man God needs me to be to spread His word. If that quest puts me in the way of derailing Atreyu's selfish ambitions, then so be it. I don't believe I have God on my side, sir. I know I do. And if He considers your purpose to be dishonest and dishonorable, then you will fail. I look around the locker rooms, and I don't see the people you speak of. Some have little wrestling talent, yes, but none are neanderthals. Misguided? Yes. Closed minded? Absolutely. But they are only human, and humans left to their own devices will Sin if it suits them. You have no right to take things from them. And if I have to stop you by force. So be it.
Jacob answered Laban, "I was afraid, because I thought you would take your daughters away from me by force.
Genesis 31:31
Taking away what people love. Only drives them further away. No-one will thank you for what you are trying to do. Not them, and not I. Yours is a Vengeful God."[/color]
