Jack’s Winning Words 1/18/10
“God enters by a private door into every individual.”  (Emerson)  I like the campfire song, ”He’s got His eye on you, He’s got His eye on you.  My Lord, sittin’ in the Kingdom, He’s got His eye on you.”  That’s a sobering (but also a comforting) thought…knowing that God is aware of “our situation,” and personally cares.  “Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen” are the first words of a spiritual…followed by this assurance “Nobody knows but Jesus.”   ;-)  Jack

FROM EDUCATOR PAUL:  I've always thought this line of thought was interesting. Not being sarcastic... really.   To me it’s the premise of religion that “man” must have a “entity” that ...always has an eye on you....for a variety of purposes such as noticing when good and bad behavior occurs or that intervention occurs to help.  Jean Piaget wrote about objective and subjective morality. I guess if an entity is needed for s person to do good deeds or be punished, that’s ok with me because the end behavior is what really matters.===JACK:  It's a kind of anthropomorphism...giving human characteristics to help understand non-humans.  God is sometimes shown as friendly or judging grandfather type.  An eye (he sees); a pointing finger (he knows).  Christians believe that Jesus is God, in human form, letting people know that he understands what it's like to be human and showing humans how to act in a Godly was.  That's called, incarnation, God "in the flesh."  I've probably written more than you want to read...and there's more...  As a professor on mine once said,"You can't unscrew the inscrutable."

FROM OUTHOUSE JUDY:  It’s scary to think God is watching every second.  A lot of things we do we don’t want him to see....but he does see.  What’s comforting is he loves  all of us anyway!  Even when he sees us talking smack, being very nasty to our loved ones, just being terrible to each other!  And our thoughts, Boy that’s another thing!  And he still died for us!  Amazing Grace and Love!! ===JACK:  "He sees you when you're sleeping.  He knows when you're awake.  He knows when you've been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake."

FROM HAWKEYE GEORGE:  Out of over 7 BILLION people in the world, God knows each one intimately. (Mind blowing) ===JACK:  ...even the non-Christians?  Something for you to talk about at CBSF

FROM TAMPA SHIRL:  How true that is.