Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples, went to the leading priests and asked, “How much will you pay me to betray Jesus to you?” And they gave him thirty pieces of silver. From that time on, Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
-Matthew 26
Louis C.K. - If God Came Back
We sell God for money.
We all do it and we do it so many different ways.
We enslave our brothers from Africa and ship them across an ocean.
We push our brothers from this country and wipe out their bison.
We kidnap girls and sell them.
We mow over forests,
We level mountains,
We dam rivers
We chain our brothers and sisters behind iron bars
We draw lines on paper and claim this ground is mine and this is yours
What are we doing?
As if pieces of paper with dead mens faces on them can be worth more than sick brothers and sisters and hungry children.
Louis is completely right and the guy doesn't consider himself a Christian yet he sees more clearly than those who claim to have this unconditional limitless love living within them.
What are we doing here?
What am I doing here?
What am I living for?
What am I silently condoning as I exist in this society?
Its as if God is standing in front of me and I'm saying I'll take my pieces of silver instead.
We settle for slavery because freedom is too stressful.
We'd rather blindly follow than to think.
We would rather sleep than have faith.
I want to exist within among and alongside of creation.
I don't want to fight it, destroy it, change it.
The Tree Of Life - Way Of Nature, Way Of Grace
We can get angry, we can rage, we can demand our own way.
Or we can exist, come what may. We can live a life open handed. Receiving as things come and letting go as things leave.
The way of nature, the way of pride, the way of anger, it is the way that sells God for pieces of metal. It is blind.
The way of grace, the way of humility, the way of forgiveness, it is the way to freedom. It has sight.
Jesus, give me sight.
Counting Crows ft. Vanessa Carlton - Big Yellow Taxi
-Matthew 26
Louis C.K. - If God Came Back
We sell God for money.
We all do it and we do it so many different ways.
We enslave our brothers from Africa and ship them across an ocean.
We push our brothers from this country and wipe out their bison.
We kidnap girls and sell them.
We mow over forests,
We level mountains,
We dam rivers
We chain our brothers and sisters behind iron bars
We draw lines on paper and claim this ground is mine and this is yours
What are we doing?
As if pieces of paper with dead mens faces on them can be worth more than sick brothers and sisters and hungry children.
Louis is completely right and the guy doesn't consider himself a Christian yet he sees more clearly than those who claim to have this unconditional limitless love living within them.
What are we doing here?
What am I doing here?
What am I living for?
What am I silently condoning as I exist in this society?
Its as if God is standing in front of me and I'm saying I'll take my pieces of silver instead.
We settle for slavery because freedom is too stressful.
We'd rather blindly follow than to think.
We would rather sleep than have faith.
I want to exist within among and alongside of creation.
I don't want to fight it, destroy it, change it.
The Tree Of Life - Way Of Nature, Way Of Grace
We can get angry, we can rage, we can demand our own way.
Or we can exist, come what may. We can live a life open handed. Receiving as things come and letting go as things leave.
The way of nature, the way of pride, the way of anger, it is the way that sells God for pieces of metal. It is blind.
The way of grace, the way of humility, the way of forgiveness, it is the way to freedom. It has sight.
Jesus, give me sight.
Counting Crows ft. Vanessa Carlton - Big Yellow Taxi