Words
Hello guys. It's me. The guy who writes most of the stuff you read here. Now that you know ever so well who I am, shall we commence? Sure let's go. Yes, I talk to myself. Some of the best conversations are had that way...Don't interpret that.
I'm learning how to be a leader. I almost think it should not be something that is learned. But then it has to be. But not through classes and stuff like that. Theory is great, but it isn't practical. Think communism. Theory is great.... I think people will follow someone who appears to know where they are going. Once they falter, the leadership might be questioned, but the leader never meant to lead. They were just going to where they wanted to go. Where they needed to go. Then again, I think most people don't know what they want, rendering democracy as silly. So let's move right along.
I wasn't learning to be a general leader though. I was learning to be a spy cell leader. For those who might not know, spy cells are our youth groups mirror of church cell groups, where youth get together and connect and go deep with God and each other. According to what a spy cell is, I'm a lousy leader of such a thing. But people keep coming and people keep talking. Not about anything really...just whatever comes up. Sometimes we try to make stuff happen, but it doesn't always work. There is a small amount of goodness in there though. But it's supposed to be structured and organized and inviting with refreshments and a clear leader and a clear assistant. Heh...I just got an idea. I'll tell you after I finish this thought. I like what we have. It unstructured and anyone can come, and they do. And it's amazing. Now the precursor to the idea: Group discussions work best when the group is together. That's a horrible precursor nd I shouldn't have even said it was one. Some of the best discussion comes out of the end, when we try to collect the prayer requests. Prolly because most people are trying to think, and everybody is listening. What if we starting collecting the requests for the prayer at the beginning of the spy cell and just let it take as long as it needed, around the general area of prayer, but still allowing for some wandering? It might work. It's still in theory.
I've been sort of thinking about words recently. Generally, I think words are meaningless. They communicate the thoughts that go around in the heads of people badly, in english at least. You have to know every single word in the bloody language to be able to express a sliver of what you mean. The only reason people understand each other through that is because we are all trapped in this same mess. A picture is worth a thousand words. And then some pictures are priceless. 1000 words=a picture=priceless. Therefore 1000words=priceless. That's like saying 1000x= infinity. What is x then? It doesn't work. So then let us assume that every word then is priceless. priceless doesn't equal meaningless. Then words aren't priceless because it means they have value, so much value in fact that you couldn't put a price on it if you tried. So much for my view.
God spoke the world into existence through words. James says that the tongue is dangerous. What does the tongue do? It says words. It wouldn't be dangerous if it did something that was meaningless. I thought words were like that now because they are so misused and overused.
How the deuce do you treat words as if they were priceless?
I'm learning how to be a leader. I almost think it should not be something that is learned. But then it has to be. But not through classes and stuff like that. Theory is great, but it isn't practical. Think communism. Theory is great.... I think people will follow someone who appears to know where they are going. Once they falter, the leadership might be questioned, but the leader never meant to lead. They were just going to where they wanted to go. Where they needed to go. Then again, I think most people don't know what they want, rendering democracy as silly. So let's move right along.
I wasn't learning to be a general leader though. I was learning to be a spy cell leader. For those who might not know, spy cells are our youth groups mirror of church cell groups, where youth get together and connect and go deep with God and each other. According to what a spy cell is, I'm a lousy leader of such a thing. But people keep coming and people keep talking. Not about anything really...just whatever comes up. Sometimes we try to make stuff happen, but it doesn't always work. There is a small amount of goodness in there though. But it's supposed to be structured and organized and inviting with refreshments and a clear leader and a clear assistant. Heh...I just got an idea. I'll tell you after I finish this thought. I like what we have. It unstructured and anyone can come, and they do. And it's amazing. Now the precursor to the idea: Group discussions work best when the group is together. That's a horrible precursor nd I shouldn't have even said it was one. Some of the best discussion comes out of the end, when we try to collect the prayer requests. Prolly because most people are trying to think, and everybody is listening. What if we starting collecting the requests for the prayer at the beginning of the spy cell and just let it take as long as it needed, around the general area of prayer, but still allowing for some wandering? It might work. It's still in theory.
I've been sort of thinking about words recently. Generally, I think words are meaningless. They communicate the thoughts that go around in the heads of people badly, in english at least. You have to know every single word in the bloody language to be able to express a sliver of what you mean. The only reason people understand each other through that is because we are all trapped in this same mess. A picture is worth a thousand words. And then some pictures are priceless. 1000 words=a picture=priceless. Therefore 1000words=priceless. That's like saying 1000x= infinity. What is x then? It doesn't work. So then let us assume that every word then is priceless. priceless doesn't equal meaningless. Then words aren't priceless because it means they have value, so much value in fact that you couldn't put a price on it if you tried. So much for my view.
God spoke the world into existence through words. James says that the tongue is dangerous. What does the tongue do? It says words. It wouldn't be dangerous if it did something that was meaningless. I thought words were like that now because they are so misused and overused.
How the deuce do you treat words as if they were priceless?
posted by AfterVerner at 9:43 p.m.
2 Comments:
Rats!!!! I had this brilliant comment all written up and then poof -- it was gone. So I will try and recreate.
Who said that you are a lousy SPY Cell leader. SPY Cell is not about the structure. If that is what you got from last night then I failed to communicate properly. The structure is in place only to help the group stay on purpose and develop more leaders. If your focus is to come and hang out, build relationship, and talk, that is great as long as you explore your faith along the way. As Christians don't you think our faith should always be a part of our conversations (consciously and unconsciously)? The fact that people are coming says something about your SPY Cell: it is meeting a need! If the unstructured works for your group then go with it, just keep your focus and purpose clear. Remember if you aim at nothing you will hit nothing, which is fine if nothing is your goal or unless your a really bad shot and then you might hit something.
As for your personal dialogue (is that an oxymoron, should I say monologue - it sounded more like a conversation with your self so I will keep the former). I like your conclusions...
"Then words aren't priceless because it means they have value, so much value in fact that you couldn't put a price on it if you tried."
I believe that words have the power to build up and destroy. Jesus said that we will be held accountable for every word we utter, even the foolish ones. I wonder if this includes writing as well? Good blog, I enjoyed it as usual.
-Andrew
Ok, let's follow your math.
w (words) = p (price) x infinity
What is infinity? If you try to isolate it, you end up with
w / p = inf
There might be something philosophical in that, but I can't see it. So let's try something else.
inf/0 = inf
inf/1 = inf
Therefore,
inf/0 = inf/1
1 x inf = 0 x inf
inf = 0
So substitute that back in to the original...
w = p x 0
w = 0
Words are therefore worth nothing. :)
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