Growing up I found myself full of confrontation, raw passion and intense ‘point-making’. I never really thought about the person I was talking to, whether they were taking on board what I was saying, or if there was a point where I missed the mark. Off I went, firing away on every available cylinder and mark, being right was the prerogative and destination; whatever it cost.
At times it cost me friendships, sales, advantages to help and clarity. Being right in my eyes, even though I am not. I was a fool!
Hurts when you look in the mirror and get real with yourself?
When you call a spade a spade. See on my journey through this strange world I have found that almost every element of the subject of my truth and worldview has been shaken, tested and crumbled, like brand biscuits underfoot.
I would philosophise, angle my arguments on my refined emotions or slice through the nonsense with my abrupt intuition – I wonder if I really had any of those elements then. Still, even if I had, did it stack up to what matters. The truth!
I found that the only thing that matters is objectionable truth. Not our view of it, but as it stands externally from us.
I believe that the objectionable truth we all look for starts; from the written word of God. The Bible! Share on XBefore you switch off and mumble to yourself “here is another lunatic”, “bible-basher” or whatever the going rate on a bible believing/actioning person is; 20 years has taught me so much. See when my world crumbles, the written words in this book have relevance to each moment in my life, from 10 to 30 years of walking the streets of London.
I have always been a deep thinker from a young age, which has only intensified as I’ve grown. So when I say the Bible is the foundation to thinking . . . I am also saying that no other ways of living have come close.
We at Sober Mind hold to the historical, conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy of Scripture. We affirm the Chicago Statement on biblical inerrancy. See more about our Statement of faith here. It’s a journey you can join or leave, with no pressure.
One thing I can guarantee, stones will be turned, conversations will be direct and thought patterns, religion, and social constructs will be called to account for this thought-provoking discovery. So here is my foundational position on sobriety of mind – 1 Thessalonians 5:6 “Let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober.”
Sleep spoken here is not opposed to being awake, it is opposed to being watchful & sober.
Not just to watch, gazing intently at the given reality or point, but to be sober, calm, and collected in your watching.
I believe that as we comfort and edify each other in these trying times we will bring the light to dark places, and sober the mind to make not just right decisions but righteous decisions with the powerful lens of God’s word.
