Was Shylock really the Bad Guy?
21 03 2007He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. ~ Colossians 1.13-14
I really love those verses. This post isn’t really connected to them but wanted to share… God is so good. The most awesome feeling in the world is to be in prayer, in the Spirit, even in song… To praise His name and know that He is awesome above all, and to see(k) his glory in and through all creation. Hallelujah! Prayer that isn’t “heaping up empty phrases” but truly being in God’s presence, knowing he loves, forgives, sanctifies, prepares… so the words I’m saying in prayer aren’t as important as the heart he gives me… and when the desires I express aren’t a result of deep thought but impulsive love. Just an earnest cry to be redeemed, and infinite joy at being loved… by the Maker of every promise that counts…
So as you know I have been sick. But I am better now, almost fully well. Thank you all very much for praying and loving and emailing and caring and smsing etc.
At school, classes have begun already, for the 4th semester. For English class we’re working on a play by Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”. I skimmed through the script of the play yesterday and am focussing on an in-depth reading of Act IV right now… when I read it a few years ago, in my pre-christian mind, it seemed to me a story about love and wordplay, with Portia the heroine and the rest her sidekicks. Now it just seems like a beautiful, heart-breaking depiction of the psychological state of man’s mind in a majority vs. minority situation. Shylock is the new hero in my mind, he is a character I sympathize with, one my heart goes out to, one I believe was most unfairly treated by those professing the Christian faith. Antonio through the court of Law imposed upon Shylock the “penalty” of conversion to Christianity. I want to study this in much more detail and write a long post sometime God willing.
My dear, I totally agree with you on the question of Shylock. He is possibly the greatest creation of the greatest mind in English literature. I hope you enjoy “Merchant of Venice.”
Love in Christ,
Hutch
How are you now?
What are you reading now? for that you are tagged
“a result of deep thought but impulsive love”
Hey Girl. Thanks for putting your throughts into words and sharing them!
Have a blessed weekend~
I didn’t know you’d been sick. I guess I thought you were still on your trip, so I wasn’t reading your blog.
“The most awesome feeling in the world is to be in prayer.” If you live your live in awareness, are you not always in prayer? The most awsome feeling in the world is to be aware, I’d say.
hey thanks everyone for commenting i have been so bad with my blog.
thanks JV for tagging me-
new post coming up.
Love
-RED
Btw Greg being aware isnt always awesome. You can be aware of lots of things that are unpleasant. Being aware of God, being aware in prayer (ie having faith knowing your prayers are heard and that God is in charge) is far more reassuring than just being aware of a situation? Unless you meant something else
thanks for coming back.
love
-RED
Awareness is always awesome. If it isn’t, it’s because you aren’t aware enough. If you are in pain, you don’t want to be aware of it. But if you look at it, feel the pain, recognize it as part of yourself, pay attention to what it is in yourself that feels the pain, become aware of why that which feels the pain is uncomfortable because of it. Eventually your pain becomes a meditation, just like meditating on your breath.
Aw…screw that. Give me the vicodin. It’s much easier.
And fess up. Is being aware of God always pleasant? That unwavering eye can be pretty daunting.