Ergo, ego

I thought that my ego would be of help in writing a blog. I've got so much to say, and it is really good stuff. I'll wow them with my wisdom and insight.

But a friend pointed out the problem: I want to impress, so the writing has to be good, but I don't want to take the time to write well - perfectionism wins! Ego -> Perfectionism -> Procrastination!

We are all so about ourselves. (Enough about me, lets hear what you think about me!)

The same friend then reflected on how we think about sin. When we sin and get mad, are we mad that we have let God down? That we have not loved our neighbor as ourselves? How often are we mad just because we messed up? We get mad at ourselves. Because it is, after all, all about us!

Sin will no longer have purchase in our lives when we are able to repent of it, and then completely let it go. I long for that kind of freedom - freedom even from myself!

I'm an atheist.

I really am an atheist!

I find that more and more often I say "I don't believe in that god, either."

A god that sits up in the clouds.
A god who is a heavenly accountant.
A god who causes evil.
A god who is at my beck and call.
A god who looks much like Charelton Heston in *The Ten Commandments*
A god who is aloof.

We don't know God. We often think that we can list what God is like. Then we Christians compare Jesus to that list, often changing Jesus to match the list.

We know God because we know Jesus. Jesus has shown us the Father.