Matthew 8:22 22 But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”  Last rites

 

Symptoms of passivity and I guess these are many.

Some of these may duplicate in other characteristics.

Life is very simple ... if you close your eyes and sleep.

Maybe it is not the living ... but a form of logistics.

 

These things are to be discovered ... not in others but in self.

It makes it worth the living ... if you figure out who you are.

You don’t need to like the things ... that you discover

but you have to address them and not search too far.

 

Remembrance by notes ... I guess we all do that.

Talking to concentrate well ... as most talk to forget

Crutches to assist in life ... I know most of us have them

while the senses grow dull ... we’re all caught in that net.

 

Unconsciously developing ... many idiosyncratic tendencies

to walk hand in hand ... with the strange habits you form.

It should not surprise us ... that this shoe fits most of us

and talking about habits ... the more we’re “fully” grown.

 

Looking straight forward ... or staring to the ground

while we’re slowly talking ... searching for the words.

With our minds in slow motion ... it quit exercise long ago

though we’re physically developed ... with muscles like a cord.

 

A believer does not perceive ... that passivity is the cause.

These symptoms my dear friend are a natural weakness.

Maybe age or diet ... we’ll search to find the cause

and not for excuses ... to convince self through sleekness.

 

People most deceived ... are the ones with good intentions.

Honesty is no condition ... not to be deceived.

Knowledge makes the difference ... if it is based on wisdom

for intelligence is often ... the food for a selfish breed.

 

Neglect of biblical teachings and failing to watch and pray

even trusting in pure motives ... to be kept from deception.

The very element of self-confidence ... betrays the perception

of the time span you are in ... forming a moving contraption.

 

To be humble enough ... to acknowledge possibilities

that you are being deceived ... can keep you from being so.

The dangers of false security ... are always at the door.

as too many idealistic teachings look for places to be absorbed.

 

Jan Wienen