Respect

   Young people should respect the wisdom of their parents for three reasons. 
First, one's parents have already grown up in the world which the young person soon be alone in 
(pertaining to individual responsibility); their parents can provide very useful advice 
regarding finances and jobs. Second, parents have very much experience and wisdom in the field 
of relationships. While their advice may not stem from personal experience (they may have seen 
a friend go through a trial. . . ), advice from parents should not be ignored but heeded. 
Lastly, the most vital reason one should listen to and honor their parents is because the 
Bible says to. Proverbs 1:8-9 and 4:1 are just a few of many examples where the Bible
commands one to heed the wisdom of his parents. Whatever the reason, one 
should respect the wisdom of his parents
			

			
								
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God and Kinetic Energy

I thought hard to come up with questions and answers for this journal. First I thought, “How am I going to do this?” Then, “What if I make a connection between God and energy?” Next, “What connection and how do I make it?”

Well, here are my thoughts. I think God is like kinetic energy: moving; always at work; always making changes. But, in order for kinetic energy to produce changes, there must be a way to harness it. Without the ability to harness energy, the kinetic energy is of no use to you or anyone. I think that it is the same way with God. God is always at work, ready and willing to produce changes in someone’s life. But unless one has a relationship with God, which would be the way to harness the spiritual energy of God, he is of no use to them.

God is also like fuel energy/potential energy in a way. If you don’t find a way to turn potential energy into kinetic energy, the potential is of no use to you. It’s like leaving a piece of coal on the mantel and not putting it in the fire where its warmth can be absorbed by those around it. In the same way, if we leave God (or the Bible) on the shelf so to speak and don’t allow him to make changes in us, he will be of no use to us.

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