THE "F" WORD

THE "F" WORD

Have you ever noticed how some people are so in love with the "f" word. It's like the only word in their universe. They hold onto it for dear life. It's the center of their entire existence. Every other word out of their mouth is the "f" word. "F" this and "f" that. The "f" word is in their songs, on their bumper stickers and plastered on plaques that hang on their walls. If you go to their meetings you are sure to hear the "f" word hundreds of times. Even their children are taught the "f" word and are encouraged to use it on a daily basis!

I know I used to adore the "f" word when I was a born again, tongue talking holy roller. I was down right proud of how the "f" word described my life. I wanted to be a woman of the "f" word. I wanted my children to grow up with the "f" word flowing out of their mouths. But, all that has changed now.

Now I am allergic to the "f" word. I break out in a sweat and near panic attack anytime the "f" word is spoken. I don't want to be around the people of the "f" word because they can't stop promoting the fictitious virtues of the "f" word.  Next to God and Jesus, I would say the "f" word is the most important word in their holy scriptures.They would cease to exist if they lost the "f" word.

So, how could I go from adoring the "f" word to loathing the "f" word? Well, it took me over thirty years of living the "f" word life to finally get sick of it. It took painful experience after painful experience to see that the "f" word was not the answer to all of life's most pressing questions. In fact the "f" word kept me from seeking any other possible answers or solutions. I was stuck in the kingdom of the "f" word like a prisoner on a desert island....until I discovered the true meaning of the "f" word.

For over thirty years I believed that FAITH was the only way to live your life. Faith was the substance of things hoped for, without faith it was impossible to please God and the just should live by faith....the Bible uses the "f" word over 200 hundred times. As a side note: Many Christians confuse the "f" word with the word "hope". I still like the "hope" word, even an atheist can use that word....but, not the "f" word. I've come to see that faith is pretending to know something you don't know.  It takes faith (pretending to know something you don't know) to believe in a God who's existence can not be proven. You have to pretend to know something you don't know to be saved.

 Faith (pretending to know something you don't know) is taking a huge leap into the unknown. Faith (pretending to know something you don't know) is jumping over reality or ignoring reality in order to embrace something that is plainly irrational. Faith (pretending to know something you don't know)is a fairy tale. Faith (pretending to know something you don't know) may make us feel better but, it isn't based on facts, science or reason. In the end, the "f" word (pretending to know something you don't know) will fail you.

The best thing I ever did was to stop living the "f" word life and to start living in reality. Reality is so much more ....well real. No more trying to sugar coat life and death. No more easy answers to incredibly hard questions. No more jumping through faith (pretending to know something you don't know) hoops to please a God you can't truly know or know exists except of course by pretending to know something you don't know.

So why not join the millions of people around the world who've stopped using the "f" word and start living in reality...

It beats pretending to know something you don't know .