credits to Lane Palmer
"Hole Ting."
That's what my two-year-old says. He has developed the habit of wanting it all. My wife will often offer him a spoonful of food from her plate. I will break off a piece of what I am eating and hand it to him. He shakes his head. He emphatically says,
"Hole Ting."
He doesn't want a piece. He doesn't want a spoonful. He wants the whole thing. I wondered. "Where did he get such a behavior?" Who taught him that? Where did he pick it up?
Hole Ting?
Why didn't he want to share? Why wasn't he satisfied with what was given to him? Wasn't the piece sufficient? The piece was plenty and he could get as many as he could eat. Why did he want the whole thing? Was he acting like a child or an adult?
As I watched other children, I saw that it was more innate for children to want the whole thing. They wanted the whole toy without sharing. They wanted all mama's attention. They wanted the swing or the tricycle all of the time.
Hole Ting.
Many of the conflicts and wars are over the same thing. People don't want to share. They want it all.
Hole Ting.
It's just for kids anymore.
"What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires to battle within you? You want something but don't get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight." (James 4:1-2)
Isn't it amazing how so many Christians complain about not having the deep friendships they 'deserves', but they are the same ones who live by the creed of the hole ting? Duh!
Here's a valuable exercise for you to do....think back on the last time you were in a fight with someone and remember, I'm not taking about a healthy conflict where you were resolving an important issue. What I mean is those all-out rock-em sock-em low blowing verbal assaults. My guess is that somwhere in all your self-justifying 'wish I would have said' memory lies the core of your contention:
Hole Ting.
You wanted your way, but you didn't get it. You desired the spotlight, but nobody turned it on. Someone dared make a mistake that hurt your feelings now you will make them pay.
You know what the real problem is? There is nothing on this earth that really represents the hole ting....only God can provide that which is why you need to stop looking to everyone around you to meet the needs that are on Jesus' job description. That's the funny thing about it, the more you concentrate on considering others more important than yourselves, the more your own needs will be met.
So you want the hole ting? Try making yourself no thing.... it's not just for Jesus anymore.
Dear readers, it's not about you anymore. It's not You, You, You. God gave you life, and you use it for GOD, GOD, GOD. Last year, SIBKL was holding seminars. Regarding on the "Cat and Dog theology". The seminar described two Christian viewpoints with a dog and cat metaphor. The dog is described as believing, "You pet me, You feed me, You shelter me, and You love me. You must be God." Whereas the cat’s intrinsic belief is described as, "you pet Me, you feed Me, you shelter Me, and you love Me. I must be God."
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." ~Genesis 1:1
Man doesn't even come in to the picture, but only until the 6th day. Where Adam and Eve, compromised their purity and promise to God, so that they will fulfill their felt needs.
"When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it."~Genesis 3:6
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil." ~Proverbs 3:5-7
"Us living for God" and "God living for us". Which is which? The average Christian while saying he lives his life for God is actually living his life to get from birth to death in the safest, softest, easiest and most comfortable fashion possible, and often just uses God to keep him safe, soft, easy and comfortable, and to keep the difficulties, trials, tragedies and adversities away. Therefore, dear readers, get out of your comfort zone! and Stand up for God's word! You might say, "I love God" and "I live for God". But, you have to walk the talk! Otherwise, you're a hypocrite. God gave you life, cherish it and use it for the expansion of His Kingdom.
Think about it. Now do you think there's any sign of "cat theology" in you?
Sincerely,
Leon Lim.
