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Beware, you are now entering... THE COMFORT-ZONE!

It's a terrible thing.... Being trapped in the Comfort-Zone..
The Comfort-Zone; a place inhabited by the majority of human-kind.
This Comfort-Zone is not a healthy place to be, ever, under any circumstance.
People become comfortable with their flaws, with their sinful nature.

It makes sense though, right? Like the saying goes, "you can't teach an old dog new tricks".
I'd say you can, but it'll be a fight, brutal, painful, confusing, awkward, and anything but comfortable.

It's easy to just go along with yourself the way you are...
I'll just drink like everyone else... Because I'm comfortable with it...
I'll just manipulate that person because that's what I do... And I'm comfortable with it...
I'll just be lazy and ignore the issues of the world... Because I'm comfortable with it...
I'll just pretend that I don't need to change who I am... Because it would be too uncomfortable to try and change....
You bet it's uncomfortable....

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I've sort of adopted "tassels" and "fringe" as my goals... as what I hope to be...
Why?
I'll explain.

"You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember all the commands of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by going after the lusts of your own hearts and eyes."
-Numbers 15:39


God tells us several times to use tassels or fringe (attatched to our clothing) to remind us of his commands, but I also see them as reminders of His love. I found a website (www.ancient-hebrew.org) and it has an interesting definition for "fringe". Fringe, in Hebrew, is "Tsiytsiyt". The following is what I found on the site.

"The word tsiytsiyt is derived from the root tsiyts meaning a blossom. A blossom is a flower that grows on a tree and is the beginning of the fruit. Just as the blossom turns into a fruit,...

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