The Theory of Physical Touch.

A Scientific Approach [And by This I Mean an Experimental Approach] on How to Know You Are Wired for Relationship:

Have you ever tried to give yourself a massage? Have you ever attempted to tickle yourself? What do you find when you try both of these things by yourself?
Absolutely nothing.
No pleasurable sensation whatsoever occurs.
When you massage your own arm, you feel almost nothing and you are no more relaxed than you were when you started applying pressure.
Now, when another human being comes along and gives you a massage, you feel something don’t you? You certainly feel as the massaging progresses, and as their touch sooths your needs, relaxation occurs.
And as you probably have experienced, when another human being comes along and tickles you, much happens. Your body reacts in a rather spontaneous (but hilarious) way to that other person’s tickling action.
Two is always better than one, even in the realm of sensational touch.
There are many other instances where physical touch has wonderful sensations and reactions, but let’s save using those anatomical instances for your marriage with your current or future husband/wife.

We are undoubtedly wired for relationship; this study only demonstrates a few reasons for humans being externally wired for it.


-burton 261E

God: good

God is the source of goodness. When present, we see what goodness actually looks like; apart from him there is no goodness. When absent, we are overwhelmed with evil and begin to lose sight of what goodness originally looked like. That's why when we are willingly away from Him, we begin with compromise and follow it down the seemingly harmless country road until we are caught speeding on the more dangerous freeway of regret. It is then that we understand that we cannot have goodness apart from the one that is truly good. Realizing this, we take the next exit, make a U-turn, and drive back into the arms of He who never wanted us to go in the first place, only to once again, find ourselves forcefully wiggling out of his arms, hopping into our car, and chasing after His absence until finally, through experiencing what His absence feels like and having this awful taste linger in our mouths for a while, we are craving for His goodness all over again.

-burton 261E

The Decision of A Broken Soul

Date Written: Sometime around a week and a half ago.
Status: In bed fighting off a terribly long-winded cold with a fever, headache, sore throat with bloody mucus, and all kinds of symptoms and feelings that any number of people would deem as utterly evil; or at least agonizing to say the least.

I realize that my life, the deteriorating physical body that contains the contents of my eternal soul, is but a wisp of thin air, lasting no longer than the blink of an eye facing a swift, bursting wind. A mortal being am I. Now, sickness is quite an interesting circumstance. It comes about so unexpectedly, yet always appears to produce the expected results of which go by the names of Pain and Suffering; both of whom, after working their treacherous jobs for a while, ultimately resolve in death of the body. The actual job description of sickness, however, is not what makes it an interesting circumstance. What makes it such an interesting circumstance is that the products of sickness [Pain and Suffering] enter into our lives to accomplish one goal: To defer us long enough so that at the end of our lifetime we have fully forgotten who the God that has brought us this far is. Unfortunately for us, failing to notice that He is still there, regardless of how hard Pain and Suffering are working in our lives at that moment in time, will have us winding up in a different world full of unimaginable sickness; a world where Pain and Suffering never stop working, and the God who loves is not present. The worst part about such a place as horrifying as this is that we are given the opportunity, the freedom, and the ability not to choose it, and still, there are people who choose it.

“Ignorance is bliss?”
...I think not.

Make life count; it has potential to end rather abruptly.

-burton 261E

Spilt Milk.

I often find myself wondering whether she still feels the same way I do. Although, if I knew the answer to this question it would make little or no change, so I don't know why I'm left wondering this silly question. A probable explanation is that I miss her and wish for a quicker remedy, one that includes her and dismisses any other possibility. Another explanation is that I miss her and want to know that I'm not alone in this painful form of agony, and that she's right there beside me in trying to press on to the future apart from one another. Maybe it's because in both explanations, she's still with me in some way. Unfortunately this hopeless romantic type of thinking winds up getting nobody anywhere. Don't cry over spilled milk. God's already sorting all of this out. Just wait. Wait for Dad to either clean up the milk that's been poured out on the counter or pick up the mess and replenish the glass with new milk entirely.


Romans 8:28
-burton 261E

Personal Statement.

I don't have enough faith to be an Atheist and there's just too much evidence of God's existence for me to sit on the fence by being an Agnostic who remains utterly indecisive on such an important matter.

-burton 261E

Note to Self:

Read, read, read, read, read, read, read...

And when you've finished reading, read more.

-burton 261E

Proper Desire.

If we were able to rid ourselves of our desire for earthly things, we would then be able to fully attach ourselves to Christ with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength. If we kill and do away with our earthy desires, we will have the absolute freedom to experience indefinite peace and joy on earth and have the capacity to concentrate a great amount of our thoughts on our innermost being. We might actually begin to truly renew our minds.

If only we weren't so preoccupied with gratifying our own desires and too concerned with a world full of passing things, then we would have more than just a piece of Godliness this side of heaven; perhaps multiple pieces, or even the whole puzzle!

What do you desire most? Will it pass away after you obtain it? Will you want something more after you have it? Will it satisfy?

Strive to have a proper desire for God; be content, and seek nothing else.


-burton 261E