CONFESSION ZERO

"For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs." __1 Timothy 6:10 It is MONEY, not the LOVE of it that is the issue, the true problem. Love, in and of itself, is never a problem, WANT and NEED, or better yet- the WANT and the conundrum of its very REQUIREMENT for our survival IS the problem, it's creation and our blind use of it is logically the ROOT. In other words, let's leave LOVE out of it altogether and deal with the facts instead. If money were not made by us as a requirement for our survival, we'd find ourselves in a much better position to argue of its need and our want of it. MRP Peace and Love © 2015 Mark Richard Prime

Cursed be he above all others who's enslaved by love of money. Money takes the place of brothers, Money takes the place of parents, Money brings us war and slaughter." __Anacreon  Anacreon, all of humankind are doomed when money and money alone is required for their survival. Money takes the place of kinship. Money takes the place of justice. Money smothers the hope for peace.  Money isn't the root, humankind is, they created it. __MRP © 2015 Mark Richard Prime

The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation. __Charles Spurgeon Yet according to your own scripture, brother Spurgeon, I must look to myself in deciding/choosing whether to be saved or to perish. Isn't my choosing to accept salvation the act of looking to myself (belief) in order to secure that which has already been given? © 2015 Mark Richard Prime

"A diamond with a flaw is more valuable than a brick without a flaw."  __William J. H. Boetcker Putting a monetary value upon anything, natural or otherwise, is the greatest flaw of humankind. __Mark Richard Prime © 2015 Mark Richard Prime

Peace will never rise up to its fullness when and if war is the method used to try and secure it.  © 2015 Mark Richard Prime

The best laid plans of mice and humankind. Should've heeded their warning signs, they were loud and clear, you completely missed 'em, or... you simply chose not to listen. © 2015 Mark Richard Prime

A dear friend once asked me to describe myself, my passion and place in the world... At that time I couldn't formulate a meaningful answer other than "I am", and though this seemed to satisfy the moment, I have had much time, years, to think on it... I am. I am the scribe of my belief in my story in the present, the now of our breathing story. I am a scribe that I might sense the story's movement within the center of Love and Peace. I am Love, Peace and Laughter and I am Freedom and Goodness that I might salvage the truth beneath my feet and before me. I am the Love and Peace gardener, so to speak, the scribe of my physical and spiritual experience. I am. My story is yours and your story is mine. I am. We are. One. © 2015 Mark Richard Prime