Soli Deo Gloria!

As of late, I’ve been influenced by intelligent thoughts and reasoning and eloquent words.  By habit, by nature, or by both, I speak and act as if I’m stupid.  I have trouble coming up with the right words to express my thoughts.  I have vague ideas in my head that are not easily expressed in coherent speech; hence, I tend to act silly, trying to get some laughs while I’m having trouble coming up with the right words to express my thoughts.

I took a personality test a while back, and one of the results stated that I tend to think about things in my head before I speak, which is true.  My brain also works slowly, which doesn’t help with my expressing my thoughts in words.  I can’t help but wonder though, whether part of this isn’t a result of a bad habit.  Especially amongst people I am comfortable with, I tend to let out phrases and thoughts in an oftentimes incoherent manner, having them help me to finish my thought, or so that they can ‘get the idea.’

I cannot help my personality and the brain I was born with, but I think I tend to this bad habit partly because I am too lazy to finish ideas in my head and partly because I get flustered easily when speaking to others.

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To add on to what I’ve written thus far, I was impressed by the words of David Frum, former speechwriter for President Bush amongst other things, on Rachel Maddow’s show.  He challenged the current politics of character assassination, negative campaigning, etc., and instead asked why we are not talking about the real substantive issues, such as our Iran policy, whether we should be talking to leaders of rogue states, etc.  I find it enlightening to see that he has been bashed thoroughly for it.  I give no allegiance to Republican or Democrat, conservative or liberal, so I find it troubling to see that Americans cannot overcome their own allegiances and biases to find substance in a view that has nothign to do with the man’s political allegiances.  You can attack David Frum, if you wish, for his political allegiances, etc., but people get defensive because he makes Rachel Maddow, a liberal, look bad, and they then put no credence in his words that should ring so loudly for Americans.

I was also recently impressed by the musings of Christians on the election and Obama and abortion.  The Christian Right tends to give Christians a bad image, especially when it comes to politics, but it was refreshing to read about why the issue of abortion is so important to Christians.  It was also refreshing to read about how Christians should react to the election, especially when so many people have become fervently attached.  Lastly, I enjoyed the blog post by Rev. Redmond, a significant figure in the African American community, who shared his struggles with choosing to vote for Obama or vote against Obama because of the abortion issue.  He stated that he would surely be despised by the black community for his choice, but that he could not go against His Father in heaven.