- Jun 18, 2014
- 30,522
- 16,853
- Country
- United States
- Gender
- Male
- Faith
- Messianic
- Marital Status
- Married
- Politics
- US-Others
The title of a Jazz standard song; with the following lyric:
They sparkle, they bubble
They're gonna get you in a whole lot of trouble
...
Them there eyes.
It is said the eyes are the windows of the soul. If they are sparkling and bubbling, I would take that as an expression of joy and happiness.
But the Wesleyan Holiness tradition my dad grew up in said any such thing was strictly forbidden. Any enjoyment was a function of the flesh. Along with dancing, movies, alcohol and cards being forbidden, so was participating in (or even watching) sporting events. While dad's denominational background (Wesleyan Methodist) were cessationists; the pentecostal holiness groups took this to even further extremes. It seemed that any enjoyable activity was automatically forbidden; and even activities that were commanded in scripture were not to be enjoyed "in the flesh."
Apparently my dad's family were "rebels" as my granddad played minor league baseball. (I only recently found that out)
I do realize that Holiness congregations have moved away from overt externals in recent decades, but I wonder how much of that mentality is still around.
Is there something wrong with having eyes that show a love for and enjoyment of life? From a Wesleyan perspective.
They sparkle, they bubble
They're gonna get you in a whole lot of trouble
...
Them there eyes.
It is said the eyes are the windows of the soul. If they are sparkling and bubbling, I would take that as an expression of joy and happiness.
But the Wesleyan Holiness tradition my dad grew up in said any such thing was strictly forbidden. Any enjoyment was a function of the flesh. Along with dancing, movies, alcohol and cards being forbidden, so was participating in (or even watching) sporting events. While dad's denominational background (Wesleyan Methodist) were cessationists; the pentecostal holiness groups took this to even further extremes. It seemed that any enjoyable activity was automatically forbidden; and even activities that were commanded in scripture were not to be enjoyed "in the flesh."
Apparently my dad's family were "rebels" as my granddad played minor league baseball. (I only recently found that out)
I do realize that Holiness congregations have moved away from overt externals in recent decades, but I wonder how much of that mentality is still around.
Is there something wrong with having eyes that show a love for and enjoyment of life? From a Wesleyan perspective.
