Its What I Know

I have nothing to really report so I'm just going to riff off of some random idea.
I've decided to form my reality to perceive the literal more metaphorically, and the metaphorically more literal. I hope I don't lose my mind in the process, but hey there is always the off chance I'll find it again. Anyways back to the point, let me illustrate. In a literal sense, America is very uncaring of its youth. Now to replace with a metaphor. America feeds her children to the flames to fuel the machine. I'm drawing this from the biblical accounts of the child sacrifices to Moloch. I'm intending later to work it into a project w/ this concept forming the basis for one of the planets within the entire theme. The machine is power and success, affluence. We do it in the name of the future and prosperity, much like the people in the Bible did, to bring the rains, supposedly. I find it so ironic we destroy our future to secure it, and its becoming painstakingly obvious to even non-believers. Though the solution is much debated. Broken homes, drug use, absent fathers, and drug use to enforce obedience and complacency, are the charred remains of our children. These are the steps we've taken to provide luxury and prosperity to ourselves. We live in pleasure at the cost of our children. It is just that simple. Now to take a metaphor and bring it to a more literal sense. I find myself struggling in some stronghold that will remain unspoken, its nothing new, its just gained new urgency in the passing days. While seeking answers to overcome this stranglehold, I stumbled across these words. "
They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony..."
Revelations 12:11a
The blood is a recurring theme in my faith, but one that is not very well understood by me. I decided that a key to my victory was in this blood. But everything I come across seem to just be some hocus pocus, voodoo who do something no one can explain. So I don't like not understanding things and set my mind to the task. Blood in the Bible is atonement, which is a big word for amends. It makes up for, easy enough. So Christ blood makes up for our sins. End of story, right? It is, in a sense, the work of the blood is done, but its got to sink into our brains. We have to grasp that its done. This is broke down in Hebrews 9:14, which goes something like this:
"...the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, [will] cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death/useless rituals, so that we may serve the living God!"
So more victory, good stuff. Christ's blood is God's forgiveness and as we grasp this, grasp this amend that has been made it will wash our brains from hating God and following stupid rules to actually doing what God wants. Forgiving is a huge part of God's economy, so much so that he states that if we don't forgive others, God won't forgive us. But don't fear, Christ's blood is at work cleanse our minds, helping us to give up those lethal acts. So I guess to wrap it up, my goal is to seek a better understanding of God's forgiveness and loyal love, that is what being cleansed is all about. Its pretty easy, every sin and shortcoming I have creates an opportunity for God to pour in His forgiveness and love, and every Scripture helps to deepen the depth of those moments. I'm sorry Patric for talking religion, its just where I'm at today. To everybody else. Please feel free to criticize me and to raise questions about my understanding and interpretation. I want to know the whole Truth and not just my understanding of it. I hope this leaves you encouraged and maybe a touch refreshed, but mostly I pray it creates a curiosity towards God.