Saturday, March 10, 2012
what a day
Ahhhh, what a day it has started to be. I woke early and read my bible with coffee and pencil in hand. Much to think on. I glazed a couple of ceramic pieces and began the kiln process which I have finally closed the lid on. I called my mom and we talked a lot and read a little. Sometimes it makes me happy sometimes not so much. Perhaps she will never really have any use for me and perhaps I will just never see the value she holds. Either way it is God's and I love my mama. Nuf said. A bit of cleaning and maintenance (fish tank filter) ended with a fishwater shower. It is a gorgeous day if a little cool. I plan to do a good piece of stucco and brick work early so that if we get more rain it will have time to set. I came to FB and found myself getting riled up. Israel attacked, the Bible attacked. But you know our God is intelligent and faithful and capable. Nuf said. I hope your day is blessed.
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I actually blocked a friend this morning on FB...I don't even want to read the bashing anymore....or have it accessible to read. Nuf said...lol. My chest is killing me this morning and I know that it will but it doesn't make it hurt any less...it has been a while since I had any kind of surgery and I am a baby....I am not getting any extra attention either...wahhhh. LOLOL. I am lounging around for most of the day because movement pulls the incision and ouch...so will be still until we go to a friends for dinner. I love you much my bestest AD!
ReplyDeletelove you too. saw the same post you did. i told them basically it was God's book and he was big enough to defend it. i've decided it's not my fight, though sometimes i can't help but reply. i am willing to stand for what i believe, but they have no value for what i believe and will just stomp on it and turn to rend again when you toss it out for them. but then sometimes i just can't help the reply! silly me. rest and get well. we need to laugh a lot.
ReplyDeleteRead part of that same post. No new arguments, and the old ones were grounded in absolute fallacy. The argument would be hilarious if it was given by a drunk, one who is also singled out as not worthy of heaven. I think that the original argument went in exactly the same vein ..
ReplyDelete"Hath God really said ....... ?"
I don’t know that gays lesbians bi-sexual trans-gendered people are any bigger sinners than that drunk, but it would not occur to that drunk to seek out passages in the scriptures to prove God’s approval of his drunken sprees. Why would they (GLBT’s) feel that somehow they are different?
that is the same thing I thought, Rusty.....I came and put out a good note about it....decided for the time being it was a "pearls before swine" sort of thing and deleted it. wasn't the time for it...but i will have more to say, no doubt.
ReplyDeleteidk, AD, i know they will just stomp on it and turn it into their own malicious fodder, but i feel very confused about it being our fight or not. i did go a little further and read a couple of blogs by the man that has stated the New Testament is of no value because the New Covenant is written on our hearts therefore no one has the right to tell another Christian how to live cause God has written it on our hearts..........such trash....teaching that your sins are forgiven no matter what you do and you are accountable to no one. And the Holy Book is Man's inspiration and they loved God so he inspired them but they put there own thoughts and prejudices in the book not God. It made my spirt grieve...... the people seach until they find someone bold enough to decry the Word of God and say that they are ok and we are wrong.
ReplyDeletethe thing about a pig or a dog is that they cannot appreciate value. if you give them the thing of value, they don't know it is valuable and so cannot be turned aside from their wounding mission. these cite people who have committed suicide because they were not acceptable to family and community. i read of children who had their lives ended by a radical bomb in southern Israel. the child had no choice whether to accept and deal with anger and rejection. millions of my paternal relatives were herded into boxcars and sent to their death with no choice to face hardship and ridicule instead. many people commit suicide and yes it is tragic, but it is their way of dealing with what they felt life had or hadn't given them. on the news i learned of a former student who hung himself in prison with his bedsheet. what a waste. his story was tragic when i knew him - really tragic. it should have had a different end he was so talented. but noone made a video decrying the injustice in his life. he was just a kid from a drug addict parent who couldn't get anything to make sense, followed his parents into crime and in desparation took his own life. it made me sad all over. but my outrage comes from those who are robbed of life with no say. and i will always be angry at those who misuse the scripture for their own selfishness and lead others to boldly go astray. they wish us to succomb to their logic and be just like them. but if we were to do that, we would not help their cause or any other. these people will never see the truth, because the want no truth. better to say 'oh look, the sun is shining' and page down. but sometimes i just can't give up and walk away. there is just too much 'real' out there.
ReplyDeleteI unblocked so that I could take my comment off...I don't even want my words there...when I am able, I will reblock. I do not hate anyone, I love them all...but I do NOT have to agree to life on their terms...I can have my faith and believe how I want without being bashed for it. Where is the right in that family member being able to bash me as a christian and a lover of my God just because I am a lover of God. No sin is greater than another really, we ALL will bow and be accountable for sins committed. If you scream tolerance then give it or stop yelling cause all it is ends up being noise.
ReplyDeleteI will block more for the fact that I just am tired of the fight and I want silence...not noise. But I love...I love... I just need to shut the door for a while.,
I wrote a reply and then deleted...I don't want backlash. I love God, I love my family, one day all knees will bow and we will see one way or the other...right now I am tired and weary to the bone and it is all just noise. But if you demand tolerance then give it...
ReplyDeleteyes, Cath, there will be backlash. most of it behind our backs or in sly comments on other sites, etc..., the message will be turned around, any words of dissent will be made to make them look stronger.. it is a losing battle and i AM glad that the battle belongs to the Lord. He re-assured me last night in the service, that He is in control, He does see what is going on, and He will take care of it. I can rest in Him, and at the same time...He will give me the words to speak when the bullies need someone to stand up to them and tell them to go away and peddle their lies somewhere else. I am not a hater, I cannot live in that reality...but I really am weary of being called one by folks whose blogs and tongues are dripping with poison to kill me just because I believe differently, just because I choose to believe in and stand with a God that never changes, just because I hold myself and others accountable for what they do no matter anyone's religion. Weary of not being able to say this is what I believe, and having what every one else believes crammed down my throat...and they will hate me for this...
ReplyDeleteyes, Cath, I know there will be and I completely understand. I sort of care because I have a human heart that wants to be loved, but I don't care, more. I don't hate, but I am hated. It's ok. Ad, sorry for ranting on your page and adding fuel to any fiery darts that might come your way because of it.
ReplyDeleteyes, you do. it is a testimony to many of us......
ReplyDeleteI wrote a comment on the other page and took it off...lol. At this point and time I don't care if I am loved by some...but I love them. I cannot please every one and they don't even care to please me. Even though I am sure I offended by blocking the other I doubt they are missing me much...lol...but I am tired of being labeled a hater just because I have my own viewpoint. If I feel like I am supposed to step up and not be silent and respond to the noise I will have no problem but right now it won't make a bit of difference.
ReplyDeleteI don't mind the backlash, but I want it for the reason we are debating...not just because I am not liked...lolol. I hope for quite a few that my belief isn't wrong in a way but I fear and believe it isn't wrong...that makes my heart so very sad. And I think that those that lead them down this path and into complete denial will get an extra measure of heat....at least I hope so.
ReplyDeleteI will never bend on the thought that the Bible was written the way they say....and for that they definitely got blocked...that was just a load of crap!
well no one has offended me- except the guy who thinks that God sort of condoned the Bible because he liked those people. Give me a break. Satan is so predicable and uncreative. Same lie, same line, same results.
ReplyDeleteActually I have been offended by the whole suicide because they're gay thing. There are many people who have had much more to deal with as I said before and did not choose to commit suicide and if they did, no one rallied with a cause and video. Yeah, I guess that does offend me. I think if anything it raises a stability issue in the camp. Just watched Soul Surfer again last night with the kids. It kinda brings a perspective, yeah?