Well, I fooled about with creating a couple other blogs designed (I thought) for popular consumption--wrote and polished some entries. Then the overwhelming thought came to me, "Who cares?" and "What difference would it make?" and "Don't I have better things to do?" and "Hmmm, I wonder when the next episode of Mad Men comes on."
So I'm back to writing here a bit, occasionally, maybe. Actually one of the blogs I created is titled Message in a Bottle. I thought that was appropriate since most blog postings are rather similar to messages in a bottle. I put them out there, float them on the ocean of cyberspace, and once in a while some wayfaring surfer picks one up and reads it. Maybe.
Be that as it may, I'll just mention a current favorite Bible passage. I'm really into 9-1-1 scriptures, as you will see, inasmuch I'm constantly in need of immediate assistance.
Here it is:
"Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace (the throne of God's unmerited favor to us sinners), that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find grace to help in good time for every need [appropriate help and well-timed help, coming just when we need it]."
It's from the book of Hebrews, Amplified Version (my current favorite).
What I like is, it answers the two biggest needs pronto--badda boom badda bing:
(1) that sense of guilt, that I've blown it again, that I'm not measuring up, that I'll never measure up and
(2) that life is too much, that I'm in over my head, that this (the world, existence) is insane, and I'd rather escape reality and numb the pain than move forward against the wind (as I know I should) etc., etc.
The verses are self explanatory. If I'm a believer, I can go straight to God without all the groveling, sniveling, and self deprecation, and know I'm totally forgiven and ready to go, now, despite all the past lazy bum, caddish, failures.
Second, if I'm feeling weak, inadequate, unable to go on, stupid, an idiot, well, that, too is taken care of. I'll get what I need--the power, the know-how--to do what I have to do. Like now. Today. The coming next few hours, weeks, months. All that nagging worry about the future--that I can get rid of when I believe what God's saying here.
Etc. Etc. Etc.
So without further ado, I'll just end here and go about my business for the day. (You got a problem with that?)
So I'm back to writing here a bit, occasionally, maybe. Actually one of the blogs I created is titled Message in a Bottle. I thought that was appropriate since most blog postings are rather similar to messages in a bottle. I put them out there, float them on the ocean of cyberspace, and once in a while some wayfaring surfer picks one up and reads it. Maybe.
Be that as it may, I'll just mention a current favorite Bible passage. I'm really into 9-1-1 scriptures, as you will see, inasmuch I'm constantly in need of immediate assistance.
Here it is:
"Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace (the throne of God's unmerited favor to us sinners), that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find grace to help in good time for every need [appropriate help and well-timed help, coming just when we need it]."
It's from the book of Hebrews, Amplified Version (my current favorite).
What I like is, it answers the two biggest needs pronto--badda boom badda bing:
(1) that sense of guilt, that I've blown it again, that I'm not measuring up, that I'll never measure up and
(2) that life is too much, that I'm in over my head, that this (the world, existence) is insane, and I'd rather escape reality and numb the pain than move forward against the wind (as I know I should) etc., etc.
The verses are self explanatory. If I'm a believer, I can go straight to God without all the groveling, sniveling, and self deprecation, and know I'm totally forgiven and ready to go, now, despite all the past lazy bum, caddish, failures.
Second, if I'm feeling weak, inadequate, unable to go on, stupid, an idiot, well, that, too is taken care of. I'll get what I need--the power, the know-how--to do what I have to do. Like now. Today. The coming next few hours, weeks, months. All that nagging worry about the future--that I can get rid of when I believe what God's saying here.
Etc. Etc. Etc.
So without further ado, I'll just end here and go about my business for the day. (You got a problem with that?)
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