Everyone is worthy of time, attention and caring-
Everyone has something to teach and something to learn, regardless of their past or the present,
and deserves the chance to do both.

So yes, I am conservative, and YES I have ______ friends,
because any belief system that separates one person from another is evil,
its as simple as that,

My God is a Lord of Love, a bringer of healing and understanding among men,
MY God is a God of relationships-
God wants your relationship with him to be so good, so fulfilling that it effects the way you see relationships period.

If you have a relationship with God, pettiness shames you, backstabbing saddens you, lies and gossip enrage- you should always seek to offer the best of yourself to everyone around you!

Anything less is a slap in the face to any God you claim to worship.

Boredom is a self-accusation.

it means that we've run out of "fun" stuff to do,
which only leaves the "not-so-fun"

which, if we're being honest, we should probably be doing anyway...



And if you WERE doing that instead of cruising Facebook like the networking zombie that you are-
You'd discover you weren't bored anymore!!
(dirty, tired, annoyed, and covered in dog hair maybe- but NOT BORED!)

Let all things be done decently and in order.
1 Corinthians 14:39-40

Now I'm gonna go bag some trash!! WITH GUSTO!!

HAHAHAHAHAHA, JK, ITS FREEZING OUT THERE!!

Religion matters...


Doesn't it?


I mean, where your spending eternity, who your spending it with, and HOW your spending it matter alot right??


but...
How about them hats?


Or the color red?


Or (as in a recent "discussion") whether or not the peace sign is a satanic symbol??


And is ignorance of the biblical viewpoint on these matters an excuse for the extreme amount of hostility we see in the church today??


Where do we draw the line between being a loving corrector, a jugdemental self-righteousness hypocrite, and a spiritual doormat for our peers?


it's a question I've been pondering as I study the character of our (my?) saviour-


Why did he spare the Adulteress - yet condemn the Pharisees?


we all know the scenario-


Hypocritical judge mentors vs. Innocent(wait a minit) defenseless housewife


8:1 Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives. 2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.


(note this it seems important)


 3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, 4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.


(Okay TIRED joke, but it bears repeating- where was the guy?? These people aren't interested in this woman's soul and they aren't hurting for her husband either.
Whatever, this woman is guilty and everybody knows it)


 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?


(Theres the pitch!!)


 6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.


(This is almost as if Jesus needed a slight break to himself,
or this whole thing was so ridiculous he reverted to a state of child-likeness for a moment)


 7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.


(Nag nag nag nag NAG, these people were starting to mess up his sand drawing!! still, its a good quote, and "cast the first stone" calls up about 262,000 results  on Google compared to the 123,000 that comes up when you search that overused Beam/splinter quote)


 8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.


(Cue the Jepordy music!)


 9 And they who heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.


(Ok, now that we've dealt with all those people who really had no business being involved in the first place we can get down to the judgement!!)


 10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? 11 She said, No man, Lord.(duh) And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.


WAIT!!! so NOONE got stoned?? 
obviously, the only one in a position to punish her was Jesus,
AND she was guilty
AND He's the God of judgement
AND nowhere does it say she apologizes to her husband!!
I dont think the worthiness of her accusers changed her crime in Jesus's eyes...
Yet somehow, I do??
one thing I know is she deserved to be stoned-- but she wasn't.
and what sort of precedent should we take from this if any??


(I'm asking way more questions than I'm answering here and I think thats ok, because I don't know and how I decide these answers for myself will determine how I deal with gross immorality in my day to day.)


I know, I know! another open-ended post lol, but this time I at least got you a second opinion!!
(or Technically first, QUIT NAGGING ME!!)

I hate hugs.
No really, I really hate them.
and back rubs too...

I'm not recovering from an attack but I feel the same way all the time, "creepy old "
it doesn't matter if its someone my age or an older person, male or female, I HATE to be touched.
(you can pray for me about this if you like, I do)
maybe its because I can feel the pity and and the CHARITY in the action,
my self doesn't WANT any help, we're fine, thanks, stay away.
and also its because you don't actually care...
thats right, I said it.
for some people touch means nothing but to me its alot.
My body is the only thing thats mine in this world, and I wont share it unless I want to.
on the other hand sometimes I really need a hug from a friend,
so what? I'm a girl, I can be weird ;-)