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Created by the talented [Link To User poulynoe]")   "Prompt: What does the symbol of the cross mean to you?"There are no mistakes in God's kingdom. Nor are there mere coincidences in God's kingdom. The cross is very symbolic and God planned it that way in eternity. I could write a book on the symbolism of the cross and I may well do that. For now let it suffice to say that the vertical beam of the cross symbolizes a bridge between heaven and earth. The horizontal beam symbolizes a bridge between God and man. Just as the east is far removed from the west so sin has man far removed from God. The cross bridges the gap and provides a direct route to heaven through Jesus Christ, the man (Lamb) who died on the cross.  Prompt: I was cruising the galaxy with Twikkie and we found this planet: Lobelia is truly blessed   writes Retrospect (E)
I believe dreams can be short-lived if we allow them to be short-lived. In the last 25 years I have met every goal I ever set for myself. I used to sit on the chair of a therapist and dream that someday I would be the therapist. I am now more than qualified to provide therapy though I do not do so. I once dreamed I would someday be a published writer. In 2003 that dream came true with my first traditionally published book. I now have four traditionally published books and three self-published books, one of the latter which I am currently selling and very proud of. Any dream can become reality if we pursue it with vigor and never, ever give up. |
  "Prompt: Do you think God cares about minor details? Why or why not?"Yes. God cares about the minor details because even miracles are minor details for Him! I think we humans try to make God finite and limited like us but He is infinite and unlimited. The small details are no big deal to Him. On the other hand, He requires that we sometimes help ourselves. I heard a story that demonstrates this and I will retell it here. A man named Bill wanted to win the lottery. He prayed incessantly day after day to win. One day he was working and He heard God's voice. God said "Bill, you want to win the lottery. If so, buy a ticket!" Faith will move mountains but we have to start carrying away the soil. Nothing happens by osmosis. "Today we were cruising back from delivering Wile E. Coyote and his Acme products. We had Luke Skywalker onboard and the force was with us. We saw a star who has been part of the sky in WDC for a very long time. Jaeff | KBtW of the Free Folk  writes Sacred Honor (13+)
I think this war is the beginning of the fulfillment of prophecy and the end is near. |
| "Prompt: In your own words, describe what a peacemaker is." A peacemaker is somebody who restores broken relationships. God hates broken relationships. Thus when the relationship between God and man was broken, God became a man to die and restore the relationship. Peacemakers restore relationships. "Today we were cruising through the WDC galaxy. We picked up a leprechaun. Those guys are protective of their gold!While there we say a star. JCosmos  writes "If I Could Change the World.... (E)
If I could change the past, what would I change? Nothing. I'd be afraid it would change who I am. |
| "Prompt: We often hear people refer to "true" Christians. What is a "true" Christian to you?" The words "True Christian" are a Satanic doctrine. No Christian is perfect and we all reach maturity at different times. Satan wants us to believe we should walk on water but this is a lie. We are to be mature and act like Christians. We are to love one another and always do the next right thing. We do not walk on water. "Today we cruised to the center of the galaxy with Wile E. Coyote and picked up a cargo of Acme products. Wile told us he has been chasing some pesky bird for decades. Every time he gets close, the bird hits its afterburners and leaves Wile E. in the dust! He thinks this new cargo of Acme products will do the job.While we were transporting Wile E. we saw a star. Starling writes Days (E) Poem based on good followed by bad
about good days and bad. What do you think?" Wile E. is never going to learn about those Acme products. We stored them in a force field in case they exploded. As to good days and bad, every day is a good day. God takes care of me. I am continually blessed. Every day I wake up breathing is a good day because it is another opportunity to love on others. The day I wake up not breathing I will be with Jesus so it truly is a win-win situation. |
| "Prompt: Let's talk about anger. Is it a sin to be angry? How do we handle anger when it rises within us? How do we handle it when others are angry?" No. It is not a sin to be angry. Even Jesus got angry as is demonstrated by the fact that he mage a whip out of ropes and ran the merchants out of the temple. So no, it is not a sin to get angry, but anger can become sinful. There are three types of anger: righteous anger, normal anger, and sinful anger. Righteous anger is when we get angry and stand up against sin. Most of us do not do this for fear we will be judging. It is not judgment to correct a brother or sister in Christ and admonish them to do better. There are times I wish somebody would have "judged" me. We may be sinners as well, but sometimes we have to be each other's common sense and say "This is not acceptable." I don't know about anybody else but I need others to point out to me when a behavior is out of line. I tend to joke and tease a lot but sometimes my jokes can be taken the wrong way. I've had to cut back on the behavior with some people. However, until somebody pointed it out to me that my jokes were being misunderstood I was unaware of it. I am from a family where everybody jokes with everybody. To me it was just a part of life. Then somebody told me that another was hurt by one of my wisecracks and had taken it wrongly. I have since quit doing so. However, if somebody had not pointed it out to me I would not have known. So sometimes we need to "judge". Another type of anger is what I call "natural" anger. This is a natural response to a situation that should make us angry. If somebody hurts me I have a right to be angry. It is only natural to do so and no, it is not sin. The third type of anger is the big R "resentment." This is where we carry grudges and will not let something go. We say "They hurt me so I am going to stay angry with them." Resentment is sin. It is okay to get angry, but allowing that anger to destroy a relationship is not okay. God created us to be "relational" creatures. He wants us to have relationships with others. To do so we have to be willing to allow others to be human. They will make mistakes and those mistakes will hurt us. When they do hurt us we will become angry at them. This is natural and acceptable. If I am still angry hours and days later though it is unacceptable and is in fact sin. Peter asked Jesus how many times he should forgive others for sinning against Peter. Peter wanted to apply the law of Moses and only forgive a few times. Jesus told Peter that Peter was to forgive so many times Peter would lose count doing the math! Forgiveness restores relationships, which God wants. Forgiveness also helps us personally. The physical ramifications from resentments alone can kill us. High blood pressure and stroke, heart disease, and diabetes have all been linked to resentments and grudges. Another fact is that the person against whom we hold the resentment often is completely unaffected by it. The only person resentments harm is the person holding them. I have a sister who got angry at me once because I was babysitting her son overnight. He woke up a few minutes before me and dirtied his diaper. I was awakened by my sister knocking on the door and did not have the opportunity to change her son's diaper. She was angry over that for 25 years! She told my mother she had many sleepless nights ruminating about that. I, the guilty party and perpetrator, on the other hand went on with my life as normal. I was unaware of her resentment. When I became aware of it decades later, I made amends with her. Whether she ever forgave me or not is between God and her. The fact remains that her anger toward me did not affect me at all but had a profound affect on her. God teaches us to forgive because forgiveness restores and maintains relationships and because forgiveness is healthy for us. Resentments kill. Paul said we should not let the son go down and still be angry. In other words, it is permissible to be angry for a short time but we are to forgive and forget. God justifies us from the sin that murdered His Son. Justified has been expressed as Just as if I'd never done it. We must justify those who hurt us and that means Just as if they'd never done it. Grudges are sin. God does not stop with forgiveness though. He raises the bar. He says He throws our offenses as far from His memory as the east is from the west. That means He not only forgives but also totally forgets. He does not bring up former similar offenses because He pretends not to remember them. I am sure God never forgets because the past is just as present to Him as today is. However, He does not use the past as a weapon against us. 1 Corinthians says that "Love keeps no record of offenses." God does not keep a record of offenses and allows past offenses to be ignored as if they never happened. He expects us to do the same no matter what. If a brother hurts us the same way a dozen times we are to forgive and forget a dozen times. So in answer to the prompt "Is anger a sin?". the answer is that it depends on how we handle it. Anger is not a sin. It is a sin to practice unforgiveness. I may also add here that we are even allowed to be angry with God! David often became angry with God. Psalm 42:9-10 are not words of praise! David is angry and says so very clearly, yet God called David a man after God's own heart. So anger is not sin. How we handle anger determines sin. "Prompt: I was cruising the galaxy with Tweety Bird and we did see a Putty Cat! We found this planet: Ocean magic
Write about this in your Blog entry today." Well, I hope Tweety and you hit that darned old Putty Tat with full phasers and a full spread of photon torpedoes! He doesn't need to eat little Tweety. He's already fat enough. His shadow has to squeeze to get through his door! I studied the ocean in undergraduate school. I found it quite fascinating though I have never seen it personally. The closest I ever came was Chesapeake Bay in Baltimore and Lake Erie in Cleveland. I know Lake Erie is not an ocean or sea, but it gives you an idea what the ocean would be like. |
| "Prompt: Is it a sin for a Christian to worry?" Worrying is a lack of faith. Hebrews 11:6 tells us that without faith it is impossible to please God. It goes on to say that those who come to God must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek him." Let's unpack that verse a little. The Greek word for faith here is πίστεως or pisteos and it means faithfulness. We must trust God completely to be pleasing to him. I was in the emergency room last year with a blocked duct in my right kidney. It was on the verge of rupturing from fluid build up. The doctor was amazed at how calm I was. I told him that I was in God's hands so even death did not worry me. "Prompt: I was cruising the galaxy with George Jetson and found this planet: Jacky  writes this item:
Write about shopping in your Blog entry today." I never was much of a shopper. I wanted to get in, get my things, and get out. I think stores depend on people like me because we don't look for sales or compare prices. We grab one and go. Usually I buy store brand products. I don't do a lot of shopping these days but when I do I still rush. I have gotten to the point of seeking assistance so I get the best product at the best price. All in all though, I do not like shopping. On Don and Katie Fortunes Personality Gift Spectrum I am a Giver Personality. I like giving gifts if I think it will help a person out and to further the reach of the kingdom of God. The Fortunes say that we "Givers" typically give quality gifts. We don't want them to fall apart immediately so we buy quality. |
| Image #1997652 over display limit. -?- Image #1971183 over display limit. -?- Image #2249882 over display limit. -?- "Prompt: How can a Christian handle fear?" A Christian, for the most part, should have no fear. God is in charge and will lead us no place that can harm us. The worst possible scenario leads a Christian to glory. Image #2235152 over display limit. -?- Prompt: I was cruising the galaxy with Yoda and found this planet: D. Reed Whittaker Performance Review
The performance review by Santa doesn't worry me. I get a lump of coal regardless. lol. It's the performance review by Jesus that worries me and I know His blood covers that. Write about this in your Blog entry today. Image #2251074 over display limit. -?- Image #2187503 over display limit. -?- |
| Image #2235354 over display limit. -?- Image #1997652 over display limit. -?- Image #1971183 over display limit. -?- Image #2249882 over display limit. -?- "Prompt: Write about your thoughts on Biblical blessings and curses." Biblical blessings and curses are real enough that God instructed the Israelites to stand on two mountains and shout the blessings to each other and shout the curses to each other. The Irish believed in luck but luck has nothing to do with it. God either blesses or curses. Image #2235152 over display limit. -?- "Today we were cruising through the universe with Barney Rubble. We found a star. Choconut ~ House Targaryen  writes Jam Tarts.
about baking with her mother. Do you bake? If so, tell us your favorite baked good or recipe." I never baked much and wouldn't remember the recipes if I did. However, I know a way to spice up baked beans. Start with the pork and beans. Add ketchup, mustard, brown sugar, rice, and hamburger. Bake until the rice is tender. Image #2251074 over display limit. -?- Image #2187503 over display limit. -?- |
| Image #2235354 over display limit. -?- Image #1997652 over display limit. -?- Image #1971183 over display limit. -?- Image #2249882 over display limit. -?- Prompt: "(Has anyone seen my brain? lol I seem to have misplaced it.) On a more serious note: I think I am having an autoimmune flare up. I do apologize. I could have sworn that I sent out a blog prompt last night for today. I have no idea what happened to it, but I obviously didn't get it sent. Wow! I feel like I am so out of it. Brain fog is no fun! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Prompt Do you believe there is only one way to get into heaven or many ways?" Your brain and mine probably eloped or something. My mind went wandering one day and never did come back. I sure miss it! Jesus answers the prompt question for us in John 10:1-18 and John 14:1-8 where He clearly says He is the only path to salvation. Image #2235152 over display limit. -?- "I was cruising the galaxy with Bugs Bunny and we found a star. Lynn McKenzie writes Someone Else
about a broken heart. Have you ever had a broken heart. Tell us about it." Yes. I was 18 and she rode me hard and put me away wet. I hurt so bad my chest felt like somebody had ripped it open. Image #2251074 over display limit. -?- Image #2187503 over display limit. -?- |
| Image #2235354 over display limit. -?- Image #1997652 over display limit. -?- Image #1971183 over display limit. -?- Image #2249882 over display limit. -?- "Prompt: What can we learn from the story of David and Goliath in 1 Samuel 17? David and Goliath let us know that the Kingdom of God is not what we think it is. Everything is a mirror opposite there. Weakness is exalted while pride and strength are diminished. Image #2235152 over display limit. -?- "Prompt: I was cruising the galaxy with Horatio Cane and found this planet: Solace.Bring writing "Maybe Not"
Write about this item in your Blog entry today." I have often said that just because a person can do something does not necessarily mean they should. Image #2251074 over display limit. -?- Image #2187503 over display limit. -?- |
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