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"October 9, 2018"    [image:1971183-33%} "Prompt: Use these words in your blog entry: peacebuilding, beauty, car, watch, radiance, brightness, splendour, effulgence, illumination."Jesus came on a peacebuilding ministry. The beauty and simplicity of His message was universal and remains that way today. I can drive a car to any city in America and find like minded believers. I watch the news all the time and see things heading south. Jesus predicted the troubles in the world today. His radiance is everlasting. His brightness knows no ends. His splendor is better than the best tailored suit. I don't know what effulgence is. Jesus illumination is all over my life.  "Prompt: What makes you anxious? When can anxiety become a dilemma? And can anxiety be considered a good thing in some instances? "As a Christian I try not to be anxious about anything although I admit I get a little concerned when I get sick or fail at something in school. Anxiety becomes a dilemma when it cripples you and stops you from performing. It is also a dilemma when you let it consume you. Jesus told the Apostle Paul to instruct us to be anxious over nothing. I don't recall the exact scripture but I recall reading it. Anxiety can be good if it motivates you to be prepared. I have a midterm Thursday and anxiety is motivating me to study for it. So some anxiety can be good. Worry is useless though.    |
| "October 8, 2018" "Prompt: How important is it to look below the surface of things, since LaoTzu said in the Art of War, “He who sees the obvious wins his battles with difficulty. He who looks below the surface of things, wins with ease”? " I think it is extremely important to look below the surface. Most generally when somebody is upset with somebody else it is because of what's going on below the surface.The person may be responding to someone cutting them off in traffic but their response seems out of place. The truth may be that they are reacting to the very latest in a series of insults that began hours earlier with a chewing out from their boss. Without knowing what is below the surface we will never know that. Don't react to what you see. Prompt: "Everyone is so afraid of death, but the real Sufis just laugh: nothing tyrannizes their hearts. What strikes the oyster shell does not damage the pearl.” — Mevlana RumiWhat is your take on this quote? I'm not afraid of death either because I know the One who overcame death and know that He will do so again for me. I will live again thanks to Jesus Christ. |
| "October 6, 2018" Prompt: "What are your writing goals for this fall? Are you doing NaNoWriMo? Entering contests? Blogging?" My writing goals for this fall are fairly static. I am a student at Marshall University in Huntington WV so I have several papers that I am working on. I will be writing those and keeping up with my blog. Aside from that I really have no goals though I seldom set writing goals. I usually just write at will and this has served me well over the years. I have published four traditional books, two electronic books, and one self published book. So writing when the will hits me has served me well thus far. Prompt: "October 4-10 is Word Space Week. This year's theme is "Space Unites the World". Let World Space Week inspire your blog entry."I didn't know it was world space week but I am sure my Geography professor knows> He keeps track of these odd holidays and has spent up to fifteen minutes of class time discussing them per day. I'll bring it up to him and see what he says about it. I'm sure he'll have something pretty cool to say about it. He's my favorite professor because he reminds me a lot of myself with all the odd facts he seems to know. |
| {entry: Prompt: "When you were first beginning writing, who were your literary inspirations? What did you learn from their writing? Are they still as inspiring?" When I first began writing my influences were Dr. Suess, Charles Dickens, and others. Bear in mind that I was still a child. I knew the first time I figured out that those symbols we call letters had significance that I was going to be a writer. I was in first grade. Prompt: "How thoroughly do you research before you begin writing? If you do what do you focus on most... setting,character development or feasible plot situations? If you don't and just wing it is there a reason you don't research first?"I seldom research before writing unless it is a research specific assignment. I'm getting ready to write a 12 page paper for school, which is a research paper. |
| "October 3, 2018" Prompt: "Write a poem or story about your favorite autumn activity. Apple picking, pumpkin picking, carving, baking, going on foliage tours... you tell us. " My favorite fall activity is the same as my favorite activity the rest of the year. I love going to church and try to go every time the church is open. I have all sorts of incentive to go. In fact I am witness to a miracle. Hepatitis A is running through the home where I live. Most of the people who get it are sick for weeks and one even required hospitalization. I was diagnosed with it but instead of panicking I turned it over to my Lord Jesus Christ. I am now well! There are still telltale symptoms letting me know I had it but I am no where near as sick as the others here who had it. I know this is a direct result of my faith. I cannot praise God enough! So my favorite fall activity is living in God's goodness. "Prompt: "The true painter strives to paint what can only be seen through his world." Andre Malraux Do you think this applies to writers and words as well as painters? Write anything you want about this."Yes I believe it applies to writers. After all a writer can only write about what they know and that means writing about their world. I cannot write about your world because I know nothing about your world. If I study your world it becomes part of my world and I can write about it. It's merely a matter of logic. |
| "October 2, 2018" "Prompt: What is the best thing about October?" Personally I think the best thing about October is that it only comes once per year. I don't like October because it is the beginning of cold, dreary weather and the season on falling leaves. October means I have 6 months of looking at trees without leaves ahead of me. I don't think God created anything quite as ugly as a tree without leaves! I always want to move south in October! "Prompt: “Sometimes it is good to fly close to the flame, see and experience the heat, but then fly away again, to survive, to be wiser in the art of heat.” Robert Black What does “to fly close to the flame” remind you of? " Flying too close to the flame tells me this guy is saying that it is okay to look for trouble as long as we just flirt with it. Trouble always has a way of finding me. I don't need to flirt with it. |
| "October 1, 2018" "Prompt: October 1 is the International Day for the Elderly, which was designated by the United Nations General Assembly in 1990. Use this international holiday to inspire your blog post." The Old Testament tells us that we are to honor our mother and father. Culture once took this even a step farther and told us that we were to honor the elderly, whether or not they were related to us. Our children are often not taught this standard any longer. However it was a good standard to teach. The elderly have won their honor. Each gray or white hair on their heads are honor marks. They have won their honor with years of existence. Though some indeed are cantankerous and mean, all have won the right to be treated with honor and respect. If we listen to them we will find wisdom beyond our years. "Prompt: On October 1, 959, Edgar I, the Peaceful, became the king of all England. What do you think about the title of Peaceful, and in which ways are you peaceful? It might just be because I am an American but it would be a cold day in hell before I would be bowing or kneeling to any human being. I never understood the "royalty" thing. Do they not use the bathroom just the same as we do? I guarantee you they stink like anybody else! So why elevate anybody to a level higher than anybody else? As to Edgar the Peaceful, I would have to look up the man's history to see just how peaceful he was. More than likely he was a jerk like any other king of that era. |
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