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Created by the talented [Link To User poulynoe]")  }   Prompt: "Yesterday was Mother's Day. In John 2:1-5, Jesus and his mother are talking. What do you think about what Jesus said to his mother and in what tone do you think it was said in? How would your mother responded if you talked to her like that?"I believe Jesus spoke to His mother with a tone of respect. He was also a little perturbed. He knew that she knew that He was the son of God. She was expecting as miracle out of Him. Perhaps He had done miracles in the past to solve problems. We don't know because we only know a little about His childhood. Still she expected a miracle from Him. I think He was very respectful. My mother probably would have backhanded me though, just to be sure.  Prompt: I was cruising the galaxy with Buck Rogers and found this planet:
Write about this in your Blog entry today. The author is correct. This world needs hope. Hope is only found in Christ Jesus.        |
} Prompt: Describe Hell.I really cannot do that definitively and I will never experience it so I will never be able to describe it. I can tell you that hell is a dark, lonely and scary place. Hell itself is not what we need to fear. What we need to fear is the lake of fire. Revelation 20:14 tells us that both death and hell are thrown into the Lake of Fire. If that is the case, what is hell? Hell is the waiting place of the dead. Some await eternal life and other await eternal judgment in the Lake of Fire. Imagine your whole body being on fire and that fire never going out. You never die. You just burn. That is the Lake of Fire. Hell could be the grave itself. In fact, some translations use the word "grave" in place of Hell in Revelation 20:14. The Greek word in question is "ᾅδης" and is usually translated "hades" or the abode of the dead. Paul uses the same word in 1 Corinthians to refer to the grave. Strong's says the word means "hades" roughly translated "the abode of the dead." The fact of the matter is that we all die. We all go to the abode off the dead to await judgment. The abode of the dead will be thrown into the Lake of Fire and destroyed. Those who do not receive eternal life and pardon from God will go into the lake of fire to be destroyed. They will remain there forever. The craziness of the first few weeks of a new semester is upon me. I was warping across the galaxy today on another starship and got a distress call from victoryseeker We stopped to assist and found a poem
I have a lot of regrets but I am ambiguous about them. I regret them because people were hurt by them. I am ambiguous because it took every second of my life to make me who I am today. |
} "Prompt: Write about who God is to you."God to me is my Savior. He is the Sovereign ruler of the universe and my owner. I have no delusions about God's sovereignty. I was just writing about that a few minutes ago. I am a seminary student at Regent University as many of you know. Currently I am taking a class on missions and a class on theology. MISS 500 required me to answer a discussion board post which basically inquired about the sovereignty of God. I said that God is God. By His very definition He answers to nobody nor does he give a flip what a person's opinion is on a subject. He needs nobody's approval nor does He care what a person approves of or disapproves of. He is GOD! He does what He wants when He wants. The moment He declares something right, it becomes right, no matter how wrong man thinks it is. I am His subject. He is my Lord and God. Prompt: "I had to take a day off from the rigors of grad school! Tomorrow is a new day. I have several assignments due over the next few weeks, but took today to rest. 18 hour days are tough!On my adventures today I saw a lovely star. The star was familiar because it was Lilli 🧿 ☕   . She says she doesn't understand meter but she writes it beautifully. Check out ~~Image #2244859 Sharing Restricted~~ and write your reports (entry)."As I have stated elsewhere, I love metered poetry in any form. I challenge myself to write according to the different meters and am getting a little "gooder" at them, as my grandchild says. |
| } I just bought two more images for Take Up Your Cross. They both link back to the forum. They are {image:2249882} and {image:2249884}. I shrink them to about 1/4 by add {-25%} to the numbers. Image #2249882 over display limit. -?- Should we point out other people's sin to them? Why or why not? James, Peter, and Paul all tell us that we should point out the errors of others. However, we must do so with tact. We must let the other person know that we are sinners ourselves, often guilty of the same sins. Image #2235152 over display limit. -?- Prompt: I was cruising the galaxy with Twikkie and found this planet:
Write about this item in your Blog entry today. I can't imagine having to go through a tornado. I am a disaster relief worker so I will see disasters in my lifetime. I just can't imagine the horror people feel. Image #2187503 over display limit. -?- Image #2098718 over display limit. -?- Image #2118746 over display limit. -?- Image #2147967 over display limit. -?- Image #2187984 over display limit. -?- Image #2159373 over display limit. -?- Image #2164523 over display limit. -?- Image #2191828 over display limit. -?- |
| image:2227275-75%} } Image #1997652 over display limit. -?- Image #1971183 over display limit. -?- Image #2249234 over display limit. -?- "Prompt: This Is What Heaven Means To Me. https://youtube.com/watch?v=eIydtsFBiJ8&feature=share This song is an oldie, but a goodie. I was listening to this song last week, and I began to think about it. Write about what Heaven means to you." I never try to imagine what heaven will be like. I already know. I live in a little piece of heaven every time I worship Jesus. I believe Heaven is going to be a worship service on steroids. Instead of having Holy Spirit dwelling among us He will be part of our collective mind and we will part of each other's minds while maintaining our personality. We will love serving others and will spend eternity doing what we love. Image #2235152 over display limit. -?- "Prompt: I was cruising the galaxy with Luke Skywalker and found this planet:
Write about this item in your Blog entry today. I think writing in the digital age is so much more fun. If I make a mistake today and don't catch it immediately there is no harm done. I just insert my error. In the old days, mistakes were tragic. Image #2187503 over display limit. -?- Image #2098718 over display limit. -?- Image #2118746 over display limit. -?- Image #2147967 over display limit. -?- Image #2187984 over display limit. -?- Image #2159373 over display limit. -?- Image #2164523 over display limit. -?- Image #2191828 over display limit. -?- |
| Image #2235354 over display limit. -?- } Image #1997652 over display limit. -?- Image #1971183 over display limit. -?- Image #2249234 over display limit. -?- "Prompt: Have you ever asked yourself, “What would Jesus Do?”, in a situation? Tell us about it." I would like to say it depends on the situation, but it does not. Jesus would always do the next right thing in every situation. So I attempt to figure out what the next right thing to do is and do that. I do not always succeed and I end up making mistakes. When I make a mistake I do more than just apologize. I try to undo what damage I did. I find that people respect that. Image #2235152 over display limit. -?- "Prompt: I was traveling the galaxy with Buck Rogers and we found this planet: (233) Read this item:
Write about this item in your Blog entry today." Barn owls always scared me. I just wasn't expecting them and their call startled me. They are excellent to have around though because they kill rats, mice, and snakes. Image #2187503 over display limit. -?- Image #2098718 over display limit. -?- Image #2118746 over display limit. -?- Image #2147967 over display limit. -?- Image #2187984 over display limit. -?- Image #2159373 over display limit. -?- Image #2164523 over display limit. -?- Image #2191828 over display limit. -?- |
| Image #2235354 over display limit. -?- } Image #1997652 over display limit. -?- Image #1971183 over display limit. -?- Announcement I just started my new semester in graduate school today. As usual, I will be working to get ahead of the eight ball on it. I am going to do my best to stay faithful to my blog, but if I go AWOL for a day or two, that is why. Right now I have a 300 word paper due tomorrow night. I have already completed one assignment of 300 words today. So bear with me. I appreciate Princess Megan Rose 22 Years and Marvelous Friend  for covering for me as I try to get ahead.I am an Emergency Disaster Services worker for the Salvation Army. That means I am never more than 24 hours from a 2 week deployment. I work to stay ahead of my homework and such so I can leave without notice. Image #2249234 over display limit. -?- Prompt: "Who is your favorite character in the Bible? What is your favorite story? Write about your answer to these two questions and tell us why they are your favorite?" My favorite Bible character aside from Jesus is King David. Like David, I have been far from God, but God always restores me. I too know how to change from scoundrel to saint. David knew how to sin, but he also knew how to repent. He was also a beautiful poet. Image #2235152 over display limit. -?- Prompt: I was cruising the galaxy with Hawk, The Bird Man and found this planet (240) Read this item:
Write about this item in your Blog entry today." Labor day was always one of my least favorite holidays because it marks the end of summer. I hate winter and Labor Day starts the count down to winter. I think this poem is wonderful though. I will have to check out this form. I love any type of rhyme, meter, or form poetry because they require unique talents. Image #2187503 over display limit. -?- Image #2098718 over display limit. -?- Image #2118746 over display limit. -?- Image #2147967 over display limit. -?- Image #2187984 over display limit. -?- Image #2159373 over display limit. -?- Image #2164523 over display limit. -?- Image #2191828 over display limit. -?- |
| Image #2235354 over display limit. -?- } Image #1997652 over display limit. -?- Image #1971183 over display limit. -?- Image #2249234 over display limit. -?- Prompt: Does God want us to love ourself? Why or why not? I think this question can be a kind of stickywickit. The reason I say that is because yes, we are to take care of ourselves. After all, the body is the temple of the Lord. 1 Corinthians 6:15-20. We are to love ourselves enough to care for the body. On the other hand, we are not to obsess on ourselves and focus only on our own needs as most do. There is not one scripture in the Bible that says we are to love ourselves. Not a single one. Yet there are hundreds saying we are to love others, serve others, and care for them. My ministry is taking care of and serving the men of the West Virginia Veterans Home. I am chaplain, peer support worker, and floor leader here. The only part of that job that requires me to love myself is the part that means rest, sleep, and eat. Otherwise my focus is to be on others. Image #2235152 over display limit. -?- As a new month starts, so does a new journey across the expanse cyberspace that is the WDC universe. Today we found a star that has been on WDC for some time. Brian K Compton writes
a poem about serendipity. What do you think? Do you have serendipity? Tell us about it. Serendipity is waking up in the middle of the night as he said, remembering that you did this or failed to do that. I have a lot of serendipity, but I remember that it took each moment of my life playing out exactly as it did to make me who I am this day. If one thing had changed, I would not be me. It would be a different me. I like the one here now. Image #19976562 over display limit. -?- Prompt: "Can beauty be found in chaos? How do you describe chaos? How do you describe beauty?" Yes. There is beauty in chaos. Chaos resulted in me being me. See the entry before this. They relate. Image #1971183 over display limit. -?- Prompt: "Do you dwell on the past or do you move on pretty easily?" If I have one foot in the past it means the other foot is in tomorrow. That leaves me raining urine all over today. I never dwell in the past. Image #2187503 over display limit. -?- Image #2098718 over display limit. -?- Image #2118746 over display limit. -?- Image #2147967 over display limit. -?- Image #2187984 over display limit. -?- Image #2159373 over display limit. -?- Image #2164523 over display limit. -?- Image #2191828 over display limit. -?- |
| Image #2235354 over display limit. -?- } Image #1997652 over display limit. -?- Image #1971183 over display limit. -?- I have the distinction today of getting to accompany West Virginia Secretary of State and other cabinet members on a tour of our facility. I do not know when they are arriving so I was told to wait here at my desk and they would call me down when the entourage arrives. I am designing a newsletter for the West Virginia Veterans Home called Bugler. The director thought I'd make a good addition to the tour group. Image #2249234 over display limit. -?- Judges 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. What does it mean to do what is right in your own eyes? Is this something you do personally? I do not do what I feel is right in my own eyes because there are many times that God and I disagree on what is right. For example, I could not care less what individuals do when they are not in my presence, yet God says some behaviors are sin. I have friends who are homosexuals. I tell them that what they do with their lives is none of my business personally. However God clearly states that homosexuality is a sin. I have friends who co-habitat with their girlfriends without marrying them. I do not care what they do personally. If they love each other so what? God on the other hand says that such behavior is sin. So when it boils right down to it, my opinion does not matter. God's opinion does! Image #2235152 over display limit. -?- I was cruising through the WDC galaxy and found a star I've never seen before. Angel writes
I do not know much about biolet poetry. I will have to check it out. I love meter in any form. A special time in my life would be my very first memory. I must have been about 3 and barely remember it. My dad took me to an old country store where we bought ice cream and toys. I remember playing with those toys. It was special. Image #1997652 over display limit. -?- Prompt: "If you were to prepare dinner for the President and First Lady, what would you prepare? Would you be the host or let someone else be? Would you spring for table decorations for the table or leave it as is?" I didn't know we had a President and First Lady right now. Image #1971183 over display limit. -?- Prompt: "If you were to prepare dinner for the President and First Lady, what would you prepare? Would you be the host or let someone else be? Would you spring for table decorations for the table or leave it as is?" I am trying not to be political. Image #2187503 over display limit. -?- Image #2098718 over display limit. -?- Image #2118746 over display limit. -?- Image #2147967 over display limit. -?- Image #2187984 over display limit. -?- Image #2159373 over display limit. -?- Image #2164523 over display limit. -?- Image #2191828 over display limit. -?- |
| Image #2235354 over display limit. -?- } Image #1997652 over display limit. -?- Image #1971183 over display limit. -?- Image #2249234 over display limit. -?- "Prompt: Proverbs 3:5-6 5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Describe what these verses mean to you. Marvelous Friend" I believe these verses mean that we are not to depend on ourselves when living a believer's life. We are not to try to manage our own lives. We are to leave the management of our lives to Jesus. We do that by simply doing the next right thing and allowing Jesus to decide our paths. Image #2235354 over display limit. -?- Hi Group Things have settled down for me some. The chemo is working well on my skin cancer. My stomach doesn't like the chemo very much. I want to thank Princess Megan Rose 22 Years for covering for me. She is such a sweetheart.Today on my return trip from the star base, I saw a shining star and explored a planet there. Shaye  wrote a beautiful poem with
I think stars are wonderful. I love going out on a cold winter night, when there is no haze to obscure the sky, and looking at the known universe. It is amazing to look at and reminds me of how incredibly small I really am. Image #1997652 over display limit. -?- Prompt: "Did or do you have a writing mentor? Do or did you find it helpful? Would you advise others to get one?" No, no, and no. Image #2187503 over display limit. -?- Image #2098718 over display limit. -?- Image #2118746 over display limit. -?- Image #2147967 over display limit. -?- Image #2187984 over display limit. -?- Image #2159373 over display limit. -?- Image #2164523 over display limit. -?- Image #2191828 over display limit. -?- |
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