As we head into a new week, I find myself discouraged by plenty of things around me.
I’m not going to go into too many details but suffice it to say the amount of intolerance I see out of a great deal of Jesus’ followers is astounding if not appalling. I don’t generally get into that here, too much anyway, but I made the mistake of checking out the page of one of my relative’s friends and not only did she imply that McCain got brain cancer because he “threw down” with Liberals but she also said questioning your gender identity comes not from “God” but from “Satan”.*
Wow.Ā
What would Jesus say and do? I am pretty sure I can say 100% it would not be what she did.
It’s times like this that I seriously question humanity and how long we do and should have left on this planet. I have to say, if I were God, I would not be impressed.
In other happenings, I did have a lovely family dinner Saturday for a birthday of 91 years. I had two glasses of white wine, and then one glass of port.
I need to find a way to make a couple of million dollars so I can quit my job and pay off all my debts. I know, we all want that.
As far as what to work on this week, I don’t know. I think I won’t post anything else today. I did post a new chapter of Primal Lust. I am sure I will work on writing at lunch and it’s likely either going to be on Didn’t We Almost Have it All or For the First Time in My Life I was Happy.
I hope the week brings more peace to me and I stop reading about and listening to the haters. Taylor Swift’s Shake it Off comes to mind.
*I am well aware there are plenty of people who do not think like she does. Fortunately.
Spirk (with a small dose of Pinto) 
July 31, 2017 at 8:29 am
Truth. Just…exactly what you said!
I could do with a couple million…and a few glasses of wine, for that matter. š
Shake it Off indeed.
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July 31, 2017 at 8:39 am
Yes and now I can’t get that song out of my head LOL
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July 31, 2017 at 8:46 am
I feel that way when I see posts like that all the time. So much hate from certain people who are supposed to love thy neighbor and do unto others as you would have them do unto you and so on. I have Christian friends that are left leaning and fun and caring and then I’ll go onto Facebook and see what some relatives have liked or commented that are just so negative and seem unchristian like or I check the replies to news articles or other stuff and see the ignorance and hate of people. It hurts and gets me down.
So big hugs! Just shake it off as TSwift sang š
I’m glad you had a lovely family dinner and drank some wine and celebrated 91st birthday š
Grammy and I definitely need a million dollars as well.
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July 31, 2017 at 8:53 am
Yeah I should know better than to look but sometimes my curiosity gets the better of me like a cat’s, smh.
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July 31, 2017 at 8:51 am
Well. There aren’t really words to cover that kind of religious delusions. At least in my eyes. Live and let live.
Yeah, I could do with a few millions myself.
Shake it off…sounds like good advice.
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July 31, 2017 at 8:54 am
Yep I think we can all safely say we want those millions
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July 31, 2017 at 8:56 am
Gotta agree with you there. That’s why I remove all those people from my life – both real life an social media. I don’t need that kind of negativity in my life.
And believe me when I say that kind of ignorance comes from everywhere, not just Christians. It’s maddening to see people are so easily disturbed by things that have ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with them.
And Taylor Swift is awesome
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July 31, 2017 at 9:12 am
Yep I agree, there are plenty of haters out there no matter their religion
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July 31, 2017 at 9:27 am
Those with extreme views post more, and their posts stick out more. That’s the way of humans.
You know the verse, He who is without sin, let him cast the first stone? That is how most people remember it. But that’s not what it says at all.
It really says, he who is without sin, let him first cast a stone at HER….which naturally leads to…..and then cast one at yourself.
Because at that point in the New Testament, casting stones itself has become sin – judging others to death. And that’s what they were talking about. Killing her.
Sometimes we Christians ourselves run right over the truth. By the time of the arrival of Jesus, we only have two Commandments. Love God. Love others.
Anything else is sin and wrong.
But we Christians, too, are merely flawed humans. Forgiven. But still flawed.
I fully understand that many who would read what I write would believe there is no way I am a believer. I understand and accept that.
Ivan, I can’t begin to know what your life has been like. But I’m sorry there is so much hate and misunderstanding and out-in-out falsehood. But please have hope. The number of people like the one you quoted is shrinking.
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July 31, 2017 at 9:30 am
I sincerely hope that is true, my friend.
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