respite

This "It's Saturday" might make you AAA-CHOO!  Beware!

It appears to me that our culture is a very unhappy culture. It’s hard to be positive in a negative society (i.e. our environment). There is soooo much stimuli that tries to drag us down (i.e. seems like constantly).

When I was a kid on the farm a mile and a quarter south of Roseland, MN, we would butcher friers each fall for meat for the winter. My mom would put the friers’ heads between two nails on a log behind the chicken house and with one whack she would cut their heads off with a hatchet. The friers would jump around on the ground for a while with no head and blood squirting out (i.e. that’s where we get the expression, we ack like chickens with their heads cut off!). I wonder if we act that way sometimes.

It appears to me that our minds, souls and relationships are suffering from this constant. contagious thinking. Maybe we can’t fix everything but maybe we can manage it better. It appears to me that we all need a respite from this constant bombardment of negativism. For me, it’s being in a quiet place by myself for periods of time. I like to study scripture, pray, meditate, and most importantly, just be still and quiet. I like the early morning (i.e. for me it’s a decompression chamber). God says in scripture--“What no one ever saw or heard, what no one ever thought could happen, is the very thing God prepared for those who listen to him.”

Many of you are celebrity models to me a.k.a. a respite. Yes, you are and you don’t even know it. I tie my boat to you! I hang my hat on you! You’re as good as gold! I really enjoy real folks and you are real folks! My kind of folks. You are a respite to my soul and mind. And some of you, not soooo much!

Flip the pancake! I say one thing about relationships but do another! What kind of person am I!  I just bought some wireless earbuds with the purpose of not having to listen about some person’s hemorrhoids while working out at the work out center at our 55+ community here in AZ. Or another person telling me how great their grand kids are or another complaining about the neighbor’s dog peeing on their rocks in their front yard. I can listen to what I want or just fake it and have quietness! A great investment! Well, jumping Cholla! 

But there is hope! There is no medicine like hope, no incentive sooo great, no tonic sooo powerful as the expectation of something better tomorrow. And I believe that God is our hope. It appears to me the folks who believe this are much happier with a much more positive attitude. It’s sad when we have no hope. That is my opinion but look around folks, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out.

Do you think this is the first  time humans have experienced a world full of evil? Do you think you and I are the only ones who ever struggle with good vs. evil in our minds? It sure appears that this attitude has been around from the beginning of time. Yes, some periods of history sure seem to have been more positive than others; that’s for sure. Greek scholars remind us in this phrase—the evil day—refers to a particular hour when evil will be manifested in an unusual way in the thoughts, activities, and pursuits of humanity. Yikes! I don’t care much for that! I need a respite. Soooo, maybe we need to manage it better. What do you think?  That is what I thought.

Yes, for me, I don’t care to see evil win over good (i.e. it really hurts me). It appears to me that is what is happening a lot now; mass confusion; a major trend! Where is Babylon today? Where is the great Roman Empire today? Why did they disappear? What happened to them? History should tell us something!

A deceased friend would argue—Why would God allow all this evil on this earth if He is really God, the sovereign God? That’s an age-old question that folks have struggled with forever. For me, I think that God is God and I’m erv—His understanding I cannot fathom. And that is a large piece of my faith. I think that is sorta kinda what God told Job.

As for me, I’m going to try to do good!  I encourage you to do the same. The problem that many folks have is that we disagree what good is, it appears. There seems to be differences of opinions on that! VioletStillwater says--But we all know what good is now don’t we. C’mon! An acquaintance seemed to be struggling with his purpose in life. He asked for some counseling and was told he needs to think about volunteering (i.e. think about other folks). It has affected his life. Maybe!

CoachB sorta kinda says this about a respite, my opinion. He says—"A right heart makes right decisions.”  Sooooo, as I see it, if we make right decisions then our lives are much more enjoyable and useful; I don’t think I’m overcookin’ this! SusieQ asks—Sooooo, how do I know I have a right heart? Good question! SusieQ, there are ways. CoachB also says—Wake up and do the right thing; not just (some)thing but the right thing!  Yikes!

Have a FUN day my friends unless you have other plans. (-:

erv

MyDeceasedFriendJean said--Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.