I am not a racist.

Don't fall into their mould under their constant attack because it is easy.  Define yourself by dictating your own values.  Fight to stay true to yourself.

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I'm Not Jesus

I was thinking the other day about righteous anger.  Jesus upsetting the tables of the money changers was righteous anger.  Looking back at the times of great anger in my life, the times I felt so right to be angry have been made less certain by the distance of time.  The anger toward my supervisor at Hendrickson when I lost my job, it was not righteous at all.  The fights with my parents in my late teens when we were both so stubborn,  it was not righteous at all.  The rage at being late for Mass at the Priory, may God forgive me.  I'm not sure I can.

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Zayin

How great would it be if we (I) could take comfort in God during trouble?

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Psalm 37:8 NIV from Bible Gateway

Psalm 37:8 NIV

Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil.

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Lead by example. Never forget that you are being watched.

5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.5:15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.  Matthew http://bit.ly/bibleappkjv

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Murderers & Liars

 The majority of people think The Ten Commandments say to not kill and to not tell a lie.  Most translations, however, say do not murder or be a false witness against somebody, not specifically do not lie or kill.

Exodus 20 NIV

And God spoke all these words: "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. "You shall have no other gods before me. "You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me…

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Boot Punch Theory Part II

Maybe we do see the punched tongue--like the corner lifting on wallpaper--but are hesitant to pick at it for fear of a challenge to our sanity or of the truth.

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Boot Punch Theory

If we are demented in an old age home, living life over, remembering life in flashback, or living some kind of reincarnated existence, we should see something that tells us.  When the military sells already used boots to surplus stores, they punch the tongues of the boots so that everybody knows that they have already had one go around and are not stolen.  So, if this existence is not the first, we should see something that doesn't look right.  There should be a punched tongue somewhere.

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Not The Money

It's not about the money.   It's about what you can do with the money.  It's about quality of life.  I don't begrudge people this standard.  Everybody should enjoy affluence.   The more the better.  It makes the whole economy better off with more wealth for us all and we become exponentially better.

P.S.  This post has been in my head for weeks, long before Fr. Dan's sermon two Sundays ago about abundant life.

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Shame

Sunday's Gospel reading proclaimed that those follow Christ would never be put to shame, an enheartening promise.  May it always be so.

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Break

Every year around vacation time, I like to pretend I don't have a job anymore, not in the I can't pay my mortgage and I'm going to loose my house kind of way, but in the independently wealthy I don't have to ever work again kind of way. 

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Dreams

I had a few strange dreams lately.   A few days ago I had a vivid dream involving my presence in a world war, steam trains, pirate ships, and mermaids.  And, they were all in the same dream.  Before that, in a different dream, I was a powerful monster fighting in a conflict.   I changed sides in the conflict unawares and could tell that I was unsettled by this.  I knew because I had a sword that changed colour to indicate side I was on, and I was unsure.

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Bay of Pigs Invasion?

And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.   Matthew 8:32.  http://bit.ly/bibleappkjv

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