God
When Grace Isn’t Enough
Sometimes life is hard. Sometimes it is had for us to accept. Sometimes even God’s grace doesn’t seem to be enough. When is God’s grace not enough?
Too Much Rest?
I noticed something about myself a year or two ago. If I hole up in my house, as I’m inclined to do, I get a little down. I wouldn’t say depressed but close to it. Maybe depressed.
Since coming back from Bangkok, I’ve been a bit sick and tired. I hate that I can’t do much of anything without having what I think is the lupus fatigue set in. I also had some chest congestion though. Some of the blood pressure meds I take contribute to that. No doubt these cigars are not helping. I enjoy them so much though. Jessie is fussing at me for smoking them too much. I’ll probably end up quiting them but I’ll have to decide that on my on. They can’t be good for my enlarged heart.
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Morality
What is Moral?
As a child, I use to ask myself how do I know what is right and wrong when no one has told me? My answer was some things just seem wrong so there must be some inherent right and wrong. Now I think that come from my culture? Do I pick up on what I see and hear, especially as a child?
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Feeling Better
Lupus Recovery Day and Education for Those not Afflicted
Jessie had been predicting I was going to have a rough few days. It is not uncommon for me to wilt like an octopus out of the water once I’ve had a few days, or even a day of fun, especially if the fun was in the sun. My hair lost its red because I stopped going into the sun, one of my high school friends noted that when we re-connected last week. That is because the sun made me sick. As a kid, a hard day of play in the sun left me with strep throat the next day on several occasions.
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Lent and a Little Self Assessment for Me
Putting Myself Under the Microscope
A few days ago someone visited this site using the name Mike in Manila. He made me angry and others reacted negatively to his comments. His comment was insensitive and unkind. They were condescending like many people are to over weight people. He post comments as Mike in Manila. Some people emailed me calling hm an “ass” or a “jerk.” Frankly, I agree but my response to him was not that of a Christian, well it was that of a Christian, a flawed one. It was not a good response based on the One I choose to follow. That one being Jesus Christ.
I think my response made me an ass and a jerk. So that is my self assessment and hopefully an acknowledgment to myself that I need too do better next time I am confronted with the same kind of thing and will be again. Its not easy to react in the proper way. It is very easy to react in a selfish, prideful way. There are lots of reasons it that make my reaction understandable but none-the-less still unhelpful.
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