Thominism

Prayers of thanks come easy in a delivery room with a new baby in your arms, with family and freinds all around , at a party or a camp fire, hiking and seeing nature's splendor, when we're healthy, gainfully employed, well fed and free. These are great moments in life indeed, times to savour and count as blessings in abundance. As great as the blessings in life are, like children being called in from recess, the learning, the growth and the character of a person usually are taught from the experience, hard work and even grief of life's classroom We should be thankful not only for our obvious personal blessings but also for the right to sympathize,to understand,to help, to trust, to struggle, to aspire and to see the miracles and wonders in the people around us in spite of the constant flow of negative media . Maybe good news doesn't sell because theres so much of it. Maybe, it's lost it's value. And when times are unbearable perhaps in our pain and grief...

I was cutting some branches with my chainsaw last week when I realized the spinning blade was only about 8 or 10 inches from my leg. I thought "Wow, that's kind of dangerous." Then I immediately thought of how silly it is that it is illegal to purchase lawn darts. I know this is kind of scattered thinking but can you see my point? It's OK to use a chainsaw but not to play lawn darts. That's crazy. I'm almost afraid to point this out for fear that the ... um lets call them the - Living in fear,Paranoid, "There ought to be a law Police - or the (LFPTLP) may take away my right to use my chain saw. I mean it would be crazy to think they might bring lawn darts back. I mean, gee, why not just legalize hand grenades, right? I'm sure there have been some accidents with lawn dart, even fatalities, but can't we be given the freedom to make up our own minds. The LFPTLP hate cigareete smokers. Kicking them outside isn't good enough,no,no, they have to...

Why would anyone fast? I didn't even think it was possible until I had to go for medical procedures of one kind or another.Twenty four hours without food. Couldn't I die from that? It can't be good for you.Can it? Well maybe it could.We sure are use to having things right at hand when we want it, there's no consideration of where it came from, how much work went in to getting it here or how blessed we are to have it , so much of it,such a variety of it. Burgers Monday,Pasta Tuesday, Pizza Wednesday,Chicken Thursday,Fish Friday,etc,etc. That's not counting the salads, fruit , vegetables and sanwiches we woof back along the way!! Maybe going a day without food now and then could have an eye opening effect on our "attitude of gratitude" and maybe we would enjoy our food more intensely when we did have it.I think it would give us a deeper feeling of thanks when we say grace before our meals. Jews For Jesus has a great article in it's March 2009 news...

When I first started studying the Bible, I found I was always picking out things I thought I was pretty much in line with, or was already applying to my own life and I would see the faults of other people who weren't where I was morally. I thought "Gee, It so easy. Why don't people just live like me". It's not just Chistians. Many folks think they have all the "real" righteous ways figured out and if you should, say, smoke,or drink, or do something politically incorrect, well, you're just bad, stupid or both. It's always so easy to see the shortcomings of others. At some point I came across Luke18:9-14 "To some who are confident and look down at everybody else,Jesus told this parable:"Two men went up to the temple to pray one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: 'God I thank you that I am not like other men--robbers, evildoers, adulterers-or-- even like this tax collector. I ...

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After raising three boys I find I'm always telling , not just them , but there friends too,how great it "used to be ". My parents always did the same as they spoke about the "good old days" . Now, I knew my parents "good old days" consisted of the great depression and a world war that saw 50.000.000 people die . Imagine that. Let that sink in awhile. These were the "good old days". Maybe the " good old days" were good ,because, the good Lord gives us "days "at all. And the sweet,sweet people around us are among the greatest gifts of all His creation. My parents pictures of "the good old days" always consisted of lots of people, in a very small room. Anyway,I get caught up in thinking about the past . This is not good for the next generation ,who have there whole lives stretched out before them. When I was young and in despair my mother shared this book of poems with me .It was at a time, like today ,wh...

There's been many times I've had things to say be it spiritual,social, political,or just micellaneous rambling and I needed a place to vent these thoughts. Comments would be great . I'm laid off from work and have much more time to waste on the computer. This first blog deals with nothing.I'm simply trying to see how it works.