We went and got wood yesterday, when we arrived at the top of the mountain we discovered Poppie had forgot the chainsaw, he had thrown in an old one but it was not a real option. I offered to return home for the saw, I tried my cell, (yes, I have one, that I use about 600 minutes a year on), and had reception. I called Mokie and she agreed to meet me in route. We both drove to one another and she brought me that saw, due to her kindness in bringing the saw part way, the longer part as I was on a mountain road where 20 in speeding, which I did a little. I was back and we were ready to cut in about 30 minutes. We just started to saw, when she called, still had cell service, it is nice on the top of the mountain, just no service going down the mountain. She advised that she found one of our friends boy's car rolled into the ditch. She called their mom and they are ok, it had happened the night before. We had both missed it going up the road as it was a small car and hidden by the bushes. By the time we got off the mountain it had been winched out of the creek bed. We started to saw trees and stack wood. Grandpa had meant us on the mountain and he had his little truck stacked and ready to go about noon, the girls went home with him, he had offered to stay but we thought they should go spend time with grandma. They left, we had a nice afternoon cutting and stacking wood, sometimes it is just nice to have good hard work and the quiet of each others company. We had planned on taking part of the wood to Bug and to a man, who we get a cord of wood a year, but when Poppie stopped at Bugs his neighbor, an elderly couple where the man has a terminal illness needed wood. Poppie and Bug unstacked it at their house and we are going to go get them more on Thursday, still have to get Bug a load and the man we get the cord for. The couple were so happy to have wood, they were very low and wondering where to get it, Bug usually gets it but he no longer has a pickup. They were excited we would get some for them. We will have to get them two more full loads, truck and trailer. Maybe the last load next Saturday, which would be more important than the craft show, as it may get snowy and we couldn't get back up there, we usually get people wood in the summer not this late in the year.
This morning it is quiet with the ladies at the grandparents. They will go to Church with them about 30 miles from here. The Church is a nice Church, we would probably go there if it was local. I am not sure they would be a total match with our beliefs, long term, as they are an old style church where all the ladies wear dresses but they are a great Church for the girls to go commune with. We slept in until 7 this morning, both sore but in a good healthy way.
Sometimes it is so nice to just have the privacy of your own home and life. I wonder at why anyone would want to invade that time or even try to find out what you do with your life in your own home. I am a self admitted people watcher but once the person walks out of my line of site I have little interest in what they do. I don't dwell on what they might do in private. I am not a celebrity watcher, I never really understand why these people aren't allowed their privacy. I am sometimes appalled by the lengths the people will go to to know about famous or infamous peoples lives. I can maybe understand it a little and sort of see the why people would be interest in knowing if they are like us in private but not enough to bug them. I do not understand when people in general, that might have had entrance into your home, feel the need to gossip about what they think they know about your life. Why would people stare at you or feel the need to stare at you as they drive by your house? Why would they take a child's innocent conversation about their private home life and gossip about it? Why would they feel the need to spread rumors about their perception of your housekeeping skills? Why would that be a place for them to start a conversation with others? Why do they not have lives where they can leave you in peace? Why would you be of any interest to them, why can't we be allowed to have the privacy of our own lives? I myself have never wondered what my friends talk about when they are alone, I am not a voyeur and have no interest in being one. I certainly don't talk about or even think of things I might have accidentally seen that were private maters to my friends or neighbors. What would be my interest, I have a hard enough time taking care of my issues and my life's path. I am just saying, why are some people so odd or is it pathetic? .... tomorrow.
The day to day living of a family on a rural Montana hobby farm, stories of goats, piglets, sourdough bread making, cheese making, soap making and the general raising of two little girls, their three older adult siblings, and the loving of our 10 grandkids. The story of a 36 year marriage with it's ups and downs. We worship God with reverence and are truly blessed for being his beloved children.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Coincidence, is it God's design or is it truly random occurence. Can it be Satan tool?
I have read many books in my life, and in our modern times seen movies, in which coincidence is often an imperative part of a story line, but is it real to life or is only in a scripted tale? I have often heard that it is much more prevalent to our real lives than to the make believe lives of fiction. I am inclined to believe this is an actuality. Just think over your own live and test the theory and you will find quite often it is the case. It isn't always the catastrophic coincidence a book or movie makes it out to be but sometimes it is and in real live it is not a game, or a plot that will come to fruition in 380 pages or two hours. Coincidence is sometimes a good and wonderful thing and sometime it can lead to unrepairable loss and damage. Is coincidence truly random or is God's design, is it when God allows a trial or sends us a trial?
Coincidence in and of itself is not the culprit and in an of itself neither good or bad. The problem with coincidence is it is often a harbinger, it is sometimes so odd and out there and brings people who are such disruption to your lives. You can be brought to such depths of despair and sorrow by its happenstance. I have witnessed true heartbreak in moments of coincidence. I think in those moments that the power of Satan has truly come to bring trials to lives. God is the answer in these moments, we can't over come this kind of coincidence alone and I don't think that God wants or asks us too. Sometimes people are truly the messengers of Satan and we forget that in our lives. Only God can give us the strength to overcome these situations, and faith in God is the answer.
Sometimes coincidence can be the perfect storm and bring bad people and bad times to our lives. I think that the people that are truly evil and bring mean intent are rarely benign in their endeavor they plot and plan out their intent. I would imagine that they are sad people with no true presence of God in their lives. I think that they would fall into the category of people who are self deceived.
"The Bible also warns of self-deception (1 Cor. 3:18). Paul demonstrates self-deception saying: "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to the flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life" (Gal. 6:7-8). Frankly, we may deceive ourselves and others, but we cannot deceive God."
I studied and found the above words of inspiration from God. God is not deceived by these self deceived people, they have shallow lives that do no lead them to the light of God, they are not happy unless they are hurting other people. I ask do they really not know what they do, not likely, true self deception is hard to accomplish. You have to believe something and deceive yourself in to not knowing you are doing it. I know sometimes that is possible but it is more rare to be self deceived than to be self deluded. Delusion in and of itself can be many things, it can be caused from true mental problems or simply having such an odd sense of reality that you see thinks askew, but that would be edging toward mental problems, so self delusion is maybe, or mostly, from people who are ill. So is self illusion the culprit of a mean spirit. How are they or any of us over come by self illusion? Is self illusion the way that people choose to not face reality or is it away of hurting other people and faining your innocence and belying your involvement? Is self illusion a part of the human condition? Is it a part of all of us? Is it a condition that in some is truly cruel and in other just not seeing that your child is not perfect? Is it a protective coating we wear or is it a sin we all share?....... tomorrow.
Coincidence in and of itself is not the culprit and in an of itself neither good or bad. The problem with coincidence is it is often a harbinger, it is sometimes so odd and out there and brings people who are such disruption to your lives. You can be brought to such depths of despair and sorrow by its happenstance. I have witnessed true heartbreak in moments of coincidence. I think in those moments that the power of Satan has truly come to bring trials to lives. God is the answer in these moments, we can't over come this kind of coincidence alone and I don't think that God wants or asks us too. Sometimes people are truly the messengers of Satan and we forget that in our lives. Only God can give us the strength to overcome these situations, and faith in God is the answer.
Sometimes coincidence can be the perfect storm and bring bad people and bad times to our lives. I think that the people that are truly evil and bring mean intent are rarely benign in their endeavor they plot and plan out their intent. I would imagine that they are sad people with no true presence of God in their lives. I think that they would fall into the category of people who are self deceived.
"The Bible also warns of self-deception (1 Cor. 3:18). Paul demonstrates self-deception saying: "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to the flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life" (Gal. 6:7-8). Frankly, we may deceive ourselves and others, but we cannot deceive God."
I studied and found the above words of inspiration from God. God is not deceived by these self deceived people, they have shallow lives that do no lead them to the light of God, they are not happy unless they are hurting other people. I ask do they really not know what they do, not likely, true self deception is hard to accomplish. You have to believe something and deceive yourself in to not knowing you are doing it. I know sometimes that is possible but it is more rare to be self deceived than to be self deluded. Delusion in and of itself can be many things, it can be caused from true mental problems or simply having such an odd sense of reality that you see thinks askew, but that would be edging toward mental problems, so self delusion is maybe, or mostly, from people who are ill. So is self illusion the culprit of a mean spirit. How are they or any of us over come by self illusion? Is self illusion the way that people choose to not face reality or is it away of hurting other people and faining your innocence and belying your involvement? Is self illusion a part of the human condition? Is it a part of all of us? Is it a condition that in some is truly cruel and in other just not seeing that your child is not perfect? Is it a protective coating we wear or is it a sin we all share?....... tomorrow.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Messages in my life this week, all interesting and meaningful, all messages from God.
I am responsible only for what I say and not for what you understand.
Romans 1:29-32
New International Version (NIV)
29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31 they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. 32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
All of the above sayings were sent to me this week and I am sure, without a doubt, from God. Sometimes life is about the little things and sometimes it is about the big things. So many people in our lives are a vital loving part of our lives and some people are not meant to be in our lives. Life is about how you handle the good, the bad and the ugly in your life and still look yourself in the mirror and say I handled them the way God asked me too. God doesn't require that all the people we meet in this life stay or are welcome in our lives, he just asks us to conduct ourselves with him in mind. We are not required to be a victim, or to victimize. We are often the subject of gossip but that is a trial and trials are easily victories in the making. Life is about the way you conduct yourself not the way people try to make you conduct yourself. Life, your life, is what you answer for when you meet the Lord face to face, faith and love of God can help us rise above the games and pettiness of life. We all sin each and everyday, God's forgiveness and is not about being perfect, God knows none of us are, as humans. God sees us through the blood of Jesus and he sees us as perfect. We only need try to work toward being better each day. God knows what we endure and God wields the hand of justice to all in the end. God only remembers the sins not cleansed by the blood of his lamb. So, those who torment us, slander us, gossip about us and hurt us in this life are God's responsibility not ours and through prayer we can reach that as our answer to our prayers. God has a plan for our lives we just have to have the patients and acceptance to know that God always loves us and gives us his best, no matter who tries to do evil to us..... tomorrow.
All of the above sayings were sent to me this week and I am sure, without a doubt, from God. Sometimes life is about the little things and sometimes it is about the big things. So many people in our lives are a vital loving part of our lives and some people are not meant to be in our lives. Life is about how you handle the good, the bad and the ugly in your life and still look yourself in the mirror and say I handled them the way God asked me too. God doesn't require that all the people we meet in this life stay or are welcome in our lives, he just asks us to conduct ourselves with him in mind. We are not required to be a victim, or to victimize. We are often the subject of gossip but that is a trial and trials are easily victories in the making. Life is about the way you conduct yourself not the way people try to make you conduct yourself. Life, your life, is what you answer for when you meet the Lord face to face, faith and love of God can help us rise above the games and pettiness of life. We all sin each and everyday, God's forgiveness and is not about being perfect, God knows none of us are, as humans. God sees us through the blood of Jesus and he sees us as perfect. We only need try to work toward being better each day. God knows what we endure and God wields the hand of justice to all in the end. God only remembers the sins not cleansed by the blood of his lamb. So, those who torment us, slander us, gossip about us and hurt us in this life are God's responsibility not ours and through prayer we can reach that as our answer to our prayers. God has a plan for our lives we just have to have the patients and acceptance to know that God always loves us and gives us his best, no matter who tries to do evil to us..... tomorrow.
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