1) Names
One thing working at the hospital has showed me: I don't have that bad of a last name. Because of Hippa Laws, I can't share them, but believe me...... there are some very bizarre last names out there. And first names :)
2) KJV
2) People who are radically KJV only drive me crazy. They practically worship the translation. The older I get, and the more translations/versions I explore, the more convinced I am that the KJV is NOT the best version, much less the only one that should be used.
3) KJV 2
Imagine if everyone talked like the language of the KJV. "Wouldst thou pardon me from thy presence? I must goeth to the market and buyeth food for thou and the rest of my family because I lovest thou and them so much......." Maybe we should have a "talk like the KJV" day.......
4) A gay president
After nominating and voting for Donald Trump, will the conservatives and Christians ever vote for a gay president? Why shouldn't they? If a gay man has a monogamous relationship, why would he be any worse than Donald Trump? That is the problem with lowering the bar so much. And to be honest, a gay man in a monogamous relationship may not be any worse..... and the Republican party has lost their right to moral outrage. I honestly can see no moral reason any Christian could present for not voting for a gay president who voted for Donald Trump.
5) Mike Pence
I haven't really been impressed with Pence since he backed down on the Indiana Religious Freedom Act, and then became Donald Trump's running mate.... but the liberals and media have shown how insane and truly idiotic they are with their outrage over the boundaries Pence and his wife have set for their marriage. Sadly, a lot of Christians are also knocking them.
The thing is, if every married couple was that careful, there wouldn't be as many affairs, broken marriages, and divorce.
So thumbs down on a couple of things, but thumbs up for this, Mr. Pence.
6) Being liked
Sometimes I wonder if anyone truly likes me, or if they just like me when I act in ways they approve of, and am what they approve of.
7) Donald Trump and the Freedom Caucus
Trump has been calling out the Freedom Caucus leaders, the few in Congress that are actual conservatives. Were it not for them, we would have Obamacare Lite. My support is with them, not him.
8) Black Lives Matter
If you pay attention to the Black Lives Matters people, they don't want equal rights. They already have those. They want special rights, and have some ridiculous demands.
Their recent outrage over the Pepsi ad shows just how pathetic and hateful they and many liberals are. To be so outraged at the idea of someone at one of their protests giving a can of pop to a police officer shows how hateful they truly are.
9) Predestination
I have been following a lot of posts by Calvinists in a group I am in, and many of them seem to have the idea that we are basically robots that have no choice in being a Christian. If God picks us out, we can't say no. If He doesn't pick us out, we are doomed with no chance of ever becoming a Christian. Why do they want to portray a God like that? And why do they so hotly defend a God who picks and chooses who He will offer salvation to?
10) The Shack
Choose this day who you will serve: the god of The Shack, or the God of the Bible.... for they are definitely not the same. (Yeah, I am still disgusted at how many Christians are into the book and movie and ignore or don't care about the heresies and false teachings)
11) Easter bunny
A church I pass on my way to work was advertising breakfast with the Easter bunny........ way to confuse the kids, Bring the Easter bunny to church
12) Church expansion
My church is expanding. They are knocking out the front of the church and making the sanctuary bigger so a few more rows of pews can be added. I may be the only person in the church against it. We rarely need more room than we have, and with churches dying we may not need the room we have in 5 years. But I doubt anyone wants to hear thoughts contrary to the boards and whoever else made the decision. So I shall keep silent, and no one will know my thoughts who doesn't read this blog post.
13) Job
Do I dare admit it on my blog..... I don't really like my job. There are various reasons, but I don't. Sadly, they are getting rid of my old job so I couldn't have it back if I wanted. And I am really tired of the drive, especially to the other hospital.
14) Depression
My depression and anxiety are worsening, if that is possible. I think unhappiness with my job has added to it. I seriously feel like I am drowning in depression, despair, worry, and hopelessness. I am not sure where to go from here. I am between doctors, since I just got my insurance from the hospital... but medications have never seemed to help, and I wasn't quite honest with the doctor the last couple of times I saw him. I was afraid of what might happen if I was 100% honest. I knew for one thing he would push counseling, and I can't see that helping......especially if the counselor is not a Bible believing Christian.
I constantly feel lonely, yet I don't want to be around people...... a bad problem to have with my job duties.
And it is getting more and more difficult to go through the motions of every day life.
15) House
I still haven't found a house, which is another thing weighing me down. And now I am starting to wonder if I really want one in the town I have been looking in. I have no plans to change jobs at this moment, but now I am wondering if the reason nothing is working out is because maybe I won't be working where I am working. But I am about to turn 48.....and don't have many skills. I'd have a hard time getting a decent job elsewhere.
16) Late to the Trump party
No, not me..... I can't see me ever liking the man. It seems that people who took a hard stand against Trump, and caved at the last minute or after the election, are the most rabid when he is criticized. Even though they stood arm and arm with we #nevertrump people, they seem to think that just because they flipped the switch, I must also flip that switch and have no right to not do exactly as they have. They are the loudest and harshest when he is criticized.....maybe they are trying to make up for the days when they were against him.
17) Diabetes
Due to circumstances, I have gotten lax in checking my sugar. I was shocked to discover today that I have not checked it since September.......
18) Christians and outrage
It may be since I have been on the other side of it a few times...but I have been wondering if we Christians get too easily offended and outraged. And if we always react as we should when that happens. Could it be that some things are more important to us than God......or at least more important than loving people?
If you dare criticize homeschooling, many homeschooling moms will turn into screaming banshees. (Not much of an exaggeration)
If you criticize a politician someone voted for, you get un-friended on Facebook.
There are Christians in Muslim countries suffering torture, loss of family, and more...... and I have read stories of them forgiving those who persecute them.... yet we can't handle people criticizing our voting choice, our schooling choice, or a host of other things that we love so much.
If we cannot handle criticism of such things, how on earth will we ever handle true persecution?
19) Un-friending
Speaking of un-friending on Facebook, should a Christian do it? We all have done it.... or at least many of us, but should a Christian delete someone as a friend on Facebook?
I've been un-friended for criticizing Obama
I've been un-friended for criticizing Trump (by the same people who had no problem with me criticizing Obama)
I've been un-friended by at least one person for talking about gay-related issues too much
I have routinely gone through my Facebook friends and deleted anyone who had not interacted with me for several months.
I have deleted and blocked people who have said some very ignorant, mean, and untrue things to me or about me.
I'm not saying we have to take abusive language from people, but I am asking how easily should Christians un-friend people? We wouldn't do it in real life, and it wouldn't be Biblical in real life to do it as easily as we do it online..... but is online any different? Does loving people. turning the other cheek, and all that stuff go out the window when we are on Facebook?
Would Jesus delete someone for criticizing a politician He likes.....even if He felt the criticism was over the top?
Would Jesus delete anyone for any reason?
There is the "un-follow" option, which may not be any nicer, but the person doesn't know about it. I used that a lot on people who posted too much pro-Trump stuff :)
I am far from guiltless in this area, but it is something that has been on my mind lately.
20) Passion Play 2017
For the very first time ever, my entire family - parents, sisters, their husbands, my nieces and nephews, and I - will be going to the Passion Play together. Most of us have the day off, and the others work early enough in the day that they can go. We have been attending the one at Highway Tabernacle in Austintown Ohio for several years now.
21) CDs
I said this was random. I am getting way too many CDs. I already had a lot, but I have been finding a lot at used stores lately.
22) Vacation
I am looking forward to our family vacation at the end of next month. It is coming fast, and I haven't lost any of the weight I wanted to lose before it arrived. Outerbanks here we come, the entire family.
23) Weddings
I really don't like to go to weddings. Part of it is knowing that can never happen for me. It has been 17 years since I have attended one, and that was my little sister's. I think I made some family members upset when I didn't attend a cousin's wedding last month.
24) Bible
There is a new Bible version I have been wanting to check out, and found it on a $5 deal table yesterday at Lifeway Christian Stores. It is a very basic Bible , but it retails for $14.99..... so that was a good deal.
25) Family Christian Stores
I was disappointed that the Family Christian Stores are going out of business. I have got a lot of good deals there. I am hoping that Lifeway Christian Stores come into the area. It is a possibility, as they are going to buy some of the Family Christian Stores.
And maybe I am off-base, but I wonder if their being open on Sunday had anything to do with their having to close. Only God knows. It always bothered me that a Christian store would be open on Sunday.
Regardless, here is hoping Lifeway does move in. I need a Christian bookstore close to me other than the one I worked at for 5 years, which I don't prefer shopping at.
26) Spring
We have had some really decent days lately, and some not-so-decent. Tomorrow they are calling for snow. I am looking forward to the days coming to stay where I can wear sandals and short-sleeved shirts. Bring on the warm weather!
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