An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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Coming of Age Drama Kids

The Confirmation of Conformation.


Ouch.

That CAN actually hurt.

What?

A pinch of the cheek?🥹

Possibly.

A pinch of salt.😲

Tasty?

Possibly.


Ohhhhhhhhhhh.

Yes. How in the world did I miss the obvious one?


A pinch of forgiveness.😇


Most assuredly.

Hurts.

As in OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Leaves a bad taste in someone’s mouth, too. Someones’s mouths. With the rush to judgment as swift and quick as a dash for the Listerine—( the non-alcoholic option, of course)


Parsley anyone?……..

The missing ingredient to wholeness?


Many are called.

Few are chosen.

The gift of God, keeps on giving😃!


Hurray.

And.

It’s about damn time. (AWA)


Moral support versus a moral code?


Quite a conundrum of different perspectives so say the savage saboteurs. The ones undermining the undermined while undermining the underminers.


A person of belief of someone other than the self. Consider a pinch of positivity of God and God-like qualities of true servant hood, in all aspects of life, and core decency, proportion to the will of neighborly regard. (bs) Impossible?


In Him. All things are possible.


The Laws of Nature.

The Laws of God.



Some humans, struggle with accepting the law of God, believing it obsolete and no longer conducive to modern living.


Huh?


Bring on the windmills and EV’s?….Slam shut the door of doubt?…….

Pick your poison.


Reminder: Recycling the parts can be a bit**. The gas alone, to move it through? Costly and exorbitant. Grounding even.


Some humans, cannot find a basis for a moral code that is contrary to contemporary living and worldviews, but this is no reason to reject it.(wk)


So.

Be a Godsend😃💪🏻.


Biblical law has a stronger foundation.

He never fails.

Biblical law has a stronger foundation than any other code in all of history. (wk)


We change and evolve.

Society, as a whole changes and evolves.


Humans, often, we miss the mark when we fail to uphold common- sense regard for all that is sacred in His eyes of law.


Because throughout His trials and sacrifice and crucifixion, He is the moral character of all that has occurred.And the changes to come.


Good and Bad.

Sin and Failings.

Oopsies.

Ouchies.


God is not a thief, He does not command us to not steal because we may not do it. We most likely will all try in small ways and large. Steal a cookie. Steal a look. You get the drift. We are weak. He is strong. He commands us to learn the lesson. The life lesson’s that accompany the weak cries and hurts and pinches and dirt.


The Confirmation of Conformation.


We—unaware we miss the mark day in and day out. At the end of the day, at the end of a life, standing at the other side of the pearly gates? Not so fast. Ignorance is not an option.


Exposed.


”The law of God exposes the harsh reality of sin.” (Bbwk)

”Acceptance of the reality is the first step to realization.”


It can be both discouraging and shaming.


He is the opposite.

Encouraging and Un-blaming.


Ya can’t beat a dead horse.

Nor can ya beat it to death.

The qualities of Him, into another.


It is, after all, a process.


Rebels have been borne out of harsh attempts to do both of the above. And. The outcome? Anything but successful.


Just trying to make it “look good” in order to “look better.”


”An adult parent can forcibly control the outward behavior of a rebellious child but fail to win his/her heart.” (kd)


Yes.


Damage control. Gone with the wind.

The temper tantrum simmers below the surface for quite a long time morphing into faces unrecognizable.


Lead. Follow. Or get out of the way.


Of the temper tantrum never allowed to temperate.


Love grows through experience and practice.

Practice makes perfect.

He. Is perfect.


Greater love appears out of the most painful of experiences.


Complete unity is attainable.

It takes time.

It takes your time.

It takes my time.

Throw the hat in the ring and see how it goes. Most assuredly the finisher will have enough energy to give more of the self than ever imaginable. He has been teaching us this for years and years.


We. Haven’t always listened well.. Unity arrives out of His spirit. Selfish attempts to control others have and are a common source of strife.


Mankind, is after all, human.


We can agree to disagree.

We cannot agree to intentionally harm our neighbor.

Do no harm.

Do. No. Harm.

He commands us to love one another. We are required to hone our skills and learned behavior in Him with and in the gift to one another.


Are you? The missing ingredient in the world salad of life?

No. Not the word salad. We have had plenty, quite enough of this.


The world salad. A much more delicious and sustainable way to grow as a common good society than the undermining of the undermined undermining the undermined.


We can all dig in. Somewhere.Somehow.Someway. For the good of all mankind.

If we pay attention to the silent cries of the real cries.

The ouchies and the oopsies.

The ouchies and the oopsies we may not have been given the skills to manage as a youth and as we grew the tantrum took on a face of its own ugliness and the eyes dart from left to right in smugfilled hate.


Yuck.


There is a better way.

Pick a side not because you are forced or coerced to.

Because the decision to follow a better path was the path chosen. The rest? Eventually, by His will, will fall into place.


Maybe not first in line place.

Or.

First place.

Second place.

Third in (age group) place☺️.


But it will fall into a place where we do not fall for the shortcomings of another and bleed them to death. We choose to not fall for the stories and the unanswered follow ups and leave the ambiguity to the air and waves to decipher for us.


Trying to dump the wind mill wings and EV’s somewhere, anywhere. Chances are that hiding the mess will be as difficult as hiding a pent up childlike tantrum.


Doesn’t stay in. Will work its way “out” one way or another🤯🤐😬🤮


Go ahead. Chew on it all for awhile. The beautiful and wondrous olive branch exists for a reason.


A skinny stick can be broken by the weakness of its own inside.













September 27, 2024 18:56

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