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Life...In a Nutshell
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I always wondered why someone came up with the expression, "in a nutshell." I mean, the only thing in a nutshell is a nut. And to refer to something as being, "in a nutshell", would be saying that, well, that's "all" of it....right? So, with my confused and damaged brain, saying that life is in a nutshell...would mean that life is nutty...or confusing...or crazy....right? I don't know. I completely forgot what I was going to blog about, now. I think I'll just blog about life that happened after I last blogged on...which day was it? Sunday? Did I blog about Zach getting woozy at Walmart after he picked out all the art supplies he thought he wanted? It turned out that he had a fever over 101. I guess it could have been worse, but since it was a fever at all, I kept him home from school...and the fever wouldn't go away, so he stayed home from school all week. Chris started running a fever, too, so they were both home from school every day they had school this week. There wasn't any school in session today and tomorrow, so neither of the boys will have gone to school for a whole week. I wish all this sickness would just go away. I went to Chris' school and got all of his assignments he missed, but forgot to ask Zach's teacher for his when I had to go to his conference yesterday. She didn't seem all that concerned because he had all As on his report card. I finished reading, "The Shack" a couple of nights ago. It's a great book. I think that without it, l probably would have gotten really depressed about all that's going on in my life...except that Zach is still getting straight As. I would recommend it to anyone that's carrying any kind of bitter feelings toward anyone...and I think that would include most people. It really does help people understand life better, I think. I mean, everyone has bad things that happen in their lives that don't seem very fair at all, but when we realize that God never leaves us and that He doesn't cause bad things to happen, but can take the bad things that happen and make good things happen, then we learn that there is hope. We're never alone...even when we feel alone. I know I feel alone a lot...and very confused about where to go or what I should be doing with my life...but I also know that if I trust God, that He's not going to let me down. He's always going to be there. It doesn't mean life won't be painful. But, through everything that happens, God won't leave us. I have a friend who wrote to me a couple of days ago, telling me that his father died two weeks ago and that he just found out his mother has cancer. I told him I would pray for him. I don't understand why so many people have to suffer so many terrible things...but I think that some things weren't meant to be understood...only left up to God. |
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10/29/2009 4:25 pm |
Yes, there may only be a "nut" in the shell- but that nut has everything in itself already to fulfill its' destiny-- be a walnut tree or large oak. Glad to hear of all the "a"s you must be proud. God is always near us-- along with out ministering angels. I pray everyday for my physical eye to be open to literally see the spiritual things going on around me. Praying the boys feel better. You're doing a great job at being an excellent mom!
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10/29/2009 9:03 pm |
Idiom: in a nutshell In a few words; concisely: Just give me the facts in a nutshell. A nutshell is rather small and doesn't contain much. So the meaning behind the expression is to make it brief, or succinct.
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10/29/2009 10:14 pm |
I think in a nutshell for people we doubt, is that we should appreciate more someone saying he or she prays for you than lets say giving you something or helping you in some way. For these end times the value should be placed on our spirituality and not on materialism which is a sign of serving the prince of the evil world. Yes faith without works is dead so we shouldn't put all the nutty people on the last isles in churches. But that's what they do. Somehow those with good looks and good car are the only ones in the stage of any church. So that is not faith at all. When you said earlier something positive I did you didn't mention anything about the time I gave you when you said something to me. You didn't value me being there at all in the past or anything other than who would date. So the nutshell is there is no appreciation of friends when one is too tainted with the 'cares of this world' as Jesus said and the will of God doesn't occur when believers are SPOTTED with the world as Peter said as well. Or was what John said because he described this worldly type of people and the test of faith or the IQ of salvation is knowing who reacts more to what is said. For instance, some react more to a topic about movies than a topic about Revelation. So it's all knowable to who is not doing the will of God when people only talk about what is fun or what appeals to the human senses, and that is what Satan only wants.
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10/30/2009 8:30 am |
I think in a nutshell for people we doubt, is that we should appreciate more someone saying he or she prays for you than lets say giving you something or helping you in some way. For these end times the value should be placed on our spirituality and not on materialism which is a sign of serving the prince of the evil world. Yes faith without works is dead so we shouldn't put all the nutty people on the last isles in churches. But that's what they do. Somehow those with good looks and good car are the only ones in the stage of any church. So that is not faith at all. When you said earlier something positive I did you didn't mention anything about the time I gave you when you said something to me. You didn't value me being there at all in the past or anything other than who would date. So the nutshell is there is no appreciation of friends when one is too tainted with the 'cares of this world' as Jesus said and the will of God doesn't occur when believers are SPOTTED with the world as Peter said as well. Or was what John said because he described this worldly type of people and the test of faith or the IQ of salvation is knowing who reacts more to what is said. For instance, some react more to a topic about movies than a topic about Revelation. So it's all knowable to who is not doing the will of God when people only talk about what is fun or what appeals to the human senses, and that is what Satan only wants.
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10/30/2009 8:42 am |
Yes, there may only be a "nut" in the shell- but that nut has everything in itself already to fulfill its' destiny-- be a walnut tree or large oak. Glad to hear of all the "a"s you must be proud. God is always near us-- along with out ministering angels. I pray everyday for my physical eye to be open to literally see the spiritual things going on around me. Praying the boys feel better. You're doing a great job at being an excellent mom! Thank you for praying for the boys. I think they're better, now. Thanks, too, for saying I'm doing a great job in mothering...although, I would disagree with that most of the time. I do love them so much and feel so blessed that they're my kids...but I know I make a lot of mistakes. I found out, through that book you sent me, that I'm spoiling my kids by not setting boundaries....but, truthfully, I don't know how to set boundaries because my mind won't stay focused enough. I just pray that they will make good choices without having to be forced.
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10/30/2009 8:46 am |
Idiom: in a nutshell In a few words; concisely: Just give me the facts in a nutshell. A nutshell is rather small and doesn't contain much. So the meaning behind the expression is to make it brief, or succinct.
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10/30/2009 11:43 am |
Early Christians didn't believe Jesus was God. In fact half of the Roman Empire didn't believe the Trinity a century after the church started. All the verses in the bible that seem to paint Jesus as God are in context that God is with us through Christ. I never said Christ wasn't divine, but you and others made it seem like I denied the Godhood of Jesus. You all were too busy attacking and assuming. Words have meanings. There are just too many verses that outnumber the idea that Jesus is literally God, but instead many Protestants twist the ratio in favor of the spirit of the antichrist where the antichrist denies that Christ was human. Enough to the point that even tallcoolone didn't believe Jesus was a man because he was God. It is not logical to say and know that Jesus is the Son of God and then say he is God. So the places where it shows the divinity of Christ one has to see the true meaning and that is God dwelt in Jesus. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Even Timothy 3:16 is in the context of godliness. Something your friends should know because Paul says it was a mystery. God imparted his likeness to Jesus so that when you worship Jesus you worship God. In that sense he is God and I wrote you this several times before. That's how much you give people dignity when you can't recall what was already said and therefore make people think it was a waste of time to say anything at all. So God in this sense means likeness or in Paul's case 'godliness'. Paul shorted the word to God because God is godliness. You haven't heard the phrase 'i see God in you'. Because God has several meanings and it is clear as crystal when John says TWICE in the bible no man has seen God at anytime. The pope invented the Trinity and the way you think Jesus is God. No. God imparted his godhood to Christ. God spoke through Christ. Jesus always said God (Father) was WITH him, and that's what made him God and not what you and the Trinity mean literally. When Jesus speaks God speaks because God is a Spirit and spoke through Jesus. That only makes 2 in the godhead. The Holy Spirit flows from God so it's not a 2nd being but God himself through his power. When you read the bible you have to know first that the way it's written is to try to make you understand and not that english is not perfect and could make you think entirely a different way that you shouldn't. If you really think logically like you do then you destroyed your own logic when you told others God doesn't really forget sins that people repent from. But u forgot if you think God is all powerful, it's impossible for God to die because God is a Spirit. So Jesus is not God by your own human logic which could be sometimes right.
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10/30/2009 12:13 pm |
If you read carefully John chapter 8 where many Trinitarians get their false idea that Jesus is God, then you will notice those Jesus was talking to were making ACCUSATIONS toward Jesus. They wanted to accuse Jesus of breaking the scripture because in the old testament as you hopefully know, God says there will be no God before me and hear oh Israel, the LORD is one. And you know God is one because he created us in his own image. And you know the word 'God' has a plural form in Genesis. Ofcourse, John clarifies this when he said the 'WORD was with God', and the 'WORD' was God. Remember though the WORD has a meaning. Paul rephrases it and said God was manifested in the flesh, but don't take this out of context because in the OT it says God is not a man because God is a Spirit, and the Spirit of God descended on Jesus like a DOVE. remember that. --------------------------------------------------------------------- So remember they wanted to accuse Jesus so they were sly and manipulative as well as devious and murderous. So they told Jesus that they chose to throw stones at him because he was making himself equal to God. But remember again, it could read too that the Jews were accusing Jesus of making himself God. But Jesus replied and that is what you and Trinitarians should remember is that Jesus responds to say exactly what he means. Jesus said because he said that he was the Son of God. Yes read all the chapter not just what you want to read and respond to. Life is not like that. Study to show yourself APPROVED to God as the verse says. So there is big difference with what he was accused of and what Jesus said. Jesus cleared it up and said because he said he was the Son of God. The Son of God is the I AM because God imparted to Jesus the godhood as well. In that sense is Jesus God but not literally because John says twice that NO MAN has seen God at anytime. So you clearly deny what the bible says because you and Trinitarians fail to realize that God is WITH Jesus and speaking through him. In that way Jesus is God which I didn't mention to you because you were busy accusing. Do you understand the word WITH and the word GIVE. God (Father) gave Jesus his divinity so the Trinity is all wrong because if the Father was WITH Jesus that means there are TWO beings in Christ, and that is Christ himself and the Father. They are one in the sense of godhood, but only the Father is God and not the Son. You should know better than that to deny what the bible actually says.
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10/30/2009 12:47 pm |
Sorry, I have to make a correction. I mean John chapter 10, not chapter 8. I think chardshan you first have to realize that salvation is not one verse in the bible as you think because God requires us to think. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ But even in John chapter 8 verse 28 you know why Jesus said 'I AM' because verse 28 SAYS that the Father taught Jesus what to say. That's what you won't want to read or think about because the church fathers came after the persecutions and couldn't see truth for what it is. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- But John chapter 10 verse 36 says Jesus is the Son of God. If you don't believe he is the Son of God then you will die in your sins. But here is where the Trinitarians are stuck up and refuse to think because they killed many christians for not believing in the Trinity or infant baptism. Because chapter 10 verse 33 says that Jesus was making himself to be God. But see Trinitarians take the word 'God' out of context because the next verse Jesus states: ---------------------------------------------------------- Jesus answered them , "is it not written in your law, 'I said, "you are gods.". That verse should once and for all show you that Jesus isn't God the way you think he is, because Jesus is using 'God' here in the context of those representing a higher power and not being the higher power himself. Do you get it yet? -------------------------------------------------------------------- So Jesus is God but not the way you think he is. The Father told Jesus what to say so 'I AM' is what the True God (father) told Jesus to say. That means the only identification of Jesus which includes godhood is the SON OF GOD. I wish you Trinitarians realize that the bible mentions SON OF GOD a million times more than it says Jesus is god. I guess some don't want to think
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