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WELCOME to my Blog!
Intro -- Embarking on a new journey
I am tired of acting "normal", but not being accepted anyway.
I might as well "play" the fool. And such I may be.
My Blogs from here on out will probably be a little--strange, lol.
Or a lot strange, my forte.
 wpx1, 8/31/2009.
COPYRIGHT Eternally and everywhere, and ©2009, 2008, 2007, 2006. All rights reserved by me, the author.
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Respect everyone?? ~ Honor ALL !!!
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Aug 5, 2006 3:12 pm
Mood: thirsty,
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When many people in this country say
"Respect is earned"
they have it wrong.
But unfortunately, it is true that this occurs.
It is no wonder that so many people can get treated so badly!
In reality, respect, that is, 'honor', should NOT need to be earned or deserved to be given, as we shall soon see.
Yes, EXTRA respect and honor MAY be, in some sense, earned or deserved or merited, but the basic honor we are to have toward others should not need to be deserved, per se!
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The WORD says:
Honor all.
~ 1 Peter 2 : 17
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The context of the passage, in my view, indicates that such honor is NOT just in reference to Christians either. We truly are to respect, that is, to honor, all people, regardless of who they are or what they do (yes, even the wicked, to some degree, as yucky as that may seem or be; we're getting to the other kinds of honor).
Respect, or Honor is an attitude of the heart. And in that sense, and because of that, Honor can have NOTHING to do with the other person! (More below.)
This truth in action NEEDS to be taught over and over again.
"Extra" honor comes when someone has done something "honorable"
--especially those worthy of extra, and even "double honor". 1 Tim. 5 : 17.
"Unconditional Love" is taught by many people in many places, religious or non-religious, but Unconditional Honor and "Respect" do not seem to be taught so much. And the Planet is so much in need of this attitude of the heart.
The flipside is that so many DESIRE respect and/or honor! ("Do to others as you would have them do to you.")
BUT--and this is a big but--though we are to Honor all, Iesou said in John 5 : 44a,
"How can you {even} BELIEVE who receive honor from one another...???"
And in another place nearby, He said,
"I RECEIVE honor from NO HUMAN BEING"!!!
We need to have a mind to receive and desire the Honor that comes from Elohim only, as John 5 : 44b says. This is the true "honor".
And as the Word says,
"Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ Iesou...."
He emptied Himself of His Theos attributes.
We are to deny ourselves.
He entrusted His soul to the Father.
We are to entrust our lives to a Great Shepherd.
He called the Father His Theos/Elohim!
We are to guard ourselves from anything that might become an idol!
Though Human love -- and thus a life -- might be given for the noble, for family and friends, for the good, and even "for" the people, STILL YHWH's Love is recommended to us because while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Over our love, HIS Love is recommended to us!
We are therefore to allow His Spirit to "pour out the Love of Elohim in our hearts" -- after we have become New Creations, and after we have received His Spirit -- so that we may have this new, renewed Love for Elohim and for others.
So too, we are to be "renewed in the spirit {that is, attitude} of our minds", so that we may truly and properly Honor all.
THIS Honor that we are to give is a given.
It is a non-negotiable.
We are to honor all.
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HONOR ALL PEOPLE, people!
and in doing so, make the world a better place because someone with a heart like this is in it!
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Don't be silent to me! YHWH!!
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Jul 28, 2006 6:05 pm
Mood: thirsty,
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"I cry to You, YHWH My Rock!
"Don't be silent to me!!
"Lest if You are silent to me, I become like those who go down into the pit."
~ Psalm 28 : 1
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WHEN will we fall in LOVE?
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Jul 28, 2006 5:03 pm
Mood: disappointed,
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(The following is not short. Posted without editing.)
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I was eating dinner the other night, and I overheard most of a conversation, where one person was saying what some man said:
"I hate love.
"The women I have been romantically interested in, they like someone else.
"And the women who are interested in me, I am not really all that interested in them.
"And then there are the men who are interested in them, but they don't feel the same way about the men!
"Will I ever meet someone where it is mutual?"
Something like that.
Now I don't know about hating love, but--
I myself have experienced a similar scenario time and again.
How FRUSTRATING it can be!!
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One woman I might have been interested in locally recently, who was sort of available at the time, didn't seem to be all that interested in me, but in others. (And no one else "real" has yet come close.)
Why does it "have" to be this way?
I feel as though I am in some Bait and Switch program loop:
Here comes a beautiful woman.
My interests are awakened.
She doesn't seem interested or else is not available (in a hurry, whatever).
Then, not a moment later, ANOTHER woman comes around who practically stares or flirts with me!
But, as far as looks go, she is not my type. (I hope I am allowed to have a type.)
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"All that is in the world, the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life, are not of the Father...".
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"If anyone loves (agapao's) the world, the Love of the Father is not in him."
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Now, I don't want just a pretty face with an ugly soul, or a beautiful looking woman who is all wrong for me!
But, I shared with some people that I had previously gone out with women that I was not all that interested in. And I was told that it wasn't particularly "nice" of me, or whatever. So, I figured I should maybe--for once in my life--actually focus on the idea of dating someone I could be really interested in. (It wasn't that I was closed to it in the past, just never really found women who would reciprocate.)
Also, It would be great, if when it mattered, I wouldn't stumble over my words! that my confidence level wouldn't all of a sudden DROP, or my attempt at outward confidence (hopefully courage in the face of fear that I am all of a sudden feeling), ends up going overboard.
Perfect Love casts out fear. Perfect Love casts out fear. Perfect Love casts out fear. SO-O immature at those moments, apparently. Wanting to meet and get to know, instead of just give. 
Yet I DO think MOST people probably marry the WRONG person, or vice versa. (Sorry.) Depressing if true, I know. So, our mates are often mated with the wrong folks! even though they are Christians. Depressing thought. So many "Christians", so little of God's Will being done.
But who REALLY wants to trust some God that -- as Christian pundits say -- "doesn't care about the outward appearance"? (I ask, Re-a-lly?? Is THAT what it says??)
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is empty; and I seem to lack both at just the right moments!
Maybe if I shaved daily.
Anyway.
HEY. Maybe I am actually journaling here! LOL.
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You know, I think that in the past I also experienced this, tired of waiting, and waiting. And wanted to just go out with SOMEone rather than be alone. Using people -- as some friends do -- for companionship. I tried to Love, not romantically, but, well, yeah, you probably are already looking for the Response button to chide me. Or maybe to sympathize.
But I don't know that either will help.
I am a fool.
I wanted to be in love from the time I was a teenager. And it happened, sort of, once, twice.
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But not since I have been a believer.
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I have to learn, all over again, "to be abased, and to abound; to be in need, and in plenty" (or something like that).
"I have learned in whatever state I find myself, in it, to be content."
This is the KEY to happiness, I am sure; and not always wanting "more", never really being satisfied.
But I have always wanted more:
More of God than it seemed was forthcoming.
More of Christians than 99% seemed to want to pour out to the people of the world, or to God.
More of so-called leaders, most of whom probably don't belong in a pulpit teaching the Infallible Word.
Yes, yes, you can pick on me, and say "'Perfect'??--So naive are you!" Okay, thanks, Yoda.
But Job was called perfect. Leaders are at least to be blameless. Paul, even before he was a Christian, said that as to the righteousness that might be found in the Law, he himself was "blameless", as it were. Paul refers to some people as those who "are perfect" (Philip 3). Yahshua says "Be perfect as your Father in Heaven is...."
Who am I to argue with "Jesus"??
But, as the world grows deeper into darkness, and the Love of many grows cold, what can I expect: a woman of great Love AND beauty??
I found a quote once, don't remember it exactly, but it said something like:
A beautiful woman and wisdom are not often found together. (True of men as well.)
What can I say though?
Can I somehow brainwash myself into being only into Spirituality and personality, and to completely ignore the outward??
Can I, is it even right to, "fall" in love with someone??
"One man among a thousand I have found, but a woman among those, I have not found".
If such is so rare, and outward beauty also rare, maybe one in a thousand, is not the epithet "one in a million" likely true?
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I am certain to get people rebuking me here, or not knowing what to say, or feeling similarly, or feeling like they have something to say (but do they PRACTICE it?).
I know that there must be a more Spiritual way; but I almost don't care.
And look at all those Christians who pick their own, or beg for permission to have him or her. They don't either.
Then there is that perfect couple -- most of us have seen or heard of such -- and then God seems to take one away.
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Bait and Switch. Will you get what you want, and is that Good anyway?
Happy then Tested. Once you get what you wanted, will you still keep God first?
How MANY I have seen active in an assembly, only to drop off the MAP when a b/f, g/f, or spouse came along!! (And how sad I was then. WHERE has my heart gone?!?)
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"It is time that those who have wives be as though they had none". (Contextual, but still applicable.)
"Be content with such things as you have."
"Little children, guard yourselves from idols".
"Each one has his/her own gift from God: one this, another that" (1 Cor. 7, in reference to marriage or singleness.).
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So, I am stuck. (And now I speak from a male perspective; please excuse me....)
Pray; maybe get led to marry physically ugly women, because it's "God's will"; love the women; sort of be happy; maybe still desire something else.
Pray; marry so-so women; same results.
Be single; be frustrated; same results!
ARRGH.
I LIKE the women who are interested in me that are not my type, and I have had some general Love and Respect, BUT will I ever overcome this--DRIVE, to finally go out with women who Love God, who Love, respect, and are in love with me, and about whom I have similar (which in my mind at this time would require them to be my type)?
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Oh, why could I have a beauty BEFORE I committed my life so long ago?
Oh why did I not be and stay fully in love with the One?
And how does one fall back in Love again--without over-deifying the Deity?
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Why do I have this stupid thing between my legs?
Why do I have to desire what is supposedly outward beauty?
HOW can I brainwash myself to be satisfied, as Paul LEARNED?
How can I love and be loved, in the romantic way?
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How can I get an Almighty God to STOP BEING SILENT to me? Pray for me: Psalm 28 : 1. (Have YOU heard His Voice? And if so, ask yourself this question: Has the Voice ever said to you with words "I Love you"?? If so, how often. And if the Voice has not, WHY NOT? Are we hearing other than "God"?? And if you have not heard the Voice, why not?? Different questions.)
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Why won't she at least give me a chance?
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It is extremely rare that I come across a woman to whom I find strong romantic attraction, and not just "physical".
There are SO many cute or attractive women, but very few that fall into such a category with me.
Of course, the ones I have seen on BC who were pretty close to my type appear to all be scammers with fake profiles!
(Here's my address. Yeah, and then a couple of hours of chatting later comes the plea for money, especially if they are willing to come to you. How come none of them would accept money once they got here? Huh?? Because it's a scam.)
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I sort of tried to date women who were not my type, but I probably went about that in a way that wasn't conducive to romantic love.
And some of them were VERY "good looking". Just not my type. You know?
And some of them were pretty nice too.
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Am I wrong to want romantic love?
(Where is it in praised Scripture? please.)
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Am I wrong to desire beauty that I have never had?
Am I just a fool?
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I don't know what else to say.
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BE KIND, if you really read all that.
If you DIDN'T really read all that, then maybe before you respond, you could or should. Thanks.
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DISPARITY -- Women vs. Men on BC.
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Jul 28, 2006 4:54 pm
Mood: frustrated,
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Now maybe I am wrong, but, it seems that there might be -- in my area of Washington State -- about 10-40 TIMES as many men as there are women on Big Church.
Now, I know that there are about the same number of women in the country as men, if not more; so, if they are not at dating sites, etc., WHERE ARE THEY? Hiding from the world??
(Have I really been on BC for about two months now?)
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© The Mark of the Smiley cometh??
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Jul 28, 2006 9:39 am
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Sorry to bust the bubble, but, as 97.4% of you already know:
© is the Copyright symbol.
It is NOT a smiley.
(And if it were, it would be lying down on its side.)
It can be done in --
Windows: Alt-0169 on the number keypad (with Num Lock ON).
Mac: option-g.
I don't use it to bug any anti-smiley people.
Stated for the record.
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Two hearts
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Jul 23, 2006 9:21 pm
Mood: infatuated,
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Two hearts—
one beat;
Two minds—
one thought!
— Adapted from a German phrase
(I think), by wantingperfectX.
©198x/199x, 2006.
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Who wants to go to DISNEYLAND ?
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Jul 22, 2006 5:23 am
Mood: disappointed,
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UPDATE 9/23/2006
Well--Trip is over.
SEE my post on Page 2, 9/23/2006 7:24 am for "details".
The rest of my posts before that post may be skipped.
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