These people do not like me, because I do what the boss would want done when the boss is not around!
The Bullshit I Put Up With
I do what the boss would want done when the boss is not around. That is why coworkers do not like me. I am a guy who, “pulls the wooden shoe out of the cogs of the gear.”
The Lazy Racetracker
Nobody wants the boss or the boss’s son around all the time; and the Lazy Racetracker wants a promotion for doing nothing.
“I believe in God, the father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.”
What is the beginning? Where is that end? Who seeks a question? How tell an answer. When middle is, “middle,” “now, middle,” is middle, now!
You would think that to love the Lord, God, our creator, would be inherent,… a, “given,” … just an understood fact of life! Who wouldn’t love the one who created everything? That’s easy! … Right? Ahh,…but many do not believe they were created. They do not believe that there is a being to express gratitude towards! They do not believe in God. They believe that randomness and luck are the primordial conditions which have initially catalyzed life!
If randomness and luck were the beginning, (the only, two ingredients which formed the zygote of all of which has ever been,) how is it not random and lucky that there is a God, who, himself, was created by that randomness and luck, thereafter, such God created order and predictability, … the world?
“Man longs to live in comfort and pleasure, but nature, who knows better what he was made for, gives him toil and painful strife so that he may raise himself above the sphere of his sorrows.”
“That was so good!” She smiled.
“Thank you! …. I washed the dish!”
I’m doing dishes for the Invisible Woman.
Leah Hates Doing Dishes.
I’m doin’ the dishes for Leah.
No, Leah was not going to do the dishes; I am doing the dishes because Leah wants me to make her pancakes, But I only have enough dishes for myself; So I am doing my own dishes so Leah may eat off of a clean plate.
If I were cooking only for me, I would not bother to clean the dishes! … As I scrubbed my little, bluestone plate, I thought of her- How she said she never does dishes.
Leah eats finger food- she even plucks sizzling, steaming onions from the pan while they’re still cooking! With her bare hands, she slurps them down in second-degree-tongue-burning style!
“I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.”
PSALMS 119:10
-Morning-
Sunday is church day.
I attended church service at the Ocala Farm Ministry this morning. It was a light congregation- smaller than it was a couple of years ago when I had attended. Chaplain Bob was so inviting! His smile was the light of the room!
Before the service began, I wrote about a recent experience. I wrote:
“As I walk in, I observe immediate fear and condemning curiosity. Sinners,scared of the unknown. The one woman prostrated her eyes and averted them, as to not meet mine. She does not want me here, because she is not happy with herself. She sees that I am a Mirror. I am reminded of JAMES 1:22-24.
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.”
JAMES 1:22-24
My current anger with society is directed at people like she. “Stop it!” is my attitude. “Stop sinning by expressing fear towards me! Stop being scared of the unknown! Yes, fear the Lord; however, God is not, “unknown”. Indeed, we may not see the Lord’s face; but we do KNOW him. Do you have no faith in His son’s message? The anger I observe is not a sin, but is a symptom and an expression of their hidden sins, which they even refuse to admit, (or confess,) to God! (See PSALM 119:6-7.) “ Then I would not be put to shame when I consider all your commands. I will praise you with an upright heart as I learn your righteous laws.”
I remember: “Love the Lord, your God, first, with all your heart; and have no other Gods before me.” “Love the Lord, first…” is the most important commandment! (Even according to Jesus!)”
Church Service Starts.
“Good Morning!” Chaplain Bob greeted us from the pulpit. Then, he quickly corrected himself, “…or ‘good noon’! (he commented on how he was a half an hour late for service today.) He happily proclaimed that, yesterday, he and his wife, Dee, had celebrated thirty-two years of marriage together!
He welcomed me into the congregation, saying, “Chip is here! He studies the Bible a lot and takes a lot of notes. Maybe you will be on his list where he sends blogs and things. Sometimes, I need an interpreter to read it, but,…”. Bob left it at that.
Chaplain went on to proclaim, “If you have no fear of death, what could you fear in life?!?” Then, he asked, “Ronnie, do you have a story for us?”
“I do!” Ronnie answered. He approached the pulpit and embraced Chaplain Bob in a to which Bob responded, “Squeeze a little harder; crack my back!”
Ronnie, wearing white gloves, told how his family had driven him to Walmart to get him some underwear and a pair of Sketchers.
Then, Pastor Doug had a short message for us. He stated that Jesus gave us peace between God and us. Jesus told us to show good will towards men. “Not peace between you and your fellow man, but peace between you and God.”
Doug read from the book of LUKE, chapter 10, verses 30 through 35.
“In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii[a] and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’”
Luke 10:30-25
Pastor Doug explained, “WE are the ones robbing and beating the man who the Good Samaritan helped! Christ is the Good Samaritan- the Redeemer! “We are to forgive others as the Lord has forgiven us!.”
After that, Chaplain Bob made a statement, from which I copied him saying, “You don’t even like me; why should I help you?” This rhetorical question began a thought process for me which was quickly interrupted by paying attention to the next speaker from the pulpit, Dee.
Dee shared how the women’s Bible study was studying the book of REVELATION and cross referencing it, therefore, “owning the knowledge, not just having someone tell us; but we owned it!” Dee referenced how men do not attend the Bible study; yet, when they do, they do not stay long.
This made me curious why this church does not have a Men’s Bible study.
Dee referenced the book of DANIEL, chapter seven, along with MATTHEW 16:14-16 and MATTHEW 12:1-8.
“When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
Matthew 16:13-16
“At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”
He answered, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests. Or haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are innocent? I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent. For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
Matthew 12:1-8
Dee told us, “Our ultimate work in life is to be like Jesus for the rest of the world.” “Jesus seeks to save lost people.”
Then, Rachael, “…had something a little quick.”
“Who is the authority?” She rhetorically asked. “Who do we follow?” She bought up D.O.G.E. and, “The List of Five Things”. “Who are we working for?” Rachael asked the congregation.
I admit, Rachael’s “…a little something quick,” inspired me to continue us writing a piece I have been working on (in my head,) concerning working, “for,” a boss or a company as opposed to doing work for yourself- your own well-being.
She went-on to reference the Ten Commandments and stated, “The first four are between you and God; the last six are between you and man.”
Chaplain Bob took the pulpit again. He spoke how there is always something going on in the world. “There’s always something going on!” Most importantly, he reminded us that, “there is always a way to do the Lord’s work even though you think you have something other to do today.”
He reverenced the book of JOHN 9:1-?…. Then, he told a story of a man watching the attendant who lit the gas street lamps a long, long time ago, telling us that the observer proclaimed,
“Look! He’s punching holes in the darkness!”
Street Observer
Chaplain Bob spoke of ISAIAH, chapter fifty-five. “Without Christ, you live without purpose! You are the walking-dead; you are zombies! …. Distracted to get our next meal!” (Paraphrased)
He reminded us of one of the most powerful messages found in the book of JEREMIAH:
‘You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”
JEREMIAH 29:13
Chaplain Bob then told the story of the man who was blind for thirty years before Jesus restored his sight. To recap his telling of the tale, here, would not do his sermon justice! “Was it worth it? (Being blind all this time to, now, see…) I don’t know!” Bob professed.
One amazing thing Chaplain Bob pointed out was this question: “Was it worth it? …. Being blind for thirty years to come to this moment?” (seeing all of the beautiful colors of the world, etc,…
“What was the first thing he saw? … …. Jesus!
“I was blind; but, now, I see!”
“Changing the human heart toward the miracle of eternity is the most beautiful thing in the world!”
Chaplain Bob Miller
“We are a peculiar people.” Chaplain Bob encouraged us. “Every morning, I wake up, and I thank God!” He happily proclaimed!
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”
1 PETER 2:9
He referenced 2 CORINTHIANS 4:3.
“And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.”
2 CORINTHIANS 4:3
We held, “The Last Supper,” by humbly and graciously taking communion. Bob recognized the Love Jesus had for His father, even knowing that his own father had condemned him to death. “None of u s will experience that kind of love!” He informed us.
One thing I noticed about today’s service which is different than any other church service I have ever been to in my life is that we did not pass a plate around asking for money. Indeed, tithing is important; but the fact that we did not, today, shows that the Ocala Farm Ministry is separate from most other churches, because most churches focus more on donations than on The Word. The Ocala Farm Ministry is so focused on The Word of God that profit from money is farther from their agenda, so the real work of Jesus does, by deed, reign within the body of the church!
“The Scout goes by compass, both morally and navigationally and ventures only to glean the best of the whole. Mankind is dependent on The Scout. Information is The Holy Grail. Clarity is the Treasure! In our Scouts, our Rangers, the young men of the old, Mankind instills its faith.”
-Christopher Van Hassel
MSA
Non Nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed Nomini Tuo da gloriam
“In arrogance, there is great ruin and great instability. In idleness, there is loss and dire poverty, for idleness is the mother of famine.”
Book of Tobit 4:13
“Do not keep with you overnight the wages of those who have worked for you, but pay them at once. … Be on guard, son, in everything you do; be wise in all that you say, and discipline yourself in all your conduct. Do to no man or woman what you hate yourself.”
Living the dangerous life, my psyche is always right at home within my own skin whilst dancing in synchronicity with the turmoil in the throws of the Punk-Rock pit.
Infinity expands perpetually from one point in all directions.
Example of a Horse Stuck in the Inactive Side of Infinity:
A horse who slow-walks off of the track with the intention of being near other horses who are acting-up, therefore, giving them an excuse to act-up as well.
“And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food.”
Good Morning Everyone. My topic is Abundant Life. In John 10:10, Jesus said,
“I came that they may have Life, and have it more abundantly.”
So, I ask you, are you living that Abundant Life right now. You can, and you should, but are you? Do you even know what it means? Do you know how to get that Abundant Life?
“… speaking of it in terms of a man’s Christian walk. He needs mature Christian men to mentor him He needs Christian brothers roughly the same age to walk with him through life. He needs younger men to mentor.”
“There is no time in nature. There is rhythm in nature, yes. There is motion in nature. But the clock as a measure of motion is a human artifact. The world, as it spins on its axis, doesn’t tick.”
Alan Watts, excerpt from seminar TIME AND THE FUTURE, July, 1967.
The Templar Knight diverts his eyes from pretty women in the crowd, (and in private). The Knight displays his moral example through the look in his eyes.
1882, coined (along with telæsthesia) by English psychologist Frederic Myers, literally “feeling from afar,” from tele– + -pathy. The noun telepath is an 1889 back-formation.
