God doesn’t offer cures that:

•Cost people more than they can afford/make people millions (chemo) -God doesn’t grant 😒 cures to make millionaires out of people.*

•Do as much damage as they do cure (chemo)

Sidenote: In sports, momentum tends to matter more in the end than in the beginning. Maybe with regards to God’s teachings too.

*People often say, “If God is so good -why does He allow…” or “Why doesn’t He…” He does!!!! But man after turns 😕 things around to benefit himself while leaving those truly in need “HUNG-OUT-TO-DRY” as ❤less as this sounds… You’ve heard the old saying “A 🐕 is man’s best friend”? Well, Jonathan from “Highway to Heaven” once quipped, “Funny, you’d think man would be man’s best friend”. 👌

How about companies offering 90-day free… then charging your card @ 60 days? WTH???? I’ve had this happen several times.

Given your jaded-past, could you do worse following the teachings of the Gospels? That is precisely what some people 🤔 “Given their jaded-past, they can do better without the teachings of the Gospels”.

Many of us tire of reading one page out of The Bible -when in fact -we should be wishing there were a 1000, 10000, 100000 more pages for us to nourish ourselves with in addition to…

Do not be afraid to do better!

Many of us feed ourselves with faulty nourishment through the eyes – Some people, for example, do it through constantly peering at themselves in the mirror. Or looking at the opposite sex.

Don’t think -just enjoy!

Success and humility tend not to coincide!

Humans need to be calibrated like, or rather -unlike anything else.

While seemingly gave, or granted more to some than others. HE NEVER FAVORS ONE OVER THE OTHER.”

*Trust me, one of the worst things a parent can do -any person for that matter (to another) is show favoritism -treat one child (person) better than the rest. GOD DOESN’T DO THIS! HE ONLY DOES WHAT IS NECESSARY TO A HIGHER PURPOSE -WE LOVE SOME MORE THAN OTHERS -GOD, NEVER!**

**Case-in-point: God doesn’t single people out -He talks to all of us, but but not all of us listen, respond back ‘which hurts Him 🤔 deeply! It’s a bit complicated (Judas felt treated less at times -even though Jesus loved Him just as much -and wanted to save him that much more).

AREN’T WE BETTER THAN THAT!

Sidenote: Is chocolate something we naturally crave or something we learn; something that is nurtured? If we’re taught to eat a healthy diet from a very young age, is that what we grow to crave the remainder of our lives? Or do we change over later in life to chocolates and other yummy foods? Is a healthy diet natured or nurtured? Is junk food natured or nurtured?

Sidenote 2: Why do we go into such a panic when our physical needs are unmet -but appear too hardly bat an eye when our spiritual ones are threatened. Why in fact does our level of function appear to drop-off when our physical needs are unmet -but when our spiritual needs go on unmet we seemingly appear unaffected? 🤷‍♀️🤔🤷‍♂️

You probably find it hard to imagine ever forgetting this day -AND WHAT OCCURRED 20 YEARS AGO. The “fact”* of the matter is; there isn’t one day of the year in man’s history, that doesn’t include an event THAT SHOULD NEVER (have) BE(EN)FORGOTTEN!

*Sophie US OPEN post-match radio.

…in whatever the outcome -GOD HAS OUR BACK! So stop anticipating -Stop hoping! Stop wishing! And stop hurting and fretting over this outcome or that! So much of our lives is wasted 🤔, basing our futures, our well-being, our happiness on this outcome or that! WE CANNOT GROW IN GOD’S LIKENESS WITHOUT ADVERSITY -WITHOUT FAILINGS -WITHOUT LOSS!!!!

Live your life to the fullest -TODAY! AND STOP PLANNING TO REALLY LIVE -AFTER YOU GRADUATE; AFTER YOU WIN THE LOTTERY ;AFTER YOU RECEIVE THAT INHERITENCE; AFTER YOU RECEIVE THAT SETTLEMENT!!

Looking out your window -does the view appeal to you? What does it matter whether it does or doesn’t! Many of the people who don’t have the view they want -still have “The Secret”. Many people who do have the view they want -don’t have “The Secret”.

“PEOPLE WHO ROOT FOR WHATEVER IS MEANT TO BE –

NEVER LOSE!”

What passes for drama in one era… is perhaps classified (in sports for example) as passe’ in another.

Cops “NEED” crime. The media “NEED” drama. These are conflicts which could interfere with the elimination of these societal…

If a seemingly 🤔 small lie will give you an extra 10 million in the bank… most people would probably go for it.

Most of us draw from (rely upon) the pool of humanity for our “wants” and our “needs”. There is regarding this:

•God’s original plan for this;

•Man’s subverting of God’s plan; principally making unavailable the basic tenements of God’s design;

•Man’s tendency to confuse wants with needs; the tendency of Man’s reach to exceed his grasp.

Sidenote: For much of my life I felt life, things, were happening to me. THAT I SHOULD HAVE HAD THE UPPER-HAND, BUT DIDN’T. It would anger me particularly when I felt the odds for success were in my favor -and failed. I felt from a very early age that failure was my constant companion -success, in my mind soothes alot of hurts -but it doesn’t necessarily address the issues themselves. I was all-too-wulling to settle for success (which felt good -if not fleeting), whereas facing the issues themselves, I would come to learn -came at a price in addition to the losses previously suffered. 😡

The US Open women’s tennis final 2021 just spoke the statistics statistic 2 and 13, when on my phone watching the ESPN app for the giants versus the cubs, the score just changed from 12 to 3 giants to 13 to 3 giants. I always find it knteresting when this happens. In the 7 a.m. meeting earlier this morning, it also happened. Leah who was chairing said “someone” as I was writing, 🤔 it. Twice in a day -WOW!

I see a future of people where stimulation from one source -alone will not be sufficient.

Be a good winner not just a good loser

If one person can make a difference -imagine what we can all do together?

It is not recommended that 1 person tried to do at all. Not the God wouldn’t be pleased with the effort… Not even Jesus did it all. He tried to set the example; start a trend in the 💕 of men, women, and yes, children. THAT WAS THE IDEA; PERHAPS MORESO THAN ACTUALLY SOLVING THE 🌎’s PROBLEMS!*

imagine one of those machines full of ping-pong balls where you throw one in and they all start to shoot in every direction causing even more to do the same. God’s plan doesn’t require that we all get on board but His plan does invite all of us to get on board. It would so easy to solve many world issues if even 20% made the effort. How many, and which problems would be resolved with just:

•5% of 🌎 joining in

•10%

•25%

•33%

•40%

•50%

•66%

•75%

•80%

•90%

•100%,

THINK ABOUT IT!

*Not that anyone would complain about the man who tried (and if you believe that… I got some land in Kalamazoo I’d like ta sell ya too 😏).

It seems that more and more people feel that everything they need is in that little phone they’re carrying around in their hand, purse… It would be foolish to think so -to think of how much of our life depends on that cheap piece of plastic. How much of your time do you spend on that phone daily? How much time do you spend working on your spiritual condition?

If you don’t have something going for you in this country “you’re a loser”. I’ve had at least a couple of women use that phrase “You’re a loser”, “I don’t want to end up with some loser”… Where does such a stupid mentality come from? A condescending mentality? A mentality of looking down upon others? Haven’t you heard the old saying, “God don’t make no junk”.

How often do we honestly think of other people? I see people around me struggling and I can say with honesty that I don’t give them nearly enough thought. OR PRAYER! If only each of us could take some time and devote some thought of love come as some thought of concern for those out there in the world who are genuinely struggling. Imagine the whole world in prayer all at the same time – Heaven would be rocked, as would hell!