Personally my answer is, NO, NO, NO, NO!! (Sheesh!) if in pain do not add to it by going on the rack and getting your bones wrenched!
I have never willingly put myself up for suffering physical pain. When I first started getting so sick, almost three years ago now, my main source of pain was in my back. And well meaning friends, but don't think they realized how this thought horrified me, said to go see a Chiropractor. A guy who was my best friend at the time, even said he'd pay for me to see one! (Sheesh! again!) As it turned out my pain is through nerve damage and over time has progressed so there's not an inch of me from head to foot that is not in pain so it wouldn't have done me any good to see one.
I also know of folks who not alot older than I, have suffered strokes. And with most neuro problems one is more prone to strokes anyway. And neck manipulation by these medical professionals can lead to strokes for some people:Chiropractors and strokes so this would also put me off!
So far today, have taken lesser narcotics, ibuprofen and morphine and are still in pain. And if I thought any therapy such as chiropracting may be of benefit, would probably think about a massager. But, then again, I don't like folks touching me, so that could be hard too!!! But animals I can be near to without a problem, so think they ought to get some more of these massagers trained up!!
A West Virgina woman won more than $2 milions after she hurt her back opening a pickle jar while at work.
A woman was reporting her car as stolen and mentioned that there was a car phone in it. The policeman taking the report called the phone, and told the guy that answered that he had read the ad in the newspaper and wanted to buy the car.They arranged to meet, and the thief was arrested. |
Well, you know how you have those songs that everyone else likes or loves, and they are held in very pleasant affection by them.. yet the same songs set your teeth on edge, and the thought of THAT song just makes you Grrrr:
Well, I've made a list of my my top five most liked by most but disliked by me: See if you can add any of your own to the list, songs almost everyone in your circle loves, and yet you can't stand:
A man on Death Row sued the author of a book that told about the murders he had commited. The convicted killer asked for $60 million in damages, claiming that the book would make it difficult for him to find a job. The case was eventually thrown out.
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What Kind of Love is this? As mentioned once or twice, or a dozen or more times before, I sometimes watch a TV proggramme in the mornings on British Independent Television called TrishaNormally I avoide these talk/councelling shows like the plague. Yet this woman, clawed her way from out of the inside of a mental hospital herself, after being in abusive marriage to a homosexual man, and whose sister is a suicide Statistic through Schizoprhenia.
Now, she has couples and familes on with problems. Of varying kinds. Distrust, betrayal, paternity proof the list is endless. And sometimes there are just downright hatred in the familes.
I saw one where a 17 year old girl, who had a baby by her partner, told her partner (well no she bawled and shoutted at the top of her voice in a highly psychotic state) that her partner had to choose between her, and his mother. These kinds of scenarios pop up in most places in life. A huband may not like his wives friends. Daughhter or son in law, with mother inlaw or isa versa, or any other of a dozen different scenarios. My own parents, were in the very same situation when first marrying.
But when soemone says to you, its either me or her/him/them, and if someone has some form of attachment, love or deep bond with, what kind of love does the person who makes the demand experience, if they think it can be so easily picked up and put back down? Now this is a mystery to me at least. I could not have chosen amongst most of my dogs let alone someone in that kind of situation. But like the partner of this seventeen year old girl, who told him it was her or his mother, if you are weak, love don't come to into it, but cow tailing to keep someone else happy at the cost of your own misery. The guy in this proggie chose his girlfriend, who was totally irrational, only ever shouted, and hated his mother. His motehr was perfectly reasonable, and so forth, and he said he just wanted them to get along. But, if made to choose he would choose his girlfriend. They had a son, he was learning how to be a man from his weak father, and if this situation goes on along time, he will learn how to be weak also.
Sometimes, one wonders why folks bring kids in the world to then go on and by the situation they bring them into, can't BUT totally mess them and their lives up.
The kind of misery that both the father of the child and the child themselves, will no doubt end in more heartache and misery, and one become captive not just to the cowtailing of someone so forceful, but of ones own pent up emotions that never quite get relased in any form. I looked at that young 21 year old guy, and saw a future statistic. One only bound in tragedy, and what a legacy to leave a child.
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I am not into new music at all. (ask Beth!) But this song playing on my blog today, I heard first last Christmas, and has been way beyond my most favourite modern record in the last long time.
But am not about to change my normal musical tastes, y'all be glad (or maybe not so glad..maybe even terrified somewhat) in general. Am still generally speaking, as musically "in toon" as ever!
"They don't make 'em like they used to" as me granny used to say. (A very wise woman was my gran!) |
Proverbs 3:5Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
Calvin put some of it this way:"Our wisdom, in so far as it ought to be deemed true and solid Wisdom, consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves. But as these are connected together by many ties, it is not easy to determine which of the two precedes and gives birth to the other. For, in the first place, no man can survey himself without forthwith turning his thoughts towards the God in whom he lives and moves; because it is perfectly obvious, that the endowments which we possess cannot possibly be from ourselves; nay, that our very being is nothing else than subsistence in God alone"[from the Institutes of Christian Religion]
We used to get a yankee Doodle TV show over here, with that blonde guy out of L.A. Law introducing it. (name escapes) It was called "The Extraordinary" to the best of my recollection. And at the end of the proggie, he used to say, nothing is closed to an "Open mind." Which always struck me as singuarly true. And when it has seemed the biggest representation of Christian people one has known since the year dot, has been an utter disgrace to bear Christ's name, a closed mind, and a tightly guarded heart, to all Spiritual things, seemed at the time that proggie ran, the safest place to be. Anger towards God, or mankind, one has control of. One can make things happen. You are throwing the dice, and watching them roll. And as long as the guard around ones heart is there, keeping one alienated from all good things if as portrayed in the Bible, you can never get to or be in the place again, of darkness beyond belief, that was largely bought about by betrayed trust, and the people who betrayed at the time, bearing Christ's name. Anger at God, at everyone associatied with Jesus Christ, seems the safest and most powerful place to be in as far as control goes. And you think that is how it will always be. Name above all names, brings out a rage that makes ones feelings quite well known what you think of them, and their God. Cos, through other people before, who also said they were Christians, makes the thought of anything good being associated with that name, derisable.
And yet , you hadn't banked on God Himself stepping in, and making everything in the above seem full of confusion as far as truth goes. And you know you came to those conclusions through leaning on ones own understanding, based perhaps on very real experiences, that seemed justifable to make them so. And slowly, one takes the guard off ones heart, and opens it not only to Christ, but also to those who bear His name, believeing what you read in the pages of the Holy Bible, and believing that good, is the ulitimate end, and that the evil or whatever of before, will be used for your good, as you have been called according to His purpose. And that what they meant to you for evil, God meant for good. You dont' fully understand how, or why, but you don't have to. Hold onto the promise in blind faith, even when not understanding the secret counsels of God and how they will be worked out. And you still hold on, even in the midst of grief, and despair, over the whole scenario of time gone by, none of it making sense, yet, daring to believe that one day it will, that good is ultimately the aim, and the grief and despair and sorrow over days gone by, is never far away, but you still dare to believe one day it will make sense, and the pain of the festering wound, will be healed. That one day you will look into your Father's eyes, and know it was all worthwhile. It wasn't for nothing.
And your guard around your heart slowly starts to be lowered. And the first time this is done with folks bearing Christs name, ends in unbearable pain, of feeling betrayed and duped and that they have sinned not only against God, but against you and others too. And even despite the enormity of that pain, that does make one want to put the guard back up, and say, "Ha! here we go again. I knew I was right all those years to think what has so obviously been proved yet again, about so called "loving Christians" and yet, even so, you dare to believe that while believing them wrong big time, they had no ill intent towards you, but were terribly misguided, and did what they thought best. And somehow you feel pity for them, for how miserable the stuff that made it so, and the characteristics involved to get to that point, must make them. And still you dare to believe the best of them, for past kindnesses, love etc. And you still dare to believe that this will used for good too, even despite the enormity of the heartache it caused. And in the Christian world, you find genuine love and affection, in both males and females. And in your actual circle of personal Christian friends, there is one who stands out above the rest. And for the first time, one can believe that the opposite sex are not all bad. You can let your guard down and let them in, and feel safe, and never have to feel concerned in any respect as regards ones friendship with them. And when that friendship develops difficulties, that are not of your own making, and the person involved is in a place of honour, not only personally, but in the eyes of God too, things become very confusing and you realized you trusted perhaps not unjustifiably, and that any hurt of distress one feels now, is also not ill intended by them, they would never hurt you or anyone with evil in there hearts. But even so, great confusion and distress has been added to an already hugely stresseful situation. And you wonder if letting people in, and letting ones guard down, and opening ones heart to them, is leaning on ones own understanding. Cos how many times, does this happen ? how many times do you lay yourself on the line in the vulnerability stakes. How many times do you see the examples of people you thoroughly believe should know better, that even if well intended and cause you distress and confusion ignorantly rather than deliberately, before you put your guard totally back up, and refuse to let anyone near? Sometimes my canoe in fact mostly, is only big enough for one. And sometimes you let ones guard down, knowing that this particualar canoe has more turburlent waves than most folks would in there entire last decades of life. And you struggle to hold on, believeing also this is for the best, or trying to. And trying to not get angry in a sinful way, but slowly ones guard is going back up. And it seems an impossible uphill struggle to hold on at times, and you knew all along that Christians seeming unfair would always be a huge danger for questioning everything. And yet, something even now, is making one hold onto the promise, and yet in other ways, any trust has gone right out of the window on human terms, as far as letting ones guard down and letting folks in, and believing what they say. And feel its only a matter of time, again, when your canoe is being tossed and turned, upon the waves of life, and you're totally alone in life in human terms, even more so than already, cos everyone is either not as you have thought by leaning on ones own understanding, and caused more sorrow and/or pain, and the safest thing to prevent it ever happening again, is to put the guard up, and keep it there. And realize that sooner or later, you may as well face it now, everyone will leave the sinking ship, and even if well intended, yet again, you're left begging God for answers to why. And you look back and remember the rage and anger towards the name Christians, and you see how it came about, and somehow you wonder if keeping that control, would have made things less painful along the way. Yet, there's nothin else to hold onto, besides the promise, and you daren't let go of that, cos to do so, means its all been for nothing, but ones most oft cry seems to be, "How long O' Lord. How long?"
Oh Britney! I bet you're momma is so proud of you!!
Britney marries for second time
Britney's last marriage was annulled after 55 hoursPop star Britney Spears has married dancer Kevin Federline during a private ceremony in California.
The pair's engagement was announced in June after two months together.
They married at a friend's home in California's Studio City, with Spears wearing a white strapless gown and Mr Federline in a tuxedo.
In January Britney, 22, married childhood friend Jason Alexander in Las Vegas. That marriage - described as a "joke" - was annulled 55 hours later.
John 6:37. All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
I. ALBEIT man, having brought himself into this woeful condition, be neither able to help himself, nor willing to be helped by God out of it, but rather inclined to lie still, insensible of it, till he perish; yet God, for the glory of his rich grace, hath revealed in his word a way to save sinners, viz. by faith in Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, by virtue of, and according to the tenor of the covenant of redemption, made and agreed upon between God the Father and God the Son, in the council of the Trinity, before the world began.
II. The sum of the covenant of redemption is this: God having freely chosen unto life a certain number of lost mankind, for the glory of his rich grace, did give them, before the world began, unto God the Son, appointed Redeemer, that, upon condition he would humble himself so far as to assume the human nature, of a soul and a body, unto personal union with his divine nature, and submit himself to the law, as surety for them, and satisfy justice for them, by giving obedience in their name, even unto the suffering of the cursed death of the cross, he should ransom and redeem them all from sin and death, and purchase unto them righteousness and eternal life, with all saving graces leading thereunto, to be effectually, by means of his own appointment, applied in due time to every one of them. This condition the Son of God (who is Jesus Christ our Lord) did accept before the world began, and in the fulness of time came into the world, was born of the Virgin Mary, subjected himself to the law, and completely paid the ransom on the cross: But by virtue of the foresaid bargain, made before the world began, he is in all ages, since the fall of Adam, still upon the work of applying actually the purchased benefits unto the elect; and that he doth by way of entertaining a covenant of free grace and reconciliation with them, through faith in himself; by which covenant, he makes over to every believer a right and interest to himself, and to all his blessings.
III. For the accomplishment of this covenant of redemption, and making the elect partakers of the benefits thereof in the covenant of grace, Christ Jesus was clad with the threefold office of Prophet, Priest, and King: made a Prophet, to reveal all saving knowledge to his people, and to persuade them to believe and obey the same; made a Priest, to offer up himself a sacrifice once for them all, and to intercede continually with the Father, for making their persons and services acceptable to him; and made a King, to subdue them to himself, to feed and rule them by his own appointed ordinances, and to defend them from their enemies From the Sum of Saving Knowledge |
1) John Greenleaf Whittier
For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.'
2) Jim Rohn
How sad to see a father with money and no joy. The man studied economics, but never studied happiness
3) Psalms
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
4) Winston Churchill
Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
5) Marcus Aurelius
Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
6) Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks
Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.
7) Voltaire
He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.
8) Olive Schreiner
My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those who are sad.
9) Wizard of Oz
Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable.
10) W. M. Lewis
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
