What's on your mind?

[RileyG]

My brother is asleep and I have the house all to myself

 

[Niels]

Mowing the lawn. My yard currently has a mullet. Short in the front and long in the back. It's late, so the back will have to wait until tomorrow or maybe Monday. Mowing on Sundays is unofficially discouraged where I live.

 

[.Mikha'el.]

Mowing the lawn. My yard currently has a mullet. Short in the front and long in the back. It's late, so the back will have to wait until tomorrow or maybe Monday. Mowing on Sundays is unofficially discouraged where I live.

Why is that?

 

[GodDoesListen55]

This craziness is never going to end!

 

[DragonFox91]

My counselor always wanted me to memorize Bible verses. I never really tried nor did. But I may be interested in memorizing hymns.

 

[DragonFox91]

We KNOW God works miracles!

 

[DragonFox91]

I found out my friend’s dad (in his 60’s) has spine/backbone cancer. Test this morning. If it’s in more than just his back, very bad news.


Pray hard.

The cancer treatment lowered his immune system, now he has a terrible lung disease. They’re doing a surgery today with a mortality rate in a half hour. Pray hard!

 

[MehGuy]

I know this feeling all too well. I need all of Saturday just to rest and recover from the week, and then Sunday is 'get ready for Monday' day. Where's the weekend?

I can relate to that. Almost impossible to enjoy my Friday nights, because I'm just so tired.

 

[Niels]

Why is that?

I live in the Bible Belt, so presumably because of church. Not that I want to mow early in the day. I would mow in the afternoon, but it's still frowned upon. On Nextdoor, I regularly see posts along the lines of "Can't we have one day of the week without lawnmower noise???"

Obviously, somebody is doing it! I've done it in a pinch, but I also try to be a good neighbor.

Where I grew up in the North we had blue laws against working on Sunday, and on a lake near my family's place they aren't allowed to operate motorboats on Sunday morning. Although mowing lawns is okay there, the concept isn't foreign to me. The thing is, I observe the sabbath on Saturday and work during the week. Sunday may be church day, but Saturday is when I rest. Most of my neighbors pay for lawn service, which is typically performed during business hours Monday through Friday, but I prefer to mow my own lawn. It's free exercise, and Sunday afternoon would be ideal.

 

[TheLastGeek]

I can relate to that. Almost impossible to enjoy my Friday nights, because I'm just so tired.

YES. Friday night is just...being an exhausted lump of relief that I have a little time off, lol.

 

[TheLastGeek]

I'm used to seeing a lot of shady stuff in this apartment complex. It's "the ghetto" and my neighbors are not the most savory sorts of people. Sadly, a lot of them have multiple children, and I have to witness them being screamed at, insulted, and neglected on a regular basis. While eating dinner tonight, I witnessed a man outside with two of the local kids (two little boys). They were counting huge stacks of cash on the back of the man's car. Now one of the boys is just wandering around the parking lot, alone. I know his mother's home because I saw her go inside while the money-counting was happening. Why is the boy left outside? What's going on in their home that he can't be in there with his family? Why was this other guy (who doesn't live here) having him and his little brother count stacks of cash in the parking lot?

I see and hear so many other things that are bothersome, sad, and sometimes downright scary. I wish I could move out of here. It's a loud, lawless, dirty place to live. Sadly, it's the only place I can afford for now. My heart breaks for the kids who have to live here with their violent, drug-addled, promiscuous parents. I hope God protects these kids and somehow provides a way of escape for them one day.

 

[DragonFox91]

God is still good even tho I'm upset. He will always be good & is always worthy of praise

 

[DragonFox91]

I'm used to seeing a lot of shady stuff in this apartment complex. It's "the ghetto" and my neighbors are not the most savory sorts of people. Sadly, a lot of them have multiple children, and I have to witness them being screamed at, insulted, and neglected on a regular basis. While eating dinner tonight, I witnessed a man outside with two of the local kids (two little boys). They were counting huge stacks of cash on the back of the man's car. Now one of the boys is just wandering around the parking lot, alone. I know his mother's home because I saw her go inside while the money-counting was happening. Why is the boy left outside? What's going on in their home that he can't be in there with his family? Why was this other guy (who doesn't live here) having him and his little brother count stacks of cash in the parking lot?

I see and hear so many other things that are bothersome, sad, and sometimes downright scary. I wish I could move out of here. It's a loud, lawless, dirty place to live. Sadly, it's the only place I can afford for now. My heart breaks for the kids who have to live here with their violent, drug-addled, promiscuous parents. I hope God protects these kids and somehow provides a way of escape for them one day.

That is really terrible. We pray the children are able to grow up strong & well. The world is so broken but we have a Savior who makes all things new

 

[DragonFox91]

Maybe it’ll be just a little bit longer.

& if not it'll be okay

 

[DragonFox91]

I am thankful for the freedoms I have being single!

 

[GodDoesListen55]

This weekend was rough, but thank God I am feeling a little better today.

 

[DragonFox91]

I am thankful for the freedoms I have being single!

Oh no! All the lies keep coming & trying to beat me down Stay strong! Remember truth! It's okay!

 

[DragonFox91]

Hymn History: Come Thou Fount - Enjoying the Journey

In 1757, two years after his conversion, Robert Robinson wrote a hymn which expressed his joy in his new faith: "Come Thou Fount."

enjoyingthejourney.org

This article gives the testimony of the writer of ‘Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing’

He got involved with a bad crowd, was eventually pointed the right way, & repented & wrote the hymn. But later in life, he started going away again. One day someone started singing it to him by what seemed like an accident, & he was pulled back & repented.

I did not know that, but it sounds a bit familiar.

It makes me think -> It’s terribly sad people just don’t sing hymns 'randomly' anymore. The world falls evermore.

 

[DragonFox91]

"Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;"

"Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood."

"Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it,
Mount of God’s unchanging love."

These lines!

 

[TheLastGeek]

That's one of my favorite hymns, too

Hmm. One of the most effective ways to poke my heart is to impress me with kindness and decency. I saw a little of that today in an email exchange with a guy I've been getting to know a bit in recent weeks. When a man can exude strong, masculine gentleness and caring, it melts my innards. Maybe a new friend is on the horizon? We'll see.