Now I am listening to this song:

If I could. I was just, however, reading Jeremiah 31, Ezekiel 18, and Romans 2 (three chapters of the Bible I am convinced need to get more air time). I find Ezekiel 18, in particular, a heartening reminder that we CAN - not REwrite history; but just plain write it! And I love the way the song ends by capturing the fact that - of a truth - it IS still good, because God still loves us. I wrote some more poetry again - but, this time, it was only seventeen verses.

Sincerely,

Daniel

Write a poem's...

...what I did do! /
Hath it, verses, thirty two! ;)


Sincerely,


Daniel

A Song I was Listening to Today

I'm With You.


Sincerely,


Daniel

Token for good!

I went to see Inside Out (actually, I have seen it twice now, and - God willing - I will see it in 3D this "Saturn" Day, also known as "Satur...".) I enjoyed the short film that precedes the feature movie, called "Lava." To me, that was a "last-verse-of-Psalm-96" token for good!


Sincerely,

Daniel

What would I want...

...if I were in my friend's (even friends') shoes? Time and room - and therefore I have decided that is what they are going to continue to get!

Sincerely,

Daniel

Again, though...

...I know only too well how it feels when you're not exactly feeling on top of the world, and then someone else comes along and tries to help "fix" your situation! And you don't want ANY help with "fixing" your situation! You will "fix" it yourself, just fine - thank you very much. I do apologize for - again - provoking my friend. Again: I know how it feels to be provoked like that, and it is so enraging, it is not even funny! Also, I don't mean to take personally what was said - it just really did cut me very deeply, and left me, in a sense (as I said in an earlier post) "On the Sidewalk Bleeding." I still reel from the deep wound, and pray that, somehow, my friend will be able to find it in "-2,396,687,435" to "-3,639,455,849,682". Once again, I definitely "-3,639,455,849,682"!


Sincerely,


Daniel


"...but a broken spirit drieth the bones." Proverbs

Slow Internet! (Revised)

I  must say, life is really feeling like a grind! Apparently, all the computers at the library have a slow Internet connection; but is it ever a test of patience! I am reminded of: "God hath made man to walk upright - but he hath sought out many inventions" from Ecclesiastes. Yesterday, I wanted to get up, hike Nose Hill Park, do the Cheesecake Company buffet, and then eventually make use of my seven free days at Gold's Gym; but that did not happen.

What did, was me drying a blanket and a pair of socks, (I think) reading my own writing, (definitely) doing more writing of my own, and then picking up "Brother Andrew - God's Secret Agent". It is a YWAM (Youth With A Mission) "Christian Heroes Then And Now" book. I wound up spending a lot of the day reading that - and enjoying it! I can definitely relate to him! Only, I have never had to live under a Nazi regime! (Or fight in an actual army!)

I made some toast, made a smoothie (which I had not done in a while, so I was glad to "get caught up" in that regard. After all - I bought a Blend-Tec! I might as well use it!) I also got invited to a Calgary Stampeder game; so I went to Gold's Gym, and then got picked up for the game.

I did not know it was going to get so cold! If I had, I would have brought my warmest jacket! The Stampeders mauled the opposing team (Ottawa)! 48 to 3! I can definitely say I have been to a Stampeders' game now!

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OK!...

I have been on the computer for NINETY MINUTES now! And this song has FINALLY "buffered" to the point where I can watch all of it! (And, now that it has FINALLY bufferED, I AM at least listening to it in the background, over and over.)

Then, there's always this page! And I noticed, at the bottom of the page where Psalm "LXXIX" begins, someone has written "morning. 16." (I am referring to where they have an actual image of the original 1611 edition - you can click on it, and it will enlarge). That is obviously a reference to the fact that this is today's first "morning Psalm" if you are following this schedule.

By the way? I am following this schedule... again (Psalms and Proverbs once a month). And I am doing good to follow it. I wasn't even doing that for a time. Remember how, of Jesus, it was said: "A bruised reed, he will not crush, and a smoking flax, he will not put out?" That applies to me.

I know some people, as far as I know, think I am missing the point, because I am not focusing on Jesus. Well? I am doing what I can - and, incidentally - that means giving it everything I have got. Just like that woman anointed him with the box of alabaster that was worth a year's wages. And other people thought she was "missing the point." Again: well, according to Jesus, she was "right on the money." And he said, "She hath done what she could." In like manner, I have done was I can - and I continue to do so.

I once heard it said, "Jesus always takes the part of the person being criticized, and criticizes the criticizer."

"Heavenly Father, please remember me, and go to bat for me, in Jesus' name, amen."

Love,

Daniel