Hygiene & chores update (4)

Trust me, I'm bored with it too, but "give the people what they want," eh?

Since you are all bored with it I'll give you the quick recap of the afternoon/evening.

Ironed B's shirt and pants.
Cloroxed toilet seat in one bathroom.
Prepared my own dinner (a small cold plate).
Cooked rice and added fresh avocado.
Cooked the one piece of chicken and carefully split it in 2 for the owner and tenant.
Discovered owner had no chicken or rice, found tenant with entire bowl, and suggested a wiser division.
*sigh*
Enjoyed a good whacking rain and thunder storm with window open in my room.
Worked on my religious cross stitching.
Had lots of little "pee"s, I think like 3 of them?
Just a tiny poo, sorry, nothing grand to report.
Did a little more neatening up of my room, mostly in an attempt for more elbow room.


Exciting huh? So much better than my borrrrrrrrrring Bible commentaries, no?

Hygiene & chores update (3)

I don't have a cell phone or Blackberry etc (no money, bankruptcy, plus I don't use them all that much), so I waited till I returned to the boarding house for this update via my laptop computer!

Got in the car and after carefully waiting for traffic to clear, drove to the gas station.
Out of the $10 I have left I purchased $4.41 of petrol. Why 4.41? So glad you asked.

Cult people follow the "belief" based on "numerology" (all sinful occult activities) that the number 4 is "bad luck." So I wanted to hand them some nice bad luck (not the petrol station people but the freaks with the nosy eyes). In the USA 4/1 is "April Fools Day" so I gave them an "April fool" sign of bad luck sent from me (as I had to pay money and thus I am sending this number outward to them) of a LOT of FOUR to them as APRIL FOOL! God of course will decide how this all settles out.

I then drove to the mall. I had brought along in a plastic cup some Coca Cola from my home 32 oz bottle, to save money, and bought the cheapest slice of pizza (plain, only $2 including tax).

I sat for a while in the "courtyard" of the mall but because it looks like after the Apocalypse (many closed stores, few shoppers) I did not stay doing my cross stitch long.

I endured two "scenarios" where each time (once on the way and once back) a truck pulls to the side of the road before me, and then a car "accidentally" pulls out of the parking lot behind the truck into my path. Since I've gotten realllllllly good at expecting these things I saw in advance and avoided via anticipatory lane changes.

Also saw some obligatory license plates with (using cult number talk) the usual lovely references to poo, sex in that area, incest, abuse, etc. It's like those old "Burma Shave" signs, kind of rolling advertisements for tech despair of damnation.

So I returned around 1:11 and am here updating my list. Expect to pee at some point soon (sorry, no poo so far, but I'm OK with that). Also need to iron two items for B and also prepare some dinner out of the very few groceries around here, probably rice and some left over chicken.

Have a grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat day, and I'll be sure to update if I get any pee or poo news!!!!

(Sorry, no Bible study. The people have "voted" and this is what they prefer.)

Hygiene & chores (part 2)

Updated chart on my door with the following activities:

Read news on Internet.
Sent a family email about concerns of drug abuser nearby.
Take clothes out of dryer, fold, and place near B's room (he locks door so I can't place them inside).
Washed my hair (simple cheap cleaner and conditioner). Letting it air dry.
Washed two drink mugs left in sink.
Drank a small glass of juice.
Read more on the Internet.

I'm going to sign off soon so let me give you the likely activities so you are totally in the mix.

I will probably shave my legs. I shave my legs mostly because I have a slight skin condition (keratosis pilaris) and I find that shaving helps prevent roughness of the skin surface.

Work on cross stitich while listening for post office delivery to arrive. Will then sort the mail.

If I decide I have enough money I will put a gallon or so of gas in the car and have a slice of pizza at the mall. Sometimes I then sit after the lunch in the mall and work on a religious cross stitich, as kind of a silent witness.

I will probably then return to this boarding house where I reside and do the usual afternoon activities, such as preparing dinner, working on my sewing, etc.

Oh, and I'll probably be ready to "pee" soon!!!!!!!!!!!

My hygiene & chores schedule

People near me continue to be more interested in how much I sleep, shower, do chores, etc and other stuff that there's no point in listing since I sure don't and won't be having any intimate "fun". So here's this morning so far. I've posted the active list on paper on my boarding house room door too, to answer any "in person" questions.

5:30 AM Wake when I hear one of the tenants start his motorcycle to go to work.
7:30 AM Wake up proper. Turn on radio to prepare for 8:00 talk show.
Take a shower and use the toilet (number one only).
Gather supplies to wash my hair later (I use the kitchen sink because I have long hair).
Spray cleanser in the shower.
Get dressed.
Wash a few kitchen dishes & water bamboo plant.
Put lining in trash can since previous user did not do so & put their trash in it.
Checked B's laundry status; it is still drying.
Phone rang but B is home so he has the handset & answered it.
Thinking about someone's desire to have book written & how to handle it, and also thinking about someone who has a severe prescription pill abuse problem (did some research about that last night on the Internet).
Opened curtains in my room so people can peer in on schedule. Actually, I always have them open as I really need a glimpse of the sky & outdoors, even if not so great a view.
8:54 Moved some craft supplies back into my room (I had moved them out when cleaning past two days).
9:00 AM Doing this blogging & ready to tweet some.

Hope you find this helpful! People have "voted" and prefer this info to my Bible teaching!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

;-)

I could give my opinion on the Franklin Graham thing, but I know people are much more interested when I will next be IN THE BATHROOM!

Drug dealing teens risk hell upon death

I hate to be the one who has to constantly explain the negative and harsh realities of sin. If I were living several hundred years ago, I would not have to do this because people were much more realistic about understanding the consequences of sin and the reality of God and his rule. People got periodic reminders (through "fire and brimstone" sermons), but as a whole, people of all faiths were quite aware that being in a state of continual sin upon death yielded eternal punishment in hell, and cost them any opportunity to receive mercy and merit heaven. Also, it is only recently that society has given the opportunity for "adult" sin to children and youth, yet at the same time somehow fool themselves that because he or she "is just a kid" that they will not suffer the consequences of their sin should they perish as a youth. In the Catholic faith it is doctrine that children who turn seven years old well understand the difference between right and wrong, sin and virtue, and they are taught how to identify and confess sin in Church. At the age of thirteen they are "confirmed" (like Jewish bar mitzvah), which means they are expected to be knowledgable defenders of their faith. Therefore a teenager is obviously "not a child" regarding sin and their responsibility, regardless of the enabling "juvie" mentality of modern society.

So I want to select one example to make it very clear, and I'm truly sorry this is painful for many to read. The question of being an illegal drug user and addict is one thing, and only God can really tell the line between willfully sinful behavior and illness or defect in personality. However, there is no question about a drug user who also deals, enables, provides or transports. An addicted teenager who dies, having only harmed him or herself through his or her drug use, has access to mercy from God. But an addicted teenager who also enables others, even in the sharing of "small" amounts of drugs, has taken upon him or her self the leading of others, especially children or youth, into sin. Jesus warned about this in no uncertain terms. Jesus said that it would be better to cut one's own hand off, or pluck out an eye, rather than be lead into sin and worse, leading other children into sin.

I know that parents and friends like to kid themselves that a drug dealing youth who dies tragically is "at peace," "with the Lord," or "watching over his or her loved ones in spirit." I'm not trying to ruin anyone's tenuous peace of mind in their time of terrible grief, loss and mourning. But I'm trying to save you from 1) even having to have the loss because of allowing your kids to get involved in drug dealing or enabling and 2) sending your own kids and friends to hell, unknowingly, through your acquiescence in their drug dealing, only to find out the hard way when YOU die and become accountable for their sins, in portion to YOUR responsibility.

So whether you are a weak mother or a negligent absentee bad example setting father, you cannot claim to have certainty of your drug dealing or enabling child achieving heaven, and quite to the contrary, you have a lot to worry about with the other side of the equation where they end up. Additionally, YOU will be held to account for your bad example, your leading into sin, and your neglect of not only your child but also what you may be "contributing" in that regard to society.

Capiche??? I'm not speaking for God, but I am reminding you of knowledge about God and his judgment that used to be commonplace and WELL UNDERSTOOD among humans prior to these past two generations.

Theological view of addiction, "rage," insanity

The news is reporting the murder by a pro wrestler of his wife and 7 year old son, and his subsequent suicide. There are reports he put a bible next to the bodies of his wife and son. This reminds me of how much discussion there was around the Yates murder, when a mother killed all of her children, and whether she was liable or not due to insanity. This post is not about legal liability. But I feel I need to correct a seriously wrong assumption that has crept into common thought about liability to God and how God will judge such cases.

Suppose your family was eating a food, let's say a whole wheat bread, that later was found to have contaminants that caused psychotic episodes, resulting in a crime or a death. Because your family had no way of knowing that the food was contaminated and would have that effect, God would certainly not judge the buyer or consumer of the bread to be guilty unless the following occurred. If an adult started to have unexplained symptoms, such as violent thoughts, the adult has an obligation to report those violent thoughts to a medical authority while the adult is still able to have clear thoughts. If the onset is sudden and there is no chance, for example the person literally goes crazy through no fault of their own through ingestion of a contaminated legal food and is psychotic before even being able to report feeling ill or deranged in their thoughts, then the person is not in fault, in God's eyes. But if the person is still lucid and knows that he or she is having unexplainable violent thoughts they have a moral obligation to seek help while they are still able to request it. Once the person is insane, and harms someone, being "out of control" or "not guilty by reason of insanity" may be legal judgments, but they will not reflect God's view, who will judge the person based on what they did during their last lucid moments when they could have asked for help.

How much worse is this when a person is knowingly ingesting and abusing an illegal substance that is known to have a danger of mind altering affects, and then harms someone. It does not matter if the person thinks they "can't stop themselves" and has, for example, a "roid rage." What matters is that we are not unsophisticated rubes with no TV, education or media to know these are illegal drugs that are subject to abuse, and that there are deviant side effects. There are many times that an addict can state to someone, "I have a problem," "I am losing control," and "I am having violent thoughts." God will judge what the addict does when they are truly finally out of control and genuinely cannot stop themselves by what they did during the span of time when they could have reported the problem to a medical professional.

If an addict goes to a bona fide medical professional and reports his or her addiction and/or violent thoughts, receives treatment, and makes every effort to recover, then God will judge that as a medical condition that the person is in good faith seeking to heal. But someone who is able to take care of all other aspects of their life (they can give interviews, they can write checks, they can accept rewards, they can manage their daily affairs) but does not state to a medical professional that they need help, and then pursue it, is guilty in God's eyes of any subsequent sin or violence, unmitigated and in total. This does not mean that God cannot forgive even the unforgivable, but remember, to forgive there must be repentance, sincere conversion, and penance. By killing one's self one eliminates one's own opportunity for being forgiven. I'm not trying to add to the pain of anyone, especially not in the families around the world who are in this situation with a loved one. But it is essential to point out to people that if you are in an addicted situation now, and if you are having violent thoughts, that perhaps not in the legal system but definitely before God's final judgment, you must report the situation and in good faith seek treatment to be saved. It was different when years ago there was no place to go for addiction treatment. Those were truly wounded souls who lived in a society that could not cure them, as there was little psychiatric resource and knowledge. But nowadays there are people who literally beg addicts to come in for treatment. I know because I'm one of those who treated addicts and begged them to be rehabilitated before it's too late and they ruin their own lives along with the others around them and who do care.

Prayers for strength and discernment to seek rehabilitation for all who abuse substances, including alcohol, and for their families, friends, and colleagues who have to cope with this most difficult of life's challenges.