Choices

 

Choose wisely.

In my neighborhood, we have street-walkers all over the place, and used condoms discarded on the pavement where people parked to do their sexual thing and then went back home. It is an ugly reality. Also in the nearby area, we have drugs, discarded syringes and people drugged out their mind and screaming at the top their lungs. And, to top all off, we have people shooting one another. Downtown, there are incidents of people being killed or injured just because someone had an impulse and acted on it.

The laws have been changed so that offenders don't go to jail. If some people had their way, there would be no laws at all; it interferes with having their fun.

It is interesting that yesterday two whores looked me over on my way to a local business where I wanted to buy an SD Card Reader because my main computer does not have an SD Card Reader installed, out of the box, and I don't know how I would install one to being with; if I had a kit to install one, I still might be stymied because there are no wires to connect the item to the computer.

So we have no SD Card Readers so I can transfer  my photos from my digital camera to my PC. I can do the transfer on the old computer, but then I have to copy the files to thumbdrive and then copy the files from the thumbdrive to the PC. There are several reasons I don't use the old one the way I use the new one, but I won't go into all of that.

It it lamentable that the store does not stock items like SD Card Readers, but we have plenty of whores circling around the neighborhood looking to plug into each other for a thrill. The degradation of the human spirit caused by such activities causes Jesus and His Mother a great deal of pain, because it does not build up His children, but contributes toward their death and eternal separation from Him for eternity.

That the world is suffering as a result should surprise no one. A general lack of restraint on the part of millions of human beings inevitably leads to wars and rumors of wars which millions can be killed outright in milliseconds. The universe is full of terrifying possibilities like that; it is only Jesus keeps it all in check. If we deliberately discard the restraints that prevent sin, then a general punishment results.

There very well might be beings lie us somewhere in the universe. They might be intelligent like us. The terrors nearby us ought to give pause in the conduct of our lives. It is all too easy to annihilate each other, and so tragic when people kill each other, because we do not know if there are any other beings like us, and we will never get the opportunity to encounter them if we do not learn mutual respect and the spirit of cooperation which edifies instead of destroys.

The quick easy fix is often a deplorable disaster in many ways. The Three Gorges dam in China is a good example; the communist party in China decided to build the dam, even knowing the consequences. Millions of people were displaced when they filled  the reservoir, and when unusually strong rainfall came along, it threatened to overtop the dam and sweep away anything down stream. As a consequence, the dam that was supposed to prevent flooding, could not stop catastrophic floods, and people downstream of amny dams were displaced or killed deliberately when the dams were breached outright. The Three Gorges dam was not a quick fix, nor was it cheap, and there seems to be some evidence that the dam is a ticking time bomb waiting to break and inundate millions of people downstream.

We have people in this country who think similarly, and if they are elected, the people who elected them will pay the price because there will be no other choice.

As for the whores of Aurora avenue, they have to choose what they will do in eternity.

Choices

 

Choose wisely.

In my neighborhood, we have street-walkers all over the place, and used condoms discarded on the pavement where people parked to do their sexual thing and then went back home. It is an ugly reality. Also in the nearby area, we have drugs, discarded syringes and people drugged out their mind and screaming at the top their lungs. And, to top all off, we have people shooting one another. Downtown, there are incidents of people being killed or injured just because someone had an impulse and acted on it.

The laws have been changed so that offenders don't go to jail. If some people had their way, there would be no laws at all; it interferes with having their fun.

It is interesting that yesterday two whores looked me over on my way to a local business where I wanted to buy an SD Card Reader because my main computer does not have an SD Card Reader installed, out of the box, and I don't know how I would install one to being with; if I had a kit to install one, I still might be stymied because there are no wires to connect the item to the computer.

So we have no SD Card Readers so I can transfer  my photos from my digital camera to my PC. I can do the transfer on the old computer, but then I have to copy the files to thumbdrive and then copy the files from the thumbdrive to the PC. There are several reasons I don't use the old one the way I use the new one, but I won't go into all of that.

It it lamentable that the store does not stock items like SD Card Readers, but we have plenty of whores circling around the neighborhood looking to plug into each other for a thrill. The degradation of the human spirit caused by such activities causes Jesus and His Mother a great deal of pain, because it does not build up His children, but contributes toward their death and eternal separation from Him for eternity.

That the world is suffering as a result should surprise no one. A general lack of restraint on the part of millions of human beings inevitably leads to wars and rumors of wars which millions can be killed outright in milliseconds. The universe is full of terrifying possibilities like that; it is only Jesus keeps it all in check. If we deliberately discard the restraints that prevent sin, then a general punishment results.

There very well might be beings lie us somewhere in the universe. They might be intelligent like us. The terrors nearby us ought to give pause in the conduct of our lives. It is all too easy to annihilate each other, and so tragic when people kill each other, because we do not know if there are any other beings like us, and we will never get the opportunity to encounter them if we do not learn mutual respect and the spirit of cooperation which edifies instead of destroys.

The quick easy fix is often a deplorable disaster in many ways. The Three Gorges dam in China is a good example; the communist party in China decided to build the dam, even knowing the consequences. Millions of people were displaced when they filled  the reservoir, and when unusually strong rainfall came along, it threatened to overtop the dam and sweep away anything down stream. As a consequence, the dam that was supposed to prevent flooding, could not stop catastrophic floods, and people downstream of amny dams were displaced or killed deliberately when the dams were breached outright. The Three Gorges dam was not a quick fix, nor was it cheap, and there seems to be some evidence that the dam is a ticking time bomb waiting to break and inundate millions of people downstream.

We have people in this country who think similarly, and if they are elected, the people who elected them will pay the price because there will be no other choice.

As for the whores of Aurora avenue, they have to choose what they will do in eternity.

Weakness

A foggy morning gives way to clear bright skies.

If a limb has been immobile for a period of time, it will regain  mobility slowly and specific exercises will be necessary to restore mobility fully. Similarly, if one has been indifferent or cold towards the Lord, it may be difficult to warm up to Him and function fully. God provides the exercise, and though the exercise may provide pain, or one might find himself responding sluggishly and with some disdain. Lovers may lose affection with each other if their relationship is not nourished mutually by their love.

The fact is, we need to nurture or relationship with God. A person might ask how one nurtures a relationship with God whom he cannot see, but if we have the will to try to orient our existence toward God, He has the strength to unite us to Him and improve our relationship to Him. Our position is awkward since we cannot see God or touch Him the way a lover might touch his beloved. But as He is aware of us within Him the way a mother is aware of her unborn child within her, one need not fear He will forget or ignore us. Nothing could be further from the truth. He will draw you into Himself through prayer. You can desire to be closer and to be more aware and trust that that is exactly what will happen.

God created everything in three days, and three days after He died, He rose from death to life, and He intends that we should enjoy that privilege as well. Do not judge by your feelings. While they are necessary to awaken our love of God, they are not reliable, and are subject to errors or, worse, to errors suggested by our enemy. Love will assert itself to tell the truth so you may live in some certainty that your relationship may blossom. Be at peace.

Weakness

A foggy morning gives way to clear bright skies.

If a limb has been immobile for a period of time, it will regain  mobility slowly and specific exercises will be necessary to restore mobility fully. Similarly, if one has been indifferent or cold towards the Lord, it may be difficult to warm up to Him and function fully. God provides the exercise, and though the exercise may provide pain, or one might find himself responding sluggishly and with some disdain. Lovers may lose affection with each other if their relationship is not nourished mutually by their love.

The fact is, we need to nurture or relationship with God. A person might ask how one nurtures a relationship with God whom he cannot see, but if we have the will to try to orient our existence toward God, He has the strength to unite us to Him and improve our relationship to Him. Our position is awkward since we cannot see God or touch Him the way a lover might touch his beloved. But as He is aware of us within Him the way a mother is aware of her unborn child within her, one need not fear He will forget or ignore us. Nothing could be further from the truth. He will draw you into Himself through prayer. You can desire to be closer and to be more aware and trust that that is exactly what will happen.

God created everything in three days, and three days after He died, He rose from death to life, and He intends that we should enjoy that privilege as well. Do not judge by your feelings. While they are necessary to awaken our love of God, they are not reliable, and are subject to errors or, worse, to errors suggested by our enemy. Love will assert itself to tell the truth so you may live in some certainty that your relationship may blossom. Be at peace.

Certainty

I don't know much, but I am certain about one thing: God is holy, and we are meant to be holy like God. Holiness is the essential ingredient in any life that wishes to be safe in God.

With regards to our needs and God's requirements for our lives, He does not compromise on holiness. If you know you are sinning, then you must cease. He may mitigate  our sufferings out of love for us, but not entirely. There will always be some small requirement of us that God demands we meet. If we do not know what it is we need to do, we can always posit that more prayer and more penance are necessary; these must be unselfish as well. The only certainty is that God will see to it we are fit to  be in His presence. If an examination of our life proves we have spots that need more attention, common sense demands an acquiescence to His Will, regardless.

This is on top of an immense and interested love for us, so that no matter how frightening and painful life may be, it will always be possible to reach God and to know His love, if we are fixing our vision on Him, and not ourselves or anything else.

St. Padre Pio was among those saints who embodied God's Will and acquiescence to it. When necessary, he required obedience of his penitents, but once they had done what was asked, his kindness sprang out of his immense love, so that our actual expense was minimal. I take that to mean that obeying him was obedience to God. In turn, St. Padre Pio enjoyed the immensity of God's love enabling him to do the impossible, particularly as regarded ecstasies and miracles. It is clear and obvious that feeling His love and obtaining miracles were signs of His intervention in our lives, so that we may grow spiritually to become human beings worthy of Heaven. Jesus dreaded the thought of the nails piercing His hands and feet, and the lance in His side. But He endured the imposition of these events for love of us, and for all time, so that we might be available to Him, and He might be available to us. Make an effort to express your love to Him, regardless of feelings; that is, don't expect ecstasies for your reaching out to God, but also, do not let your feelings deter you from asking. That is a act of obedience which will not be used against you in your final hours.

Certainty

I don't know much, but I am certain about one thing: God is holy, and we are meant to be holy like God. Holiness is the essential ingredient in any life that wishes to be safe in God.

With regards to our needs and God's requirements for our lives, He does not compromise on holiness. If you know you are sinning, then you must cease. He may mitigate  our sufferings out of love for us, but not entirely. There will always be some small requirement of us that God demands we meet. If we do not know what it is we need to do, we can always posit that more prayer and more penance are necessary; these must be unselfish as well. The only certainty is that God will see to it we are fit to  be in His presence. If an examination of our life proves we have spots that need more attention, common sense demands an acquiescence to His Will, regardless.

This is on top of an immense and interested love for us, so that no matter how frightening and painful life may be, it will always be possible to reach God and to know His love, if we are fixing our vision on Him, and not ourselves or anything else.

St. Padre Pio was among those saints who embodied God's Will and acquiescence to it. When necessary, he required obedience of his penitents, but once they had done what was asked, his kindness sprang out of his immense love, so that our actual expense was minimal. I take that to mean that obeying him was obedience to God. In turn, St. Padre Pio enjoyed the immensity of God's love enabling him to do the impossible, particularly as regarded ecstasies and miracles. It is clear and obvious that feeling His love and obtaining miracles were signs of His intervention in our lives, so that we may grow spiritually to become human beings worthy of Heaven. Jesus dreaded the thought of the nails piercing His hands and feet, and the lance in His side. But He endured the imposition of these events for love of us, and for all time, so that we might be available to Him, and He might be available to us. Make an effort to express your love to Him, regardless of feelings; that is, don't expect ecstasies for your reaching out to God, but also, do not let your feelings deter you from asking. That is a act of obedience which will not be used against you in your final hours.

Uncertainty

 It is not true that the universe is in charge of itself; God is in control of the universe, and our perception of it and understanding of it are dependant on God, however we like it. I can understand that people are uncomfortable with  uncertainty, but uncertainty often figures largely in the agonies we endure.

Many would rather limit the extent of uncertainty so as to suffer less anxiety. If forgiveness of sin has taught me anything, it is that being forgiven and asking for forgiveness frees a person like nothing else can.

That freedom is the certainty of His love, ironically. He loves us, without a doubt, and He is capable of infinite love and patience. He confronted uncertainty and doubt, fear and depression on the night in which He was arrested and endured a night in the midst of den of snakes, all full of the venom of hatred, and the next day, He was consigned to the romans who told them to crucify Him themselves. In the end, the romans had to do the crucifying, and they were the first to be washed in His blood, and the plasma that gushed from Jesus side when the lance pierced His side and opened His Heart so as to ensure His death.

He relied on His few friends to remove His Body and anoint it with the oil and spices of traditional Jewish burial. and He ultimately was laid to rest in the sepulcher.

He endured everything we can endure, and some things we cannot imagine. He comforted those who died after a just life but could not enter heaven. Then, He rose from the dead and appeared to the apostles. He has removed ambiguity and uncertainty in every possible permutation. Therefore, as God, He is able to deal with all uncertainty, and capable of understanding our feelings and our sufferings as we wait for Him, and hope that we might live up to His expectations. We must live to learn where we are in the scheme of things. Small as we might be in all the vastness of the universe, that smallness only makes Him love us more, and extends graces that save us, before we have had the chance to earn them or ask them.