Feeling Good

I saw these most gorgeous apples and forgot to bring my camera every time I passed them. Today went i left the house I remembered, but the lighting wasn't as good as I had hoped for. They are much redder than the appear in this photo, and they were all so perfectly red and round... and on the other side of someones fence. I'm feeling food tonight, with energy that is sure to keep me up. The new eating regime I am doing is to support extra energy, and I feel great right now. I ate my proper meals and snacks, went out for some football and a walk, and did some exercise. now it's 8pm and time to chill, but I would really like to play hockey right now more than anything. I'm right in the mood to go all out and exhaust myself. It feels good to fly around the rink and stop in someones chest while they lie on the ice, or burn someone on the outside really bad; break down the right hand boards, lean left shoulder into the defence while keeping the puck far to the right, and as you slide around behind him you are into the gollies crease where you make him think you are going back hand on the far side, and at that moment you pull the puck back to your forehand and flick it up over his left shoulder, hitting the top mettle bar in back of the net. Anyways, I feel good, as if I am excited about the future, thinking about different things I want to do, and not really worried about where they fit in. I know that eventually I'll settle down, and it might be sooner than later, but the more you entertain that thought, the more you begin to worry about whether you are doing the right thing or not, or worry about wasting time and missing opportunity. I'm not going to say planning ahead is a bad idea, but Paul (Biblical chap) said not to worry about tomorrow because tomorrow has enough worry of its own. I feel like this related to my experience about a month ago when I was spending hours everyday looking on the job bank for a job, tyring to line something up, and I've not heard back from anyone I contacted in that time. I was worried, and trying to set everything up for after Christmas, when really, there aren't any positions posted now, let alone a month ago for jobs that would begin in January. So I'm not stressed about it. I have a rough plan, but even that is up in the air, which is right where it should be for someone like me who is like the wind. I like to plan things out and know the future, but this stresses me out unnecessarily. Like when I meet a girl that I'm interested in, I start thinking how we might end up married. I suppose this isn't all together bad if done responsibly. I mean, it's better to get out of the situation as soon as you think it's not going to work, than to stay in and "try and work things out" only to find both of you with messy broken hearts 6 months later. I know a lot of people say its okay or even healthy to have doubts about the person you are marrying, and that might be so, but I'm not married and I've never been with a girl I didn't have doubts about, so I can't vito this statement. So I'll start looking in November to see if anything has come up, but for now i'm chillin, no worries. I have to say, this job is pretty stress free. Get client up at 8:05am for toilet, wash, breakfast, which is done by 8:50am-9:05am. Then we might go for a walk. lunch at 12 which for him means cheese crackers, pate, and pickled walnut. I have something else. Then it's off until 5ish when I make dinner for 6. put him to bed at 9,-915 + 2-3 toilet breaks throughout the day. I get out and about, and there are special day activities, but I'm pretty free to write and read ad skateboard/ exercise. Yup, feeling good. If you can spell some of these words better then go ahead and spell um yourself now will ya. Uhhh, what else do I have? Nothing really I guess. I mean I have a few thoughts, but they can wait or something. |Ricky Penderghaster

I'd like to give a shout out to my people on the block

Did I tell you it snowed here? Yes man, snow came down in Stewkley for the first time since 1963. Today was a good time I think. I made a big pancake for myself and had it with Minuka Honey and dry blueberry's. It was a good tasting meal and got me going in the morning. I liek this new menu I've got for myself and the exercise schedule. I feel very good now after doing an hour of exercise and then going for a run. The run I'm doing is as follows. 5 minute jog followed by 45 second run at 70% of your ability (I think I cheated and ran at 86%, and maybe even 67% at some points. Then you jog for 2 min and repeat the 45 second run, 2 min jog for 7 rotations. After that you qualify as an athlete and can send in your proof of purchase in exchange for a gold star and a small pack of mini m&m's. We did go out to the pub for dinner again today, as we go out every thursday with one of my clients friends. I had the chicken con carny, Made with real carny's; I swear I got a cigarette but and cotton candy stuck in my teeth. It was okay, but it's not as good as their Steak and Ail pie with chips and vegetables. That was the best thing I had there, though there have been some other highlights, such as butterfly chicken avec a white wine roset, and, ummmmm I can't remember anything else I've had there but it has all been pretty good. For supper I had a ham omelet with mushrooms, beat tops and red pepper in it. The beats grow in the back yard and I picked them yesterday. No I picked them the day before. My client slept most of the day, waking only to eat really. He doesn't often do that, though he does sleep a lot. November 5th I can buy man U tickets, then I can plan my trip to Italy and home. Tckets are well expensive to get home, and I keep hoping I'll find something cheaper on a sale of sorts, but that just doesn't seem to be happening until Christmas eve or day, and I want to be home dec 22nd. Gonna go do some writing of sorts. have to work on a book idea for the november novel writers month. I signed up to this novel writing event online where you are supposed to write 15,000 words in the month of November. Pete Dawe told me about it and he's writing too. I wasn't sure what to write about and then I came up with an idea, but it's not all that great. I figure it will make for a good 12 year old'-ish novel. I'm geting close to the end of my girlly book, but that's probably not going to make it's way out into the public for years I'd say. Not only do I have to consider the privacy of my exesis, but also of any future female I find myself with. I always think about that when I hear love songs that people have written about their ex, and I wonder how the new partner feels about being with someone and hearing their number one hit being sung about an ex. That's gorse sure. Well, I'm off. I hope this was more entertaining the the BBC evening news, because that scene is wack. I would say on average they have a technical difficulty twice per week where someone the on site reporter or video guest cannot hear the news caster. That, and they show the same stuff over and over, and over. In an hour you get the national news, then regional, then local, and all three of them talk about the same rubbish! The past two days it has been about this prank phone call a radio announcer made to some other celebrity, and now this a right cafufal about it. That;s it, Im done

Today, tonight, tomorrow

Well my dearies, what's on the crick crack? I got up today at the usual 7:50am to get my client on the go, he gets up 8:05am. By 9am I had finished breakfast and smashed a good plate. No worries though, as my client is half def so he either didn't know it happened or didn't bother to ask because he obviously knew what happened. We had snow last night! yeah, like in Canadia, but cept it didn't stick around too long and it hardly covered the ground. First time they've have snow in October since the 1960's, and London since th 1930's. After I swept up most of the glass, I mean really, I'm the only one walking around in here and everyone who comes wears shoes. Yeah, after that I moped up the shower water and took a nap. The shower isn't working so I set buckets under my cliant and mop up anything that misses them. I had a dream that I went home for a day with my client and he was more able bodied at my house, even though I was ill prepared for this day trip to Newfoundland. I got up and we went out for a walk in the real world. It was a brisk morning and the sun was gorgeous, bright fun on my face. After that we went home to sit my client down in the sun drenched porch area for some lunch. Then I made my way down to the rec where a skatepark was driven into town for the day and set up in the parking lot. It's a school break this week because they have different break times than we have back home. The park was nothing to write home about, but here I am, defying the odds yet again. A bit damp still from the night before but it was dry for the most part. All the kids come out to this thing, but while I was there, only about 15 had showed up yet. I rode into the oakring lot and did a few tricks while these two kids look at me and one says, " You aw welw good." I laughed and say I was okay or something like that. I try to talk to the kids I see around here whenever I can, and it's not because I'm a paedophile, but rather because I think the kids are a bit ignored here. They're been found doing whipets, or at least the empty CO2 carts were found. I don't know, maybe I've got it all wrong. I mean, they are supposed to be getting a few dirt jumps because bmx is pretty big amongst the kids, but they did want a skate park. Anyways. I had a good time, and then I went into town to doing the shopping. I started a new program I found in mens health, but they do have about 5 work out rutines and a few differnt diet suggestions in this one magaze. One place said hotchocolate is good becofr e bed to relax you. Okay, I thought, that makes sence, but as I read further through the magazine I found some other study that reports hot chocolate being gpppd for waking you up and makign you alert Well, Im geting tired and for some reason the backspace is slow on this right now. It mustbe because I ahve the leafs game on. because of this I am not fixing the mistakes as I go along. It s jsut too much for me at this point. Tomrrow is another wonderful day. I hope you find it well I came home, amde Salmon, ate it, and someone visited while I got a shower, then I went out and talked to budnick. and thats abotu it. chats online and writing. Im tired, and Im done with this fin

Lets see if I can get a video blog to work

Dragging Up The Past

I've been confronting the past lately, and have also been confronted by it via others, or at least one other. I'm a sucker for reminiscing I have to say, and I just love looking back through the past. I guess that is part of the reason why I so often try to keep a record of the present, for tomorrow. I started writing this "story" back in May, and I'm getting near the end of it now, but I don't know if I could ever let it out. It's probably not even that interesting and as it stand snow it is more of a skeleton that needs some beefing up. It's about my encounters with the opposite sex, whether it be someone I had a crush on, dated once, went out with, or almost went out with. I've changed the names to pseudo names, but I feel like I would have to get permission from everyone of the girls mentioned in the story, and I don't expect many of them want their past being dragged up like this, for display to the public. Most of them are in long term relationships of one form or another, and some have babies sure. There's no way I could complete it up to date because I haven't spoken to the last girl I went out with since we broke up. Too fresh to go airing those tails. So I'll write it for now, and maybe I'll continue it on through life, who knows. Then once they're all dead I can drop some tails on you. Anyways, as I write through all these sections of my life, different people pop up and as they do I tend to wonder what they are up to, so I might send them a message to see whats on the crick crack. I sent a message to this one girl that I had a crush on for a while, but I was afraid to tell her. I asked her about the time in question and as it turns out, she had a crush on me too! Funny how life tosses you around like that hey. That was years ago though, and I'm not interested in her anymore, but it was funny to disclose something like that from the past. On this topic, I'll address the reason for me writing this blog. I was just talking to a girl on the facebook who I used to know years ago, and she asked me whether I was going to ask her out before she moved and we lost contact. I wasn't going to ask her out, but we were good friends at the time, so I understand how she might have gotten that impression. When I look back like this I know I might have played that role for more than one girl. The problem was I could just be too friendly and give girls that impression when really I just enjoyed spending time with girls. I've always had female friends my whole life. I grew up with the Murphy girls, Kimmie and Jill, and while I was being babysat at my grandparents house I would spend my days with Cathrine Steiner. I didn't just hang out with girls mind you. I had a bunch of neighbourhood guy friends as well, and I'm still tight with them. I don't know how many people have that anymore, but my closest friends today are my closest friends from when I was 3 years old. Same school, same church, same neighbourhood, same love. I'll love those kids forever, but that's not the topic at hand now is it. How interesting for me to ask such a question and a week later have someone ask the same question of me. Sure you can pick an example from your own life, but it's probably a question like "Do you want cream in yours?" or something like that. This is not a typical question. Some might even care to call it an atypical question and save themselves a few letters in a text message or something of the like. When I am faced with a similarity, or theme like this it makes me stop and wonder if there is a lesson in it for me or not. I'm not saying it's a sign, but I am open to further instruction if there is something I am supposed to learn or pay attention to. If there's nothing, then I'll just chalk it up to coincidence and carry on, but I just want to be attentive. I believe Bono was right when he said "The spirit moves in mysterious ways." I could go about my life without entertain these things I'm sure, but I feel a sense of responsibility to live life to the fullest, utilizing every aspect of creation I have been given. Some of this may take some learning, but so did speech, and just because I haven't grown up with these facets doesn't make them unnecessary, it just makes them neglected. Watch God move in the big and the small, in the obvious and the obscure. I guess the key is to keep your eyes open, and to test everything that comes into question with scripture. At least if your into this Jesus stuff, and if you're not, well, good luck with all that.

Animal Souls

I was in church two weeks ago and there was this woman who spoke, and as she addressed the children she said, "Now I'm going to tell you something before somebody goes and tells you something that is not in the Bible. Animals have souls." No body got up and left, nobody called her on it, and she spoke an entire sermon without any Biblical references. So this made me curious, and I took my curiosity home with me and checked out what www.blueletterbible.com had to say about it. Thank you again Sam for showing me this site as it has made my researching easier as has made Bible reading easier. Here is what I came up with after searching Soul(s), Animal(s), Beast(s), & a bit of Spirit. The following is a list of Biblical examples with some notes made, but for the most part I just tried to feed you the Bible.

October 5^th Bible Study on animal souls

Proverbs 12:10 A righteous man regards the life of his animal,

But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. ---------So here we see the term life, but not soul.

I said in my heart, "Concerning the condition of the sons of men, God tests them, that they may see that they themselves are like animals."

For what happens to the sons of men also happens to animals; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other. Surely, they all have one breath; man has no advantage over animals, for all is vanity.

All go to one place: all are from the dust, and all return to dust.

Who knows the spirit of the sons of men, which goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, which goes down to the earth?

So I perceived that nothing is better than that a man should rejoice in his own works, for that is his heritage. For who can bring him to see what will happen after him?

Footnotes:
	Septuagint, Syriac, Targum, and Vulgate read Who knows whether the spirit . . . goes upward, and whether . . . goes downward to the earth?

From Ecclesiastes we see that animals at least have a spirit, but we have not seen whether they have a soul yet or not. I wasn’t sure about the difference between a Spirit and a soul, but this could possibly be it. That animals have a spirit, but once they die this spirit is extinguished, or “goes down to the earth” Ecc3:21

Geb36:3 Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the persons of his household, his cattle and all his animals, and all his goods which he had gained in the land of Canaan, and went to a country away from the presence of his brother Jacob.

--------This verse isn’t related to what I’m talking about, but I find it interesting that cattle are mentioned separately from “All his animals”. I don’t know if this means anything but it is similar to the Hindu belief where cattle are revered for their holiness as a high step in striving toward nirvana. I’m not saying I think cows are holy, or that they even have souls, but I just wonder what sort of cultural significance this might have for the time.

Numbers 35:3 "They shall have the cities to dwell in; and their common-land shall be for their cattle, for their herds, and for all their animals.

Num18:7? "But the firstborn of a cow, the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat you shall not redeem; they are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and burn their fat as an offering made by fire for a sweet aroma to the LORD.

Num20:8 "Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their animals."

------I know this sounds a bit out there, but it goes in hand with the verse “the rocks will cry out.”

1king4:38 Also he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree of Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish.

-------Check other versions to see if the word “of” is ever translated as “to”.

Joe1:20 The beasts of the field also cry out to You,

For the water brooks are dried up,

And fire has devoured the open pastures.

1 Corinthian 15 – get at it

1cor 15:39 on is about animals and such

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Psalm 36:6Your righteousness is like the great mountains;

Your judgments are a great deep;

O LORD, You preserve man and beast.

---------I suppose this isn’t really saying much, just a note about how God is in control of everything.

Psalm 50:12

"If I were hungry, I would not tell you;

For the world is Mine, and all its fullness.

Isaih 42:20 The beast of the field will honor Me,

The jackals and the ostriches,

Because I give waters in the wilderness

And rivers in the desert,

To give drink to My people, My chosen.

------- I believe this is the verse that was referred to in the sermon of Sunday past. The speaker stated that it is not possible to honor or praise without a soul.

Ezekial 14 "Or [if] I bring a sword on that land, and say, 'Sword, go through the land,' and I cut off man and beast from it,

----------------Ezekiel, and the books close to it mention this phrase, or similar ones over and over. I just wonder what the earth means to God when He says this. I’m guessing the earth is meant to reflect humanity in all we use it for, take care of or destroy, and if one area is associated with our sin then God will take it from us, or Israel.

Ezekiel 39:17 "And as for you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Speak to every sort of bird and to every beast of the field:

"Assemble yourselves and come;

Gather together from all sides to My sacrificial meal

Which I am sacrificing for you,

A great sacrificial meal on the mountains of Israel,

That you may eat flesh and drink blood.

-------------------- no this passage is talking about the future, and if I take the time to look through other translations I may find another interpretation, but as it stands in the NKJV, we will commune with animals. Still doesn’t say anything about having a soul, but we will continue on.

Jonah 3:8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, let every one turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands.

--------So what does it mean for an animal to turn from its evil way and cry out to God? I know all creation declares His majesty, but does this not look like repentance? It doesn’t say repent, but it says “Let every one turn from his evil way”, and if you were wondering, it’s not written as everyone, but every one, where everyone is used to denote a group of humans. Feel free to correct me on this, but I would never use “everyone” to refer to anything other than a group of humans. I’m just trying to understand this, because it’s in The Word, but I still don’t feel settled about the issue, so lets read on.

Hebrews 12:20 And if so much as a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned or shot with an arrow."

--------- I’m just curious about this one. It just seems harsh to shoot down a bird because it is fly toward a mountain, I mean, how’s the bird supposed to know. But then again, you could say the same for sacrificial animals.

Beasts

Gen 7:21 All flesh that moved on the earth perished, birds and cattle and beasts and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind;

22 of all that was on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died.

beasts creature creatures living things thing

-What is the spirit of life? Is this a spirit of heaven?

QUESTION: How could God justify the sacrificing of souls? Or give rules on which animals to eat, that would eat that which has a soul?

Job 12:7 "But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you; And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you. 8"Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare to you. 9 "Who among all these does not know That the hand of the LORD has done this, 10 In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?

Psalm 49:14 As sheep they are appointed for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall rule over them in the morning, And their form shall be for Sheol to consume So that they have no habitation. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, For He will receive me. Selah

-Sheol is a Hebrew word used to describe a place where the dead gather underground after they die. Other’s have compared it to Hell or Heities. I guess some people might look at this and interpret the verse as saying the subjects in question are appointed to Sheol just as sheep are, but I read it as an example wherein man goes to hell just as sheep to the slotter.

Psalm 49:20 Man in {his} pomp, yet without understanding, Is like the beasts that perish.

Psalm 148 says for everything to praise the Lord, including, sun moon, star, hail, beasts etc.

Ecclisiasties 3:18-22 I said to myself concerning the sons of men, "God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but beasts." 19For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same. As one dies so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is vanity. 20 All go to the same place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust. 21 Who knows that the breath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth? 22 I have seen that nothing is better than that man should be happy in his activities, for that is his lot. For who will bring him to see what will occur after him.

---------So what do we have to say about this? Is it to be taken as is, or is this a comparative anecdote, where the writer does not mean literally that we are just as animals, but that our lives are so fleeting that he would compare us to animals just to emphasize his point? I mean, this is what I might think, but is that too much of a stretch from the easier interpretation, that we are just as animals?

Isaiah 43:20 "The beasts of the field will glorify Me, The jackals and the ostriches, Because I have given waters in the wilderness And rivers in the desert, To give drink to My chosen people.

Jerimiah 27:5 "I have made the earth, the men and the beasts which are on the face of the earth by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and I will give it to the one who is pleasing in My sight.

Hosea 2:18 "In that day I will also make a covenant for them With the beasts of the field, The birds of the sky And the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword and war from the land, And will make them lie down in safety.

--------- God will make a covenant with animals. This isn’t the sort of thing I would expect to find in the Bible but there it is. It’s still no proof of an animal soul, but it is peculiar.

Hosea 4:3 Therefore the land mourns, And everyone who lives in it languishes Along with the beasts of the field and the birds of the sky, And also the fish of the sea disappear.

-----------The land Morns? Anyone want to take this as a metaphor? I dear you. Give it a try and see what God has to say about it. Curious though isn’t it? I’m not even going to touch this one. It’s up there with “the rocks will cry out.”

1 Corinithians 15:38

But God gives it a body just as He wished, and to each of the seeds a body of its own. 39 All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one {flesh} of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fish. 40 There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the {glory} of the earthly is another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory. 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable {body,} it is raised an imperishable {body;} 43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual {body.} 45So also it is written, "The first MAN, Adam, BECAME A LIVING SOUL." The last Adam {became} a life-giving spirit.

James 3:7 & 8

For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race. 8 But no one can tame the tongue; {it is} a restless evil {and} full of deadly poison.

------------------ I feel like it wouldn’t be appropriate for one soul to tame another, nor to eat the body of another. But I still don’t get the spirit bit.

Soul

Leviticus 26:43

'For the land will be abandoned by them, and will make up for its sabbaths while it is made desolate without them. They, meanwhile, will be making amends for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and their soul abhorred My statutes.

---------------I’ve come across this statement a few time in the beginning chapters of the old testament, where the human soul is said to abhor Gods statutes. I can’t see an animal being able to abhor Gods statutes, and I guess a more obvious example of an animals subordination to humans is their inability to accept Christ, the only way to heaven. Then again, this way, and the Christian doctrine was created for the salvation of humanity, so an animal would not be expected to take this same path anyways.

If you’re wondering which way I bios, I don’t think animals have souls, but I’m trying to keep my bios to a minimum and merely present what scripture says, letting you decide.

Psalm 74:19 Do not deliver the soul of Your turtledove to the wild beast; Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.

----------------- So it’s a Psalm, which is entitled to descriptive and analogous language, but we have to be careful about understanding what the Bible is saying, and seeing metaphor when it is called for. I can see how someone would take this literally and say that even if this is a metaphor, the language being used suggests that David being killed by his enemies is likened to a turtledove being killed, and losing its soul, to a wild beast, just as a lamb is lead to the slottor. Here, all three examples can be presented real possibilities that mimic one another. I don’t think animals have souls, but I would like a good explanation of this verse suggesting otherwise.

I got part way through Spirit and didn’t both to start Spirits after I found one verse stating that animals have spirits, and now I’m tired of this racket. So there isn’t anything saying animals have souls, except verses that are using the idea as an analogy. I still don’t think they have souls, but I was surprised to find that they have spirits and I am curious to know what this means. Is ones spirit what we see as a ghost? Something that remains on this earth even though the soul has left the earth? Or does the soul leave the earth yet? I’m going to have to look into this idea of the soul remaining in the body until the rapture, or tribulation etc. I didn’t look at any other translations so this is not fit to be submitted as University work, but I’m not in University so whatever.

I do recall saying something I was going to edit, but I couldn’t be bothered with that right now so I’m going to pop it up on the blog.

Dreams2

So I was doing some research on animals and I came across a verse which seems to indicate dreams occurring post Pentecost. Check it out and see what you think. You will first notice the VISION of Saul, and what I didn't know before was that he had other people with him. Anyone who ever tries to explain away this miracle owes it up to his long trek through the desert he could have been hallucinating, but the men who were with him heard it too; seeActs9:7 Then, in the same book you have a vision seen by Ananias in Acts 9:10. So these are visions, and not specified as dreams. But the signs of the last days specify dream and visions in the same sentence. Even if you don't feel convinced by my scanty evidence, check out Acts 10:10-etc. Where Peter falls into a trance after 6 hours of prayer, and has a vision from God. Aside from these miraculous, obvious accounts of message from God, the early accounts of the old testament show how common place dream interpretation was. When you look at how Joseph was an interpreter for the king, who was not a believer, you see how it was an accepted part of culture and a gifting that has slipped into the sketchy pile. We are now people of fact, so if we don't see the explanation laid out in front of us first hand, we are accustomed to questioning it. How many people do you know who have claimed to have seen a ghost? I know a few, and I bet if you haven't see one for yourself, then you aren't too sure what you think about them. Well what about when the dead were seen walking the streets after the Crucifixion? Stay tuned for a writing on the afterlife, but for now I'm talking about dreams. I feel like I had a few unfinished thoughts in there, but if you call me on it I'll probably be able to get back at you. Here's the part I am going to leave separate, because sometimes I feel like I either don't write all that I'm thinking, or some people get hung up on one thing I have said and are then unable to see the rest. I'm not saying that every dream has a meaning, or a message, or that it's from God or any other spiritual influence, but I do believe it is possible for someone to have a meaningful dream. The safest approach to dream interpretation is to pray about them, and don't work your mind too much to make something out of nothing. The other thing, for me at least, is that any dream that appears to have a message in it, is not necessarily a message from God but rather a message from myself. Let me re-word that. If I have a dream that makes me curious, it is usually because something in my life is disturbing or coming out in my sleep. For example, if I am in University and I've been procrastinating, puting off my term paper, I may have a dream where I am being chanced and running from something that I can't get away from. I might try to put it out of my mind, but it's sitting there, and as my brain is processing the thoughts of the day, and incorporating long term knowledge, I end up with an active interpretation of this term paper. I do write a lot of my dreams down, and I do try to pray about them, but I usually don't put a lot of effort into them and then they are forgotten. So lets say for arguments sake that some of us have meaningful dreams and others don't. Some people might say it's not worth the effort, or it's a crap shoot and that you are only getting yourself into trouble. Well, I feel like this is the approach many Christians have taken to a lot of the Spiritual gifts. If there's a chance that our dreams hold information for us, then I believe it is our responsibility to figure that information out. I can't think of a Biblical example of what I am trying to describe, so I'll go with one from a sermon; not such a reliable resource. I heard I sermon once about how someone had prayed for food, I think it was milk. So as one of their friends is praying they get the idea to give person number one some milk, but they didn't deliver it because they felt awkward. Anyways, so I'm missing a few details, but the long and the short of it is, the milk was delivered late, or not at all in a time of need. The message here is that we have responsibilities as Christians to be obedient, and if we are not then Gods work is not done. God heard the prayer, he had a plan for how the prayer was going to be answered, but the part He entrusted to humanity is where it went wrong. Some of you are thinking, "Oh my, what rabbit hole has he fallen down now, with this new age thinking." Well, I'm not saying I should be raising the dead, speaking in tongues, and prophesying on Stamps Lane, but I should be open to the possibility and pray for God to lead me into an understanding of what my gifts are, because we all have at least one, but some of us will have them all. Check my earlier post about Bible lesson for a look at the spiritual gifts. I really went off there at the end, but that's because I had a break in between to cook and eat some Shepard's Pie, which I found out is supposed to make Minced lamb in it, and that using Beef makes it cottage pie. I thought it was that way, except i didn't know there was a different name on the dish for using Beef, which I always grew up with. I'm not out in left field, I'm just trying to get down to business and see what The Word has to say about these issues. Wait until you see what I have to say about animals.

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