Foolishness on Friday, November 21st, 2025

Good morning, et cetera -greetings and salutations, dear Reader, and welcome to yet another day of drawing breath in and out. I pray that you are warm, well-fed, and at peace as you read these words and, if not, that those things come to you soon. So often the things we take for granted are the very things that many across the globe are praying for right now, so it's important to always be aware, and once aware, grateful. 

Please click here if you'd like to read today's Proverb, and click here if you'd like to read 1 Corinthians 1. I recognize myself in the following verse from that last chapter mentioned:

I always come to share the ponderings of my heart and mind, dear Reader, not because I feel that anyone can be 'convinced' or otherwise compelled to believe, because that's not how faith works- it's an inside job, 100%, full-stop, wholly between an individual and the Lord God and cannot be manufactured, faked, demanded or anything other than what it is. Yes, I refer to the Lord and His Word often, but that's because "Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks" and, Lord knows (quite literally, as do many of you) that *not* everything that comes out of this mouth is good or Godly.

That said, I'd like to talk about the first verse-image there and point out some observations. 

There are many things that happen in life that cause us to often question God and demand to know the "why" behind it all and I'll give you some examples:
*God, why do babies die of cancer?
*God, why is there evil in the world?
*God, why is it a struggle to eat and pay my bills every month?
and on and on and on, the questions that arise from the baffling situations in life, many of which seem unfair if not downright evil, will continue to plague us, or at least make themselves apparent to us, until we breathe our very last.

So, I'll ask another "why" and that is this:
Why does God allow all of these things to happen? 

I don't know why, that's His business. But, please allow me to frame it for you based on what I now understand of these things. The verse above tells us to "Trust in the Lord with all your heart..." and that right there is the first little treasure/clue in that trust is a matter of the heart. We must dig deeper within ourselves to reach beyond the confines of mere intellect and choose to trust Him on a much deeper level than that of thought, logic, and reason. It IS a choice. It's like Job said of his own unwavering trust in God:

There is a level of trust that runs so deep that, to the normal mind of man, to the intelligent, educated, to the wise and well-learned, makes literally no sense at all. Seriously, WHO trusts one who would slay him? But there you have it, straight from the Book itself.

Further, I feel that the laying down of our human intellect is an example of what it means to cast our crowns at His feet in worship; it's that taking of the cherished, prized things in life (be they material or otherwise) and throwing them down as worthless in comparison of Who He is and all that He's done (to wit, paying the ultimate price to redeem our sorry asses, knowing that we do not and never can or will actually deserve it OR even begin to pay Him back for it). 

So, I take this to mean: do I prize my thoughts over Him and His sacrifice? Are my material things more important to me than His love? Is my intellect my God or am I willing to accept that there are simply things in this Life that I cannot and will not ever understand, but love Him still?

I am the one holding the hammer and nail - He is the One holding me! 

His love for us is so rich, so extravagant, so complete and whole that no mind of flesh can ever grasp the true gist of what He's actually done. We can receive it, yes, but trying to understand it in our minds is a fool's errand. His Holy Spirit can give us a heart-level understanding, yes, but there is no reaching God through the intellect of man. 

Today, dear Reader, I pray that the eyes of your understanding will be opened; I plead the Blood of Jesus over every human being who sees or reads these words, in Jesus' Name. May His will and His foolish love reign over all that man normally worships instead.

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Strength in Silence on November 19th, 2025

Good morning, et cetera, dear Reader! We find ourselves on this side of the grave yet again today - hallelujah! Thank You, Lord. 💖 Please click here if you'd like to read today's Proverb. 

Today, I'm impressed with Jesus' strength to always be gentle towards others (other than when He was flipping tables in the temple, that is). Often, when others would accuse Him and otherwise verbally abuse Him, He chose to not dignify their harmful words with any sort of response - save silence, and there were some people (according to Scripture) who He never responded to no matter what that person said to Him (like King Herod Antipas, for example). 

Though some could argue that His silence was indicative of fear and/or weakness, I submit to you that His silence is exemplary of His divine strength and discernment instead. In my own life, I often find it difficult to not try and defend myself when under attack, which, to me speaks of pride and weakness as well as any genuine desire to communicate with the other person towards any middle-ground resolution. May I increase in discernment to know when silence is the best response! And, further, silence is a fabulous choice over any words that could cause another harm; I must always remember this.

This is also very important for me to keep in mind, just like John the Baptist said: I must decrease that He may increase (John 3:30)

Which means to me that if harm comes to me, but Christ is glorified in that, then it is all worth it, full stop - and the Scripture further encourages that death to Self (ego) here:

So many of the martyred saints support these truths as well; consider the words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was unalived for his faith by the Nazi regime during WWII, who said:

The cost of true discipleship is never less than everything, even up to and including our very lives, and that normally starts with dying to ourselves (starving ego no matter the pain). May I be more and more like Him YES, even if it literally kills me. He paid the ultimate price for my redemption, may I be ready to accept His entire will for me, no matter what that looks like. 
I pray for the salvation of every soul whose eyes have seen these words, in Jesus' Name, amen. 💜

What do you really want? Sunday 11-2-2025

Greetings and salutations, dear Reader, and welcome to this unassuming sliver of cyberspace. It's still a bit before sunrise here on a chilly November morning. Click HERE to read today's Proverb if you like.

When someone approaches me with any topic, as an adult, I am under the assumption that the person who initiated the conversation actually wants to know what I think on the matter. I'm happy to present verifiable, provable facts toward that end - always. And, when I do not have the facts, I'm also very quick and happy to disclose that much as well. After all, none of us knows everything and owning our limitations is actually very freeing. 

I am sick and tired of grown adults who conflate "thinking" with "feeling" and there are many of them these days; our current education system is a sick, pathetic joke of what it was originally intended to be. People are not taught to think anymore, they're now rewarded for brainless histrionics, struggling their way through life wholly bereft of logic, critical thought, and reason, rewarded with various degrees once each professor has been convinced of their student's successful indoctrination.

No wonder the suicide rate is so damned high these days.

But I digress.
If you come and initiate a conversation about politics with me, I very reasonably expect that you are asking for my thoughts on the matter. Am I strange to make the educated guess of as much, or am I supposed to imagine that you're looking for something else?
If so, what exactly is that? You'll have to tell me, because I don't read minds! 

To initiate the conversation and then get upset because my thoughts are not a mere reflection of your own is sabotage, pure and simple. It's evil, cruel, wrong, and not adult in any way, shape, form, OR fashion. Look, here it is: you already KNOW that my beliefs are, in fact, independently MINE and NOT a mere reflection of yours. I thought DIVERSITY was important.
Apparently NOT diversity of THOUGHT. 

So, dear Reader, for the love of all that is right and decent about being a real adult, please do NOT initiate conversations about topics like politics, religion, and the like unless you have enough f***ing maturity to hear thoughts that (gasp!) do not necessarily mirror your own. 
And if you're too fragile and fearful to go there... THEN DON'T. 

Global Resources - Suicide Prevention (October 2025)

Good morning, et cetera, dear Reader, and welcome to this obscure American blog. 

The entire point of this post is to give you a list of resources, currently available world-wide, for Suicide Prevention resources; click here:

Global Suicide Prevention Resources (shared AI conversation)

This post is the ONE post that I wish, hope, and pray goes viral and I care for no 'credit' or fame whatsoever for simply making this available. The only thing that matters is saving lives! 

If you, or anyone you know, seems as though they're struggling with depression, et cetera, do not hesitate and please seek immediate help as you very well may be saving a life, and that is priceless beyond measure. 

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Growing Up, on Friday October 10th, 2025

Greetings and salutations in the wee hours well before Dawn as I write these words. 

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Yesterday, history was made when both sides of the Israel/Hamas war agreed to the terms of a 20-point plan pursuant to real (and, hopefully, lasting!) Peace. This is the Lord, working in and through the hearts of all involved Who is making this happen, largely through our own President.
This is nothing short of miraculous. 

I've even confirmed the factual nature of "news" reports by reaching out to a long-time friend of mine in Israel who has confirmed the wonderful claims we've been seeing in the news about this so, at least this time, the media, for once, isn't lying, a welcome and refreshing change, but one that is due to the singular fact that even their global web of liars can't hide this massive truth. Of course, I feel that it will be 'business as usual' (nothing but lies and twisted, false narratives) regarding any and all other matters, unfortunately, but I digress.

Anyway, when I was a kid (and there was some modicum of civility, healthy degrees of national pride, unity, and decorum that remained) I vividly recall that all Americans from both sides of the aisle would unite behind whoever won the presidency, no matter who he or she voted for...back then, at least.

In today's reality, "adults" (people of 18 years old+) act like histrionic, mentally ill children, literally and even deliberately ignoring truth in favor of emotionally-driven, profound stupidity. And that may seem harsh, but think about it for one moment: if an American wants the President of the United States to fail, that means that that person wants our nation to fail and, if that's the case, you're either deeply, profoundly stupid, or just plain evil, period, there is no other factual possibility here, other than perhaps "both". 

Therefore, dear Reader, please: do not be stupid. You have the power to choose for yourselves, or I wouldn't even bother (saying this). Please, ***USE*** the matter currently holding your ears apart and stop allowing yourselves to be driven by every little wave of 'feelings' that come your way! (We used to call it "growing up").

Time to grow up. 

When we operate based out of literally nothing more than our feelings, we're being ruled not like mature adults govern themselves, but rather the way children behave, led by nothing more or less than mere emotion, usually without anything based in any kind of truth or fact to back those feelings up. May I recommend the early chapters in the Book of James with regard to this very thing (only because it's one of the resources within the Word that I've found helpful with this issue in my own life though I remain very imperfect in this, among many, regards). 

Anyway, it'd be nice if American adults would start acting both American AND adult again, but I have deep and extremely-skeptical views on that.

One more thing is that people need to stop conflating 'intelligence' with the amount of "education" (read: college indoctrination) they've received, whether that be 'some college' to 'multiple doctorate degrees'. 
The smarter a person thinks that they are, the harder and harder they are to teach. Arrogance makes it impossible to learn, and without humility, Wisdom becomes nothing more than an impossible abstract  relegated to the people of ancient times alone.

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Cognitive Dissonance on Tuesday, October 7th, 2025

Greetings and salutations (again?) dear Reader, and welcome (back?) to this obscure, American blog where Free Speech is paramount, period, no matter what my own opinion is of what you have to say, to mimic Voltaire, I *will* die for your right to say it! 

About "misinformation" - you mean, LIES. 
People have been telling them for time ad infinitum and that fact is highly, highly unlikely to change anytime soon. It is incumbent upon you and I, dear Reader, to dig deeper than mere headlines and compare ALL of the information available about any given topic or story and THEN make an informed decision after exploring the stories being put out by EVERY SINGLE SIDE of the aisle, including the middle. 
Look for RECEIPTS: are there videos? photos? documents? numerous, credible witnesses? 

And THAT, dear Reader, is why so very many people in this modern, crumbling society of today's volatile world refuse to believe what the preponderance of evidence (including their own two eyes!) tells them. No, instead, they double-down, more married to preserving outdated, incorrect opinions in the face of Truth substantiated by facts to the contrary. 

Out of sheer curiosity: how many people has President Trump had arrested because he simply does not like what he/she said? Go ahead, list their names here in the comments... provided you can find even so much as one. You see, dear Reader, above and beyond the profoundly inaccurate claims of the extreme left, a true Fascist would not only arrest every single person who said things that fascist disliked, but the arrested people would then be imprisoned and/or 'unalived' simply for talking.
If you legitmately believe that to be happening in these United States, I'm all ears, so go ahead and list them, as I said earlier, in the comments. Take your time and do a deep dive; not for me, for yourself.
When you have a solid foundation in a belief system that is based on legitimate, factual Truth, then you won't fear hearing what 'the other side' thinks or has to say, because their ideas and words are not instantly perceived as a threat, even if (you believe them to be) inaccurate. No, if what you believe in is truly, really solid, you won't feel 'threatened' by different information one iota. If you're using your ability to truly employ critical thought and logic, then you'll either be able to disprove false claims by way of legitimately diligent research, or you might learn better information than what you believed before. In these politically charged times, it is important not to allow ourselves to be trapped in echo-chambers; for that reason, I value the people whose ideologies differ from mine, from friends, business associates, even relatives. Any and all ire I hold for what has become of the Democratic party in the US is all for those in elected leadership, who know better and deliberately lie and fear-monger to manipulate their constituents. That is NOT acceptable, not now, and not ever. But those of you who are simply rank-and-file voters like myself, no, you're victims of psyops and skillfully engineered propaganda, just like I was, and for so SO many years (in my case and still can be if I'm not very, very careful!)

Though I was a Democrat for most of my life (1979 to 2016), I've actually cast more votes for Libertarian candidates than all of my votes for Democrats and Republicans combined in this life; today, I consider myself a solid centrist, even though I felt that President Trump was the clear choice this last election cycle. In fact, in the previous election cycle (2020), I voted for Jo Jorgensen (and she's a woman!)
 

Anyway, dear Reader, I don't say these things for anyone to do anything performative for me, no. These suggestions are a soft challenge to YOU to gather ALL the available angles and THEN, THEN after hearing it ALL, then it is better to decide what smacks to you of being the most true. And do yourselves the favor, also, of searching for the reciepts as that is so, so very important.

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Bringing the Receipts on Monday, October 6th, 2025

Good morning, et cetera, dear Reader, and welcome to this beautiful day above ground! 
Here is the day's Proverb in text format (and, Biblegateway.com also gives you the option to play the audio as well). 😎

Well, I've decided that I've got too much to do (around home as well as work-wise with Grant Requests coming up in less than a month from today) and am not 'dressing up' every day like I've done basically all of my life. The things I'm doing so far do not require me to 'look professional' so I figure I might as well save money on makeup and let this dry, diabetic skin take a real break from all of that, all while maximizing my time and efforts into required, more productive endeavors for now. Obviously I'll still 'doll up' for business-related meetings and the like, but, for now? My 'every day look' is going to be a shower and clean clothes (and, of course, perfume, haha!) until the time comes that current priorities shift and mandate the requirement of 'looking professional'. I'm just trying to lean in to the Common Sense that I do have while making the most of the time at hand, seeing this shift as meeting the current need head-on.

While my husband was gathering four years of receipts to prove our literally perfect, never late, rental history, he also found this - my COVID-19 shot record:

I've used items to obscure personal information there, but read the date of the last 'vaccination' - August 5th,2021.

That date is three weeks (not two like I recalled incorrectly) prior to my first (of two) heart attacks, medical records for which prove beyond any shadow of doubt that the MI did occur on August 26th of that same year. 

Now, I'm not in the business of telling any sentient adult what to think or how to feel, that's your business. The simple, irrefutable fact of the matter is that I've brought the undeniable, irrefutable receipts to substantiate my claim, and, further, I am only one of numerous victims, many of whom did not survive. 

Therefore, I will never take any other single 'inoculation' again for the rest of this life, so help me God. I'll go to prison or be 'unalived' first, and you can take that check to any damn bank you want to. So, you can (wrongly, innacurately, or deceptively) call it 'misinformation' all you want, the fact is: