I need to 
confess something. I struggle with condemnation of others, of those who i feel should know better, but for whatever reason just don't. There is no way i can possibly justify these feelings. For some reason i got into watching a series of YouTube videos depicting several people and families who have left the Morman church. I learned some new things, but I am still comfortable on my views of that faith as a whole. If interested, you may see the videos for yourself here - YouTube Video and more.
confess something. I struggle with condemnation of others, of those who i feel should know better, but for whatever reason just don't. There is no way i can possibly justify these feelings. For some reason i got into watching a series of YouTube videos depicting several people and families who have left the Morman church. I learned some new things, but I am still comfortable on my views of that faith as a whole. If interested, you may see the videos for yourself here - YouTube Video and more.
No matter where someone else is, even if it is an area that the Bible is clear on, i have no right to condemn anyone.
(“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you." (Matthew 7:1-2 ESV)) That is clearly in the Bible. That does not mean that the other person is not in sin, or in error, but that i have no right to condemn that person for being where they are in their walk through life.
We all have a sense that we are not "there" yet, and we get down on ourselves to some degree, and so we try and 'place ourselves' within the context of others. If they are messing up, than you must be better than they are, right? In the end, only God the Father will be our Judge, and we will all be guilty before Him. That is, unless we have trusted the Lord Jesus Christ to be our substitute, our propitiation. Even then, it is not anything we have/had done. We can only be faithful with what He has entrusted to us and share as we can.
(“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you." (Matthew 7:1-2 ESV)) That is clearly in the Bible. That does not mean that the other person is not in sin, or in error, but that i have no right to condemn that person for being where they are in their walk through life. We all have a sense that we are not "there" yet, and we get down on ourselves to some degree, and so we try and 'place ourselves' within the context of others. If they are messing up, than you must be better than they are, right? In the end, only God the Father will be our Judge, and we will all be guilty before Him. That is, unless we have trusted the Lord Jesus Christ to be our substitute, our propitiation. Even then, it is not anything we have/had done. We can only be faithful with what He has entrusted to us and share as we can. "And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast." (Ephesians 2:1-9 ESV)
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While listening to WTOP (an all news station out of Washington, D.C.) i heard a report about G and PG rated movies are significantly less this year compared to last. I am still not sure of the reason, but i do remember hearing that most, if not all, of the other studios have cleared the way for The Hobbit
to be mostly unopposed in regards to opening weekends for the upcoming date. I thought that was pretty funny. My beloved and i are really looking forward to this movie, but after looking over our schedule it looks like we will not be seeing the movie until Sunday evening at the earliest. I am out of touch with the general vibe of most of America, so i am not sure how well the Hobbit being expanded to three movies over all. Personally i am pretty stoked. I've always known that Peter Jackson did his very best (along with his fellow screen writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens) would do their very best to be as faithful to the book, as well as find ways to incorporate a lot of the 'back story' from the various true canon sources. The listed run time of "The Unexpected Journey" is 2:46, which i am quite thrilled about - AND, the 'extended version, on BluRay to be released later, will have an additional 25 minutes. Love it.
to be mostly unopposed in regards to opening weekends for the upcoming date. I thought that was pretty funny. My beloved and i are really looking forward to this movie, but after looking over our schedule it looks like we will not be seeing the movie until Sunday evening at the earliest. I am out of touch with the general vibe of most of America, so i am not sure how well the Hobbit being expanded to three movies over all. Personally i am pretty stoked. I've always known that Peter Jackson did his very best (along with his fellow screen writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens) would do their very best to be as faithful to the book, as well as find ways to incorporate a lot of the 'back story' from the various true canon sources. The listed run time of "The Unexpected Journey" is 2:46, which i am quite thrilled about - AND, the 'extended version, on BluRay to be released later, will have an additional 25 minutes. Love it.
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I am trying to set goals for myself in regards to running.
There are four running events in the coming years i hope to do. Two are 5k races, one is an 8k race, and the other is a 10 mile deal. To be honest, i have not met my goals for this year (which were to walk 300 miles, and run 150), but each race entered has an entrance fee and would be added impetus. Each race has something that is attractive to me. One is for cancer research,  | |
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