Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Bullet Wednesday: Only take what is given to you

•  Photo: Arne's source of food, drink, social life and temporary shelter (until he has to walk home) in Norway. (Arne photo)

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• Everything good I have comes from God, and everything bad I have comes from God. 

• I am not in regards to my successes and failures, denying my own secondary causation. I am not denying my sinfulness; (Roman 3: 23) 23 for all [a] have sinned and fall short of the glory of God... New American Standard Bible. (NASB)

• But I am acknowledging God as sovereign and providential, as the primary cause (the first cause) of all things, either by divine direct will or divine indirect (allowing) will.

• I am not denying in reality, in many cases, secondary causation from other finite sources, finite entities, including human beings, angelic beings and demonic beings.

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• Only take what is given to you.

(I am not claiming this was a supernatural message from God, but this statement did come to mind while praying and is in regards to relationships. I am thinking of me specifically and not 'you' in a generic sense.)

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Footnotes

a Romans 3:23 Or sinned 

Sunday, July 18, 2021

Sunday Bullets: Walking around secondarily

• Thanks to my friend, Russell, from England, for posting on Facebook.

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Amazon: Cited: Rectitude:“If you think you are too small to make a difference, you haven’t spent the night with a mosquito.” African proverb quoted by the Dalai Lama. Paperback – June 2, 2019 by Bereket Abraha Negassi (Author), Leah Rubin (Editor), Tamian Wood (Illustrator)

•  From a New Testament perspective, it seems to me each believer is to do their part as a part of the body of Christ, within the Kingdom of God,  1 Corinthians 12-14.

• King James Version (KJV) 12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. 13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 14 For the body is not one member, but many.

• The amount of difference I make, is up to God as the primary cause, directly or indirectly, of all things. 

•  I am merely a secondary cause of my deeds. But with full moral accountability where I can significantly embrace, in significant freedom, through my human nature, consciousness, thoughts, desires, will, choices, acts/actions, that lead to the deeds I have committed and accomplished.

• That is a speculative chain, with some fluidity, of how human beings commit actions and is not always identical in my writing.


• I was invited to a political town hall today by 'The Red Dome', that flaked out in the heat, and did not walk to downtown like I did, but instead drove. 

• So I walked downtown, met my friend, and then quietly checked out the public speakers and had a brief discussion with the kind leader of one of Canada's political parties. 



Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Quote: Give me 5 minute to wake up love

Quote: Give me 5 minute to wake up love

Image one

Arne knows what is 'Best' when it comes to snacks, meals, hamburgers and the local ATM. If Zombie (others), and I ever visit Arne at his residence in Norway, that gas station will be a major social hub. It is like the Carnegie Hall of his region.

What the local church is for some of us, that Best gas station is for Arne. 

Arne is perpetually stuck in estate limbo and needs that gas station for survival! Rumours that Arne, daily, has been jogging, or walking vigorously, the distance and back between his residence and 'Best' are not substantiated.
  
Image two

Arne, the African 'luva', the Norwegian Benny Hill, half asleep, mistakenly responds to the wrong message on Facebook Messenger. Mr. Hill in error, responds to our Against Forced Isms, chat. He should have walked to that local gas station earlier for some coffee and a wake up jolt.

Image three


Cited from article 

'CGTN is registered under the State Council of the People's Republic of China and is under the control of the Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party.[2][4]'

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Visit Norway.com 

Cited 

'The Best petrol station in the centre of Lom has most everthing for the passing traveller. 

* Exchange of gas bottles for caravans and campers.
* Tyres for var. lorry and bus. 
* Oil change and service. 
* Road and wehicle assistance available from Falken and Viking. 
* Various types of renal cars also available, for periods from one hour to one month. 

The Best petrol station in the centre of Lom has most everthing for the passing traveller. '

(Arne, did you type that advertisement?)