Wished i hadn't of listened to that sermon the other day.

Reg Kelly, over at sermonaudio.com had given a sermon, entitled "Keep on the Sunnyside."  By the way, that song everybody was singing some 90 years ago, has in, like the 3rd verse, something about trusting our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  Didn't know that, but do know that back then, hearing the Gospel in song, and seeing the Gospel in printed articles and tracts was commonplace.  Anyway, about a 3rd or so into the sermon, Reg Kelly was talking about a book written by a man who was a prisoner of war in, if i am not mistaken, Hanoi.

What those creepy-eyed jailers did to our boys is unspeakable.  Satanic.  Bible talks about sons of belial, that's people who've given themselves over to evil.  By the way, Pharoah's heart was plenty hard while Moses was contentedingly shepherding on the backside of the desert.  Those creepy-eyed (communist) SNAKES were even worse than the (socialist) natzis.

i'm very hesitant to pray imprecatory psalms - i'm no David.  But i know a little about ancient history.  David was a warrior. He knew that unspeakable torture was commonplace among the creeps that made war with israel - and with one another.

Oh, and by the way, when israel's warriors went into various canaanite cities and slew every man, woman and child - they didn't torture them, they killed them quick.  The Lord commanded Israel's men to be brave soldiers, not creepy pervs.

Busstop ahead.

Worked with a woman who grew up in Washington State. She went to college,

and studied for a real profession.  So, the school she went to, i believe, is the go-to place - but it's here in Pennsylvania, and i gather, here in Pennsylvania is where the job opportunity had materialized for the young graduate.  So, here she has been.  Bet she still misses her folks, who live some 2,000 (count 'em) miles away.  Bet she misses her siblings, cousins, friends and the community in general. 

Well here in Pennsylvania, she has WORKED and has made something of herself.  She is married (to a man) and this young woman had mentioned that she has a good life-insurance policy, that of she was to die, her husband would not end up saddled with the balance of her student loan.  From what i gather, it's a whopper - the school, i believe, she went to is top-$helf.

Aside all that, she said something that really resonated.  When she came to this portion of the US, she noticed - and still finds herself rather irritated with - the bible-belt mentality that is evidently entrenched in this area.  Where she's from, there's more of a live-and-let-live mindset.  So, she's not used to churchian culture - and frankly, she don't like it.

Good news is, from what i heard from a little birdie, one of her recent clients is a for-real Christian.  Given the situation, there was no preaching, no Scripture quoting - just the calm thoughtful demeanor of the client.  By the way, that little birdie did mention, that the client did say a few things here and there concerning the Gospel.

Hey, i remember, not feeling mere annoyance toward Christians and their Bible, but hostility!  The only temporal thing that kept that hatred in check was, my folks raised their kids to be polite, and NEVER make a scene.  About a year prior to realizing, that i was lost and headed to hell, i was crossing a bridge, on my way to work, and down at the river, was a mennonite family - in their mennonite gear - getting into a boat.  (Yeah I've heard, they've a salvation-by-works gospel, but anyway - another reason to pray to the Lord, they're redeemed.)  Anyway, they weren't bothering me, i didn't even register on their radar.  But doggoneit, they sure registered on mine...i wanted to grab that woman and bite her head off.  (Saint Stephen can fill you in.) 

Churchian central revisited. Per today's entry, as in the couple's previous entry (and NO! it's not

mr. and mrs. pearl - talk about droids) the man and wife who run the blog exercise their freedom of expression, by choosing to publish readers' comments - or delete them.  By the way, this couple does like the pearl's books - uh, they can have that couple's pro-child-beating scrawl (paraded as Ggoooddly discipline).  Okay, i never read any of pearl's books - and don't want to.  Yes virgil, there are books even more worthless than the witchiepoo garbage that joyce myers cranks out.

Anyway, apparently the wife who writes most the articles - the blog's purpose is a ministry by an older woman to teach younger women - raises the ire of (probably older) women who have been taken advantage of...in our Chris-less culture, where "let the buyer beware" and cold, smug attitudes is the worldlings' gospel.  Uh, they can have it, on that fake silver platter. Yep, show me a feminist, and i'll show you a woman who was once a little girl - whose natural femininity was systematically crushed out of her.

Basically, it boils down to this.  The woman who runs the (Biblically legit) ministry has a strong personality (yeah, you go girl :), and so do i.  So i have my own blog where i can comment all the way until tuesday, if I want.  Godda roll.

Oops, churchian central didn't like my comment. All's i said was, two or three weeks

isn't sufficient time to determine if the wife can quit her job and stay home.  Many couples have enough in savings to get by for a few months on one income.   But things happen, as the savings dwindle...then POW!  Major repair time...and just before or after property taxes are due.  By the way, homeschooling parents have to pay school tax - just like other adults who have no children. 

Okay, the second short paragraph was a bit off-topic.  i have run into enough retIrees who - thought they could leave their jobs at 55 - had discovered, some 2 to 3 years down the road, they're short on funds.  Uh, funds for things like vehicle inspections - and the electric provider just raised their rates.  Which is probably why we see old people bagging groceries at 6 am on February mornings - claiming they're bored, and need something to do...yeah right ;/

Well, needless to say, the short comment won't see the light of day, anytime soon.  Neither, i gather, will the short comment i had just posted over there a few moments ago.  That is: wives have always worked.  Go back 200 years, and the workplace for BOTH husband and wife was the house/shop/farm. 

One of the women over there had been born with a brain, (guess that qualifies as a birth defect in churchian circles) and admitted that staying home, and homeschooling - and being around children 24/7/365 would drive her bats.  She has a science degree, and would surely miss adult conversation.

No wonder people want N-O-T-H-I-N-G to do with church people or the Bible.  People are dying and going straight to hell - because, though they heard the Gospel, (atleast a few times) they equated becoming born again with becoming some sort of dumb-ars'd stepford droid.

Well, that was a note of encouragement. A woman who used to belong to the same church i go to,

she and her husband had moved to Florida (uh, why? there's gators there).  Anyway, they OWN a big house, and had recently gone abroad for an entire month.  In short, they are living quite comfortably, thankyouverykindly.  Here's the encouragement, they both WORKED into their later 60s.  i think her husband retired at around 65 - health issues, and she kept on working until she was 67 or 68.  They're in their early 80s, and are doing fine.  She said she didn't want to run out of money.

Yay them :) 

i read at various churchian sites on the net, that basically, reasonable financial planning is worldly.  For what it's worth, i disagree bigtime!  For one thing, it was well-to-do people who had the space where the early church could meet, and distribute food/clothing to the needy.   Ya know, people who studied, worked, managed and planned their lives.  One of these SUCCESSFUL people was a woman named Lydia - she was a merchant of fine fabric.

What really ticks me off, are churchian couples, who come off quite proud of barely getting by on one income - and YOU should be like (so spritcchhuual) us.  Uh, no thanks - and cramming six kids in a trailer-sized house (in need of repair$) with one bathroom...gross.   Needless to ask, but will anyway, what if an unexpected expense comes up?  Oh yeah, i get it, hit up dad (who's got his own issues) or aunt sally.

It's like we're supposed to apologize for being AMERICANS, it's like we're supposed to be sorry that our grandfathers worked, saved, invented, invested and PROVIDED the high living standards we enjoy.  Uh. a resounding NO!  i will not apologize for staying in the workforce.  Frankly, i NEVER, EVER want to have to hit anyone up for money (and then wax all spIrtccchuul, how the Lord...bla, bla, bla). 

Yeah, i know, it's a pride issue.  Anyway, it's getting near 8 am, soon time for WORK.

Too wet and nasty outside to do any yardwork. Of ccoouuurrrssseee it had to raaiiinn heavy yesterday!

So it's WET and sloppy outside, slippy mud central.  Thought about making cookies, but what's the point?  Eating them all myself?  Am fat enough, thank you.  Thanks to cono, there's no point in taking cookies to work...they won't taste very good sprayed over with sani-stuff.  Sure don't blame people; while some people (me included) aren't worried about getting it; still, who wants to be a carrier of it?  Nnoott!  One of my co-workers, who is - like nearly everyone else - is working from home.  Pray his wife doesn't get it - she just came out of the hospital like right before this all went down.  Last i heard, she is still weak.

Was able to go in this week, but i'll keep an eye on my email since the numbers are rising.  Will the bus be running tomorrow?  Don't know, but will drive into the city if need be.  Not a warm fuzzy feeling doing that - car trouble can spell parts, and alot of places are closed.  My vehicle is old, and i cannot afford a newer one.  Just have to depend on the Lord - and that ain't easy, because my name is not Paul the apostle.

So, since there's no point going outside, i painted my toenails.

Grateful that i was able to afford to buy a new plunger. Needed it as a paper-towel holder.

Previously, this house hasn't seen many rolls of paper towels.  But it sure had and has gone through dish towels, and being a person who sews - tip from my mom, years back - there's uses for fabric remnants, especially white cotton.  And besides, paper-towels had always been just another thing to pay for at the store.

But i  like those damp-wipes that come in the canister - which i can't find right now, thanks to the predators ;/   But even those i've been careful with.  Being a child of the 70s, the public school system taught us kids to be mindful about conserving mother earth's natural resources.  Of course, they didn't breathe one single word about being good stewards of the earth - nah, too Biblical.  But anyway, don't want to trash the planet, and don't want to spend money - that's better used elsewhere.  $2.75 for two rolls of good paper-towels...hey, that's almost a 1/2 pack of (off-brand) smokes.

i can be careful with paper-products because, it has always been just my husband and i living here.  Every time i see a canister of damp-wipes - in the kitchen, bathroom or at work - the pastor's wife comes to mind; she introduced me to them - her life situation calls for them, often.  She and pastor have a daughter who is seriously disabled.

Anyway, with the toilet-paper situation as it is, i saw the paper-towels and bought a package of two rolls.  Last week, saw a few packs of those cheapoid paper napkins, and bought one.  Yesterday, the store was selling toilet-paper by the roll - 3 per customer.  It wasn't the brand i like, but was grateful they had some.

And to think, in early March, i was going to buy a pack of toilet-paper (the good stuff - that's cheaper in the long run) but had decided then to hold off till the following week - not knowing about con-vir's paper-product predators were fixing to strike.