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Just notice your avatar, James ...
Looks like Eric Hosmer's swing. Or Lorenzo Cain's. Hm ... even, on occasion, Paulo Orlando's. Royals fan? Yep, I is.
Looks like Eric Hosmer's swing. Or Lorenzo Cain's. Hm ... even, on occasion, Paulo Orlando's. Royals fan? Yep, I is.
But a Royals fan?...oh man I don't think you'd like me lol
Grew up in Northern California
...Good luck to you guys this year though.
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Excellent credentials. Willie I think he's got us here, that's an impressive display of diplomas he has on the wall. Honestly, my hat's off to you Vigilant as you have obviously put a lot of time and effort into this area. Yeah that's good enough !
This reminds me of a woman who was here some time back, went by the handle Zone. Incredibly intelligent, incredibly studied. I sat in on her 'lectures' often, I rarely agreed with her conclusions, but that didn't mean she didn't teach some truths along the way. Incredibly intelligent, incredibly studied.
And incredibly life-inexperienced. The lack of her experience in so many things led her to conclude they didn't exist. And of course her belief that they did not exist hindered her ever experiencing them. I tried everything I could to break her of that cycle, but alas she held her position like a marine holds a hill. She'd rather die fighting than be open to anything different.
I'm not saying that's what's happening here, and I don't have a bunch of diplomas on my wall, but I've seen what Willie's seen and yes while it's not a big number it does happen. I just hope that the diplomas on your wall don't block the view out your window. They can, some times, you know.
God bless you for the work you have done. Yes it is very much good enough and I pray Lord that it continues for a long time!
This reminds me of a woman who was here some time back, went by the handle Zone. Incredibly intelligent, incredibly studied. I sat in on her 'lectures' often, I rarely agreed with her conclusions, but that didn't mean she didn't teach some truths along the way. Incredibly intelligent, incredibly studied.
And incredibly life-inexperienced. The lack of her experience in so many things led her to conclude they didn't exist. And of course her belief that they did not exist hindered her ever experiencing them. I tried everything I could to break her of that cycle, but alas she held her position like a marine holds a hill. She'd rather die fighting than be open to anything different.
I'm not saying that's what's happening here, and I don't have a bunch of diplomas on my wall, but I've seen what Willie's seen and yes while it's not a big number it does happen. I just hope that the diplomas on your wall don't block the view out your window. They can, some times, you know.
God bless you for the work you have done. Yes it is very much good enough and I pray Lord that it continues for a long time!
K
Certainly if there is abuse or neglect it rests on the parents.But sometimes its as simple as a divorce with one parent trying to work and be both parents that leave a child vulnerable. But the person taking advantage over the situation and the abusing the child takes 100% of the blame. The fact that priests did so much abusing of children angers me even more because not only did the take the innocence of the child but they many times destroyed their faith in God. I have no children but I have two nephews and if I ever found out they were abused in this way...heaven help the person who took advantage of them. I cannot say what I would do.
VW was purporting that none of these people ever change from their ways (and if I misunderstood that I apologize). I was just trying, in as respectful a way that I could, to inform him that was not true. I wasn't really comparing him with Zone, none the less the situation reminded me of her. That's why I prefaced the summation with 'I'm not saying that's what's going on here...', and just put it out there as a gentle reminder to all that sometimes book smarts get in the way of street smarts. And that's why I made sure to end it all with sincere kudos to his work, so he would not feel I was trying to slight him in any way.
Now, as to why you didn't glean any of that out of my post I don't know. I would have thought that a thorough reading of my words would have conveyed the above to you, but it didn't. I can only assume that our head butting in other threads predisposed you to not capture the understanding of my words, but again that's only an assumption and I realize those too can be faulty.
No harm no foul, I hope.
Now, as to why you didn't glean any of that out of my post I don't know. I would have thought that a thorough reading of my words would have conveyed the above to you, but it didn't. I can only assume that our head butting in other threads predisposed you to not capture the understanding of my words, but again that's only an assumption and I realize those too can be faulty.
No harm no foul, I hope.
K
Not to derail but I understand your point as I know a woman who had 4 kids from a marriage they no longer are in, and their real father never paid any attention to them hardly at all.
He thought working and sending child support was good enough !!!
I sat down and asked all four of them the oldest being 16 what would they rather have in their life:
A) Would they rather have the money keep coming so they could have all those toys and things they wanted and not continue to not see their dad.
or
B) Not have the money, toys, and other things and instead see their dad a lot more often.
All 4 of them choose B over A !!!
He thought working and sending child support was good enough !!!
I sat down and asked all four of them the oldest being 16 what would they rather have in their life:
A) Would they rather have the money keep coming so they could have all those toys and things they wanted and not continue to not see their dad.
or
B) Not have the money, toys, and other things and instead see their dad a lot more often.
All 4 of them choose B over A !!!
K
This has been handled by two of us that have done ministry and dealt personally with these people, they do not all continue to remain that way. To state that and say they don't takes away from the working power of the Holy Spirit, as all things is possible for God and He has changed some and straightened them out.
Society would have you believe they don't change !!!
Society would have you believe they don't change !!!