Four years ago, my brother died at the end of a lengthy and excruciating bout with skin cancer.He wasn't a wayfer, but he was a Christian, and I think he died well. In the depth of his pain, he studied Job, and came away from it believing the point of the whole book was where Job said "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him." My brother trusted the Lord Jesus to the end.
A year after my brother died, I discovered that I had diabetes when the doc told me my blood sugar level was 1010 (after calling an ambulance). I was in intensive care for several days. 1010 points is ten points off the scale for measuring blood sugar. It can be fatal at 300. My digestive system had shut down, and I remember it coming back on line. The only way I can describe what happened in my head was that it seemed like a snow-globe had been shaken up, and all the information was trying to find its way back to somewhere comfortable. One thing I found odd was the fact that I was experiencing euphoria through the whole episode.
Why did my brother die the way he did, while I skated so easily through something that should have been every bit as deadly.
I actually meant it as "copulation", as opposed to "reproduction", though reproduction is of supreme importance.
But then again, animals like to copulate and reproduce, so that doesn't make us special in any way.
[Just thinking out loud...]
But we differ from animals in that we have a pre-frontal cortex in our brains, which allows us to think abstractly and stuff...
So...I am here to enjoy the earth and other people and to create other people who want to enjoy the earth and other people. Not all of us will succeed in reproduction, but we will have lots of fun trying.
I am also here to play softball. Not many 50+ year-olds can still do it.
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chockfull
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What About It
It's not about wishing there were no storms but about how you get through the storms.
Calavicci
Just chilling, becoming free God willing, guess I'll see. (Oops, how many words was that?)
Ham
so why am I here. To observe..
somehow, the rest of creation can see through my eyes..
or some of it, at least.. at least others have..
I've gotten "involved" more than a few times..
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OldSkool
eat, drink, be merry!
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Steve Lortz
Four years ago, my brother died at the end of a lengthy and excruciating bout with skin cancer.He wasn't a wayfer, but he was a Christian, and I think he died well. In the depth of his pain, he studied Job, and came away from it believing the point of the whole book was where Job said "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him." My brother trusted the Lord Jesus to the end.
A year after my brother died, I discovered that I had diabetes when the doc told me my blood sugar level was 1010 (after calling an ambulance). I was in intensive care for several days. 1010 points is ten points off the scale for measuring blood sugar. It can be fatal at 300. My digestive system had shut down, and I remember it coming back on line. The only way I can describe what happened in my head was that it seemed like a snow-globe had been shaken up, and all the information was trying to find its way back to somewhere comfortable. One thing I found odd was the fact that I was experiencing euphoria through the whole episode.
Why did my brother die the way he did, while I skated so easily through something that should have been every bit as deadly.
I don't know, and I ain't gonna presume to guess.
Love,
Steve
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What About It
It's not about wishing there were no storms but about how you get through the storms.
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dmiller
Is the two word limit to this anything like the "two drink" limit we were subjected to way back when?
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Steve Lortz
Loved them 32 ounce ballpark beers!
Love,
Steve
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mstar1
Two words?
One Thing
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He's right--
other than that I have
"Everyday there's someone asking
what is there to do?
Should I love or should I fight
is it all the same to you?
No I say I have the answer
proven to be true,
But if I were to share it with you,
you would stand to gain
and I to lose.
Every morning pressure forming
all around my eyes.
Ceilings crash, the walls collapse,
broken by the lies
that your misfortune brought upon us
and I won't disguise them.
So don't ask me will I explain
I won't even begin to tell you why.
Climb a tower of freedom,
paint your own deceiving sign.
It's not my power
to criticize or to ask you to be blind
To your own pressing problem
and the hate you must unwind.
So ask of me no answer
there is none that I could give
you wouldn't find."
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brainfixed
to be me
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skyrider
One man.....
...who lived the life of a king
...the treasures of royalty
...harems of women untold
...feasts and riches in abundance
...the fleeting measure of a man's life
...and holding the wisdom of the ages.
Fear God
Ecc 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this [is] the whole [duty] of man.
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socks
Beats the alternative.
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soul searcher
I actually meant it as "copulation", as opposed to "reproduction", though reproduction is of supreme importance.
But then again, animals like to copulate and reproduce, so that doesn't make us special in any way.
[Just thinking out loud...]
But we differ from animals in that we have a pre-frontal cortex in our brains, which allows us to think abstractly and stuff...
So...I am here to enjoy the earth and other people and to create other people who want to enjoy the earth and other people. Not all of us will succeed in reproduction, but we will have lots of fun trying.
I am also here to play softball. Not many 50+ year-olds can still do it.
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Human without the bean
It is destiny.
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Calavicci
Just chilling, becoming free
God willing, guess I'll see.
(Oops, how many words was that?)
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sirguessalot
...becoming and going
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excathedra
i don't know
to raise kid
to love god
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waysider
That's the most honest response I've heard thus far.
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excathedra
still wondering :)
always have
love,ex
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excathedra
i'm so sorry
((((((((((((((((((( dear steve lortz ))))))))))))))))))))))
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GrouchoMarxJr
To know God...for if there is no God, there is no purpose...we're nothing more than an ant farm.
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sirguessalot
words that seem to matter most...to most
things we say to self, an other, or God
some of them can take a lifetime
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sirguessalot
goodness, truth and beauty...
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Human without the bean
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Beguiled
F**k sh!t up
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