tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307960697642146632.comments2023-05-13T02:09:32.185-07:00Christian in ProgressC. Straighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755853191978473970noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307960697642146632.post-10747339870068786902011-08-20T08:12:11.285-07:002011-08-20T08:12:11.285-07:00awesome! i love your voice. man, we have to push e...awesome! i love your voice. man, we have to push each other. i got your back always.Lizz Straighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11484368868878776718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307960697642146632.post-65582606518982101582011-07-14T19:23:37.329-07:002011-07-14T19:23:37.329-07:00@cocktails ...
The pale face comment reminds me o...@cocktails ... <br />The pale face comment reminds me of the episode of Good Times when JJ paint a black Jesus that Florida doesn't want to recognize because it's not the Jesus she grew up worshipping. I feel like My vision was a one of comfort sent from God in the best way my little head could comprehend. The only Mary I knew was the "Lovely Lady Dressed in Blue" But you're right, Jesus and Mary probably looked a lot more Middle-Eastern than Westernized Christianity makes them out to be.C. Straighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08755853191978473970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307960697642146632.post-52218075504249424962011-07-13T15:05:54.723-07:002011-07-13T15:05:54.723-07:00June, I don't want you to think for a second t...June, I don't want you to think for a second that I doubt your vision-- I believe you wholeheartedly-- but when you mentioned her 'pale' face it reminded me of something I've always questioned in depictions of religious figures, at least Western ones. Based on the geographic location where all of this is happening, to me it makes sense that there would be darker skin tones, much like those we see in the contemporary Arab world. Granted this has been a very long time ago....and things could have evolved over time....but that's definitely something I've always wondered.<br /><br />I'm sorry you sometimes feel as though you are losing at life. That's a really disheartening and frustrating feeling. I don't have any amazing advice for you here except it sounds like you are intelligent enough to know that this too shall pass-- and you have the faith remind you that you are never alone.Cocktails With Hemingwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432677053623004645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307960697642146632.post-91490346767213567312011-07-12T10:41:15.264-07:002011-07-12T10:41:15.264-07:00Great blog! I am proud of you and impressed by you...Great blog! I am proud of you and impressed by you! I love you younger cousin :0) This gave me an idea...I'll email you.<br /><br />LSLizz Straighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11484368868878776718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307960697642146632.post-24454142387433656662011-05-24T14:40:00.222-07:002011-05-24T14:40:00.222-07:00It's really refreshing to hear somebody who do...It's really refreshing to hear somebody who doesn't know all the answers nor do they pretend to. I'm certainly guilty of asking you questions and/or opinions but I hope you have never felt as though I consider you to be the ultimate authority on all things Christian and Biblical.....your thoughts are something I enjoy hearing and I'm curious to know what you think.<br /><br />"So I keep it to myself. And even though I ask God for help, I walk away expecting no more than encouragement and positive energy and that's just not what faith is about.<br />-<br />My God can move mountains, part seas and raise the dead. And I know by comparison my debt and desperation is nothing compared to the circumstances surrounding those miracles, but He can fix this. He can deliver me from this condition."<br /><br />The contrast between these two sentences is amazing. What I like most about your blog is the way I feel as though you are having a dialogue with yourself and we're all fortunate enough to be able to watch.<br /><br />I'll keep you in my thoughts and know your financial situation will be resolved. How nice it must be to know that you have something-- God-- constantly walking beside you so you are never truly alone.CocktailsWithHemingwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01922089464782366274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307960697642146632.post-29993842920640456632011-03-19T01:38:45.559-07:002011-03-19T01:38:45.559-07:00I've never understood the point of a religion ...I've never understood the point of a religion that constantly makes your daily life filled with guilt over not living up to an impossible standard. To me its just a big joke how Catholicism delegate what sin is worse than another, and how many hail mary's its gonna take to make them better. NOT TO MENTION confessing to an old never married virgin your deepest darkest secrets is just creepy.<br /><br />BUT this lent thing? completely ridiculous. How is it possibly effective? What's the one thing you do when its over? see what I'm sayin? <br /><br />However, I understand so much how you feel about the complaining thing. Lately I have been letting myself daydream of a better life, and its so easy to fall into the 'what if' trap, but I find it helpful just to keep your nose to the grindstone and make yourself feel good about what you've accomplished that day. Every day I don't just outright slap someone that pisses me off is a good day!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13274791354794480749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307960697642146632.post-29155651845446670422011-03-16T12:58:07.075-07:002011-03-16T12:58:07.075-07:00great advice. we should all take time off from com...great advice. we should all take time off from complaining. a big {hug} to you. hang in there super woman.Cintia Listenbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13027066128840707813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307960697642146632.post-87290024134194279532011-03-03T19:35:00.608-08:002011-03-03T19:35:00.608-08:00"As for your reputation, the people who care ..."As for your reputation, the people who care about you will remember the bad you did in the past only to highlight how far you've come." - I shared that with several of my closest friends tonight....truer words were never spoken. Some of us really needed to hear that.CocktailsWithHemingwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01922089464782366274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307960697642146632.post-14042594129683150462011-03-02T19:36:17.565-08:002011-03-02T19:36:17.565-08:00Message me all you want, I can't guarantee I&#...Message me all you want, I can't guarantee I'll be much help, but I'll always try. To tell you the truth I've never read through the whole thing myself. In fact I usually just google topics I need help with and add "scripture" or "in the bible" after it.<br />As for your reputation, the people who care about you will remember the bad you did in the past only to highlight how far you've come.C. Straighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08755853191978473970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307960697642146632.post-65404454650920454232011-03-02T13:05:11.380-08:002011-03-02T13:05:11.380-08:00[[ I go through phases where I neglect blogs for a...[[ I go through phases where I neglect blogs for a few days or even several weeks-- forgive me. Eventually I always get back on track. ]]<br /><br />As far as I'm aware, the Catholics are the only ones who do a formal confession with a priest, am I correct? I've always found that to be fascinating. You mention that you don't 'confess to the priest but you confess with him.' That helps put things into perspective because it seems like any person who hears your innermost thoughts [albeit G-versions of them] is in a position where they could easily abuse that power. I've always thought that any sort of confession should be between yourself and your God. Ministers/clergymen/religious officials are important but I think that spirituality is such an individual relationship with a higher power[s] that the personal, private communication should be front and center-- though I certainly understand how including third parties or even groups can be beneficial.<br /><br />I also like where you reference building your character on lies. Much to my dismay I feel that I too have built so much on lies, yet my 'saving grace' is that my inconsistencies focused on my reputation. Live and learn. Reputation I could care less about....let others think what they will. Character is who I am. And I'm unshakable in my convictions and those closest to me know that. While I certainly regret my failure to utilize more discretion in people's perceptions and/or my reputation, I am so far beyond that. <br /><br />Quoting scripture is still quite foreign to me. My dear friend, Seth, let me borrow a Bible book of his. There are multiple categories [depression, pride, joy, etc.] with corresponding verses from the Bible. In the past I dismissed the book-- religious ideology aside I found it dull and archaic-- but thanks to his gentle demeanor, patient influence, and general understanding of the way I operate I am exploring it. While I'm certainly not claiming any religion I am thoroughly enjoying immersing myself in the Bible and two other religious texts as well.<br /><br />Perhaps this novel-length comment makes up for my lack of responses as of late! ;)<br /><br />Hope all is well, June. If you don't mind I may be sending you a message on Facebook regarding some questions/thoughts I have regarding the book I mentioned. Forgive me if my thoughts are rambling....Adam's napping and my pleurisy medications make me feel as though I am in a coma.CocktailsWithHemingwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01922089464782366274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307960697642146632.post-28597651585874838952011-02-14T20:47:44.834-08:002011-02-14T20:47:44.834-08:00To be honest, I'm probably not the best person...To be honest, I'm probably not the best person to debate with about this. But I think that it is unwise to judge the validity of an event based on how you (a completely different person in a completely different time) would judge the situation. Job didn't seem offended by the Lord's replacement, so it seems pointless for you to be offended. <br />Moreover, God isn't supposed to do anything. He's God. That's like saying my mom is supposed to buy me a car ... well she gave me life and raised me, so her obligation pretty much ended there. Anything extra was a blessing. <br />God didn't take Job's family away. He just didn't stop it from happening. God isn't there to stop every bad thing from happening. <br />I was watching some sappy Hallmark movie the other night (insomnia, I swear!) and one of the character's said something like: A child can fall and hurt themselves while they're walking right next to they're parent. It doesn't make the parent inept, because their child got hurt on their watch. What's important is that the parent picks the child up and tries to help them feel better. <br />God picked Job up and tried to make him feel better. He didn't cause the fall; he didn't prevent it. But he did try to comfort Job and help him rebuild his life.C. Straighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08755853191978473970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307960697642146632.post-18547445935962251782011-02-03T14:50:31.160-08:002011-02-03T14:50:31.160-08:00Girls, shut the hell up. You're all contradict...Girls, shut the hell up. You're all contradicting yourselves and being very "classy" by airing your dirty laundry on this poor girls site. A CHRISTIAN site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307960697642146632.post-42435829270076744772011-02-03T08:43:45.418-08:002011-02-03T08:43:45.418-08:00Shut up pothead no one's talking to you.Shut up pothead no one's talking to you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13274791354794480749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307960697642146632.post-47909123809008278032011-02-03T06:31:55.454-08:002011-02-03T06:31:55.454-08:00this makes me laugh SO hard! whats really funny, k...this makes me laugh SO hard! whats really funny, kristin, is your little friend brittany already outed the both of you! she tried to "befriend" me right before y'alls major plot to "take sloane down" (in brittanys words) and told me all about it.. starting out with the statement "see, i have this friend.." thinking that im stupid enough NOT to know who it was about? i still have the conversation! she flat out admitted that her and a "former friend" of this "friend" were going to do everything in their power to completely ruin her no matter what it took! she admitted exactly what the both of you planned to do! and by the end she actually stated sloane's name, although being smart enough not to tell her i noticed she said her name, i decided to save the conversation! so whether or not you personally did one thing or another, she already outed you. so maybe you should tell her to watch what she says and who she says it to. sloane was warned before any of this started. AND not to mention that brittany stated this BEFORE the comment sloane left regarding brittany. so it may have expoloded after sloane's comment, but brittany told me it was already planned. and i have this conversation, so you can tell me im lying all day, but i have it straight from her facebook chat to mine. just sayin.Megan Uneditedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16068033222945599451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307960697642146632.post-56551663545298904192011-02-02T21:03:42.300-08:002011-02-02T21:03:42.300-08:00Logging in as ryan again to post as him huh? Kelly...Logging in as ryan again to post as him huh? Kelly and I had a good laugh about that. Sene just thinks you're pathetic, and has told me many times not to respond to your psycho behavior. Pretty clever.....pretty clever posting as your manny. Almost as clever as tying hacking into my myspace all up in a nice little bow about "will" "hacking" into my myspace at the exact moment you were online viewing the exact comment you saw about yourself that miraculously got deleted....how clever of "will" to have such impeccable timing. I mean he needs to be studied scientifically, because for that type of immediate response he'd have to be telepathic, at a computer, and memorized my information, or.....be you.<br /><br />Glad you admitted starting everything with Brit. That's a step in the right direction. Now admit you posted here on this blog because you knew June was a mutual friend and you were betting I'd see that comment. You ONLY posted it to get a reaction out of me, and to have ANY OTHER REASON IN THE UNIVERSE would be a lie. admit it.<br /><br />Thanks for admitting to hacking into my myspace tho. I've got that screenshot. Talked to the attourney general and he said to talk to the local police about hacking into my accounts. I'm going to get an investigator on it right away now that I have those screenshots and an admission of guilt. UNLESS you agree to shut up about anything involving "deleting 2 people out of your life in 2010" in any context meant to barb or boast in any place that you knowingly post it so i can rad it.<br /><br />The ball is in your court. <br /><br />oh and grow up? I have a job, i'm in nursing school, i pay my own bills, AND i've got good credit......turns out you're the one that needs to grow up. Shouldn't throw stones when you live in mommie's glass house.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13274791354794480749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307960697642146632.post-81629994421715928532011-02-02T17:55:26.515-08:002011-02-02T17:55:26.515-08:00I don't recall seeing any lies in there. I thi...I don't recall seeing any lies in there. I think it just upsets you when someone else proves you wrong. boo hoo Kristen. Put your big girl panties on and grow up.<br /><br />Oh and lastly.. I noticed something in your first comment on here. NO ONE in this house has "Windows 7" or even uses Google Chrome. You might need to do some more investigating before you try to blame people. God Speed.ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15966746077008948946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307960697642146632.post-63184701559070244322011-02-02T17:38:21.651-08:002011-02-02T17:38:21.651-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15966746077008948946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307960697642146632.post-64782446524601307032011-02-02T16:24:48.565-08:002011-02-02T16:24:48.565-08:00Thanks for the laugh. I just read this ridiculous ...Thanks for the laugh. I just read this ridiculous comment to Sene and Kelly. You are so utterly ridiculous I can't even respond to the amount of lies filled in this comment. TRY to bring up more irrelevant details about my life! PLEASE!! I am just so glad I stopped confiding in you when I did. Look at you. so sad.<br /><br />have fun not reading my response and not responding to me....again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13274791354794480749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307960697642146632.post-45025608332831315622011-02-02T12:46:23.841-08:002011-02-02T12:46:23.841-08:00Yeah but as God's children we are supposedly p...Yeah but as God's children we are supposedly protected, so why did God even allow the devil to tempt Job?<br /><br />Does God do this in modern times? Would that mean that exorcisms and possessions are God's way of testing your faith?<br /><br />PLUS you can't ever replace a family. I don't think that would ever be "Better" you'd still miss them. No matter what financial/status loss it could be, human beings develop a relationship with each other and bond when in close proximity whether or not its passionate romance or just companionship.<br /><br />I dunno through this whole thing I kept thinking of Job and how sad it made me to read it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13274791354794480749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307960697642146632.post-15820811174277266802011-01-31T14:00:59.438-08:002011-01-31T14:00:59.438-08:00Megan-- consider the source. Seriously. For a pe...Megan-- consider the source. Seriously. For a person who makes an entire lifestyle out of snooping, sticking their nose in other people's business, and speaking when nobody has any desire to hear what they have to say, nobody should be telling you to 'stay out of' anything. I haven't read the exchange-- and I won't-- but this is yet another example of why this keeps me up at night. Their actions are annoying but manageable. It's the fact that they feel as though they can harass me friends that has caused me such endless grief.<br /><br />Granted, I did tell Kristin that if she were to keep contacting me I would get an order of protection-- and I'll gladly rescind that course of action if she has the audacity to speak to me directly-- but she doesn't. She hides behind her laptop and World of Warcraft and uses technology to make herself feel important. What a little coward she is. I guarantee if we lived in the same area she would absolutely refuse to meet me at Starbucks to have an adult conversation. And why should she? It deprives her of the drama upon which she thrives. As a person with no skills or redeemable qualities to offer, she relies on drama to make her mark in the world. I wouldn't even bother responding to her. <br /><br />Aside from a single comment on my blog [in response to me posting a screen shot catching her mid-harassment attempt], she hasn't made any effort to contact me-- at least not from her own screename or without the protection of 'anonymous.' She knows my telephone number, email address, and all of my IM info. Yet the only way she can 'speak' to me is through the comments on the blogs of others. <br /><br />Grow the fuck up, Kristin. Mutual friends [sorry June] have known you long enough and witnessed the fights you've had with Sene, Mandy, Kelly, etc.-- but you leave my friends out of this. Your behavior is so desperate. No normal person talks about somebody else every single day. No normal person goes out of their way to pester/harass complete strangers just because they are friends with a person they dislike. No normal person can ever have a healthy friendship or relationship with so much baggage.<br /><br />According to you, I acted childish towards Brittany [something I take ownership of and regret- when's the last time you ever did a searching and fearless moral inventory of yourself and admitting a wrongdoing?] and that got the ball rolling. It did, yes, but that was Brittany. Not you. As always, you inserted yourself into a conflict that had absolutely nothing to do with you. <br /><br />So now you try and tarnish my reputation to anyone who will listen. Much like your junkie cousin [whom you love to treat with scorn and derision- the field of addiction psychology must have changed dramatically since you obtained your degree], I was a very sick person. And you were my biggest psychological enabler, always encouraging me to live on the edge. You disgust me. Shame on you. My problems were my own-- and I did it to myself-- but unlike real friends like Megan you made a mockery of me and never once tried to help a person who was clearly very, very ill. <br /><br />So go on. Send me some more fetal development photos asking me how I sleep at night because I had an abortion. And you call yourself a feminist?! Having known you is a complete and total embarrassment.<br /><br />I don't want anything to do with you but if it means sacrificing myself to keep you from bothering my friends, so be it.CocktailsWithHemingwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01922089464782366274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307960697642146632.post-5066921030058578392011-01-31T13:29:56.596-08:002011-01-31T13:29:56.596-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Megan Uneditedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16068033222945599451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307960697642146632.post-13586925655358562782011-01-31T13:02:35.983-08:002011-01-31T13:02:35.983-08:00you are disgusting, child. i have met you twice.. ...you are disgusting, child. i have met you twice.. and remember nothing about you. i guess at least i left an impression!<br />call the tabloids! megan used to smoke pot, so 3 or 4 years down the road, lets throw that out there on someone's blog like the mature adults that we are in hopes of it being a big BURN!<br />you are stupid.<br />that was rude, disgusting, and you are a sad, sad person. <br /><br />actually, this might be a surprise to you, but the world doesnt revolve around you. i dont know you. like i said, i met you TWICE, the last being at LEAST 4 years ago when you stopped by a friends house and i happened to be there.. so that does not give you the right to say things like you know me. <br /><br />and if you weren't talking to me, then why did you reference something that came from my comment? again, stupid.<br /><br />and thirdly, again, to your surprise, there are other crazies out there just like you. actually, the one i was referencing, her name is ashley. shes psychotic too. and in her spare time, she likes to go on the internet and bring up things that she knows nothing about and pertain to nothing thats being talked about. she has also made up fake facebook profiles, a myspace profile, and apparently keeps a blog and writes non stop bashing other people. she plays on photoshop and makes pictures with disgusting subtitles, and also, when she has a problem with someone, contacts all their friends playing innocent and sweet with motives behind her act. so yes, there are others out there just like you. again, if you want her contact information im sure she would love to have a friend who is interested in the same things that she is.. (as you just proved by calling me a "pothead" because ive smoked pot before.. and the fact that you think you know me enough to state that!)<br /><br />i apologize to the owner of this blog. this is the last comment i will make. i found this post, as well as others interesting and something i can relate to. but apparently if im going to be attacked or outed by someone i dont even know, i will refrain from commenting. i dont like to play childish games and i avoid drama at all costs. you are a great writer and i like the way that you think. i hope you have a great day and again, i'm sorry for the actions of others. its sad the way the world works these days..Megan Uneditedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16068033222945599451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307960697642146632.post-12100126338305867772011-01-30T21:52:56.952-08:002011-01-30T21:52:56.952-08:00Well, I wouldn't call Job "God's play...Well, I wouldn't call Job "God's play thing." The Devil approached God with a challenge and God allowed the Devil to tempt Job. God never unleashed his wrath on Job, he just observed Job's reaction to temptation.<br />And no he didn't bring Job's family back, he replaced them with a new, bigger family and more wealth to provide for them.<br />You should keep in mind that to lose a wife and children in this time was more of a financial and status loss than an emotional one. God's gift is acceptable to Job because his family was a manifestation of his wealth and status, without them he was a poor man in every sense. <br />God blesses him with more sons, the most beautiful daughters (this is important because of they will be easier to marry, more profitable) and tons on livestock. In this story Job's losses are addressed in the financial sense, that's what I meant by having losses restored.C. Straighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08755853191978473970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307960697642146632.post-30103297447917203332011-01-30T20:57:50.339-08:002011-01-30T20:57:50.339-08:00Ah but job was his plaything to test for the enter...Ah but job was his plaything to test for the entertainment to prove something to the devil.<br /><br />ALSO he didn't bring his family back.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13274791354794480749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307960697642146632.post-72581675447951224402011-01-30T16:07:16.275-08:002011-01-30T16:07:16.275-08:00I don't understand your question, but from my ...I don't understand your question, but from my readings of the Book of Job, Job's faith was tested by the Devil. Also I believe Job is in the Old Testament, which means he couldn't have been healed through the Blood, as Jesus wasn't born yet. <br />The Blood is a reference to Christ's sacrifice for man. By focusing on his sacrifice, you honor him and so God honors you. Before Christ's death, there was no true salvation, though if you were a strong believer like Job, God would restore your losses supernaturally, as he did for Job.C. Straighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08755853191978473970noreply@blogger.com