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[vahn]

Just ran of numbers for a post title . the few I was thinkin of , were ...

Is God there helping the Eskimo spear his fish ?
Is He with the "amazonian" darting his monkey ?
Is He with "Dillie" trying (in vain) catch her squirrel ?

If those were questions thrown at me while I'm under the car changing the oil , my answer would probably be " man, why dont you ask them !! " If I were to be asked right now , as I'm typing , I'd say "YES, now leave me alone".

Do I usually think about such things ? No , therefore they have absolutely no effect on me and/or others around me (depending on my answers) do they ? Why ? Because I'm not there ! wether it be physically, mentally, emotionally or spiritually.

Ok vahn , get on with it , where're you going with this, right ?

"Gardening" my friends, just "Gardening" , The 12th step of a prog. I put to practice day 2 day states "Having HAD a spiritual awakening as a RESULT of these steps , we try to carry it to others , and to practice them in ALL of our affairs" and step one of which says I am POWER-less over whatever it is going on between GOD & satan , all I know is that they BOTH want my hide. Choose your Master, for you cant serve both. The brain that God gave me cannot think of two different things at the same time simultaniously for obviuos reasons. God says ,this is what I do and this is what you get , and you know what ? satan's saying the same thing !
The difference ? God says "not only I gave you this physical body of yours
nor just gifts of wisdom, talent , and whatever it is dear to you that makes you one of a kind for I am One and I dont make two's , but I gave you this whole World for you to do with as your heart desires, I even gave you My Only (One ?) Begotten Son, just to make sure of my Promise to you to LIVE, in PEACE - FOREVER !! ... satan says, "I'd do the same -after I kill you -NOW - and keep all that for myself ! Theres only One condition, you EITHER go this way or that ! Man, is that a tough CHOICE or what ? The consequences dont change with these two, do they?

The only time that life becomes "hard" for me to deal with is when I'm undecisive about Which way to go , and get stuck in the middle of the fork. See the way I look at it is this , when I look to the right, the left doesn't exist and vise-versa, and the only time I see both is when I'm cross-eyed !
I dont know if anyone noticed or not , the fact that I dont write satan with a capital s , its because I dont consider him worthy of it , and as long as I keep that consideration his cons have absolutely no affect on me , for he's worthless , there's not enough room in my head for such to occupy.
Oh, is he going to give up ? No, Is he going to continue ? Yes , but that's his frustration, not mine ! I gave my life to God , he wants it ? Let him take it from HIM , if he can , now remember God is a very jealous God, I know satan doesn't have enough brains to figure that out by himself (look at Who's he fighting with) without my help , dont help him and he'll NEVER get it.

[mlg]

Wow Holy Spirit talking thru you today my friend... I mean like wowzer!!!

You know what part really touched me? The fact that you pointed out that God gave us one world and one son...which means his last one....how loving to give up your only one so others can have...if the world would just be more willing to give such as God did for us. We are such a selfish world.

Now when we shed our selfishness, and live the spiritual life that God wants us too, that's when we are truly living. Joy is complete and life is always great. Gotta renew our minds with Him daily in order for us to be able to do this.

luv ya