More mosquito bites, big welts on my right arm that showed up late last night and Abby has been scratching like crazy. Applied repellant before bed for me and gave Abby her Frontline dose yesterday but she’s walking me up in the middle of the night scratching like crazy.
We are in a Heat Advisory situation with the temp around 95° but feels up near 106°. We may possibly get a cooling shower. The forecast seems to change and keep me guessing.
I watched the debate. Though Trump was not there, some of the candidates showed how rude they are by talking out of turn. The moderators should have switches for the microphones and turn them on only when it is a candidate’s turn to speak
No one won but Vivek separated himself from the pack. Desantis disappointed me in looking like a robot and not answering questions.
This could be shaping up to be a banner year for the Democrats.
A friend tried to cheer me up saying, don’t worry, of course none of this is “really” real, it’s all just a badly-written disaster/sci-fi plot we’re stuck in … a cant-stop-grinning Vivek, indictments, more indictments, and more again, meltdowns. Yikes.
Friend humored me for a little while, at least he brought a smile (but not because it was “funny”).
~ At a time of extraordinary partisan polarization, a Christian message should demand that we love our enemies. (And what is love? Among other things, as we learn in Corinthians, “Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not arrogant, is not rude, is not self-seeking, is not irritable, and does not keep a record of wrongs.”)
Moments of political conflict such as this one should cause the church to blaze forth with countercultural radiance — a soothing balm in a sea of strife. But the dominant tone of contemporary American political Christianity is close to the opposite. It’s angry. It’s punitive. In many ways it positively delights in strife. ~
Janice, at least we can have the comfort of knowing that He rules over all and that His will will be done, even if we can’t see it or understand it. That is my only comfort at times. ❤
We’re fallen people living in a fallen world, it is our plight and that won’t change. But that’s why we always say voting is pretty much always going to be a choice between the “lesser of two evils.”
Though one hopes and prays for God to raise up good leaders who will be upright and faithful examples — and that he will have mercy on us in doing that.
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Good morning! I stayed up late watching the debate and commentary so I feel groggy this morning.
I was surprised to find the passionflower vine in bloom. I also saw a butter rfly, Gulf Fritillary, yesterday. I hope it laid eggs on its host.
Glad I got to watch the debate. I learned some helpful information.
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Yes, debates are helpful. Some more than others. I think this pair of moderators do a good job.
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Good morning, everyone! Lovely flower in the header, Janice. I am always amazed at the great shots so many of you manage to capture.
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Good morning, all. Out picking blackberries this morning which, of course, means thinking of Chas.
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Good morning! It’s the second last day of camp after 14 weeks and I am weary.
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Work calls early this morning.
More mosquito bites, big welts on my right arm that showed up late last night and Abby has been scratching like crazy. Applied repellant before bed for me and gave Abby her Frontline dose yesterday but she’s walking me up in the middle of the night scratching like crazy.
😦
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Interesting debate. The party remains deeply divided, however, and divided parties are never in a good position to win a national election.
But on it will go.
At least it won’t be boring. 🙂
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We are in a Heat Advisory situation with the temp around 95° but feels up near 106°. We may possibly get a cooling shower. The forecast seems to change and keep me guessing.
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Son in law is taking his children camping again and this time he is taking seventeen along.
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I watched the debate. Though Trump was not there, some of the candidates showed how rude they are by talking out of turn. The moderators should have switches for the microphones and turn them on only when it is a candidate’s turn to speak
No one won but Vivek separated himself from the pack. Desantis disappointed me in looking like a robot and not answering questions.
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It was lively, Peter. I don’t mind the interaction, I think it can be illuminating.
One commentator suggested Vivek was taken to the woodshed by Haley — and I’d say that about sums up that particular interaction. 🙂
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DeSantis just seemed angry to me. 😦 Not an appealing image for many of us.
Onward.
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This could be shaping up to be a banner year for the Democrats.
A friend tried to cheer me up saying, don’t worry, of course none of this is “really” real, it’s all just a badly-written disaster/sci-fi plot we’re stuck in … a cant-stop-grinning Vivek, indictments, more indictments, and more again, meltdowns. Yikes.
Friend humored me for a little while, at least he brought a smile (but not because it was “funny”).
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But God …
~ At a time of extraordinary partisan polarization, a Christian message should demand that we love our enemies. (And what is love? Among other things, as we learn in Corinthians, “Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not arrogant, is not rude, is not self-seeking, is not irritable, and does not keep a record of wrongs.”)
Moments of political conflict such as this one should cause the church to blaze forth with countercultural radiance — a soothing balm in a sea of strife. But the dominant tone of contemporary American political Christianity is close to the opposite. It’s angry. It’s punitive. In many ways it positively delights in strife. ~
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It’s too bad that God, Himself, is not a choice to be elected.😀
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Janice, at least we can have the comfort of knowing that He rules over all and that His will will be done, even if we can’t see it or understand it. That is my only comfort at times. ❤
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We’re fallen people living in a fallen world, it is our plight and that won’t change. But that’s why we always say voting is pretty much always going to be a choice between the “lesser of two evils.”
Though one hopes and prays for God to raise up good leaders who will be upright and faithful examples — and that he will have mercy on us in doing that.
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