I have finished one paper today, “A Critical Analysis of
John Milton’s Sonnet 8”. I am glad I am finished with that. I had been
working on it for several days. Today was a little harder because I am not
feeling too “tip top.” I worked a few hours then I would lie down and rest.
This went on since 4:30 am this morning.
I think it is because the upcoming cold weather “bout” that we are suppose
to receive tonight on in to tomorrow.
The only problem with this weather is that I have a class
tomorrow evening. The weather (icy rain forecast) for the area has increased
for 50% to 70%.
While just accessing the current weather, I noted a “Child Abduction
Alert--Houston” Keep in prayer Gabriel Elijah McKendal, 14 years old, is
endangered because of non-custodial (mother) parental abduction. Apparently the mother is not a stable
individual period.
Houston PD is good about different types of alerts; they
advertise on highway digital signs, radios, and various web-sites as soon as
possible to keep the public informed. Before entering many different freeways
here (hypothetically about 10,000 of them) there generally is a posted traffic
update of potential construction or a wreck ahead.
When there is a wreck, you can hang it up being anywhere on
time. Have you ever noticed that everyone stops for wrecks to see the damage,
blood, guts, and gore if there is any. At Jones Co., Jr. College (in 1993),
while getting my AA, a professor talked about this very subject. He told a
story of a Mississippi highway patrolman who got busted for holding up a decapitated
head to a car load of “gawking” individuals and screamed at them “Is this what
you want to see?” The patrolman was placed on administrative leave for medical
reasons; seems they did not want to use the terminology for psychological
evaluation.
“But at a birthday party for Herod, Herodia’s daughter
performed a dance that greatly pleased him. So, he promised with a vow to give
her anything she wanted. At her mother’s urging, the girl said ‘I want the head
of John the Baptist on a tray.’ Then the king regretted what he had said; but
because he the vow he had made in front of his guest, he issued the necessary
orders. So John was beheaded in the prison, and his head was brought on a tray
and given to the girl, who took it to her mother.” (Matthew 14: 6-11)
Herodia was the daughter of Philip (late brother of Herod.) When
Herod married Philip’s wife, John the Baptist told him it was against the Law
of God. He got really upset and threw John in jail. I was thinking about this.
The news of John’s death had to have hurt Jesus terribly.
Jesus suffered terribly on earth in more ways than just the crucifixion.
We often ask: why do bad things happen to good people? It is not so much “bad events” but it is the
suffering in life that we learn the greatest lessons. If we never suffer, how are
we going to learn anything? How are we going to grow?
“More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering
produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces
hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured
into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” (Romans
5:3-5)
I was once told that good credit tells if a person has good
character. My answer: then Birney
Madoff, Ted Bundy, and Jeffrey Dahmer must have had really great character because their credit was exemplary.
Good character can in no way be measured by the physical attributes of this
world. It can only be measured by our spirituality in accordance with God’s
written word.
Keep in prayer each other.
This post is just my opinion. I will respect yours if you
respect mine.
God bless you all and keep you safely in His arms.
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