Revelation 22:21

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all.

Sticks and Stones

I remember being physically and verbally intimidated by someone in my high school. It was uncalled for. After his attempts to humiliate me in front of the entire class, I resorted to a very low verbal blow. He follow me, threatening physical harm until I stopped and turned to look at him. All that I saw was a fist about 4 inches from my nose. The next thing that I remember, he was on top of me, yelling, telling me to let go. Apparently, he broke his hand on my face and I refused let go of that broken hand. I came out of it with a weekend in detention and a black eye. He got a broken hand and no detention.

“Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless others because you were called to inherit a blessing.” 1 Peter 3:9 (NET)

I neither condone nor condemn what Zidane did that evening. I'm saddened because I can imagine myself in his place. I've played soccer with grown men who would insult me. After the game, they would shake my hand and say, "it's only a game, right?"

Verbal abuse, disrespect, character attacks can all wear a person down. How do you pursue peace with someone who is mistreating you? Defending your dignity will only solicit accusations of pride.

Galatians 5:16-26

"Love........endures all things." 1 Corinthians 13:7

__________

A text from a friend
A welcome interruption
Earth beneath my feet

--T.Dalton(2008)

575

Five, seven and five
A skeleton's not alive
The Law fulfilled

--T.Dalton(2008)

Nocturne Op 27 No.2

A cursory look, and a sound bite to boot - feigned analysis and some cute retort. Listen, don't speak, listen. What's behind this facade? Patterns and clues. Listen, are you listening? I hear you. Do you hear me too?

SOS 8:6-7

Not Waving but Drowning
Richard Cory
Elegy Written in a Country Courtyard.

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Green, red, orange yellow and blue. Tannins and Hilton and associations to boot. Free to commit and the next day remiss. Surface rhyme submits to the cerebral ideation deepening abyss. Dang that button I didn't mean to hit. Crimson Prometheus, oh, I forget like a simile to euphemize the gist. High dollar I sound in the colloquial diss. On a ra t (n) I never meant to publish it's this. So, away, disappear, but it won't, gear's engage. Take it or leave it, profundity or banal. It is what it is, or isn't it, or is it aint.

Contemplate and Excogitate

Thought and actions. Faith and Works.