tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133335371844144872.post2786480457890983657..comments2023-04-27T10:03:20.994-05:00Comments on fungle jungle: Giving Upmushroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133335371844144872.post-15572656112311377332014-08-11T23:05:20.657-05:002014-08-11T23:05:20.657-05:00People will think this is crazy, but coffee is the...People will think this is crazy, but coffee is the one thing I really look forward to. mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133335371844144872.post-19733932645433951482014-08-11T17:11:13.870-05:002014-08-11T17:11:13.870-05:00Most of the time, I want to quit. No, something -...<i> Most of the time, I want to quit. No, something -- Someone keeps me going. I don’t even know why. </i><br /><br />Ain't that the truth. It's a daily struggle, every day. So I thank God for coffee. I'm convinced he gave it to us to step out just one more day, one morning at a time.robinstarfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15665546554663005609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133335371844144872.post-24970810043795733352014-08-11T13:22:17.480-05:002014-08-11T13:22:17.480-05:00Thanks, Mushroom.
You said it better. I love thatf...Thanks, Mushroom.<br />You said it better. I love thatfilm Second Hand Lions. <br />USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133335371844144872.post-15021065915893771522014-08-10T22:13:36.672-05:002014-08-10T22:13:36.672-05:00I know what you mean about purgatory. It's li...I know what you mean about purgatory. It's like final preparations. I suspect it comes in various ways. For some of us, there may be some kind of post-death shake out that may seem like a prolonged dream. For others, it may happen on this side of the grave.<br /><br />My dad passed away six years ago yesterday. Except for those last three months of his life, he was perfectly healthy, did everything he wanted to do, lived every minute like the old guys in <i>Secondhand Lions</i> for over 97 years. For three months, he was bedridden. He was a good Christian, and he would say over and over, "I don't know why I have to lay here like this".<br /><br />He wasn't paying for his sins, but something was going on, and he was being made ready. <br /><br />To the point where he couldn't get up, he had his hounds, he hunted, drove himself around, and he was content living there in the house he had built. He used to joke and say, "You can't take it with you, so I thought I'd just stay here with it", but there was a little truth, I think, hidden in that humor. It's almost like the Lord had to make him uncomfortable to break him free so he could go home.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133335371844144872.post-20895226856006944102014-08-09T00:18:28.420-05:002014-08-09T00:18:28.420-05:00"The truth is, though, I don’t feel I have ma..."The truth is, though, I don’t feel I have made much progress. I have a feeling, if I were to turn around the yawning abyss is not that far behind me. The important thing, it seems, is not where we are but where we are going."<br /><br />I know that feeling, Mushroom.<br />Is it wrong to hope for purgatory? I imagine purgatory not as hellish, or heckish (although it certainly ain't Heaven) but as an intense training academy for those of us that need it.<br /><br />Sort of like "special" ed for spiritual dimwits, which I confess to be. <br />To make a long story short, I would be relieved to find myself in purgatory after I physically die.<br />Of course I would be ecstatic if I made it into Heaven on the first try but there's this nagging feeling...I dunno.<br /><br />Not that I'm saying the blood of Christ ain't enough, but I get pretty stupid sometimes.<br />However, I know salvation is always closer than the abyss as long as I don't quit or step off the ledge so there is that.<br />Thank God He hasn't given up on me, so the least I can do is not surrender, except to the Lord that is.<br />USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133335371844144872.post-15031194148190648202014-08-08T21:48:22.582-05:002014-08-08T21:48:22.582-05:00Lot's wife is a good one.
I guess it's ...Lot's wife is a good one. <br /><br />I guess it's a good thing. I keep thinking it must be for the grandkids -- or somebody has to pay taxes.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133335371844144872.post-40597780515764831562014-08-08T18:05:36.635-05:002014-08-08T18:05:36.635-05:00Every blessing, every good thing in my life is fro...<i>Every blessing, every good thing in my life is from God. I may make the mistake of attributing it to my capacity for problem-solving, but where exactly did that come from? What can I actually take credit for?</i><br /><br />Very important point (well, for me at least).<br /><br /><i>I don’t remember Him answering. Well, except that I’m still here.</i><br /><br />Good thing too!John Lienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02302615225311776021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133335371844144872.post-61280698897069620642014-08-08T17:05:49.082-05:002014-08-08T17:05:49.082-05:00The important thing, it seems, is not where we are...<i>The important thing, it seems, is not where we are but where we are going.</i><br /><br />Indeed. And lest you be tempted to spend too much time looking back, just remember what happened to Lot's wife...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com