A Yucky Church

Well for quite awhile now I've been wanting to attend this newer church in town to find out what it was all about. Today I did. The music was so horrifically loud that even with my hearing aids turned OFF, thereby acting as ear "plugs"...it was painful.

Though they never got to the "sermon" part..or perhaps after a mere 30 minutes I none-the-less left too soon, but it was predominately a bad experience.

Now I'm not a feminist by any stretch of the imagination but they evidently just ignored passages like 1 Corinthians 14:34-36 and 1 Timothy chapter 2..(I'm not singling out the verse on that chapter you'd just have to read it for yourself).

So is this what we do these days? Just "ignore"? Personally I've heard some fantastic women speakers...the verses aren't there because of ability or inability. Why would that be in the Bible? Well the why isn't always explained, but in this particular case it actually is. Nope, I'm not going to reveal it, if you want to know you'd have to read it for yourself.

It was disappointing this morning though, I left before the pain coming into my head thru my ears became permanent. Yuck. As much as I love God, and as much as I enjoy the fellowship of a variety of Christians...it was a yucky experience.

Helen Keller Days

Ever since I forgot to take my hearing aids out before a shower my hearing is not working yet. Now since taking out my contacts that have been in a month or two or so, and letting my eyes heal these past 5 days...and not remembering where my glasses are, I've just been hobbling along in blissful ignorance. With the temperature finally giving us a break though, I do have running water again and that even by itself is enough to make me happy.

Out the Window

Out my window is a day of sunshine, nice crispy blue sky, trees stripped bare of leaves with the last season change. Something in the beauty of the day is yanking on my heart strings and like a young boy in school awaiting the final bell...I perch at the window sill in anticipation of the invisible frostbite capable temperatures raising to above freezing tomorrow if the weather forecast be right. Can't see the cold out that window, but even just touching the glass is enough for a complete education in that specific field. I don't see the cold, but I believe, oh I do believe....Happy winter day to all.

Advice or Criticism

Often times they are mistaken. There is a big difference between the two. There are similarities between the two. Sometimes one is mistaken for the other because of the speaker...sometimes it is because of the one doing the receiving. In some ways criticism intended can be advice received. In some ways advice intended is criticism received. The result of either can be invaluable or devastating. If I had more time right now that would be an interesting word study.