“Hurt people hurt people.”
–John Coblentz
Getting Along With People God’s Way
Lessons for Living
Tips: Back Seat Driving
How to be the good kind of back seat driver
| Ever pressed that imaginary brake pedal on the passenger side? Do you often feel your blood pressure rising as you sit powerless at the mercy of an inferior driver? How come, when you point out an obvious error, drivers always repay you with annoyance?
Believe it or not, no matter how frustrated you feel, your driver feels equally frustrated, if not more. Here are some ways to become a better backseat driver. […] There’s nothing wrong with vigilance as a passenger. In fact, keeping an eye on the road makes the road a safer place. “Back seat driver” is a generally negative label these days, but you can turn those negatives into positives by offering constructive advice at proper times, in a way that also conveys some appreciation. |
The author makes some good points. Be sure to check out the full article.
Mugs
I saw this at Roth’s Curiosity Corner this past Tuesday evening. I knew I needed the reminder in my complaining moments…and in others as well. So I chose it as my Christmas gift (purchased on a gift certificate from my folks).
I received the mug below from Trenton (our youngest grandson) as another Christmas gift:
Thanks for the mugs!
Possibly the Biggest Virus
Nasty worm wriggles…into your computer?
| A nasty worm has wriggled into millions of computers and continues to spread, leaving security experts wondering whether the attack is a harbinger of evil deeds to come.
US software protection firm F-Secure says a computer worm known as “Conficker” or “Downadup” had infected more than nine million computers by Tuesday and was spreading at a rate of one million machines daily. The malicious software had yet to do any noticeable damage, prompting debate as to whether it is impotent, waiting to detonate, or a test run by cybercriminals intent on profiting from the weakness in the future. “This is enormous; possibly the biggest virus we have ever seen,” said software security specialist David Perry of Trend Micro. […] Perry urges people to harden passwords by mixing in numbers, punctuation marks, and upper-case letters. Doing so makes it millions of times harder for passwords to be deduced, according to Perry. |
OK, it’s time for me to start methodically (or is it methodicly?) changing and hardening more of my passwords…starting the with the one in my browser.
My Ways, My Afflictions
I was going to post this yesterday morning. 🙁
“I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies” (Psalm 119:59).
We all need to periodically evaluate our ways. Daily, I suppose. May the result of such self-analysis cause me to turn back to God’s ways or to reaffirm myself in those ways.
“Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word” (Psalm 119:67).
“It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes” (Psalm 119:71).
“Good for me”? Well, it’s a matter of perspective, no? If affliction brings me into compliance with God’s Word, then it’s a good thing. Right?
“The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver” (Psalm 119:72).
What a great verse to come across when all kinds of things financial and economic are staggering and collapsing all around us! (Now if that girl who is auctioning off her “virtue” would grab ahold of that verse!)
Well, what say you?
God Loves Muslims
Floyd McClung writes:
| How would Jesus respond to Muslims? We know how. He would treat them like he treated the Samaritan woman at the well, the Roman centurion who came to Him for help, and the tax collectors and prostitutes. Jesus would treat Muslims like he treated Simon the Zealot – the Zealots were urban terrorists of the day – he would invite him to follow Him! Jesus would treat Muslims like he treats you and me. With love, respect, and huge compassion and amazing grace.
One of the greatest challenges we face as followers of Jesus in today’s world is how to respond to Muslims and violence in the Middle East. Some believers are fearful that Muslims are our enemy and are “out to destroy our way of life.” Should we circle the wagons in alarm and fear? Should we warn everyone how bad Muslims are and alert people of their plots to “destroy our nation,” as one American believer said to me? No fear! No hatred! No, none for us who follow Jesus. We have a calling from God to love Muslims. They are not our enemy. The real enemy wants us to see people as our enemy. |
He’s right, of course.
But will the average Christian accept that?
Replacing the Irreplaceable
Here’s a piece of a piece at American Thinker:
| We can replace almost anything in our lives — human organs, currency and credit, electronic records and documents – but ultimately these things do not define life.
What matters in life is the yearning of the human spirit for goodness and truth and the courage and grit to make that yearning into deeds and words that matter. Men who personify these values, unlike hearts and dollars, are irreplaceable. It is not they who have died: They are immortal. It is rather us who die each time one of these rare few leave this world. We have forgotten, in our busy rush to nowhere, how to replace the irreplaceable. |
If they don’t make them like they used to, why not?
And who will?
Next, personalize the matter: “Am I rare or run-of-the-mill? Would I be placed in the irreplaceable category?”
How would you go about replacing the “irreplaceable”?