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<blockquote data-quote="200Meters" data-source="post: 747889" data-attributes="member: 23727"><p>So we hope.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>One of the (many) cool things about living here (I've been here for 32+ years) is that the Bible isn't just a book, it's a travel guide. You can drive or hike just about anywhere, pull out your Bible, look something up & say, "Hey, this happened right <em>here</em>." This never gets old.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's a good thought. I think I agree with you.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Stories like yours give me hope that as gloomy & depressing as things may seem now there is always hope & I mustn't allow myself to be overwhelmed by the moment or succession of moments.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah, this is the part that fazes me sometimes.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is good, I think.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Finding humor in everything is how we keep going. Not finding the humor in everything is how we go under.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If you rearrange the four Hebrew letters that spell the word for "coincidence" you get "G-d has woven." What may appear to us as sheer chance or fortune is all part of a greater plan. A Catholic friend says that it's like looking at a tapestry from underneath. All we see is a crisscrossed jangle of threads that seems to have no rhyme or reason. But when viewed from another perspective, one we may find it very difficult to appreciate, the design & plan become apparent.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah, about tjhat. Youngest called us this morning breathing fire. He learned / heard / figured out, though we're not quite sure how, that Mrs. 200Meters & I were initially unenthusiastic about him going to his brother's and now blames us for why he is not since what we told the welfare officer figured in her negative recommendation which the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court judge adopted. (by the way, we changed our mind because a) we learned that Oldest's girlfriend will be home for at least a month getting worker's comp for an injury to her hand, b) we thought Youngest would be wearing one of those ankle thinggies with a GPS in it and c) we saw him lose weight he doesn't have while in remand, where he has been since March 12.) I cut him off and said, "Youngest, you're where you are because you are a thief and a burglar." I told him that he must take responsibility for himself and realize that he and he <em>alone</em> is responsible for his situation. He said that if we come visit him later this week, he'll refuse to leave his cell. No effing problem; it'll save us the gas. And with a two-day holiday coming up (the last day of Passover on Friday & then the Sabbath, back-to-back), we'll have plenty to do.</p><p></p><p>So today was...challenging. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm impressed. You win a cookie. Oh wait, Passover...cookies are bad. Um, you win some wholewheat <em>matzah</em> (unleavened bread, the cracker-like stuff we eat for a week).</p><p></p><p>200Meters</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="200Meters, post: 747889, member: 23727"] So we hope. One of the (many) cool things about living here (I've been here for 32+ years) is that the Bible isn't just a book, it's a travel guide. You can drive or hike just about anywhere, pull out your Bible, look something up & say, "Hey, this happened right [I]here[/I]." This never gets old. It's a good thought. I think I agree with you. Stories like yours give me hope that as gloomy & depressing as things may seem now there is always hope & I mustn't allow myself to be overwhelmed by the moment or succession of moments. Yeah, this is the part that fazes me sometimes. This is good, I think. Finding humor in everything is how we keep going. Not finding the humor in everything is how we go under. If you rearrange the four Hebrew letters that spell the word for "coincidence" you get "G-d has woven." What may appear to us as sheer chance or fortune is all part of a greater plan. A Catholic friend says that it's like looking at a tapestry from underneath. All we see is a crisscrossed jangle of threads that seems to have no rhyme or reason. But when viewed from another perspective, one we may find it very difficult to appreciate, the design & plan become apparent. Yeah, about tjhat. Youngest called us this morning breathing fire. He learned / heard / figured out, though we're not quite sure how, that Mrs. 200Meters & I were initially unenthusiastic about him going to his brother's and now blames us for why he is not since what we told the welfare officer figured in her negative recommendation which the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court judge adopted. (by the way, we changed our mind because a) we learned that Oldest's girlfriend will be home for at least a month getting worker's comp for an injury to her hand, b) we thought Youngest would be wearing one of those ankle thinggies with a GPS in it and c) we saw him lose weight he doesn't have while in remand, where he has been since March 12.) I cut him off and said, "Youngest, you're where you are because you are a thief and a burglar." I told him that he must take responsibility for himself and realize that he and he [I]alone[/I] is responsible for his situation. He said that if we come visit him later this week, he'll refuse to leave his cell. No effing problem; it'll save us the gas. And with a two-day holiday coming up (the last day of Passover on Friday & then the Sabbath, back-to-back), we'll have plenty to do. So today was...challenging. I'm impressed. You win a cookie. Oh wait, Passover...cookies are bad. Um, you win some wholewheat [I]matzah[/I] (unleavened bread, the cracker-like stuff we eat for a week). 200Meters [/QUOTE]
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