DISQUS

Death by 1000 cuts describes the markets perfectly right now. It is a strange thing, while most people feel "guilty" and tired of shorting the markets, I am still fine with it. I will take a trending market up or down over one that doesn't know where its going any day of the week. Maybe, I have watched Mad Max once too many times. Dreaming of driving my post apocalyptic ultra inverse ETFs till I run out of gas. Petal To The Metal Joe... Jeff AKA Green Thumb Stock

even on the surface, it's not about us. Not sure what your motivation for writing this post Jim. But glad you did.

"The tags we give ourselves I believe are invisible to the Savior..."


this resonates with me Beijing. I believe it is well said. Thank you.



Perhaps not completely "invisible" to Him per se, but certainly not his primary consideration. If I may be so bold to assume what he may or may not be paying attention too.



Anyway, less you misunderstand me Beijing, that was a compliment.:-)



May God continue with you and your family in blessed ways in China.



You too in Australia Jim. Congrats on the grand baby.

thanks upside. still on black background here >>ouch.
good thing i'm on stocktwits my man!

been trading the 3x er's with success on the 1 min and 5min. someday i will drop a line to see what kinda indicators you use? if i may?

i forget where i found you, but the whole blog twitter experience has changed my style. for the better!!!

still undercaptilised, to really press IT, but making progress.

thanks again. have a nice weekend.



jeff

God bless you Jim. When you said we Salvos don't give up until the job is done I believed you. May all those who are experiencing loss be comforted and supported by the Holy Spirit in all of you. And may God be ever present in the work of the Salvation Army and it's people until His return. And may all that would come here for a daily dose of criticism be silenced in this time of grief out of respect for the victims of tragedy

http://joymadecomplete.blogspot.com/2009/02/pos... Auschwitz quote in response to David's question. You'll have to copy and paste



not up for a debate David, just sharing what I read that was interesting to me.

David, Everytime I hear or read that question about where is God when disaster strikes, I think, where would we be in this world if in fact God was not here and what incredible tragedies are being averted because of his presence? There is an amazing writing by a prisoner at Auachwitz which I would post on my blog should you want to see it. I think it is too graphic for here. It involves that question being asked by a prisoner witnessing the first hanging of a young boy. To make a long quote short, the answer to the question was, He is there hanging in that small boy. God is suffering along with us David until this world's time is up. And He is suffering for you also, waiting for you to lay your questions at His feet and accept his unconditional love for your life.

love the scripture verse the the translation. And the team effort in this tragedy. Will be praying for everyone there. God Bless you Jim and co.

it's good to read encouraging words re: the future of the Army, Jim. Keep it up.

roger that Jim. I may have wandered all about the spiritual/non spiritual map in my life, but I'm pretty sure it was receiving Christ as a child that kept me protected along the way (even in my ignorance)and alive today to let it be known.

yo upside ....sir you still sitting short GE ? till 8bux >

upside love the blog, but sir the white on black is rough on my eyes! uuh.... been meaning to say so for awhile. you don't need to make a visual statement sir, it's not like your writing sux.i know you can ease it a bit you have a way better look on the twitter . just sayin.

And how blessed all those in whom you live,
whose lives become roads you travel;

They wind through lonesome valleys, come upon brooks,

discover cool springs and pools brimming with rain!

God-traveled, these roads curve up the mountain, and

at the last turn—Zion! God in full view!



Psalm 84: 5-7 (the message)

Loving the new fresh look and the subtle changes. I liked your previous design as well, but this one is growing on me. I think the reorganized sidebar is a big improvement and really cleans things up. Great read as always.

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Happy New Year Jim.

Very helpful info! Great post!

man, he blesses me everyday, its personal David. I get verification of his presence over and over again. its not at all what you think. I wish there was some way to let you in on the truth. Bugs me i can't. You may think I've flipped my lid to talk this way. but if you were me, you'd know God is the only part of me I trust. the rest of me is a bit off most of the time. but when He is in the mix, it's very clear to me. Now for the world, if we only knew how chaotic things would be if He weren't doing something... but perhaps you were just asking Jim. sorry, sometimes I can't stop myself.

Oh Come Immanuel and What Child is This (Greensleeves) my favorites.


Merry Christmas Jim. Such blessings flow from here. Hope the Army will come to its collective heads soon to get you back here. (apologies to Australia, you can share)

me2

lol
yes we can be pals even if you live in west valley. :p

Hey good to see Eve players in my own town! :) love the blog by the way.

it would be great to see some of this. Is there a way to upload video of such events?

Nicky, now that I know you are addressing me, I will try and reply. Please before I do, know I am not a scholar, Just a seeker. I have thought those same things, but have never been directly asked to respond. My conversations about this have always been statements like this to friends or conversations with God. But while I think and pray and search the word on this, I can say I wouldn't myself be comfortable with the statement in the word that "even in Sheol God is there." I guess David said it in the Psalms and I'm not sure of the context. In my pain, my intense despair and days of wishing I was dead and thinking of ways to end my hell on earth, from drug abuse and any number of other erroneous ways of living, it was no comfort at all to me that God was there in the midst. It was hell, and if I knew my son was going through that kind of hell right now, even though I loved him and even though God still loved him, I wouldn't rest until I knew he was no longer suffering in that way. And found every possible way, if only prayer to help him put an end to it. Even when a person is merely hungry, I am restless until I find some way to end that hunger. In Daniel it says that even though Daniel was faithful and God answered His prayers, that it took several days for the angel to come with the answer due to an evil blocking his way.


Eternal Hell is not something I want to rest on my own Biblical interpretations being correct as a means of dismissing it. There is a scripture verse somewhere, I think in Matthew, a little help here, where people that were sure they were serving Christ on the last day and He says be part from me I never knew you. This is my motivation to continue loving on this earth, seeking all of His word, not interpreting it away. If Jesus says there is a hell, if I believe what he says about love, I have to believe that also. Even if it does suck a bit. Or a lot. I never really encountered the truth of Satan until I gave my all to Christ. Including my mind. I always felt responsible for my falling. But when I began to depend on Christ, and the Holy Spirit to keep from falling, then that old adversary showed up and began tripping me up in sinister ways I had never seen before.

"Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will know them by their fruits. Not every one who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the Kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father Who is in heaven. On that day many will say to Me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your Name, and cast out demons in Your Name, and do many mighty works in Your Name?' And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you evildoers.' Every one then who hears these words of Mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock; and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And every one who hears these words of Mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand; and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell; and great was the fall of it." (Matthew 7:19-27 RSV)



I don't pretend to know anything. I just got to a place where it seems better to trust and obey. Than to trust my own thinking.

good point Nicky. If in fact I understand you here, forgive me if not. I always wonder just how far down the road someone is when they say they don't believe in hell. Sooner or later someone is going to find out what hell is like here on earth and would never want anyone to experience that and would do whatever is necessary to keep someone else from going there, even if on this plane. I think, and I'm going out on a limb here, that some people don't want hell to exist because of a loved one that has passed on already and is unsure of their salvation. I think for this reason the questioning and anger is justified. It is in cases like this, only trusting God with the truth of his love will suffice. And that is difficult when one is still skeptical. All we can do then it pray for them and us.

anonymous,
I remember the day I prayed that very prayer in my life. And I was laying in the 34 degree February north Atlantic ocean trying to make it true. Feeling every bit the despair and perhaps more because I never would have had the energy or impetus write it on a blog like you have. I was in the process of taking my life when I prayed that. And for whatever reason, God chose to answer that one, by taking my miserable life and giving me a new one. Not immediately. It took 7 years and is still working it. So in case it was because someone was praying for me at that very moment, I am praying for you at this very moment. Having someone care about your life must mean something doesn't it? God does not always answer our prayers in the manner we think we need him to. HE answers them in the manner we don't think we need Him to. Read my story Anon. It never stops. You and your mind are exactly who God loves and is keeping an eye on. That is why you are here now. The despair is overwhelming, I know first hand. But HE already is answering your prayers. In in fact if this post is sincere and not just a criticism of sorts. Before I got to the prayer you just uttered I had already emptied myself of tears and curses and yells. Are you done? Don't stop screaming at Him until you are empty. Don't stop screaming at us until that is so. At the end of your anger, At the end of your pain,when you are just plain worn out and done, utterly exhausted, There you will find what you seek. You won't have to take my word for it. You'll know it for yourself first hand.I won't stop praying for you no matter how long it takes.



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