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The Differences in our Realities and Dreams

Posted on February 7, 2016 Written by savage Leave a Comment

It's Super Bowl Sunday! From the perspective of a football fan, I can't really lose; I live in North Carolina, so if the Panthers win, I win (local team and all that); if the Broncos win, well, I used to live in Indianapolis and always respected Peyton Manning (and I have nothing against Denver). The only way I lose anything in the game is if it's played terribly, or maybe if someone's injured badly. (I love football; I hate when people are injured in the process of playing a game.) But I caught myself thinking about the excesses of the game this morning. Mild shift in focus: this is where you'd see those wavy lines during a scene transition... I've been in a lot of cities across the United States. I'm not exactly a world traveler (or a US traveler, really), but I've been around a little. The city I dislike above any other is Las Vegas. New York is a distant second (and only because there are too many people in the parts of it where I've had to be - apart from the population … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: 500words, charity, football, las vegas, pride, super bowl

A Prayer

Posted on May 29, 2012 Written by savage Leave a Comment

Father, I do not believe it is your Will that my desire be fulfilled. If that fulfillment is Your Will, and I am misunderstanding it, then please give me confidence through correction, and create the circumstances by which your Will might be fulfilled, even in this small thing, because I have no faith in this matter and I will resist its completion with every fiber of my being. If my assumption and conviction is correct, then I beg of You that You show me some way to endure my own selfishness and pride. I feel like I am at war with myself, that the edict of the body is a contrast with the edict of the Spirit, and I only desire what is good and right in Your eyes, not mine. If it is Your Will that I attempt to endure as best I am able, and You do not desire to grant me some relief from my burden, so be it; Your Will supercedes my desires, and I only choose to serve You in any way I am able to. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: prayer, pride, self-control, selfishness

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