Is there proof of an intelligent force that is beyond humanity? Did the universe become what we see today by chance or was there a cause behind all that we see? Is that “cause” still active today and if so, what does “active “mean? If you have come to the conclusion that there is something/someone that exists in a capacity far beyond the limits of human existence, what now?
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I always have something going on when I walk! The spring in my step is better described as a drunken stagger. I don’t notice it, but according to my wife I walk funny. It’s not just my wife; everyone who has seen me with or without my walking aids have noticed I look like I have a problem with the bottle. A spring in my step might better be described as a drunken stupor in my gait followed by a stumble and maybe even a fall. It is not fall though, it’s almost spring which gives me a spring in my step even when I am zipping around in my wheelchair!
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I lost them a few days ago for about three hours. It wasn’t all out searching for each minute of the three hours. A few times I gave up and did things that didn’t need me to see larger things beyond five or six feet or didn’t require me to read smaller print beyond arm’s length. Once I had done what I could do without my glasses I went back to looking. Then I would give up and do something I could still do without my glasses. After some time without them I got a little nervous that they might be lost for good. I even contemplated putting in my contacts so I could find my glasses but never got that desperate. The bottom line is, I need my glasses to find my glasses.
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At first glance this could be a question you would ask of someone you were counting on during a difficult period of time. There is nothing worse than facing the things that life throws at us without the support of those who we feel we can count on. The tone of voice assigned to this question immediately exposes the degree of pain one has been forced to endure in what can be best described as isolation.
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My parents said, this concept was not a Christian way of living. It may be immortalized in a popular song, but it was fundamentally wrong. I didn’t place quotation marks around what they said for two reasons. First, I was too young to remember their exact words. Second, I am pretty sure my parents didn’t use words like fundamentally, immortalized or concept when explaining to a young boy why a song did not fit our belief system.
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Lots of things happen and we try to understand. Some situations are predictable and therefore easy to understand. Others we can make sense of even if it is not the outcome we would normally expect. Then there are the situations far beyond what we would expect. I can, with some degree of accuracy, predict that a child with an upbringing that encourages questioning for the purpose of understanding and involves laughing together but never laughing at the child when the answer is obvious, will do well. Power dynamics in which the person perceived to have the power explains what is not understood in terms suited to the other person’s intellectual limitations and mental capacity will lead to a well-developed adult. If this continues through the teenage years, there is a higher degree of success for the maturing individual and a stronger relationship with all who pour into their lives but…
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