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I dedicate this topic to a dear brother in the Lord who embodies the words of the apostle as recorded in the 5th chapter of 1 Thessalonians: For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep...

Not a video game, but let's just say I'm of the generation who played lawn darts. A pity they were banned.

Ah, Street Fighter II. Brings back memories of the barracks when I was in the Army many years ago. My roommate had an SNES and goaded me into playing against him. For the first hour he defeated me every time but once I learned the controls, the tables turned. I started beating him, every time...

I've been silent for quite some time now, a defining characteristic of the first alter I merged with. This is when I learned the truth, that these alters are fragments of me. I was fearful that I would become "someone else" when I merged with the silent one but that's not what transpired. It is...

Silence is my refuge in the Lord, the One who delivered me from death and gathered me into Himself. Christ knows the truth of what I have heard, seen, and suffered in this world. The Lord was there when I shattered into pieces, fragments of myself which assumed lives of their own. I will never...

Package of ramen noodles = 25 cents 28 ounce bottle of sriracha = three bucks. Fine dining.

Time to hit the ramen noodles. I like dousing them with hot sauce.

I've been rejected many times and this never changes. The ones who reject me the most often call themselves Christians; I'm rejected even now.

You can add virtually anything to ramen, @Devin Wintch . Any kind of vegetable... meat... when you're hungry, anything will do. Canned and frozen vegetables are cheap and make a fine addition to ramen.

I understand what you're going through, @FluffyYellowDuck . I experienced anxiety attacks for most of my life, of the sort where it felt like I was literally going to die. I suffered from clusters of anxiety attacks which cycled over a 24 hour period --- those were the worst because they left me...

Faith is the gift of God as testified in the scriptures, not the effort nor work of man. For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not a result of works, so that no one may boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9 NASB) Indeed, we know that faith is...

Make no mistake, God is not mocked. Man cannot exalt himself to constrain the will of the Lord at any time, something which the OP implies more than once in this topic. Does the clay dictate to the potter? Does man declare to the Ancient of days upon His throne, "I don't believe sufficiently...

I remember the title but never watched it. That was during my teens when I lost myself in reading, writing, sketching, and playing musical instruments. Movies and television didn't appeal to me much (and still don't). :)

Amen, @Adoration . I stand with you and so this will be my own statement. What has been, it is what will be, And what has been done, it is what will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun. (Ecclesiastes 1:9) There is nothing new about the fear, paranoia, belief in conspiracies...

Don't worry too much about it, @April_Rose . Remember that the President is accountable to the people, not the other way around. Unless you're in the military or work in the executive branch of government you don't answer to him. No one says we have to like whomever is president! We know who is...

I've been sitting here trying to make sense of this post. Are you predicting that the Democrats will move to make the District of Columbia a state? Uh, it's not like they haven't been in a position of power before. Why didn't they do that in the past? As for the Supreme Court everyone knows...

I've been disabled for all of my life, too. The past 15 years have seen my spinal column take a turn for the worse. I live with debilitating pain which isn't going away unless the Lord sees fit to change that or my appointed time comes. His will and not my own be done. It's taken many years of...

I'm encouraged by your honesty, @historyb . I'm not about to condemn you for it. This requires no small measure of courage, to speak plainly without duplicity nor the desire to tickle the ears of those who hear (or read as it were). There's no lie to be found in your words and this is what the...

A great OP and wonderful to read. The Lord bless you richly, @historyb . :) This should be good for a laugh. I'll never forget the epic arguments between my parents during election season. My father was a staunch conservative while my mother was a die-hard liberal. He voted Republican and she...

As of 2018, 42% of Americans were deficient in vitamin D. According to a 2013 study published by U.S. National Institutes of Health, approximately 1 billion people worldwide suffer vitamin D deficiency so this isn't limited to the U.S. alone.