Leonard Cohen – Take This Waltz (Live in London)

Now in Vienna there’s ten pretty women
There’s a shoulder where Death comes to cry
There’s a lobby with nine hundred windows
There’s a tree where the doves go to die
There’s a piece that was torn from the morning
And it hangs in the Gallery of Frost

Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay
Take this waltz, take this waltz
Take this waltz with the clamp on it’s jaws

Oh I want you, I want you, I want you
On a chair with a dead magazine
In the cave at the tip of the lily
In some hallway where love’s never been
On a bed where the moon has been sweating
In a cry filled with footsteps and sand

Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay
Take this waltz, take this waltz
Take its broken waist in your hand

This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz
With it’s very own breath of brandy and Death
Dragging it’s tail in the sea

There’s a concert hall in Vienna
Where your mouth had a thousand reviews
There’s a bar where the boys have stopped talking
They’ve been sentenced to death by the blues
Ah, but who is it climbs to your picture
With a garland of freshly cut tears?

Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay
Take this waltz, take this waltz
Take this waltz it’s been dying for years

There’s an attic where children are playing
Where I’ve got to lie down with you soon
In a dream of Hungarian lanterns
In the mist of some sweet afternoon
And I’ll see what you’ve chained to your sorrow
All your sheep and your lilies of snow

Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay
Take this waltz, take this waltz
With its “I’ll never forget you, you know!”

This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz …
With its very own breath of brandy and death
Dragging its tail in the sea

And I’ll dance with you in Vienna
I’ll be wearing a river’s disguise
The hyacinth wild on my shoulder
My mouth on the dew of your thighs
And I’ll bury my soul in a scrapbook
With the photographs there, and the moss
And I’ll yield to the flood of your beauty
My cheap violin and my cross
And you’ll carry me down on your dancing
To the pools that you lift on your wrist

Oh my love, Oh my love
Take this waltz, take this waltz
It’s yours now. It’s all that there is

{Instrumental}

(Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay)

~ Leonard Cohen

Shades of Life

There are many different shades of life presented by the many experiences and influences brought into our surroundings.

We have one great expectation to grow in our life and to make it better all the time, looking forward to perhaps an unreachable dream. Those who believe in the Divine Creator know that life is fare-most the greatest gift and that life is sealed by the Grace of salvation making us able to live by a still greater expectation of a better world to come. With that hope by the Grace of Salvation we can nurture our personal choice to opt the option of living and enjoy every moment we receive from the Creator. For that life we should be thankful for each blessing in our present life and the other life still to come and hoped for.

In our life where may be the shadow of all those experiences and special moments of life?  The memories which can build up our life and make our book of life a great story-book to accompany us on paths still unknown.
We may not be any more the one we were when we were a child. All those experience , which we liked and did not like, have moulded us in an other child. The innocence of our childhood is gone. But by the years we become softer and perhaps less experimenting, putting much more in perspective.   When older the empty days can be filled with memories.

Life may be going on for no reason, but we can give a lot of reason to our life, and that is what we should do.

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Find also to read:

1. without any reason
2. I have seen the real you
3. Childhood Friend

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Preceding

During Wind and Rain

Our life depending on faith

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Additional reading

1. Looking forward for what is to come
2. Looking for a spiritual new life
3. Matthew 20 It is never too late
4. A Tool to shed light over the qualities in our life 1 Inner feelings
5. Life and an assembly of books

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Related

1. Cheers To Life !
2. Poem #193 we’ve placed burdens and shackles on love.
3. Kindness is free sprinkle it all over every one you meet and smile just because you care 
4. The Story
5. What makes you self-conscious?
6. Where are you going?
7. Elders advice

RAY OF SUNSHINE रश्मि🌿

“Among infinite shades of life, you can’t claim any one shade as The best or The worst. Life is so unpredictable.”

Soulmate life

Walks with me like my shadow Amalgamated life
Time flies likeblink of eyes, though
Unswayed life

Lives in the hope of living and pray
Aspired life
Lost in the memories of yesterday
Ignorant life

Freely savour the present moment
Pithy life
Cherish the future’s golden element
Relentless life

Resonates the music of laughter
Melodious life
Takes the shower of tears
Morose life

Butstillhowbeautiful, yet
Accessiblelife

~Priyamvada

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हमसफ़रजिंदगी

साये की तरह साथ चलती ये
रहगुज़र जिंदगी
मेरे हाथों से छूटता वक्त है फिर भी कितनी
बेअसर जिंदगी

जीने के आस में हरवक्त रहती ये
अग्रसर जिंदगी
कभी कल की याद में खोई हुई ये
बेख़बर जिंदगी

कभी आज को खुल के जीती हुई ये
मुख़्तसर जिंदगी
कल के सुनहरे सपने सजातीे रहती

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Evil wins when the good does not act.

‘Level 4’ is now a concept
The attacks in Brussels on 22 March were nothing short of vile. It was a tragedy, a disaster that everyone experienced as totally reprehensible. Everyone, in their anger and desperation, was looking for words they could not find. At the same time to remain silent or do nothing was not an option. Thousands gathered in squares and other public places. They marched in silence, sang, wrote things down, burned candles or laid down flowers. One did not want to give in but give a clear sign.

This happening between people surpassed us.
When language is not available, we reach out for symbols. A symbol can express without words the indignation, sadness and compassion that lives within us . A symbol is more however than just a ‘sign’.

“The symbols we use are real , in the sense that they work and do not fail their effect“,

wrote Han Fortmann once. A society that is criticised for being individualistic, experienced a kind of renaissance of ‘shared values’ on the 22nd of March in its solidarity with the victims and in its compassion with the families. This rebirth did however not remove the calamity that happened to us.

It put things in a perspective.
If terror seeks destruction and chaos , at the same time it creates its opposites. In tears, but through the madness it mobilised citizens who chanted:

“We are not afraid!”

The rubble of destruction had to make place for defiance, while chaos was immediately transformed into solidarity, togetherness and commitment.

“To cry is the first prophetic deed in human history. Only when we have the capacity to cry with others, in compassion, can we change the culture of death into a culture of life”.

– Hyun Kyung Chung

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Previous articles

Just be yourself…

From Guestwriters 2015 in review

Christians at War? Christians using violence?

Before you blame All Muslims for the terrorist attack in Paris

Paris, in Retrospect

Tears for Belgium

Bruxelles Ma Belle

A darker and stranger place

Il terrorismo è l’urlo di un bambino al buio

Bringers of agony, Trained in Belgium and Syria

A charter for a truly free world and why we need it

Dutch version / Nederlandse versie: Kwaad wint als goed niets doet

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Additional reading

1. A world in denial
2. Christian fundamentalism as dangerous as Muslim fundamentalism
3. Public not informed enough about Jihad terrorism in Belgium
4. Summary for the year 2015 #1 Threat and fear
5. 2015 Human rights
6. Brussels’ Jewish Museum re-opened on Sunday
7. Brussels-born Salah Abdeslam key suspect Paris terrorist attacks
8. Daesh hits heart of Europe
9. A Black day for Belgium – Brussels Airport ravage
10. Knife-trust in democratic sore back
11. Tears for Belgium
12. Reaction from U.S.A. President Barack Obama
13. De getuigen bij Pauw zijn bekende uit dezelfde hoek
14. What Associated Press released on Wednesday 23 March 2016
15. Iranian media implicitly accuse Erdogan to have known of the Bruxelles’s attacks in advance
16. Hard questions
17. Terrorist attacks in brussels
18. Social media, sympathy & shocks
19. Belgian Muslims Refusing to Aid Police in Finding Terrorists
20. Europe unites to defeat terror
21. Silence, devotion, Salafists, quietists, weaponry, bombings, books, writers and terrorists
22. Internet meeting 2016 March 30, Tuesday
23. Is God behind all suffering here on earth

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Further reading

1. Conflict, Attack and Situations That Seem Impossible to Overcome
2. How to face new waves of terrorism
3. Muslim Options in the West
4. Islamic State committing genocide against Yazidis: U.N.
5. Terror
6. U.S. officials say American Muslims do report extremist threats
7. ISIS working to send operatives to the West for further attacks: US spy chief
8. Right-wing homegrown extremism continues to be ignored
9. The Danger Of “Right-Wing Extremists”
10. Because “you can’t handle the truth..”
11. The good the bad and the unsettling
12. “Bad as it is that President Obama refuses to use the words “Islamist terror,” it’s far worse that he’s put blinders on everyone who’s supposed to be keeping America safe”
13. Killing of Two Police Officers in Paris a ‘Terrorist Act’, President Hollande Says
14. French police alerted to possible arrival of extremist fighters
15. In Brussels police arrest 12 ‘plotting to attack during Belgium-Ireland match’
16. Belgian authorities charge 3 in major anti-terror raid
17. What in the world?
18. Citizen With Firearm Stops Muslim Terrorist
19. How To Stop Most Homegrown Terrorists—-Shutdown The FBI Sting Operations | David Stockman’s Contra Corner
20. CIA Chief: ISIS Still a Threat
21. G. Edward Griffin: This Story Could Be the Smoking Gun For All False-Flag Ops :: The Last Great Stand
22. A Week of Terror
23. War on Terror_ Nothing is as it appears to be
24. France will see further terror attacks: PM
25. My terrorists: rich old white guys
26. Countering Jihad
27. Not Islamic terror
28. ISIS killer posts chilling Facebook video after murdering French policeman and wife
29. Crimes and misdemeanors of Pulse shooting
30. Not again!!!!
31. Terrorism too close to home …
32. American Bataclan?
33. Orlando Nightclub Shooting: Questions and Anomalies Surround ‘Worst Mass Shooting in U.S. History’ « Memory Hole
34. How America’s Mass Shooters Now Use Weapons of War | Mother Jones
35. The Orlando massacre: the lies, the exploitation and unasked questions | The Vineyard of the Saker
36. Flawed, Angry, Grief-Stricken – But We Will Not Succumb to Terror
37. French police march silently to honor ISIS attack victims
38. A Distressing Morning
39. The Orlando Morass
40. Orlando suspicions: Multiple shooters, multiple ‘motives’ and a siege that just doesn’t add up | Truth and Shadows
41. Seventy-two killed resisting gun confiscation in Boston! | Fauquier Free Citizen
42. Orlando ‘Known Wolf’ Watched by FBI, Worked with DHS, Amid Crisis Actors, Drills & CI’s
43. City Officials Reportedly Won’t Turnover Fire Code Inspection Records For Pulse Nightclub | LawNewz
44. Orlando attack: Gunman’s ‘struggle with his true sexuality’ could have made him snap
45. Orlando gunman describes himself as ‘Islamic soldier’ in chilling 911 transcripts
46. 19 June 2016. A Foreign Response to Orlando
47. “Gun sales surge among gays, lesbians after Orlando shooting”
48. Did FBI Informants Assist Mateen in the Orlando Shooting?
49. Exploiting the Orlando nightmare
50. Jimm Fallon Addresses Orlando Shootings In ‘Tonight Show’ Monologue
51. Orlando Shooting: Is God Hate or Love?
52. Obama’s cerebral reaction to terror tested in Orlando
53. Pulse Nightclub Shooting Original Tribute Song
54. Threats against Muslims must stop after Orlando attack: US
55. Tens of thousands attend Orlando vigil
56. My Opinion on… Orlando
57. My Thoughts for Orlando
58. Thoughts on the latest terror attack
59. Bubble Explosion: The Orlando Tragedy
60. Man Who Claims To Be Omar Mateen’s Gay Lover Says The Orlando Shooting Was Revenge, Not Terror
61. “Gun sales surge among gays, lesbians after Orlando shooting”
62. Taliban suicide bomber kills at least 14 in Afghan capital
63. Boko Haram Attacks Force 50,000 to Flee Homes
64. Suspected Fulani Herdsmen Attacked Ogun State
65. Millitants Finding their way in Ogun State – Commissioner of Police
66. Taliban suicide bombing kills 14 Nepalese guards in Kabul
67. A theory of attacks?
68. The Outrageous Attack on Conservative Christians After the Orlando Massacre
69. Still Redacted, Still Deceiving
70. Zero tolerance for hate speech, says Shanmugam
71. The eyes of free will
72. #27 – Hatebreed / Madball / Hate Eternal /Terror
73. #75: Coward
74. Conspiracy theorists are harassing the families of women killed in mass shootings
75. Man arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of terrorism
76. November lectures in US: How the Mideast will react to the election
77. 6 troops killed, 14 injured in car bomb attack on Syria border
78. Terror v Trust
79. Sharia and Freedom
80. War and Ignorance
81. Love breeds Love, so does Hate breeds…
82. Does one person have control to stop Every bad thing in the world?
83. Hatred and Division Make Me Sick
84. Capitulo 4 – Indicios

About a human being or not and life

For many the argument against abortion may be in the answer to the question

“Is the foetus a human being or not?”

Rev. Richard C. Eyer, D.Min., who spent twenty years as hospital chaplain counselling, Concordia University Wisconsin, wrote  in his reading for the Lutheran Conference about abortion and the Gospel in 2000

Of all the women I counseled who were considering abortion I never had one tell me she did not believe the foetus within her was a human being. In fact, she would have thought it naive of me that I would even press the point. She would have said, “Of course, it is human, but I don’t want to be pregnant.” {Abortion and the Gospel, 2000}

too many people overlook that those women considering abortion are usually in crisis and that in first instance the crisis needs to be addressed with attempts at healing.

If addressed with compassion and truth spoken gently in the name of Christ who gave himself for desperate sinful men and women, the heart might be won over. Even if not, the path has at least been prepared a way for repentance to follow later. The Church needs to speak boldly against abortion, but more boldly still about the love of Christ for sinners considering and perhaps even participating in abortion. {Abortion and the Gospel, 2000}

writes Rev. Richard C. Eyer.

Not all those who look for abortion are people with a faith life. Lots of them are not having an active religious life, but that does not mean they will not be able to come to such a position that they would like to enjoy worship of God with many others. For them the church has to be ready to receive them with open arms.

Anti-abortion demonstrators taking part in the 5th Paris March for Life (Marche pour la Vie) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

God’s temporary permission of evil has afforded all of us the opportunity to show him what is truly in our hearts. We may see lots of evil in this world and we may encounter lots of things we personally do not like. How we cope with them is very important. Concerning abortion we do see in certain countries pro-life groups which manifest such a lot of hate against those people who want to visit or work in an abortion clinic that we can not call that an exemplary Christian attitude.

It is great to see that there are such people who have their mouth full of Jesus, but we would like to see them also taking on the same attitude as Jesus did. They should better know that Jesus is the Way to life and the Way to God and the way to salvation and God’s Kingdom. Jesus did not come for the good ones in this world alone. He came to bring salvation for all people and certainly was there and is there for those in big need.

Jesus was fully aware that he cannot do anything without his heavenly Father, the Only True God, Who is the One Who decides about the giving and taking of life. We do agree that it is not up to man to decide about life. But man is weak and has a spot on him that makes him fallible.
The God who made the world and all the things in it, being, as He is, Lord of heaven and earth, Lord above all lords, He is the Greatest and Most Almighty of all. Jesus who knew very well that this God is much grater than him and does not dwell in handmade temples, wanted all people come to know his heavenly Father, the God of Abraham. It is He himself Who gives to all people life and breath {+} and all things. This God made out of one every nation of men to live all over the face of the earth, determined their appointed seasons, ordaining prescribed epochs and the limitations of their residence. {Acts 17:26}

Instead of condemning those who are questioning themselves what to do with  that they  feel in their body, the pro-life groups better would talk to them lovingly and show them how God is the Source of life. {Psalm 36:9}

(Psalms 36:9 [CPDV]):  (35:10) For with you is the fountain of life; and within your light, we will see the light.

Not always we do know the reason why those women are faced for such a difficult decision. We do not have to judge them but should have to give them an ear and let them know that there are times in our spiritual experience when human counsel or sympathy, or religious ordinances, fail to comfort or help us, but that we still can try to come into contact with the Only One Who has all the answers. We can show them some answers and guidance God has given mankind to cope with the difficult situations.

Even those with a broken heart shall have to know that there will come a time that the tears they have will dry up and that they shall be able to rejoice again.

(Revelation 7:17 [CPDV]): For the Lamb, who is in the midst of the throne, will rule over them, and he will lead them to the fountains of the waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

All should know that Jehovah views the life of a child as precious even during the very early stages of development after conception.

Psalms 139:13-16 (CPDV): 13  (138:13) For you have possessed my temperament. You have supported me from the womb of my mother. 14  (138:14) I will confess to you, for you have been magnified terribly. Your works are miraculous, as my soul knows exceedingly well. 15  (138:15) My bone, which you have made in secret, has not been hidden from you, and my substance is in accord with the lower parts of the earth. 16  (138:16) Your eyes saw my imperfection, and all this shall be written in your book. Days will be formed, and no one shall be in them.

Not only sees God the imperfection of the unborn baby but also of the bearer of the child. God also sees the heart of the woman with lots of questions and doubts. For her He is there to help if she wants and loves to hear His Voice. God has given man also brains and has also given talents to people. Those talents should be used rightly and in honour of God His creation.

The Pro-life or anti abortionists the same as the one arguing for abortion should also listen to those skilled in the medical field. But we also should know that not always medical opinions are right. It is not bad sometimes to ask an other opinion. We also should question if it would be right to kill a fellow human because that one might harm his fellowman? If at the time of childbirth a choice must be made between the life of the mother and that of the child, it is up to the individuals concerned to make that choice and not to outsiders who often do not know the situation. However, advances in medical procedures in many lands have made this situation very rare.

When ending the presence of the foetus in the mothers womb it is as ending a human life and taking part of God’s creation in own hands. Every human being should be fully aware that anyone taking life a way from a human being could be considered shedding man’s blood.

(Genesis 9:6 [CPDV]): Whoever will shed human blood, his blood will be poured out. For man was indeed made to the image of God.

It is true that the Bible says that every fatal striker of a soul should be slain as a murderer, but it also presents circumstances where there may not take place a killing of that person who took life from somebody else.

Numbers 35:11-15 (CPDV): 11 discern which cities ought to be for the protection of fugitives who have shed blood unwillingly. 12 And when a fugitive is in these, the kinsman of the deceased shall not be able to kill him, until he stands in the sight of the multitude and his case is judged. 13 Then, among those cities which are separated for relief to fugitives, 14 three shall be across the Jordan, and three in the land of Canaan, 15 as much for the sons of Israel as for newcomers and sojourners, so that anyone who has shed blood unwillingly may flee to these places.

Every person is responsible for his or her own body and for those around them. So often today our rights are trampled on by others; many just don’t care what happens to other people or they are very quick to judge the other person and do not mind condemning him or her. Only Jesus has received the authority to judge the living and the dead concerning life. The others who may judge in this world are the judges, which is a profession also instituted by God. As long as Jesus did not return it is their right to bring civil judgement.

People should trust the decisions made by judges who are given latitude to investigate and consider motives and attitude of violators, along with the circumstances surrounding the violation and who are not to oppress the people placed under them, nor widows and orphans, who seem to have no protector, for Jehovah is their fatherly Judge and Protector. (Le 19:33, 34; Ex 22:21; 23:9; De 10:18; 24:17, 18; 27:19; Ps 68:5)

It is good to know for us and for the one who has questions concerning life and abortion that the Bible provides guidelines that can protect us. To receive the benefits, though, we must also accept the responsibilities.’

In the past many mothers have been abandoned by the men who fathered their children. Throughout history we also find many cases of women who were the victim of sexual violence, got pregnant but did not want to loose that life which they felt in them. In the end we also can find women who decided not to have an abortion and were very happy they did make that decision. Others who got an abortion regretted it afterwards.

We always best avoid to have people brought in front of this terrible choice. The best way to do that is by creating an environment where many love the Word of God and are willing to live by Bible standards. In such places we can see that children will have respect for others and that people shall not use their sexual lusts to harm somebody else. In such places where from young age people grow up with the Word of God as guide we shall find more people with respect and genuine love for others. In such communities the husband will really love his wife and children and loyally stay with them and provide for them. (1 Tim. 5:8; Eph. 5:28-31)

 

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Preceding articles:

1. Fruitage of the womb
2. Abortion: The expulsion of an embryo or foetus before it can live on its own
3. The Risk Factors Associated with Abortions
4. Should I Have An Abortion
5. My Choice (by Jezabel Jonson)
6. The Real ‘Choice’
7. “They Told Me What I Wanted To Hear” – Real Abortion Stories
8. The Things We Carry, by Penny
9. Not an easy decision to make
10. Whoopi Goldberg commandments and abortion
11. Stop Burning Rape Survivors at the Stake
12. How to heal after childhood sexual abuse
13. “Til It Happens To You” by Lady Gaga
14. Abortion — Not a Trouble-Free Solution

Next: The Catholic synod on the family and abortion

 

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Additional reading:

1. Youngsters, parents and the search to root in life
2. About lions and babies
3. Westboro Baptist Church and Catholic Truth against Nelson Mandela
4. Always a choice
5. A philosophical error which rejects the body as part of the human person

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 Further reading:

1. The Church of the Inappropriate
2. Watch “The Silent Scream (Full Length)” on YouTube
3. Dr. Ben Carson Opposes Abortions In Cases Of Rape Or Incest
4. Ben Carson compares abortion to slavery
5. Ben Carson Misogynist
6. Ben Carson says women who have had abortions are like “slave owners”
7. Desperate Ben Carson Resorts To Tired Abortion & Slavery Argument In Grab For Votes On Religious Right
8. “Ben Carson: I would ‘love’ to see abortion ruling overturned”
9. Richard Corriere’s “In Their Own Words.” FBI director clashes with Obama
10. Putting on Monday Morning Combat Boots
11. Homo-Lobby comes out in support of child butchering
12. Heaven & Miscarried (+Aborted) Babies Part I
13. Responsibility
14. Lady Bits episode 35: Feminism is a Marathon, Not a Sprint
15. Abortion, Homosexuality, Prostitution: Amnesty International Loses its Way
16. Freakonomics Abortion Chapter
17. He Told Me I Needed To “Get Rid of It” – Real Abortion Stories
18. Hot Topic #3, Abortion!!
19. Ways To Stop Abortion!
20. Random Headlines — 10/25/15
21. Random Headlines — 10/16/15
22. GOP Inbreeding
23. If you want to know what’s ahead for America, look north to Canada
24. trajectories and closed loops
25. “21 Thoughts” by Dr. Jerome Lejeune, the father of modern genetics
26. How America Is Inured to Violence and Immorality
27. The Tree of Life
28. We Need To Change The Way We Deal With Abortion
29. The Problem with Pro-life Politics
31. Mis-shaped fruit is just as good for you
32. Will America listen to this baby’s story?
33. Abortion Rants From A Pro-Abortionist
34. Why I’m Pro-Abortion
35. #ShoutYourAdoption! Pro-lifers fight back against repulsive pro-abort hashtag [pics]
36. How do Pro-Lifers care for the born? Let me count the ways….
37. Abortion Advocacy Is Extremisim
38. The #StandWithPP Roundup: Shutdown Narrowly Averted
39. Court Rules to Keep Clinic Open
40. When Choice Is Not An Option
41. Anti-Abortion Attackers & Protesters of Planned Parenthood Exposed (Resources)
42. I agree with Karl du Fresne… but not in the way you think
43. Forensic Analysis Shows the Real Planned Parenthood Scandal Is the Videos Themselves | The Nation
44. Rep. Elijah Cummings is Ready to FIght for Women
45. Media Release: Politicians Must Act Now
46. Why We Need to Talk About Later Term Abortions
47. 4 November 2014. This Is Why I Oppose ALL “Personhood” Amendments Absolutely and Without Question

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• Unreal: Pelosi promotes abortion and gushes over popes in same interview
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• Psalm 24 version C21st
• Invented Traditions: No, Christianity doesn’t forbid Abortion
• Abortion and forgiveness: what is the Pope really saying?
• Sunday Reflections, Sept. 20: Delight of the World
• Catholic Clerics, Knights Warn Youths Against Abortion
• Peace for Your Soul
• The viability myth
• Joe Biden says ‘life begins at the moment of conception’ – won’t stand up for that life, though

Crying is good for inner self!!

Tears , often at childhood days. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Tears, be it of sadness but also of joy , can come over our cheeks. Often it can be a good thing to led tears have their free run. Often we can’t control them but at times we want to be master over them and would not like others to know something has moved us so much it could bring us to tears.

We should know that at certain moments that flowing water also can be the necessary fluid to give good to our inner strength, making us grow stronger in this world.

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To remember:

• many feelings buried deep within us > resurface > love, hatred, anger, jealous, pain, sadness, kindness
• ways of displaying these feelings like hugging, kissing, spreading smile, holding hands, throwing things, winking, crying..
• Crying = first feeling we feel when we are born
• cry even before realizing we’re crying = very deeply entangled to our soul
• cry > sad + failed + in fear + happy + too much going on
• crying = feel connected to it
• Cry for the sad, the dead, the helpless, the weak. But make sure you are back to yourself again after the moment
• Lighten your heart once in a while

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Additional reading:

1. Fear, struggles, sadness, bad feelings and depression
2. A Glory followed by Despair
3. Materialism, would be life, and aspirations
4. Give your tears to God
5. Depression Is and When
6. Coming Out Of The Bipolar Closet
7. A time for everything
8. The soul has no rainbow if the eyes have no tears
9. Come, walk with me and find rest for your soul
10. Crying and trusting ones do not get disappointed

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• You (It) Will Be Ok (acvoice.com)
  It is impossible to make a list of all the places I’ve cried, not because I’m a huge crier, but because my childhood, like many, was a bathtub of tears. So what follows instead is a list of (sometimes amusing) moments of beautifully necessary crying, followed by a reflection on what these moments might mean:
• Wordy Wednesdays: Cry (winwhileyoung.com)
  It’s OK to cry.Really, who hasn’t cried.Even if you have an eight pack and look like the Terminator with zero emotion, I can almost guarantee you cried as a baby.
• Tears for fears (jeannejennings108.wordpress.com)
  Tears for all these fears,that appear realin one moment

  dissipate as vapor

  in the next.

• Tears (rajasinsight.com)
  Tears run down his grief stricken face
  And land on the ground of that isolated place

  A call out to his father if there were any other way
  The tears on the ground are there to stay

  The grief so heavy his sweat turns to blood
  Tears keep falling the dirt turns to mud

• Cleansing Tears… (stormiesteele.com)
  All things have their place & time – consider what you can do…what you can’t do – then release.The cleansing tears have a season.
• The Storehouse (workforthecausenottheapplause.com)
  The last twenty-four hours has been an infinitely unique dance, the stroke of a pen, some tears and breakthrough. It’s hard to explain how in the middle of your greatest struggles you have a hope that is alive and vivacious and thriving. How the tears can sting as they fall but you are smiling. Believing God is an art, a choice, a step, a motion. You are walking in the darkness following the light. And though the forest is thick with brush, He becomes the walking stick, the guide, the means, the only. It is only through a deep-seated place in your soul that you can learn to love your Jesus more than you love your sin.
• My Mask That Always Smiled (spicyemozione.wordpress.com)
  I was once sad and lonely,
  Having nobody to comfort me,
  So I wore a mask that always smiled;
  To hide my feelings behind a lie.
• 365 Writing Prompts: Happy happy joy joy (sabethville.wordpress.com)
  We cry for lots of reasons:  sadness, pain,fear….. and happiness.When was the last time you shed tears of joy?
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  I am longing to see and  feel the fresh air without covering myself from head to foot, the green grass, trees covered with leaves, birds singing, announcing the end of winter and welcoming the arrival of summer.
• Father (lifeisaferriswheel.wordpress.com)
  The first time i heard my father cry was when i was with him in his office. He owns a restaurant, it doesn’t make a lot of money but it profits enough for us to live comfortably. Or so I thought. We were watching television as we had dinner as usual. He was in his chair when he slowly turned around, and the sniffs began. It took me a few seconds to piece the random bits of conversations between him and my grandmother, but i understood. We were running low on money. I just focused on the television not really watching the show but simply staring at the odd colors.
• Are you sad? (amazingjenni.wordpress.com)
  All emotions have purpose. Sadness isn’t destructive if not prolonged. Sadness isn’t unproductive, as it offers awareness. Telling someone to “cheer up” or “be happy” is so ineffective and patronizing.

 

Smiles here & Smiles there

We have so many feelings buried deep within us. These feelings resurface and to name a few like love, hatred, anger, jealous, pain, sadness, kindness and lots..

We have ways of displaying these feelings like hugging, kissing, spreading smile, holding hands, throwing things, winking, crying..

We all are familiar with all these feelings and at some point or other in life we feel these feelings and act on these in our own unique ways..

Crying is the first feeling we feel when we are born. We cry even before realizing we’re crying and crying is always so very deeply entangled to our soul. One doesn’t cry just because he is sad and failed but also when he’s in fear.. when he’s happy.. when there is too much going on in his life and crying becomes just a passage to lighten his heart and sob for sometime to make the passage…

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Running of good courage, away from the body

“We are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.” (2 Corinthians 5:8 RSV)

“For I am already on the point of being sacrificed; the time of my departure has come.” (2 Timothy 4:6 RSV)

“I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how I am constrained until it is accomplished!” (Luke 12:50 RSV)

“and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then from my flesh I shall see God,” (Job 19:26 RSV)

“15  But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. [Selah] 16 Be not afraid when one becomes rich, when the glory of his house increases.” (Psalms 49:15-16 RSV)

“And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”” (Luke 23:43 RSV)

“Father, I desire that they also, whom thou hast given me, may be with me where I am, to behold my glory which thou hast given me in thy love for me before the foundation of the world.” (John 17:24 RSV)

“And as they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”” (Acts 7:59 RSV)

“Let us, therefore, celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.” (1 Corinthians 5:8 RSV)

“My steps have held fast to thy paths, my feet have not slipped.” (Psalms 17:5 RSV)

“24 Thou dost guide me with thy counsel, and afterward thou wilt receive me to glory. 25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is nothing upon earth that I desire besides thee. 26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.” (Psalms 73:24-26 RSV)

“14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night within his temple; and he who sits upon the throne will shelter them with his presence. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. 17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”” (Revelation 7:14-17 RSV)

“And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord henceforth.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”” (Revelation 14:13 RSV)

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Dutch version / Nederlandse versie: Uitlopen om uit lichaam te wonen

Preceding:

Dark Times and Dry Places

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong

Salvation and Righteousness

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Find also:

1. Those who fear him
2. Jehovah reigns! Let the earth rejoice!
3. Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God
4. As the Lord commanded Moses
5. A race not to swift, nor a battle to the strong
6. Every athlete exercises self control

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Gratitude Quotes # 9

Every moment of the day is good to call onto the Most High. Each moment and certainly when we do feel we are drowning in quicksand are the moments we should know Who we do have to fear and Who we can trust shall come to our help.

 

Purplerays

Do not only go to The Father,
In tears and aching heart,
In fear and doubt,
To prostrate and tremble,
To lament and beg!

Remember also The Father,
With shining eyes and joyful heart,
Confident of His Promises,
To say but a short prayer,
Thank You Lord, Amen!

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Lonely Life

Lonely on the land I walk,
Lonely cross the sea I sail,
Lonely air of beach I stroll –
This lonely life doth take its toll.

Lonely trek of woodland trail,
Lonely mist in haze o’ dawn,
Lonely spies the bird of prey
In lonely circles all astray.

Lonely be the dark of night
When sleep is but a yearning wish,
To dream of sweet companions close,
As wine would pair with diner’s dish.

Lonely do these thoughts me make
That draw my blood of precious life;
Replace with stream of flowing pain
To bless my veins with coursing strife.

Lonely years are now my friends,
Lonely cries bereft of sound,
Lonely tears that cool my face
In lonely life of sullen pace.

Copyright © Mark R Slaughter 2009
All rights reserved

Mark R Slaughter is a biological scientist, who took up poetry to challenge his written skills. In march 2014 ‘Lonely Life’ was recited on the BBC by Mark Benson in the introduction to a documentary on loneliness.

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Depression Is and When

Depression 1

depression is loving someone with nothing in return,
depression is slowly living instead of jumping head first,
depression is acknowledging the mistake but without learning,
depression is not trying, giving into your life’s curse.

depression is cutting and cutting thinking you cant stop,
depression is staying quiet thinking no-one will care,
depression is floating around with the desire to drop,
depression is ignoring the people who always seem to be there.

depression is trying to end the life you’ve been given,
depression is watching other people watch you,
depression is giving up instead of being hard driven,
depression is depression, do you feel it too?

Depression 2

depression
a state of agitated depression
now facing the depression
like a closed session
needing medical attention
making my agitated confession
depression my obsession
depression my only material possession
years of oppression before the recession
see the expression of my depression
depression leaving a facial impression
at it’s own discretion
like a rapper at a rap session
and a singer in a jam session
or a poet at the blog talk radio session
you can’t forget the internal impression
the repossession of my depression
it’s a new life i’m now facing without question

Depression 3

depression is the looks that lie
depression is the tears i cry..

depression is the mistakes
that one person makes..

depression is the sad song
where no one sings along

depression is where i have no friends
depression is the cut that mends..

depression…
just a feeling that gets everyone sad
and maybe to the point where you go mad

but depression is sad but true..
because it is my life without you…

Depression Is

depression is my life without you,
depression is the darkness taking over the light,
depression is the thoughts of suicide
depression is isolation from the outside world
depression is where no one loves me
depression is where i have no friends
depression is where everyone looks at me and rolls there eyes
depression is…….

Depression Is When

depression is when you hate everyone around
depression is when you don’t want to make a sound
depression is when all you want to do is cry
depression is when you feel like you’re dying inside
depression is when your thoughts wonder all the time
depression is when you can’t sleep even though you’re tired
depression is when you don’t want to go on
depression is when you can’t stop shaking outside
depression is when you hide who you are
depression is when you put on a mask to hide what you feel
depression is when you feel weak all the time
depression is when you give in to everything around
depression is when you don’t care what happens anymore

depression is just another day in my life

Depression Makes Me

depression makes me feel pain
depression makes me stupid
depression makes me feel low
depression makes me mad
depression makes me sad
depression makes me forget the world
depression makes me tensed
depression makes me lose self control
depression makes me hate everyone
depression makes me think over and over
depression makes me feel lonely
depression makes me think wild
depression makes me worthless
depression makes me sick
what does depression give me?
when it runs high…
it will make me die – rest in peace…

– Tashi Coote

Depression 6 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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I said God it hurts

I said God it hurts
and God said yes I know

Sexta/Viernes/Friday-Poser-Deus – Dios – God (Photo credit: Caio Basilio)

I said God I cry a lot
God said that’s why I gave you tears

I said God im alone
God said that’s why I gave you loved one’s

I said God im sad
God said that’s why I gave you emotions

I said God im bored
God said that’s why I gave you a life

I said God it hurts
and God responded with I Know

– RiRi S…

RiRi S…  loves writing poems about any topic. Whatever her heart feels she writes down. She has been writing ever since she was in 7th/8th grade.

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  you can make it

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  they meant

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  now I am here, smiling

  because you never gave up on me

  God

• Change Is Gone Come (thebeautywithinhim.wordpress.com)
  There are times when we do not have the pleasure of being in our home and have to dwell outside with the storm at full speed. There’s stituations that are so bad you feel like it is the end. You might not even want to call on God. Well here’s some news. The storm might just be starting, but don’t allow the storm to tell you it’s over. Yeah, it may look spooky and make you want to feel a little depressed but we serve an awesome God. If you have ever walked in rain with glasses, you know the smartest thing to do is to wipe them or take them off so you can see a little better. Take off the worries and the fears you have about the storm. Allow God to be your glasses. He will show you where to go and what you need to get out of the storm. With God nothing is scary.
• Fear (peacefulwife.com)
  I don’t often quote Dr. Phil. But he has a saying, “What I fear, I create.” This is so true!
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  I may be so desperate to try to get my husband to affirm me and build me up that I come across as a black hole and unending pit of need instead of being confident in Christ. I can actually make it much harder for him to love me when I make “feeling loved by my husband” or my husband into the most important thing in my life (an idol).
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  Fear is unbelief in God. Fear is the opposite of faith. We have fear when we are trusting ourselves not God.
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  Fear is not an innocent emotion – it is a theological declaration of what we believe to be true about God and ourselves. It declares to us and everyone around us that we do not trust God, we do not believe God is who He says He is and that we are not claiming God’s victory, power, promises and His Word.
• 6 Ways to Worship God Outside of Church (selahfortoday.wordpress.com)
  God is worthy of worship through the duration of our days. Oftentimes it’s difficult to unravel how this works outside of our church attendance on Sundays. However, God has crafted our souls, designed our world, and granted us every tool necessary to worship him whenever, wherever, and basically, however.
• The Matter Of The Heart (shellykropp.wordpress.com)
  Even with the things that did actually happen to me, I never really acknowledged the sensitivity of my heart. I didn’t realize how much things really affected me. I thought that I was immune to them.It wasn’t until recently that I discovered that my heart was overwhelmed, even hurting. This time though it wasn’t due to watching a movie or a commercial it was due to people. My heart had been collecting hurtful words that were spoken to me and recording the painful actions that others had done to me. I was feeling like I was not valued, not respected, rejected, taken advantage of, not good enough, and not worth the time or effort to be with. My heart was even taking other people’s hurts upon it.  My heart was holding it all in, allowing hurt upon hurt, wound upon wound, to build up on the inside. Pretty soon, I began to notice that I was starting to feel angry at what people had done. Sometimes, I even felt bitter. Thus, the struggle had begun. I knew that it wasn’t right to be feeling this way. I was supposed to be loving people and I didn’t want to. I thought if I don’t deal with this I am going to be in a world of hurt.
• Attempting to answer a difficult question (triggermanblog.wordpress.com)
  While some emotion may be referenced, it doesn’t control the argument, but is informed by the argument. They also avoid hypocritical points: they don’t take the other’s position while, at the same time tearing it down. Arguments attempt to capture the idea of one point while not misrepresenting the other’s point.
  Often, especially in those arguments where the God of Christianity, the God of the Bible are called into question, all of those objectives of good, logical argumentation get tossed out by one side in order to launch an attack.