Chris' Christian Blog

August 13, 2020

I was cruising the galaxy and found this planet: (223)

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OLD FRIENDS  (E) A poem dedicated to my old friends here at WDC #2167422 by Monty

I wish once more to find the friends that I miss so. Use this line in your Blog entry today.

I know exactly what the author means. I had a lot of friends on WDC and lost track of them. They get busy and we get busy and our paths just go separate ways. That's why I like these groups. You grow fond of people and these blog groups allow you to develop a camaraderie with them and hear from them every day. I am a people person and this allows me to get involved in people's lives.

I was at the administration office here at the West Virginia Veteran's Home today standing in the line to get my mail. The administrator of the facility was talking to some of us and told us that West Virginia Governor Jim Justice has officially once again put all nursing homes in the state of WV on quarantine status. We are not considered a nursing home. We are a domicile for veterans so we avoided the punch for the time being. However, with the increase in COVID-19 cases it is only a matter of time. The prompt for today then is "How do we continue to trust God during times as these? How can we learn to continue praising him?

For me this wasn't easy. I knew I should always be praising God and I wanted to be praising Him. I just felt so miserable and angry at the world that I didn't have any praise for Him except the fleeting few minutes I was having fun in church. Then I began dealing with the issues that made me angry to begin with. I confronted them head on. I began to see that through it all God had been there for me, protecting me from death. Yes. I was harmed badly quite a few times but I always survived and always recovered. Those survivals were miracles. They taught me to trust God no matter what. I think COVID-19 is going to teach those willing to trust God even more.

I don't know about you but I'm needing some quiet time, we've been with a lot of people. There are many things available for you to explore. Discuss what works for you.

"This prompt is for both 30 day and BCoF groups. So it will count if you have discussed different things in each post. EX. say in 30 day you discussed yoga and wellness treatment.For it to content you will need to discuss something different like maybe exploring the tibetan massage therapy and art classes or cooking classes.

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I don't have anything to add today. The terrain looks beautiful but I'll never be there in this life time.

"Prompt: Every story has an ending. Every ending has a new beginning. As writers, do you agree with this statement?"

I would agree with that. Even death is a new beginning. For Christians it is a beginning of an eternity with God. For non-believers it is the beginning of eternal separation from God. For those left behind it is the beginning of a life without the lost. Each day is a new beginning. So yes, I would agree.