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Prompt: "The prompt for Thursday, October 15, 2020 We will continue with the next verse in Proverbs chapter 1, Avoid Bad Company. Proverbs 1:11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: What does this mean to you? Dianne Lazy Writer Trying to turn "Lazy" into "Busy"!" Today's prompt is a warning not to go out looking for trouble because we will find it. The enemy Satan prowls around like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour," I Peter 5:8. If we go looking for trouble, he'll provide plenty of mischiefs to get into. We are to love others and treat them as we would want them to treat us. Not many of us want to be used, robbed, and hurt. If we don't want it then don't do it to others. I was traveling the galaxy with Buck Rogers and found this planet:
How do you see earth? I see Earth as a doomed planet. It won't happen in my lifetime, but eventually, machines will take over. I have expected that for a long time. When artificial intelligence figures out that we are obsolete we're done. Listen to the song or read the lyrics and discuss what you think the meaning of the song is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt2mbGP6vFI&feature=emb_rel_pause I think we've all had moments like Collins is talking about. They are those moments when you just know something is about to happen. The air around you is just thick with power and you know deep in your heart that something is about to give way and the next shoe is dropping. I think that's what Phil is talking about. "Prompt: Would you rather write poems, short stories or news items?" I have written all the above so I have no preference. If I want readers though I would suggest writing the news. I wrote for a blog once called Logospost International. It was an online Christian news source that basically wrote nothing but the facts. We did not add "expert opinions" to it so we were unable to keep the advertisers we needed and had to close. At one point my readership approached 20 Million people. I enjoyed it immensely. |