I think y'all missed Amy's point, she was done blazing away on Jazz. She's taken the 2x4 to him a few times now and that last post wasn't a 2x4 but much larger lumber, maybe an 8x8? At some point she's going to explode on him like this board had never seen. Why, to finally get him to pull that head out of said @ss. For whatever reason he seems to insert it every couple of weeks.
Amy, I hope I am right, you are too good of an asset on this board to leave now. You are an inspiration to others and I suspect you get so much from others too. You all too often have been the exceptional voice of reason when we temporarily loose our minds.
So I'm not sure if I should be happy or sad that you've pretty much always treated me with kid gloves. Sure you've toss a nugget or two my way but I sometimes wonder if I could have used an @ss whipping by you like you've done to poor ole confused Jazz. That said you pretty much called me on the carpet one time over my constant stupid backsliding with R talk. I finally got the message but not from you, from my wife. Now I hope it isn't too late as I suspect she's renewed her email chat with OM in the last week. If so I have only myself to blame and you warned me too.
If we really want to love, we must learn how to forgive. - Mother Theresa
Did you know that the word in our bibles that was translated to "meek" literally meant "teachable"?
And thus, those who are teachable shall inherit the earth.
Further, there actually was no word in the original text that translated to "shall". It was put in as a filler for our "understanding". Thus, it's not something that is to come, but rather something we already possess if we are teachable.
It makes more sense in this scripture though:
You (shall) know the truth and the truth (shall) set(s) you free.
Amy, I was thinking about why I would miss you so much. I think it is because you show the a wife who is to the point of 'hating' her husband, and treating him, uhhhhh, not really nicely, can come back. Mine isn't near as far gone as you were, but a lot of what you wrote sounded familiar, and it scares the crap out of me. So seeing that you came out of it the way you did really give me some hope. Plus, you are always full of good advice, handy 2x4's and even a bit of twisted humor at times. Stick with us, please!