I am not a religious person, but I heard an English preacher give a sermon back in the early 80's, and I will never forget it.
His message was based on scripture, but not on something you would expect, rather on an event descriptor.
The message was on "It came to pass". When he first started, I mentally rolled my eyes expecting to hear some lame, but hopefully entertaining skewed piece of potential heresy. What he delivered was some of the most sound common sense I have ever heard from a pulpit.
Here is, verbatim, the opening of his sermon.
"And it came to pass. Thank God, it didn't come to stay, rather it came to pass."
That simple concept is so hard to embrace when you are in pain, yet the truth of it is incredibly conspicuous. I hope that you can remind yourself during the worst parts of your pain, that it isn't forever, that indeed, it came to pass...
-NOPkins-
I will ferret out an affair at any opportunity.
-An affair is the embodiment of entitlement, fueled by resentment and lack of respect. -An infidel will remain unreachable so long as their sense of entitlement exceeds their ability to reason.
