I was considering a variety of ballot proposals that have passed in a number of states in the last few elections, and I noticed the common theme of a smaller group getting the votes despite the larger population not being on their side.
The larger population was not necessarily against their side either. But a minority of people wanted something, and it passed, and thus became the law of the land.
Modern democracy caters to the squeaky wheel. And it is due to a lack of moral authority in individual people.
This wasn’t the case in the good old days (not going to get into specific timeframes). People back then knew right from wrong. Maybe they didn’t agree with other people on what right and wrong was, but they had their stance on topics.
People these days are less firm on what is right and wrong, and are more willing to let other people do their thing. So a strong-willed minority that is pushing an issue can get it passed, because the majority of people will take the attitude of “hey, if that’s their thing then who am I to tell them no?”
And so something passes and becomes law even if most people don’t agree with it, because they don’t want to take a stand on what’s good for society or what’s morally right.
I’m not saying you have to care about every issue, but I’m saying do be informed about the ballot proposals to know if you should take a stand on them. All that is needed for evil to flourish is for good people to do nothing, and not vote.
but examine everything; hold firmly to that which is good,
1 Thessalonians 5:21
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Being a University of Michigan fan whose kid enrolls at Michigan State is like the situation in the Sound of Music. In the picture below, MSU people are like Herr Zeller and I’m like Max Detweiler. They are zealous for their cause and I don’t really care for it, but I don’t want to upset them so I give a half-hearted reply.
I think in the movie it was actually Rolf that gave the Nazi greeting that Max Detweiler somewhat returned, but Herr Zeller looks more appropriate for this image.
“How long will you say these things, And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
Job 8:2
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I’ve mentioned people leaving bad reviews before. Not reviews with a bad rating of the product, but the review itself was poorly done. Here’s a previous example of how to write reviews.
But I was looking at something on the Home Depot website and of all the reviews, this one had me shaking my head. For the most part, people who are bad at reviewing things don’t know it. I think they mean well but are clueless as to the uselessness of their review.
This guy, however, was not clueless. He just straight out admitted he shouldn’t be leaving a review. But yet he still left one. I can only guess he was either being blackmailed or threatened with violence that he had to leave a review right then. Or maybe he got some kickback for leaving a 5-star review and that was the last day the kickback would be available.
He counts the number of the stars; He gives names to all of them.
Psalm 147:4
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I was behind a Honda Element at a stoplight last week, and I was mildly amused by its license plate
Here is what I saw:
And here it is zoomed in a slightly enhanced:
So there you have it – the elements are Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, and Honda.
Not love, despite what that movie tried to claim.
looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat!
2 Peter 3:12
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When the boys get to high school age, we give them their own laundry basket and tell them they’re responsible for their own laundry. So we have only one child left who throws his dirty laundry in our hamper.
It makes it much easier to sort now, before that I had to check if this shirt was Gamma’s or Delta’s.
And socks. Socks were the worst because there aren’t sizes to go from like the shirts and shorts.
But sorting is easy now – my wife’s stuff is pretty distinct compared to mine and Delta’s. And I know which clothes are mine, so anything left goes in Delta’s pile.
Until…
We were at Costco and someone remembered that Delta needed new socks. Well, he had seen my Weatherproof socks and felt them and they were comfortable so he asked for those.
I was against it – I thought he should get a set of socks that were unique to him. But I lost that one and he got a set of socks that matched mine.
I thought I would be able to tell his socks apart from mine because his would be newer and wouldn’t be getting threadbare in the heel and ball-of-the-foot areas.
Not all my pairs of socks were worn enough for that to be foolproof. But I did find a foolproof method.
He takes his socks of by peeling them off, so they’re always inside out in the laundry. I always takes mine off by sliding them, so that they don’t go inside out and that saves me work later because I don’t have to turn them back inside in.
So now it’s simple – any socks in the basket that are inside out go into his pile, and any that are outside out go in my pile. Hasn’t failed me yet.
Then He said, “Put your hand inside the fold of your robe again.” So he put his hand into the fold again, and when he took it out of the fold, behold, it was restored like the rest of his flesh.
Exodus 4:7
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Here is a very poor resolution timelapse of a robin’s nest.
April 16:
April 16:
May 2:
May 8:
May 14:
For those who are keeping track, this is very similar to the post I wrote 9 years ago about a robin who made a nest over our front door.
And now I have a sample size of two for how long it takes robin eggs to hatch and the birds to grow up – still 2 weeks from hatching to flying away.
Meanwhile, the dove who made a nest in our gutter has been sitting on her eggs for this whole time, about 5 weeks now. I might have to break the news to her that her eggs are bad and will never hatch. The gutter was a bad choice, because every time it rained, the eggs were sitting in cold water, which I’m sure was the reason for their demise.
If you happen to come upon a bird’s nest along the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs in it, and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young;
Deuteronomy 22:6
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It seems that using the name of Wish on anything will from now indicate low quality.
At first there was wish.com, and it has become synonymous with cheap things. For example, when people wanted to mock the new gateway sign to Detroit along I-94, they wondered if the city bought it on Wish.
But then last week my son wanted to watch a movie and we saw that the Wish movie was on Disney+ so we decided to watch “the new Disney movie”.
It was the wish.com version of a Disney movie.
The plot and characters were boring, there was no princess, the songs were extremely forgettable, etc.
Spoiler Alert
And the main premise of the movie is a re-hashing of the theologically-incorrect assertions of Carl Sagan that we’re all connected to each other through the stars.
Although I suppose I wouldn’t recommend Disney movies in general for theology.
End Spoiler Alert
Long story short: don’t bother watching the Wish movie. So many other better options.
Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living person.
Genesis 2:7
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This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
