Red pepper can cause nightmares, and it does in me. So I avoid it everywhere. Lately, I’ve been having nightmares again. I suspect that the producers of the cayenne pepper, which we use a good deal of, have laced the product with the red pepper, which appears to be cheaper, as a filler.
That’s my theory, anyway. Not sure what else it might be. Unless I need to visit a psiquiatrist.
¶ I figured on waiting at least a week before submitting Ye Personal Blog to those cool blog aggregators, if any of them will accept mine. One never knows. Whether they do or not, writing will continue for my benefit.
¶ The minute you say “do church,” you lose me. It’s an unbiblical phrase hiding an unbiblical approach.
¶ God is good. We say it, but do we mean it? When we feel sad because of a present situation ─ regardless of how profound our affliction, we ought rather to give thanks to God for his great goodness toward us. I’m speaking to self here.
¶ A friend says a text I wrote (in Portuguese) which uses irony would not be understood. Apparently, people don’t know how to read nowadays. Friend said that they would read the irony as if it were a direct affirmation. I guess I’ll change it, then. Paciência …
¶ F.F. Bruce is always good for a reread, today it’s his Defense of the Gospel in the NT. Grok did not find an translation of it in Portuguese. Most everything I’ve read by him is fine work. For the most part, he is (biblically) based.
¶ An original verse:
So many forces in this world can’t be controlled;
To dare to use them is foolish ambition, not bold.
¶ Today’s Bible verse, for the Final Word, Proverbios 17.14:
To start a conflict is to release a flood; stop the dispute before it breaks out. (CSB)