JFlah's Blunders

Passed out last night - always wondered what that would feel like. I never want to do that again. It wasn't much fun. My parents came and picked me up - took me to the "ER". I got my first EKG and now am toting around one of those annoying ECG machines. Thankfully, I only have to wear it for 24 hours. The doctor told me to take it super easy for the next three days. I'm glad that most of the crazy busy stuff at work happened last week. While we were there, I sent a text to my boss that told him I was in the "er". My parents and I laughed about it. It's like the land of Ur but... not. Guess you had to be there, huh? I've got a few bruises but I think things are fine. I'm finally starting to feel like myself again. I still have no idea what happened or what caused that spell and pray that I never have another. It really took it out of me. After it kinda passed and I managed to get back into the bed, I thought how rough that would be on my fam...

You know, for years I’ve prayed that God would increase my faith and help me trust Him more each day. I just realized He’s doing it! When I moved back here from Vidalia and through everything – my heart getting broken for the first time, losing that job I moved back for, breaking my leg, being unemployed, all that struggle to make ends meet while continuing to work as if God was my “boss”… Well, quite often in the last several months I have been noticing more and more how much God’s been taking care of me in “little” ways. Like, I will have absolutely nothing edible in the house and someone will ask me to dinner, pick up the tab for lunch or whatever. And when I thought the clothes I had were about to absolutely fall apart, God sent some nice hand-me-down clothes that have a lot of wear left in them. He’s been encouraging me through it all. No matter how lonely I feel, I know that He is with me no matter what and somehow knowing that helps me endure. And, this last week God granted m...

I’ve been reading a lot and noticing some stuff here lately. You’re probably wondering what kind of “stuff” I’m talking about. Well, I’m writing about how eastern philosophy has infiltrated American society. Hollywood is full of movies that tout that humans are basically good and that if they try hard enough they can do anything they want, even be their own god. It’s the idea that nearly every Disney movie I’ve seen is saturated with and is why those movies bother me. What’ve I been reading that’s stirred me up? It’s a few books by Ray Yungen. The one I’m reading now is called A Time of Departing . And I read Warren Smith’s autobiography, The Light that was Dark in conjunction with the Yungen books. They’re all quick reads – maybe because they’re so interesting. But I’ve been noticing the “New Age” themes in movies and such for years, but now that stuff has a name and I know exactly what it is and where it is coming from. It’s more than a little disturbing when I start considering a...