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Romans 12:19 Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath of God: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord. There are several things that make me wroth. Nothing beats the King James for hard and precise words. Biblical whiskey versus The Message spritzers. Confederate Flags on trucks/cars/tee-shirts and the idiocy of those who defend Southern slavery vis-à-vis "States Rights," "Northern War of Aggression,"  and all that pernicious propaganda. I have heard more than one present day hard-core Southern Presbyterian--the historical theological defenders of American slavery--still say this in the 21st century, as do their less erudite redneck half-cousins. Calvinism has a lot to answer for in its defense of the indefensible. Slavery unleashed a scourge upon the land that is still not yet been stopped. A legacy of the divided mind and soul of Thomas Jefferson--that great Humanist who had his slaves co

I was driving back from an Oktoberfest Party last night listening to The Beatle's One Album CD --all of their # 1 hits. "Let It Be" is later in the tracks. The songs go chronologically historically. Let It Be was written by Paul McCartney when The Beatles were on the cusp of breaking-up. The jaws of Beatlemania has taken a lot out of the boys. It is hard to be idols and not fragment under the adulation. When people want fame and fortune and fail, there is regret. Odd that when an individual or entity gets Fame and Fortune, there is also regret. Perhaps even worse, because of the hope that was placed on it and then found wanting. Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin ‎ If my life was a series of song tracks, my CD is probably about 3/4's through. Turning 50 on Friday, October 11 reminds me that my life on this Earth is spinning down as it plays. I am not sad about it. Time is not in my hands but in God's. Trying to control the uncontrollable makes one inconsolable. I