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Acts 7:55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God. In the verses to follow, stones fall down upon Stephen for crime of blasphemy, believing that Jesus is God. Humanity wants to be God but then when God became man, (a reversal of the order of the Fall) it ignited a fury untold.  Stephen asks Jesus to receive his spirit and prays for his enemies and then dies.   Stones fall in a world governed by gravity. Gravity puts a downward pressure on everything physical on earth. Recently, I have had a spate of back spasms from lifting weights on an old bench. I have two weight benches and one of them has a barbell stand. That is the one whose backing is not broad enough for my EXLT2 frame (Extra Long Tall Body 2x). In trying to recuperate my inflamed right elbow, I went back to lifting with the barbell rather than the dumbbells, which necessitated that I switch benches. But, ...

I was hanging out with some old friends on Memorial Day. Earlier in the day, I was feeling sorry for myself because I had no plans to hang-out anywhere. I was to have been at my buddy's cabin mountain-biking but then he got a bad cold and had to cancel. We ride hard and he was at a low ebb. So, when I got the text invite to the Memorial Day party, I was happy. I almost didn't go, though...I think earlier in the day I was just enjoying feeling sorry for myself. I had got some bad news earlier in the weekend that we weighing on me but I was also sucking on it like a mint, enjoying the sting I suppose. Earlier in the day, I had prayed that God give me something to do...and when he did, I almost didn't go. I decided that it would not be a good thing to pray one way and then do another. The party was great. Good food, brew, and friends. Not too large nor small. Just right. Goldilocks would have been pleased. As the night descended, a bonfire was lit. The host husband thr...