I have probably never been so disappointed in another human being than I am right now feeling towards Timothy. I have learned a great deal from the Runaway Bride about what all went on, which has brought her to where she is today. And it seems Timothy bears more than just a bit of blame.
I still am not sure as to why RB is here, other than she is an emotional and mental mess. What I can say for her new husband is that he is almost a spitting image of husband number one, whom is now also a friend of hers on FaceBook - my kids tell me. Don't worry, it gets more confusing as we go along!
Now, Timothy back in 2009 had been living with RB and her first husband for some period of time. Probably not a great idea, since they were still newlyweds and needed some space in which to define themselves as a couple. He told me he was in Oregon back then..... So weirdness number 1 (he lied to me, why?). At some point in early 2010 he crossed swords with the husband and had to leave or was thrown out - weirdness number 2, as I can get no definition as to what went on.
This now brings us to my first knowledge of this - when she called me and told me what was up in 2010 and asked what to do. She had planned a trip with her mother to Israel so I told her to see if a little separation could help the two of them get their lives back in order (that would be the month apart I am thinking!). Timothy now gets her father, goes back and moves her out of the apartment, apparently with no one telling husband this was coming. So he was a bit blindsided. But, my father died and I was then in Colorado and very busy so could not catchup with what was going on. She came to Wenatchee, after Israel, as coincidentally did Timothy, and I was still in Colorado dealing with father's financial disaster!
So in steps Timothy, whom now convinces her to divorce her husband, then funds her divorce in May, picks her up at my home in Wenatchee and takes her to Ohio to deliver her to internet love interest. You might remember my outrage back then! Then Timothy moves to Indiana and I knew we had a problem - I just did not know how large of one!
So, it seems that Timothy, somehow in his mind. decided he was the perfect one for RB and quietly seems to have orchestrated this entire SOAP OPERA in order to have RB (whom is young enough to be his daughter) for himself! And in March was given the heave-ho by RB because she figured this all out! Yeah, no one likes being used. So, she married internet love interest (probably to permanently keep Timothy away) and now I think is regretting it. DUH!
Now how to get her to understand that God takes marriage very seriously and she really needs to get her spiritual house in order - while at the same time not alienating her.....?
Timothy's Sin has beget Sin now in RB's life, and I must believe in first husband's life as well. I greatly fear for Timothy as God takes a mighty dim view of what he has done. For what I know of Timothy, God will have to plan a smack down in order to get Timothy's attention. I guess that will be the point at which a teaching moment will occur and I will have to be prepared.
Scripturally, Timothy is toast - guilty not only of his own adultery - but RB's and her ex-husband's!, RB is toast because she knows her Bible and is in adultery, and first husband is now free to marry since his runaway bride has now remarried. For him I pray the best, he is still a young Christian still attending church and still in a relationship with RB's family. Probably just glad he found out what his wife was like early in their marriage..... (Okay, so I can relate with him because I had a runaway bride in my life as well!)
But my goal in all of this is to get that young lady to get her head on straight! And maybe not like the situation she is in but understand that for better or worse she is going to have to live with less than she had before.
Oh, but dear reader, the saga is far from over as now my church has found itself drawn into this controversy - as I will tell you about next time.....
Monday, August 8, 2011
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Musical Saturday Morning
Yes, it is that time again for another 1980's musical video!
This time the selection I will have to blame on Middle Daughter, whom very much is into the weird and techno. This one is about as stomach-able as any of her music is!
Visage is one of those one hit wonder groups - get your 5 seconds of fame and disappear from the world scene. I have no doubt they are still playing in France and Algeria. If anything this video shows that the French should not be allowed to dress themselves, make videos or write music.
Fade To Gray by Visage....
(broken link fixed!)
This time the selection I will have to blame on Middle Daughter, whom very much is into the weird and techno. This one is about as stomach-able as any of her music is!
Visage is one of those one hit wonder groups - get your 5 seconds of fame and disappear from the world scene. I have no doubt they are still playing in France and Algeria. If anything this video shows that the French should not be allowed to dress themselves, make videos or write music.
Fade To Gray by Visage....
(broken link fixed!)
Friday, August 5, 2011
No Past, No Future
Managed to squeeze in the last rendition of the Time Machine this week. It was nowhere the movie that the 1960s (?) version was - which I still have not found amongst my boxes! But, it was an okay movie - it just has no real strong points to it. What I liked about the earlier version was the scientist returning and taking five books with him back into the future. The obvious question being - which five would you take? Hint: I doubt Mein Kampf or Karl Marx would have been found in that group.....
But, there was one actually good line in the movie that I do not remember from the book or the old version: "Having no appreciation of their past, they had no interest in their future....."
Yeah an interesting line in an age when history has no known relevance to what is happening today or tomorrow - because no one actually has bothered to understand in this generation that history is an accurate predictor of the future. Don't know your past? You will honestly believe that the future truly is random..... It doesn't take a genius to know this one!
So, I thought about Jesus versus the establishment. He told them what was going to happen (Matthew 12:39), he told them to know their history so they could understand, and they not only did not understand their history, nor what He told them, they killed him just to prove His point! And then could not connect the dots.
Eventually, I think enough people did because when Trajan attacked - the Jewish Christians fled the walls of Jerusalem - per Josephius. Yeah, they knew their Matthew writings by then it seems.
And what of this generation? I have heard some mighty interesting conversations this week where people have completely confused their history. No these are not teenagers! These are adults not sure where WWI was fought, much less that the Civil War was not about slavery and no treaty was signed in Versailles concerning it! More woeful, was not even knowing Kuwait was a country attacked by Iraq and we counter attacked for Saudi Arabia at their request.
So, this generation will not know or understand what happened in the Falkland Islands or Grenada and have learned any lessons from it. They do understand the Yom Kippur war and what caused it - other than Jewish aggression! The Cold War means nothing, the deaths of 100,000,000 in the last century means even less - it has not happened in this generations timeline! So, I guess it must not be important since J Lo was not involved!
Yup, western culture is ripe for destruction - we have earned it.
Just as a sort of doomsday reading material list: put away a copy of the Bible with Matthew 24 book marked, a copy of Julius Ceasar's Wars, Backpacking One Step At A Time and the FoxFire series of books. You just might want something useful to read while civilization crumbles. But, then again, if your knowledge of the world comes from Us or People, then perhaps the lack of pictures will put you to sleep.....
But, there was one actually good line in the movie that I do not remember from the book or the old version: "Having no appreciation of their past, they had no interest in their future....."
Yeah an interesting line in an age when history has no known relevance to what is happening today or tomorrow - because no one actually has bothered to understand in this generation that history is an accurate predictor of the future. Don't know your past? You will honestly believe that the future truly is random..... It doesn't take a genius to know this one!
So, I thought about Jesus versus the establishment. He told them what was going to happen (Matthew 12:39), he told them to know their history so they could understand, and they not only did not understand their history, nor what He told them, they killed him just to prove His point! And then could not connect the dots.
Eventually, I think enough people did because when Trajan attacked - the Jewish Christians fled the walls of Jerusalem - per Josephius. Yeah, they knew their Matthew writings by then it seems.
And what of this generation? I have heard some mighty interesting conversations this week where people have completely confused their history. No these are not teenagers! These are adults not sure where WWI was fought, much less that the Civil War was not about slavery and no treaty was signed in Versailles concerning it! More woeful, was not even knowing Kuwait was a country attacked by Iraq and we counter attacked for Saudi Arabia at their request.
So, this generation will not know or understand what happened in the Falkland Islands or Grenada and have learned any lessons from it. They do understand the Yom Kippur war and what caused it - other than Jewish aggression! The Cold War means nothing, the deaths of 100,000,000 in the last century means even less - it has not happened in this generations timeline! So, I guess it must not be important since J Lo was not involved!
Yup, western culture is ripe for destruction - we have earned it.
Just as a sort of doomsday reading material list: put away a copy of the Bible with Matthew 24 book marked, a copy of Julius Ceasar's Wars, Backpacking One Step At A Time and the FoxFire series of books. You just might want something useful to read while civilization crumbles. But, then again, if your knowledge of the world comes from Us or People, then perhaps the lack of pictures will put you to sleep.....
Limitless
Yesterday I managed to have a free evening to myself so got to kick back watch Limitless. A new film probably funded by the Colombian drug cartels. You might be surprised to know that I found this to be an interesting film and entertaining - much in the same way that Blow or Falcon and the Snowman were fascinating movies.
Then you would also be surprised to know that I find this film completely offensive! But not for the reason you are probably thinking.....
My problem with this movie is that here we have an illegal drug which causes you to be able to use more of your brain (bet the military would love that one!). Of course, it has its side effects - like death. But, hey, life is so much better with it that it is worth the risk. Right?
And, here is the big problem - our main character is the only whom is able to control the usage of the drug and get himself off - with only good benefits in having done so! Hence, youth already are seeing this film from the viewpoint of: drugs are bad and illegal, but if they help you then it is okay and worth the risk. And just because they kill people I know, it WILL NOT happen to me......
Are you catching this? Their youthful ignorance is being preyed upon to let them think that they too can be just like our hero of the film. Doubt me? Well, just sit back and watch the addiction and death statistics with me for the next year.
Any bets been placed.....?
Then you would also be surprised to know that I find this film completely offensive! But not for the reason you are probably thinking.....
My problem with this movie is that here we have an illegal drug which causes you to be able to use more of your brain (bet the military would love that one!). Of course, it has its side effects - like death. But, hey, life is so much better with it that it is worth the risk. Right?
And, here is the big problem - our main character is the only whom is able to control the usage of the drug and get himself off - with only good benefits in having done so! Hence, youth already are seeing this film from the viewpoint of: drugs are bad and illegal, but if they help you then it is okay and worth the risk. And just because they kill people I know, it WILL NOT happen to me......
Are you catching this? Their youthful ignorance is being preyed upon to let them think that they too can be just like our hero of the film. Doubt me? Well, just sit back and watch the addiction and death statistics with me for the next year.
Any bets been placed.....?
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Conflicted Bride
I was stunned on Sunday when last year's Faithless Bride, whom just remarried a few weeks ago - shows up back in my life! What the heck?!?!?!?!?
This week is already complicated enough and honestly I am not the one to come to when you are, uhm, conflicted..... Especially when I have my 13 year old niece staying with me! Long story there, but my lawyer and his wife are family to me, so niece gets a small American town visit. And she gets a young lady whom I can guess is a bit mentally disturbed these days.
Conflicted Bride knows her choices have been in the face of God, and her family, across these past two years. She knows God has a standard she is being held to. She knows she will not be held to that standard. But..... God does not work that way. She is called by His name and she is a representative, whether she wants to be or not, and God will/is judging her accordingly. How I tremble when I see someone under judgement!
Where will all of this end? I don't know. She is only here for two weeks and then goes back - to husband? Some other guy she met on the internet? I really do not know but my heart just aches to remember the young girl through the young lady I saw in my house for so many years - ended up has she has.....
Nothing has to be this way .....
This week is already complicated enough and honestly I am not the one to come to when you are, uhm, conflicted..... Especially when I have my 13 year old niece staying with me! Long story there, but my lawyer and his wife are family to me, so niece gets a small American town visit. And she gets a young lady whom I can guess is a bit mentally disturbed these days.
Conflicted Bride knows her choices have been in the face of God, and her family, across these past two years. She knows God has a standard she is being held to. She knows she will not be held to that standard. But..... God does not work that way. She is called by His name and she is a representative, whether she wants to be or not, and God will/is judging her accordingly. How I tremble when I see someone under judgement!
Where will all of this end? I don't know. She is only here for two weeks and then goes back - to husband? Some other guy she met on the internet? I really do not know but my heart just aches to remember the young girl through the young lady I saw in my house for so many years - ended up has she has.....
Nothing has to be this way .....
First Dates
I know I have mentioned in the past first dates I have observed, especially the train wrecks I can observe in progress!
So, I am at an Italian restaurant and absentmindedly was at first listening to the conversations around me.
At interesting Table 1, was a conversation about Europe and travels there. Sort of interesting. But, then I grew up there and been there, done that! But, still it is interesting to hear other's opinions......
Table 2, was the most fascinating. Obviously, they met online and were completely incompatible! I have to admit it was better than watching a TV soap - since after all it is real life!
Back to T1, a discussion over German mentality versus French. I think their information was based on Rick Steve's - uhm, ideas.
Over at T2, train wreck almost instantly - she is now talking about her father's pickup truck. Think color, options, 4x4, upholstery, etc.
T1 has now decided they like the French better since Germans are stand-offish! But, they stumble on the question of Spain versus Italy. Of course, Italian waitress comes over to help them understand that the Italians are the most friendly of all Europeans nations.
T2 the guy is desperately trying to get past the whole size of the gas tank discussion, can he succeed and get her on to four wheel adventures?
T1, couple now agrees that they need to visit Italy.
T2, guy shifts gears to a book she has written! Oh yeah that is why her face is familiar, I didn't realize she was local. Guy continues to gush.
T1, it turns out that they have decided to visit Italy separately and are discussing dates so that they can avoid one another. I didn't have the heart to tell them it is a big country and easy to miss people in!
Back to T2, girl has again taken over the conversation and shut down the guy. But, he is completely obvious to her rejection.
Train wrecks just a blast to watch and not be a casualty from.....
So, I am at an Italian restaurant and absentmindedly was at first listening to the conversations around me.
At interesting Table 1, was a conversation about Europe and travels there. Sort of interesting. But, then I grew up there and been there, done that! But, still it is interesting to hear other's opinions......
Table 2, was the most fascinating. Obviously, they met online and were completely incompatible! I have to admit it was better than watching a TV soap - since after all it is real life!
Back to T1, a discussion over German mentality versus French. I think their information was based on Rick Steve's - uhm, ideas.
Over at T2, train wreck almost instantly - she is now talking about her father's pickup truck. Think color, options, 4x4, upholstery, etc.
T1 has now decided they like the French better since Germans are stand-offish! But, they stumble on the question of Spain versus Italy. Of course, Italian waitress comes over to help them understand that the Italians are the most friendly of all Europeans nations.
T2 the guy is desperately trying to get past the whole size of the gas tank discussion, can he succeed and get her on to four wheel adventures?
T1, couple now agrees that they need to visit Italy.
T2, guy shifts gears to a book she has written! Oh yeah that is why her face is familiar, I didn't realize she was local. Guy continues to gush.
T1, it turns out that they have decided to visit Italy separately and are discussing dates so that they can avoid one another. I didn't have the heart to tell them it is a big country and easy to miss people in!
Back to T2, girl has again taken over the conversation and shut down the guy. But, he is completely obvious to her rejection.
Train wrecks just a blast to watch and not be a casualty from.....
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Wiener Blut
I was sniffing around YouTube for what would be my musical pick for the first Saturday of August and of course I got sidetracked. What else is new, eh? So, in reviewing 1980's videos I fell into my love for Falco trap - again. And, in watching his videos I got to thinking. Actually, quite a few things on Sunday made me think, as you will be learning from postings this week.....
The video which got me to think was Wiener Blut, no don't rush off and view this - it is almost utter nonsense. The idea is old, think of the waltz and operetta by Johann Strauss II, the song by Falco and also done by Rammstein.
Viennese Blood - what drives the glitter, fame and draw of Vienna (which is nonsense to me, as I find the city to have NOTHING to attract me). But, what if that question is used as a condemnation? And in a way, this was sort of in Falco's video..... Think of some of Vienna's not so glamorous history.
In my lifetime there has been the Soviet occupation and of course Vienna being the doorway into the Eastern Bloc countries during the Cool War. In my father's lifetime has been its cosiness with the Nazi Party and providing the world with the likes of Adolf Hitler, Arnold Schwarzenegger and less we forget - Kurt Waldheim. Yeah, I hold a real grudge against all things fascist.
But carry the idea further: the responsibility of a nation for its actions. Austria certainly has not been outstanding in the past century, Germany even worse. But, lets take a view of this century so far, not a whole to write home about, very few bright points to see and say, "Wow, that was a great decision or action they took!" But, then again, this century has had a bit on the dark side - so far!
It is as though, were nations accountable for the blood they shed, everyone wants to bathe in it!
This culture has gone insane..... Human life appears to hold no value any longer or at least its value is no longer understood! And so when I think of Wiener Blut, the thought of a nation being responsible for the blood they shed, then Revelation 18 suddenly becomes very understandable!
Only where to where will you run ...... ?
The video which got me to think was Wiener Blut, no don't rush off and view this - it is almost utter nonsense. The idea is old, think of the waltz and operetta by Johann Strauss II, the song by Falco and also done by Rammstein.
Viennese Blood - what drives the glitter, fame and draw of Vienna (which is nonsense to me, as I find the city to have NOTHING to attract me). But, what if that question is used as a condemnation? And in a way, this was sort of in Falco's video..... Think of some of Vienna's not so glamorous history.
In my lifetime there has been the Soviet occupation and of course Vienna being the doorway into the Eastern Bloc countries during the Cool War. In my father's lifetime has been its cosiness with the Nazi Party and providing the world with the likes of Adolf Hitler, Arnold Schwarzenegger and less we forget - Kurt Waldheim. Yeah, I hold a real grudge against all things fascist.
But carry the idea further: the responsibility of a nation for its actions. Austria certainly has not been outstanding in the past century, Germany even worse. But, lets take a view of this century so far, not a whole to write home about, very few bright points to see and say, "Wow, that was a great decision or action they took!" But, then again, this century has had a bit on the dark side - so far!
It is as though, were nations accountable for the blood they shed, everyone wants to bathe in it!
This culture has gone insane..... Human life appears to hold no value any longer or at least its value is no longer understood! And so when I think of Wiener Blut, the thought of a nation being responsible for the blood they shed, then Revelation 18 suddenly becomes very understandable!
Only where to where will you run ...... ?
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