Dear Wife just went Next Door in order to "watch" the Beloved Great-Niece as mom goes off to work. We've been told, as niece has been told, that she'll finally have a consistent work schedule. That's not been the case since she went back to work after having the child: they've sent her a schedule around 6 p.m. Sundays, which sometimes (quite often) had her being there at 07:00 Mondays. Often. Meaning, of course, that Wife needed to be up early and over there around 06:45 (he doesn't need to leave until around 07:15 for an 07:30 start). So this is better.
Wife took her weekly Humira shot Monday, so yesterday had her feeling the effects of it. It's been nearly a miracle drug for her (I said "nearly") but it has side effects like any other and it has to be powerful, so it has some collateral effects. Partly from its own effects, but also in conjunction with all the other meds she must take in order to stay alive one more day. Every day is a challenge for us.
And we live in a world that is strange to me. I see that places like the Phillipines have become drug centers. Not so much for the use of the people there, but they're making methamphetamine for sale into China of all places, and the import and sales are being run by high-ranking Chinese officials or those connected to them. It's an "open secret" that the ChiComs would love to invade and take over the Phillipines (and Japan as well), and have the military power to do so. Could happen, people. Of course, the ChiComs also have their eyes on portions of Siberia. Lots of minerals, etc. there. Russia occupies around 1/6 of the earth's land area, but much of it is sparsely inhabited, and the downward spiral of birth rates among ethnic Russians has to be giving onlookers some thought. Scary for the Russians, they have a whole lot of internal problems, and some very restive ethnic groups both within and adjacent to the border, many with centuries of built-up resentment towards the ethnic Russians. The "-stans" for example, like Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, etc., many of which were ruled with an iron fist during the Soviet Union era, are prominent there, and others like Georgia as well. (Though Stalin was Georgian, not Russian, from Gori, Georgia).
And there are other oddities as well. I see, courtesy of the Drudge Report, that one matter that may become a "thing" is sex with robots. I find it difficult to reconcile that with being beneficial to anyone, but it certainly is getting some notice. And, lest one think otherwise, not "just" robots that have female components. Male ones as well, in part for human females I gather, and possibly for genetic males with weird dispositions. This is progress?
What looks much like a car bomb, operated by Muslims (of course) has been apprehended right next to the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. Probably won't be much mentioned by the US mass media, mustn't feed "Islamophobia" after all.
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The morning's Old Testament reading is chapters 11 and 12 of the Proverbs.
Proverbs 11
1 A false
balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. 3
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of
transgressors shall destroy them.
4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but
righteousness delivereth from death.
5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct
his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
6 The righteousness of the
upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their
own naughtiness. 7
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of
unjust men perisheth.
8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked
cometh in his stead. 9
An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through
knowledge shall the just be delivered.
10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the
city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
11 By the blessing of
the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of
the wicked. 12
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of
understanding holdeth his peace.
13 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a
faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but
in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
15 He that is surety for a stranger
shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
16 A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches. 17
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel
troubleth his own flesh.
18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that
soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so
he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
20 They that are of a froward
heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way
are his delight. 21
Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the
seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so
is a fair woman which is without discretion.
23 The desire of the righteous is only
good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
24 There is that scattereth, and yet
increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it
tendeth to poverty. 25
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be
watered also himself.
26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but
blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
27 He that diligently seeketh
good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto
him. 28 He
that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish
as a branch. 29
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool
shall be servant to the wise of heart.
30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of
life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed
in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
1 Whoso
loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is
brutish. 2 A
good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will
he condemn. 3 A
man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the
righteous shall not be moved.
4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she
that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
5 The thoughts of the righteous are
right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
6 The words of the wicked are to
lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
7 The wicked
are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
8 A man shall
be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse
heart shall be despised.
9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he
that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
10 A righteous man regardeth the life of
his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
11 He that tilleth his land
shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is
void of understanding.
12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the
righteous yieldeth fruit.
13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips:
but the just shall come out of trouble.
14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the
fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be
rendered unto him. 15
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto
counsel is wise. 16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame. 17
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness
deceit. 18
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of
the wise is health. 19
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is
but for a moment. 20
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the
counsellors of peace is joy.
21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked
shall be filled with mischief.
22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they
that deal truly are his delight.
23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart
of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the
slothful shall be under tribute.
25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop:
but a good word maketh it glad.
26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour:
but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
27 The slothful man roasteth not that which
he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
28 In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
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The New Testament passage is verses 33-58 of the 15th chapter of 1st Corinthians.
I Corinthians 15:33-58
33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. 34
Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of
God: I speak this to your shame.
35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised
up? and with what body do they come?
36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: 37
And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be,
but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
38 But God giveth it a
body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
39 All flesh is not the
same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of
beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
40 There are also celestial bodies,
and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the
glory of the terrestrial is another.
41 There is one glory of the sun, and another
glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star
differeth from another star in glory.
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It
is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
43 It is sown in dishonour; it is
raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
44 It is sown a
natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body,
and there is a spiritual body.
45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a
living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
46 Howbeit that was not first
which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which
is spiritual. 47
The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from
heaven. 48 As
is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the
heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
49 And as we have borne the image of
the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 Now this I say, brethren,
that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth
corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all
sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the
last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised
incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on
incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible
shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on
immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written,
Death is swallowed up in victory.
55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. 57
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ. 58
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always
abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour
is not in vain in the Lord.
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