Perhaps people should take more stock in these words
I've been reading far too much by certain conservative groups who seem to think that they can point fingers at others while absolving themselves of any sort of blame....
Maybe those same people have forgotten this chapter in the Gospel of John...

But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?" They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.
But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"
"No one, sir," she said.
"Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin."
(John 8:1-11 NIV)

Perhaps instead of throwing stones, we should pay more attention to accepting anyone regardless of who they are. I'm pretty sure that was the message that Jesus preached to people.

"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."
(John 13:34-35)

Sorry to be sort-of preachy today. I will return to my regularly scheduled programming some other time.
- posted by L. @ 7:09 PM

 
Not my photoblog but who cares??

This is my super sexy 2006 Strato Blue Mazda 3. And yours truly with said car. w00t!!
Just because I know you are curious as to why I am posing with my car - what? Your car salesman never took a picture of you with your car??
How can you NOT love this car??? I know I love it!

There has been a lack of posting because I have been sick. My apartment is a disaster area and probably should be condemned by the health dept...ick. Now that I have improved, there is a slow but gradual cleaning to be done. Given that I spent much of last week lying on the couch or in bed, it is not nearly as bad as one would think, but much more icky than I would prefer it. Bring on the cleaning supplies!
And, music lovers, I have decided to re-attempt to learn the guitar. I apologize to my neighbors who already have to put up with an oboe and a piano but my guitar playing is really terrible. This is why it was a short-lived experiment in 1999....but here's hoping my maturity will give me more patience...and hell, it can't take nearly as long to LEARN guitar as it takes to STRING a guitar....
- posted by L. @ 12:34 AM