Robert S
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Robert S
@RTayls72
Christian, conservative & a sense of humour. John 3:16.
Australia Katılım Ekim 2017
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I’m on hour 7 of a non stop panic attack. As I’m in the midst of this let me say a few things to the “anxiety is a always sin” crowd
I’m not anxious about anything in particular right now, I’m not afraid of anything in particular, I’m not feeling like I need control, and I’m not panicked about the meeting we have this week AT ALL…. I’m truly not anxious about anything today…it was a great day until 2pm…. I was going about my day, no worries!
What I am is hormonally imbalanced since I was 10 …when I didn’t have a care in the world and would wake up in a panic for no reason and not be able to breathe or move …so I learned to self soothe with breathing and reading books … again I was 10…. I would play Barbies to take my mind off the panic that I didn’t even know was panic because I wasn’t scared or worried but knew I was very uncomfortable.
PTSD from my last miscarriage which was too horrendous to mention may contribute now but I don’t worry and think of it and make myself go into a cycle of anxiety and panic… I also try ENDLESSLY to balance my hormones … it’s better but not perfect because this body fails … remember the fall?
I was open to medication that’s been proven to help PCOS but insurance won’t cover it… they cover transition surgery for 16 year olds but not blood sugar medication for pcos 🙃
Moral or the story, it’s NOT black and white with anxiety. If you haven’t suffered from endocrinological anxiety or ptsd / panic please try to be compassionate to others because you’re wrong that It is sin at all times.🙏🏻
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Why Was Christianity’s First Name “The Way”?
Long before Christianity was known as Christianity, it was simply called The Way. In Acts, for instance, Saul was hunting down men and women “belonging to the Way” (9:2). In Ephesus, there was an uproar over those who were part of “the Way” (19:23). To us, that seems an odd name, if not a little too generic and nondescript. So why was it used?
In the scriptures of Israel, the Hebrew noun for “way” is derek (דֶּ֫רֶךְ). The verb, darak, means to tread, trample, march, or walk, so the place where you that is a derek—a road, path, or journey.
But it implies more than simply taking a stroll. In English, we speak metaphorically of a “way of life” or “the road we’re now traveling,” by which we mean how we’ve chosen to live, where we are in life, or the behaviors and beliefs that characterize us. Likewise in Hebrew, that “way of life and belief” is a derek.
The Psalms often describe two ways or two “dereks.” Already in Psalm 1, we read that “the LORD knows the way [derek] of the righteous, but the way [derek] of the wicked will perish” (v. 6). The “way [derek] of the wicked” God brings to ruin (146:9) but “blessed are those whose way [derek] is blameless, who walk in the Torah of the LORD!” (119:1). In that longest of psalms, Psalm 119, derek is used 13 times, mainly to describe the way/derek of God.
When Isaiah describes the work of the Messiah, he says that he will heal the lame, give sight to the blind, and begin a new creation (35:1-7). He then shifts to the image of a new exodus, in which God’s scattered people will come home on a highway, “and it shall be called the Way [derek] of Holiness” (35:8). In Matthew 11:40-6, Jesus says that he is “Isaiah 35ing” in his ministry. He is thus healing, recreating, and constructing this Derek of Holiness.
These images of the Way of God continue in non-biblical Jewish writings like the Wisdom of Jesus ben Sirach, 1 Enoch, Tobit, the Psalms of Solomon, and elsewhere. In early Christian literature, such as the Didache (first or second century AD), this biblical imagery is continued. Echoing the Psalms, the Didache begins this way: “There are two ways, one of life and one of death; but there is a great difference between the two ways.”
With all this widespread biblical and Jewish background, is it any surprise that the followers of Jesus were known as those who followed The Way? And, given that Jesus himself said, “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life,” how appropriate a name for this faith (John 14:6)!
To be a Christian, therefore, is to be in the Son of God, who is the Way, and to walk in the Way that he himself has shown us.

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All-time #Brownlow votes in Navy Blue:
1. Craig Bradley [144]
𝟐. 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐬 [130*]
3. Alex Jesaulenko [129]

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Good talks with @SenatorWong about #Australia’s commitment to multilateralism and health security, shown again through its announcement of $100 million contribution to @WHO to support global efforts to prevent, prepare for and respond to pandemics.
We also discussed the process led by countries to negotiate a #PandemicAccord.

Senator Penny Wong@SenatorWong
A strong global health system protects us all. Today I met with WHO DG @DrTedros to discuss how WHO can best support our region. We’re partnering with @WHO to deliver on health issues that matter to everyone – including pandemic preparedness.
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@WhyRWeHere99 @Data_Jack Your republic may have Christian origins, but there's nothing Christian about your present day government, institutions or corporations.
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@skkoopman @mattjcan Both have terrain and rainfall/snow melt to suit hydro. Australia not so much - apart from Tassie & Snowy 1.0
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The closing of our manufacturing industries is the inevitable result of our failed energy policies.
250 jobs in steel making will be lost in the Hunter.
Net zero means the de-industrialisation of Australia.
news.com.au/finance/busine…
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