Daughters Are Deadly

As many girls' names as I've come up with I am deftly afraid of having female offspring. The role of the father in the daughter's upbringing is beyond important. If you fail you'll prematurely be a grandfather or carting your daughter off to a hospital for treatment for abuses suffered at the hands of herself or others. They are messes that need constant supervision. And the Lord is going to give me like 4

What Gets You Heated?

An interesting question was posed to me last night by my good friend Socrates. See he's never seen me upset, at least to the point of fuming or steam escaping my ears. So he wanted to know what gets me heated. And I thought about it for a while. And I couldn't come up with anything.

I'm not saying I've never been heated. But most of the situations involved individuals on the phone. But what was it in the conversation that got me to the point of throwing phones and downing drinks? I guess maybe it was people criticizing me for being insincere. Or demanding something of me which I already thought I was giving or wasn't capable of giving. I guess the things that get me heated are the things that attack me personally.

And even those things don't bother me as much anymore. I lost a phone to my anger so I try to keep it under control. Plus I've seen my parents get angry and I personally think it's shaved like 5 or 6 years from my father's life expectancy. If you can't maintain an even keel, you're useless. And I've proved useless enough doing nothing. WHy exacerbate the problem?

The Power of Prayer

So I found out that my good friend Lady Godiva found out that her boyfriend prayed about her. She's not physically injured or actively pursuing witchcraft-like activities. Her fear of having her eyes permanently crossed prevents that from ever happening. But in fact, he prayed about her in regards to their relationship. Whoa.

Now I'm a Christian. I believe in a Divine Being up there. And I pray to Him on a regular basis cause I think that He has a direct influence in my life. But her tale made me realize something as well. Mentioning the act of prayer has a way of having just as much influence as the act of praying or being the subject of a prayer.

Take Lady G's situation. Because of the prayer mention, she now realizes how serious this boy is about her, much to her dissatisfaction since she's likened him to a Hyundai after a string of luxury cars. This is further accentuated by the boy's natural demeanor: lazy. Most of his leisure time is dedicated to the art of relaxing. The fact that he took time out of his hectic schedule of sleeping and eating to have a discussion with the Almighty speaks very loud volumes.

And of course there are many other examples. Sometimes just seeing or hearing about someone praying makes people look more inwardly into themselves, makes them ask the questions that people most often tend to avoid. But just mentioning someone's inclusion in a prayer has the effect of being a healing agent just that simply. And there are a thousand other functions that I am probably overlooking as well. Makes one want to get their knees.