George,

 GP> They don't mean in an absolute sense (lkiuve or die) but relaticve to
 GP> heir deired standard of living.  I say if you didn't put ourself so
 GP> high to start with, you'd hsave had less distance to fall!

  As the tagline from the late Nancy Backus (I miss her) noted:

  "We are born naked, wet, and hungry. Then, it gets worse". 

  Everyone came into this world as naked and broke as I did, and is going
out the same day. I've yet to see a girl come out in a white satin dress,
and a box come out in a nice tuxedo. Or as the doctor told the mother in
labor "it's going to hurt a lot more coming out, than it did going in". 

  The one I liked was where the husband brought his wife, in labor, to the
local ER...and as they were taking her to Labor and Delivery, the OB-GYN
said he wanted to try a new deal, where they transferred all the pain from
the mother to the father. Mom was excited about that, and Dad had a high
pain tolerance...so, they agreed.

  The doctor started it slow, and basically got it to the max. Neither Mom
or Dad had any pain, and she delivered a healthy baby.

  When they got home, the milkman was found dead on the porch. 

 GP> Like JC said: If you have a roof over your head, a place to lay your
 GP> head, & a bowl of food, you have enough.  [seeking] anything more than
 GP> that is from the evil one. (i.e. Love of money)

  That's all I want...but having finances to pay the basic bills helps, too.

 GP> Naturally, I seek to have a bit more comfort than literal enough, but I
 GP> don't NEEED it & I get that.  I'd rather help someone worse off be more
 GP> comfortable first before I go up another level.

  If I could know the hearts and motives of these homeless folks, I'd be
more inclined to help them. But, with limited finances myself, I can't.
Plus, you don't know if they've got a weapon to kill you and steal all
you have.

 GP> I don't want a blinking ruler in the capital -- I want a
 GP> servant-leader!

  They are to serve us...not the other way around.

 >  GP> Practice makes perfect, but nobody's perfect, so I see that as proof
 >  GP> positive I should just keep going. . . you want to help me convince
 GP> my
 >  GP> wife of this logic?

 >   I think we should put this thread to bed. 

 GP> You were ill -- I hope you did go to bed!

  I did after I got home from the first COVID-19 shot...but eating a big
lunch beforehand likely made me sleepy.

 GP> I love those lists of little kid answers to simple questions that
 GP> circulate occasionally. . .

  The wisdom of children. :)

 GP> The Children were asked questions about the Old and
 GP> New Testaments. The following statements about the Bible
 GP> were written by the children. They have not been corrected
 GP> thus ( the incorrect spelling is their own ). I hope you enjoy
 GP> what the children wrote.....

 GP> 1. In the first book of the bible, Guinessis, God got tired of
 GP> creating the world, so he took the Sabbath off.

  Works for me. 

 GP> 2. Adam and Eve were created from an apple tree.
 GP> Noah's wife was called Joan of Ark. Noah built an ark which
 GP> the animals come on to in pears.

  Really. Or as Bill Cosby's "Noah And The Ark" routine noted,
"He had to keep telling the rabbits...ONLY TWO!!".  I did
that routine for my final exam in 10th grade drama class...got
a perfect score. :)

 GP> 3. Lot's wife was a pillar of salt by day, but a ball of fire by
 GP> night.

  Talk about going out in a blaze of glory...or as another country
song noted "I'm going to Heaven in a flash of fire...with or without
you". 

 GP> 4. The Jews were a proud people and throughout history they
 GP> had trouble with the unsympathetic Genitals.

  Especially when you had to take a shovel everywhere. 

 GP> 5. Samson was a strongman who let himself be led astray by
 GP> a Jezebel like Delilah.

  It was a hair raising (removing) experience.

 GP> 6. Samson slayed the Philistines with the axe of the
 GP> Apostles.

  Or, he instead of slaying them with the jawbone of an ass,
he killed them by "jabbing them in the ass". 

 GP> 7. Moses led the Hebrews to the Red Sea, where they made
 GP> unleavened bread, which is bread without any ingredients.

  Well, they must've thought the same about Manna, which 
translated as "What Is It??".

 GP> 8. The Egyptians were all drowned in the dessert.

  They let the whipped cream get too watered down.

 GP> Afterwards, Moses went up on Mount Cyanide to get the ten
 GP> amendments.

  No wonder most of them died. 

 GP> 9. The first commandment was when Eve told Adam to eat
 GP> the apple.

  I thought it was when they first saw each other naked...and he told
her "Stand back, honey. I don't know how big this is going to get". 

 GP> 10. The seventh commandment is thou shalt not admit
 GP> adultery. [I suspect the pastor called that kid's dad in for a talk]

  Do infants enjoy infancy, as much as adults enjoy adultery?? :P

Daryl

... I have disposable income. I dispose of it awfully fast.
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