The sermon today was “God, give me peace.” Rev Freeto talked about stress. Life gives us stress, life is stressful.
Yes.
So I am choosing not to be stressed by stupidity. The stupidity of the way things are done here in my adopted hometown. In one month, two notices. One about bad credit and one about a returned check and now I have to pay a collection agency. What?!?!?!
I try not to verbalize my cussing and swearing. But if I keep in, I might explode or give myself an ulcer or grind my teeth tonight. So…”Bloody Hell!”
It’s good to be imperfect. No, I am not trying to justify my need to swear. But I am without external peace and I am not happy about it. So yes, I have to leave it in the Hands of Jesus and figure out that even this, this too shall pass. “Bloody Hell.”
I cannot control these things. I understand why some people give up trying to relate with agencies. Try being put on hold for a LONG time – on a cell phone. Try dealing with bureaucracy.
Before leaving the employ of the Methodist Church in Singapore, I was facilitating discussion groups on “The Oz Principle.” http://www.ozprinciple.com/index.php The point was to help people become personally accountable, to take responsibility for the good of the organization or company. Yeah…we need it, a sense of commitment and a sense of personal and corporate responsibility.
The issue is a few bad hats make life troublesome for the rest of us who are not irresponsible and apathetic. But it also makes many people angry and frustrated that often times situations are dealt with to prevent abuse by a few bad hats that not only inconvenience the majority but actually make life less manageable.
I can’t solve prevailing problems in the world. Right now I can only try to manage my situation with the stupid newspaper company that decided I did not pay for my newspaper subscription and thus sent the check to the collection agency. Until tomorrow (Monday) when I can call them, I need to get this out of my system ~ “Bloody Hell.”
Rev Freeto got us to say this over and over for 90 seconds in the worship service this morning, you know, The Jesus Prayer, “(Lord) Jesus Christ, Son of God, Have Mercy on Me, A Sinner.”
Okay…The Jesus Prayer.
(Bloody Hell, stoopid agencies, bloody hell…)
“(Lord) Jesus Christ, Son of God, Have Mercy on Me, A Sinner.”
“(Lord) Jesus Christ, Son of God, Have Mercy on Me, A Sinner.”
“(Lord) Jesus Christ, Son of God, Have Mercy on Me, A Sinner.”
“(Lord) Jesus Christ, Son of God, Have Mercy on Me, A Sinner.”