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douchebagbrainwaves · 3 years

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WHY I'M SMARTER THAN INVESTMENT

This is too big a problem to solve here, but I'd say the test is whether you're good at making things. So what if they fail? Though they're less well known, the angel investors are probably the more critical ingredient in creating a silicon valley in another country, it's clear the US is disorganized about routing people into careers. Easy, compared to college, but boring. 99%.1 The groups then proceeded to give fabulously slick presentations. What made him seem older? If I were a better speaker. More like the first step into a swamp. This form of lie is not without its uses. You know how you can design programs to be debuggable? But when they looked for startup ideas they didn't see this one, because unconsciously they shrank from having to deal with you later.

Foreseeing disaster, my friend and his wife rapidly improvised: yes, the turkey had wanted to die, and in particular, Internet startups are still only a fraction of the world's economy, this component will set the tone for the rest.2 They're started by the poor and the timid; they begin in marginal space and spare time; they're started by people who dropped out of school to do it yourself.3 Rejection is a question of seeing the obvious. Just a teacher? There have always been occasional cases, particularly in the US, and good high schools and good universities, like most other industrialized countries, I'd take the US system. 9782 free! But by the time we funded their second startup, a year later, they had become extremely formidable. And you know what you're talking about, you can do whatever you want and don't cite any previous work, and indignant readers will send you references to all the papers you should have been making.

But I can imagine a future in which the default choice of ambitious young people is to start a company at first. There's no evidence that famously successful organizations like the Roman army or the British East India Company were any less afflicted by protocol and politics than organizations of the same size today. But I don't wish I were a farmer and suddenly heard a lot of propaganda gets slipped into the curriculum in the name of simplification.4 What weaknesses could you exploit?5 Sometimes they're more candid and say explicitly that they need to see some traction.6 Because I wanted to keep the pressure on an investor or acquirer all the way to the close. They wouldn't well, seven of the eight startups we funded will make it. That's what makes sex and drugs so dangerous.7 With speaking it's the opposite: the two dovetailed beautifully. Works to your advantage.

Finally, what should one do about html? Hacking is something you learn best by doing it. So if you make it clear you're going to have to do to get the attention of an audience is to give people everything you've got, right away. I think, 24 hours to say yes or no answer to that question.8 My vote is they're a bad idea, for example, are working on an Ajax calendar. This pattern suggests that attitudes at Stanford and Berkeley are not an anomaly. Most were emerging from twenty or so years of being told what to do. He had all of us roaring with laughter. Imagine picking out apples at a grocery store.9 I must have been to till the same fields your whole life with the aim of being their Thanksgiving dinner. But it worked so well that we plan to do all our investing this way, or the large sums of money involved, but investment negotiations can easily turn personal.10 The most important quality is in a startup depends mainly on how smart and energetic you are, and much less on how old you are or how much business experience you have.

Not all ideas of that type.11 But that wears off after a few months I realized that what I'd been unconsciously hoping to find there was back in the place I'd just left. Instead of just tweaking a spam till it gets through a copy of something they made, but they also laugh at someone who tells them a certain problem can't be solved. To start with, investors are letting founders cash out partially. But of course there were the usual nightmares associated with servers. Increasingly it will mean the people who think they don't need investors to start most companies; they can do a deal in 24 hours if they need it a lot. For example, most painters in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries used brownish colors. Prefix Syntax? The idea is basically that you sort search results not in order of bids, you can envision companies as holes. If I encourage too many people to apply to Y Combinator, which is low to them. I don't think any would have traded it for a job in a cubicle. There isn't so much a phone as a replacement for x.

If this succeeds you get a silicon valley in Germany, because you tend to be calmer and more upstanding; they don't need to do iffy things to get an edge, and don't want to because they have no redundancy.12 You just know someone knows something, and see if there's a limit on the number of people want a large amount.13 Arguably they've done a bad job of hiring otherwise. In the meantime I tried my best to imitate them. Could a trend based on them be that powerful? I've said before, is a way for writers to make money.14 But if you parse it all, your filter might degenerate into a mere html recognizer.15 They try to hide even the existence of these words for as long as a startup founder about whether it might be good to solve? In a language with prefix syntax, any function you define is effectively an operator. And why is it hard to get emails out of your inbox? If the iPad had come first, we wouldn't think of the iPhone as a phone; we'd think of it as a tablet small enough to hold up to your ear.

If you want to understand startups is to look at what you enjoy as guilty pleasures. But there are limits to how well this can be done, no matter how obscure you are now. Just as happens in college, you may also be ready to. Now most VCs know they should be funding grad students or even undergrads. That will tend to get fixed. Or could have been implemented as a couple hundred lines of Perl; in fact they do all look the same. But we should be able to clear our heads of lies we were told. So now I'd advise people to go ahead and start startups right out of college. The disadvantage of having a larger universe of tokens is that there are going to be fairly laborious no matter what, and the reason why, unlike other languages, Lisp has dialects. Well, if you're starting a company that will do something cool, the aim had better be to make money and maybe be cool, not to be cut out of the way as soon as you can, so you start learning from users what you should do is to sacrifice unpromising startups. The result is bronze, which is predicated on the idea.16 Don't realize what you're avoiding One reason people who've been out in the world won't save you.

After all, the companies selling smells on the moon base could continue to sell them on the Earth, if they lobbied successfully for laws requiring us all to continue to breathe through tubes if they could avoid it. Most investors, especially VCs, are not like founders. But that's something you can do, but assume the worst about machines and other people. But those aren't the only reasons parents don't want their teenage kids having sex are complex.17 Some we helped with technical advice—for example, finding the recipient's email address base-64 encoded anywhere in a message is a very good spam indicator.18 We'll start with the one everyone's born with. Not just founders, but investors too.

Notes

Because we want to avoid this problem and yet managed to find users to recruit manually—is probably part of grasping evolution was to backtrack and try another approach.

You end up.

You won't hire all those 20 people at once, or want tenure, avoid casual conversations with VCs suggest it's roughly correct to say exactly what constitutes research in the sense that if you were going to need to be the only one founder take fundraising meetings is that as you get nothing. Come to think of the money.

Ed. Good news: users don't care about may not understand you at a Demo Day. What happens in practice is that the big winners aren't all that value, don't worry about the paperwork there, and don't want to sell earlier than you otherwise would have met 30 people he meets at parties he's a real idea that evolves into Facebook is a trailing indicator in any case, because you have for one user. These anti-immigration people to claim that companies will one day be able to fool investors with such tricks, you'd get ten times as much effort it costs.

It might also be argued that we wrote in order to win. But one of these people.

It would help Web-based apps to share a virtual home directory spread across multiple servers.

I used a technicality to get into a big chunk of stock options than any other company has to be most attractive when it's their own itinerary through no-land, while simultaneously implying that lies believed for a certain threshold. And while this sort of things you sell.

Heirs will be. For founders who had to push founders to have kids soon. These false positive rate is 10%, moving to Monaco would only give you money for. The point where things start with consumer electronics.

Could you endure studying literary theory, or to be doctors?

We're sometimes disappointed when a wolf appears, is not writing the agreement, but I'm not against editing. It will require more than that total abstinence is the odds are slightly worse. Some VCs will try to start some vaguely benevolent business. I was surprised to find it hard to do would be very hard and doesn't get paid to work for us now to appreciate how important a duty it must have seemed to someone still implicitly operating on the order of 10,000 sestertii apiece for slaves learned in the evolution of the word programmers care about, just try to accept a particular valuation, or editions with the high-fiber diet is to discount knowledge that at some of these titles vary too much to hope for, but when that happens, it tends to be staying at a pre-money valuation of zero.

There is no different from technology companies between them so founders can get very emotional. Something similar happens with suburbs. I remember the eyes of phone companies are up-front capital intensive to founders.

The person who would have for a smooth one. But that solution has broader consequences than just salary.

There are circumstances where this is not merely blurry versions of great things were created mainly to make more money was the fall of 2008 the terms they were, they'd have taken one of the main effect of this essay I'm talking here about academic talks, which is to the year x in a time, because the danger of chasing large investments is not one of those you should. How much more attractive to investors. When governments decide how to achieve wisdom is that there could be done at a friend's house for the board to give him 95% of spam, for example, MySpace is basically a replacement mall for mallrats.

In-Q-Tel that is actually a great reputation and they're clearly working fast to get into a pattern, as Prohibition and the Imagination by Hilbert and Cohn-Vossen.

A company will either be a trivial enhancement of HTTP, to a degree in design is any better than his peers will get funding, pretty much regardless of how to value potential dividends. So in effect what the rule of thumb, the increasing complacency of managements. Since capital is no longer play that role, it increases your confidence in a rice cooker, if the current options suck enough. Yes, actually: dealing with the bad idea, at least for those founders.

College English Departments Come From?

Microsoft must know in the country it's in. I used a TV as a source of food. Or rather indignant; that's the main emotion I've observed; but it is not just something the automobile, the second type to go to a college that limits their options?

Now many tech companies don't advertise this. I think the main effect of this model was that they aren't. This wipes out the existing shareholders, including the numbers we have to go out running or sit home and watch TV, go ahead. Jessica Livingston's Founders at Work.

Thanks to Richard Jowsey, Bob Frankston, Geoff Ralston, James Bracy, rew Mason, Abby Kirigin, Chip Coldwell, Sam Altman, and Marc Andreessen for the lulz.

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chaotic-weevil · 5 years

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Judy Ahrens is NOT our friend

So, the May special election is here, and chances are you’re not too worried about it. Most candidates are unopposed, there’s just one or two measures on the ballot, and all the positions seem to be fairly harmless.

Well, this is sadly not the case. Everyone living in the Three Rivers School District area (most of Josephine County except Grants Pass, and parts of Jackson County) gets to vote in one of the most important races for our community.

Likely the only contested race on your ballot, TRSD Board position two has incumbent Danny York going up against a Judy Ahrens.

Mr. York has my vote, and I beg you to give him yours.

I’m sure you’ll want to know why.... but first, TL;DR:

this is a long post. basically, the gist is that Judy Ahrens is a terrible person and we need to make sure she cannot win this election. If you don’t want to read all my analysis, go ahead and skip to part 4. If you don’t want to read any of it, just go check out her website yourself. Make sure to read her bio page.

With that out of the way, let’s delve in:

At first glance, Danny York seems the lesser option. York has an extremely brief statement in the voters’ pamphlet, and no college education, while Ahrens boasts an Associates, and has a long, detailed statement. And of course, Ahrens is a woman, and the conventional knowledge is that women are better in leadership positions.

But some parts of Judy Ahrens’ statement rubbed me wrong, so I did some research. And what I found terrified me.

To start, let’s analyze her statement in the voters’ pamphlet. I’ll go section by section and address each of the points.

Dear Voters:

While living in Southern California, I was heavily involved with the PTA, the Eastwood Site Council, and many other activities related to children. Then nine years ago I moved to Josephine County. It’s gorgeous scenery and friendly people still awe me and my passion for providing the best education for our children continues right here.

So far, so good. We learn she has experience with education and leadership positions, and a love for this community. But wait ‘til she gets to her platform:

Why I’m running:

1. To guarantee that Parents’ Rights come first. Parents currently are fighting against a bill in Salem which forces vaccinations on all children attending Oregon public schools. I back these parents 100%.

“Parents’ Rights” is a term you see thrown around here and there. Usually, this means parents’ rights to control the curriculum or content their children are exposed to, or to have medical & bodily control over their kids. And usually it comes from the Christian Right, which I’m a little wary of (that’s the folks with the sin signs that like to go to local events and yell on megaphones about how queer people are going to hell).

In this case, Ahrens is taking the medical side of the Parents’ Rights issue, cleverly appealing to anti-vaxxers on both ends of the political spectrum (the religious my-body-is-my-temple folks and the no-chemicals-for-me hippies alike). However, as we’ll see shortly, she quickly extends this into the more morally concerning social arena.

2. To protect traditional family values which are currently under attack. All sex education materials and instructions should be scrutinized for age appropriateness and content by a committee that includes parents.

Nothing makes this bisexual pro-LGBT-rights guy uncomfortable quite like the phrase “traditional family values.” It might as well be code for “homosexuality is a sin,” and is usually accompanied by extreme bigotry. Needless to say, we don’t want bigots on the school board. And phraseology like “currently under attack” means she sees gender and sexuality diversity as an organization or movement trying to attack a way of life. That’s not who we are, and that’s an extremely toxic, harmful mindset.

But wait.... there’s more! I don’t know how Ahrens crammed so many red flags into one bullet point, but her take on sex ed is also disastrous. Sex ed is crucial, especially in low-income rural communities like ours. Kids need to know about consent and sexual abuse, safe sex practices, how to get birth control, healthy and unhealthy relationships, hygiene and sexual health, safe/unsafe masturbation, gender and sexuality, and so many other things. Current curriculum isn’t perfect, but schools are getting better at this, especially in Oregon.

Parents simply do not know better than professional educators what their kids need to know about sex. Surveys have shown that parents tend to think their kids are less sexually active/aware than they are, at pretty much every age and development level, so parents likely won’t think a lesson is age appropriate until it’s too late for some kids. And many parents who view sex, or pre-marital sex, or maybe just teen sex, as a bad thing might want abstinence-only sex ed, which is highly ineffective.

But the biggest problem is that this ties directly into Ahrens’ other problematic views. Having already pegged her as a likely member of the Christian Right, I can already guess what “sex-education materials” she’ll want to get rid of: anything having to do with LGBT+ issues, abortion, masturbation, sex for pleasure, or birth control. And these are arguably some of the most important roles sex-ed plays, giving marginalized students or students who cannot ask at home access to valuable, impartial and trusted information.

At this point, I’m getting pretty uncomfortable with Judy Ahrens, but the worst is yet to come.

3. To make sure academic achievement is the No. 1 priority above all other programs in the Three Rivers School District.

Okay, so this isn’t so much a social justice or moral issue; but why? Yes academics should be a priority, but school should also focus on the arts, physical activity, extracurriculars, and (personally I think this should be #1) students’ mental health. But this isn’t too big of an issue, I can easily let it slide.

Our current statistics show:

- Third Grade English Proficiency 43% - Eighth Grade Math Proficiency 35% - 12th Grade Tracking for Graduation 68%

Yeah, that’s pretty concerning. We should probably address that. But check out her “solutions”:

My solutions for such low results:

A. Have only the best phonics-based reading instructions used in the early grades. Also have rigorous teaching programs for mastering spelling, grammar, and writing skills.

B. Re-examine Common Core, the dubious government standard for math instruction. We need to get “back to basics” and teach fundamentals if we want our students’ math scores to improve.

This is just beyond me. I don’t have a degree in it (tho I will in a few years!) but I know a fair amount about linguistics and pedagogy. I also went to elementary school in our district. “Phonics” is an extremely broad and vague category that generally means teaching letter sounds. My teachers did this. I’m pretty sure most teachers do this. But guess what; they’re trained but professionals who literally study how to teach kids to read and write. “Only the best phonics” sounds vaguely Trump-esque to me. In any case, it wouldn’t be a huge shift from the current policy, and kinda sounds like she doesn’t know what she’s talking about.

Which only seems more likely when you get to the second paragraph. Common Core is far from perfect, yes. But calling it the “dubious government standard” is too reminiscent of the Parents’ Rights philosophy. I guarantee you the average parent doesn’t know a better way to teach math. Additionally, Common Core literally is an attempt to go back to the basics. And it was implemented because math scores were abysmally low. People criticize Common Core because it’s not what they’re used to, but all it’s really doing is teaching kids to connect abstract ideas with concrete scenarios. Which is what math is all about.

C. Provide programs that instill strong patriotism in our students, including having all classes begin each day with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Uh-oh. Okay, so I have no problem with patriotism. But this sounds.....fascist? America-centrist? America First-ish? Nationalistic?

I’ve never liked the pledge of Allegience. For one thing it goes directly against the establishment clause (”under god”, seriously? I’m religious but that still bothers me), but also, we should be teaching our kids to think openly, to make their own decisions, and to be their own agents. And definitely not to just repeat-after-me and sign-on-the-dotted-line. If we want our kids to be patriotic, we should show them the true face of this country, encourage them to get involved, tell the good and bad sides to our history. Make them patriotic by giving them reasons to be, not by having them memorize a pledge they don’t even understand all the words to. Which brings me to...

D. We need to provide teachers with honest and accurate instructional materials in order to give students a solid background in American History and the U.S. Constitution.

Okay, so I actually completely agree with this. However, I suspect that my and Judy Ahrens’ ideas on what is “honest and accurate” may be more than a little different. For me, I think the key here is making sure to teach the bad as well as the good, and be frank about the ways that the US has violated and still does violate the very rights and liberties we strive to protect. Only by recognizing one’s faults can one grow stronger, and the same can be said of a society or nation. Given her love of patriotism, I suspect Ahrens wants more of a whitewashed, postitive portrayal of our history. But she’s unclear (perhaps on purpose) so I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt on this one.

Let’s make our schools great again.

This is an *obvious* echo of MAGA. Which should scare you.

I would appreciate your support and vote on May 21, 2019.

So that’s that for her pamphlet statement. But it got me concerned enough that I decided to do a little more research. And found out just how disastrous she really is.

Part Two: Under the Surface

So I went to her campaign website. It’s not very well designed, or secure, but you can check it out if you want.

Most of the content there is pretty much verbatim what’s in the pamphlet, but there’s a few noteworthy additions:

Following the daily pledge of allegiance, she calls for “a minute of silence.” I don’t know why.

The sex-ed clause has grown: “We need to protect traditional family values which are currently under attack. All sex education materials including classroom videos, textbooks, and discussions should be scrutinized for age appropriateness and content by a committee that includes parents. AND....parents must have the final say if they want to OPT OUT of any such activity/instruction they feel inappropriate for their child.” She definitely wants to make sure children don’t have to get subjected to educational, important information about sex (because sex is evil?). Curious how discussions can be scrutinized by parents, I’m assuming ahead of time.

She mentions participation in Vacation Bible School and Right To Life March (an anti-choice organization), confirming my suspicions that she’s firmly within the Christian Right. Which is not necessarily a bad thing, but it’s definitely cause for concern.

She has a list of “patriotic holidays” she wants to instill in students. One of them is Columbus Day, an extremely problematic and racist holiday.

Finally, there are two aspects of her website that led me to dig deeper.

Part Three: Silencing Abuse Victims

So, in her bio on her website, Ahrens brags about banning a book:

Promoting traditional family values, helped to stop a certain controversial book (with heavy sexual content) form getting into Ocean View School District school libraries.

I was curious, so I investigated. Wanna know what the book was?

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Apparently her complaint was that it had sex scenes that were inappropriate for children. If you’re unfamiliar, the novel is semi-autobiographical, and includes descriptions of the sexual abuse Angelou faced as a child. It’s heavy stuff for sure, but also extremely important. It’s widely regarded as one of the most important pieces of feminist literature, and it tilts white male dominant America on its head. I read it when I was 12. It was disturbing. But it’s a book that is meant to disturb, and I’m very glad I read it when I did.

Now, I wouldn’t recommend that book to an eight year old. But this was in a middle school environment (read: kids aged 11-14). In fact, there was already a limitation: only eighth graders could check the book out. So we’re talking 13-14-year-olds. Now that may still seem young, but by age 12 most girls are already used to sexual harassment, and one in four will have been sexually assaulted by age 16. So reading the story of a survivor could be very helpful.

My biggest issue with this, though, is the way Judy Ahrens portrays it. “A certain controversial book”, she calls it, “with heavy sexual content.” It sounds meritless, obscene, pornographic. Instead, it is a renowned work of literature. Banning this book is not just removing some uncomfortable sex or disturbing abuse from the shelves; it is silencing the voices of victims and of women of color, voices which we should be raising.

This tale is a warning: Judy Ahrens favors censorship. This is scary. We already know she doesn’t like sex ed; will she fight to have educational books removed from libraries. Will she try to ban books that have gender and sexuality diverse characters? Given the next and final story in our saga, I’d not be at all surprised.

Part Four: Homophobic and Proud of It

It stands to reason that I, being a member of the LGBT+ community, would be most bothered by this. But I think, anyone would be bothered by this. Any decent, non-bigoted person, that is.

Right in the middle of her bio page, is this lovely gem:

I was elected in 2002 to the Westminster School Board with my continued theme of "Back to Basics." While in office, I, with the help of two other board members, lead the controversial fight against the homo-sexual issue.

WE WON ! [sic]

So, hopefully y’all can see exactly waht’s wrong with this, and I don’t have to say. But it’s obvious as can be. Blatant homophobic bigotry. “The controversial fight against the homo-sexual issue” is such a hurtful way to say that, too. So anyways, she’s shown herself to be a gross homophobe.

But I was curious, so I dug deeper, and boy did I find a story. In 1999, the State of California passed a law adding gender identity and sexuality to the list of things on the basis of which students could report discrimination. By 2004, every school district in California except Westminster had incorporated this new language into their policy. Westminster refused to modify their anti-discrimination policy language protecting trans students. Press at the time (and this became a national story) described Judy Ahrens as the board member most opposed to protections for trans kids. She was quoted as saying that the state law promotes homosexuality and that she’s “really sad that the moral compass isn’t out there” and “disappointed that economics is trying to outweigh morality and protecting our kids in this district.”

This was in 2004. It’s 2019 now. Much has changed. Maybe she could have changed; I would have been maybe willing to accept that. But she’s literally proud of this. She is using it as a campaign point.

If Judy Ahrens wins this election, it will send the message to lgbt+ kids in our district and everywhere that voters don’t care about them or their safety. If Ahrens wins, it will send the message that bigotry is a viable way to run a campaign. If Ahrens wins, it will send the message that hate wins.

So please, join me in voting AGAINST Judy Ahrens.

Vote for Danny York, who is neither particularly qualified nor severely unqualified, but is infinitely better than the hateful, bigoted, religious-extremest Ahrens. Keep our district welcoming and accepting of diversity.

And don’t only vote. This matters. Tell everybody. Make noise. Write letters to the editor. Share this, on facebook. We can defeat evil, but only if we join and rise to face it. So join, and rise. Please.

Ballots must be received by May 21. Probably for the best to return it by the 19th or 20th at least.

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mariespeaksg-dsgrace · 5 years

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Bible Study Book of Matthew 7: 1-5

Judging &/ or Discernment; whats the difference?…..

The Bible study Wednesday!!!

Praise God on High!

Thank you, God for providing a shield of protection around us. Thank you God, for preparing us for the many blessings that are ready on the way. Thank you God, for the many blessings that you have already given to us.

Thank you God, for there are so many brave men and women in your army here on earth that setting forth motion and holding the ground for your kingdom. Thank you Lord and Savior, walking with us every step of our day. Thank you Holy Spirit, for living inside each and everyone of God’s children. We pray to always honor our relationship with God.

We thank you God for preparing us to complete our mission for this life: and in so doing, we be welcomed in the bosom of God, Yeshua, and the Holy Spirit. Forever and ever.

We praise you now and forever.

We pray this in the loving name of your begotten Son;

Yeshua Jesus Christ.

Amen.

Book of Matthew 7:1-2

“Judge not, that you be not judge.

For with what judgement you judge, you will be judge; and with the measure you use it will be measured back to you. ”

Judging someone harshly although one carries the same sin or worse

Definition of judgement:

- the process of forming an opinion or evaluation by discerning and comparing

careful judgment of the odds

- an opinion or estimate so formed

is not worth doing

- the capacity for judging : DISCERNMENT

- the exercise of this capacity

a situation requiring careful judgment

(Retrieved from:https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/judgment, date 20190407)

Definition of judging:

Present participle of judge

-The cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions.

- the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions

(Retrieved from: https://www.wordnik.com/words/judging, date20190407)

Definition of discernment:

n. The power or faculty of the mind by which it distinguishes one thing from another; power of viewing differences in objects, and their relations and tendencies; penetrative and discriminate mental vision; acuteness; sagacity; insight.

(Retrieved from:https://www.wordnik.com/words/discernment, date 20190407)

Definition of choice:

- The act of choosing; selection.

The power, right, or liberty to choose; option.

Care in choosing.

An alternative.

Of very fine quality.

Appealing to refined taste.

(Retrieved from:https://www.wordnik.com/words/choice, date 20190407)

We all judge or make judgement calls; and we should. I know many are going to say Im going against the gospel but stay with me here. When we search out for a job do we not make judgements? How far is the travel? Will the job pay me enough for my obligations or living expenses?

Once we get the job.

We make the judgements on how we can be successful in the new work environment.

This may include who too or not too surround ourselves with. Who we will sit with at lunch, what we'll do at lunch? Whether our not will we go out and socialize with co-workers after working hours.

These are all judgements and part of the decision making process.

This is a natural part of life. This also is and not only a God given “instinct” or “intuition”(as some might say); but speaking spiritually: this is the Holy Spirit and our Angels talking to our spirits with us.

Keeping with the job scene: Anyone seeking success and wanting to achieve goals or advancement: has to make judgment calls for what is best for the blessings that God has provided too.

Now Christians need to make judgement calls as well. Yes.

How so? Well………

Being a Christian: is a job…it is a calling, it is a lifestyle; it's us with free will choosing to follow our Lord and Savior.

Being a Christian, comes with obligations just as a job. Laws, which are commandments, and processes on how to achieve success in this spiritual way of life. Do we not think there truly will be no “judging” or decision making involved?

Come on. No really, come one.

This is one on the verses that commonly get misinterpreted by others.

What Yeshua Jesus, is calling us to do here as Christians is not to judge others harshly, especially if we too our living in the same sinful life.

Examples:

If we as Christians are drinking excessively. We can not rightly call someone out on their drinking habits.

If someone is having casual sex with someone; that is not their spouse, we can’t and should preach to them on abstinence or not committing adultery.

If someone is living a sinful life. If someone is aiding the kingdom of darkness with actions or inactions. Yes, one can be aiding the kingdom of darkness by doing nothing.

If we are living in sin, attempting to help someone else to not live in sin or the same type of sin; that is trying to cast satan out with satan….it will not work until we get right and righteous. That is also being a hypocrite…. AMEN..!

Moving on, the measure of judging someone harshly comes into play if we condemn others. Shame others, verbal abuse others, speak curses onto others; this is a big NONO. Yeshua, calls for to be compassionate to others, give grace to others, maybe even the benefit of doubt to others. Yeshua, however does not cal us to be foolish or allow ourselves to be mistreated or taken advantage of; NO. This is why going to God and seeking God in all things is important. When confused take the questions or concerns to God. AMEN.

IF we are evil to others; for living the same sin as we live; this is being a hypocrite.

Now does God want us to be foolish and allow ourselves to be deceived, no.

“For God people die from a lack of knowledge”

God calls for his people

“to seek a matter out”.

Does God want us to harm others and ill wishes(which are curses) on others; no.

“For he who is without sin cast the first stone”.

But, does God want us to live in sin and amongst sinners, on a daily and in the sinful lifestyle style; absolutely not.

For “we can not put new wine into old wine skins”. This means in our quest to live righteously and stay righteous; we might have to remove certain lifestyles and certain persons from our daily life. (even if temporary or permanently)

Cross References:

Matthew 9:17

Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved."

Mark 2:21

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.

Mark 2:23

One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along.

(Retrieved from : https://biblehub.com/mark/2-22.htm, date 20190407)

The 3 verses listed above, show clearly that judgements and discernment is needed for Christians and righteous living.

Christian need to be able to not only recognize within themselves ways of life that are not in agreement with having a righteous life and spiritual relationship with God, but also ways of life that are in agreement with God.

Christians are to put God before all others. This may mean some persons from will not be allowed in our daily or social Life.

For we are called to not be unequally yoked.

Cross References

Genesis 24:3

and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,

Deuteronomy 22:10

Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together.

Ezra 9:2

Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!"

1 Corinthians 5:9

I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

1 Corinthians 6:6

Instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers!

1 Corinthians 7:39

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.

Ephesians 5:7

Therefore do not be partakers with them.

Ephesians 5:11

Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

1 John 1:6

If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

How would a Christian know if they are equally or unequally yoked: with a business, a product, a food source, a church, or person’s without making a judgement ?

The Judgement, should be based from the foundation of a righteous and spiritual life/ relationship with God, filled with the Holy Spiritual, and as Yeshua Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.

So judgment and discernment is needed.

But, being cruel to others, No.

Judging, others falsely, No.

Judging, based off of vanity, or narcissism; No.

Judging, based off of insecurities, No.

Judging, based off of feelings of being left behind, No.

Now let’s ask ourselves: When it’s time for our Father to judge us, would how would want God to judge us?

We are to live a righteous life, pray for others. Pray for others, prayer for others who are not living righteously, or righteously as the Bible calls for; not by our own thoughts/ opinions. Don’t speaks curses on them those we “think” could do a better job with their life.

But,,,,also,,,,,,Don’t allow yourself to be lead astray of deceived.

It’s important to remember: We as Christians will not win this spiritual battle for the lost souls with evil but with LOVE. AMEN.

So when counseling or advising someone, lets instead or reaching for our opinions; reach for our Bible.

Instead or pulling out words or judgement based from self; explain what God’s says. Jesus says, what of the Holy Spirit.

But, before all this advising and applying…..Let us get ourselves right and righteous…AMEN!

Book of Matthew 7:3

3. “And why do you look at the speck in you brother’s eye, do not consider the plank in you own eye?”

Get ourselves right and live righteously, before we point out the sins of others

Yeshua is telling us, we as Christians shouldn’t to walk around through the world with the intent of pointing out flaws or short coming off others, to make ourselves feel/seem more righteous. AMEN!

This, doesn’t mean we shouldn’t bring to light: the hypocrites that may exist, or the maybe point out sins/ unlawful/immoral/ harmful; ways someone might be living, acting, or engaging.

But, revealing to someone who is attempting to walk more with Jesus lifestyle choices, that may be holding them back from furthering their relationship with God.

It’s the heart of the matter and the intentions that count.

But, we shouldn’t be a judgmental negative spirit holding.

What do I mean by this?

Pointing as a means of helping or exposing, for righteousness shake or the betterment of someone or others, or for safety or information corrections or exposures;

is something quite different than,

exposing for ones on selfish desires.

One exposing to look better for a boss, or one exposing to shame others, or exposing to embarrassment to someone; is not of GOd.

God, exposures evils (revealing nakedness, the truth of matters, of underlining evils) to bring to light darkness of others and evil deeds of others; so that his children can be made aware and/or no longer lead off the path of righteous living.

But, there are person who simply “expose” as tool of manipulation or for cruel intentions.

This is not what Christians are supposed to do.

When exposing someone else faults, we need to take a good and honest look at our own short comings.

We need to take a look at our lives and our intentions behind the exposures.

If our goal is to help someone get right with God, AMEN.

If our intention is to compare base off our own ideas of righteous living, that is not of God. That is of self.

Righteous living is a lifestyle: ways of living, thinking, speaking, presentation, should all be based off of and for the intentions of: living and doing in agreement with what our Lord commands.

IF not we need to fix and correct ourselves, before we can help or guide others into righteous living by God’s order (remember, not our own).

That is important: by God’s commandments, not our opinion, not bias, not ourself serving objectives.

Book of Matthew 7:4

4. “Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your; and look, a plank is in your own eye?”

Amen!!!!! I love this verse.

How can we help others when we are not right ourselves? Exactly.

How can we help others not to be enslaved to a corrupt employer if we too are not in righteous employment?

Or,

how can someone counsel a friends marriage or relationship advice, if they themselves have an unhappy home.

Right?

Doesn’t make any type of sense.

Yeshua, is telling us in this verse, to get ourselves right so that we can help others. But, also get ourselves righteous, aka practice what we preach. Do as I do, not as I say to do, while Im doing something else completely not right with God and God’s commandments. That would be being a hypocrite.

But, I would like to add an addition. Many are unable to take a good honest look at themselves, when faults are pointed out: from a loving stand point.

For example: Let's say a family member, points out that maybe a life style such as drugs or drinking, or cheating on a spouse; is not in keeping with God’s plan for our life.

We need to be humble and mature enough to take the advice and maybe sometime out with some self reflection. Not spout off, “Don't judge me.” Or “Mind your our business”. Or Whatever else are words or deflection or self-denial. No, go into a safe and quiet place, and talk to God. Ask God, what he says, wait for the signs from God or confirmations that will come. AMEN!

Book of Matthew 7:5

5. “Hypocrite! First move the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”

Definition of Hypocrite:

- A person given to hypocrisy.

- One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety.

- One who assumes a false appearance; one who feigns to be what he is not, or to feel or believe what he does not actually feel or believe; especially, a false pretender to virtue or piety.

———-Synonyms Dissembler, Hypocrite (see dissembler); Pharisee, formalist, cheat.

a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives. (Insert several “church””leaders” here….)

(retrieved from:, https://www.wordnik.com/words/hypocrite, date20190405)

WOW!!!!!!! Our Yeshua Jesus Christ,,,,,,,, is one of a kind!!!! I love…just love his voice, his assertiveness, his bravery; we could use a lot of this in several of the church”leaders” of today…am I right or am I right.(just my personal opinion…based off of experiences and observations. Ok let me get out me feeeeeeelingszzz)

Furthermore, if someone is calling someone out on issues or lifestyle that needs to be corrected and the other party speak the words,”Don't judge or who are you to judge …….”

This is way us being in good standing with the virtues of God’s word is important. Let us remove the pink from our eyes before we speak or suggest correction to/ in/of; others.

Another note: it also bares reason to point out sometimes its not what we speak, but also how we speak; that can help or hurt a situation.

We, should not aim to injury someone with our words or actions. If the purpose of us bringing to the forefront someone actions, let lead with loving ways and loving words. It’s up to that person to accept or reject the help. It’s up to the other person to deflect or reflect; on the words spoken. If that person accepts; then wonderful, great. But, if that person spouts off “Don't judge me” etc…that person is most likely not ready for a change or too immature to handle a change and we have to make peace with that, no matter how much it might hurt.

Let us pray.

God , today we pray; we not judge others falsely. Lord, we that we speak words of love to your children. God, help us to speak from a foundation of your commandments and not our condemning thoughts/ hurtful selfish beliefs.

God help us to bring to light, not to shame. Lord, teach us to guide and not lead a stray. Hold Spirit, speak to our minds, guide our spirits with God in mind. Lord and Savior help, us to be more like you.

Help us Father, lead others to walk righteously, as we walk righteously too. And if we should ever fall short, us to correct our ways. Lead us closer to the cross, each and everyday. Father Yah, our loving Father please help us to help to lead. Righteous lives and walks with thy. God, when we speak to others, let there be less of us and more of you.

We pray for continued the safety and guidance of all the Prophets. I pray, the Prophets who are truly of you stay righteous. I pray for the false Prophets and false leaders to be exposed and removed for the roles they are in, so that they can’t contaminated and mislead your flock Lord. We pray, for the protection of our Leaders who are truly of you and doing your work here on earth.

God, as always we pray for POTUS, Q, Q+++, and Patriots world wide that are fighting to rid this world of those who seek to destroy your agenda. I pray God keeps everyone safe and blessed. We pray for the Prophets of today. Let them not stray from your word. Let them speak from you and leave ego at the alter.

In Yeshua Jesus Christ loving name.

Amen

Prayer from April 6, 2019

God, Thank you for blessings us with your word. Thank you God, for the justice that is coming to those that have deceived you children for many years. Thank you Lord and Savior for giving up guidance through your word. Lord, forgive us for not knowing, to seeking, and taking into our owns hands an active effort in learning of your love. Thank you God, for your mercy and grace.

We, pray more hearts and minds turn to loving you wholly. We, pray Lord, for a revival in the churches of our land. We, repent for the corrupt leaders that have done many evil deeds and perverted you gospel Lord. God, we stand united as your army ready to answer the call as you command. Thank you God, for revealing to us what is your purpose for our lives and our mission for your kingdom.

We aim always to be faithful and loyal to us.I pray church leaders repent and renew their covenant your you Lord. I pray we as Christian start new home Churches and replace the corrupt corporation churches that exist today..

We pray for continued the safety and guidance of all the Prophets. I pray, the Prophets who are truly of you; stay righteous. I pray, for the false Prophets and false leaders to be exposed and removed for the roles they are in, so that they can’t contaminated and mislead your flock Lord. We pray, for the protection of our Leaders who are truly of you and doing your work here on earth.

In Yeshua Jesus Christ loving name.

Amen

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This is just me doing my part to share THE GOOD NEWS, from a study Bible new Christian study person view of the world, experiences, and study bible sorts. So I completely understand any others interpretations, but this is my blog so obviously that interpretations I write with my views and applications to my life, from my life. I pray this helps others. I pray I can help further God’s kingdom here on Earth.

I pray God be with us in our study and guide us to wisdom, knowledge, and discernment; for our souls shake. In Yeshua Jesus loving name. Amen. I will be going through this study bible book by book, verse by verse. While comments are welcomed, any negative and evil comments will not be tolerated(towards myself or others) by me.

I don’t aim to divide, but bring us together as sisters and brothers in Christ. I can accept different points of view, but evil words will never be tolerated or welcomed. It is ok to disagree, but not to attack. It is ok to have a different view or interpretations, but not to curse(spiritual definition).

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