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Well,"It's Friday But Sundays a'coming" said the preacher as told by the late Tony Campolo.I still have that message on a cassette tape AND an original tape player but like many of us, time has not been kind to the quality.John 4-24  says's "God is spirit (the source of life, yet invisible to mankind) and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth" Amp version.This verse comes after to me, probably one of the most amazing encounters in scripture, a woman in the everyday tedium of her life going to collect water at it's source, encounters a weary traveller sitting on the well and you know the rest of the story, this no name woman who has seemingly stumbled from one bad relationship to another, and  finds an unknown to her Jesus, He  recognizes her thirst for acceptance.The hidden cry of many peoples heart today acceptance.There you go Mike a bit of Friday waffle for you.Kerry, as God is spirit, I think the Adamic man created in his image and likeness was just that, what that entailed I know not but he was not spirit 'like' God, His maleness was spirit, his soul was his untested fleshy/ female part. As God is light so was Adam until the female switched his light off, and as men love darkness more than light , we all live by choices.As stated , 'my' symplistic rendition.

Quote from: Dave on 16 Mar, 2026 22:17 Kerry, In my more simplistic approach to scripture I've always had the woman as female and Adam as male, Adam was created as both and the female part was taken and we have the wo-man. I have the woman as all female, flesh of MY flesh.I agree with that.  It means God is both male and female, doesn't it?QuoteAn interesting thought on the maybe lack of cleaving.AS they were created both to have dominion Eve came up maybe a bit short but the serpent knew whose was the flesh to tempt.Just what would be the significance involved in a cleaving act and can we be sure there was none???Sometimes I think who has the mind of God in this whole creation thing!!!!I read "knew" to mean "cleave."  It works for me; but I can understand if others don't see it that way. 

Quote from: Dave on 15 Mar, 2026 19:08Thanks RITA nice to get a feminine insight, does your grand daughter get any help from local sources?Our friends mind is very much negative and like a roundabout replays the past.Hi Dave, My grand daughter has quite a few health issues, some tied in and linked to the autism, so she gets support from the GP and mental health team ( although the latter hasn’t had much involvement since she turned 18 ) My daughter is her advocate and fights her corner and understand the autism, she still lives at home.  I have noticed that she draws attention to her health issues, but in an unhealthy way. Dan and I don’t take the bait when she does this, I change the subject or focus on other things as I don’t want to give her what she craves. This doesn’t mean we don’t give her empathy at times, but it’s kind of balanced. My daughter hasn’t got the right balance yet.Living next door has given us insight though, and we realise that autism isn’t something that you grow out of, the brain is just wired differently. So there are things that we do just need to accept about the way she acts or deals with things.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EASmjIol9EU&list=RDEASmjIol9EUMike had a few meetings with the old sally Ann back in the day.    

 Kerry, In my more simplistic approach to scripture I've always had the woman as female and Adam as male, Adam was created as both and the female part was taken and we have the wo-man. I have the woman as all female, flesh of MY flesh.An interesting thought on the maybe lack of cleaving.AS they were created both to have dominion Eve came up maybe a bit short but the serpent knew whose was the flesh to tempt.Just what would be the significance involved in a cleaving act and can we be sure there was none???Sometimes I think who has the mind of God in this whole creation thing!!!!

Quote from: Dave on 15 Mar, 2026 19:08Never been a great lover of Zucchini but Helen found this grated cheese sliced Zucchini grilled recipe and we are hooked, plus it gives a nice sleep induced nap feeling 😔😔😔.I used to bake sliced zucchini mixed with a tomato sauce usually used for spaghetti and grated cheese.  I also made zucchini bread -- but I usually didn't have walnuts, it got made without them.

Thanks RITA nice to get a feminine insight, does your grand daughter get any help from local sources?Our friends mind is very much negative and like a roundabout replays the past.Kerry I enjoyed what you shared, I’ve reread it a couple of times but have had no flow for a reply BUT I’m working on it.🤔🤔🤔.Never been a great lover of Zucchini but Helen found this grated cheese sliced Zucchini grilled recipe and we are hooked, plus it gives a nice sleep induced nap feeling 😔😔😔.

Quote from: Rita on 14 Mar, 2026 09:00I sadly didn’t think anyone was posting on the forum- I usually hit ‘ unread posts since last visit ‘ and it comes up with ‘ no new posts ‘ ………and yet there have been. I have "recent posts" bookmarked and usually use it to get here.  I can see at a glance if there are posts I haven't read yet.https://unitedindiversity.createaforum.com/index.php?action=recent

Quote from: Dave on 11 Mar, 2026 16:10It seems in this life that it consists very much with the question "WHY".Why did the the Lord have a two trees and a serpent in the garden, would 'man' have made better choices with no serpent and no trees?.Because there is a lot of 'WHY" it very often develops into WHY me.Unfortunately in most cases 'why me' is a question with no answer.I write to a lady who's 'why me's' totally ruin her life, she's stuck with questions and seemingly no answers, a victim mentality rules her. The only way out of 'why me' is 'what now.'You don't heal by replaying what hurt you, you can decide to stop carrying it, what happened probably can not be undone and certainly not by continually revisiting in your mind.Is there a path forward, we accept some things , maybe a lot of things seem to have no reason.Is it possible to accept the hurt and move forward to heal??I'm sure as you read this as a christian you can fill in with scripture stuff I could have written the chapter and verse.Until she can release those hurts, there is no peace.She is also Autistic which compounds her problem. I would value any wisdom and if the Lord lays her on your heart for prayer.I sadly didn’t think anyone was posting on the forum- I usually hit ‘ unread posts since last visit ‘ and it comes up with ‘ no new posts ‘ ………and yet there have been. My grand daughter is autistic and often goes round and round in loops about things, we all do at times when we don’t understand things but usually there comes a point in time when you stop playing victim and start to want to be a survivor. However I must admit that I feel pretty fortunate in my life so how can I possibly understand what it’s like living with something that makes you question ‘ why me ‘. We all have ‘ Why ‘questions about things, and often as not it revolves around the suffering in the world, but as Christian’s we know that we don’t have all the answers but we trust in a God who does. I am so sorry Dave, no wisdom as it doesn’t matter who we are, whether we are autistic or not, we can still be full of self pity - often as not we reach a point where enough is enough and we have a desire to stop playing victim and start wanting to be a survivor, but some people just feed off the negatives in life rather than see the flip side.That’s of no use what so ever, oh dear has my older brain started to cross over to something of an attitude issue ……………………..

Quote from: Dave on 12 Mar, 2026 16:36Thanks Kerry for acknowledging      You're quite welcome, Dave.  A few lines from a Tennyson poem. The Charge of the Light Brigade, came to mind.“Forward, the Light Brigade!”Was there a man dismayed?Not though the soldier knew  Someone had blundered.  Theirs not to make reply,  Theirs not to reason why,  Theirs but to do and die.  Into the valley of Death  Rode the six hundred."Why's" are not real things anyway.  You can't touch them, hear them, taste them, etc.  Why's exist in our imagination. Our minds can start spinning when we start trying to imagine what plans others have for what they do. We can imagine evil where none exists.  I do relate this to the temptation of Eve.  She could look around the Garden.  It was all good.  Why suspect God didn't want her and Adam to eat of the forbidden fruit because He didn't want them to be like Him?  She was imagining evil in God where none existed.  Did God have a good motive for putting that tree there and telling them not to eat of it?  I believe He did.  Eve's first mistake then was "imagining" something in the Mind of God which wasn't true.  Then she acted on her suspicion.  I say God had a good motive for putting that tree there.  Adam was supposed to "cleave" to Eve and hadn't done it yet.  Had the two become one, they would have been able to see the world from each other's perspective.  And being neither male nor female but both, they would have become more like God.  Remember God created them in "His" image, both male and female.  Had they become one as God intended and commanded, it would have been safe for them to eat of the "forbidden" fruit.  Indeed they would have been told to eat of it.Your friend seems to be like many others in this world who try to figure out things too much.  The question should not be "Why did this happen to me" but rather "What do I want to do with this situation.'  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2JzHvRgyMg