Life

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Something can "matter" without "making a difference"

Having something "matter" is just an emotion...it means that you care.

The question then, becomes "do you care enough to act on the emotion?"

If so, then the the thing that "matters" also "makes a difference".

It matters to me that my daughter would be very upset if I had her cat put to sleep...but even though it matters, if the time comes, I cannot let that emotion of "matter" also "make a difference."

If there is no action, no change...then whatever it that "matters" does not "make a difference"...and there is little that "makes a difference"

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He misses home.  I told him that I miss him a lot.

He's short on cash and I told him that I'll help as much as I can, which is not very much.

His financial aid still is not done because they lost my tax information (I can fax it tomorrow).  He has a $500 bill that needs to be paid.

But classes are going well.

It was really, really good to tell him I love him.  That his whole family is proud of him.  That he's doing good.

And that - he told me that he doesn't like to ask for money - that he should let others be blessed by blessing him.

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16 - define "sin"

"sin" is that which defies the Law of God.  From our first father (Adam) on, we have all been born into a state of sin.

17 - how important is "denomination"?

I believe it is most important when looking for a new church - If you know what you believe, it is the denominational standards that will tell you if a particular church has the same general beliefs that you do.

18 - what are the advantages of being in a particular denomination?  disadvantages?

The advantages are that there is additional oversight - if something goes wrong in a church, there is somebody higher up that you can go to.

The disadvantages are that the more structure there is, the slower the process goes.

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Tom is settling in well...but he's going to run out of cafeteria money before the end of the semester (when they moved him to the upper classmen dorm they took him off the unlimited eating plan, and gave him a card with $700 on it and a kitchen).  He's eating fruit and milk for breakfast (pretty healthy) and he says that the on-campus sushi place isn't half bad.

Amanda is half moved, half not.  She has a cough and wants to go to the doctor, so I reminded her that this is the last month she's going to have insurance.

I've crafted out and need to get back into the swing of taking a little while every day to knit or cross stitch while I listed to podcasts.  I feel better mentally when I have that time to spend doing just that with no other distractions.

A close friend of mine lost two friends and will be attending two funerals today, back to back.  I'll have dinner with her afterward (we go to a steak house that's low-carb friendly except for the wonderful rolls with honey-butter...so I'll save all my carbs for the end of the day)

Henry is staying with me.  I want another heartbeat in the house and a listening hear.  He doesn't talk back much and I have to feed him twice a day...but Amanda can't afford the food and insulin - and the place she's staying already has two cats and I'm not feeding them Iams.