Always Forgiving; Day351; 5K Swim

Psa 130:1  A Song of Ascents. OUT OF the depths have I cried to You, O Lord.
Psa 130:2  Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
Psa 130:3  If You, Lord, should keep account of and treat [us according to our] sins, O Lord, who could stand? [Ps. 143:2; Rom. 3:20; Gal. 2:16.]
Psa 130:4  But there is forgiveness with You [just what man needs], that You may be reverently feared and worshiped. [Deut. 10:12.]

forgiveness – act of pardoning somebody for a mistake or wrongdoing.

I used to think that God will punish me whenever I do something bad.  As I began to grow as a Christian, I realized that He is a forgiving God.  No, He is not punishing us because we did something horrible, the sufferings are the consequence of own misdeeds.  Sometimes our situations becomes so difficult and unbearable and then we blame God for those tears and hardship we deal with everyday.  There are consequences in our own actions.  Those consequences are “man made” meaning – we created it.  But with God’s wisdom and guidance, He will guide us and lead us into a better situation.  Don’t give up!

Lately, I’ve been in contact with several people that has problems -local friends, co-workers, distant friends, out of the circle friends and always I can summarize the root cause of their (including me) problems – UNFORGIVENESS, the inability to tolerate a mistake.  So today, I searched some articles regarding the subject and compiled it for your easy reading. Please read it slowly and understand it and then put it into action.  They key to a clear mind is zero un-forgiveness in our heart.

Article – Forgiveness
Article – About Marriage
Article – About Marriage 2
Article – Divorce Remarriage
Article – Divorce Remarriage 2

MIT (Most Important Task)
1. 5K Swim (~2h)
2. Iron Clothes (~1.5h)
3. Backup Hyper-V/Sharepoint

0000, Sleep
0100, Sleep
0200, Sleep
0300, Sleep
0400, Sleep
0500, Sleep
0600, Sleep
0700, Breakfast; journal;
0800,
0900,
1000, 5K Swim
1100, 5K Swim
1200,
1300, Nap
1400,
1500, Pickup Brent
1600,
1700, Iron clothes
1800, Iron clothes
1900, Backup up Hyper-V
2000, Backup Sharepoint
2100,
2200,
2300,
2400, Sleep

LOOKING BACK – YESTERDAY
What went well?
1. I went out for a cold weather cycling yesterday at 46’F because last week I skipped my routine because of the weather and yesterday’s weather was almost identical of last Monday’s weather.  I cannot let the weather dictate my routines so yesterday I brave myself to go out even if it was really cold.  At 45’F, the weather is already cold enough to shock my body and add a 15 mph speed on the bike, the 45’F felt more likely at 40’s.  Fast forward 37 miles later, the ordeal was over.  I survived.
pictures

What didn’t go so well?
1. Case #1. My daughter is on her 2nd and final warning of driving fast in the corners and driving with one hand only.  She thinks she is already a level10 driver.  Yesterday was cold and raining when we picked up Brent from school.  It was my turn to pickup Brent but she volunteered to drive.  I was not comfortable yet so I hopped in in the passenger side of the pickup truck and off we drove.  I noticed that her driving at corners (left turn at Gattis School road was just >than normal speed.  I called her attention again (I mentioned this a million times already warning her but she is not listening).  I think she is thinking that I cannot take her car away from her.   Will see. 
The reason why I emphasized to her about slowing down at corners because a few months ago, I was turning left at AW Grimes when my Yukon went out of control while cornering and I did a 360’ turn in the intersection.  I was blessed there were no cars on both sides of the intersection and nothing happened.  Her car has the same engine as my car (a V8) but only with a lighter body/frame.  Imagine how that Colorado pickup truck handles corners at high speed.

My countermeasure:
1. I gave her a 5 minute lecture about accidents
2. I let her wrote the consequences of poor driving habits (on a piece of paper)
a. Death
b. Crippled
c. Brain dead
e. Unnecessary car repairs
f.  Unnecessary car insurance cost
g. Her future can change forever

2. Case #2.  My daughter again received a warning from the home network administrator to remove her name for the group she joined on Facebook with the foul language in the title.  I think Facebook admin should filter those group creation with negative message.  I went to her notebook and wrote down her laptop’s mac address and gave her a warning if another violation is noted in her account, her wireless connection at home will be disconnected.

My Countermeasure:
1. Do this or you lose it (Rules and Systems – home version)

Am I so strict?  No, not really.  I laid out some rules in the household and it needs to be followed for safety reasons (and sometimes sanity).  Rules are there to establish “peace and order”.  I still need to write my own version of Rules and Systems at home (governance). This is another big project ;-().
 
What would you do differently next time?
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Conclusion:
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