Hello Jim Ed,
You must know that in the future, there will be clear
boundaries for making contact with Janet and me, especially Janet. This is not
to say there will be no further contacts with us, but it must be under a number
of conditions.
Janet wanted to add her word before we set the conditions
together. Here is her note to you:
Jim Ed,
I was more than a
little disturbed by your visit on Wednesday. In the spirit of neighborliness
and the Thanksgiving holiday coming up, I opened our house to you, even though I
felt s bit uncomfortable doing so, especially in Bob?s absence.
We ironed
out what you perceived to be a rejection on my part.
When you wanted to
share the symbols that are meaningful to you, I was interested, although having
a hard time ?getting it? in the way you told it to me. No input from me seemed
to even get through to you, or matter at all.
I was very disturbed when
you talked of your depression, thinking about getting your gun, and when you
told me you are the ?Anti-Christ? and a ?crack-head? I began to be somewhat
afraid of you and wished I had not opened my door to you.
When I told you
I needed medications and even that didn?t stop your monologue, I said it again
and began to leave the room. At that point you did thank me for listening and
left, saying you would leave your stuff so you could come back. You either
didn?t hear me or didn?t pay attention when I said, ?No, take them with
you.?
Bob and I both feel we and our space were violated, and Bob has
drawn up some conditions under which we may all co-exist as neighbors. I concur
with what he has written below. Janet
The Conditions:
1. There
can be no further non-negotiated visits on your part with either or both of
us.
2. We are not available to participte in your theological
doctrines
which you presented to Janet for more than one hour and fifteen
minutes. You failed to leave our house until the second time Janet indicated she
needed a break for medicines. You may not know that Janet has Parkinson's and
extended stressful events activate her symptoms. Furthermore, Janet needed to
take her
medicines and tried to bring your theological discourse to a
close,
but you continued. Furthermore, you left your basket of possessions
in
our house in order that you would have assurance of returning to
our
house. That is far too presumptuous for us.
3. You do not have
permission to enter our property or phone our house
unless you can abide by
these limits.
4. We do not listen to religious talk from anyone, let alone
invite
them into our home. We do not do that with you. We share our
faith
with people who ask questions of us and our religious convictions.
You
had no questions for Janet, only pressing her to agree with
your
doctrine.
G. Robert Gary, Sr. ThD
Once had a little old white haired lady ask me:
"Doesn't it say in the bible one shouldn't cast pearls before swine?"
Do not know why she asked me that. She knew I was gay. She knew I was atheist.
Far as I'm concerned, pearls are nothing more than strings of grits husbands purchase as gifts to pacify their wives. Who perceives the value of pearls, a gift that must first be accepted, other than women?
Wouldn't surprise me at all, one had a predominately female audience when that statement was first made.
Good time to point out... "pigs" and "swine"... are gender neutral. With women wanting to believe all men are pigs; then by default, all women are pigs too. Who is it they think nurses and takes care of all them little piglets?
So...all James Edward Avery, DVM has to do:
Slap them string of grits on someones (George Robert Gary, Sr. ThD or Bob for short) pet pot belly pig then call the wife of that arrogant obtuse swine a SOW.
Can't help but wonder if Bob's aware his wife already confessed to me, in an email, she shows...HER FLEAS...to his children. As we veterinarians can tell you: if Janet has fleas...SO...does Bob. But it's only God and I who knows they didn't get the fleas from their grandchildren, sweet little Henry or Georgia; or from even the dog.
GOD...laughed so hard that day I saw ... A BEAGLE ... being walked with Bob sailing close behind at the end of a leash not his.
Made me think of Charles Darwin on his way to the Galapagos Islands... and...what it might be like growing up with Bob and Janet equally head of household (or at least what Janet wants to believe); a joke one of their (rebellious?) children played on them.
Once told my mother during one of our many long distance phone calls between my home here in Atlanta and hers (also my childhood home) in Arkansas:
"If there is anyone in the bible I can relate to, it would have to be the wife of Lot's nephew; the one who turned into a pillar of salt upon having to leave behind all things familiar she ever knew and loved."
Isn't it possible, just possible, Bob and Janet have entertained and still are entertaining an angel unaware? Surely they don't need the likes of me reminding them:
The higher up we go, the more difficult the tests becomes.
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Truly agree with George Carlin:
"God is just a comedian playing before an audience afraid to laugh."
Simply Jim:
One Pearl,
Total Pig,
Anti-Christ.
As stuff put into our heads as kids never really go away, have eighteen years of Methodism must do something with. This is the best I can do.
Am not anti-Jesus; just believe he was nothing more than an good man with a big heart who found a clever way at being "thou artful dodger" with the language.
"Son's a sons until he gets him a wife. Daughter's a daughter all her life."
Instead of claiming to be God when he claimed to be the "Father, Son, and Holy Ghost"; he was only claiming to be the sum of his parents in his father's absence.
Who cares who provided the "Y" chromosome for Mary's firstborn child. That has always been and will always be Mary's and Joseph's secret. It is their story and all of history leading up to that moment, and not just the life and death of Jesus alone, that became larger than life.
The quality of a good leader is one able to disappoint his own people at a rate they can absorb. Would never have found an audience had he strayed too far from the teachings of his time.
It's time for another reset in the language today; and I believe the story of my life can be a catalyse for that change as I have absolutely no tribal loyalties at all.
But first...
I need a celebrity sponsor just to be heard. I'm already a professional; unlike Jesus who found learned men and professionals to give up their jobs and follow him.
Jim Ed, you honor me to share yourself and your writing in
this way. I feel a bit daunted by your trust in me. We really don't know each
other that well. Salty language doesn't bother me in the least. I'm sorry you
are feeling depressed. I have experienced that a lot of my life, but am better
thanks to some good meds and good therapy! I have learned to accept myself
more, "fleas and all."
I have read your blogs and found them quite interesting, a
bit diaturbing, and mysterious. At the risk of being one of those "fools (who)
rush in where angels fear to tread" I am going to respond to several parts of
your writing, blog by blog.
1) Barrell of Monkeys: "Genesis" in reverse"
I'm not sure I understand this one completely except maybe
to say the humans can evolve in reverse as well as forward from our ape
beginnings Just my humble opinion!
You gave an example of how painful it is to share yourself
with people at work who don't share your political views. The question is, does
it really change anyone's mind when people have such opposite views? Isn't
there something in the Bible about not casting one's pearls among
swine?
It has been my experience that some people can hear my
deepest musings and others cannot. I try to be selective, but I often find my
mouth preceding my head! That does not usually turn out well. Only when I find
someone who is open to differences can I really hear and be
heard.
2) Pale Blue Dot
Carl Sagan is a wise man.
3) An Innocence lost.
Is that culte little boy you?
We mothers have to be taught by our sons and daughters who
they really are, since we often see our children as projections of ourselves and
try to make them into who we wish we could be. This is not fair to either one.
I am trying now to really show my grown children who I am and get to know who
they really are. It is a daunting task, but very rewarding!
4) "H" is for.....
In the alphabet, G comes before H--
Gratitude
Goodness
Giving
Growing
GOD
...and F comes before G
Forgiving (oneself and others)
HUMILITY is, indeed hard to come by.
POSTNOTE:
It is my belief that although each of us is unique--different
from anyone else in the world--we are, as human beings, more alike that
different--we all bleed, cry, laugh, hate, love, and need other people to hear
and understand us. It is my life-long mission to try to see myself and others
as God the Creator intended us to be, to judge less and to love more. I fall
short more than not, but maintain hope.
Janet
Pearl of Great Price: Pearl of Great Price
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