Tuesday, 29 July 2008
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That Little Old Lady Ruined My Day!
by miss goldenrod
The lady with an overflowing shopping cart at the grocery store rushes to get into the line ahead of you and your little basketful. The guy who tailgated you for the last three miles zips around to get ahead of you and then hits his brakes. The person at the movie theatre behind you has a cold...and is sneezing and wheezing and coughing down your neck. Your neighbor allows their dog to bark for hours before she decides to bring him in. The waiter screws your order up...and you're on your lunch hour. These situations are incredibly frustrating! Nothing you did made you deserving of such ill-treatment, yet for some reason, fate is hell-bent giving you a crappy day.
So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God. James 1:19-20, NKJVThe word "wrath" in the English Bible is translated from three Greek words: orge, thumos, and parorgismos. According to the Vines Expository Dictionary, orge was used in this piece of scripture. In my opinion, thumos seems to fit this scripture well also; the VED says this:
* "Thumos, 'wrath' (not translated 'anger'), is to be distinguished from orge, in this respect, that thumos indicates a more agitated condition of the feelings, an outburst of wrath from inward indignation...It is characteristic that it quickly blazes up and quickly subsides..."
Indignation: anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean. When we feel that we have been slighted, insulted, or offended, we can easily become indignant. That little prick of emotion in our spirit opens us up to become angry, wrathful...and before we even realize it, we are no longer producing the righteousness, or "rightwiseness," of God. When we start to get angry at this other person for a slight, we have stopped seeing that person as a child of God, a person he loves. Besides, we've all been that person at some point!
Jesus has mercy on us each day. Do you think he wastes time and energy yelling at me as I do people in other cars even though they can't hear me?! Of course not. He probably sighs, shakes his head, and smiles...knowing that I'm just human. I posted this following prayer of another blogger in June, and I'm doing so again because we all need a reminder sometimes that other people have things going on too:
"Dear Lord, Help us remember that the jerk who cut us off in traffic last night is a single mother who worked nine hours that day and is rushing home to cook dinner, help with homework, do the laundry and spend a few precious moments with her children.
Help us to remember that the pierced , tatooed, disinterested young man who can't make change correctly is a worried 19-year-old college student, balancing his apprehension over final exams with his fear of not getting his student loans for next semester.
Remind us, Lord, that the scary looking bum, begging for money in the same spot every day (who really aught to get a job!) is a slave to addictions that we can only imagine in our worst nightmares.
Help us to remember that the old couple walking annoyingly slow through the store aisles and blocking our shopping progress are savoring this moment, knowing that, based on the biopsy report she got back last week, this will be the last year that they go shopping together.
Heavenly Father, remind us each day that, of all the gifts you give us, the greatest gift is love. It is not enough to share that love with those we hold dear. Open our hearts not to just those who are close to us, but to all humanity. Let us be slow to judge and quick to forgive, show patience, empathy and love. Amen."
What kinds of little things frustrate you? How do you keep that frustration from ruining your entire mood?
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I live in an apartment, and we have communal laundry rooms. People who don't clean their lint off the lint trap when they're done with the dryer really tick me off. It happens all the time. I don't want to have to clean up someone else's lint. That's disgusting.
But, I just have to get over it, you know? It's just lint. Still, I wish people would be more considerate of others.
Oh, and the little old lady? Just run faster than her. I'm sure you could, LOL. :D
Every single little thing frustrates me, haha. I'm an easily frustrated person. Sometimes I can let it go, other times I get angry. Then later I regret getting so angry over something so stupid. I try to remember that regret and shame when I'm tempted to go nuts if something small isn't working out.
I think pretty much everything in that post has annoyed me at some point, plus some. I get frustrated, then I forget about it five minutes later. It doesn't ruin my mood for long, but I still have no reason to be indignant and impatient.
When I was leaving my boyfriend's apartment this morning, I called the elevator. It opened, and then the occupants promptly pressed "door close" and the elevator literally shut in my face. The only thought I had then (and the only one I have even now looking back): motherfucking asshole! If you're really in a hurry, take the damn stairs. It's twice as fast. (And he didn't have anything with him, either.)
What a beautiful reminder! Thank you for this!
I am not one to become frustrated fast with these situations...driving maybe more so. People make such "very" unwise driving choices and then I remind myself.."maybe it was an angel protecting me from something worse" or behind a slow car I also think "God is protecting me from speeding".... not always but more so since my sisters death in a car crash.
Being a bit shy around strangers also helps me not show my irritation..I'd be ashamed. ;)
I can deal with little annoyances like these. They all seem unintentional. The things in life that get me livid are intentional provocation, and being forced to be around people who are just rotten inside. It is so hard to see them as children of God. It is so much easier to hate them. I pray a lot that I will not give evil a foothold. Do you ever feel like you are caught in a tug of war between God and Satan?
People ruin the ability of non-Christians to empathize with Christians (or for that matter, Christians to deal with non-Christians) by saying inappropriate things, or things at inappropriate moments. This irks me quite a bit of late.
Grammar especially in im-ing or emails.
I remind myself that it's not their fault because chances are that no one else has corrected them before or they're in a rush.
Great reminder! My dad is one who is CONSTANTLY getting totally p.o.'d at people who cut him off in traffic, and other stupid traffic faux pas, and I think to myself, "He is wasting so much breath and energy yelling at some guy who probably isn't from around here, and just realized he was in the wrong lane."
I try really hard to just let stuff roll off my shoulders... but I'm also quite guilty of the 10 second "OMG! I'M SO MAD!!!" sessions. There are plenty of things that drive me crazy, but one is how my dogs jump all over me the instant I walk in the door, or I wake up to see that my favorite stuffed animal from childhood is strewn in pieces across the floor... >:o
Where do you get the translations from Greek? I see a lot of people comment that the gazillions of versions of the Bible are incorrectly translated and you have to know the original Hebrew/Greek/whatever ("whatever" in this case is meant in the most Bible-respecting manner) to know the real meaning of the Word... but I don't speak Greek or Hebrew (although I do speak fluent Whatever ;P) so besides spending years learning a language, where do I find the original translation?
Thanks for your help! :)
my current roommate frustrates the heck out of me. She leaves messes in the kitchen for days, doesn't put trash bags in the trashcan, leaves her laundry in the dryer for days...and so on.
I am trying to keep my anger in check. I was hoping she'd move out this summer because I am horrible at confrontation. I'm not sure what exactly I'm going to do. Eventually, I'll work up enough nerve to talk to her about it. But really, I think the relationship is over. She made the living room her room for about 2 months earlier this year...when she had a room. Yeah...
The worst part about this is that I should have known better. We lived together at the dorms. She was messy then, never did her dishes, etc. I just should have known. And now there's not much I can do about it. I wish I had another roommate lined up, cuz then I'd just ask her to go.
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The original language of the Old Testament is in both Hebrew and Greek. The Hebrew text (Masoretic Text) came from Hebrew speaking Jews in Palestine, while the Greek text (Septuagint) came from the Greek speaking Jews in Alexandria. There are extra books in the Septuagint, called the Apocryphal books, which are not in the Masoretic Text. For your information, the Catholic and Orthodox churches use the Septuagint for their OT (hence they have more books), while the Protestant church and Judaism uses the Masoretic Text.
Relatively recently (in 1946), the Dead Sea Scrolls were found... so we have a third source of the Old Testament. The ordering of the books and individual chapters are different though. In case you're wondering, there is minimal differences between the 3 sources (Masoretic, Septuagint and Dead Sea Scrolls)... variation occurs in minute details of the sentences but does not alter the meaning in drastic ways. It's amazing if you consider that God's word has been preserved through faithful scribes and copyists by hand for thousands of years.
The original language of the New Testament is in Greek, and all three major branches of Christianity uses the same ones, while Judaism does not see the New Testament as Scripture.
Whenever one translates from one language to another, there are always difficulties and some meaning is often lost in translation. This is because there may be a word in language A that cannot be expressed in language B (language B does not have a suitable word to describe it).
A classic example would be the word "love" in English... there are actually many words to describe different types of love in Greek. You may have heard of things like "agape, phyllios, erose, etc".
Translating one language to another word for word is the most "accurate" way to go, but you'll end up with nonsense. What translators have to do is to translate the meaning of the sentences to another language. Often, a word may have more than one possible meaning, but it would be impractical to translate and write down all the possible meanings, so one has to choose one meaning over others, and then write down other possible meanings in footnotes or commentaries.
Hence that is why you get so many different versions out there. If you don't know the original Hebrew or Greek, you can gain an understanding of what the original may have meant by reading from a wide range of translation versions.
The latest translation is the TNIV (2002), where more than 100 scholars collaborated, and they used the best ancient Greek and Hebrew manuscipts available now. In terms of "accuracy", it's the most up to date and proper translation we possess at the moment. It also uses gender inclusive language, where if the original text means "human", it will be translated as "human" rather than exclusively "man".
Not advocating that everyone should use this version, because it's up to the individual. The NIV (forerunner of the TNIV) is known for its preservation of the literary language of the original texts. The Message bible is a paraphrased, contemporarised version. The KJV is for those who love archaic classical english. The CEV and Good News Bible is known for its simplistic lay man language. The NLT is great for life application usage. There are many more out there; these are the ones which I know of and have used before.
Not going to go into the "NIV only" or "KJV only" debate here... Which version you use is up your taste. The most important thing is whether or not the version you have is understandable and readable to you, and applying God's word in your life.
When I am frustrated it is usually a result of being nearly entirely confused about a task I am given. In that case, things get downhill fast if there can be nothing done to clear up said confusion. If I manage to get things cleared up, then the frustration dissapears and doesn't bother my day a bit. If it becomes impossible to do the task then I'm upset at myself for not being able to complete the task I was given in the first place.
Thanks for reposting this prayer. This is an aewsome reminder. We take for grantedd that everything is always about us but it isn't.
I live on a block where it seems like everyone has 3 cars. we all have garages and driveways but everyone wants to park on the street. I get really annoyed when people take up 2 parking spaces with their car.
Instead of yelling at them the next time I see them - I thank God that I am healthy enough to walk a little further to get home to a house that HE provided for me when everyone can't say that. So I count it all joy when I fall into divers and temptations.
It tends to be in my frustrations that I find myself conversing the most with God. This often calms me right down. To the little old woman, I smile. To the man who cuts me off, I am just thankful that I have the sense not to drive like a maniac. You know, I just try and not to think about how mad it makes me....but what is good about me not behaving in the same manner they are. NO, I don't always keep my cool, but when I do I am often rewarded in a whole new way.
منتديات حوامل |
الولادة الطبيعية |
الولادة القيصرية |
الحمل والولادة |
دردشة حوامل |
اطفال الانابيب |
اعراض الحمل |
علامات الولادة |
علامات الحمل |
الاجهاض |
ملابس اطفال |
مراحل الجنين |
الوحم |
حساب موعد الولادة |
حساب الحمل |
طرق الحمل |
علامات الحمل بولد |
علامات الحمل بتوأم |
بعد الاجهاض |
اسباب الاجهاض |
الحمل بعد الاجهاض |
اعراض الاجهاض |
حكم الاجهاض |
حبوب الاجهاض |
الاجهاض المنزلي |
الاجهاض بالاعشاب |
تنظيف الرحم |
الدورة بعد الاجهاض |
الرحم بعد الاجهاض |
نمو الجنين |
مراحل نمو الجنين |
مراحل الحمل بالصور |
ولادة طبيعية يوتيوب |
الاجهاض المتكرر |
الوحم اثناء الحمل |
علاج الوحم |
اعراض الوحم |
متى يبدا الوحم |
تحديد موعد الولادة |
جدول الحمل |
طريقه الحمل |
حبوب ياسمين |
حبوب جينيرا |
حبوب مارفيلون |
ايام التبويض |
فترة التبويض |
ايام الحمل |
التبويض عند المرأة |
التبويض بالصور |
علاج تكيس المبايض |
تكيس المبايض وعلاجه |
منع الحمل |
ولادة طبيعية |
ولادة فيديو |
ولادة قيصرية فيديو |
اسماء بنات مواليد |
اسماء بنات |
اسماء مواليد جديدة |
حبوب منع الحمل |
التبويض |
تكيس المبايض |
المبايض |
فساتين حوامل |
فترة النفاس |
مراحل الحمل |
حبوب الحمل |
اللولب |
موانع الحمل |
اشهر الحمل |
سكر الحمل |
هرمون الحمل |
هرمونات الحمل |
علاج الحمل |
الجماع والحمل |
لمنع الحمل |
اضرار الحمل |
ايام الحمل |
اختبار الحمل |
اختبارات الحمل |
تحليل الحمل |
الولادة المبكرة |
صور ولادة |
فيديو ولادة |
اسماء مواليد |
ازياء اطفال |
صور حوامل |
علاج العقم |
ازياء حوامل |
نمو الجنين |
جنس الجنين |
حركة الجنين |
هدايا مواليد |
الولادة |
حبوب الحديد |
تسهيل الولادة |
مستشفى الوطني |
مستشفى العسكري |
مستشفى الدمام |
مستشفى الولادة والاطفال |
مستشفى الولادة |
الرضاعة الطبيعية |
الرضاعة الصناعية |
ملابس حوامل |
الحمل الكاذب |
الطلق الصناعي |
تأخر الدورة |
الالم الدورة |
حبوب الكلوميد |
الكلوميد |
حمض الفوليك |
حبوب الفوليك |
دخول في الشهر العاشر |
نزول المشيمة |
نزول الدم اثناء الحمل |
غذاء الحامل |
الجماع اثناء الحمل |
الجنس والحمل |
الأزياء |
علاج الغثيان |
علاج الإمساك |
الختان |
منتديات نسائية |
منتدى نسائي |
السوق النسائي |
الاكسسوارات |
المكياج |
العطور |
العناية بالشعر |
العناية بالبشرة |
الرشاقة |
الرشاقة والصحة |
العروس |
السوق التجاري |
الوظائف النسائية |
المشكلات الأسرية |
المطلقات |
الأرامل |
الدايت شوب |
ديكور المنزل |
ديكور المطبخ |
الطب البديل |
الصحة الغذائية |
الحمل الكاذب |
الحمل خارج الرحم |
حساب الوزن |
التحويل الهجري الى الميلادي |
حساب العمر |
التجارة الالكترونية |
بوابة التجارة |
منتدى التجارة |
منتديات التجارة |
منتديات تجارية |
أمازون |
بيدز |
بايز |
منتجات أبل |
آي فون |
البلاك بيري |
بنوتات |
منتديات بنوتات |
منتديات نسائية |
العلوم الطبيعية |
منتديات تعليمية |
منتدى التعليم |
منتدى التربية والتعليم |
دم الحمل |
تحليل الحمل المنزلي |
اسباب تاخر الحمل |
تنظيم الحمل |
الحمل الطبيعي |
بعد الحمل |
حساب الحمل والولادة |
صور الحمل |
المواد التعليمية |
العلوم الطبيعية |
تحاضير العلوم الطبيعية |
المواد العملية |
تحاضير المواد العملية |
اللغة الانجليزية |
تحاضير اللغة الانجليزية |
العلوم الدينية |
تحاضير العلوم الدينية |
اللغة العربية |
تحاضير اللغة العربية |
التربية الخاصة |
الاجتماعيات و التربية الوطنية |
تحاضير مواد الاجتماعيات |
المواد العملية |
تحاضير المواد العملية |
محو الأمية |
رياض الاطفال |
مجموعة اتفاق |
إتفاق |
تاخر الحمل |