Today, I’m going to throw some questions out there that have been running through my mind for the last couple of weeks, some resulting from discussions I’ve had with friends. I’d greatly appreciate your feedback on them.

Q#1: Do you believe that all sins are equal? If not, why?

Q#2: Do you believe that you cannot change who you are at your core?

Q#3: What is it that dictates who you are?

Q#4: Do you believe that your actions dictate or indicate who you are?

Q#5: What in your opinion, does the scriptures mean when it says that Christ is returning for a church without spot or wrinkle?

Q#6: Do you think it is possible for us to exist on this planet, in the flesh without spot or wrinkle?

Q#7: When scripture refers to someone being “perfect,” what does that mean?

Q#8: Is perfection possible while we are in the flesh?

Q#9: We all have a past and issues that we have struggled with. In growing up in levels in God, do you feel that you become immune to those past struggles? Do you feel that you would never have the same struggles again in the same areas again?

Q#10: Do you think that when people are having an ongoing struggle with a particular area of sin, that due to this area of fallen-ness, they will miss God when He returns?

Q#11: Would your answer above, depend on the area of sin that was the issue? If so, please refer back to Q#1, and give me your revised answer here.

Q#12: Is there a difference between sin and “the works of the flesh?” If so, what is the difference?

Q#13: Gal 5:19  Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

Gal 5:20  Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

Gal 5:21  Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

If a believer is struggling in any of these “works of the flesh,” are they unforgiven, despite the blood of Christ?

Q#14: If sin is sin, why are these “works of the flesh” singled out and, it seems, stated as being beyond salvation?

I’m not advocating this by any means, but those scriptures came up recently in a study at church, and I started wondering. It makes me think that some sins are designated as greater than others the way society dictates, while pastors claim they are all the same, yet the church acts just like society does about them. So if they are all the same, and we all sin and fall short of the glory of God, then why are these specifically mentioned like this?

None of us are good, and we can never be. It’s just like none of us can tell where we will be tomorrow, and which of these sins we may fall into. It really depends largely on our personal history and background, and what we’ve struggled with in the past.

I’ve discovered that you can do well in an area of weakness for several years, get relaxed and think you’ve got this, and then suddenly relapse into something that seems to be the worse variant of your weakness that you’ve ever experienced. In such cases, I wonder how can one be struggling in one area so much, and still represent God in any area, way or fashion. Does the particular sin struggle dictate whether or not someone can still be effective for God?

I’m thinking about the fact that the bible is not just a book of instruction for what’s right versus wrong, but it is also a book of sinners. So when I look at Job, who was a “righteous man” yet still walked in fear; when I look at David, who was God’s beloved, yet still committed several of the sins listed in the above verses; I wonder. Did these guys pass the test of life, despite having fallen in a few of these areas?

If Job’s faith was perfect, despite his fear, then that makes me think that if any one of us falls into any of those arenas of sin based on fear…yet still have perfect faith, would we still miss God?

The only way I can think that Job represented God in that circumstance, is in the fact that he did not waver in his faith, yet he was in complete desolation and destitution. Likewise, David had no communication with God while he committed his sins concerning Bathsheba, yet was able to repent. His sins did not go without consequence, but he was still God’s beloved, so that makes me think that despite his mistakes, he made in into heaven. And think about Paul. Paul struggled with pride. Is that any less than the sins listed? Yet Paul is the one that the church pushes us to follow.

None of us is perfect, so how can any of us, with spot and wrinkle get in the gates? I know the blood covers us, but if I’m reading the above scriptures correctly, that is saying that the blood is not enough, and if we were guilty of any of those listed sins, we still would not make it in. Am I wrong? Just stuff I’m pondering. What’s your opinion? Can you give me any scriptural basis or backup for what you state? Thanks for the feedback.

Have you ever seen such fat luciousness? I mean really? Can anyone be more relaxed and comfortable than this? Just spread eagle…it must be nice to  have no shame to your game and to feel this free and exposed, eh? This is Benny Mincho; Benny for short, and otherwise known as Mr. Moochie, Fat Batty, Fat and Juicy and The Belliness.

This is my big boy…not sure of his age, as I was guessing it to be around 2 or 3 when I found him. He’s been with me for about 5 years now.

He’s a bit bashful about pics…

And he sometimes tries to hide from a direct photo…

But he’s certainly not shy about showin’ off his belly!

And he has no opposition to gettin’ a lil luv and attention…

See if you can find someone hiding…

She thought no one had spotted her lil booty…and peeped out.

This is Miss Munchie, otherwise known as Tootsie, and formerly known as Holy Smokes! She rejected that name in favor of Tootsie.

This is her in Stinker mode…about to cause some trouble.

I found her on US Hwy1 after someone apparently dumped her there at about 3 weeks old. She was dazzed and confused, as a large pickup had just run over her head. She was in the middle of the left turn lane, and I was the next car. I slowed down, trying to figure out what it was in the road, and then it looked like it hopped a bit. I saw that it was a tiny kitten, and slammed on the brakes. I told my son to stop the oncoming traffic as I tried to catch her, because she had started to move in her confusion, right into the next right lane. I caught her before she was hit, and a cop had already stopped behind my car to get her.

My son begged if we could keep her, and here I was…a year ago this month, holding this stinking little kitten against my work shirt, which smelled all day at work after that. We told the officer we would keep her. Then my son let her loose in the car while I was driving and she got up under the dashboard somehow, next to the engine. Since my car is gray, and she is gray…I could not find her. I thought she’d die from the heat, so at lunch time, I took the car to the mechanic, only to have them discover her under the middle of the front seat. I got her into a box and after work, took her to my gf’s house, where she was bathed 3 times in shampoo that even I cannot afford…some salon stuff…real expensive. We sat and picked the fleas off of her, and then I took her home.

You should have seen the look of disgust Mr. Moochie gave me after he discovered her in the box. It was like, “How COULD you?!?!!!” She annoys the mess outta him, but he actually likes playing with her. She keeps him young, cause as you can see from above…he loves to sprawl out and sleep. We’ve had so many laughs with her…cause she’s like those kittens on People and Pets…that bounce off of walls and get into all kinds of funny mess.

Here she is with her daddy…my son.

Well…hope you like my little pictorial. I finally got the babies up here.