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Our testimony like that of John Newton, (Amazing Grace), from a dysfunctional home, abandoned by his father, mother died when he was 6. Went to sea, no other way to survive, a life of debauchery. Would enjoy new sailors coming aboard, making fun of their faith, and encouraging them in drunkenness and all the rest. Age 22 he had witnessed, crossing the Atlantic with slaves; with 1/4 of them dying of dysentry and malnutrition - and was untouched by it, so hardned was his heart.
At a point age 22 on a similar voyage, in a great storm, the mast split, half the deck lifted up, the sails gone and all the sailors crying out for their lives. Newton suddenly confronting ultimate reality - had the gall to cry out May the Lord have mercy. As he said it, he began thinking of his whole life of blasphemy, that every ounce of his being was against God; didn't even know how to swim, would surely drown. 27 days later, as they were eating their last provision, drinking their last drops of fresh water, they hit land on the coast of Ireland. Newton got off that boat a new creature in Christ.
He left the slave trade, and spent the rest of his days fighting against slavery. He became a pastor, but instead of wearing robes, always wore his sailors uniform into the pulpit so he would never forget that once I was blind, but now I see
Dec 4 17:58:55 linux kernel: hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
Dec 4 17:58:55 linux kernel: hda: read_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound }, LBAsect=72506408, sector=47634008
messages; with DMA off, and 16bit I/O. Turned DMA & 32bit I/O
back on - and the errors went away temporarily, sync worked again;
concerning indeed - then something turned DMA off again, and it
went bad again - miraculous.
source *.Set.sh || exit 1;dies - but only on RH 7.3 - magic.
gkb_xmmap cz(eg.) eventually realized that people expecting LANG=zh_EN.UTF-8 style things to do something sensible are smoking crack.
| The world non-judgementalism | Jesus' |
|---|---|
| Whatever the other person has done, it cannot be wrong; No right or wrong; just different. | A genuine offence has been committed, we have to extend mercy & grace. |
| Assumption that there are no absolute standards, judgementalism is imposimg my standards on others. | Assumption is that there are eternal and fixed standards; and these have already been violated - to judge not is to reach out with forgiveness and forebearance. |
| Imagines it's getting an A+ in non-judgementalism | The world is getting a failing grade. |
| Reach for the stone pile | reach-out with non-judgemental love, trying to restore and bring to ammendment the brother, in love. |