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Walking Between Talks

I don’t sense that God keeps score -- my guess, believing He already has enough pollsters and priests for that, man’s predisposed world of numbers and profitable confessions, ballot slips and extra altar sips, less Jung and more Freudian myself reasoning that, Lover and Judge are not compatible, the best leaving their robes at the courthouse, their own dwellings Duty Free For sure, by now, have learned my ideas often not mainstream, avoiding prescribed social templates, ducking Bibles, my heart and head a record of lumps attempting to understand and follow Christ not always a Sunday picnic, the devil in the weather, and “keep off the grass” --

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Date: 10/24/2023 9:19:00 AM
Compassion and love is God's gift to this world. Judgement comes only after death. Blessings.
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Joe Dimino
Date: 10/24/2023 1:43:00 PM
Judgement comes after death, and during life...it is on going...and will continue as long as there is something to judge. God will not let us rest with judgement.
Date: 10/23/2023 3:49:00 PM
wow, Joe...a powerful poem that resonated with me. You're right, God doesn't keep score...he has enough pollsters...to do that. Totally accurate. I'm a bit out on the edge spiritaully. Me and religion are not necessarily compatible. Me and God are though. Obviously a lot about your poem resonated with me...the last verse was clever. Enjoy your evening, Sara
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Joe Dimino
Date: 10/23/2023 5:28:00 PM
I don't think God favors one religion over another. Many religions have similar core values -- compassion, mercy and love are paramount for me to check a right box. More important than what is expressed inside a holy dwelling is what its members express outside. Just the way I see it, myself a mixture of many faiths. And my own. I mostly just talk with God often throughout the day -- also conscious of my ongoing, background worshiping one could say, which seems to work well for me. God answers me in countless ways...so...maybe I have a few things correct. Blessings my friend.
Date: 10/23/2023 11:05:00 AM
God does not keep score, but he always remembers... isnt he the most might and the most merciful? Love that last stanza.. very clever..
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Joe Dimino
Date: 10/23/2023 12:49:00 PM
Thank you, Si, for your thoughtful comments. Of course, this is just my opinion. I am no authority on anything, as I have often stated. God knows everything. He is judgement, but does not judge. Our actions judge us. Blessings my friends.

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