Where is the reason to be good?  What's the point?

Hey lets look at this way....  I am a good guy and I deserve good things to happen to Me...

if I fill a blog with how I really really REALLY REALLLLLLLLLLLY need and want something will it come true?

is that creative visualization?  Who can judge whether I deserve "backstage p****" or even to be "centerstage" in any stage of life.

How about the word   --> Deserve?

who deserves good things? 

Good Things Happen to Bad People too, right?

Life isn't always fair ... you've heard that, I'm sure.

Sometimes the news is bad and we are outraged.

Philip Yancey quoted a man who had endured Job-like suffering as saying, "You can't confuse God with life." Our life here on earth is imperfect. Tragedy happens. The bad guys sometimes win. The world is not just, but God is. God will deal with the wicked: "

So, when we speak of "good things" happening to bad people, we often mean material reward, achievement, worldly success. And if you think about it, dwelling on others' good things diminishes what God's given me."

A pastor and his wife lose six children in a fiery car crash, while others gain fame and forture from bad behavior... A child is wrested from loving Christian adoptive parents to be returned to birthparents who are virtual strangers. And what about ungrateful athletes signing million-dollar contracts while teachers and schools struggle financially? Seems like our values of what is fair and right are all screwed up when it comes time to collect our reward for being our best selves.  Some people seem to live only for their selfish pleasures become multimillionaires-while some of my most faithful Christian friends live one paycheck away from homelessness. What about people who engage in shady business practices who never get caught-they only get richer?  People lie and lust and gossip and seem to go on their way.

Okay cliche time ...Life isn't fair.

I know bad things happen to good people.

But what about when good things happen to bad people... those who don't seem particularly worthy.

"For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong. They are free from the burdens common to man; they are not plagued by human ills ... This is what the wicked are like-always carefree, they increase in wealth. Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure; in vain have I washed my hands in innocence" (Psalms 73:3-5;12-13).

Jesus told a parable about vineyard workers who received the equivalent of a day's pay even though some worked since nine in the morning and others weren't even hired until five in the afternoon. Those who signed on the earliest "began to grumble against the landowner." After all, they argued, they'd toiled in the heat of the day.

So...all of  "us sinners" engage in envy, resentment, even scorekeeping.

Sometimes I'm tempted to think of myself as MORE worthy but again its baloney.  All have sinned. None is "worthy" except God alone.- Romans 3:23

Appearances cause us to hastily type people as "good" or "bad." But we don't always know what's going on inside a person.  That's God's business.

Think Before You Judge. 

I try to remember everyday to thank God for each of my blessings, after all he is with me always.

who has more 'pretend friends' ...you or Me?

...that's the goofy notion that my 1 friend on myspace consider from time to time.

What's a pretend friend?  Well, lets see... I would define a "pretend friend" as someone who has accepted your friend request and added you.  Sometimes this new "friend" actually sends you a "thanks for the add"... sometimes they don't.  Sometimes you'll get a myspace email too... but that's as far as its gonna go.

He might make you laugh or she might have some hot pictures.

He probably found a joke or 2 on line to send you, but he's not really that witty personality you wanted in a friend... she's got great pictures on her site... but they aren't pictures of your actual friend... just someone that looks sort of like her.

You won't EVER be meeting in real life.  You won't be talking on the phone.  You won't be "there for each other".  You won't be trading emails... at your regular addy.  You won't even think about her/him until you see her/him "online" when you sign in the next time you go online

that's a pretend friend.

someone is out there...and they share one thing or 3 things in common with you...

the most obivous being...

a need for pretend friends.

and so, what is left but to compare with your "real friends" just how many pretend friends you've gotten to bite... and add you.

you know, having imaginary friends ... is something we do when we are young...

could having pretend friends online be like that? 

immature or child-like, just creepy or really a sweet attempt to connect to others in a non-traditional way? 

how many pretend friends do you have?

Tim McGraw goes to pick up Faith for a date before they got married:

Tim: Why are you wearing your belt around your knees?

Faith: I promised my mom that I wouldn't let you touch me below my belt.

mood: cooky/wacky