jennifer_bloom

Lately this year, I’ve been ignored and possibly ghosted by a friend and I don’t discuss this with others cause they would think I’m weird for complaining about somebody I’m not even dating. There were also many times in my life where I wanted advice or feedback and could not find the right...

To me the salt in the bible is a symbol for religious sacrifices and the salt that loses its flavour is the religious sacrifice that loses its holiness. This might involve Christians who oppose the vaccine because they think it’s the mark of the beast or Christians who are unwilling to socially...

1. Ask Questions I used to send myself 50 emails a week because I was worried I would lose all my data if a computer virus came and it was hard for me to manage and organize my emails leading to wasted time. Than I asked a computer expert where I could save my files and he introduced me to...

To me, the fear of God involves believing that all human beings are equal and that God is greater than all human beings. Today a friend told me she was worried she might be homeless one day because she is disabled and my response was, the chances of that happening were very low because of food...

In the Queen of the South movie that I’ve been watching, Teresa Mendoza begins her life as a kidnapped slave and drug mule who must risk her safety and health to help people ship drugs overseas which is the only reason, she manages to escape torture and certain death. In other words, she begins...

It’s important to be cautious when dealing with people because not everybody means well and many will try to harm you if you let your guard down but there is a difference between caution, self-preservation, self-protection and suspicion. Suspicion is the assumption of guilt without evidence and...

I’m not here to talk about people who have only the image of success: those with millions but are being abused or cheated on, or suffering drug addictions and suicidal thoughts, or having serious mental issues that make them sick. This post is about truly successful people: Those who not only...

Here is an image posing the dichotomy of miserliness and generosity The bible says the stingy man is eager to get rich and does not know that poverty awaits him. Most people think stinginess is about money but money is not the only thing you can be stingy about. You can be stingy with your...

The first example of divination I can come up with is in Genesis when Jacob’s uncle uses divination to learn that Laban has become wealthy through his provision of shelter for Jacob. He invites Jacob to continue living with him when Jacob wants to terminate their professional farming...

I can think of multiple times in my life where God used my desire for men to control me. I remember I should have gotten an A- in my religion class but I had a crush on my classmate and worked extremely hard to impress him by studying extra hard for our class and I got an A+ in the class. For...

1. The Ceiling Is Limitless A mentor sees not only your current situation but your future potential as well. They see the things about you that are beautiful and not the things about you that are ugly. They celebrate your achievements with you and get upset when you miss out on good things in...

Every year, God teaches me new social skills and life lessons so I thought I would make a list of the most important things that I believe I learned each year. 2017 That was the year I learned to be merciful and not to have evil thoughts about others but to be gracious and forgiving in judgment....

Jesus said we should tolerate jerks by being civil and respectful and considerate. How much more should we tolerate those of different cultural, ethnic, or spiritual backgrounds! Jesus said, you should say hi to different types of people, not just those who go to your church, attend your...

I had one dream 14 years ago during the Christmas holidays while sleeping at a vacation hotel. In my dream I was headed towards a party at my friend’s house but I was going the wrong direction and a charming guy in a tuxedo comes up to me and choked me to death and I end up in hell. This reminds...

When I first began university, I knew a guy who wanted God to reward him for being religious by making him the president of the United States, but that is not as easy as it seems. Jesus said he who is least among you is greatest and he who desires to be first among you must be slave of all, so...

A grateful person, does not abuse the gifts he is entrusted to, and the scriptures teach, that those who abuse their gifts and blessings will be shamed and humiliated, for some it happens while they are alive, and for others, it happens while they are dead. Like I learned in my 30s that I’m...

This weekend, I wanted to pray and worship but I just could not feel God’s presence and when I tried to do joyful meditation, I felt a sense of isolation and coldness instead and I realized the issue after studying the usages of salt in scripture. In the same way that humans cannot live without...

There were two strategies that I used for many years, and I realized neither one of them is 100% reliable. The first strategy I used to understand bible symbols through functional and impressionistic scoping. I assumed that goats symbolized authority because of their horns, that sheep symbolized...

When Bill Gates was the richest man in the world, he made the commitment to only leave his kids with ten million each upon his death. Warren Buffet’s wife was worth ten billion and did the same, leaving each child only ten million when she died, and each grand child $100,000. What people like...

A few years ago, I was in an unhappy relationship. The guy was never abusive or disloyal, but he was insecure, inept at conversation, lacking in confidence, extremely slow at text and messenger conversations, and did not know how to be happy or funny. Around this time, a guy I was highly...