jennifer_bloom

The book of Daniel says desolations have been decreed which means it’s part of your growth and development and I believe it comes for three reasons 1 - To cleanse you from superficiality and materialistic greed 2 - To test your commitment by seeing what you will choose when the old value system...

I read in my book about care giver burn out. Which is when somebody becomes so drained from trying to help others, they lose their energy, their compassion and their commitment to the welfare of others. My friend cried herself to sleep while working as a humanitarian and died of cancer at 32. A...

The bible says when you avoid fighting your enemy, God will rescue you and compensate you for what they did to you if you hope or trust is in Him. When you trust God to either punish your enemy or reward you for your suffering and when you let God reward you for your virtue instead of trying to...

I find most dating coaches are degrading because they tell you how to negotiate and deal with guys that disrespect you or your dating value when all their teachings can be summed up in one sentence: don’t date a guy who disrespects you and a guy who tries to sleep with you while refusing to...

Today I ate an $800 meal with my cousin, my parents and my dads brother and sister in law and I was not happy at all. While hanging out with rich family members, I get no control over my life. I’m expected to exercise and walk when I’m tired and in pain and I’m expected to wake up early when I’m...

Jesus said, if you focus on obeying God and helping others, God will give you happiness and all you need to be content and safe, the suffering is designed to mould you into obedience, it’s not the final face of obedience.

In the bible, Jobab claims to be a righteous man and suffers terrible things that make one wonder why we should bother to be righteous. My argument is: Jobab suffered because he was the king of Edom. He was king in a place where there was no spiritual kingdom, and claiming to be good and...

People who trust in money forsake the protection offers them and without God’s protection, an infinite number of problems and suffering can enter your life, history has proven life is dangerous without God’s protection. Protection, peace, health and love are more valuable than money, and those...

Haggai 1 shows you: (Thus) Says your Lord in Heaven: 9 “You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?” declares the Lord Almighty. “Because of my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with your own house. 10 Therefore, because...

So a little about me, I view the bible as allegorical and contextual containing both obvious meetings and hidden meanings, literal meanings and symbolic meanings, and some of these things are so complicated and nuanced, I will only share them with my future husband or children because they are...

Matthew 6:33 Teaches you must prioritize social kindness and personal innocence, above all human drives and interests and dreams Your desire to help make the world better must exceed your desire for marriage or money or hobbies It must be your strongest desire of them all

For those of you who do not know what a binary is - it is a set of 0s and 1s that underpin the computer program to tell it how to behave or conduct itself Our world also contains absolute good and absolute evil - no one can deny hugging you grand children is good and nobody can deny killing a...

Here I included a snake amulet used in snake rituals because Jesus talked about how the pharisees judged the Jews who said their devotion to family was a religious ritual and not a self serving social pattern what Jesus means in the passage is the pharisees denied the love of God but saying self...

Everybody Has Heard of Jordan Peterson's 12 Rules of Life I have something Even Better. For my token image - I used 12 wise counsellors from the Ming Dynasty. It is an ancient artifact which allegorizes the timeless nature of my 12 rules. These are my 12 Rules of Success 1st Rule – Don’t judge...

People in the bible forgave for varied reasons Joseph forgave the people who sold him into slavery because he realized the rewards he got as vice president of Egypt exceeded the suffering he endured as a prisoner and slave Rachel forgave Leah for having more children than her because Rachel...