Poem- Countless Droplets of Power

Countless Droplets of Power

Author: me, vadess40

Game: Knights of the Old Republic

Characters: Female Darth Revan

Disclaimer: Female Darth Revan and KOTOR belong to Bioware and LucasArts 

Countless droplets of blood were spilled

As the Mandalorians fought with skill

This is how they indoctrinated the Revanchist into war

With all of its wonder and horror

There is no emotion, there is peace

Once those words brought me relief

Now they only bring confusion 

I no longer know what truth is

I am here on this battle field because the Jedi failed

They ignored the Outer Rim's pleas and wails

They refused to help when the Republic called

For, force forbid anyone make them leave their Temple's walls

In this battle, I fought like a Jedi

I aimed to bring peace and restore order

Now I must decide: 

Did my battle strategy cause us to die?

As I write this it now starts to rain

Yet the countless droplets can't wash away confusion and pain

Why did I lose when the light side always wins?

How could Mandalorian philosophy make our numbers thin?

A thought has entered my mind

Perhaps it is time for my battle strategy to be revised

Perhaps the Jedi are blind

And the truth is that the light side only leads to destruction and demise

No, that cannot be true…

Since I was a little girl I've been taught the Jedi way 

There is no ignorance, there is knowledge

Yet all the knowledge that I have known has resulted in loss

What if we lost because the Jedi way is loss?

What if the Jedi way is in vain?

Perhaps the Revanchist will only bring about the Republic's destruction...

Unless we show our enemies the weaknesses within their philosophy, and exploit them

No! Their philosophy, their words are the path to the dark side

Yet what can be done to turn this losing tide?

I did not come to fall but to save

Yet so many people from this war are now in their grave

Remember: There is no passion, there is serenity

There is no chaos, there is harmony

There is no death there is the force

As I look around, my laugh is coarse

No, peace and serenity are lies

Death is clearly everywhere 

Chaos and passion are the ways of the worlds

Those who think otherwise are clearly blind fools

No, peace is a lie; there is only passion

In order to win

Must embrace passions within

Or suffer the fate of the weak

Through passion I gain strength

With this strength, I can crush the Mandalorians,

Save the Republic 

And see that the soldiers and Jedi who fell to the Mandalorians have their revenge!

Revenge? What am I thinking?

Revenge is a path to the dark side

The embracing of passion leads there too

Perhaps these thoughts are the path to ruin…

No, the way of the Jedi leads to ruin!

It is a way that leads to doom…

No, through strength I gain power

Power to crush the Mandalorians

Yes, and through power I gain victory

Through victory my chains are broken and the force shall free me

And the force will free us from tyranny

And the force will free the galaxy

This is the new code of the Revanchist

Just through reciting those words, I can feel the power within my fist!

The countless droplets of power are will be mine as long as I remember:

Peace is a lie, there is only passion

Through passion I gain strength

Through strength I gain power

Through power I gain victory

Through victory my chains are broken

And the force shall free me

May these words of power and glory

Remain forever in my memory

Cower in fear you Mandalorians

For General Revan has now arisen as a greater being

A being that will have her vengeance and destroy you

For I am Revan, a being of countless droplets of darkness, vengeance and power

Poem's Description

I wrote this poem a few weeks ago and posted it the website, DeviantArt in response to a poetical prompt Countless Droplets from the group #Love-4-Dark-Poetry.  It is fan poem inspired by My favourite video game of all time is Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR), which takes place 4000 years before the Star Wars movies.


For those unfamiliar with KOTOR, Revan rebelled against the Jedi Council because the Council refused to aid the Republic during the Mandalorian Wars. She did so by leading a faction of Jedi, called The Revanchist, to defy the council and become Jedi Generals in the Republic Navy. This poem takes place after the Battle of Dagory Minor; this battle happened three weeks after the Revanchist rally where Revan recruits numerous Jedi, including Shadow, on Dantooine. In this battle they get their first taste of what the Mandalorians are capable of and lose. Shadow concludes her version of the tale by describing how all the Revanchist decided that in order to defeat the Mandalorians, they had to become like their enemy and embrace war.

In the PC version of the game you can download various modifications for the game. One of my favourite modifications for KOTOR, which is really an expansion pack is  Brotherhood of Shadow: Solomon's Revenge  (BOS). In the mod the game's protagonist, Revan, the woman on the right in the above picture, can ask her former assassin, Shadow, the Twi lek on the left and the protagonist of the BOS, about the Mandalorian Wars and the different battles they both fought in when they are on the ship the characters travel around in, the Ebon Hawk.

In this poem, Revan sneaks back on to the battle field where they lost and contemplates what has just happened. In this poem I had hoped to capture the conflict that was going on within her, because she now has a choice to make: Do I accept the loss and continue fighting like a Jedi or do I become like my enemy and embrace their philosophy in order win?

In this poem I included both the Jedi and Sith codes because the battle and it's aftermath are the beginning of Revan's fall to the dark side. Mandalorian and Sith philosophy is so similar that for a Jedi to fight like the Mandalorian is indirectly choosing to fight like the Sith.  Even though Shadow says that Revan's feelings were being felt by all the Jedi at that moment, I believe that Revan was the one who who took the first step as it is said everywhere that all the Jedi, save one, who followed Revan to war fell along with her. While it was their choice whether to side with the Exile or side with Revan, it still doesn't change the fact that Revan was the first to fall and the one who pushed everyone along with her.


The cover art below is from the Malachor V flashback in Brotherhood of Shadow: Solomon's Revenge.

 I enjoyed writing this and I hope you all like it. Feel free to leave both positive feedback and constructive criticism!

Robert Frost- Acquainted with the Night

I receive poetry in my inbox from About.com every morning. I received this poem this morning and I rather enjoyed it, so I decided to share it with you.

Acquainted with the Night
Robert Frost


I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain- and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.
I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.

I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,

But not to call me back or say good-bye,
And further still at an unearthly height,
One luminary clock against the sky

Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
I have been one acquainted with the night.

This poem can be found at this link http://quotations.about.com/cs/poemlyrics/a/Acquainted_With.htm

Good poem, I liked it.

The Opposite

"If every instinct you have is wrong than the opposite must be right," was spoken numerous times in the season 5 episode 22 and 86th overall episodes of Seinfeld where George does The Opposite. The logic behind that show was that everything in George's life went wrong because he followed his basic instinct. I don't think this rule applies to everything but I think it does with finances, especially mine. 

Face it Andrena, you are horrible with your finances. You spend the money  that God provides you unwisely, and this bad habit ends up hurting the people you love dearly. Everything that comes naturally to you about money has been 100% wrong. Yes, I agree with this philosophy. I spend, hoard, fail to see money's value and at the rate I'm going to be living on the streets with broken dreams, lost hopes, and no real future. If every instinct I have about money is wrong, then the opposite must be right.

I never thought I'd catch myself adopting a philosophy from the show Seinfeld as my own but I feel that this is an act of desperation before I do not have the chance to do the opposite but pure desperation.

Alright George Costanza, I will adopt your religion. If every instinct I have about finances is wrong and leads to heart ache, than the opposite must be right. So, from now on, with God's help of course, I will do the opposite. Up is down, black is white, good is bad, right is wrong, and want I want I don't want. 

This is for you, God, and this is for you, mom!

By the way, this ISN'T A JOKE.  I AM DEAD SERIOUS! IF EVERY INSTINCT I HAVE IS WRONG, THAN THE OPPOSITE MUST BE RIGHT. THEREFORE, I WILL DO THE OPPOSITE!

Canadian Winter

One of the realities of living in Canada is the dramatic changes in temperature throughout the year. The harshest of those seasons is winter, which occurs for at least 4 months of the year. For some Canadians winter is a hard truth they have to put up with until spring comes. For other Canadians, it is an ingrained part of their way of life. Either way, winter is a part of being Canadian and in many ways it defines us as a country. As a Canadian, I have had to come to terms with living in winter over my almost 22 years of life. 

As a kid, winter was a fun but cold time. It was the time when I could build snowmen, go toboganning, and eat hot chocolate. During my grade school years winter was the one season where I was pretty much guaranteed unexpected days off from school due to snow or freezing rain. During my high school years the negative views of the cold and living in a country with winter began to rub off and me and I saw winter as an evil that I could not escape every year. Now that I am a young adult, and a Christian, my opinions of winter have changed. I would prefer a winter without the cold, but I do see why God created different parts of the world to have 4 seasons.

First, my understanding of Genesis 1 is that the seasons are a part of God's original creation. I believe that the 4 season- spring, summer, fall, and winter- occurring in both hemispheres at opposite times of the year were created on day 2 of creation week in Genesis 1:14-15 when "God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.”" On that day God made the earth rotate on its axis, which tilts toward and away from the sun, as it orbitted the sun. When the northern or southern hemisphere is tilted farther away from the sun, it is going through winter. Not only was winter a part of God's original design, it was also designed for good. 

How is winter good? Well, winter in Canada gives nature, and people, a time of rest. During the winter the animals and plants don't really do anything- plants don't make their seeds and reproduce, the trees shed their leaves and don't actively produce food or seeds, most animals hibrenate or fly south and don't reproduce during those times, and the animals that stay mostly scavenge for food and keep to themselves.  The same can be said for people- Besides working in the barns to keep their livestock alive, farmers can't do much in the winter because they can't grow and harvest crops. I think that God originally designed winter to be a season of rest from the majority work, so that they can re-cooperate for the warm seasons to come in the following year. 

 Another good thing about winter is that it allows us to do fun things that can't be done in the summer. For example, we can't go skiing or snow boarding in the summer. We don't play hockey, which is big Canada, during the summer nor do we usually cook roasts or make hot drinks like hot chocolate in the summer. Finally we don't get to see the beauty of the snow or icicles on the trees after a snow fall. This form of beauty is only available to those who have winter, and it is only appreciated by those who have winter.  It is also what makes Christmas in Canada different from Christmas elsewhere, because we can't imagine a snowless Christmas unless they travel to Florida or the tropics every single year.  Without winte there would be no Saturday nights with Hockey Night in Canada, Sunday with curling or figure skating; and there would be no Winterlude in Ottawa in February and Ottawa wouldn't have the longest skating rink in the world, and and there would be no Winter Olympics to cheer on and celebrate Canadian athletes. The list could go on and on.

During the dull period in the winter I think it is important to focus on the positive aspects of winter and how Canada would not be Canada without it. Some of us say they've spent Christmas south of the border and enjoyed it without the snow and the cold just fine, and I'm sure that is true. However, the only reason Canadians can truly say that and appreciate the warm weather and the beauty of spring, summer, and fall is because they have winter. Without winter and the cold weather, the warm weather is just a part of the normal routine  and would just blow over our heads. The people in the warm countries cannot really appreciate the warm weather they have like we do because they do not know what it's like for the warm   weather to be absent 4+ months of the year.

Winter is a part of what it means to be Canadian. As a Canadian, I have grown to adapt to the changing of seasons and  nature's extremes. As a Christian, I have come to appreciate how the seasons point towards a Creator who is so beautiful, wonderful, powerful, and good. Futhermore, I have come to see that winter is not all bad. Yes, there are days in January where I wish that I could walk outside without putting on a huge coat and thick boots or enjoy the snow without the cold; however, that doesn't mean I would rather be anywhere else but in Canada.  

My call to fellow Canadians is to focus on the postive aspects of living in an area of the world with 4 seasons. Each of these seasons has their own unique beauty and characteristics. These seasons give Canada a beauty that is both magnificent and changing, and are part of what makes Canada Canada and defines us as Canadians. 

God Passing the Torch: The Passing of Jack Layton

Today at 4:45am the New Democratic Party lost their leader, Jack Layton, to cancer. Jack Layton became the leader of the NDP in 2003 and brought immediate improvement to the NDP's political performance and became a strong voice of the working class in Canada. He had a long history of  fighting for social justice issues and making sure the average Canadian was represented in the government. When he was working in Toronto in the 1980s, he stood up for the homeless residing there as well as for the environment. This past political election he successfully lead the NDP to become the official opposition in federal Canadian politics for the first time in Canadian history. Prior to this, it was always the Liberals or the Conservatives who would form the government and the other form the opposition. This past election saw the Liberals,  and the Bloc Quebecois (BQ), be severely reduced in seats and lose their place as the opposition to the NDP.  Now, the NDP must prepare for when parliament resumes in the fall, as they now need to choose a new leader.

I first started getting interested in politics when Paul Martin was prime minister and he called the election that would see the liberal government win a minority. This election would prove to be the start of a  series of unfortunate events for the liberals as they lost their place as the majority government and then they lost their place as the ruling party in Canada to the Conservatives in 2006. It also paved the way for  the Conservatives to get the majority on May 5, 2011. Throughout this time, the NDP started gaining recognition and respect as a force to be reckoned with in parliament. Between 2004 and 2011, Jack Layton always stood out to me as a more positive and optimistic leader. I enjoyed listening to what he had to say and I really admired him for standing up for the average Canadian worker. Furthermore, he was a fighter and was not afraid to stand up for his values. As I grew into young woman, my political views drifted a way from Layton's, and I chose to not vote for the NDP in 2008 and 2011; nevertheless, he always stood out to me as a strong leader who really stood up for the Canadian people.

It seems that he had that effect on every Canadian. Reading the Twitter and Facebook posts about him reveal that he was admired by people who did and did not cast their ballot in his favour. He was also respected in municipal politics when he served as a city councillor in Toronto, and federal politics. I remember how the NDP kept gaining seats on Parliament Hill, and really stirred the political landscape in Canada; it is no longer the Liberals vs. the Conservatives but the Liberals vs. the Conservatives vs. the NDP vs. the BQ. Finally, in 2011  he successfully succeeded in leading his party to forming the official opposition.Now, the BQ is not even an official, party as you need 10 seats to be considered an official party in the House of Commons and the BQ only won 4. He also practically gift wrapped the majority victory and gave it to Stephen Harper. The 4 party battle was reduced on the May 2, 2011 to two parties, the Conservatives vs. the NDP. Will that continue beyond the next election, which will be in 2015? That all depends on what the NDP, as well as the Conservatives, Liberals, and the BQ do next. The Liberals and the BQ have to choose new leaders too, and the provinces, except for Nova Scotia, are going into their provincial elections. The choices the people make in their respective provinces; and the choices the NDP, Liberals, BQ, and Conservatives make as they choose their new leaders and the Conservatives run the country will determine what the outcome of the 2015 election. Makes me glad that  God has already decided and already knows what's going to happen over the next 4 years. 

Death is a mysterious thing. Some days it is expected, while other days it is completely uncalled for. There are people on earth that everyone wishes would die,  while there are other people who's friends and colleagues wish that day would never come. Everyone in Canada knew Layton took a leave of absence to battle cancer on July 25 so that he could come when Parliament resumes in the fall.  No one would've guessed that cancer had other plans. For me, I am thankful at these times that God is the one who is ultimately in control and  "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts" (Isaiah 55:9, TNIV).

Clearly, God is shaking up the political landscape in Canada. I don't know why God allowed Jack Layton to see Canada's political Promised Land from a distance and not let him enter, like He did with Moses, but I know God already has a "Joshua" in mind who will catch the torch and take the NDP the rest of the way. God works in mysterious and unthinkable ways, but those ways do have a pattern time and time again. He rose up Joshua in place of Moses, Solomon in place of David, and Elisha in place of Elijah; and in the NT John the Baptist was succeeded by Jesus, and Stephen was succeeded by Paul and then finally Paul was succeeded by Timothy. God will reveal the leaders who will carry the NDP, BQ, and the Liberals forward.  As we look to the future that God has in store, we also look back and thank Him for raising up an optimistic leader who stood up and fought for social justice and the working class in Canada.

LifeSprings 2.0 Newsletter

Need-to-know Information for this coming Sunday, August 21 at 9:30AM...

This week you can join us back at the Taylors at 9:30AM as we continue our core re-plant meetings. This week Ross Gilbert will be explaining how pain, suffering and brokenness are necessary ingredients of life and a "Community of Grace". Although it doesn't sound all that fun ... lol ... you won't want to miss it. This is so crucial in understanding how we are to live as Christ Followers and members of a Grace Filled Community.

Pot Luck Lunch: bring sandwiches and a side dish (either desert or salad) -- enough for you and 2 others.

Looking forward to seeing you all,


Joel Bennett
LifeSpring 2.0 Launch Director

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Directions to the home of Bryan and Jaqua Taylor:

GOOGLE MAP: http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=30+Sunbridge+Crescent,+Kitchener,+Ontario&hl=en&ll=43.489576,-80.486355&spn=0.023974,0.045104&sll=43.489737,-80.478299&sspn=0.011987,0.022552&z=15



30 Sunbridge Crescent is located near Bridge and University area:

- Take the expressway to University Avenue, exit east bound

- Turn right at first lights onto Bridge St (southbound)

- Turn left at next lights onto Bridle Trail

- Follow Bridal Trail around several curves down the hill into the trees

- Turn right on Sunbridge crescent.

- #30 is on the left at the end of the street



Contacts:

Bryan Taylor (Elder) 519-498-7413 bryan.taylor@lifespringcf.ca

Joel Bennett (2.0 Launch Director) 519-501-9531 joel@breakthroughsolutions.ca

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The Truth about Human Beings

This blog article is going be blunt and full of emotion. It'll even have some coarse language, but I don't care. Why this surge of emotion? I am done, just done with the whole "God is a violent God who kills innocent children and condones genocide" and the whole lot that comes out of this anti-Christian crowd. This talk is proof that human beings are really a bunch of idiots. Furthermore we are blind idiots (I say we because I'm a blind idiot too). There is no simply reason for us to yell at God for all the "violence" He's committed against the His creation, because human beings started it. We were the first to be violent and we have dished out violence since the beginning; violence from God is just Him giving us a good taste of our own medicine.

Human beings have been around for 100,000 years at most; what do we have to say for ourselves? NOTHING!!!! We, whether via the fall or human evolution, are nothing but  evil beings who destroy ourselves, other people, and/or creation. Our only truly innocent days are 0 to 3years, give or take a few. There are no "innocent kids", there are no perfectly "innocent people". There are greedy people; lying people; adulterous and sexually immoral people; murdering people; infanticide and genocide committing people; rude people and obnoxious people; racist, sexist, prejudice, classist,  and homophobic people. There are no innocent people. What's the story of human evolution at the end of the day? Animals who evolved after years of  greed, violence, murder to emerge as the survivor of the fittest.

If I added up all the violence committed by God in the Bible and throughout human history, it would never add up or even come close to what human beings have done against God, against each other, and against creation ever since they walked across the face of the earth. Don't you humans get it?! The only reason God judes anyone is because people are sinful, violent creatures.

For example, why did Noah's flood happen? It wasn't because He wanted to see what the earth would be like as a giant swimming pool, or because people were getting too loud. The earth was struck by a global flood because God was so sick and tired of all the violence, greed, and all the sin that humans were doing on earth, that His loving grace ran out. Don't tell me: God included all the little innocent kids in the flood. There are no innocent kids. Visit a school yard sometime; you won't find the innocent kids. Kids are the reason why I dreaded going to elementary school. They're why some people commit suicide in their teen years, or younger. No, kids aren't innocent, they just have less resources. The kids who died in the flood weren't innocent or there were no kids because sinful human beings killed them all.  The fact that God bothered to spare Noah and his family is amazing, considering none of them were innocent either, they were just the only family left that followed God. We do read after the flood in Genesis 9 that Noah was a drunk, and Ham was a rude, gossiping back stabber.

Another example is the conquering of Canaan in the book of Joshua. The people who lived in the promised land before Israel weren't innocent either. They practice the grossest of sexual immorality, incest, and bestiality; they practiced child sacrifice; they worshiped some of the most cruel and perverse false gods; and if you bothered to read outside sources during that time period, you would find that nobody liked them because they were that's how bad those people were. 

 I fail to see how we can look at God and look at themselves and keep coming to the same conclusion that God's the one who is always at fault over and over and over. WE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE THE PROBLEM AND WE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE AT FAULT. THE PROBLEM IS US HUMANS, NOT CREATOR GOD. God doesn't owe us anything, He doesn't have to apologize for anything, and He certainly does not have to answer for anything. Sometimes I think the only "mistake" that God made was creating human beings. The fact that He did astounds me to know end. Doesn't matter how He did it (evolution or 6 days), the point is He did and I still think He's crazy, because He continues to put up with us. 

When I about the legacy human beings have left creation, especially the legacy of the past 100-150 years, I'm amazed God didn't wipe us completely off the face of the earth when He sent the flood. Look at the past 100-150 years: 2 world wars, millions of wars in between, weapons of mass destruction that could wipe out billions of people in a matter of seconds, human greed just making the poor poorer, gross social injustices, genocides in Rwanda and Germany, the worst forms of racism (South African Apartheid, southern US), and atrocities committed by Atheist governments like Soviet Russia, Nazi Germany, and Communist China. Even God's kids can't behave themselves in this world: Crusades, worse attacks against everyone basically, corruption in all denominations, Antisemitism, and some of the worst and most oppressive forms of patriarchy. See? The only thing we is a one way trip to hell.

The only reason some of us are not so bad is that we were born in the right place at the right time and in the right situation, but not even that saves us. Can we even go live through 24 hours without looking lustfully at someone, coveting material possessions, or telling a lie? No, we can't. There are no innocent bystanders, except for Jesus. I think the only reason why Jesus was completely sinless, no evil bone in His body or thought or feeling in His heart, is because He is fully God.  Jesus didn't deserve Good Friday. God the Father didn't deserve Good Friday. God the Holy Spirit didn't deserve Good Friday. God the Son, in the person of Jesus Christ, didn't deserve to come to earth at all. He deserved to be in heaven and enjoy complete and full fellowship with the Father and the Holy Spirit. Finally, God in Three Persons DOES NOT deserve any of this bullshit that His creatures keep throwing at Him, whether in their actions, their words or their deeds. 

How can we be so blind to what our species is really like? We can't even take 100% responsibility for our actions, even when it is clearly and 100% caught on tape; just read the stupid apology one woman made after she was caught on camera stealing clothing from a men's store during the Vancouver riots. The Bible is not a story about the violent, tyrannical, sinful God. It's about the tyrannical, sinful, violent human race and their graceful Creator who unbelievably decided to pull them out of the pit they dug themselves because that's how loving and gracious He is. 

If God were to wipe us all off the face of the earth, creation wouldn't suffer at all. In fact, I think it would  breathe a sigh of relief and cheer. I wouldn't complain if God wiped us all off the face of the earth; serves us right. I didn't even deserve to be born, never mind being able to sit down and write this blog article. The fact that I'm alive now doesn't make sense. The fact that I have anything doesn't make sense. The fact that I'm in a relationship with the Triune God through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ doesn't make sense. 

Good Friday would have made sense if Jesus had used His divine abilities to wipe us all of the face of the earth. Instead, He came to earth to suffer and die and pay the penalty for our sin that day. That's why God is unfair and why He doesn't make sense. God makes sense when He punishes and gives people exactly what their sins deserved. He doesn't make sense when He shows anyone grace and/or provides any way of salvation.  God doesn't make sense and He isn't fair. That's why He is so wonderful, loving, gracious, unbelievable yet believable, and SO worthy of all the worship and praise that people and creatures and angelic beings in all creation dish out... I'm amazed God even allows me to do that because, I'm sure I suck at it!

Jesus, if I ever complain and say Oh, God is so violent and He is such a tyrant, etc. I hope you just kill me immediately.  Hurl lightening bolts, hit me with a car, make a be-header appear, or whatever just as long as I'm dead within the hour. I'm dead serious, no pun intended. No, the moment a complaint like that comes out, that's be it for me. Jesus, You, the Father, and the Spirit do not deserve any this. There should be rows and rows of books that contain us humans complaining about ourselves; not us complaining about You, the Triune God; but us complaining about ourselves. God rocks and is wonderful and loving because He created us, spared us, and provided a way of salvation for us for no reason other than  that He loves us. We suck, because we decided to follow in the footsteps of our first parents, Adam and Eve,  and rebel against God and make God and His creation go through hell and back. The only thing that can, save, and is saving, our sorry asses is our Creator, the gracious and loving God. If He wasn't gracious and loving, we would all be 100% doomed, dead, and in hell.


BTW, if you don't like violent a God, don't be a sinful and violent person. If you can't take it, don't dish it!! And that goes for you too, Andrena!!!