In this passage, we see that Abram (later known as Abraham) builds two altars in the land we know now as Israel. I’m glad he did this, even though he didn’t believe God until some time later (Genesis 15:6, also Galatians 3:6, Romans 4, and James 2:23). I imagine that the two altars were built in worship to God in those days nearly 4,000 years ago, though. Also, this passage can be found in page 6 of my NKJV Bible, page 8 of my NASB Bible, page 13 of my VOICE copy, and page 14 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.
I must be honest, though, I don’t think I’m doing so hot on focusing on Jesus, for I’ve been very afraid of being done in by debts even though I can still get more hours at my Fry’s store. But I can’t do it with the courtesy clerk position I’ve had for the last year and a half because there’s so many of us, for there aren’t enough hours for the management/company to give for me to go full-time. I can get a different position I might be interested in, though, or I can go to another store to go full-time there. One job I think would be pretty legit is a position in the Starbucks coffee shop. But it’s not always the best one, for people have heard questionable things at best about the Starbucks logo. Still, I don’t think Christ would be opposed to any of His followers working there, for coffee in and of itself is good, just as Paul said in Romans 14:14. I think coffee has existed for many centuries. Also, I talked with my friend, Pete, about why I didn’t meet up with him last Sunday like we should have… it was because the A.I. in the computer that does everyone’s schedules in the Fry’s stores put me in for a shift during that time, and I only found out the day before. Now he believes I shouldn’t seek the delivery job in which I’d drive stuff across Arizona for Petsmart until much later, seeing that he figures I’m not good at time management and communicating with so many people, likewise with getting up earlier… those things are probably true, actually. I don’t know how I’m going to get better at ANYTHING when we have such a hateful culture using all sorts of things to create prejudice, as well as almost every church in and out of the U.S. being so antithetical to Christ’s love and forgiveness, even if a number of them believe in the gifts of the Spirit and practice any of them, just as I do. I wish the Church hadn’t been so wise in their own estimation over the years; just look at Proverbs 3:7 and Isaiah 5:21! Proverbs 26:12 even says, “Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him” (NASB). Instead, I want to glorify Christ in everything, and to make Him known to places where He’s never been named before. At least Jesus can be worshiped in any season, but I think Satan may have put the shift in the Fry’s system in the first place, for the schedule is not done by a human. One of my front end managers wisely put it as a stupid mechanic.
I pray I find a good job in the Fry’s division of the chain of stores it works with, and one in which I don’t have to travel far, though if I went full-time, I sorta wouldn’t mind going on a bus, but at times, I wouldn’t be able to make it home, so I’m not really thinking about going too far away from my house. I also want to practice kindness in everything, for I didn’t ask for a Sunday shift. Maybe I should’ve switched with a friend who wanted me to work this Thursday in the first place. (I just now thought of it.) But now it’s too late, for I might not be able to make it out of debt, now. But I guess I wouldn’t have been highly considered for the delivery job anyway, since I didn’t think of meeting Pete much… I don’t know. It just sucks that I can’t think of a lot of things fast enough. At least Fry’s is part of a union, though, so I’ll have job security 😊 but it’s too bad that I can’t pay off my debts very fast 😫😒😓 still, I’m happy to go to some waterparks pretty soon 🤩🤩🤩 (I have season passes to two of them). But I don’t want to settle for less. I don’t deserve to be stuck in debt because I couldn’t finish my degree in college 😭😭😭 — divisive stuff had happened since before I even started. I can tell you later, though, I won’t do it in this post.
Pray that things get better for me so I can continue working on these posts. Sorry it’s been so long, by the way 😅 see you in the next one!
P.S. I don’t want to be focused primarily on anything but Jesus.
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