I Can Never Do It Like Aaron — Leviticus 9 (06/23/2024)

As I’m reading this chapter (which is found in pages 62-63 of the NKJV Bible I’m using for this project, page 80 of the NASB Bible I have, pages 132-133 of my VOICE copy, and pages 129-130 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy), I notice a lot of extraneous detail, and I’m reminded again I can’t do it very well, since I’m prone to forget the instructions, and there’s likely nothing of certain ingredients of the offerings I can find even in my area. I don’t think anyone should get religious about anything regardless of what someone claims to follow, for many people in every country don’t even follow the religious texts all that much. Indeed, worshipping something other than Jesus is a waste of time. Plus, this ritual described in this chapter was never something God wanted (see Ezekiel 20:25). I wish no one would impose anything they follow on me or someone else, but there’s always going to be evil humans who have, as this generation says, a “villain arc” — I don’t want to be insensitive to anyone 😭😭😭😭😭 and when I try to be faithful to Jesus through the political content I want to avoid (I mean in the midst of it) I fear I’m going to die from the leaders’ brutality when I refuse to worship them… I’m sorry that I can’t do anything about it… I wish life could be enjoyable for everyone. Indeed, God makes rain fall on the just and the unjust alike (Matthew 5:45) and He is kind to even the worst of men (Luke 6:35). I wish I knew how to do that without becoming corrupted by bad company (see 1 Corinthians 15:33), but I don’t think I can make a lot of friends at work, and where I work is relatively safe compared to other parts of the Phoenix metro area unless I’m somewhere else in Gilbert. So if I were somewhere else, I’m cooked, even if I were many miles south of Baseline Road… but I’ve got two days off back-to-back again, and I just had that happen another time a short while back. I’m glad I get to rest, for the grocery store environment drives me insane sometimes. I wish I could speak more kindness to others, for if someone wants to take matters of any kind into their own hands, it’s not good (see Romans 12:19). I wish people believed that in greater quantities… I guess I feel I’m going nowhere with anything in life, and I want more chances to advance… but I don’t know if I even have another chance to do this, for I’m around 33 and a half years old, and many people are ageist, I think. I don’t want to believe I’ve seen better days, and that they’re long gone… again, I’m scared that I’m going to die because I don’t want to get political about anything… I love you, the reader(s), in case that happens… I found out about Project 2025 that Trump wants to launch so that many of us are criminalized and/or killed. I don’t feel safe because of him… but God-willing, despite this rant, I’ll see you in the next chapter.