Bob Avey’s 2nd Quarter 2019
Newsletter
Good
morning discernable readers of Bob; or afternoon, or evening, whichever you
prefer.
Twelve
new and very intelligent people have signed up for this newsletter since the
last time we talked. Welcome new readers. In
appreciation, instead of the usual drawing-one-name-from-the-hopper thing for
the free autographed copy, I will give the first three respondents an
autographed copy of their choice – Chosen from one of my books of course – and
all you have to do is send me an email at bob@bobavey.com
Get
ready for some highly anticipated, self-indulgent, and self-described good
news. The long-awaited (I’m suddenly into hyphenated words) Fourth Novel in the
highly-acclaimed (if only in my own mind) Detective Elliot mystery series is
finally emerging from the dark depths of wherever it’s been. I am proud to
announce that Black Rose Writing has accepted Identity
Theft for publication. Cheers and celebration, along with stunningly
beautiful fireworks, will soon erupt from all corners of the universe. Well,
perhaps it will be contained to the galaxy. I do tend to exaggerate. At any
rate, Identity Theft is currently scheduled to
be released in January 2020.
Wait
a minute. Everything suddenly went silent. I think I hear crickets chirping in
the background. Please ignore that for now and concentrate on telling me what
kind of contest would be best to launch Identity Theft
into the world. More silence. I haven’t even finished this newsletter and
already my audience has dwindled from the Universe to only the Earth. Send me
an email at bob@bobavey.com
if you have any ideas, or if you just want to say, Hello.
And
now for the soapbox derby:
We
all, I believe, occasionally find ourselves in a position where we feel we
should apologize for our behavior. Recently, a friend was trying to have a
conversation with me about the Father and His Kingdom, but, at the time, my
mind was too clouded by anger to properly respond. Later, after cooling down
and thinking about it, I wrote the following text message:
The
way I understand it, which admittedly is limited, God created us in His image.
He loves us deeply and He wants us to love Him the same way. That’s why free
will is so crucial to the equation. God does not want us to be mindless puppets
or robots. He wants us to love Him of our own free will.
Anyway,
you were partially correct when you said that you believed that God does not
cause the suffering of anyone. He does not. But we do. God did not bring sin
into the world; we did. Sin became so rampant, that God came to live among us
as Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, Who died for our sins. All we have to do
is accept that fact and then, on a daily basis, actually moment by moment, we
have to choose either the Father and His ways, or Satan’s way. God does not
expect or us to be perfect, just that we try to live as He wishes, and not
superficially, but give forth an honest effort. God knows the difference
because He knows our hearts.
So
when anyone says that they refuse to be Christian because a true God would not
allow little children, or anyone else to suffer, they are extremely misguided.
God is God and we cannot turn that off or change it just by choosing to turn
our heads.
I
hope this helps. Anytime you want to talk about it, please feel free to reach out.
From now on, I will try to have my thoughts aligned with God so I can respond
properly.
God
is good all the time, and all the time God is good.
We’ve
all heard this in one form or another (Put a little love in your heart) but
there is so much truth in it that it bears repeating. What we do and what we
say matters. A kind word will lift someone up in many ways, and they will pass
that on, the world will be a better place. But a harsh word or deed will hurt
someone and bring them down and that they will pass on as well.
When
the oppressed becomes the oppressor and the oppressor becomes the oppressed,
what have we gained? Oppression is still oppression.
The
things you say and the things you do to someone will forever be a part of their
world, and a part of yours. At any given opportunity, you can choose to be
negative and hurtful, or you can choose to be positive and helpful.
There
is too much hate in the world, and regardless of which side you think you
belong to or identify with, the hate or love that you release will live
forever.
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