Archive for category: Forgiveness

The Departure Of The Bad-Gunky

(well, some of it anyway) I’m a hah-uge Stephen King fan. Have been all my life. I don’t apologize for that. I mention this because the term “Bad-Gunky” comes from Stephen King’s Lisey’s Story. A very general definition would be “very bad stuff” inside oneself. If you’ve read the book, you know it’s a lot [...]

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The Journey: Ranting and Admission of Failures

I fancy myself as being able to let go on this blog. To make myself totally vulnerable. To hold nothing back. In reality, that’s not the case at all. Sometimes I feel like ranting, as I did near the beginning of this journey, but I’ll stop myself from doing so. Why do I do so? [...]

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Emotional Roller Coaster, a Healed Ear and a 45lbs Lighter Donny

I started writing this on April 3rd, 11 days ago. I wrote most of it, saved it as a draft, and haven’t returned to finish it. Today I intend to do so. Before becoming a Christian, I’d never seriously considered ending my life. Ever. Ever ever ever. So after surrendering my life to God… after [...]

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To Daphne

You’re right, Daphne, most of what people will say to you is going to be trite. There’s simply not a whole lot of substance that the majority of the population will be able to offer to you. I know how you feel. I can offer that much to you. Perhaps I don’t know EXACTLY how [...]

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Who Am I Kidding?

Like I’ll ever be able to shut my mouth… Last week was a hard week. I felt like a miserable failure due to something that happened more than a decade ago. I’d tried forgetting about it, and had been able to do so to an extent. It rose up and smacked me in the face. [...]

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