“Dallas Cowboys…..Sorta”

Not The Only One! 

14 Mar. 25

Post # 184

" Dallas Cowboys....Sorta!"

Howdy!,
Welcome once again.  This week, I'm pretending to be a radio disc jockey, and what I mean by that,  is I guess I'm taking taking "A" request . I'm emphasizing "A" request, so we don't  start a trend here☺️☺️. I was recently  talking to a very  dear friend and I'm not totally  sure how we got here, but we did. Well, you are here now, so probably this is the  best time to tell you that this has very little  to do with the Dallas Cowboys, or even  football  for that matter. I think that I  would  much rather  blog about the  Cowboys, because  I'm sure that it would  be  much more  entertaining ☺️☺️. I don't want to chase away readers, by dumping all over  their  favorite sports franchise, but I'm  sure that they  can find some humor amongst all of the frustrations that goes along with  being a  fan of that team☺️☺️. One last thing before  moving on and  it's that title " America's Team". I know how they  claimed that  banner, but it has to do more  so with another  franchises humbleness to  reject that honor and  the Cowboys, stepping  up and saying  sure, we will  be☺️☺️. Since it wasn't  based on merit as in , what they do on the field , perhaps they should  give it a rest☺️

This friend of mine and I  were discussing cheer leaders and  it lead to Dallas, because they probably have the most iconic brand when  it comes to cheerleaders.  I have to tell you  that I was a little  surprised to find out that cheer leading was created in America, but that it's uniquely American as in it doesn't  exist in  much in the rest of the world, and perhaps that's fitting as well, since American Football is not played much outside of  here and Canada.  We exported it and  did it without tariffs ☺️☺️. I don't know if it's really fair to  say that we were talking about  cheerleaders as much as we were talking about  who stands in your corner with you, and  encourages you.  Who has your back per se ? That " corner" thing , brings to mind the imagery of  being in a ring and  mixing it up with  an opponent. I get that sometimes we can be a little over dramatic and  we will  frame something such as  trying to keep the neighbor's  dog from  pooping in our yard as the battle of a lifetime, but it's not☺️☺️. We should  probably  reserve that for actual  battles where death hangs in the balance, such as fighting  cancer or something along  those lines.

Now!, I'm a little bit old school, so I  remember a  time when  the world was just  slightly  gentler and  neighborhoods  were made up with  large families.  When you  got in a scuffle, it was with the  whole family and  it was us against them, but there was no use of deadly force.  We may have had a brawl, and yes black eyes, some contusions and a  rare broken bone, if we really  went nuts , but no one ended up in the morgue.  It really wasn't a  time of exchanging mean and dark barbs online in the dark somewhere.  It was a put up or shut up era, but you always knew who had your back and who was in your corner.

It appears that the world is evolving and not so much in a good way.  I think that  I  really first  noticed  this some forty years ago, when we  actually got involved in what became  known  as " The War on Terror ". I remember the bombing of a Marine barracks that killed some two hundred and fifty people, mostly American service members.  We could always  argue the point as to whether we should have  been  in Beirut or not, but it was just  the beginning of a long line of cowardly acts and misadventures.  We got away from  fighting a known enemy, to just  anyone at anytime could  be a potential threat. No notice, no warning and things that had long been off of the tables, such as schools and  hospitals, were now, sadly in play. It's not so much a war of words or combative differences, but over ideology .  One side fights to defend and the others side  clearly willing  to sacrifice themselves with  a bomb vest to try to influence change through  scaring the world  at large... terror!

I  see tale tale signs of this in our everyday lives, and honestly it's just  disheartening. People not standing up  for what   is right  and doing the  right thing.  Yeah, yeah!, that has always been the case to some extent, but it's at an epidemic level  now and we are just  suppose to  be ok with  it. Things that  just  cry out in the worse way that the world is just  broken.  The basic family unit, use to be the people  that You could  count  on no matter what.  Often, now families are  just a hot bed of dysfunction and  abuse. How does a father  sexualy abuse  his own  daughter? Even worse, how does a mother  stand by and let that atrocity take place? I have documented before about  how partners violate and abandon vowels, just  because  it's inconvenient to  stand next to those promises made before God, or just  simply refusing to  put in the work necessary  to be successful. My head just  explodes when we  become the very thing that we hate. Growing up  without a  dad in the home and watching  a  mom struggle to put food on the table, why repeat that ,the very  next generation? , knowing that  it subjects your kids to poverty and  a life of less security and chances for  success. 

I wrote a post before about  bugs, not specifically about  roaches but  most are familiar with how they  scatter, when  someone  turns the light on☺️☺️. I feel a little bit like that's how we are when it comes to trying to  find someone who  is faithful and will  stand behind us in our corner. Scratch that!☺️☺️, maybe  musical chairs might  be a better representation and we don't want to be the one without a seat , when the music stops playing☺️ . We will take it, anywhere we can  find it , when  it comes to support and  someone who says that they  care , and backs it up with actions. Institutions are all flawed and  broken, because  they are all a representation of us. It doesn't  matter how you slice it, homes, churches , schools and  the government round out the top four , but not limited to. The world is just  returning to  its roots of the wild wild west. Everyone is packing and wants to be the baddest just  simply because you looked at them just slightly to long or in a what they  perceived as a disrespectful manner. The part for me that is missing is that people  use to be about  their word. People use to say what they  meant and meant what they  said, even if  it was that they were  going to  gun you down in the street at high noon☺️☺️. People just  say all kinds of flipped things with  no intent or force behind  their  words, ... and the lawyers have made a fortune off of it☺️☺️. It's  just probably  more of that emotional feeling based logic. When I  said it, I  meant it, but I just don't feel that way any longer☺️☺️.

We sometimes, frantically search for that rare jewel, in a person who's  words and characters line up with  who they  say that they are.  Sometimes we  do it cautiously and we  will  keep  the good ones out of our circle and  then  turn around inadvertently , and allow the wolf in sheep's  clothing to  compromise us.☺️ This  usually leaves us somewhat disheveled and heart  broken and we decide  it's just  better to go it alone, which  leaves us right  back to square A. I have said many times before that I won't  excuse , inexcusable things, or people's  bad behavior and  attitudes and  yes, I'm included in that.  I'm  so grateful that I have people in my life that will call me out on my crap, especially when I don't want to own it.☺️☺️. That being  sad, being  disappointing and  letting others down is just  part of the  human condition.  We don't  set out to intentionally hurt others for the most part ,  or  to disappoint them, but we are human and flawed, so sometimes we get tired, or we take on to much, and there is always our predisposed default setting  of just  being selfish. There always  seems  to be that one friend or acquaintance who always  seems to find themselves in the deep end of the pool, without  something to keep  them a float. They  just seem to suck the ever living grace right  out of you☺️. They  can become a special  project that will  sometimes  make us wish that we were walking in the opposite direction ☺️☺️.Honestly it's  kind of hard to continue to  pour into  others , if  no  one is pouring back into you.

I'm not referring to myself as the best of the them, but even the  one's that we hold in high regard  and esteem can  drop the ball from  time to time and we feel  just a little devastated, because for some reason we thought that they were better than that  or somehow  beyond  screw ups. I think that we want people to  be Billy Graham or  Mother Teresa, but everyone can't  be that kind of generational talent, we just  mostly lack the discipline to  throw our hats in the ring and are completely comfortable telling ourselves that they are a rare breed. They are, but I  believe that they  put their pants on, one leg at a time just like  everyone else ☺️☺️. There is that what the heck thing, when  we just act  out of a brain fog or more or less stupidity.  Just  last Sunday I  was serving with a  group of people at church and  it was  this one lady mixed in with  several guys. We were joking around and  out of the blue, I said that dealing with her was like  putting in hours for community service. It was a jab and I got laughs, but I  don't  know where it came from.  I just blurted it out and I serve with her and her husband and she really is the sweetest lady. I feel  like  there are just things inside of all of us  that is just  itching to get out, but  its not always a good thing ☺️☺️. So we all fall and are prone to making  mistakes , so is there a trustworthy "One" among us? Is there truly  someone  who sticks and stays? Sticks around and  stays through it all ?

I was talking to  someone the other  day and we were having a philosophical debate of sorts and I resulted to my formal education as an accountant . Despite  what you may think about the stereotypical pencil  pusher, we basically  are really good at recording history and what has already taken place. If I had to give a brief synopsis on accounting, reviewing history is  a huge part of it . We are often tasked with reviews and  oversights  about things that  have already  taken  place and from  there we can  make several  recommendations about practices and things that could be  more efficient, and yes, it's often about how to pay less in taxes☺️☺️.

I don't  believe that this  makes me an obvious choice for pointing towards the obvious, because what is so clear to some, is a misunderstood mystery to others. I will speak from the first person experience and tell you that some of my deepest wounds, hurts, and scars have come at the hands of  family members and people who say that they  love me. Not once has Jesus ever left me broken and abandoned.  Even when   God has disciplined me, looking back , I realize that it was for my own good and done out of love. I will  say that since I've been divorced over a decade now, that I have  been  involved in relationships which have proven to be very to somewhat disappointing, for various reasons, but I've never been disappointed in  my walk with Jesus  in that way. Even in the aging process , which I'm not always been a fan of☺️, God has patiently stood  by me and took my hand and let me know that things are  going to  be okay.  If and only if, I'm reporting on what has taken  place, then  Jesus is that  friend who will  stand  in your corner and  encourage you. It's one thing to  have someone in your corner, but they  have to speak  life to you, for them to be solidified as a true friend.  Who wants to have  someone  in their  corner  who tells you that things are bad and you aren't going to  make it. ?☺️☺️ Don't get  me wrong, things  may indeed  be bad, but a trusted friend will  reaffirm their commitment to you and outline how we are going to  get  through this  bad time and  every other  bad time to come, and only God can  make a corner standing promise like that. So, if the question is  still  is there one worthy,? Then the answer is  yes, there is one, and only One , that is faithful, true and worthy of your* allegiance and trust.

God as the ultimate Cheerleader. I've never seen  God do a cart wheel , a back flip, or any tumbling move whatsoever, but I'm sure that He could  if He chose to☺️☺️. As for the shouting part, I'm sure that there have been incidences , especially when  dealing with  thick headed persons, such as myself ☺️☺️. God  isn't the frantic  parent screaming at the top of His lungs for  use to not do this or that, but is always calm and ordered in dealing with us. He remembers that we are mere dust, only here for a little while, much like the morning fog just  burning off, and then  we are gone. We are His creation and He loves us and He desires for us to always be with Him and  to spend time with Him. As a parent of kids , who now have their  own kids, I completely understand the  wanting to  spend time with  them, especially if  you did your  job in raising them well.  It's kind of like seeing  things  from  God's  perspective and  sitting back and admiring your handy work☺️☺️. Sometimes the biggest  blessings are the ones that they  reproduce, yes grandkids are a new heart beat and a joyous phase of life, again if you put in the work  in and raised them well. 

We don't always  think of  God in terms of being approachable, but He totally is. I mean do you have any real and true friends  in your sphere who aren't  approachable? If you  do, might  be time for a little re- examination and maybe a little  shuffling of the  deck☺️☺️. It's not just  from an accountants perspective, but God has proven  His place at the top, time and time again from  every  possible perspective and has faithfully executed His place as the  best corner person of all times. We may question or want to argue that point, but nothing can or ever will  trump the sacrifice of His Son for a person like me. Totally undeserving at every point,  but He chose me and just  said loved....period!  I know that for some of the audience, this will just  fly by you for one reason or the other, but only God can make the guarantee of  security for this life and the one to come. He is the author of life, not just life, but your life specifically. He knows all of your days and He wants to have all of the rest of your days honored by walking with Him. It's way beyond mind boggling just  how much He loves us, but He absolutely does. Grasp the invitation to be a part of His family and  allow Him to cheer you on for the remainder of your days and for the life to come.

Till Next Time ✌️ Peace!

Sandy The Southerner

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