Where to begin?

OK, so a few things have transpired since I last sat to type at the blogger, some will probably get more detail in other posts but for now the list: I saw some movies, Wanted and Hancock. I completed a sprint distance triathlon, I had it confirmed that the magic weight loss number is still 40 lbs, Uncle Sam is right and i should be at 183. PS, the last time I saw 183 I think I was in High School. I saw what may have been the worlds only ground based fireworks show for the fourth of July, I had a one on one with my coach who a reminded me of the magic 183 (see above) and b challenged me to truly commit to the program and see what I can do at Miami Man in November. A Challenge that I am taking. I learned that you can wake up and ask yourself? Am I going to have a good day or a great day? I heard this three different times in two days. You think someone was trying to get my attention? There are probably a host of other things that I am forgetting, but will probably appear later anyway.

Chapter 15: How can I treat other believers like members of my own family? The issue I have here is several layers deep. One, why would we only treat other believers as if they were family? I get that text says that the spiritual family is eternal and we should focus on it, but the physical presence of others is important. How do you share the word and the possibilities if you aren't inviting to all. Not to mention there are plenty of believers I believe to be full of doodoo. Why should they receive special inclusion? I have to branch out on this one and say treat everyone the same. Inclusion and trust until proven otherwise. It's sort of like the Butterfly effect, Mr Science says, aka wikipedia, The butterfly effect is a phrase that encapsulates the more technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory. Small variations of the initial condition of a dynamical system may produce large variations in the long term behavior of the system. So this is sometimes presented as esoteric behavior, but can be exhibited by very simple systems: for example, a ball placed at the crest of a hill might roll into any of several valleys depending on slight differences in initial position. I think that sums it up perfectly.