Some Personal Updates

When moving to Arizona in November of 2015, the intent was to go to Prescott. As it turned out, the work that brought me to Clarkdale wasn't enough to facilitate the move to the final destination of Prescott, so I've been living in Rimrock ever since. Then, in March of 2016 I met my girlfriend Heather. Later that year, she needed to find a new place to live so I invited her to share the house I'm renting as it has plenty of space for both of us. Since we've met, the prospect of living in Prescott is something we've discussed, but has yet to come to pass, as the conditions have not yet been met in order for this move to occur harmoniously.

Then recently, Heather made friends with someone online who volunteers for the Yavapai County Equine Rescue Program, which is part of the humane society. For the past three weekends, we have driven to their facility in Chino Valley to help take care of the twelve or more horses and mules under their care. While in the process of doing this, a position opened up for Heather at a medical care facility that has a branch in Prescott. Because of this, we have started the process of looking for a new place to live in the Prescott area. After looking at a series of apartments, we have our sights on one in particular that we intend on moving into sometime between October and January.

Another outpouring of fortune came our way through the local cryptocurrency meetup group that gathers in Sedona. It was there that I learned about a company that had developed auto trading software for the Forex market in the past, and has recently moved into doing the same with cryptocurrency. After purchasing some of their packages, I must say that I am impressed with the results. Not only that, but another contact crossed my path from another source that teaches a class on mining different currencies. Mining is something I've been wanting to pursue for some time, but either had software or hardware issues with each attempt, so this class will be interesting.

One thing that I'm especially grateful for is the fact that despite my dwindling participation on this platform (because of extra long work hours over the past month), my number of followers has increased significantly. This may have something to do a question I posted in the comment section of a post about Richard Dawkins making disparaging comments about Islam. It was stated that Mr. Dawkins has made numerous criticisms of Christianity with no consequences, but was ostracized after making some remarks about Islam at Berkley University. I posted, perhaps it should be asked as to why Christianity is criticizable in the first place. After all, in the Bible, people who mocked God were met with divine retribution.

There can be many answers to this question, and they could all be right, but what it boils down to is the commandment that Jesus gave to his disciples, that they love one another. Love is one of those things that people believe they understand because of how they feel. But love is of a divine origin, and the only way to understand it is for the divine mind to reveal it to the individual. But when people insist that they are in the know, then there is no incentive for the divine mind to reveal anything. And it is this act of making one's self a law unto themselves that makes a place for those who claim to be the people of God to be a target of ridicule by unbelievers.