Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evolving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Rules For the rest of the Site also accessible on the sidebar.
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He entered Jerusalem on a donkey, in church we would sing "All Glory Laud and Honor to thee Redeemer King", as children we would wave the palms and sing, Crown HIM with many crowns. As a child, it was hard for me to understand the joy of this, because I knew that in 4 days, the same people who cheered him on and declared him King, would cheer at his torture and demand he be crucified. It was a heavy lesson for a devout child, a lesson of betrayal from people who would cheer you in one place, and condemn you in the same place. It did not matter if they cheered or they slandered, HIS love never wavered, he forgave them, he promised they would join him in Paradise, (the two who hang on either side). As an old woman now, I have learned from contemplating the Gospel, sought the deeper meaning behind the few lines written, and have learned that it all sums up the condition of the human heart. Fickle in Faith, swayed by a trend, not to be trusted. My question to this day is, God in Christ knew all, he knew what would happen, he knew that the cross would be waiting for him, but he sat on that donkey and watched the crowds, as they lay down palms before him, an action done for the great, for a King. Holy Week begins. It will be a week of intense highs, and then despair, and then a miracle, the miracle was for us, not for HIM. Of course God is eternal, there was never any death waiting for him, but the body he took on, he took on to experience what a man must go through, the pain, the betrayal, the end of all sensation of a heartbeat. It made his love of us complete, knowing how life ends, knowing all the disappointment that we bring each other, he went in anyway, so that he may know us.My question then , who are we to seek approval and honor, when we know that can change on a dime, if it comes from mere men and women? It does not save us from death, the only thing that will is our Faith with a capital F.