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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Psalm 51:15-17
O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. 16 For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
God Knows Us. My Morning Bible Read Was Psalm 139. Theme: God is all-seeing, all-knowing, all-powerful, and everywhere present. God knows us, God is with us, and his greatest gift is to allow us to know him.
From three years ago. Still thinking about God's omnipresence and how He occupies my brain.
Amen! He Lives In Us! 🙌
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
Lao Tzu
Saturday Poem...Bert Meyers - The Poets
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/159257/the-poets
Lucinda Williams - Blessed
https://youtu.be/2LwLNFVbzME?si=GoaMd89LjCgH-3Ly
As Blue States Work To Force Tax-Funded Abortion, Arkansas Governor Signs Bill to Fund Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers
https://harbingersdaily.com/as-blue-states-work-to-force-tax-funded-abortion-arkansas-governor-signs-bill-to-fund-pro-life-pregnancy-centers/
The Top Ten Most Likely Cardinals to be Elected Pope at Next Week’s Vatican Conclave
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/top-ten-most-likely-cardinals-be-elected-pope/
Worst Of Babylon Bee...Sunday Edition
12 Changes Trump Would Make As Pope
https://babylonbee.com/news/12-changes-trump-would-make-as-pope
Conductor Asks Congregation To Stop Yelling ‘Freebird!’ During Handbell Performance
https://babylonbee.com/news/conductor-asks-congregation-to-stop-yelling-freebird-during-handbell-performance
Newly Discovered Third Epistle To Timothy Features Paul Warning Him Against Starting A Podcast
https://babylonbee.com/news/newly-discovered-third-epistle-to-timothy-features-paul-warning-him-against-starting-podcast
Heaven Issues Clarification That God Answers All Prayers But This Doesn't Mean He'll Give You Force Powers
https://babylonbee.com/news/heaven-issues-clarification-that-god-will-answer-all-prayers-but-this-doesnt-mean-hell-give-you-force-powers
Are Your Kids Possessed By Demons Or Just Normal Toddlers? How To Tell The Difference
https://babylonbee.com/news/are-your-kids-possessed-by-demons-or-just-normal-toddlers-how-to-tell-the-difference
C. H. Spurgeon's Evening Reading (May 3rd)
"A very present help." — Psalm 46:1
Covenant blessings are not meant to be looked at only, but to be appropriated. Even our Lord Jesus is given to us for our present use. Believer, thou dost not make use of Christ as thou oughtest to do. When thou art in trouble, why dost thou not tell Him all thy grief? Has He not a sympathizing heart, and can He not comfort and relieve thee? No, thou art going about to all thy friends, save thy best Friend, and telling thy tale everywhere except into the bosom of thy Lord. Art thou burdened with this day's sins? Here is a fountain filled with blood: use it, saint, use it. Has a sense of guilt returned upon thee? The pardoning grace of Jesus may be proved again and again. Come to Him at once for cleansing. Dost thou deplore thy weakness? He is thy strength: why not lean upon Him? Dost thou feel naked? Come hither, soul; put on the robe of Jesus' righteousness. Stand not looking at it, but wear it. Strip off thine own righteousness, and thine own fears too: put on the fair white linen, for it was meant to wear. Dost thou feel thyself sick? Pull the night-bell of prayer, and call up the Beloved Physician! He will give the cordial that will revive thee. Thou art poor, but then thou hast "a kinsman, a mighty man of wealth." What! wilt thou not go to Him, and ask Him to give thee of His abundance, when He has given thee this promise, that thou shalt be joint heir with Him, and has made over all that He is and all that He has to be thine? There is nothing Christ dislikes more than for His people to make a show-thing of Him, and not to use Him. He loves to be employed by us. The more burdens we put on His shoulders, the more precious will He be to us.
"Let us be simple with Him, then,
Not backward, stiff, or cold,
As though our Bethlehem could be
What Sinai was of old."
Don’t become slaves again: https://www.bible.com/bible/59/gal.5.1
Biblical.
This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.
I was just thinking about the recent interview RFK Jr. did with Dr. Phil. In the question on chemtrails, he mentions that it is an act of DARPA which is not part of HHS. I think the White Hats are slowly conditioning us to elect him as President in 2028. Therefore, President Trump's campaign for a third term is just a smokescreen.