Hi Rebecca - it's Jessica. :) I've already enjoyed reading your profile and interests so I thought I'd go ahead and comment here "for consideration." You're not obligated to add me, by the way. Thanks again for the great talk - see you later!

I came across your journal because a few interests kept bringing your journal up. I try to post devotional and other Biblical articles. Same here, if you'd like to add the journal feel free, no obligations :)

Hi Rebecca,
I just want to apologize for any hurt i caused, that wasn't what i was going for at all. I agree with what you said about money, i think it's a tool too. What i posted was in no way a rebuke, but just some thoughts that occurred to me. I've been tempted lately to be too focused on and to covet money by my job situation and had been thinking of the blessing it is to be middle class, which is why i thought you might be interested, as i assumed you were middle class too.
I'm sorry for how abrupt my response was, you're definitely right, i should have taken more care with how i wrote it. I was already concerned that it might be too lengthy and repetitive (because the Defoe quote had the second verse i posted above already in it) that's why i said "Not to beat a dead horse", though i see now that that looked to you like i was rebuking you...
There are no hard feels, though I hope in the future you’ll take the time to communicate and establish a relationship instead of preaching at random strangers.

I'm glad there aren't any hard feelings on your side, there definitely aren't on mine either. You're right about taking the time to establish a friendship, and i'm sorry. It was pretty lazy of me not to have even taken the time to introduce myself.

May God bless you,

Jonathan

Haha I just noticed you took me off your friends list.
Interesting.

That's okay.

Chadster here. Moving on from Xangaland

Nah, just expanding my horizons

Well, kinda coming off a tragic situation and planning to move away from a megalomaniacal jerk that calls itself a preacher and his horde of zombie drones hell-bent on sitting on their south ends and sleeping through a bunch of sermons they don't believe, anyway.

Other than that, all the time in the world to post.

Nah, just expanding my horizons

Can I add you?

Well - I saw your post in the "skills" forum and I agree with your advice.

You did a good job standing your ground, despite the "interesting" advice some people were giving.

Have fun!

Here's what get's me:

They act like PAYING your bills "keeps poor people poor...".

No!

NOT paying your bills and ruining your credit, having your wages garnished, liens against your car/house, and not qualifying for certain jobs because of bad credit -- THAT'S what keeps you poor.

It's one thing if you're choosing between food/shelter and paying your Kmart bill... it's ANOTHER when you don't even try to work something out and just duck out.

They forget that not everything is subsidized...not every company can afford big losses like that, and that they hurt businesses when they don't pay. That crap about "selling for pennies on the dollar? Not always..."


Finally, it's a mindset that says 'we never expect to have nice stuff'. THAT's a cycle of poverty! Paying in small increments costs more in interest **over time** but it also builds credit -- which gives you LOWER INTEREST RATES. Your subsequent purchases become cheaper because you get lower rates...


But anyway -- I suspect there is a reason why they're afraid to answer the phone and we're not.

Your opinion is NOT unpopular to most people -- just unpopular for people who somehow feel consuming services/goods and not paying for it is "moral".

hi