#pass through

[yoan-le-grall]

[momentsbeforemass]

Stuck

“Remember Lot’s wife.”

Jesus drops this in the middle of today’s Gospel.

It sounds random. But it’s actually the whole point.

Because whether we’re looking at how it all ends (which is what Jesus is talking about) or how things are going on a Friday in November, there’s something you and I need to know. And it starts with Lot’s wife.

“Remember Lot’s wife.”

It’s a callback to Genesis, to the only thing we know about Lot’s wife,

“But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.”

Lot and his family are fleeing the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. The Angel of the Lord tells them,

“Don’t look back! Don’t stop anywhere on the way!”

Don’t look back at what’s burning down. Don’t look back at what God is finished with. Don’t look back at what God is delivering you from.

Look to where God is taking you. Don’t stop until you get there.

But Lot’s wife stopped. She looked back. And she became a pillar of salt.

No, this isn’t the arbitrary punishment of a petty God.

It’s just the natural consequence of stopping and staying – in a place you were only meant to pass through.

Lot’s wife stopped and stayed. In a place she was only meant to pass through.

Because she stopped and stayed – in a place where she was never meant to stay – she got stuck. She calcified.

It’s the same for you and me.

No matter what’s going on in our lives right now. Whether we’re in one of the hardest moments of our lives or things are okay right now, we’re just passing through.

You and I were not meant to stop and stay here.

God has so much more in store for us.

But if we stop and stay here – in a place where we were never meant to stay – we will get stuck here. We’ll calcify.

And we’ll miss out on God’s best, on all that God has planned for us.

Today’s Readings

[zealiketea]

hello i have an inquiry: what kind of slimegirl are you?

like, are you opaque or translucent? are you damp to the touch? do you have internal organs? if i pressed my hand against you forcefully would it pass right through or just squish you? how hydrating are you? that kind of stuff

The kind that eats you

[louis-sj]

SCI Cresson, Pennsylvania, Cell Block D

Built in 1987. Sane floor plan as cell block E. Total 55,200 square feet.

Two wings. One control center.

Nice they included skylights. Cell block J has none.

About 65 cells in each wing.

Note the small pass through opening. No cuffing prisoners through this little slot. No food trays either.

See: https://www.cressonsanatorium.com/self-guided-exploration

[gayvampyr]

no offense but you guys need to learn the difference between someone implying their experience is universal and a post simply just not being about you

[sunsetcurveauto]

percy with road rage and blaring the horn of hermes's taxi. NEVER forget my boy is from new york

[aashiqeddiediaz]

you know what boils my blood.

over the last 2 weeks, i've seen countless patients walk into my urgent care center, symptomatic for so many things, refusing to get tested for covid and flu, citing that they don't want to knowingly bring it to their holiday tables. i had a patient tell me, verbatim, "i don't want to test for covid, because i don't want to be the asshole who brings it on a plane."

i understand that - i understand that holidays are times where people look forward to meeting loved ones that they might only see once a year, or where they get a break from the hectic back and forth of their lives.

but here's the thing - whether they get tested or not, they will bring whatever they have to their holiday tables. it's pure recklessness to know that you're sick, and walk into someone else's house spreading the disease.

today, january 2, i saw 91 patients, many of them who have tested positive for covid and flu. many of these patients are the same ones who didn't want testing 3 days ago, until their events were over, and now, they will have to reach out to everyone they know to let them know that they were positive because they were showing symptoms well before their event.

the next week or two? we're going to see many, many more, all people with symptoms that started around christmas. these are the only two viruses we test for rapidly in our office, but they are potent and can be fatal in many people.

so here's why i wrote this post, and maybe it's a little late, but - if you care about your loved ones, please get tested if you know you're sick. it doesn't have to be at a clinic if you don't want it to, because the over-the-counter tests work just fine too (if you test within 5-7 days of symptom onset). just...please don't try to run from the knowledge that you might have covid, because immunocompromised people, elderly people, people with co-morbidities like asthma, pregnancy, diabetes, etc...many of them may not recover. and they may not be sitting at your holiday table in the future because of it.

[screamflydream]

Farmhouse Exterior Austin

Large two-story concrete fiberboard gable roof image in the country white color

[cpapartners]

IRS shifts focus to HNW individuals and pass-throughs

From more agents to the deployment of AI, the service is directing resources where the money is. 

[howlsnteeth]

24/05/2020

[httyd-mc-pl-twilight]

Home Bar Galley Orlando

Transitional galley wet bar photo with flat-panel cabinets and medium tone wood cabinets

[radiance1]

Danny has been reincarnated.

Which was an odd thing to realize, it wasn't even a slow one he just... snapped into it one day. One moment he was staring at a wall out of boredom the next, well, he was staring for an entirely different reason.

It was a task for his now young -he thinks around three years old?- mind to work its way through the memories, but it wasn't like he had much else to do honestly. So, what does he know?

His name is Danny, like, his actual name and not just a moniker. He was once a halfa and he already knows he's going to be missing invisibility and intangibility. He, well, died. For like, a second time which actually makes sense because reincarnation-

Anyways.

He was a clone of two people from this thing called the Justice League which, weird name but probably some government or activist group. Wonder Woman and Superman. Which were pretty weird names to name your kids but eh.

He doesn't really remember much besides that from this life, or the one from before but he's an adult! He'll figure things out once he gets out of this containment tube thing.

Did he mention he was in a test tube? He's a tube baby now. He thinks? Or maybe it's more like he's being contained.

Whatever.

So he breaks out. Thank you apparent superstrength that he has no idea why he has but he's not going to complain! He then wandered around all of the other test tubes, able to remember just enough of English to see that yea, they're dead.

He probably was too, before he had memories zapped into him. Or a vegetable.

He then finds this really big container, checks it out, then opens it because the clone inside isn't dead!

'Project Match' it said. He'll just call him Match.

Was he thanked for helping him? Nope. You would think that he would be thanked or at least somewhat respected for saving this guy but nope!

He was, quite literally, held up by his leg and dangled in the air. Who dangles a three-year-old?! Well, he was technically and adult but still! The next few things were a blur but after pulling off the old Fenton charm he found him and Match outside as he tried to stop him from attacking random people.

Luckily the charms and privilege of the youngest (he's assuming he's the youngest, because he's physically three) was more than enough to get through to him. Sure, the guy couldn't form words, really aggressive for literally no reason, really weird but also absolutely cool looking eyes. But he worked around the first issue by developing their own personal language from like grunts and stuff, the second he once again used his youngest privilege to boss him around and the third a pair of sunglasses easily fixed.

He just had to steer Match clear of those random S crest mark thingies. Which was a weird thing to hate but hey, he's not there to judge.

[hasretbhara]

Lap Pool Los Angeles Example of a large transitional backyard concrete and rectangular lap hot tub design

[lesbianese]

Farmhouse Exterior Austin

Large two-story concrete fiberboard gable roof image in the country white color

[believeitwillcometrueforever]

Roofing in Portland Maine

Large country gray two-story wood exterior home photo with a metal roof

[hansoeii]

stede bunnet