Why are Saturdays more lonely?

I try to be a “glass half full” kind of person but I’ve discovered a “half empty” trend in my life that needs to change in 2021. It seems that Sundays through Fridays are mostly good, but on Saturdays I feel lonely. Just thinking out loud (or on the keyboard), I wonder if it has anything to do with the social norms of Friday and Saturday being weekends, and that’s usually when people go out to do things like dinner, events, etc.

To be completely transparent as I (don’t) like do sometimes, this loneliness showed up again last weekend. It was triggered by one thing not going the way I suspected on Friday and my confidence and mood shifted for the rest of the weekend.

Deep down, I know I’m not truly alone because God says in the Bible that He will never leave us, but even with that and my two dogs, I felt isolated and lonely. Part of it is coming from a place of rejection as I try to navigate the dating world. Also it being winter doesn’t really help. I need some sunshine and 80-degree days.

Why is it that Saturdays are typically the day when this happens?

I believe my future is bright, but sometimes it’s just a little too cloudy for my liking.

-Out of the Wilderness

How long until people wearing masks is not enough?

We’re already recommending people wear 10 masks so who will be the first “expert” to suggest our pets mask up?

Piper, is not a political pup

My guess is it will happen within 6 dog months…so…next week?

-Out of the Wilderness

Road Rage… Again

Road rage is something most of us have encountered, whether we are the angry ones or someone else. It’s something I’ve thought a lot about since I had a gun pulled on me just about a mile from my house. That was a frightening moment that could’ve changed my life forever, or even ended my life. I say “could’ve changed my life,” as if it hasn’t but the truth is, my life HAS been changed from that encounter. The driver pointing the gun at me didn’t shoot. I’m so grateful for that. Sometimes I wonder if he actually did pull the trigger but the gun malfunctioned. Wouldn’t that be crazy?

Since then I’ve vowed to ratchet down how confrontational I am on the road. Don’t get me wrong, I still have my moments but each time I’m able to act with a level head, I am relieved because it’s impossible to know if the next person I rub the wrong way might act on their own rage. Here in Nashville there’s an ongoing case of a nurse who was killed on her way to work. Allegedly she cut off another driver and that driver shot her. Game over. Just like that her future is gone. No more nurse. No more daughter and sister and friend.

The funny, and alarming, thing is that even though I’ve changed and I’m telling you about it today, just this morning not more than 10 minutes after I mentally recommitted to my best road behavior, the car in front of me didn’t go when the light was green. I politely tapped the horn. Still no movement so I laid on the horn. It was as if the rooster had crowed 3 times because I immediately remembered how I had just decided my road rage days were behind me.

That’s how easy it can bubble back up.

So in your own story, give yourself some grace. I surely have to do the same. But the main point is to let things go. There is nothing happening on the road worth losing a life over. Be safe out there, folks!

-Out of the Wilderness

In Fraud We Trust

I recently read in the Bible from 1 Peter where it says, “Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the Emperor.” When I read this I felt a bit convicted about the way I have been thinking of Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States. In America, he is our President (Emperor). So this post, while it comes with a bit of grief, I want to make sure it’s not tearing Biden down. That would go against this verse in the Bible so I really don’t want to do that. However, obviously I’m still posting this today so I wan to make clear that the puns In Fraud We Trust, Hail to the Cheat, or Commander-In-Cheat is more of a jab at the way the entire election process went down, not Biden specifically.

In fact, I wonder how much he even knows of the sinister plans concocted by politicians in this country. I believe the election included voter fraud. Cheating. Anything to get the person they wanted into the White House. I certainly didn’t vote for Biden. In my mind, this particular election will go down as the one Democrats cheated to win. So referencing this sentiment is what the post is about.

Plus, I like puns.

possible slogan for the Dems re-election campaign for 2024?

Thanks for stopping by!

-Out of the Wilderness

Earth, another sign of Intelligent Design?

Can anyone name something that doesn’t break down and fail after a few months, or years? How about the earth? Let’s say it’s 3,000 years old (or as some believe, millions of years). In that time, it’s hosted how many humans and animals, billions and billions, and yet it is still functioning as it was thousands of years ago (or millions). How can than be unless it was created by a… actually, no I’ll stop there… how can that be unless it was CREATED? I believe if it were just a random explosion that brought everything together, it still wouldn’t last. But God created this amazing earth in such a way that it is self-sustaining, and at the same time, it’s able to withstand the use and abuse of being inhabited for ______________ (however long you believe it’s been inhabited).

The earth is amazing. God is more amazing.

This is not an attack on anyone’s beliefs. In fact, if you believe the earth is millions of years old, that’s even MORE of a reason to thank God for making it so durable. What else could last this long, if not something created with the divine mind of an all-knowing, wise God?

Let’s have a conversation. I know there is a lot of science out there and I’m no scientist. What are your thoughts about this? Comment below, I’m looking forward to hearing from you!

-Out of the Wilderness