Monday, June 05, 2006

Monday again

I've noticed that Monday seems to appear at the start of every week with alarming regularity. Not being a morning person, I'm still shocked at being up at 5.15am, showering, then walking our dog, then leaving home about 6.40am to be in for 7am. You would think that the roads would be quieter then but au contraire they are mad busy. We even have friends who are up at 4am to feed their children, take them to child care etc and get to work at 7am. Such is the USA, where, contrary to most of Europe, it is an early society. I mean early in the day. Go to London, Liverpool, or any big British city and the streets are busy until 1 or 2am, and on the weekends 3 to 4am, then there's a short lull until 5.30am when the bus crews start going to work, then the rush is on from about 7.30am. I remember walking the streets of Budapest, and Bucharest in the middle of the night and it was teeming with people. Vienna and Frankfurt are the same. No, I'm not boasting I've been to these places, I'm just astonished that in the suburbs where we live, go out after 8pm and most places are empty or closing. That's because, I suspect, everyone has to be in bed by 9pm as they have to be up early for work. Ha! I thought it was just old age. The other thing is that I think I'll write to the Governor and get the phrase "Rush Hour" changed to "Rush Most of the day". This is because here, Rush "Hour" is from about 6am to 9,30am, then 2.30pm to 6pm. Whoever called it Rush Hour?

Tonight we see some friends, the wife has been similarly treated like me, and is so disturbed she's going to live in a community where they can care for people like her and I that society and the church either forget, or can't deal with. The four of us will have pizza, pop and ice cream, then maybe play some games for her to relax. How nice it would be if society and churches helped really hurting people more. The shame is that although they are a lot more work, they always seem to be multi-talented, and creative. Those in church also often become great prayer warriors that have the discernment to topple hugh satanic strongholds with a few words. How much society is missing. Most of the women are in hurtful relationships, or in mental institutions. Most of the men are in prison or dead. Such lost giftings and potential.

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