I have good intentions.
This is Jocelyn’s long overdue turn on REVwords.
Every New Years I start a diary and by January 7th I have abandoned the daily entry of my musings.
Daily Questions
However, our son and daughter-in-law gifted Bob and I a three-year diary years ago and this January, we opened it up. Better late than never! 
Every day starts with a question. Some are easy and straight forward. Like, when was the last time you had fast food and what was it? What was the last movie you watched. These are easy, but other questions take more thought and pondering.
Bob and I have been married for 46 years, and I thought I knew him and hoped he knew me. But some of these questions have caused us to pause and ask each other: how would you answer this?
Such as: What do you want more than anything?
World peace seems too obvious!
Baffles
“What is your partner thinking right this moment?”
To answer that question requires dialogue.
Who better to have a discussion with than with my best friend.
One of the questions coming up is: What baffles you?
This would be my longest answer.
Bob and I are often puzzled by the opinion that Christians can’t be Liberals, NDP, or Democrats. We’re confused by people who dismiss facts in favour of social media. We feel frustrated by Christians who think that political power can create gospel outcomes.
Baffled doesn’t describe how we feel about friends in Ukraine who sustain hope while Russian missiles and drones rain down destruction and death every day. We see their faith.
What baffles you?
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Good Morning Pastor Bob & Jocelyn! “What baffles me these days?” That is a great question. I will answer that. What baffles me these days….is the lack of critical thinking & the inability to listen to facts and science. I have always been that kind of person. In fact, I excelled at Biology, Chemistry & Math. That is why I picked a job that depends on Science and facts. Plus, my Dad was a restaurant owner…I ate a lot of great food too. My Dad was a great cook & baker. I definitely get that from him…& not my Mom. My Mom was going to be a lawyer. I am a Dietary Technologist that worked at The Cross Cancer Institute for 22+ years. I started my career there after I graduated at the age of 19. Worked there before I had kids (for 12 years)…left there after I had my second child to raise my children…& was asked to go back after my divorce, from a 25 year marriage…& was there for another 10+ years. Still in Administrative type jobs now…but, went in a different direction…change is good at any age. I am also shocked at the amount of “Christian love” shown with acts of hatred. It is shocking to see the hypocrisy. I shake my head every day. I’m hoping that folks will come to their senses…& use some common sense…& get their information from reliable sources. I also hope that there will be peace….and that these wars.. that were started by terrible selfish leaders, will come to a halt. It is always the innocents that suffer from these wars. Children…who all deserve to live in a safe place & to grow up without the sounds of bombs around them…& huddling together in bomb shelters. The children are our future. Without them…we are doomed. We need to leave them in a world…that we would want to live in. Without hate, wars, or pollution. A world where their food sources are safe to eat, their water is clean to drink, & people can be decent towards each other, no matter what colour their skin is. We are all part of the human race. We are more similar than we are different. We all want the same for ourselves. Health, happiness & prosperity. Especially health…because if you don’t have your health…it is hard to have happiness and prosperity. Even the richest person, cannot buy their health. Something my Mom and Dad always used to say to us. Disease does not discriminate by what your finances are or the colour of your skin. I have seen it first hand. Some of my patients have survived cancer & some have succumbed from it. I can tell you…my patients have taught me things…no book could ever teach me. Especially, about resilience, hope, & faith. Health is about mind, body & spirit. It is all connected. When one thing is out of balance…it is all out of balance. Yin & Yang. Chi…the energy. I hope & pray…for all our sakes, that these wars will come to an end…& peace will prevail.
Thank you for sharing this blog with us. Always “food for thought”. Have a great weekend! ❤️
You’ve lived an interesting life, Julie, and learned a lot from people. Much of what baffles you, baffles us, especially about outcomes of cancer when some people with a similar diagnosis live and some don’t.
Well said! We have spent a few hours discussing the issues that baffle me and many of them are shared.
Feeling baffled often leads to uncertainty and, when unchecked, fear. I know I appreciate having people in my life who are active listeners and also feel comfortable sharing their own concerns.
It is only through dialogue and support that we can find a place of common ground.
Thankfully, God, in His Design, has given us the best support in Christ first.
Thank you for sharing Julie. I agree that we seem to have abandoned critical thinking or thinking at all.
I am still holding on to hope that we can and will do better.
Thank you Calay! I can always count on you for a measured and articulate response.
I am baffled that people put their trust in the government. I am baffled that people don’t see the consequences of their own actions. I am baffled that my husband keeps the oldest sweatshirt in the world full of holes and says it’s still good.
Mainly though, I am baffled that people don’t see the evil of this world and won’t come running into the arms of Jesus. Kyle Idlemam in his book, “ gods at war”, says most of our problems begin with idols, the very first Commandment. If you can’t keep the first Commandment, you can’t keep any of them.
I don’t wanna be baffled anymore as to why people aren’t running to Jesus. All I can change my own heart, through the help of the Holy Spirit, and try and be more like Jesus every day so that Jesus shines through me. I need to lay down my idols at the foot of the cross this Easter and place myself under the yoke and the wing of the One who can be my refuge, my rescuer, my Jeshua. His ways are so much better than mine . Praise be to God who is never baffled .
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and Kyle’s quote, Adena. Be more like Jesus. That’s clear. And about your husband’s sweatshirt. 🙂