Wishy today washy tomorrow

I have a friend who buys most of her clothes in charity shops. She always looks fantastic. I could be wearing designer outfits and still look as if I've been dressed by a breeze. A breeze that resented wasting its time too.

I know the ideal is to have a basic wardrobe where everything complements everything else and can be mixed and matched. But when I go to a shop and I see something I like I don't think, "Will it go with anything else I own?"

If I asked the question the answer would be no but that doesn't stop me buying it. 

I think it's because my hair needs cutting. I feel I look old and boring. I don't feel old and boring, which as I tell myself is the important thing, but it's still a downer. I shouldn't care what I look like and, trust me, if you saw me out sometimes you'd quickly work that out! So it's only an intermittent, "Oh phooey."

And now, onto a much more important topic.

I saw this on Twitter:

Of course it's offensive and quite ridiculous for that man to pronounce those words as a defence. Words of scripture, whether from the bible, the Torah or the Koran, have always been used to justify the unjustifiable, but if Putin wants to quote Jesus he should maybe start by reading the Beatitudes, especially verse 9:

Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called sons of God.

I don't think there's any argument about the wrongness of the man or about the tweet until I get to the last line. Then I struggle.

Yes, Jesus said, "Thou shalt not kill," and killing and war are evil. But what do you do? Sit back and let a bully have his own way? Not defend your family? Not kill if the alternative is watching your babies be slaughtered? 

This is where the Old Testament God would be in his element. But we're told that Jesus is the personification of God in human form. He is God. And our image of God as the sometimes seemingly cruel dictator is put to rest by Jesus, who says, "That's not what he's like."

As you can probably tell this is yet another issue that causes me problems and doubts and uncertainties.

I saw this on twitter too.

With Jesus we can be sure his anger is justified and righteous, that when he lost his temper it was with good cause, on behalf of others not himself. And not because someone tooted wrongly at him.

I shall ponder some more without reaching a conclusion.