Recently, it feels more like this

revealed on December 4, 2009

I spoke in front of a small group of people recently.  I really opened up to them for an hour.  I wanted them to know exactly how it feels to be me and what they could learn from it.  I did not mention that much about what I have accomplished but what I had experienced since I was born.

A few days later I went back and found THE FOOL who asked me to speak saying a lot of negative things behind my back.  He said I was, and I quote "Shoving a lot of bullshit down people's throats."  I caught him and I angrily responded to what he thought he was saying without me hearing him.  And of course, people defended him because they were offended by MY anger and that I might beat the crap out of him.  People are so out of touch it amazes me, but does not surprise me.

Between you and me, despite all I have gone through, this ASSHOLE is jealous of my car.

So, from the Bible, it seems this past week has been like something from the Book of John.

from the AMPLIFIED Bible (Book of John, Chapter 10):

John 10

 ¹I ASSURE you, most solemnly I tell you, he who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way (elsewhere, from some other quarter) is a thief and a robber.

    ²But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

    ³The watchman opens the door for this man, and the sheep listen to his voice and heed it; and he calls his own sheep by name and brings (leads) them out.

    ⁴When he has brought his own sheep outside, he walks on before them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.

    ⁵They will never [on any account] follow a stranger, but will run away from him because they do not know the voice of strangers or recognize their call.

    ⁶Jesus used this parable (illustration) with them, but they did not understand what He was talking about.

    ⁷So Jesus said again, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that I Myself am the Door ^a..]">[a]for the sheep.

    ⁸All others who came [as such] before Me are thieves and robbers, but the [true] sheep did not listen to and obey them.

    ⁹I am the Door; anyone who enters in through Me will be saved (will live). He will come in and he will go out [freely], and will find pasture.

    ¹⁰The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it ^b..]">[b]overflows).

    ¹¹I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd risks and lays down His [own] life for the sheep.^A..)">(A)

    ¹²But the hired servant (he who merely serves for wages) who is neither the shepherd nor the owner of the sheep, when he sees the wolf coming, deserts the flock and runs away. And the wolf chases and snatches them and scatters [the flock].

    ¹³Now the hireling flees because he merely serves for wages and is not himself concerned about the sheep [cares nothing for them].

    ¹⁴I am the Good Shepherd; and I know and recognize My own, and My own know and recognize Me--

    ¹⁵Even as [truly as] the Father knows Me and I also know the Father--and I am giving My [very own] life and laying it down on behalf of the sheep.

    ¹⁶And I have other sheep [beside these] that are not of this fold. I must bring and ^c..]">[c]impel those also; and they will listen to My voice and heed My call, and so there will be [they will become] one flock under one Shepherd.^B..)">(B)

    ¹⁷For this [reason] the Father loves Me, because I lay down My [own] life--to take it back again.

    ¹⁸No one takes it away from Me. On the contrary, I lay it down voluntarily. [I put it from Myself.] I am authorized and have power to lay it down (to resign it) and I am authorized and have power to take it back again. These are the instructions (orders) which I have received [as My charge] from My Father.

    ¹⁹Then a fresh division of opinion arose among the Jews because of His saying these things.

    ²⁰And many of them said, He has a demon and He is mad (insane--He raves, He rambles). Why do you listen to Him?

    ²¹Others argued, These are not the thoughts and the language of one possessed. Can a demon-possessed person open blind eyes?

    ²²After this the Feast of Dedication [of the reconsecration of the temple] was taking place at Jerusalem. It was winter,

    ²³And Jesus was walking in Solomon's Porch in the temple area.

    ²⁴So the Jews surrounded Him and began asking Him, How long are You going to keep us in doubt and suspense? If You are really the Christ (the Messiah), tell us so plainly and openly.

    ²⁵Jesus answered them, I have told you so, yet you do not believe Me [you do not trust Me and rely on Me]. The very works that I do by the power of My Father and in My Father's name bear witness concerning Me [they are My credentials and evidence in support of Me].

    ²⁶But you do not believe and trust and rely on Me because you do not belong to My fold [you are no sheep of Mine].

    ²⁷The sheep that are My own hear and are listening to My voice; and I know them, and they follow Me.

    ²⁸And I give them eternal life, and they shall never lose it or perish throughout the ages. [To all eternity they shall never by any means be destroyed.] And no one is able to snatch them out of My hand.

    ²⁹My Father, Who has given them to Me, is greater and mightier than all [else]; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father's hand.

    ³⁰I and the Father are One.

    ³¹Again the Jews ^d..]">[d]brought up stones to stone Him.

    ³²Jesus said to them, My Father has enabled Me to do many good deeds. [I have shown many acts of mercy in your presence.] For which of these do you mean to stone Me?

    ³³The Jews replied, We are not going to stone You for a good act, but for blasphemy, because You, a mere ^e..]">[e]Man, make Yourself [out to be] God.

    ³⁴Jesus answered, Is it not written in your Law, I said, You are gods?^C..)">(C)

    ³⁵So men are called gods [by the Law], men to whom God's message came--and the Scripture cannot be set aside or canceled or broken or annulled--

    ³⁶[If that is true] do you say of the One Whom the Father consecrated and dedicated and set apart for Himself and sent into the world, You are blaspheming, because I said, I am the Son of God?

    ³⁷If I am not doing the works [performing the deeds] of My Father, then do not believe Me [do not adhere to Me and trust Me and rely on Me].

    ³⁸But if I do them, even though you do not believe Me or have faith in Me, [at least] believe the works and have faith in what I do, in order that you may know and understand [clearly] that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father [One with Him].

    ³⁹They sought again to arrest Him, but He escaped from their hands.

    ⁴⁰He went back again across the Jordan to the locality where John was when he first baptized, and there He remained.

    ⁴¹And many came to Him, and they kept saying, John did not perform a [single] sign or miracle, but everything John said about this Man was true.

    ⁴²And many [people] there became believers in Him. [They adhered to and trusted in and relied on Him.]