You may have noticed the name of this blog is” Old Man Rants ‘n Rambles” and you may be wondering why I have not posted any rants. The answer is that while I have not posted any I have written five or six of them. But let’s back up a bit and discuss the reason for having what I call a “Rant Space”. My poor family has endured my many rants through the years and just sort of rolled their eyes or brought them up later just to have a fun laugh at dad. Now that I have my “Rant Space”, I can rant to my heart’s content and no one knows it. To my way of thinking, a rant is a great way of releasing toxic, bile infested junk that finds its way into my thought process. It’s a lot like experiencing a hard day at work and then coming home mad at the world. Unless I have a way to release it like a “serious” run or a hard hill climb on my bike, the dog will get kicked or I will yell at the wrong person at the wrong time. Think George Bailey in “It’s a Wonderful Life”. So when when the bad toxic junk creeps into my mind I simply write a rant. I will usually let it sit for a few days and then trash it. I’ve learned that President Lincoln would do the same thing for his generals. Write them a nasty letter, telling them to get on with it or whatever he would say and then he would burn the letter.

But, “aren’t you a Christian?”, some one might say. As if being a Christian saves one from having bad days or thoughts. I just say, yes I am and Jesus still loves me. I was reading from Galatians 5:19,20 this morning and it says that the “works of the flesh are obvious” and it lists real some nasty ones. Then in verse 20 it lists ” hatred, discord, jealousy,fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions”. Those sound like the seeds of rants to me and I don’t want that for this blog. Then in verse 22 it says “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law”. That seems to be a better way to live, to walk and to write. I want this space to honor God and rants cannot do that. Besides, it would only give my boys more ammunition to laugh at me even in a loving way.

Thanks for perusing,

Gary