Peanuts by Charles Schulz for July 16, 2023

Linus was a true thinker…Charlie’s pitching was a true stinker!

In other words, joy to the world, joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea.

good Job Linus was there to put things in perspective

What a Job (OMG)

So since he said it in the past tense, does this mean in this day and age that the morning stars are NOT singing together any longer?? Well, at least the evening stars are still singing together. Thank heavens for that.

Very philosophical Linus !

Yeah. Criticize capitalism and climate change denialism.

Decades before news about people dying from heat stroke.

The Great Umpire did it all?

I love how Charles M. Schulz put Biblical quotes in his Sunday strips, without sounding at all preachy. The last line is especially thought provoking.

Spare us the poetic wisdom, Linus. All Charlie Brown did was say that the weather has been bad.

https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2023/07/16?ct=v&cti=2143

From the book of Job in the bible

Linus was well on his way to being a great preacher. Out of the mouth of babes. Ecclesiastes, look out.

Dedicated to the hot weather in Phoenix, Arizona over 100 degrees for about 2 weeks more or less.

Why would a wild ox serve you?

Job 38.

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” Viktor Frankl.

The weather could be bad. You can choose to feel miserable about it or you can choose to get on with your day. The weather is still bad. The only difference is how YOU choose to feel about it.

And while I am at it. Never let anyone else choose your emotions for you.

Job 38:4-11

They have an umpire?

The heavens declare the glory of God;And the firmament[a] shows [b]His handiwork. Psalm 19:1

Not a good idea, CB…some of those umpires have a quick temper and are eager to throw people out of a game!

He’s criticizing what humans have done to the world.

Have you ever considered how much of the Bible is written in rhetorical questions? That wasn’t one.

♫♪♫

When you feel sad, or under a curse

Your life is bad, your prospects are worse

Your wife is sighing, crying

And your olive tree is dyin’

Temples are graying, and teeth are decaying

And creditors weighing your purse…

Your mood and your robe

Are both a deep blue

You’d bet that Job

Had nothin’ on you

Don’t forget that when you get to

Heaven you’ll be blessed

Yes, it’s all for the best!

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“There once was a man from Nantucket…”

I absolutely LOVE that song. Enjoy it here and have a great day.☺♥ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVcpKjXYa5c

Another words, “Play Ball!!”

Whereas everything Linus is true biblically, perhaps he was a little to quick to judge what Charlie Brown said so harshly. I don’t think Charlie Brown meant it as a criticism of the world.

the best part of that book of the Bible is Job 42:1-6 imho – modern day translations give it some real kick and I wish more people would repeat it with understanding.

Job 38:4-41 in case anyone’s wondering

Yell at the umpire! Let he who is without sin cast the first stone!

In other words climate change is not our fault…it’s God’s fault? Isn’t yelling at the Umpire in this case yelling at God?

I think the book of Job totally cops out on having any answer to why God allows human suffering. “You don’t have the right to ask” is a terrible answer, in my opinion.

This was a moment when Lucy was needed to shut her little brother up

It’s okay to yell at the umpire, Charlie Brown.

A poetic passage! But…would Old Testament authors know anything about snow? (Not complaining: I’m really interested.)

Linus has a point, in that weather isn’t really “bad”. It serves a purpose. But still, it can be bad for baseball.

Linus once again puts things into perspective.

That seems like a lot of panels even for a Sunday strip…and even back when it originally ran. Today, I wonder how many print publications edited it for length. I’m sure they at least removed the masthead.

That’s okay……

Who freed the oxygen? Hug a tree.

I find it interesting that God does not over explain things but instead allows us to study for ourselves. These questions are thought provoking.

Linus has always been the wise one of the group. I need to try to be more like Linus.

And God invented sarcasm—touchy!

Howard Cosell takes the field…

Well, for one thing, you’d get ejected and you can run to your air-conditioned home…!

“Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew…?”

With these anti-soothsayers, I doubt whether you would ever win a game, roundhead.

Today’s Peanuts has brought to mind a book I read many years ago called The Gospel According to Peanuts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gospel_According_to_Peanuts

Who is this, Linus or Rerun??

Still, God allow us to complain and express our reasons..