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Soon enough

14 Thursday Apr 2022

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Males grow up to be men; females grow to be women. Children growing up to be something other than what they actually are, learn this from adults already emotionally, socially, and morally confused. Adults teaching this to young people perpetuate evil to the next generation. Their form of evil is only different than that in the 1930s through the mid-1940s. These children will then be adults who are, likewise, socially, emotional, and morally confused.

Adults who teach the latter group to think this way will not escape the Lord’s attention on Judgment Day.

Don’t believe in God? You will soon enough.

“It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”

Generosity and Support

12 Tuesday Apr 2022

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One can never out give the Lord, but the wise man never tries. On the other hand, one who is stingy or takes away from one to punish another (or others) will soon have taken away even that which he has. In Proverbs 11:24-26, the theme of those three verses is related to the generosity of the one’s heart, or the lack thereof.

Even he who has little, if he scatters what he has to benefit others, he gets in return more than he had to start with. At the same time, there is one who withholds because of a desire to punish others not realizing he is the one who is poor in the Lord’s sight and will be punished himself.

Just as the one who scatters, the Lord looks upon him as rich because in his material blessings he seeks to help and support others. It reminds one of the words in Malachi 3:8 when the Lord’s people robbed God? How can one rob God? Here is what the Lord said, Can a person rob God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say, ‘How are we robbing you?’ In tithes and contributions! (New English Translation).

Contributions to the Lord’s cause is to be from the heart, the amount makes no difference to the Lord. On the other hand, when one contributes to the cause of his own heart, he loses.

Beauty and Substance

11 Monday Apr 2022

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Beauty is skin deep, but it does not even exist at skin level when a woman of beauty fails to understand her role in the Lord’s eyes. She is like a ring of gold in the snout of a pig because she lacks discretion (cf. Prov. 11:22). What does “discretion” mean in this context? She lacks good taste, judgment, modesty, and where her strength is.

Her strength is not in her appearance, but in her substance. Then she is truly beautiful. Beauty fades, substance stays.

A Woman

31 Thursday Mar 2022

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How should a man look at a woman? As his equal, but with a much different role than his. She is his support as he leads; she makes the difference in his life. As they both lack something or many things, they both fill in the gaps to make a whole.

Her beauty at a young age will pass (as we all get wrinkled), but her virtue lingers long. Perhaps their romance is not as it was, but their love towards one another is still strong.

Her eyes do not wander, but are steady. She is a pillar of strength in the family. Ideally, her quality is developed when she is a little girl taught by a loving mother. When she grows up and is the light in a man’s eyes, she makes him much better. If not, however, as she is taught by the Lord, she now has an understanding of her role in her family and in God’s family.

She does not seek to replace him in his role, as he does not seek to replace her in her role. They both seek to accentuate that which the Lord gave. She loves her husband, nurtures him, and raises her children. It is her role as a mother that shapes the world. Without mom, men would be unbalanced.

Confused Adjudicate

23 Wednesday Mar 2022

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If a person can’t (unwilling to) define what a woman is, how in the world is that same person asked to adjudicate difficult circumstances and criminal actions on the part of others? There is no good reason for this failing!

Since the person is supposed to use a document (settled law) to measure the actions of others, should not that same person be able (willing) to utilize a document (dictionary) to define another word? To refuse illustrates a political and moral agenda – neither of which is beneficial to this country.

Words / Actions

23 Wednesday Mar 2022

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When a person is committed to an ideology, that ideology controls. Words that say one thing, but actions that speak another, be sure the actions are an accurate reflection of what’s in the heart/mind.

“I can hear you all day, but I see what you’re doing!”

Born Again

21 Monday Mar 2022

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How is one born again? In John 3:5, it is through the water and spirit (baptism, gift of the Holy Spirit). In 1 Peter 1:22-23, it is through (via) the Word of God (the Lord’s instrument to teach), one having obeyed its teachings from the heart. To be born again is a change of heart (faith) that leads to a change of life (repentance).

Be Reminded

20 Sunday Mar 2022

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Frequently, when life seems to be a tempestuous wind, the struggles to maintain a sense of balance becomes confused. This is all the more reason to stay the course. Not just any course, but the Lord’s course of life. With the former, you’re not sure where it will end up. With the latter, you can be sure you’ll arrive at the Lord’s destination. In the end, don’t think for even a moment you know better than the Lord. If you do, be reminded of Proverbs 21:30.

Out of Style

19 Saturday Mar 2022

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I remember, back in the early 70s, the popularity of “pet rocks.” I was not very smart back then (probably still not), but I had enough smarts in my junior high years to know that “pet rocks” was a dead matter,

Who would own a pet rock? Evidently, there is one born every minute.

What it gets to, I believe, is this: people struggle with being accepted by others. How so?

“I don’t want to look out of place, so I will pay more for a pair of jeans with holes in them than I will plain, ordinary jeans that have not been pre-washed and faded. If I pay for the style, then I will be accepted.”

Keeping up appearance may be something that is, on occasion, important. It is not important, however, in all respect, perhaps not even half the time. What is important all the time is being grounded in those things that control the direction one’s life travels. That never is out of style.