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WISE MEN STILL SEEK HIM

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THE WISE MEN AND HEROD

Read Matthew 2:1–12 & Micah 5:2

When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born. "In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the prophet has written: Matthew 2:4–5 NIV

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We walked in our snow shoes for an hour and ten minutes this morning.

Here's what we saw from our bedroom window when we arose:

Bedroom View of Snow

Last Christmas we gave each other snow shoes as a gift. We used them several times.

Here's a scene along Wilson Avenue:

Snow Scene along Wilson Avenue

Here is a photo my wife took of me, next to a flag waving in the wind:

Proud to Be an American in Snow

We also walked the length of the Hanover Trolley Rail Trail. Here's a scene along the trail:

Hanover Trolley Rail Trail in Snow

Here's what our new house looks like in the snow:

Our house in snow

Here's our Garden Flag in the snow:

Our December Garden Flag

REVEALER OF HEARTS

I have been writing a series of posts about Bible verses I wrote on our cement floor, before our new home's floors were covered with carpet or vinyl.

Here's today's verse, found on the furnace room floor:

Furnace Room Verse

by Henry Makow Ph.D.

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Tiger Woods had everything: a beautiful wife and family, athletic achievement and fortune, and the respect of the whole world. Why throw it away for skank?

This seems to be the year for athletes self-destructing over women.

Last summer, retired (and married) Tennessee Titan quarterback Steve McNair was shot dead by a girlfriend who feared he was going to dump her. She then shot herself.

Today, Cincinnati Bengal receiver Chris Henry died during a domestic dispute with his fiance. And closer to home, Winnipeg Blue Bomber coach Mike Kelly got fired today after roughing up an ex-girlfriend (who probably attacked him first.)

The lesson for men: Sow your wild oats before you get married. Then, marry for life. Find a woman who is naturally traditional and accepts your leadership. Devote yourself to her and to your children. Restore to marriage and family the sanctity they deserve.

DE-FANGING SEX

Sex is a powerful force. Either we control it or it (and woman) controls us.  Like Samson, Woods forfeited his power for sex.

Men are fighting a powerful meme created by the banker-owned mass media. Although sexual attraction is a natural instinct to propagate, the media has turned it into an entertainment, therapy and commodity.

It proclaims anonymous sex is an end in itself, meaningful and liberating. Men have been programmed by media culture as much as by our hormones. We need to question the assumption that young women and sex are the be-all and end-all. A man's work should be his primary focus.  
 
It's time we deconstructed anonymous sex. Somehow, females have got the upper hand. Much like the diamond cartel, they have hoodwinked males into thinking that a commodity as commonplace and plentiful as p---y is rare and precious. It's not.  In Andy Warhol's words, "Sex is the biggest nothing in the world."

I'll never understand why a man would owe a woman for sexual gratification. Why shouldn't she owe him? Sex is just as necessary for her. What fools men are. Don't they know that all cats are gray in the dark?

The excitement for a man is a woman's response to him. How responsive can a woman be to a hook-up? How satisfying can it be if, as in Eliot Spitzer's case, the meter is running?  In anonymous sex, both parties are miming what they think should be happening, rather than admitting that the experience is empty and degrading.

Let's deconstruct the fertile female while we're at it.  Having lost her ability to love men and children, young women today are in danger of becoming obsolete. They are scrawny men, with narrow shoulders, a couple of vestigial feed bags on their chests, and some unsightly jungle below. 

Young women are pretty much physically identical. As one wag said, "Put a clock in it."

What other creatures get by largely on their looks? Only a narcissist would imagine she is exceptional. There are 500 million just like her. 

Yet despite the tedious repetitive nature of the product, male yokels have pandered for it for centuries. 

The only thing that truly differentiates women is beauty, grace, talent, intelligence, character and personality.  Yet most young women today ignore these and compete on the basis of sex appeal.

Similarly, most men are unable to look beyond the physical artifice. Yet understanding the human being inside is the key to success or failure.  

I love feminine women, the kind that marry and sacrifice for husband and family, the kind that know that feminine is the opposite of masculine.   

We live in a culture that promotes arrested development by inflating the status of women and teaching men to pander to them, with sex as their reward like a dog treat. Of course women eventually tire of this, and men end up neutered and alone.

CONCLUSION

Tiger Woods spent too much time overachieving and didn't develop emotionally. Part of that requires we get sex out of our system.  Realize how truly mundane it is. That there is no "there" there. With all the sex available, with all the porn, when will men finally learn that casual sex is a bore?

Men must also realize that no woman can give them what they really seek--- themselves. You get that by serving God (i.e. a spiritual ideal.)

Romantic love also is a crock. Women are just companions on the journey.  Real love is based on meeting mutual needs over a long period of time. It is based on sticking with someone when they're down. It's based on loyalty and trust.

In closing, let's learn from Tiger Wood's folly. Sex is used to control men (and women.) When we control our sex drive, we are free to serve a higher master.
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TIDINGS OF JOY

Well, in the past two days, I've taken you inside the front door of our new home, and into the living room, so today, we enter the dining room.

Here's the verse I wrote on the cement floor of that room before the vinyl flooring went down over it:

Dining Room Verse

I began a series yesterday on "Standing on the Promises of God."

We wrote verses on the concrete floor of the rooms of our new house, before they were covered with carpet or vinyl flooring. Now when we walk around the house, we are standing on the promises of God, literally!

That's what we are doing at "Hallowed House," the first house we have ever owned. It's in the borough of Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania.

I call our house "Hallowed House" because we moved there on October 30th, a day before All Hallow's Eve. Hallowe'en is also known as Reformation Day and I know it well as my own birthday, too!

Yesterday I showed you the verse inside the front door of Hallowed House. Here's another verse, found on the concrete floor (later covered with padding and carpet, after all, it's a living room!):

Living Room Verse

Before the floors in our new house were covered with carpet or vinyl flooring, I wrote a Bible verse on each room's floor.

Now, when we walk about our new house, we are literally "Standing on the Promises of God."

Here is the first verse I would like to share with you.

Front Door Verse

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