To some it would seems unimaginable that God could communicate individually with all 8 billion Earth humans. If that were humanly comprehensible, then God wouldn’t be God.
Trump & Biden Memes
Trump Truth
I saved this Trumplethinskin meme years ago because it was so perspicacious. I had no idea it would become relevant again.
There was a time
There was a time when I didn’t care and when I didn’t compromise.vox
Of Course God Exists
“The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God’.” —Psalm 14:1
“Thus said Jehovah, king of Israel, And his Redeemer, Jehovah of Hosts: `I [am] the first, and I the last, And besides Me there is no God’.” —Isaiah 44:6 YLT
Surrendered Suffering Is Worship
Luke 22:42 records Jesus as praying, “Father, if Thou be willing, remove this cup from me; nevertheless not my will, but Thine be done.” These words demonstrate total surrender to Yahweh. It is the sheep submitting to the pastor’s plans and purposes. Suffering is not just the adversity which befalls us. Suffering is just as much knowing the adversity that will imminently befall us or the consciousness that our present adversity has no apparent set ending. Feeling about to break, we ourselves are likely to beg the Almighty to bring our suffering to an end. There is nothing fallable in that entreaty. But, if we then bring ourselves to say, “not my will but yours be done” then in that moment we offer a worship of submission. And every moment of mindful submission is worship. In worship there is peace. The desperation changes to sorrow as we experience God’s sorrow for our suffering. But if all we can offer is our desperate and broken heart, then it is sufficient to offer our desperate and broken heart. The old widow who gave her last two coins (Mk 12:41-44) offered God all that she had and it was an acceptable offering. It was her worship. When we surrender our last desperate emotions, it is our worship and it is acceptable, it is pleasing. Our agony, when offered as submission, becomes a lived act of worship. Stop bucking to start worshipping.
Mikayla Daniels: “Why I Believe Men Should Wear Skirts”
Mikayla Daniels reminisces on her (high school) forensics speech titled, “Why I Believe Men Should Wear Skirts.” Her argument consists of four point: 1) Clothing has no inherent gender; 2) History of human civilization; 3) Aesthetics; 4) Comfort and practicality. She concludes, “Let’s just throw away all the nonsense and let people wear what they feel good in, no matter the article of clothing or their gender, because clothes are just clothes.” Read her full piece at https://mikayladaniels.medium.com
Something About Skirts and Satan?
This youtuber (somewhere in Africa) seems to be implying that homosexuals and men who wear skirts are deceived by Satan. It does not disclose the language, but rewind a little and it says “Kumbu 22:5” which I am fairly sure invokes Deuteronomy 22:5 (see 2019 post, “Skirts, Pants, and Deuteronomy 22:5“). [VIDEO EMBED]
Yahweh, Jehovah, & Adonai
I learned a little Arabic in 2022. The classes ended abruptly so I did not progress as far as I had expected. My graduate studies included two linguistics courses that, for inteinsic reasons, were predominantly Indo-European (duh, I speak English, Spanish, French). Of course any linguistics curriculum includes an overview of other language families, and that once-extraneous knowledge of Semitic languages quickly made a lot of sense. It probably also accelerated my uptake. It definitely connected dots which I could apply to Hebrew.Continue Reading
Envisioning Nontraditional Men’s Clothing with AI
The difficulty in demonstrating non-existent clothing is the fact that such clothing does not exist. And whether man or woman, very few consumers have the capacity to draw what they imagine or to sew what they draw. If it can’t be represented, how will a tailor or seamstress be able to create a custom order? Maybe AI can empower the strident consumer to refine his wishes with detail that he can’t quite articulate. This image is the product of “Man wearing knee length sleeveless Oxford shirt dress with elasticized waist.” (Credit to Deep AI). Perhaps its simplicity will provoke more complex endeavors. The crazy thing is that AI does not often generate any two identical images from the same text prompt. So if an image isn’t close, just refresh. If an image is close, don’t navigate away or take a break or the AI will abandon its flow. Keep tweaking the text prompt.
A Spontaneous Meditation
“Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest, take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls.” (Matt 11:28-29 YLT)
“The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous runneth into it and is safe.” (Prov 18:10 YLT)
“Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth. My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is [my portion] forever.” (Psalm 73:25-26 NLT)
“But as for me, how good it is to be near God! I have made the Sovereign Lord my shelter, and I will tell everyone about the wonderful things you do.” (Psalm 73:28)
¿Qué Puede Hacer el Hombre?
¿A mí qué me puede hacer el hombre, y para mí qué me puede hacer el hombre? Por eso, “Levantaré mis ojos a los montes; ¿de dónde vendrá mi socorro? Mi socorro viene del Señor, que hizo los cielos y la tierra.” (Salmo 121:1-2)