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But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Matthew 6:33

(Context being the halftime show of the Super Bowl which people say was an occultic/esoteric lovefest. I agree that it was, but look around at the culture. Ever notice what is on a Federal Reserve Note?) On the many choices and liberties offered in life: Being one who is aspiring to become a football coach (yet not knowing exactly knowing what is going to happen in the future), yes Walter Camp was a member of Skull and Bones. Yes there are ceremonial references to the Roman Empire. Yes, there are ceremonial references to the Roman Empire. Yes, people go nutso when their team loses. Yes, people may spent too much time watching TV and playing video games. There are many liberties in this life. There are varying degrees. Some people smoke. Others don’t. Some may had one or two cigars in their lifetime. Yet how am I going to function in this culture? By not letting any of my liberties go to one extreme or another. That can only be done by keeping my focus on God. Satan won’t tell us to commit murder or rape. Too clever and subtle for that. Food, drink, sleep, work, sex, relaxation, confidence, etc… These are all good things. But go to extremes in these and it becomes a vice.

On the male-female relationship: Men and women both want to be treated like royalty. We are even children of a heavenly King. The best way I figure is this: gentlemen, humble yourselves to treat her like a queen first and then she could cook you a wonderful meal. But don’t forget to share The issue is that in wanting to be treated like royalty, we end up treating others like pimps or prostitutes. The answer is pretty obvious: Jesus washing the disciples’ feet.

On people in general (and that includes all the rest of God’s creatures): On the outside, we are simple. But on the inside, we are very complicated.

One of the major reasons I indentify with redheads (despite not being one) is because I am the red-headed step-child in my family despite being the older sibling. There is much more to it than just being the physical beauty of female redheads

The ways of this world corrupt all of us and tend to make us blind and deaf. It isn’t that we are inherently bad people. But like Adam and Eve, we take on what is not ours (like wanting to have everything or know it all) and not hearing and seeing in the heart that God already provides.

We generally think of ourselves as physical forms with a heart and soul. But in fact “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, BEFORE you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5 Notice how in our world, you aren’t born until after you come out of the womb. But in God’s eyes, He already knew you before you were formed in the womb.

Let at it this way: how long does it take for a baby to form before coming out of the womb? Generally nine months. Yet we don’t say that a person remains nine months for their whole lives. Perhaps 14 billion years ago, God created the mustard seed that would sprout into the hundreds of billions of galaxies we have today. God is always creating, molding, shaping, etc… Life ebb and flows. But our simple minds can’t grasp that concept.

“God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh“.

I came to view God as being a gameshow host. This was the critical 2% difference. Heck, just this morning I was laughing at even some of the negative things (on the surface) that had happened this week (or any week), but it was simply part of the test. We say “I want it now” or “I want to follow my plans”. But in fact, my vision and head had been clouded by the worldview in my adult years. In my heart, I prefer a life of spontaneous combustion. God works in mysterious ways to test us. Life is a matter of perspective. In fact, God is a Giving Tree.

Although many people talk about hearing loss in terms of percentage, it is not an appropriate or meaningful measure of hearing loss. Hearing is tested across many different frequencies or pitches, from low-pitched sounds like thunder all the way up to high pitches, like a whistle.  It is very common to have more hearing loss at some frequencies than for others. Therefore, even if it were it possible to quantify hearing loss by percentage, for some people the percentage of hearing loss would be different at each test frequency, making it virtually meaningless when describing the overall hearing loss.

How hearing loss affects a person varies from individual to individual. Especially for children, it could also result in delayed social development/interaction skills. Speech and language pathology can be helpful especially depending on age (best for it to begin around birth to age 2.  But unlike what many people seem to think, it is not a cure.  Adults who had “normal” hearing growing up, loss it and then had to re-learn generally do better. The learned behavioral patterns have been set.

Hearing aids certainly help, but again it is not a cure.

Some people with moderate hearing loss can even do well without a hearing aid.  Many of them incorporate lip reading, sit close to the front in a room or take an observant role when multiple conversations are going on. What does not work well is the speakers turning away where their lips are obscured or people talking rapidly over each other.  But we find ways to compensate.  All we ask is for people to try to relate and to have patience.