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When a seed falls to the ground and sprouts, it sends out roots. And, like the seed, they are small. But over time those roots can grow.  Our Lord Jesus, In Matthew 13, likened the truth of His words to seeds, but He also speaks of the seeds of the evil one and the damage they do.

Let me tell you a story, a true story, and make an analogy.

I noticed a part of our lawn was dying and found one of the heads was barely putting out any water.  The head must be bad, I thought, so I purchased a new head and replaced the old. The new head was even worse for the spring was not worn like in the old one. So I dug down to see what was going on.  I found no problems where the head tied into the water line. Great, I will have to keep digging. Here is a picture of the first problem I found.

You see how those tiny roots form decades back had grown? Two of these roots had entangled the water line and nearly pinched off the flow of water. One root large pushing the line up from where it had been lain in the past and pressing it into a smaller root that was still strong enough to choke the flow of life giving water. But the story does not end there. I knew I would need to dig all the way back to the next head that was still working and found this:

Two roots in the right place that had grown so large they looked like one with the line crushed.

The lies of the monogamy only doctrine, and chivalry as well as feminism, have impacted the flow of water to many heads. Turns out, the head is not always the problem.

Fixing the problem required much labor. A lot of time exposing the problem, then even more labor to cut way those roots so a new line could be laid. Those blogs that I follow, these are fellow laborers working to ensure that the water of truth flows freely.

 

There are a handful of of books I have read two or three times and then there is God’s Word. I have lost track of how many times it has been. And there are parts that are more frequented than others. Right now I am reading through Job, and though my life is not so desperate as his, many of the feelings he expresses, I share. But despite the many times I have read Job, I was caught by surprise.

It is in chapter 19, Job, beyond grief and torment is frustrated and angry with those he called his friends, who instead of encouraging him are instead berating him. In the midst of telling his friends to “just leave me alone,” he says,  “Oh, that my words could be recorded. Oh, that they could be inscribed on a monument, 24  carved with an iron chisel and filled with lead, engraved forever in the rock. 25  “But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last. 26  And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God! 27  I will see him for myself. Yes, I will see him with my own eyes. I am overwhelmed at the thought!” (NLT)

Like Job I have yet to, in my body, see God, see my Redeemer, though my Redeemer has already stood upon the earth and redeemed me long before I was born. Job’s hope is still our hope today. Whatever trials, tribulations and persecutions we suffer, there is hope. Like Job, I can say after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God! 27  I will see him for myself. Yes, I will see him with my own eyes. I am overwhelmed at the thought!” Then this season of life will fade away and the tears will be wiped away.

 

My family watched the Peanut Butter Falcon last night while eating Thanksgiving leftovers. Despite the moral issues of one of the leading men, I felt it was a positive portrayal of masculinity. It was in part a quest to live freely and work for a better life. It was male bonding through adversity which took strength, toughness and kindness. I loved how the men working together to further each others goals helped them both grow stronger and better. One of the challenges one man faced was being born with Down’s syndrome, a condition my son has so I could really relate. He is just as much a masculine man as any of my other sons. As a side note the inter sexual dynamics were refreshing.

Feminism is the child of Lucifer. Just as Lucifer strives to take the authority from God so feminism strives to take the God ordained authority from men. Therefore feminists in truth are worshipers of Satan and use his tactics. Basically they are witches.

Recently on the Biblical Gender Roles blog was a post on head coverings. This has been something that has pricked my conscience from time to time over the last three decades. Then I would go to the Bible, then the commentators, ask a pastor and then the internet.

I have never really heard any convincing arguments concerning why the church has abandoned this practice.

I Corinthians 11 KJV

3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. 4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. 5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. 6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. 7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. 8 For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. 9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. 10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels. 11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. 12 For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God. 13 Judge in yourselves*: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? 14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? 15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering. 16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.

It seems to me we are shameful for abandoning this practice.