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John 21:18 Verily, verily, I say unto you, When you were young, you dressed yourself, and walked where you would: but when you shall be old, you shall stretch forth your hands, and another shall dress you, and carry you where you would not. I have a pair of Khakis. First, why do we call it a pair? It is one... Second, they are not blue. Instead they are tan. The pants are starting to fray at certain parts of the garment but I want to get my mileage out of them. One more school year and then toss. Over a career, I saved buying a couple of pants. Kind of like how I drove my Acura Integra to 233,000 miles until the mechanic advised me that the frame was ready to part from the body. The same reason that I still have the iPhone 3s. I take great joy in squeezing the toothpaste tube of usage to complete exhaustion. Same reason I delay on the haircut. Because I am wearing the pants, I am noticing the wear. It is not flagrant, like a split seat or anything. Just subtle signs tha

Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Once a week, I replace my disposable shaver. The edge lasts about a week. I have to buy a specific brand of shaver otherwise I get cut and nicked (see above for my brand). The shavers come with a clear safety plastic cover that clips over the blade. This morning when I went to shave, as it has happened before, I had not removed the safety cover. What results in such situations is that it looks like the shaver is shaving because the shaving creams gets removed. But due to a lack of application of the blade, the whiskers remain uncut. The writer of Hebrews, some think it was Paul (the writer is not identified), employs a metaphor that the World of God is a two-edged sword. Take off the plastic, remove the sheath. Pick up the Bible and

I just heard a sermon by the pastor of Tenth Presbyterian in Philadelphia in a live broadcast of   church today use the term "snake in the garden" referring to King David allowing his wickedly ambitious son Absalom back to Jerusalem from exile in Syria from murdering his brother Amnon in a case of palace intrigue of the most dysfunctional and sinful. Amnon, Absalom's half-brother, had raped Tamar--his half-sister and Absalom's biological sister--and then Absalom using this as a pretext to murdering Amnon, not for justice's sake, but to remove the first heir to aging David's throne. Who is next in line. Guess? It is Absalom. How coincidental and convenient. Jerry Springer or Maury Povich or any of these other bottom feeders of humanity have nothing on the Scriptures. Absalom starts a literal fire and then a political fire trying to drive David from the throne. The David who is himself guilty of adultery and murder. God has forgiven David, but the scars of