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Nov. 18, 2016 Psalm 146:3      So it looks like Mothra Clinton and Godzilla Trump just had an apocalyptic curb-stomp battle down America way. Godzilla prevailed. Mothra is vanquished but may yet return for the next election cycle. The final battle has much of the American landscape in ruins. The Mothra supporters are not taking the loss well, nor are the Godzilla voters being particularly gracious winners. Grace is scarce in the United States, even scarcer than usual. I'm not sure how well the Godzilla supporters would have taken it had Mothra had become President Elect. All I know is that human nature is a constant and our better angels cannot prevail against it forever.        These videos below were taken on smartphone as it happened and contain some objectionable behaviour and language from the participants. Understandable, given the circumstances.  Vanity of vanities ....    source: CringePlanet ...

Nov. 9, 2016  An Allegory of the Vanities of Human Life,  c. 1640 oil on canvas by Harmen Steenwyck      Is the use of idols the result of a fallen soul that will not turn to face God despite an ability to do so, or one that is simply unable to do so? Fair question.  The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Who can destroy the secret idols of a sinful heart? When man does not submit the deepest mote of his being to the fire of sanctification, the secrets of his heart remain dark, dead, unredeemed. As lifeless as gold. Deceitful and wicked though it may be, the human heart can hold no secrets from its Creator, though we can bring forth a wilderness of vain imaginings in which to hide from Him. The City of Man is a city of idols and vanities. It's the city of everything foul and depraved and godless.  Our earthly existence as inhabitants of this city is an ongoing distraction, for some m...