Whoever winks the eye causes trouble, and a babbling fool will come to ruin.
Proverbs 10:10
"Winks the eye" refers to keeping silent when one should speak out. The contrast is the fool who says whatever comes into his mouth. As v12 indicates, there is a time to speak and a time to keep silent. The wise man knows which is which, while the fool either reverses them or speaks all the time.
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Throughout history Satan has moved to mask Christianity, the faith of Abraham; he has sought to give it a different face even more than he has sought to bring it under persecution and oppression. Thus the Roman Catholics brought in even the most obviously pagan things, such as worshipping statues, yet Roman Catholicism and its offshoots are the face of Christianity in many people's minds. Thus we have Christ depicted as a European. This was seen from the very beginning: archaeology finding pictures of the Messiah as an Ethiopian among Ethiopians, as an Asian among Asians, as a Roman among Romans (a Roman Caesar at that). Every group is either rejecting the Messiah, or altering him to claim he is the same as them: few submit to who he is.
At the very least in the English-speaking culture and those cultures influenced by it, there are two wicked groups constantly at war, which could be called the "upper-classists" and the "lower-classists".
The upper-classists are those who have altered our Messiah and the faith of Abraham into their image: the dainty, the prosaic, the sterile, the genteel, the prim, the passive, the elegant, the vegetarian, the puerile and effeminate.
The lower-classists reject upper-classism, and make exactly the same error as the upper-classists: treating the faith of Abraham as one and the same as upper-classism. Each group is happy to point to the other to prove the point they agree on: that Christianity equals upper-class "elegance".
Satan loves to keep these groups at war, and loves it when someone rejects Christianity thinking they reject the foolishness of upper-classism, as he loves it when someone embraces upper-classism thinking that he embraces Christianity.
This extends into many areas of life, one of which is art. The upper-classist dislikes things that are strange or grim: it isn't "proper" or "elegant". Because they believe "Christianity = upper-classism", therefore they conclude whatever upper-classism dislikes must be intrinsically unchristian and wrong. To this the lower-classists agree, exulting in everything that upper-classists dislike, thinking that by doing so they are attacking Christianity - because, again, they make the same error as upper-classists, the idea that "Christianity = upper-classism". So the upper-classist forever condemns, and even falls into superstitious fear of what is not to their upper-classist taste; the lower-classist mocks and revels, and Satan laughs at the rat-race he has crafted.
The truth is that this whole strife is man-made and Satanically inspired. The answer is to step out of it, leave the lie which both sides hold, and to open one's eyes to the truth: the faith of Abraham has nothing to do with upper-classism, which is not of heaven but of men.
As the blossom need not declare "I am of Yahweh" to glorify him, neither does the thorn. As the blossom glorifies Yahweh by being a blossom, the thorn glorifies Yahweh by being a thorn.
The specific passion and purpose of my life is the application of this in the arts, specifically in the Strange: the grim, the surreal, the gritty. Every night your mind creates the Strange and the surreal in dreams: I believe it is essential to the human spirit, in the image of Yahweh. Forever let the Strange live to the glory of Yahweh, its Maker.
TL;DR: some hate spiders, God likes them, I agree with God.
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"He shall be tormented in fire and brimstone before the holy messengers, and before the Lamb."
Re 14
HOW TO PRAY EFFECTIVELY
1. AFFIRM
Believe that YHVH is good and wants to help you, affirm that you are now in the process of receiving His goodness. The flow of blessing is constant and is happening to you now. Affirmation is a powerful factor in effective prayer.
2. LISTEN
Arrange for selected moments when you can become quiet mentally, relaxed physically and receptive spiritually. Practice deep listening, reaching for contact with YHVH. This form of prayer requires no words; simply listen until you hear inwardly.
3. FRACTIONAL
When you pray in little snatches, you are praying fractional prayers. In the form of brief prayer while waiting for a bus or for the outcome of a conversation about to take place, fractional prayers add up to an enhanced prayer attitude.
4. NATURAL
Talk to Adonai using everyday language. The simpler your words, the easier it will be for you to express your thoughts. Talk to YHVH sincerely in your own natural language. He understands.
5. SURROUND
Deeply believe that you can send out a spiritual force that will surround your loved ones with protective and positive influences. Prayer is the transmitting carrier of affirmative faith.
6. BLOCKADE
The number one blockade of spiritual power is resentment. To overcome it, pray for people you do not like or have mistreated you. Love always dissolves resentment.
7. LIST
Have a definite number of people for whom you pray daily. Pray by name for everyone on your prayer list. You will help them by your prayers and the by-product will be additional blessings for you.
8. SURRENDER
Practice surrendering everything into YHVH’s hands, believing that He will help and guide you. Prayerfully try to do your best about things and then confidently, leave the results to YHVH.
9. RELATIONSHIP
Conceive of prayer as a personal relationship with our Heavenly Abba. Not asking for anything, but simply wanting to be with Him in a loving relationship, is perhaps the ultimate value in prayerfulness. It is the establishment of an in-depth relationship between the individual and YHVH.
10. MIND
Prayer may be defined as a methodology by which we may contact the Divine mind. Then the knowledge and wisdom of YHVH can flow unhindered into our human mind. Thus, we are on an operational level with the power, wisdom and goodness of the Heavenly Abba.
Does God help those who help themselves? The Bible certainly doesn't say so explicitly, but consider this lesson from Joshua 8.
The spoil of Jericho was the firstfruits of the conquest of Canaan and therefore belonged totally to God. The spoils of all other cities belonged to the people of Israel. (Joshua 8:2) When God has rewarded you for your service, don't wait to give back what's his. Don't hold onto your firstfruits and tithes, but give them away quickly. (Joshua 8:5)
Deception and ambush in war isn't wrong. Normal laws against killing, stealing, and enslaving are suspended in war. Maybe "redirected" is a better word, because the rights to life, liberty, and property of God's enemies that have been suspended, not God's laws. (Joshua 8)
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