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What's that gambler's song again?  The Gambler, popularized by Kenny Rogers.  How does it go?

“On a warm summer's evening

On a train bound for nowhere….

(The gambler) Said, "If you're going to play the game, boy

You gotta learn to play it right.

You've got to know when to hold 'em

Know when to fold them

Know when to walk away

And know when to run.

Every gambler knows

That the secret to survivin'

Is knowin' what to throw away

And knowin' what to keep. 

'Cause every hand's a winner

And every hand's a loser….”

Because every hand’s a winner and every hand’s a loser, if you're sore after every loss and graceless after every win, you'll never learn how to play it right.

And in the end, you'll never truly survive intact, because only true losers feel sore after every loss and graceless after every win. Losers never learn what to throw away and what to keep.

Nor will you learn, in the game of life, that what really matters isn't transient wins and losses, because winning or losing a hand doesn't dictate eternal outcomes, which are based on how you play the game.

In other words, let's say you win the hand by cheating. The win becomes a sham—a hollow victory, since it's illegitimate—and you become a cheater: dishonorable, disgraceful, and untrustworthy, with lasting effects on your character.

So, do you think you can cheat your way into heaven?

Or cheat your way into someone's heart?

No, because guilty feelings have no rhythm and untruths have no soul, making future close relationships with everyone and the Lord improbable.

What matters are the eternal wins and losses: passing or failing tests of character that lead to either salvation or damnation.

It's the character wins and losses that dictate how the hands are ultimately played and determine the outcomes: sustainable or unsustainable prosperity, near utopias or total dystopian nightmares, and salvation in heaven or damnation in hell.

When you understand that every hand's a winner and every hand's a loser, you'll know how to play it right with truth, honor, decency, and good character, and you'll understand the secret to survivin is to know what to throw away and what to keep.

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In this midterm election, I hope “sports” bettors did not bet against the ‘blue wave.’ The blue wave that has landed has turned into an earthquake, a tornado, and a hurricane.

Most likely, they did not, because you did not have to be psychic to predict a blue wave given the economic conditions. But you would need to be a true psychic to predict a tidal wave of this magnitude.

And a true gambler would have bet the odds, so any losses would have been minor.

Theoretically, you do not have to be psychic to know what will happen; you just have to know how things work in economics, physics, metaphysics, etcetera.

Power and control in the minutiae, when stuck in grandiose delusions, do not count in reality. And if you try to bet based on baseless fantasies, the end results would be disastrous.

Good luck in future endeavors. Try not to wager too much on certain outcomes.

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Since voters usually vote based on their pocketbooks, do you ever have to introduce negative politics into the political system?

No, you don't. Why? Because it hurts you more in the long run, leading to distrust, disdain, and an inability to work together.

Fear and hate are negative emotions, not the intellect and wise decision-making that drive the best business practices and prosperity economics.

When you don't understand the correct correlations and don't operate based on intelligence or on how things will work out in the end, the likelihood of sustained wins is nil.

Understand that you can't hold on without sustainability in prosperity. And history will judge over the long chronicle of time, based on humanity's sustainability and sense of justice.

In other words, whoever is left of humanity will be the ones able to chronicle historical events. And history will be seen through their conscience, not ours.

Much like how those who crucified Jesus Christ are judged through our eyes and times, not theirs.

So do whatever you want, to your detriment and damnation, and be immortalized in infamy as the most dishonorable, despised, disgraceful, hateful, unholy, pathetic scum of the earth, at your own peril.

Because it is always best to walk in the ways of the Lord, love with kindness and gratitude, and serve humanity, for they shall ultimately determine your legacy.  

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What is forgotten?

What is overlooked?

What is unknown?

Do you know?

The power of the Force is strong. But power is not love, nor is it wisdom.

It will not distinguish between good and evil, nor will it know the difference between higher powers and the forces of the holy and unholy;

Where the corruption caused by the use of the Force, especially in unclean desecrations, would lead to living agonies of hell and torment; 

Where the ruthless self-annihilation of the fruit of the Spirit leads to desolation and insatiable harm amid mirages of grandiose desires; 

Where sheer ignorance creates small, tiny minds capable only of grasping archaic ways of ruination and fallacious conquests of damnation.

Nor will it understand when the Force is not the Force within, but simply power?

When it can no longer discern or connect with sensitivity and empathy, uncorrupted and unblocked by the distortions of selfish gains and Satanic manipulations of power and control.

Do you know?

What is unknown?

What is overlooked?

What is forgotten?

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The most frequently minimized and downplayed sin is also among the most grievous and heinous: blasphemy against the Holy Spirit through the desecration of its temple.

"Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God?  You are not your own, for you were bought with a price.  So glorify God in your body.”

                            - 1 Corinthians 6:19–20

Please note that this scriptural passage is from the New Testament, not the Old Testament.

It is also important to recognize that sexual violation is a particularly heinous sin because it desecrates not only the victim's temple of the Holy Spirit but also the perpetrator's, rendering it so unclean and unholy that the sinner may experience profound inner anguish and living agonies.

As the unclean spirits cried out in agony (Matthew 8:29, Mark 1:21–28, Luke 4:31–37, Mark 5:1–20, Luke 8:26–3), when Jesus cast them out, those who have perpetrated rape and sexual abuse will likewise experience profound anguish and living agonies when confronted with holiness and purity.

Such anguish arises within their souls because sexual abuse renders the perpetrator’s soul unclean and unholy, trapping them behind a veil of living hell that obstructs the formation of genuine, loving relationships and creates a barrier between them and all things, leaving them spiritually dead.

"And you were dead in the trespasses and sins."                                 

                                      - Ephesians 2:1

Therefore, do not harm one another, particularly through acts of desecration.

Violating another person without consent is among the most heinous acts one can commit and among the most grievous, as such acts are both unholy, spiritually corrupting, and unclean to the perpetrator.

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