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The spirit of the letter is quickened unto the prophet Isaiah: "Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. Thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to heart, neither did remember the latter end of it. Thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children." "I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and the shall become drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh will know the Lord is the salvation and redemption." "And to the believer? Where is the bill of they mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? Of which of my creditors have I sold you? For iniquities, you have sold yourselves. When I came was there no m...

In what do we trust when our own persons are so changeable? No matter if we eat clean or eat poorly, we excrete filth. We go through trusting in ourselves, dancing crazily through our hour, hips bumping tea cups and before they hit the floor, we've went to something else. The best among us acknowledge mistakes, make lists, decide to learn from their mistakes; some don't acknowledge their mistakes, or misplace responsibility, blame. A man once said to me that if it was up to us, we'd mess it up.  We'd fail: look at our track record, after all. For all the good aims, doesn't it depend upon which list they look at? Its either all good, or all bad. Of the bad, they say it speaks to our condemnation: not quite. It speaks of our need for the love of Jesus, and that the only reliable way, past our learnings, past our otherwise pure intentions, to achieve heaven. Of the good, they pull it down easily. But you're different?!? You have faith? You believe? They say, "...