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Men’s first problem isn’t modern women. It’s not wealth inequality, inflation, the jews, or the left. Our first problem is ourselves. External problems exist, and they do effect us. But when blame wins over gratitude, resentment over repentance, politics over prayer, then we’ve lost the plot.

I recently visited a Monastery in New Mexico, and one of the monks there said gratitude for suffering was the same as ‘keep thy mind in hell and despair not’ – St. Silouan.

What if also, we were grateful for our temptations? Not to inflame them, but to realize how they train us through challenge, to rely on God’s will and not our fallen will, which succumbs to the passions.

I hope God’s justice rules over the demons of the west. But does God’s justice rule over my relationships? I pray that our nation repents, but does repentance rule my behavior? I recognize how women are hoes and whores, (they almost all act this way at my job) but I also fall to lustful night-time fantasies. If I’m lusting, and they’re whoring, then we’re mutually supporting each other’s demons. It’s not all women’s fault, but my lack of healing is contributing fuel to the fire.

I’m the problem. There’s problems inside of me. I know God can heal them, but I have to focus on that first.

“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” – Mat 6:33, KJV.