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Monogamy lasts in the Bible all of four chapters.  From the creation of Adam and Eve until this statement about Lamech in Genesis 4:19:

And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one [was] Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

We are lead to believe that there were only marriages between one man and one woman.

What was the compelling reason to have two wives?  Insurance against sin:

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It’s funny.  If you sit down and do the math, we’re supposed to get 7 hours of sleep a night.  That’s 49 hours of sleep a week, roughly 210 hours of sleep a month, and 2,555 hours of sleep a year.

We spend 29% of our time sleeping—and most of that on a mattress, but when we go to buy a mattress we try to save as much money as we can.

We’re laying on that mattress longer than we’re in our car (for most people) and yet we skimp here.  We’re probably not playing our Wii as long as we’re sleeping, and yet we’ll go all out… well, I think you’ve got the hint.

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What do you use to keep your family and your house safe?

A few years back, my family and I went out to visit my inlaws and when we had returned we left the doors to our car unlocked.  The next time we got into the car we found that someone had gotten inside, stole the in-dash CD player as well as a whole wallet of CDs.

I don’t consider my house to be in that much of an unsafe neighborhood, but I’d be lying if I didn’t think that, when we were leaving for this last trip, that I should do something to keep my computer safe in case someone came in.  I mean, I have irreplaceable photos on it!

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No, not in our relationship, in our cellar walls!

For some time now we’ve known that our basement as a mold/mildew problem.  We’ve actually had a couple different people come in to take a look at it.  The first one was a guy that wanted to drill holes in the bottom concrete blocks of my house’s foundation and then run a new drainage system around the outside.

And that was only protecting me against the basement floor from getting wet, which is wasn’t.

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Believe it or not, there was a time when a couple did not have to worry about their relationship.  A time when there were no quarrels.  A time when spouses loved each other as they ought.

But, unfortunately, it didn’t last very long.

In the beginning, God created man and then created woman when He saw that man was alone.  He created her to be a help meet for him.

And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 

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Americans collect junk.  No, seriously.  If you look at any other civilization across the world, we’re the number one owners of junk—I believe—that can be found.

And I’m probably one of the worst culprits.

You see, I am one of those guys that likes to keep old school materials because I believe that someday my kids will get some use out of the math problems I did in school.

Stop that laughing—I’m serious! (or at least partly so.)

This generation of adults have more access to other people’s money than at any time in our nation’s history, and they believe that they need a house full of stuff just like their parent’s house, and they need it now.

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After a delay in Washington, D.C. my wife and I arrived in Pigeon Forge for our honeymoon.  We had reserved a cabin there called “Always and Forever” and the honeymoon package came with some neat baskets that were there for us to enjoy.

When we first arrived there was one of the many Gourmet Gift Baskets that they had provided for us for our meals.  The first was a dinner basket that included steak, salad and some other food.  That was my first time trying to use a grill!

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