Jim Shorkey

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Hey y’all. I haven’t been posting the past few days because I haven’t been feeling well but just wanted to check in with you all. I hope you are all doing well. Keep me in your prayers as I am trying to get over this mess. I love you all, and God loves you even more. ❤️

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A second straight 8-under round lifts La Sasso to a T12 finish. This kid can ball. #HyFlyersGC #LIVGolfSouthAfrica

Recently watched @louistheroux’s Netflix documentary Inside the Manosphere, and along with seeing a few other viral characters in the “looksmaxing” community couldn’t help but think how sad it all is. Scripture particularly warns against vanity rooted in pride. Pride precedes ruin, and arrogance of spirit leads to downfall (Prov 16:18), while God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble (James 4:6). Nothing — not a single thing — should be done from selfish ambition or vanity, but rather through humility, considering others superior to oneself (Phil 2:3). Though the “looksmaxing” community masquerades as a masculine movement, I can’t help but read scriptures’ warnings to women and their preoccupation with looks to be relevant to the group. The Bible is clear that charm is deceptive and beauty is vain, but the woman (or in this case men) who fears the Lord will be praised (Prov 31:30). Adornment should not be external elaborate hairstyles, gold jewelry, or fine clothing (dare I add jaw/hairline and muscular silhouette) as discussed in 1 Pet 3:3–4, but rather inner character. The Pharisees practiced their works to be seen by others, loving the best places at banquets and greetings in the marketplace (Matt 23:5–7), illustrating how vanity corrupts spiritual practice. God told Samuel not to look at appearance or height, because while humans see the exterior, God sees the heart (1 Sam 16:7). The wise, strong, and rich are warned not to boast in their accomplishments (Jer 9:23–24), redirecting glory toward God alone. I’m reminded this morning to pray for the lost, poor, and dangerously and unfulfillingly sad figures at the head of these particular movements.

💬 Immediate reaction from @brysondech: JERRY: "Bryson, why so much emotion on this victory?" BRYSON: "I wish I could tell you. A lot has happened in my last in the past week. I'm just so grateful for my team, the Crushers, everybody supporting me. It's so funny, golf is a fickle game, and you work so hard at it your whole entire life, and you realize that golf is just golf and there's a lot more to life than just golf. I had some things happen in the off time during this week, and I was just praying all day, praying to give me the perseverance to move forward and keep looking forward. I've just got to say I love everybody. Thank you for supporting. South Africa was unbelievable. I mean, got to be the best LIV event we've ever had. I've had you for eight straight days, plus two playoffs. I guess I need to bring you to the Masters or something." JERRY: "Not only emotional for you, emotional for your team. I saw you give them a wink when you made the par putt in regulation. You knew that meant victory. How special and how much does that mean to the group of guys and the collective love you share?" BRYSON: "It's huge. It's huge for our momentum. I said earlier this week that we just needed a little bit of time and we'd start showing our true colors, and they went out and played stellar today, and I held it down. But I'm super proud of the guys. I can't tell you how excited I am to have these guys a part of the team. I think that's nine team wins now. This is my fifth LIV individual win. I'm still pulling that dang driver. I've got to fix that." JERRY: "Last week you won, and it was a victory but not the way you wanted to win. This week you went out and won it. How much did you want this one in the playoff against the other titan of our league?" BRYSON: "Had to be done. Jon, there was a very good chance I thought he was going to stiff it. That 3-wood in there, I thought he was going to stiff it. I was fortunate enough to get a good lie. It was muddy, so I'm trying to aim over there, worst case scenario, and I just pulled it again and I knew I'd be okay and get somewhat of a lie. I got a great lie, I dropped it, and I got to place it, luckily, and then had a perfect lie and striped it to the middle of the green, and it fed right over to 12 feet, and I was not going to leave myself a three-footer on that one." #LIVGolfSouthAfrica | @Crushers_GC

BACK-TO-BACK 🏆🔥 Bryson DeChambeau wins LIV South Africa, making it his 2nd consecutive victory after winning LIV Singapore!What an absolute performance from the man himself…

Christopher Hitchens: ”In 1786, when the United States was barely a country, it was having its sailors taken as slaves by the Barbary states, the states of the Ottoman Empire and North Africa. Tripoli, shores of Tripoli. Ships stopped, its crews carried off into slavery. We estimate 1.5 million European and American slaves taken between 1750 and 1815. Jefferson and Adams went to their ambassador in London and said, why do you do this to us? The United States has never had a quarrel with the Muslim world of any kind. We weren't in the crusades. We weren't at war with Spain. Why do you do this to our people and our ships? Why do you plunder and enslave our people? The ambassador said very plainly, Mr. Abdul Rahman said, because the Quran gives us permission to do so, because you are infidels, and that's our answer. Jefferson said, well, in that case, I will send a navy which will crush your state, which he did. Islamic fundamentalism is not created by American democracy. It's a lie to say so. It's a masochistic lie, and it excuses those who are the real criminals, and blames us for the attacks made upon us.”

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