Hey, folks:

A couple of hours ago, I got a call from my dad saying that my grandfather hung himself.

I'm sad but not surprised by that news. Since getting involved in RP, I've been thinking about my grandfather and I knew he was in a really dark place as a man.

When he was young, a revolution broke in my country of origin and created a communist regime. He got a membership of the communist party, got heavily into politics and even was appointed mayor of the little town he lived in.

As it's always the case with communism, the social justice was never there in the first place. They just substituted a class system with another one that, in order for you to climb, you had to get dirty and nasty into politics. My grandfather was never dirty and nasty. Despite being an unredeemed sinner, he was a fairly honest man.

Despite his relative success and having earned the respect of his peers, he could never thrive in politics. To make it worse, while he was unsuccessfully playing that game, his inheritance (a good piece of land) fell into the hands of one of his brothers. When my grandfather retired from politics, he ended up working for that brother, under the sun, in the fields, for basically nothing. His daily life consisted in him waking up at 4am, going to the fields until 11am, having lunch at home and spend the rest of the day in silence, in a rocking chair. He liked to watch the 8pm news, and then go to bed.

Communism hurts men because a large, predator government will always try to erode our God-given authority in our homes and families. If the government provides for everything, of what use are we? If you walk down any street of my country, you'll see herds of powerless, lazy men of any age, indulging themselves in alcohol and gambling. No wonder, divorce rates are sky-high in my country.

Meanwhile, my grandfather watched how the political system that he helped to build not only oppressed its citizens, but also fomented in them all kinds of vices and unrighteous behavior to keep them entertained (alcohol, corruption, sexual immorality and laziness). Eventually, as he got old, he had to stop working in the fields. Now, he wasn't even able to provide a few tomatoes and corn for my grandmother... so he took his life.

For the record, my grandma is the only woman that I know that is not a feminist. I know AWALT but she was raised in circumstances that kept her feminine imperatives under control. That is, in contrast with the open hypergamy that we see today. As far as I know, she has always been pretty lowly and submissive.

A good wife, three kids and 6 grandkids weren't enough for my grandfather. You don't have to marry a high notch count, crazy feminist to want to kill yourself. A marriage will NEVER redeem a man. Working for a government that promotes social justice will NOT redeem a man. Only believing in the name of the Son of God, Jesus Christ, can redeem you.

Seek God while he may be found. Believe that Christ died for your sins and that he rose on the third day. Submit to his Lordship (how couldn't you if he had the power to rise from the dead?). Submitting to his lordship means that you'll do what your Lord commands you to do, that is, to make disciples. Go on a mission for His glory.

For the single men, if you stumble upon an attractive Christian woman while you pursuit God, marry her. If you die single, know that you've overcome the world:

"Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?" - 1 John 5:5 (NASB).

For the married men, don't let yourselves become an old man in a rocking chair in the corner of your house, like my grandfather did. Be patriarchs, be the leaders of your households. If a predator government comes for your authority, pack your wife and your cattle and move to greener pastures, like the OT patriarchs did several times.

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all!