The Birth of a Serpent Slayer
“She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn. There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.” (Luke 2:7-8 WEB)
This was the backdrop of Jesus’ birth. The King of glory, God’s precious gift to us, was born on a dark, silent night, and there was no room for Him.
He did not come with great fanfare or a welcoming procession like the kings of the world would have received.
Instead, He came humbly like one of no repute.
But Heaven was not willing to let the Son of God be treated like a nobody.
“Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. The angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people. For there is born to you today, in David’s city, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough.” Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army praising God, and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men.”” (Luke 2:9-14 WEB)
An angel and the heavenly hosts appeared to shepherds, shining with awesome glory, to announce the good news of the King who was born.
At that point in time, Israel was under Roman rule, and had been ruled by the Gentile kingdoms for many years. The devil had subjugated God’s chosen nation and pressed them hard under his thumb.
However, God’s answer was not loud or dramatic. He sent a baby to be born.
Just as He delivered the children of Israel from Pharaoh using a baby (Moses), He would deliver Israel once more from Satan using another baby (Jesus).
This time, the baby would not be a Lawgiver, but a Law-fulfiller. Jesus fulfilled the demands of the Law through His suffering and death at the cross, and established the New Covenant of Grace for us.
“I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”” (Genesis 3:15 WEB)
No matter what its true origins are, today we celebrate Christmas because God made a promise in the Garden of Eden thousands of years ago, that the seed of the woman would crush the head of the serpent. He kept that promise, becoming the prophesied serpent slayer Himself. Christmas is about a promise kept!
Notice that in the prophecy, the one whose head is bruised is the serpent (Satan), but there is another person who is the “offspring” of the serpent. In the original Hebrew, the word “zaraka” is a noun in the singular, masculine tense, meaning one male child.
This wicked male child was destined to have hostility against the offspring (also singular and masculine tense) of the woman, who is our Lord Jesus Christ.
Who is the offspring of the serpent? If you are curious to find out his name as revealed in the Bible, and also the details about his eventual destruction and Jesus’ victory, you can read all the exciting details in “Sandcastles Don’t Last Forever”: https://www.ko-fi.com/s/7b9e3783ae
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Continue ReadingWe used to look for true love everywhere we looked for all the time. But many love that we have always had so many conditions. One day we met a woman with no words. Beautiful deeds that told us that we are all so lucky to be born with true love since. First second alive ✨ Unconditional love and don't care what we are. As soon as we are called ′′ Mother ′′ is the superhero who will protect and care for us in every cruelty on earth. On this Mother's Day, we want to take everyone to experience a life of a strong little woman with a strong head. ′′ Mr. Saranya Chamni ′′ or ′′ Golf ′′ shop owner of ′′ Steak Mother Cartoon ′′ who passed sudden losses but still. Keep your teeth fighting to continue your baby's life with all your ability. ❤
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Life can change in a blink of an eye. And the change often doesn't have any signal for us to prepare ourselves. It's like every day. A family who works honestly is exhausted from work and packing in front of the shop. Karma drives to crash. Two father and son. The mother in the kitchen ran to see it and the picture in front of me is the father and son hugging each other. And that's the last hug of the family. Little cartoon.
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′′ 6 years ago, we were selling steaks around Barbon. We were closing the shop. Father and sister gathered the table in front of the shop. But suddenly the car was in front of the shop. The car was in front of the shop. But the car was nowhere to hit the father Come to crash at the younger brother. But the car crashed so hard that the brain came out. The picture that we saw was still stuck in our eyes. We don't even have a chance to say goodbye to him well. But we believe that he did the best duty of the father. The cartoon I didn't respond to anything else. All of our collective money was spent on the treatment. We couldn't stay still. So we opened the shop again. But this time we opened it alone. But the income wasn't enough. So we made more chili paste for people Online ′′
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That event is a news that makes a lot of depression for anyone. We think that Golf is no different. In your eyes, Golf is strong. Golf is hard to support Cartoon because of the word ′′ mom ′′ that pushes you to golf. Powerful.
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′′ As soon as we know we will have a baby, we know that our lives will change. We are prepared for everything and always think that no matter what happens, we will love our children and take care of them the best. But this incident exceeds our expectations. It happened too soon. We used to have a cute baby. We thought we loved our baby so much. But when this happens, we love our baby more because we have to be the whole world for him to take care of him more. We don't have time. What do you blame or think why this has to happen to us because our child needs a strong person to take care of him
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If you go back ten years ago, Golf would be another happy family. Have a lovely daughter and have a well-taken care of husband. But today only myself and the kids that brother Golf are waiting for the miracle for you to be back normal again.
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′′ In the beginning, there are many times that we can't get over it and hope that there is a miracle for us and our children. But when we start to be conscious and live with what happened, we think that above all miracles is love from our family. We are lucky to have mental support from parents. We keep supporting us when we are discouraged. We see the development of our children. We see them grow everyday. Even if they can't satisfy us much. But in motherhood, we can hug each other. We know everything. What we do for someone, we stop hoping for a miracle because for us, a miracle happens once when we give birth to one person. The rest is our duty to take care of him the best
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In a world where relationships are full of caves and conditions. One unconditional relationship and no matter what, there is no less or depleted.
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′′ We thought that we would have different requirements with our child because we want him to grow up the best. But when we are really mother, we can't do that in this world. There are many requirements to limit our children's lives. We have a duty. Just stay beside him and let him live the way he should be. This is a mother's perspective. No matter how normal we are, we want him to be happy. That's all we can do. We can do anything we can do. All gone ′′
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A small shop in front of a small place with more than 60 menus to choose from. Try ′′ soft pork steak ′′ (79 baht) that uses soft neck ridge. Grilled until it's ripe. Crunchy on the outside. Soft at the price worth the price. Or it's a ′′ drunk fried spaghetti ′′ (59 baht) that tastes hot and sea feathers without a gag 👍🏼
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If you are not convenient to come to support us, you can help buy the chili paste that Khun Golf made by yourself. There are many options for ′′ pork chili paste ′′ (180 baht). Big pork with spicy side dishes. A jar of ′′ Catfish chili paste / Slim fried ginger chili paste ′′ (80 baht per bag) which is both spicy and not spicy. Fried until crispy. Seasoned to the heart. Hot rice is better and ′′ Chili paste ′′ Clams ′′ (150 baht). Full of shellfish. Mixed with crispy fish meat. It fits together. 😋
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With this full meal, we can feel satisfied with eating because it's indirectly helping Cartoon because Golf says that there are many people who want to help. But Golf doesn't want to ask for money for free. At least we use our efforts to help. If you are better than anyone, you can support us. The steak restaurant, mother cartoon, opposite Kasikorn, headquarters or call 088-018-5575 or order LINE MAN to make a fund to help cartoon, both steak and chili paste. Ready to deliver. Fresh chili paste to your hand. 🥰
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It's been a long time since half of the year. It's a difficult and tiring year. Don't forget to take a big encouragement from mother on this holiday. There may be true love and good things waiting for us.
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📍: 94/3, Rat Burana Road, Rat Burana, Bangkok. (Opposite to Kasikorn Headquarters)
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"Shallow"
(from "A Star Is Born" soundtrack)
[Bradley Cooper:]
Tell me somethin' girl
Are you happy in this modern world?
Or do you need more?
Is there somethin' else you're searchin' for?
I'm falling
In all the good times I find myself longin' for change
And in the bad times I fear myself
[Lady Gaga:]
Tell me something boy
Aren't you tired tryin' to fill that void?
Or do you need more?
Ain't it hard keeping it so hardcore?
I'm falling
In all the good times I find myself longing for change
And in the bad times I fear myself
I'm off the deep end, watch as I dive in
I'll never meet the ground
Crash through the surface, where they can't hurt us
We're far from the shallow now
[Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper:]
In the shallow, shallow
In the shallow, shallow
In the shallow, shallow
We're far from the shallow now
[Lady Gaga:]
Wooaaaah
Woaaaaaaaaaaah
I'm off the deep end, watch as I dive in
I'll never meet the ground
Crash through the surface, where they can't hurt us
We're far from the shallow now
[Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper:]
In the shallow, shallow
In the shallow, shallow
In the shallow, shallow
We're far from the shallow now
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聽媽媽的話 / 周杰倫 (cover by Vivien Loh )
這首歌送給媽咪~還特別加了一小段我和susean的話~
我覺得從小到大,有媽咪在身邊一直陪著我,照顧我,教導我,安慰我,是件多麼值得感恩的事啊~ 因為有妳,我才可以有機會在台灣走在音樂的道路上,唱歌創作,做音樂~
所以我愛你媽咪!母親節快樂!
待會兒打給你阿哈哈哈~ 愛妳
A good woman is hard to find , and worth far more than diamonds =)
Mommy~~ Without your support and love i would never be able to achieve my music career . You made it possible for me =)
Thank you for being there for me , and thank you for being my mommy~
You’re the biggest blessing I could ever have . Wouldn’t trade any mommy for you ~ love you !!!!
Happy Mother’s Day ~
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英國與比利時合製的 2019 年新片《好女人難尋》,是部驚悚為基底又有點黑色幽默的黑幫片,它在北愛爾蘭 Belfast的郊區勞工住宅群拍攝,談的是經濟下滑政治衰敗的北愛爾蘭、失業率提升販毒漸普及已深入社區、前南斯拉夫黑幫落地生根、無情侵襲一位可憐小媽媽刻苦生活的故事,爛番茄已有 25 筆影評居然鮮度 100% 均分 7.84/10,應該是挺值得一看的?它這片名以充滿凝視與規訓意味的「好女人」good woman 為核心概念,就已暗示了它黑色幽默的嘲諷眼光:這個女人絕不會是什麼人人稱讚的好女人 XD
女主角是愛爾蘭青年演員 Sarah Bolger (莎拉寶傑?),我第一次看她是在吉姆薛瑞頓 2003 片《前進天堂》,是在羅南出現前我就很看好的愛爾蘭新星!只可惜經歷些成果差強人意的少年片後,當後進羅南一飛沖天時,她卻漸淪落恐怖小片戲路,而且常當配角少當主角,儘管當主角往往仍表現精彩,可惜電影本身往往有其他缺點把她拖下水... 不過這樣沈潛小片等機會也好,今年這部《好女人難尋》我覺得是她演技發揮最精彩的一次!此片也是我覺得她歷來得到的最好舞台,電影故事自己格局千變萬化充滿高反差情境,給她當個可憐小媽咬緊牙關切換姿態什麼都要做。
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體制凝視下,好媽媽難為
本片開場,女主角 Sarah滿身鮮血走進淋浴間,面無表情已如槁木死灰,彷彿唯有一場熱水澡能沖去她血污並稍稍撫慰她殘破的心。從第二景開始我們知道本片是倒敘法開場,Sarah 的平凡小媽生活待會會一次次遇到不同的黑幫擦出不同的火花,也令人聯想她那身鮮血應該是某位倒楣黑幫的 XD 這一念聯想首先降低了此片的硬驚悚之緊張感、卻增加了軟驚悚的惡趣味;首先令我們鬆一口氣預期本片最後 Sarah應該安全過關,但我們又不知道她殺死黑幫驚險渡過的是哪一關?還有好多黑幫紛至沓來統統要找她、她面對一個就累個半死還能對付其他的?
提到「累」,此片首先是部單親媽媽的社會寫實片,Sarah Bolger飾演 Sarah的主要戲份與主視覺身段,就是深深黑眼圈硬挺精神強打笑容的單親小媽,在這衰敗的北愛勞工社區年輕人求存已不易、成家更不易、生子還生兩個更是不易、雙親撫養已是大不易、單親撫養更是困難... 何況 Sarah的丈夫是在社區背著她做毒品交易而被謀殺、被殺時兒子還在身邊目睹一切而陷入心理創傷不再開口說話、Sarah 一夕間變單親媽媽還要照顧問題兒童更是難上加難!
此片在黑幫驚悚線外,同樣認真隨時穿插而貫串全片的是社會救助線。此片針對可憐小媽 Sarah的境遇下,對這體制救助的描繪是徹底失能、只有傲慢 XD 本應幫助她查案找到殺夫兇手的警察,也並不是和黑幫毒梟有什麼內神通外鬼,就只是單純地偷懶吃案草草當意外簽結,反而平時還來她家管東管西白吃白喝,她若不招待討好就被安個失職媽媽的罪名轉介社工;社工本應關懷家庭輔導小媽,但本片社工只想捕風捉影挖洞給 Sarah跳,處處暗示妳是失職媽媽應該把孩子交出來對大家都好,有沒有實質證據哎呀這我不好說,我且說個 metaphor 心照不宣妳若識相應該都會懂。
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黑幫凝視下,好女人難為
此片在體制無情壓迫小媽這條社會線,拍得非常細膩精簡,簡直要當部社會寫實片控訴體制黑暗了!但每每話鋒一轉,用一個似曾相識的情境切換到黑幫線去,彷彿編導自己也不說破只留一個 metaphor 心照不宣,警察與社工體制你們和無良踩人的黑幫威權有多似曾相識,我就不明說你們若有腦應該都會懂 XD 就從社工的 metaphor 身段、本片每每跳接到那位滿口 metaphor 的黑幫大魔王!這位魔王由和 Sarah Bolger 同為 2010 潛力新星的 Edward Hogg飾演,有時我真覺得厲害演員不一定要前進好萊塢奉獻大片廠,深耕原鄉貢獻地方故事拍些另類小片還更有意思!
本片黑幫看似和前南斯拉夫有點關係,說不定混著 1990s南斯拉夫內戰中逃來英國的難民二代?但也不一定。反正若有這種年輕人,可想而知他們這二十多年在英國的生活也不好,有些青少年流入底層成了黑幫、做起了刀口舔血的毒品生意,那也不意外。這位黑幫老大 Leo滿口碎念渾身焦慮,總是喜歡回顧上代南斯拉夫流離史、追溯前南斯拉夫的獨裁統治、讚頌強人狄托 Tito 恐怖手腕維持和平半世紀、卻哀歎狄托一死民主一來反致內戰而民不聊生家破人亡... 於是老子在北愛當老大當然要遂行恐怖統治維持和平與繁榮、有誰不聽話全部凌遲虐待留條小命教你不敢不聽從!
怎奈黑幫中真正偷了一批毒品背叛出走令 Leo老大暴跳如雷的小弟,好死不死名字就是老大偶像「狄托」Tito?而這位大膽叛逃卻胸無計劃又很天兵少根筋的 Tito 小弟,竟好死不死就逃進單親小媽 Sarah家中避風頭?丈夫才身涉黑幫毒品而被殺、面臨多方社會凝視與體制壓迫、只想照顧兩個孩子健康長大就已萬幸的 Sarah,最擔心不想沾手的就是黑幫與毒品!於是一方面要對入侵的 Tito 逢迎安撫配合窩藏、對 Tito 這大男孩心懷感謝的分贓報答要婉言拒絕還不能惹他生氣,另一方面還得如《美麗人生》般把這一切恐怖隔絕開來、保護好奇的孩子安全安心一點也別沾...
更糟的是 Tito 這名字實在太特別太高調孩子好喜歡、出外買菜看醫生還不停地 "Tito Tito Tito" 看媽媽越是緊張孩子越歡樂、而最不該聽到這名字的黑幫老大一定好死不死終究會聽到... 此片就是這樣愛虐心、充滿令觀眾急如熱鍋螞蟻的緊張時刻,總是一關才剛捏把冷汗過去了、一口氣還沒喘完下一關又來!這種只想與世無爭過個小生活、但命運弄人偏不放過你的情境,總令我想到《射雕英雄傳》第三卷的郭靖黃蓉密室療傷,總是渴望低調躲起來韜光養晦、但整個世界牛鬼蛇神都如命運般紛至沓來玩死你 XD
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好女人為人,壞女人為己
本片片名關鍵字「好女人」"good woman" 這概念,其劇情提點就這樣慢慢浮現了:面臨體制壓迫與社會凝視,Sarah 選擇當個乖乖順從懇求垂青的「好女人」;面對黑幫侵門踏戶危機將至,Sarah 仍選擇委曲求全當個「好女人」懇求平安度過這難關。但她可曾想過,自己並不一定只能任人挑戰而被動順從、說不定這些紛至沓來的困阨也能成為追求自己利益的契機、甚至可以主動下成一盤屬於自己的棋局?黑幫來了並不一定是負擔、何嘗不能是資源,並不一定是危險、何嘗不能是助力?傲慢的社工與警察無法給她的正義,說不定反而可以在黑幫朋友的身上找到蛛絲螞跡?
不論怎麼面對這黑幫,Sarah 總要靈活起來認真看待對方,至少要把黑道視為與我一樣討生活的社群、把販毒視為與我一樣賴以維生的工作、甚至把眼前的黑幫男孩與自己亡夫同等看待視為一路人;但當對黑幫開始認同投射情感時,又要醒醒腦子重新掌握自己主動性... 這主動性的堅守,對一般容易落入斯德哥爾摩症候群的少女恐怕大不易,但對一個家有小孩的小媽媽來說,一切再清楚不過!本片 Sarah的戲份魅力就如《美麗人生》般,在「陽光媽媽」與「周旋黑幫」之間不停變臉切換簡直人格分裂。只是為了孩子,這位「好女人」漸漸轉為「壞女人」的魔化也沒有底線!
Sarah Bolger 在此片的魅力,無非就是一個「囧」,總是平白無故天降橫禍,總是小心翼翼逢迎討好、卻總是罩不住場面越搞越亂不可收拾,她還得硬著頭皮行禮如儀一邊當著好媽媽、另一邊什麼血腥恐怖骯髒事情為了孩子全要笨手笨腳撩落去。此片的血腥,也真是相當驚悚恐怖不忍卒睹的、那攝影視角卻是混著窘迫笨拙屁滾尿流令觀眾看個幸災樂禍的 XD 儘管一個個非人挑戰每每讓小媽自嘆我上輩子造了什麼孽,但就硬著頭皮接受挑戰把它克服掉,竟每每如一場場熱水澡般療癒疲憊打開心窗。打不死你的,必使你更加強壯。
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寧為惡女人,別當乖女人
到底黑幫與 Sarah的周旋誰勝誰負、誰死誰活,在此不爆雷,只能說這種單親小媽的社會關懷片,最終還是以小媽面對社會凝視的超越身段為大快人心的結局。本片也許小媽終會驚天奮起找到仇人,實踐屬於她的小正義,但我個人覺得真正壓制她的反派惡魔,還是日常的社會與體制。那真正壓迫小媽的平庸邪惡,也沒什麼凶神惡煞的,搞不好只是平常見獵心喜佔點便宜的超市店員大叔一枚?但要反轉大叔的日常壓迫,Sarah 片尾這簡單一句嗆辣言語所得到的權力翻轉,背後辛酸著實不簡單,那是多少黑幫煞星斷頭灑血換來呀 (!?)
許多小媽(與小爸)簡單清秀的外表下,背後咬緊牙關做了多少骯髒事,回到孩子面前只是雲淡風輕若無其事、回到社會面前淺淺一笑打躬作揖,那都是為了孩子無條件的愛呀!而她殘破的心唯一渴望被理解之處,那理解也許遲來一生但終究會到來。我從 2002 起追看 Sarah Bolger 「寶傑妹」的片到今天,過去也許只是欣賞她青春身段精彩演技與趣味故事,而今覺得她這次脫離少女時代演個小媽拖著孩子苦苦求存,那情懷才真打動了我!猶記上次看她演家庭驚悚片《艾米麗》Emelie (2015) 時,還在演親子家庭最怕的黑暗保姆呢 XD
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推薦喜歡英國與北愛題材的、喜歡黑幫電影的、喜歡黑色喜劇的、喜歡血漿狂噴的、喜歡看愛爾蘭美女的、喜歡看美女耍囧耍笨被虐的、喜歡 femme fatale 大殺四方、以及自己當爸媽當很累需要療癒的觀眾,有機會找找這片,如果有台灣恐怖片商願意買上院線我也很感激!最後列一下我看過的 Sarah Bolger 片單:
2003 In America 《前進天堂》,愛爾蘭家庭流離美國新天地還拖著大冰箱上街!
2006 Stormbreaker 《風暴剋星》,高中帥情人課後打工當間諜女友怎都不知道?
2008 The Spiderwick Chronicles《奇幻精靈事件簿》,少年小冒險細節我忘了。
2008-2010 The Tudors 《都鐸王朝》,心機女人各顯神通奪權顧性命寶傑妳也有一份?
2011 The Moths Diaries《飛蛾日記》,寄宿學校青春迷戀都在神秘力量掌控中?
2012-2015 Once Upon a Time 《童話小鎮》,睡美人奧羅拉美則美矣可惜沒啥存在感。
2013 Crush《迷戀》,人人風姿綽約吸引傾慕卻自命壁花顧影自憐遲早走火入魔。
2013 As Cool As I Am《酷我隨行》,寶傑終於演部凡人家庭片就當個 Tomboy 。
2015 The Lazarus Effect 《永夜魔女》,實驗室必有正妹可惜只是來尖叫免洗。
2015 Emelie 《艾米麗》,保姆當家要請乖乖牌卻來了個黑暗媚惑的糟糕怎麼辦。
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