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Miami-Dade County
Police: father and girlfriend coming off cocaine high when Goulds boy was mauled by family dogs
Four-year-old Javon Dade Jr., was mauled to death by a pack of bull terriers and a pitbull last week while his father and his girlfriend were sleeping off a night of smoking weed laced with cocaine, police said.
Javon Dade Sr. stayed up past 5 a.m. on Aug. 13, checked on his son once at 5 a.m., then went to bed without locking the sliding glass door at the rear of the home — the only barrier between the family and five terrier-boxer mixes and a pitbull that lived in the backyard.
When his girlfriend woke up at 9:20 a.m., she checked on the young boy, who was not in his bed. When she couldn't find him, she called 911. She told police the front door was locked, the back door was not.
About an hour later, police made a gruesome discovery, investigators said. Laying still in the tall grass in the backyard of the home at 12301 SW 230th St., was Javon Dade Jr., his upper torso and head covered with bite marks.
"The manner of death was accidental," Miami-Dade police Detective Jessica Alvarez wrote in her report.
Thursday night, Javon Dade Sr., 30, and Alessandra Carrasco, 26, were arrested and charged with child neglect causing great bodily harm. Both were booked into Turner Guilford Knight correctional facility. Both remained in jail Friday. Dade's bond was set at $75,000; Carrasco's at $25,000.
The couple turned themselves in a week after Miami-Dade Animal Services fined Dade $1,040 for not properly licensing his dogs, and not having their rabies vaccines up-to-date. Thursday's arrest of Dade was his 19th since 2000, almost all the others were for marijauna and cocaine possession.
The child had lived with his mother, Doreen Reyes, in the Palmetto Bay neighborhood, but was picked up by his father for an overnight stay at his South Miami-Dade home, the night before he died.
The Aug. 13 incident shook the South Dade neighborhood and devastated family members as they showed up at the grisly scene. Javon's grandmother Jocelyn Dade collapsed into the arms of family members, calling Javon a "beautiful child, my Pooka."
Animal Services workers found there were six dogs on the property, three puppies and three adults. Two of the three adults were female boxer-terriers, the adult male was a pitbull. Animal Services and police were conducting tests to determine which dogs bit Javon.
Though pitbulls have been illegal in Miami-Dade since 1989, Animal Services chose not to fine Dade Sr. for owning one, saying the damage had already been done and the dog was in custody.
Records uncovered by the Miami Herald showed the Dades were no strangers to child protection workers.
Three years before Javon's death, in another home where the family was living, state protection workers were warned about "the smell and danger" of six "untrained dogs" living in the family's apartment. Workers for the state's Department of Children & Families were unaware at the time that pitbulls were illegal in Miami-Dade.
DCF records show the agency first received a call about Dade's dogs in February 2011. Seven weeks later another call came in that said the father was selling cocaine out of the home. Yet another call in June claimed the family had cuts and bruises from the animals and that the home was "filled with dog feces."
Both Reyes and Dade denied the allegations, saying they took good care of the kids and that they were enrolled in day care. The cases were cleared in June 2011 when an investigator couldn't find proof of the allegations and determined that Dade Sr. appeared to be "doing well with the children."
The arrest affidavit says police contacted DCF and received documents regarding the family and its interactions with the agency.


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Warning: This story contains situations that should not be read by persons under 18, so if you are under 18 go and watch Barney or if you are offended by this sort of thing then just don't read it.
As always, feedback is welcome.
Pretty Polly
By Serena Lawhead
Paul awoke feeling strange, "Funny, I don't remember falling asleep."
Walking across the room to the mirror to tidy himself up he received a shock, The reflection looking back at him was not male, the reflection displayed a body with womanly curves, and his long hair had been dyed blond. He was clothed in a patterned red dress with black sleeves and showing off a cleavage that he had never had before that moment. His face showed a flawless complexion, his lips were a bright red and his eyebrows were sculpted in a feminine arch. "What the fuck......" Paul exclaimed stumbling backwards and for the first time since he woke up he noticed his voice sounded more feminine that normal.
The reason for Paul's shock was because the previous day he had been a male of fairly slim build, and was a real ladies man. He was also greatly athletic, he was heavily involved in ice-skating and was currently taking part in a tournament. He didn't care so much for the ice-skating but he was working on a young woman that he had the hots for, even though he was already married.
In the mirror Paul saw his wife, Emily. Turning round he spoke in his newly found feminine voice, "What the hell have you done to me Emily?"
"It's quite simple Paul, I have had enough of you. Of your affairs, yes I do know about every affair you have ever had and about how you have been charming a young woman at the ice rink. And so I have decided to fix it so you will never stray again."
"But how did you change me so quickly?"
"Quickly? It took many weeks to transform you into your current form. And so as you can see in the mirror you are no longer much of a Paul, so from now on you will respond the name of Polly."
"Like hell I will!" Paul exclaimed making a lunge for her.
Using a move learned in her self defence classes Emily deftly avoided Paul who instantly stumbled on the high heels he didn't realise he was wearing. "You will have to learn obedience Polly!"
Pulling himself up Paul turned once more to face Emily, "My name is NOT Polly!"
"On the contrary, your name has been changed by deed poll to Polly Ann Phillips. And all you're other legal documents and cards now show you a Polly Ann Phillips, a FEMALE."
Moving towards Emily once more, Paul decided to teach her a lesson, "Pain!" Emily said and Paul doubled over in pain.
"What the...... fuck!" Paul said in pain.
"Just a few commands planted in your mind with hypnosis to ensure your co-operation."
"Like what?" Paul said bitterly.
"You'll see" Emily replied smiling. "Anyway isn't it the regional skating competition that you entered at the ice rink tonight?"
Looking at the delicate and feminine watch on his (her?) wrist Paul saw the date. "Tonight, how can I go like this!"
"You can go and you will, everything will be alright for the competition - I have your bag packed." Emily said, resisting the urge to smile and giggle.
"Are you kidding, I can't go like this. I will be a laughing stock!" Pail persisted
"Pain!" Emily said once more.
"OK OK OK, I'll go." Paul said in pain.
On the way to the car Paul looked around nervously at the people passing in the street, but getting no indication of being 'read' he began to calm down. As he got in he saw Emily putting his sports bag in the trunk.
On the way to the rink Paul quietly spoke to Emily, "So how did you do it then?"
"Once I doctored your drink with a special chemical I obtained from a friend I had you taken to a private hospital that I paid for with money from that savings account that you thought were secret." Emily said, noting the shocked look on Paul's feminised features. "There you underwent plastic surgery, intensive hormone therapy and electrolysis while being kept unconscious."
"And that means..." Paul asked.
"Yes, you can never again grow hair on your face, legs, arms or chest. And while you were being worked on a tape was playing to you, subjecting your subconscious mind to subliminal messages. I even got you to sign the documents that would change your name and gender in the name of the law under hypnosis." Emily finished as they pulled up to the ice rink.
Entering the foyer of the rink Paul started to walk to the men's changing are on reflex, "Where do you think you are going Polly?" Emily asked.
"To the changing rooms." Paul replied, trying to ignore the use of his new name.
"Well looking like that don't you think that you should come with me into this one?" Emily asked gesturing to the female changing area.
"But when I come out in my costume it will be so humiliating." Paul pleaded.
"I wouldn't worry about that Polly." Emily said.
"I'm sorry, but I just can't go in there." Paul said.
"Pain!" Emily whispered into Paul's ear.
Gasping in pain Polly submissively followed Emily into the changing rooms.
Recovering Paul spoke, "Pass me the costume then." he muttered thinking of the one he had bought a few weeks ago.
"Not yet Polly, first you must go and wash off your makeup, it won't go with the costume." Emily said smiling, "And then come back here to get changed.
Paul came back with the makeup cleared from his face and a disappointed look on his face. Evidently Paul had hoped that when the makeup was gone that his masculine features would show once again. After breathing deeply for a few minutes to try to relax Paul undressed down to his underwear and breathed a sigh of relief to find his male genitalia still attached and tucked between his legs with a thong type piece of underwear, but the feeling of relief disappeared when he brushed his breasts and received a tingling sensation from his nipples. "Oh no, don't tell me...."
"Yes they are very real, here put this on" Emily said passing Paul a sports bra. Seeing the confusion on Paul's face Emily spoke to him, "Here let me help, this will help to minimise that large bust of yours and stop it from bouncing around when you are skating."
Feeling relief Paul, with Emily's assistance put on the sports bra. "It's a bit uncomfortable!" he complained.
"You will get used to it, roughly half of the worlds population have!" Emily said, "Now get your costume out." she finished, grinning when he began rummaging in his bag.
"I don't see it, what's this?" Paul said pulling out a dark mauve/purple bundle and dangled it in front of himself to get a look at it. "What's this?"
"Your costume, put it on quickly, we have to be out there soon." Emily said.
"Well if I have to wear this then I will not participate in the competition!" Paul said stubbornly.
"You don't have to like it but you will have to Accept it!" Emily said.
Paul reluctantly pulled on the ice skating outfit without really knowing why he was, feeling the way it clung to his now feminine form and tugging at the extremely short skirt self consciously he pulled out a pair of white ice skates, noticing that they were more feminine than his usual black ones he reluctantly pulled them on. "Here let me put your hair up, we can't have it flapping loose when you are doing your routine now can we." Emily said.
Feeling Emily putting his hair up in a bun Paul spoke to Emily, "But if I do my routine everyone will know who I am!"
"Well then, you will just have to improvise, think of all the times you have stood ogling the female skaters, remember their routines and work from there." Emily replied.
"But when they call my name..." Paul persisted.
"Oh for crying out loud, DON'T WORRY!" Emily shouted at him.
After sitting by the side for twenty minutes they heard the announcer, "Number three, Polly Phillips!"
Paul jumped at the mention of his feminine name and looked at Emily, "Go on!" she whispered sharply, then seeing the resolute expression on Paul's face she added, "You must go through with the competition, Accept it!".
Feeling a sudden urge to go through with the competition Paul left the bench.
Moving onto the ice Paul tried to recall all the times he had stood watching the female ice skaters, how they moved about the ice and improvised based on his memory and past skating experience. He felt slightly reassured by the fact that he was good at thinking on his feet and had a good memory.
As Paul began to skate he felt extremely embarrassed to be skating in the competition dressed and looking like he did. With every turn, twist and spin his short skirt would rise up. By the end of the competition the winner was declared to be 'Polly Phillips', hearing this Paul's heart sank as he realised that he would have to attend the reception for the winner in the evening as Polly.
On the way home Paul was once more wearing his red and black dress and had his head in his hands, "My god that was embarrassing!" he muttered, "I'm amazed that that no-one recognised me, still at least it's over."
"Oh, but it isn't over, at least for you - not by a long shot. You still have to attend the reception tonight and you will of course have to compete in the national championships too!" Emily said.
"But I can't go on ice skating looking like this, it's humiliating. Not to mention that skimpy and revealing outfit you made me wear!" Paul complained.
'That's nothing compared to what you will wear in the national's' Emily thought, "Well, you didn't mind seeing skimpy outfits on the other female skaters! besides you were getting more than your fair share of attention from the males in the crowd."
Paul blushed at the mention of that. "Please let me return to normal, I've learned my lesson!".
"I don't think so, anyway what would you wear?" Emily said.
"Well I do still have my clothes in our room." Paul said stubbornly.
"Where did you say?" Emily asked.
"In our room." he said flatly.
"There is no OUR room, you have your own room now. And anyway there are NO male clothes left in the house, you can check if you like. All the clothes you need are in your new room." Emily said as they pulled up to the house.
When they entered the house Paul immediately went upstairs to check in the room that had once been his, in the wardrobe he found only his wife's clothes. Entering his new room and walking to the wardrobe he took a deep breath and opened the door, Inside as he expected were no male clothes. Instead it was full of skirts, blouses and dresses and not a single pair of trousers or even shorts in sight. Then on a whim he checked the chest of drawers, inside were selections of extremely feminine lingerie and other items, not only that but there was also a vanity with multiple drawers full of cosmetics.
Paul turned round to see Emily standing in the doorway, "Go and have a bath, you have to get ready for the reception!" she said.
Feeling he had no other choice Paul walked to the bathroom to prepare. After washing and having a shower Paul automatically, without thinking about it applied the various moisturisers that would keep his skin soft and sprayed himself with a scented can of deodorant that he had seen his wife use so many times before.
Then re-entering his new bedroom he approached Emily who was waiting for him. "Sit at the Vanity Polly and we will prepare you for the reception.
Ignoring his question Emily said "Now do your makeup while I pick out something for you to wear. Sighing in resignation Paul proceeded to apply makeup to his face and like in the bathroom before he knew just what to do, he made himself up using neutral shades to make an elegant but understated look, then after a moments thought he applied frosted pink nail varnish to his fingernails.
"Very nice!" Emily said when she saw the result, "Now in get out the black lace backless bra and matching panties from the chest of drawers and put them on."
Paul finally seeing he had no choice and having learned not to anger Emily too much took out the stated items and put them on, with little trouble he tucked away his male genitalia. "What now?" he asked quietly.
"Put these on!" Emily said passing Paul a dark blue/black floor length dress with no back, a slit to thigh level and a halter neck Emily also handed Paul a pair of matching high heeled pumps.
Paul reluctantly put on the dress and heels, "I wish this had a back to it, still at least it has a decent length!", then looking in the mirror that he now looked every inch the woman that he had no desire to be.
"Are you ready to go Polly?" Emily asked.
"Look, please can you at least stop calling me Polly when we are in private?" Paul asked as he sat at the vanity with reluctance.
"What, don't you like having Polly as your name Polly?" Emily asked, smiling at Paul's discomfort.
"No, my name is Paul and that is the only name I acknowledge!" Paul said.
Smiling Emily said "Your name is Polly - you don't have to like it, in fact you don't but will never want to change it. You will always feel embarrassed and self-conscious every time someone addresses you as Polly. You will only respond to Polly and Polly only even though you know your name to be Paul, Accept it!. Now what did you say was your name?"
"Like I said, my name is Polly and that is the only name I acknowledge!" Polly said.
"So are you ready to go?" Emily asked again.
"I suppose so, let's get this over with." Polly said.
When they were once again in the car and heading to the reception Polly turned to Emily, "Just one question, how do I know how to move and act like a woman as well as how to apply makeup?" Polly asked
"Simple, while you were under during the transformation process a tape was played to you that impressed subliminal messages giving you the knowledge you needed to know." Emily said.
"When do I get to be male again?" Polly asked.
"How much do you want to be male?" Emily asked, thinking 'Like I'm going to turn you back!'
"A lot, I would do anything!" Polly replied in a desperate tone, thinking that she would be turned back.
"Fine, if you sign the divorce papers I have and sign all your belongings over to me I will change you back to your male self!" Emily said.
"You can't be serious!" Polly exclaimed.
"Very serious, no signing, no male self." Emily stated.
After a few moments thought Polly replied "Very well, I'll do it!".
Smiling triumphantly Emily said "We'll settle it after the reception!"
'At last this madness will be over, once I'm back to normal I will make that bitch pay!' Polly though to herself.
Once they arrived at the reception Emily and Polly joined the other club members and officials for the dinner. During the dinner there was a lot of talking, during which Emily whispered to Polly "You see that guy over there?" she said pointing to a good looking male with short dark hair, "I think he has the hots for you, why don't you dance with him later?"
"Are you kidding!" Polly hissed back, "I can't dance with him, I'm a m....."
"You are a woman not a man and don't forget it!" Emily snapped back.
After dinner Polly was officially handed the trophy for the competition and the music and dancing began. The man who had been watching her through dinner walked over to Polly, "Hi, I'm Mark would you like to dance?" he asked.
"I don't know." Polly said uneasily.
Butting in Emily said "Of course she would like to dance with you Mark, Wouldn't you Polly!"
Hearing the tone of Emily's voice Polly accepted Mark's offer, fearing what Emily might do if she refused. The dance started out ok, a few tracks with a decent pace but Polly's heart jumped a beat when she realised that a slow song was starting. Before Polly knew what was happening Mark had moved in close to her and was holding her close, going along with it Polly soon found herself swept up in the moment and was moving in closer to Mark and rested her head on him.
After a few moments Mark spoke "You know Polly," Polly blushed at the use of her name, "You are the most beautiful woman I have ever met!" he finished, lifting Polly's head up and before she knew what was happening Mark was giving her a kiss. Being caught off-guard Polly offered no resistance and felt herself begin to kiss back.
Coming to her senses Polly pulled away, "I'm sorry, but I can't do this!"
Mark grabbed Polly's arm as she began to walk off, "At least let me give you my number" he said, pulling out a card and giving it to her, "Please, if you change your mind call me." he finished as Polly disappeared.
On the way home Emily giggled silently, "You got on well with Mark, did you enjoy your first kiss as a 'woman'?"
Blushing Polly quietly said, "I am just glad that this will all be over soon!"
Smiling Emily pulled into their drive and they entered the house, "Ok, wait for my in the dining room and I will come through with the papers."
Still feeling self conscious about the way she was dressed Polly walked into the dining room and waited. After a short wait Emily appeared with the papers, after signing them Polly spoke "So, I will be changed back now?"
"Yes you will be........ Changed" Emily said, Polly did not notice the way Emily replied. "Now change into your nightie and go to bed.
After Polly had fallen asleep Emily crept into her room, "Polly can you hear me?" she whispered.
"Yes...." Polly mumbled in her sleep.
"When you wake up in the morning you will no longer feel attraction to females as you see them as the same gender and you are not a lesbian, you now feel attracted to men." Emily said, "You feel a strong attraction to Mark in particular, in fact when you next see him you will feel as if your whole world revolves around him and you will do virtually anything for him." she finished, just before leaving she saw a smile spread across Polly's face.
Going downstairs Emily looked at the card that Mark had given Polly and then picked up the phone and dialled.
"Hi Mark its Emily, Polly's ....Sister." Emily said, "Yes, I know she likes you but she is very shy........."
"Yeah, I thinks she would like very much to go to the beach for a picnic with you. If you come by the house about 1.00 on Saturday I will make sure she is ready for you." Emily finished and told Mark their address.
When Polly awoke in the morning she could feel something was wrong but could not work out what it was. "I hope things start to change today!" Polly muttered to herself, not knowing how things were going to change.
Slipping on a pastel pink satin bath robe Polly went down stairs for breakfast, there she found Emily already eating "Hi, I guess today is the day we start the process of making me male again?"
"I'm afraid not my dear, you see you should have read those contracts you signed. Not only were you signing away your possessions and the divorce, " Emily said, "but you also signed a paper that gives me power of attorney over all your affairs and a further contract that prevents you from legally making any changes that would make you male once more."
Polly looked shocked, "But you ... you... you tricked me!"
"Shut up and get dressed, you have a date with Mark tomorrow and you have an appointment at the beauty salon at twelve." Emily said.
At the salon one of the assistants came up to Emily and Polly, 'I'm sure I know her from somewhere!' Polly thought
"Hi Emily, is this Paul... er... Polly?"
Polly's face turned bright red with embarrassment at the fact that the assistant knew her secret, "Yes she is" Emily replied, "Please give her the full works as she has a date tomorrow."
Polly was sat down in a chair and the assistant began work, "So, who is the lucky man you have a date with?" the assistant chatted.
Sighing in resignation Polly replied, "His name is Mark, We met at a party last night to celebrate my winning the regional ice skating championships."
"Looking forward to your date?" she asked.
"NO, " Polly whispered harshly "This is not my choice, Emily fixed up the date. I have no interest in him what so ever!"
"I beg to differ, your body is betraying you, I think you like this Mark very much!" the assistant said, caressing the bulge forming in the crotch area of Polly's skirt.
Polly blushed as she noticed her raging hard-on, the assistant started to whisper in Polly's ear "I bet you would like to feel his naked body next to yours, to feel him caress your body all over" Polly's Eyes were glazing over with desire at the thought of her and Mark naked together, the assistant continued, "To feel him take you in his manly embrace, to enclose your mouth round his long hard member and to milk every drop of cum from him. In fact I bet you would really like the taste of cum!"
Hearing this Polly began to shake her head, "You love the taste of cum, you love to suck cock, marks in particular and you will never waste a single drop, swallowing it all! In fact you will fall head over heels in love with him." Polly continued to shake her head, "You will remember all that I have whispered as it is all true, but you will remain unaware of what I have said. Accept it!"
The assistant approached Emily once everything was done, "I did as you said, Polly is now hot for Mark's body!" she said, "That will teach him to screw around. Not to mention getting me fired from my last job for not responding to his advances."
The following day Emily woke Polly up, "It's time for you to get ready for your date!"
Polly rubbed her eyes and looked up at Emily feeling a surge of anger, "Look, get this through your thick head bitch, I am not gay and I will NOT go on a date with another man!"
"You will go on this date otherwise you will be in great Pain!", with that word a bolt of fiery pain filled Polly's body.
"Ok, I'll go on the date, but there is 3 hours to go yet!" Polly exclaimed, remembering all to clearly the effect of the Pain command.
"Now, Mark is coming round at 1.00 to take you to the beach for a picnic, clean up and get ready. When you are done I suggest you wear the white empire-line dress that is in your wardrobe." with that Emily left, knowing that the subliminal programming, coupled the threat of intense pain would make Polly do what was needed.
After spending an hour relaxing in the bathroom Polly felt an urge to things she had no recollection of doing before, Polly proceeded to spread a hair removal cream all over her body. Once all body hair was removed she began to moisturise her skin. Once out of the bath Polly sprayed herself with her Emily's scented deodorant.
Polly walked back into her room and sat down at the vanity. 'What the hell am I doing, I'm a man and I cannot do this!' Polly thought to herself as she tried to resist what was sure to come. Picking up a pair of tweezers Polly plucked at her eyebrows, removing stray hairs. Next Polly proceeded to apply a layer of foundation that removed any blemishes on her face. After the foundation Polly decided to minimise on the makeup, keeping most of it in neutral shades, but deciding to go for a deep red lipstick.
With her makeup done Polly opened her lingerie drawer an pulled out a matching set of white lace strapless bra and panties, pulling up the panties Polly tucked away her male parts. Once her bra was on Polly pulled out a pair of nude hose and pulled them up her legs. With her lingerie on Polly went to the wardrobe and pulled out the white dress, Polly was slightly shocked to notice that the hemline came to about 2" above her knee. With the dress on Polly finished the outfit off with a gold necklace and earrings and a pair of low-heeled white patent leather pumps.
Polly came down stairs with half an hour to spare, holding a patient white leather clutch bag, "I still don't feel right dressing like this! I hate the way women's clothing makes me feel." she complained, tugging at the bottom of her dress.
"Oh, and how is that?" Emily asked.
"Vulnerable, exposed and very embarrassed." Polly stated, "I wish I could dress like I used to!"
"Nonsense, you're going to knock him dead!" Emily said, "Anyway, you would look very odd dressed as a man!"
"I AM A MAN YOU STUPID BITCH!" Polly replied angrily, finally unleashing the build up of anger from when she first awoke to a female body but instantly realising her mistake.
"I think you should look in the mirror again." Emily said with sharp tone "You look, sound and act like a woman, so therefore you must be a woman!" she continued, "And I do not like being shouted at! From now on whenever you raise your voice or in any other way act improperly towards me or anyone else you will feel intense pain as if I had used the pain command, Accept it!"
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ......" Polly cut of in mid-sentence, wracked with pain.
"I should keep that temper in check if I were you. We don't know how much pain your body can take!" Emily said, "Anyway your date should be here soon!"
Five minutes later the doorbell rang, "Well, go and answer the door Polly. It may be mark!" Emily instructed.
Opening the door Polly saw Mark standing their, feeling 'warm and fuzzy' inside and blushing brightly she spoke "Hi Mark, I've been expecting you!"
"And I have been looking forward to this day!" Mark said, "I have the food and drink for the picnic in the car, lets go!"
Polly half reluctantly and half willingly followed Mark out of the door, 'I can't be going on a date with a man, I'M A MAN!' Polly thought desperately to herself as she felt her arm go round Marks waist and pull closer.
During the drive to the secluded beach Mark had found Polly could not stop herself from flirting with Mark, no matter how much she wanted to. She felt her hand running up Marks leg and caressing his thigh.
Mark and Polly lay on the beach after having eaten and Mark pulled out a bottle of champagne and a couple of glasses from a cool box and poured each of them a glass. "So, are you enjoying yourself Polly?"
"Oh yes, most definitely!" Polly purred as she finished her drink she began to move closer to Mark and within minutes they were all over each other, while within Polly's mind she was trying to resist the urges she felt overwhelming her.
Then, to Polly's dismay she found herself slowly moving down Mark's body and release his cock and start working it as if her life depended on it. After a few moments she felt it throb and a flood of cum filled her mouth and then felt herself gulp down every last drop. When she had finished she noticed that it had overflowed down her chin and greedily licked and slurped up the remainder of it.
Polly once more moved up to face mark and embraced him again, kissing him deeply and passionately. In that moment Polly began to feel warm, content and much to her despair totally in love with him.
"You know Paul, you are great at sucking cock!" Mark whispered.
Polly looked up sharply at the mention of her former name, "Then you..."
"Know?, yes, and I know what you have under here!" Mark said, his hand running up Polly's thigh to her crotch. "I suspected there was more to you that it appeared at the party, Emily later confirmed what I thought and told me all about it!"
"But, but...." Polly stammered.
"I wanted you when you were Paul and I want you even more now you are Polly, who do you think informed Emily about your infidelity. When she said she wanted nothing more to do with you I told her not only that I wanted you but HOW I wanted you, as my she-male lover." Mark finished.
"But I'm not gay, I can't be having these feelings I am having!" Polly complained.
"That's half the fun! anyway, I better get you back so you can get your beauty sleep for your skating competition tomorrow!"
The following morning Polly awoke and sat at her vanity mirror staring at her reflection, 'How could I have done what I did, WHY CAN'T I MAKE SENSE OF THESE FEELINGS!' she though to herself.
A few minutes later Emily entered, "Ah, I see you are up. Why don't you get ready for the competition, we need to be there in two hours. And besides, you should make yourself pretty for Mark!"
Polly blushed at the mention of his name "I wish I knew why I had these feelings for him, I feel incredibly attracted to him and repulsed at the idea of being with him at the same time!" she muttered as she began to put on her makeup without thinking about it.
When they arrived at the ice rink Polly was dressed in a short mini skirt with a pink skinny-rib tee. Emily followed Polly into the changing room, seeing Polly pull out the outfit she last wore she stopped her, "No, you are not wearing the same outfit twice, wear the one in this bag" Emily said passing a bag to Polly, "Mark picked it himself!"
Polly put down her mauve/purple outfit and pulled the new costume from the bag, what she found was even more revealing and feminine that the last, it was all pink with nothing going above the bust line and lots of feminine frills attached. "I can't wear this, it's far too feminine!"
Emily scowled a bit, "But mark would be so disappointed, it would cause such Pain if you didn't wear it!" she said.
Thinking of Mark's disappointment, coupled with the pain that shot though her body Polly put on the outfit and her skates and left for the rink, "And remember, smile while you perform!" Emily called after her.
Emily joined Mark in the stalls, "Well, I gave her the outfit you suggested. I have to say she was most embarrassed that it was so feminine!"
"That is to be expected, but I do so want to see my new She-Male lover dressed in it!" Mark said to Emily.
Just then Polly came onto the ice and went into her routine, Mark gazed longingly at her graceful turns and pirouettes. "I want her, I want her to be mine forever!" he whispered to Emily.
"Not a problem, it's not as if I have any need for him. He or should I say she, no longer has the ability to perform for anybody other that you!" Emily said with satisfaction.
Once her routine was finished Polly came off the ice to find Mark waiting, he embraced her in a passionate embrace "Baby, you were brilliant, you are sure to win!" he said, "Please, will you move in with me?" he asked, knowing she could not refuse due to her subliminal programming.
Responding to his embrace Polly responded "I did it for you, whether I win or lose come to my place tomorrow night!" she said mysteriously and left his embrace with a smile.
Later that night Emily found Polly lying on her bed crying, "Oh, what's wrong now?" she sighed.
"Mark asked me to move in with him today, My emotions tell me to move in with him but my mind says no. I am both repulsed by the idea of him touching me but am also excited by the same thought!" Polly said.
"Well, get used to it. Be grateful that someone wants you because I don't. Your future is with Mark, Accept It!" Emily said, knowing that that last phrase would seal Polly's fate.
The following night Polly spent over 3 hours getting ready for Marks arrival. By the end Polly was dressed in a short black slinky dress with no bra, black panties and stocking & suspenders. Her hair was done up in an elegant style and her face was elegantly made up.
When Mark arrived and entered Polly's room he saw her lying on the bed and was overcome by lust at the sight of her, moving off the bed and moving over to him Polly embraced him and pulled him onto the bed and embraced him.
"Despite the way she truly felt in her heart Polly could not help but speak as she did, "My darling Mark, I would love to move in with you!".
After a few moments they began to strip the clothed of each other and were soon naked, rolling Polly onto her front Mark began to push his cock against Polly's ass hole. Feeling the pressure Polly realised what was about to happen and was deeply embarrassed by it but could not stop the waves of pleasure flooding him as Marks member slipped inside and began pumping away in her virgin ass.
Polly could feel an orgasm mounting within herself and could not stop it. Polly now belonged to Mark, totally and utterly!
The following day Polly began to pack for the move to Mark's house, "Please Emily, don't let me do this!" she said desperately.
"You've made your own bed Polly, sleeping with all those other women, now you can sleep in it!" Emily said bidding a final fair well to her feminised ex-husband, then turning she smiled as she re-entered her house knowing that Polly would never be comfortable with her new position in life but could do nothing about it.
The End.

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I am at once greatly honored and feel a great weight of responsibility on this occasion to say what the Lord had once said to these graduates and something that I trust can be memorable and find a place in their foundation as they go out to minister. I do have the opportunity through the school year to speak in chapel to the men, and I cherish every occasion when I'm able to do that and only hope and pray on each occasion that the Lord will allow me to put a brick in the foundation on which their life in ministry will be built. That's what I pray for tonight.
I would invite you, if you will, to turn in your Bible to 1 Timothy chapter 6. This is a passage that is most notable and a favorite of mine. I remember a few years ago when I was invited by the Southern Baptist Convention to address their pastor's conference. The place of that address was the Superdome in New Orleans. There were 25,000 pastors there. I was standing on the 50-yard line of what is usually a football arena, preaching to a grandstand full of 25,000 pastors. And it was there that I addressed them on the subject of a man of God.
As a result of that, the Lord, in His goodness, allowed that message to be taken and be placed in a list of articles that were incorporated in a Bible, which many of those men use, so that message came to be identified with me, and the Dean asked me if I would share it with all of you tonight.
1 Timothy chapter 6, I want to read verses 11-14. "But flee from these things, you men of God, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness. Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you are called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. I charge you in the presence of God, Who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, Who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate, that you keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ."
This passage contains one of my favorite descriptive phrases in the Bible--"man of God." It is the title there in verse 11 by which Paul identifies Timothy, a simple and yet wonderful enriched designation. What a privilege to be called a man of God, God's man, the man who uniquely belongs to God. No other individual person in the New Testament is given that title, and thus it is uniquely used to identify Timothy, both here and in the Scripture read earlier from 2 Timothy chapter 3, where, in the last verse, again he has identified as a man of God made complete through the Word of God.
And while this particular term is rare in the New Testament, it is quite common, in fact, in the Old Testament, used some 70 times, as a matter of fact, in the Old Testament. Any student of the Old Testament becomes very familiar with the identification of the man of God.
It first appears in Deuteronomy 33:1, where Moses, the great prophet, is the first one ever called the man of God. It is repeated of him in other places as well. It is used of many others in the Old Testament, including the angelic messenger sent with a message from God to the wife of Menoa, announcing to her the birth of Sampson. It was used to describe a prophet who spoke to God--I should say for God--to Eli, who was the high priest, predicting the severe, divine judgment on his sinful family in 1 Samuel 2. It was even used to identify Samuel, who was called the man of God, the one who spoke for God, Divine truth.
In fact, every time the title man of God is used in the Old Testament, it refers to someone who belonged to God in a unique way for the specific purpose of being His spokesman. It is then a technical term to refer to a preacher, to refer to a proclaimer, a prophet. It was also used of the prophet Shamaya, who was to prophesy against Reaboam. It was used again for the prophet who spoke the word of God to Jeraboam regarding his being replaced and under judgment. It is used to describe Elijah and Elisha. It is even used of David, who spoke for God. It is used of the prophet who confronted Amazia and is called the man of God in 2 Chronicles 25. It even identifies the somewhat obscure prophet Igdalia in Jeremiah 35:4.
The sum of all of those uses is convincing that this is a title with technical reference to someone who is set apart and uniquely gifted and called to speak God's Word. The one other New Testament usage confirms this. It is used one other time other than the two times in reference to Timothy, and that is in 2 Peter chapter 1, where it says, "No prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men, moved by the Holy Spirit, spoke from God." Literally men of God, moved by the Holy Spirit, spoke.
God has always had His spokesmen. God has always had His prophets. He has always had His preachers. Man of God, uniquely called, uniquely gifted, given the responsibility to proclaim His words to their generation. And again I remind you, the only other New Testament usage appears in the text that was read earlier and identifies the man of God as being equipped to do that only when the Word of God abides in him--when he has been taught the Word of God so that it has reproved him, it has corrected him, it has trained him in righteousness. Then he has become adequate and is equipped for the work of the man of God, which is the proclamation of that truth. First of all, it must become part of his life. It must take over the fabric of his soul. Once it has captivated his heart and mind and begun to demonstrate itself in the pattern of his living, then he's ready to speak it forth. And so any man of God is perfected by the Word which he must proclaim.
Pilgrim's Progress identifies such men as "the King's champions." They are the men whose lives are listed above worldly aims, who are devoted to Divine service. They are men who belong to the spiritual order with which things temporal and transitory and perishing have no permanent relationship. They are not the world's men; they are God's men. They are raised beyond earthly things. They belong to God for a very special purpose.
As Paul writes to Timothy in this text and identifies him as a man of God, of course he reminds him of the great weight of responsibility that he has, because he bears that designation. He also is very aware of the difficulty of his pupil's circumstances. Timothy has to confront Paul's teachers, has to confront sinful leaders in the church and elders who shouldn't be there and pastors who don't belong in that office. He has to deal with doctrinal error and ungodliness in the church. He has to confront sophisticated philosophies existing in his culture. He has to battle his own youthful lusts and his own tendency to be argumentative and to fight. He has to keep his life pure and clean, and that's not easy in the environment in which Timothy had been placed in the city of Ephesus in the church there.
In fact, the whole epistle is a call for Timothy to get things in order in the church, which presupposes that they have to be in order in his own life. He's really no good to the church unless his life is as it ought to be before God. If he is to be the man of God, then, and if he is to be the spokesman who is to be believable and credible and effective and powerful, then he has to address some issues in his own life, and that is the attention which Paul gives in Chapter 6 versus 11 and following, which we read.
Here he is not addressing matters in the church, but he is addressing matters in the life of the man of God. In fact, fulfilling the responsibility of being a man of God is summed up in four features in this text.
First of all, the man of God is marked by what he flees from. Secondly, he is marked by what he follows after. Thirdly, he is marked by what he fights for. And fourthly, by what he is faithful to.
Let's take the first one. The man of God is known by what he flees from. Verse 11: "But flee from these things you man of God." Here is a verb from which we get the English word fugitive. It's a present imperative. It has the idea of keep on fleeing. It's sort of a manner of life. It's sort of a continual pattern. It pictures someone running, and it's used in extra-Biblical literature in the Greek language to speak of someone running from a plague. Or, on one occasion, running from a poisonous serpent, or running from an attacking enemy. Running because there is a grave danger is the idea. It's not a recreational kind of running, but rather a running out of a healthy fear. The man of God learns to run with all his might from certain things, and he is known by what he runs from.
There are a lot of things that a man of God needs to run from. Paul uses this verb elsewhere in the New Testament, such as 1 Corinthians 6:18, where he says, "Flee fornication." Run from sexual sin. He uses it again in 1 Corinthians 10:14 when he says, "Flee idolatry." Run from anything that detracts from the devotion and worship of your heart.
But here, he simply says, "Flee from these things." And immediately we know, he's referring to what he's just been speaking about. Go back to verse-- Well, we could go all the way back to verse 3, where he talks about preaching a different doctrine, unsound words. Then he talks about those who teach false doctrine, being conceited, understanding nothing, being characterized by morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words, out of which arise envy, strife, abusive language, evil, suspicions, and constant friction between men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth. The one thing the man of God never wants to do is put himself in an environment where he is going to be engaging men of depraved minds who assault the truth.
2 Timothy chapter 2, Paul says the same thing, "Stay away from these, because this is the stuff that eats like gangrene. If you want to be a vessel fit for the Master's use, you have to be separated from those kinds of influences, the influences of liberal theology and heresy and error being taught as if it were true." Then he makes a transition, defining these false teachers in verse 5 the way they're always defined in the Scripture as "those who are interested in gain." Financial gain. They're in it for the money. They suppose that godliness is a means of gain, and therein is a transitional statement that takes us into the main idea--verse 6.
Godliness is actually a means of great gain unaccompanied by contentment. The point being, true godliness is the greatest gain. False teachers pursue money. You should pursue true gain, which is godliness. He goes on, "We have brought nothing into the world. We can't take anything out of it, either. If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content." You're beginning to get an idea what these things refer to.
He becomes specific in verses 9 and 10. "Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many a pang or sorrow. But flee from these things, you man of God."
Paul has told Timothy specifically to avoid some things. He'll tell him again to avoid some things that have to do with righteousness and virtue in the second epistle as well as in the first, but here what he's talking about is the love of money. Selling out. Prostituting ministry for gain. Greed and all of its associated vices. Getting beyond contentment with food and covering.
I guess one of the laws of seminary is that you make sure that's not possible while they're at school.(Laughter) It becomes possible when they leave. This is the sin of the false teachers. This is the sin of the liars. One of the ways you can always recognize a false teacher is the preoccupation with money and wealth and materialism. It's characteristic of those who pervert the truth, who make merchandise of people, who seek filthy lucre, who preach for money. From Balim, the prophet who was bought by the highest bidder, to Judas the apostle who sold the Son of God for 30 pieces of silver. From the false prophets of Israel who were greedy dogs that never had enough and were concerned every one for his own gain, Isaiah says. And the covetous prophets and priests of Jeremiah's time, the prophets of Ezekiel's time who could be bought by handfuls of barley and pieces of bread, the prophets who divined for money, of whom Micah speaks. The false prophets who spoke good words and gave fair speeches to the Romans to deceive the innocent for the satisfaction of their own bodies. All the way to the unruly and empty talkers and deceivers of Crete, who subverted whole households, teaching things which ought not to be taught for filthy lucre's sake. Believe me, the love of money has perverted many, many.
Peter says, "False teachers will come and in greed they will exploit you." And he reminds the true shepherds not to do what they do for filthy lucre. Paul was so careful to avoid this. When he went to Corinth, he worked to earn his own living, because he was afraid that somebody might misconstrue his motivation for the proclamation of the Gospel. It was typical in the Gentile world that wherever false teachers went, they went to make merchandise of people. There were enough people in Corinth who would accuse Paul and did accuse Paul of being in it for the money and for what he could gain from the people that he shunned that even though he had a right to it. He writes in 1 Corinthians chapter 9 that he had a right to be supported by his ministry and that they who preach the Gospel should live of the Gospel, meaning that they should be supported for it. He knew well about that support, because he wrote to Timothy and said, "The faithful elder and pastor is worthy of double pay," especially if he works hard in the Word and doctrine. Paul understood that. "The ox should not be muzzled while he treads. The soldier doesn't fight in the war and isn't supported."
He knew he had a right to that, but he set it aside, because he was so fearful of being falsely accused. He told the Ephesian elders, you remember in Acts 20, "I have coveted no man's silver. I have coveted no man's gold. I have coveted no man's apparel." He told the Thessalonians that he was willing to work with his hands, not only to support himself but everybody around him, just so nobody would misconstrue his intention, because he was almost alone. In fact, at first he was absolutely alone in a world of false teachers.
And so I remind you, gentlemen, you may be a preacher, you may be a pastor by title, but if you have love for money, you're not a man of God. You can't be God's man and belong to money. Jesus said, "You cannot serve God and money." Never put a price on your calling. Never put a price on your ministry, or you have devalued yourself to nothing. A man of God is known by what he flees from--the love of money and all that goes with it.
Secondly, the man of God is known by what he follows after. Verse 11 goes on, "But flee from these things, you man of God, and follow after"--literally, pursue. Here we see him fleeing from something and fleeing toward something. Again, it's a present imperative of continual pursuit. We're always fleeing, and we're always fleeing hopefully in the right direction. The negative we flee from, the vices attendant to love of money. We flee toward virtue.
The Christian life is not only an effort to run away from evil, but it is to pursue what is good and noble and right. Proverbs 15:9 says, "The Lord loves him that pursues righteousness." Note what he pursues--righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness. If we were to get you into a corner and get you to be real honest with us as you embark upon your ministry, what are you pursuing? What occupies your mind? Success? Size of church? Esteem? Promotion? Comfort? What are you really after?
The man of God is known because he pursues these things. And he is fulfilling in a sense what Jesus said when he said, "Seek ye first--" what? The Kingdom of God and His righteousness and everything else folds in. God is most concerned that you seek to be the man you need to be. He'll take care of the rest.
The first two are general, really, don't need much definition. Righteousness. The remnant of the faithful in Israel were called by Isaiah with this designation--"you that follow after righteousness." Isaiah 51:1. What a wonderful designation of those faithful ones. The writer of Hebrews says, "The only people who will ever see the Lord are those that follow after holiness." Hebrews 12:14. And the righteousness that Paul is talking about here is a righteousness you have to pursue, and therefore, it is not the imputed righteousness that Christ granted to you at your salvation, but rather the practical righteousness that comes by virtue of sanctification.
Pursue doing what is right before God. Pursue doing what is right in terms of attitude, word, conduct, behavior. In other words, pursue sanctification. Of course, the model of righteousness is Jesus Christ, Who fulfilled all righteousness. Pursue Christ's likeness. This is the pursuit of your life. I've told you before, and I say it again, I've never studied a Bible passage to get a sermon. I've always studied a Bible passage to understand the Word of God in my own heart. I can always think of something to say having done that.
The Bible is not there for you to manipulate into clever sermons. It's there to change your life. Gentlemen, you are embarking upon the most privileged of lives, because you will devote your life to the study of the Word of God, which means you should be far ahead of most in the process of sanctification. Jesus himself said, in His great high priestly prayer in John 17, "Father, sanctify them by Thy truth. Thy word is truth."
Nothing to me is more horribly tragic than an unrighteous man of God. What a waste of privilege. What a waste of opportunity. If I am not a better man after every month of my time in the Word of God, then I have failed to take hold of my opportunity, have I not? As the months go by and the years go by, we ought to be more and more conformed to the image of Christ, and yet how tragic it is to see someone who's been in the ministry a long time demonstrate a pattern of iniquity that even shocks the people who sit under their ministry who have not near the privileges they have had.
That's because of a very frightening reality, "The same sun that melts the wax hardens the clay." If you can train yourself to study the Bible with indifference, you can trade yourself into iniquity.
Secondly, he mentions godliness. I think this moves inside and talks about the character of a man, directing our thought to what he is on the inside, to his heart. Behind that right conduct and that right thought pattern and that right speaking and that right behavior is a right-heart attitude, a worshiping heart, a reverent heart, a heart that fears the Lord, which is the beginning of wisdom. He has learned to live his life in the conscious presence of God. "He is serving God acceptably, with reverence and Godly fear," as Hebrews 12:28 puts it.
By the way, godliness is a keyword in the Pastoral Epistles. It appears nine times in these three little letters. He is a man who is willing to let you look into his heart. He is a man who can say this. Paul is such a man, and these are his own words. This is what he said. "To me, it is a very small thing that I should be examined by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even examine myself. I am conscious of nothing against myself, yet I am not by this acquitted, but the One Who examines me is the Lord."
There is a man of integrity who will say, "I'm not afraid for you to examine my life, because I know you're not going to find anything to discredit me. I am willing to search the darkest recesses of my own heart and open them up to God and myself. I am even willing to ask God to render His judgment on my heart."
He said, "Do not go on passing judgment before the time. Wait till the Lord comes. He'll bring to light the things hidden in the darkness, disclose the motives of men's hearts. Then each man's praise will come to him from God."
It ought to be that at any time you want to open your whole heart and life to anybody who asks, and most of all, to God. Watch your heart, watch your motives, because that's what drives your conduct. Remember what we learned in our study of 2 Corinthians, how the Apostle Paul was being assaulted and his reputation was being destroyed, in this massive, all out, onslaught on him by the Corinthian false teachers. And when he wants to appeal to the highest court he can appeal to, to defend himself, he doesn't say, "Well, I asked some friends who know me to write some letters of recommendation." He doesn't say, "There's a committee that's examined me, and they're going to tell you that I'm really a faithful man."
He doesn't do that. He appeals to the highest human court, 2 Corinthians 1:12, "Our proud confidence is this, the testimony of our conscience that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world and especially toward You." He says, "My conscience is clear." And conscience knows you better than anybody. Gentlemen, I submit to you that if you lose the battle of conscience, you will lose the battle. If you lose the battle on the inside, you lose the battle on the outside. Don't be an unsanctified preacher. As ______ said, "A congregation that has an unsanctified preacher is like somebody hunting with a dead dog."
Richard Baxter said, "Many a tailor goes in rags that makes costly clothes for others. Many a cook scarcely licks his fingers when he has dressed for others the most costly dishes." Don't let it be so with you. Paul of course was so concerned with matters of godliness. In 1 Corinthians chapter 9, he said, "I have to beat my body to bring it into--" what? Submission. "Lest in preaching to others I myself should be ad documus, tested and found unqualified."
He knew his sinful tendencies. We all do. He articulates them in graphic terms in Romans chapter 7, saying he even does those things he doesn't want to do and doesn't do things he wants to do and sees his own wretchedness. And does all he can, as he notes in the next chapter, to mortify or kill sin that is in him. He reminds the Corinthians to perfect holiness in the fear of God.
Gentlemen, people will feel the power of a godly life. They'll feel the power of righteousness. John Flavell, the Puritan, wrote, "It is easier to cry against a thousand sins in others than to mortify one sin in your own life." John Owen wrote, "A minister may fill his pews, his Communion roll, the mouths of the public, but what he is on his knees in secret before Almighty God, that he is and no more." The man of God then pursues what is right to the glory of God, and he is moved by the motives of godliness in his heart.
Further, faith is brought up. What does that mean? Loyalty to the Lord? It could be translated faithfulness. It's a confident trust in God for everything that produces an unswerving devotion to God's power, God's purpose, God's plan, God's provision, God's sovereignty. In other words, he lives in the light of God's promises and God's sovereign purposes. No frustration. No panic. No forcing. No manipulation. Just diligent, faithful trust.
As we have discussed on a number of occasions, the reason men experience what is often called burnout in the ministry is not because they work hard. Hard work doesn't create burnout. What creates burnout is personal ambition and unrealistic expectations for what you might achieve, rather than total submission to the sovereignty of God. Be content to put your trust in God and let Him unfold His purposes in your life.
Then he mentions love, agape, that volitional, unrestricted and unrestrained love toward God and man that must mark the man of God. He is a lover of God and a lover of men.
Then lastly he mentions perseverance and gentleness. Endurance, the ability to hang in there over the long haul, to run the marathon that ministry really is, to get through the whole thing and be standing at the end and still faithful, still enduring. He also talks about that marvelous characteristic of meekness or gentleness, which really embraces the concept of humility.
Well, all of those things you understand. I emphasize the first two, because they're the most-notable things. Where there is a godly heart and a righteous life, faith, love, endurance, and humility flow out of it. Richard Baxter says this: "When we have studied for them (the congregation) and prayed for them and exhorted them and beseeched them with all earnestness and condescension, and given them what we are able and tended them as if they had been our children, we must look that many of them will requite us with scorn and hatred and contempt and account us their enemies, because we told them the truth. Now we must endure patiently, humbly, lovingly. Trusting God, in meekness instructing those that oppose, if perhaps God will grant them repentance."
So the man of God is known by what he flees from and what he follows after. Thirdly, he is known by what he fights for. Verse 12, "Fight the good fight of faith." And I think it's essential for us to recognize, if even briefly tonight, that the man of God is a fighter, he's a contender, he's a battler, he's a soldier, he's a protagonist. We heard that in the music--"Soldiers of Christ arise." The men know what it is they're saying. They understand that they have engaged themselves for a life of warfare against the kingdom of darkness, that ministry is war, ministry is battle. Paul came to the end of it and he said, "I have fought the good fight."
We battle the world. We battle the flesh. We battle the devil. We battle sin in and around us. We battle the kingdom of darkness. We battle lies. As 2 Corinthians 10 says, "We assault the massive fortresses of human ideologies that are born out of influences from seducing spirits and doctrines of demons." These massive edifices that have been raised up against the knowledge of God.
It's an ideological war. The strategy is not to attack the demons. You understand that. The demons run at the power of the truth. The idea of spiritual warfare is not to formulate some kind of exorcistic lines that we can address the powers of darkness with. The idea of spiritual warfare is to smash false ideologies concocted by seducing spirits, smashing them to the ground by the truth of the power of the Word of God. That's what we do.
And when all is said and done in the end, nobody is going to mark out your life because of your administrative skill. Nobody's going to leave the notable record that you were a nice person to converse with. The epitaph will be written with regard to the power and the impact of your teaching and preaching.
Did God use you to smash all those stone fortresses raised up against the knowledge of God? It's a battle. Paul has to tell Timothy that he needs to expect it, that all who live godly in this present age will suffer persecution. And he tells in 2 Timothy 2, "You have to suffer hardship along with me as a good soldier of Christ Jesus." That goes with the territory. It's war. It's exhilarating war, because the victories are so sweet and so permanent.
"Fight," he says. "Fight the good fight of faith." Aganizami the Agone. It's all about agonizing. It's all about striving. It's like 1 Timothy 1:18, "Be always battling." What are you battling? You're battling error, false ideologies. You're battling sin. The term here is borrowed from the world of athletics and describes the concentration necessary, the effort coupled with discipline and conviction required of a winning athlete. A very familiar metaphor to the Apostle Paul.
One commentator on the Greek texts says, "Paul liked to think of himself as a boxer." He mentions that in 1 Corinthians 9. "And we find that the gloves of the Greek boxers," he writes, "were fur-lined on the inside. But on the outside, they were made with ox hide left very rough, not polished and refined and tanned and made shiny. And lead and iron was sewn into the ox hide. Also, the loser in the boxing match had his eyes gouged out."
When Paul talks about being a battler and a boxer, he's not talking about slapping people around with big, puffy gloves. He's talking about something deadly serious in his imagery. He understood the nature of the ministry: high intensity, great danger, and an incessant battle for the truth. The fight for the faith is a lifelong battle, and you've just signed up, but it brings the greatest rewards.
Go back to verse 12 for a moment. Let me show you. In order to fight effectively for the faith, the truth, the Word of God, it is essential to do something. "Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses." It's kind of an interesting statement. At first, it might not become exactly clear what it is he's saying.
If I can summarize it, what he is saying is the only way you're going to commit yourself to a lifelong war like this is if you can get a grip on the fact that this is a matter of eternal life that you're involved in. You might fight to protect your home. You might fight to protect your possessions. I know you'd fight to protect your wife or your children. Will you fight to protect the souls of men and women? Do you understand the eternal implications? Get a grip on the eternality of this issue. Your task is not like that of anybody else in the world. Not anybody.
When he says to Timothy, "Get a grip on eternal life," he's not telling him to get saved. He already is. He's not telling him to look for heaven. He's already doing that. He is saying grasp the reality of what you're engaged in. Get a grip on eternal things. Set your affections on things above and not on things on the earth. Recognize that what you do has permanent consequences.
In 1 Timothy 4:10, Paul says, "We labor and strive," and he uses two verbs to speak of effort and exhaustion. Why? Because we have fixed our hope on the living God, Who is the savior of all men. In other words, we're serious about what we do, and we work hard at it, because we're involved with the living God and His saving enterprise. You certainly can't give a halfhearted effort to that. You will be divorced from the temporal, transitory, and passing world. You will be engaged in a battle the likes of which only you will understand.
I think our people do their best understand the battle we're engaged in, but no one really understands it who's not in it, the relentlessness of it, the incessant nature of it, the unending turns and twists as we hold up the truth and call people to live it. Timothy was called to eternal life. At the time of his salvation, he made a good confession. He confessed Jesus as Lord. He confessed with his mouth that God had raised Christ from the dead. He did that before many witnesses. Paul is saying, "You came in that way. You established your commitment to eternal life. You made your confession. We all heard it. You understand what it's all about. You understand that this is an eternal salvation in which you partake, and now you've got to get a grip on the eternality of what you do from here on." This kind of life really matters for eternity.
One last point. "The man of God is known by what he is faithful to." What he is faithful to. What he flees from, follows after, fights for, and is faithful to. Verse 13, "I charge you in the presence of God, Who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, Who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate, that you keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ."
What he's saying to him is, "Be faithful clear to the end." Clear to the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ. That in my mind, is a gilt-edged text to indicate that Paul believed in imminency. How else could he say, "Keep this commandment until the appearing of Jesus Christ," if he didn't believe it could have happened in his lifetime? For all he knew, Jesus would come before Timothy died. "To the end, Timothy, keep the commandment. Guard it."
How do you guard it? By obeying it. What is meant by this commandment? Well, much has been suggested. Some have said the Gospel. Some have said the teaching of this epistle. Some have said the whole teaching of the new covenant. Some have said the commandment would refer, perhaps, to the prophetic Word from God at Timothy's calling to the ministry, to which Paul refers.
I sorted my way through all those options and concluded that it is purposely broad, because I think that anything that God has revealed falls under the category of the commandment. I think it's like the treasure. It's the revealed Word of God. There's no way to limit it, and I'm not going to limit it. It could be translated, "keep this commission." And what is his commission? As a man of God, to proclaim the truth.
Whatever way you look at that, he's saying, "Be faithful to proclaim the truth as you've been called to proclaim it." All the way to the end. Preserve the truth intact. He tells them to guard this down in verse 20. "Guard what has been entrusted to you." That's the commandment.
Over in chapter 1 of 2 Timothy, "Guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us the treasure entrusted to you." It's the truth. He is to be a guardian of that truth, not only proclaiming it but protecting it. And he lays this responsibility to faithfulness on him about as powerfully as he can, because he says in verse 13, "I charge you in the presence of God." It's beyond me. He says, "Don't do it for my sake. Do it because God is watching." And remember that God is the source of all life. And do it because Christ Jesus is watching. And it was Christ Jesus who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate. And he is assuming there that there will be times in the life of Timothy, as there are the lives of all of us, when it might be easier to compromise the truth. It might be easier not to say what ought to be said, not to proclaim what ought to be proclaimed, because there might be a price to pay of reputation or respect or fame or acceptance or even freedom or even life.
"Just be reminded that when Jesus Christ's life was on the line," he says, "and He was standing before Pontius Pilate, who had in his hand, as it were humanly speaking, the power of life and death, Jesus testified the good confession." He was faithful to speak the truth when his life was on the line. He's saying to Timothy, "Timothy, with God watching, with Christ watching Who made the right confession when His life was on the line before Pilate, you keep the commandment without stain or reproach. You be faithful to speak the truth always until the appearing of the Lord Jesus Christ."
Faithfulness. I like the word loyalty. Loyalty to the Lord, loyalty to the truth, uncompromising. Let Jesus be your model. He never hesitated to speak the truth, though it cost Him His life. So it should be with us, the same unflinching courage. You don't know what kind of circumstances you're going to find yourself in. Sometimes it'll be individuals in a church trying to back you down from the truth. Sometimes it'll be boards. Sometimes your future in the church might be threatened. Some of you will be on a mission field in a hostile environment, where persecution could become severe. You hold onto the truth. Don't bend. Don't stain that truth or reproach that truth. And do it all the way till Jesus comes. Faithful till the very, very end.
That's the picture of the man of God that Paul gives us here, and it suits us so well on this occasion. What kind of man does it take to fulfill this? I think it takes a man first of all who understands what's at hand, a man who knows his resources are to be found in the Word. Gentlemen, every day of your life you ought to thank God for your training. You ought to thank God that you're not in an identity crisis, and you're not looking for a standard of truth you can cling to. You have one. You know what to believe, and you know what to preach.
What's it going to take? Well, here are some suggestions. Somebody wrote this, and I don't know if they had a particular pastor in mind, but it's interesting. Here's how to make a successful pastor.
"Fling him into his office. Tear the office sign from the door and nail on the sign Study. Take him off the mailing lists. Lock him up with his books and his computer and his Bible. Slam him down on his knees before texts and broken hearts and the lives of a superficial flock and a holy God. Force him to be the one man in our surfeited communities who knows about God. Throw him into the ring to box with God until he learns how short his arms are. Engage him to wrestle with God all night long and let him come out only when he's bruised and beaten into being a blessing. Shut his mouth forever spouting remarks and stop his tongue forever tripping lightly over every nonessential. Require him to have something to say before he dares break the silence. Burn his eyes with weary study. Wreck his emotional poise with worry for God. Make him exchange his pious stance for a humble walk with God and man. Make him spend and be spent for the glory of God. Rip out his telephone. Burn up his attendance sheets. Put water in his gas tank. Give him a Bible. Tie him to the pulpit, and make him preach the Word of the living God.
"Test him, quiz him, examine him. Humiliate him for his ignorance of things Divine. Shame him for his good comprehension of finances, games scores, and politics. Laugh at his frustrated effort to play psychiatrist. Form a choir and raise a chant and haunt him with it night and day, 'Sir, we would see Jesus.'
"And when at last he dares enter the pulpit, ask him if he has a word from God. If he doesn't, dismiss him. Tell him you can read the morning paper. You can digest the television commentaries. You can think through the day's superficial problems, and you can manage the community's weary drives and bless the baked potatoes and green beans better than he can. Command him not to come back until he has read and reread, written and rewritten until he can stand up worn and forlorn and say, 'Thus saith the Lord.'
"Break him across the board of his ill-gotten popularity. Smack him hard with his own prestige. Corner him with questions about God. Cover him with demands for celestial wisdom. And give him no escape until his back is against the wall of the Word. Sit down before him and listen to the only word he has left, God's Word.
"Let him be totally ignorant of the down-street gossip, but give him a chapter and order him to walk around it, camp on it, sup with it, and come at last to speak it backward and forward until all he says about it rings was the truth of eternity. And when he's finally burned out by the flaming Word, when he's consumed at last by the fiery grace blazing through him, and when he's privileged to translate the truth of God to men and finally transferred from earth to heaven, then bear him away gently and blow a muted trumpet and lay him down softly. Place a two-edged sword on his coffin, and raise the tomb triumphant, for he was a brave soldier of the Word. And 'ere he died, he had become a man of God."
Let's pray. It is our prayer, our God, that You will build men of God from these young men. And Lord, I know what they feel even now, a combination of conviction and fear, feeling inadequate for such a calling. We all feel that. Paul said, "Who is adequate for such things?"
Lord, we cast ourselves on You. We aren't adequate, but You called, You gifted, You prepared, and now we're in Your hands. Use these men mightily for Your glory. In Christ's name. Amen.
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TRACS STUDY: Transfusion Requirements After Cardiac Surgery (TRACS)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01021631
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified November 2009 by Instituto do Coracao.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : November 30, 2009
Last Update Posted : November 30, 2009
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|Condition or disease
|Cardiac Surgery
|Other: Red blood cell transfusion
|Phase 3
Blood transfusion is commonly performed in patients submitted to cardiac surgery. However, there are many studies reporting adverse effects of this intervention and final data on benefits are not available. There are no prospective studies in cardiac surgery regarding red blood cell transfusions requirements. There are retrospective studies in cardiac surgery suggesting worse outcomes including higher rates of mortality in patients submitted to red blood transfusion. Hematocrit levels around 30% are usually recommended not evidence based. Our purpose is to prospectively evaluate two strategies of transfusion in 500 patients submitted to elective cardiac surgery: a liberal strategy - patients receive blood transfusion when hematocrit is lower than 30% since the intraoperative period until the ICU discharge; a restrictive strategy - patients receive blood transfusion only when hematocrit is lower than 24%.
Clinical outcomes, costs and quality of life will be compared.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|500 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
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|Transfusion Requirements After Cardiac Surgery: a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial (TRACS STUDY)
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|February 2009
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|February 2010
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|April 2010
Active Comparator: Liberal Transfusion Strategy
Liberal Group - transfusion when hematocrit is lower than 30%
Other: Red blood cell transfusion
Red blood cell (RBC) transfusion will be given when hematocrit fall below 30% since intraoperative until the discharge of intensive care unit. Following administration of the 1 RBC unit, a repeat hematocrit is performed;if a patient's hematocrit is 30% or higher, no additional transfusion is necessary.
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Active Comparator: Restrictive Transfusion Strategy
Restrictive Group - transfusion when hematocrit is lower than 24%
Other: Red blood cell transfusion
Red blood cell (RBC) transfusion will be only given when hematocrit fall below 24% since intraoperative until the discharge of intensive care unit. Following administration of the 1 RBC unit, a repeat hematocrit is performed;if a patient's hematocrit is 24% or higher, no additional transfusion is necessary.
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- The primary purpose of this study is to compare clinical outcomes after cardiac surgery in patients submitted to different strategies of red blood cell transfusion [ Time Frame: 30 days after surgery ]
- To compare length of stay in ICU, length of stay in Hospital, health-related quality of life, hospital costs and mortality between groups. [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
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Inclusion Criteria:
- All elective primary and redo adult cardiac surgical patients for coronary artery bypass grafting, valve procedure or combined procedures
- Adults patients
- Written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age less than 18 years
- Transplant procedures
- Emergency procedures
- Aortic repairs
- Congenital procedures
- Previous anemia (hemoglobin lower than 10 g/dL)
- Previous thrombocytopenia (platelet number lower than 100.000/mm3)
- Previous known coagulopathy
- Pregnancy
- Those unable to receive blood transfusion
- Patients who refused participation in the study
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|Contact: Ludhmila A Hajjar, MD
|Contact: Filomena R Galas, MD, PhD
|InCor - Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo
|Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, 05403000
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|Principal Investigator: Ludhmila A Hajjar, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Filomena R Galas, MD, PhD
|Sub-Investigator: Rosana E Nakamura, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Carolina Silva, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Paulo C Bueno, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Roberto Kalil Filho, MD, PhD
|Sub-Investigator: Jean-Louis Vincent, MD, PhD
|Sub-Investigator: Jose Otavio C Auler Jr, MD, PhD
|Sub-Investigator: Thais Mauad, MD, PhD
|Principal Investigator:
|Ludhmila A Hajjar, MD
|InCor - HCFMUSP
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|Jose Otavio Costa Auler Jr, InCor - HCFMUSP
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|November 30, 2009 Key Record Dates
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|November 30, 2009
|Last Verified:
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Keywords provided by Instituto do Coracao:
Cardiac surgery
Strategies of transfusion
Red blood cells