I feel like an outsider to the world. Like a watcher. This feeling seems fitting when I consider the fact that I am now of the household of God. I Observe the going-ons around me, only interfering to help make right a wrong, to help guide by God's word, to promote God's way, truth and life.
I cannot help but to feel isolated, lonely and leftout sometimes by the way that I am despised and rejected of men because of my untrendy obedience to God. I am comforted to know though,that Jesus too, endured these sorrows and is acquainted with my grief.
As I watch, people's opinions and news headlines float in and out of my conscienceness, landing lightly on the realm of me and fluttering off again.
Sometimes though, astroids of information collide with planet me, creating landmines in my heart.
Connections with the strangers are often made and then usually lost because I fail to speak a language that can penetrate these tough,hard aliens and strangers from the covenants of promise.
My gentleness and sincerity is a lost ancient language to these forward and unlearned souls. My joy and peace is unacceptable behaviour to them, inciting the wrath from the spirits that reside within them.
There is a power in the air that worketh in the children of disobedience,this power is insistant on annihilating any bit of good that resides upon earth. There is an unseen war at hand and those who are unaware are being tossed to and fro. Those who are unaware have adopted the spirit of error. I have the spirit of Jesus and stand as a lighthouse for those who are lost in this sea of sorrow and wickedness. My vessel is filled with the light of God, so that those who are not yet consumed by the darkness might find their way into the good grace of God. Alleluiah!
Revelation 3:3~ Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, AND REPENT.If therefore thou shalt not WATCH, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
Ephesians 2:2~ Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to THE PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR(SATAN),the spirit that now worketh in the CHILDREN OF DISOBEDIENCE
Ephesian 2:19~Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but FELLOWCITIZENS with the SAINTS, and of the HOUSEHOLD OF GOD.
Isaiah 53:3~ Whole chapter~
If you are reading this, you can clearly read for yourself, that there is a power in the air, the very air you breath, if you are without God in the world you have no hope to survive this war because you are unarmed!(Ephesians 6:10-17) Put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand against the wiles(tricks) of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Here is God's armour for you;
Your loins girt about with truth, The breastplate of righteousness,Your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace, the sheild of Faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. The helmet of salvation, the sword of the spirit,WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD.
SO READ YOUR BIBLES! Let the word of God transform you, become God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Men's hearts failing them for fear! ~St Luke 21:26~
In the wake of masses of our bird and fish population being found “mysteriously” dead, people are running to and fro in terror and confusion. Many are wondering if this is the end of times.
A friend of mine recently e-mailed me and asked if there are verses in the bible that explain what has been going on.
So I thought that I would make these verses available on my blog for others who may want some answers that are biblical in nature.
These verses are frightening in nature. So if I frighten you with what I write, I am NOT sorry. For it is written that; The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction ~Proverbs 1:7~
Man has developed a fear of the end of times now. Most are afraid, not because they know and understand that our God is a consuming fire~Hebrews 12:29~
But instead they are afraid because of certain Hollywood movies that are attempting to depict the end of times and because of scientist trumping “climate change”
Science is telling us we need to slow down our consumption of our current energy source and of our natural resources and that we need to find friendlier means of energy. These are all great and seemingly intelligent suggestions. However, when my God, who is a consuming fire, has had enough there isn’t anything our blue bins and composts will be able to do stop him from releasing His vials of wrath upon the earth! (Revelations chapter 16-READ)
Did you know that there will be a new Heaven and a new earth? ~Revelations 21:1~And there shall be a new heaven and a new earth: for the heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
The truth is when a land gets swallowed up with water, when the land trembles and shakes and falls in upon itself, when our fish and our birds die in great masses, when a whirlwind flattens a town, My God has had his hand in it.
There are countless stories in the bible telling us that God has done these things and many more phenomenal things time and time again in His efforts to turn His people back on to His righteous path, God has also displayed these great acts of wrath in his anger at His people’s rebellious lifestyles.
God has not changed, nor will he ever change. It is up to us to change our ways and to walk in holiness and righteousness.~ Romans 6:19~ I speak after
the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
Your eyes have seen right. We are to be HOLY. If we are in Christ Jesus.
Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.~Timothy 2:19~
Concerning the fish and the birds;
Zephaniah 1:2+3~ I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the Lord.
I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks(IDOLS) with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.
Those two verses are what most sites and sources are quoting. Don’t be fooled or blinded by just two verses, there are reasons that God does what he does. If you are found right now in a state of worry and confusion it is because you don’t know God or his plan. To remedy this is simple….READ YOUR BIBLE!
Most will argue that the love of God is unconditional. The word of God, the bible is full of conditions. Most of us (I included) were raised to believe that God will forgive you time and time for your sin and you have only to ask. Then you can carry on in sin and still be loved. This is a lie. For it is written;
Let not sin reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lust thereof.~Romans 6:12~
When Jesus healed he taught the afflicted to “go and sin no more” Not to “go and sin some more!”
There is no more sacrifice for our sin. Jesus died once, he was sacrificed but once for all sin, for all time. It is up to us now to be washed in his blood and then to be a new creation in Christ Jesus, and to spend the rest of our days as a vessel unto honor.
The wrath of God is very real and has been poured out upon man many times before. But there is a day coming, and now is at hand, that God’s wrath will once and for all be poured out without mixture~Revelations 14:10~
If you want a better understanding of what we are to watch for, because we SHOULD be watching for the second coming of Jesus. Then you need to read your bibles with understanding! And start preparing yourself so that you are found spotless and without blame. There is no more excuse for sin since Jesus.
~St John 3:3~ Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.
That being said, do you not feel convinced and compelled to seek out the truth, the way and the life that will lead to the Kingdom of Heaven? Do you not want to search out and understand and apply the ways of righteousness? I am not taking chances with my soul! I do not want to meet God in his anger! I know who God is, because I took time and continue to take time to read and learn and apply what I am learning. I have not left my understanding of God up to chance. I don’t want to guess about God, I want to know and understand. I urge you to do the same. I try my very best to write blogs that are full of Bible verses so that I might encourage my readers to get in their bibles (or to get a bible if they do not have one). Sadly though, no matter how many verses I include in my blogs it will not be enough! You must work out your own salvation with fear and trembling!~Philippians 2:12~
If you want to read about what must come to pass before the end then please read;
St Matthew chapter 24
Revelations 16
2 Timothy 3:1-5
1 Peter 4:7
Romans 13:12
Once again, I urge not to just read these verses but study your bibles!
A friend of mine recently e-mailed me and asked if there are verses in the bible that explain what has been going on.
So I thought that I would make these verses available on my blog for others who may want some answers that are biblical in nature.
These verses are frightening in nature. So if I frighten you with what I write, I am NOT sorry. For it is written that; The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction ~Proverbs 1:7~
Man has developed a fear of the end of times now. Most are afraid, not because they know and understand that our God is a consuming fire~Hebrews 12:29~
But instead they are afraid because of certain Hollywood movies that are attempting to depict the end of times and because of scientist trumping “climate change”
Science is telling us we need to slow down our consumption of our current energy source and of our natural resources and that we need to find friendlier means of energy. These are all great and seemingly intelligent suggestions. However, when my God, who is a consuming fire, has had enough there isn’t anything our blue bins and composts will be able to do stop him from releasing His vials of wrath upon the earth! (Revelations chapter 16-READ)
Did you know that there will be a new Heaven and a new earth? ~Revelations 21:1~And there shall be a new heaven and a new earth: for the heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
The truth is when a land gets swallowed up with water, when the land trembles and shakes and falls in upon itself, when our fish and our birds die in great masses, when a whirlwind flattens a town, My God has had his hand in it.
There are countless stories in the bible telling us that God has done these things and many more phenomenal things time and time again in His efforts to turn His people back on to His righteous path, God has also displayed these great acts of wrath in his anger at His people’s rebellious lifestyles.
God has not changed, nor will he ever change. It is up to us to change our ways and to walk in holiness and righteousness.~ Romans 6:19~ I speak after
the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
Your eyes have seen right. We are to be HOLY. If we are in Christ Jesus.
Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.~Timothy 2:19~
Concerning the fish and the birds;
Zephaniah 1:2+3~ I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the Lord.
I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks(IDOLS) with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.
Those two verses are what most sites and sources are quoting. Don’t be fooled or blinded by just two verses, there are reasons that God does what he does. If you are found right now in a state of worry and confusion it is because you don’t know God or his plan. To remedy this is simple….READ YOUR BIBLE!
Most will argue that the love of God is unconditional. The word of God, the bible is full of conditions. Most of us (I included) were raised to believe that God will forgive you time and time for your sin and you have only to ask. Then you can carry on in sin and still be loved. This is a lie. For it is written;
Let not sin reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lust thereof.~Romans 6:12~
When Jesus healed he taught the afflicted to “go and sin no more” Not to “go and sin some more!”
There is no more sacrifice for our sin. Jesus died once, he was sacrificed but once for all sin, for all time. It is up to us now to be washed in his blood and then to be a new creation in Christ Jesus, and to spend the rest of our days as a vessel unto honor.
The wrath of God is very real and has been poured out upon man many times before. But there is a day coming, and now is at hand, that God’s wrath will once and for all be poured out without mixture~Revelations 14:10~
If you want a better understanding of what we are to watch for, because we SHOULD be watching for the second coming of Jesus. Then you need to read your bibles with understanding! And start preparing yourself so that you are found spotless and without blame. There is no more excuse for sin since Jesus.
~St John 3:3~ Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.
That being said, do you not feel convinced and compelled to seek out the truth, the way and the life that will lead to the Kingdom of Heaven? Do you not want to search out and understand and apply the ways of righteousness? I am not taking chances with my soul! I do not want to meet God in his anger! I know who God is, because I took time and continue to take time to read and learn and apply what I am learning. I have not left my understanding of God up to chance. I don’t want to guess about God, I want to know and understand. I urge you to do the same. I try my very best to write blogs that are full of Bible verses so that I might encourage my readers to get in their bibles (or to get a bible if they do not have one). Sadly though, no matter how many verses I include in my blogs it will not be enough! You must work out your own salvation with fear and trembling!~Philippians 2:12~
If you want to read about what must come to pass before the end then please read;
St Matthew chapter 24
Revelations 16
2 Timothy 3:1-5
1 Peter 4:7
Romans 13:12
Once again, I urge not to just read these verses but study your bibles!
Friday, September 24, 2010
Spreading warmth and light
Autumn has arrived and with this lovely season comes shorter days and longer nights. The sky is often gray and the air chilled. This weather often leaves many of us feeling a little down...under the weather, lethargic.
What is it about the autumn that makes us feel so down and tired and lazy? Most people that I've spoken to about this seem to believe that it is the darkness that brings out this melancholy mood from within us. So I thought to myself, what is light? The sunshine is not the only source of light in our lives. I don't know about you but I know a few people in my life that make me feel like the sun is shinning right through me when I am around them. The little things they do to make me smile. The warmth of their closeness, a hug a shared joke or story. When we do something wonderful for someone else, it warms us and it warms them! I guess that is what I am trying to get to then! Don't let these short days run you into a cave to hibernate! Don't miss out on the beauty of the changing leaves and the crisp air or the first few snowfalls and the children's delight at the first round of twenty plus Centermeters of snow...lol.
Be courageous and adventursome and try, just try to look at these changes with childlike wonder! All the children that I know in my neighborhood, play outside from the moment they get home from school until the sun goes down. When they finally wave goodbye to their friends on the way in you can see the great disappointment on their faces at having to go back to the grind...lol. Homework and toothbrushing and bathing, where is the fun in that!
If you are cooped up at work all day in an office or other building, fresh air is probably just what you need! A spin around your neighborhood on your bicycle will get your blood flowing. Once the snow hits there is plenty of opportunity to help shovel yourself and your neighboor out. It is a great way to keep in shape and a great way to do something that will make you and your neighbor feel warmed. Try it! I dare you to ( ;
Oh yeah...PS: Happy shoveling!
What is it about the autumn that makes us feel so down and tired and lazy? Most people that I've spoken to about this seem to believe that it is the darkness that brings out this melancholy mood from within us. So I thought to myself, what is light? The sunshine is not the only source of light in our lives. I don't know about you but I know a few people in my life that make me feel like the sun is shinning right through me when I am around them. The little things they do to make me smile. The warmth of their closeness, a hug a shared joke or story. When we do something wonderful for someone else, it warms us and it warms them! I guess that is what I am trying to get to then! Don't let these short days run you into a cave to hibernate! Don't miss out on the beauty of the changing leaves and the crisp air or the first few snowfalls and the children's delight at the first round of twenty plus Centermeters of snow...lol.
Be courageous and adventursome and try, just try to look at these changes with childlike wonder! All the children that I know in my neighborhood, play outside from the moment they get home from school until the sun goes down. When they finally wave goodbye to their friends on the way in you can see the great disappointment on their faces at having to go back to the grind...lol. Homework and toothbrushing and bathing, where is the fun in that!
If you are cooped up at work all day in an office or other building, fresh air is probably just what you need! A spin around your neighborhood on your bicycle will get your blood flowing. Once the snow hits there is plenty of opportunity to help shovel yourself and your neighboor out. It is a great way to keep in shape and a great way to do something that will make you and your neighbor feel warmed. Try it! I dare you to ( ;
Oh yeah...PS: Happy shoveling!
Monday, August 30, 2010
Back to school-School of life
Shouldn't life be more of something to treasure than to throw away or sit on.
If we took a little time everyday to sit and be quiet, to feed on the word of life, and to ponder what we have read and to search ourselves to find a way to move with faith. How different our lives would be. Can you imagine your life lived out with purpose? I have coasted through life in my past. Following my heart, looking for a sign, waiting...always waiting for something,someone. Then I picked up my bible and started reading. I spent hours reading and pondering, then I began to believe what I was reading. I knew that I believed by the way I actually began to change the way I live. Is this not what faith is? ~Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,the evidence of things not seen.For by it the elders obtained a good report.(Hebrews 11:1+2) What did the elders do to obtain this good report? They did things that seemed outlandish to the people who were around to see. They believed God when no one else would, they did for him things that no one else wanted to do. They lived in a way that pleased the Father and stood to seem ridiculous because of it. I can imagine, just as we do, that these elders sure had it tough at times too, they may have been lonely on their journey too, they may have wanted to cry and give up too, but they didn't. They believed God's promises and wanted to obtain them. And believe it or not~These all died in faith,not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were pilgrims on the earth~(Hebrews 11:13) PILGRIMS~ We are just travelling through,brothers and sisters, so don't get caught up and trapped into serving the distractions that this world has to offer.
We are in these vessels right now, and I pray that we all die in faith, having been persuaded of God's promises and having embraced them. I hope you are confessing to yourself and to others that you are a pilgrim. Our home is Heaven!
If we took a little time everyday to sit and be quiet, to feed on the word of life, and to ponder what we have read and to search ourselves to find a way to move with faith. How different our lives would be. Can you imagine your life lived out with purpose? I have coasted through life in my past. Following my heart, looking for a sign, waiting...always waiting for something,someone. Then I picked up my bible and started reading. I spent hours reading and pondering, then I began to believe what I was reading. I knew that I believed by the way I actually began to change the way I live. Is this not what faith is? ~Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,the evidence of things not seen.For by it the elders obtained a good report.(Hebrews 11:1+2) What did the elders do to obtain this good report? They did things that seemed outlandish to the people who were around to see. They believed God when no one else would, they did for him things that no one else wanted to do. They lived in a way that pleased the Father and stood to seem ridiculous because of it. I can imagine, just as we do, that these elders sure had it tough at times too, they may have been lonely on their journey too, they may have wanted to cry and give up too, but they didn't. They believed God's promises and wanted to obtain them. And believe it or not~These all died in faith,not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were pilgrims on the earth~(Hebrews 11:13) PILGRIMS~ We are just travelling through,brothers and sisters, so don't get caught up and trapped into serving the distractions that this world has to offer.
We are in these vessels right now, and I pray that we all die in faith, having been persuaded of God's promises and having embraced them. I hope you are confessing to yourself and to others that you are a pilgrim. Our home is Heaven!
Friday, July 16, 2010
Life as a spiritual journey
I awoke today with a fresh canvas,a blank page, a clean slate ahead of me.
My first stroke of paint my first word and my first action of the day was to give God the glory for it, to give thanks and to nourish my mind and spirit,body and soul with His merciful and powerful words.
I then fed my children, got dressed and grabbed my MP3 player. I headed outside for an hour long walk, I listened to spiritual songs on my MP3 player, singing and humming along, making a joyful sound. I smiled at everyone I saw. I meditated on God's word as I Walked, letting it fill me up with courrage and strength, peace and joy. I came back home armed with God's armour, ready for the day ahead of me. My day is still playing out as I write these words, but even still, I KNOW that I will be victorious all day long and close my eyes at my day's end as an overcomer! Hallelujah!
What do you nourish yourself with? It is no secret that whatever you put into your body will make it's way out somehow. Is it not safe to say that the same can be applied to every aspect of your life? If you are watching hour upon hour of Television and news reports, and listening to the radio, you will find yourself filled to the brim with and endless supply of useless, often unhealthy information. Just to give you one example of how
the world around us is affecting us, consider our women, our woman are suffering from unhealthy body image and being fed the idea that it is healthy and "normal" to walk around scantily dressed. There is NOTHING normal about allowing random people see as much of your body as your husband would see at your most intimate moments. If this is normal to you, I ask that you please let the idea of your body being something that is to be kept Holy, to tumble around in your mind.
~1 Thessalonians 4:4~ That every one of you should know how to posses his vessel in sanctification and honour
~1 Thessalonians 4:7~ For God hath NOT called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness
Where does that leave our husbands, what honour are we gifting our husbands with if his eyes are not the only eyes that have looked upon our bodies.
Did you know that Jesus taught this," Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, thou shalt not commit adultery:
But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.~ St Matthew 7:27+28~
That being said, how many times do we witness adultery amoung us. It has become the norm to look upon a woman in that manner. It doesn't have to be the norm for you, you have the power to make that change and to help woman to become women of honour. You have the power to help men become men of honour. The choice to turn of the tv, and radio and to
pick up our bibles and start seeing life through God's eyes, through spiritual eyes.It's our choice! How exciting is that!
~ St John 4:23+24~ But the hour cometh, AND NOW IS, when the TRUE worshippers, shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship Him.
God is a spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.
Do yo think that burning incense, listening to Bob Marley or doing some yoga, is what makes a man spiritual? These are wordly things not spiritual things. I have heard people name all sorts of things as what they believe to be spiritual, but I assure you that in order to be spiritual you must stop living a wordly life, start reading your bible, and start living the way God teaches us to live through the Gospel.
~ 1 Corinthians 2:11-14~ For what man knoweth the things of man, save the spirit of man which is in him?Even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man(the general population) receiveth NOT the things of the spirit of GOD:for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerened.
So, if you are listening to music that is obscene and perverted, watching television that is uneducational,perverted and obscene. Reading material that is uneduacational, perverted and obscene, all of which have absolutely nothing to do with God... then what type of life will you be living? What sort of thoughts will you be having? What sorts of conversations and environments will seem normal and acceptable to you? Are you begining to see the point.
If making heaven and pleasing God isn't your goal and priority then by all means continue on in your spirit of error. If, however, you wish to live a life that is pleasing to our Heavenly Father and you want to make Heaven, then you need the way, the truth and the life! His name is Jesus and you can learn the way, the truth and the life by reading your KING JAMES BIBLE!
My first stroke of paint my first word and my first action of the day was to give God the glory for it, to give thanks and to nourish my mind and spirit,body and soul with His merciful and powerful words.
I then fed my children, got dressed and grabbed my MP3 player. I headed outside for an hour long walk, I listened to spiritual songs on my MP3 player, singing and humming along, making a joyful sound. I smiled at everyone I saw. I meditated on God's word as I Walked, letting it fill me up with courrage and strength, peace and joy. I came back home armed with God's armour, ready for the day ahead of me. My day is still playing out as I write these words, but even still, I KNOW that I will be victorious all day long and close my eyes at my day's end as an overcomer! Hallelujah!
What do you nourish yourself with? It is no secret that whatever you put into your body will make it's way out somehow. Is it not safe to say that the same can be applied to every aspect of your life? If you are watching hour upon hour of Television and news reports, and listening to the radio, you will find yourself filled to the brim with and endless supply of useless, often unhealthy information. Just to give you one example of how
the world around us is affecting us, consider our women, our woman are suffering from unhealthy body image and being fed the idea that it is healthy and "normal" to walk around scantily dressed. There is NOTHING normal about allowing random people see as much of your body as your husband would see at your most intimate moments. If this is normal to you, I ask that you please let the idea of your body being something that is to be kept Holy, to tumble around in your mind.
~1 Thessalonians 4:4~ That every one of you should know how to posses his vessel in sanctification and honour
~1 Thessalonians 4:7~ For God hath NOT called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness
Where does that leave our husbands, what honour are we gifting our husbands with if his eyes are not the only eyes that have looked upon our bodies.
Did you know that Jesus taught this," Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, thou shalt not commit adultery:
But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.~ St Matthew 7:27+28~
That being said, how many times do we witness adultery amoung us. It has become the norm to look upon a woman in that manner. It doesn't have to be the norm for you, you have the power to make that change and to help woman to become women of honour. You have the power to help men become men of honour. The choice to turn of the tv, and radio and to
pick up our bibles and start seeing life through God's eyes, through spiritual eyes.It's our choice! How exciting is that!
~ St John 4:23+24~ But the hour cometh, AND NOW IS, when the TRUE worshippers, shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship Him.
God is a spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.
Do yo think that burning incense, listening to Bob Marley or doing some yoga, is what makes a man spiritual? These are wordly things not spiritual things. I have heard people name all sorts of things as what they believe to be spiritual, but I assure you that in order to be spiritual you must stop living a wordly life, start reading your bible, and start living the way God teaches us to live through the Gospel.
~ 1 Corinthians 2:11-14~ For what man knoweth the things of man, save the spirit of man which is in him?Even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man(the general population) receiveth NOT the things of the spirit of GOD:for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerened.
So, if you are listening to music that is obscene and perverted, watching television that is uneducational,perverted and obscene. Reading material that is uneduacational, perverted and obscene, all of which have absolutely nothing to do with God... then what type of life will you be living? What sort of thoughts will you be having? What sorts of conversations and environments will seem normal and acceptable to you? Are you begining to see the point.
If making heaven and pleasing God isn't your goal and priority then by all means continue on in your spirit of error. If, however, you wish to live a life that is pleasing to our Heavenly Father and you want to make Heaven, then you need the way, the truth and the life! His name is Jesus and you can learn the way, the truth and the life by reading your KING JAMES BIBLE!
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Love thy neighbor???
Neighbor: 1: One living or located near another
2: Fellow man
My neighbor on my left side's name is Patrick, he is an exceptional father and a true famliy man.
My neighbor on my right side's name is Fannie, she is a stay at home mother of two, she is a dedicated mother and loves to laugh.
Patrick once found me trying to wrestle the snow from our driveway, he went behind his house for a moment came back with a snowplough and ploughed the whole driveway. This was the first time we had ever talked, he didn't even know my name at the time.
Fannie just moved on to our street about two weeks ago, she introduced herself immediately and we have already exchanged houseplants and gifts for our respective children.
There is a little boy named Steve whom I had the pleasure of meeting last week at the park where I sometimes bring my children. As he was swinging upside down from the monkey bars two blades fell from his napsack. Without ever having spoken to him before, I immediately began to question this boy about where he found those blades and why he had them in his bag. I spent the following hour trying to wrap his 12 year old mind around what it means to pierce the flesh of another human being and draw blood or worse yet, kill. I made him think about what it would be like to have to be sentenced with time in jail and labeled as a murderer.
In the end he understood, I walked him home on the way to my home, each of us holding one hand on either side of my 3 year old whom he played with while we spoke. The boy had a good heart and I can tell he like the way that I spoke to him, he liked being treated like a young adult, because that is what he is. He had begun to think of himself as a degenerate, simply because the people in his life treated him so.
Is it not our responsibility, as fellow human beings, to treat eachother like good neighbors? We love on the same planet and breath the same air and we all bleed blood and must die one day. Our time here is so short, and yet we constantly ignore any chance we have at doing good for one another.
We all watch the news or read the paper, and there is no question that the world is filled to the brim with terrible, nightmarish situations and people. It is easy to chain up our doors and pretend not to see the people around us so as to avoid "potential" dangers or whatever it is people hide from.
We complain about change needing to happen everywhere, but are WE as individuals willing to make the changes within ourselves to suit the outcome that we wish to see?
When I met that little boy Steve, and saw two giant blades slip from his bag, Steve became my own son at that moment, he became my responsibility, simply because he is my neighbor, my fellow man.
Patrick had finished his driveway and could have gone inside and warmed himself with some hot cocoa on that cold winter day, but I am his neighbor, his fellow man and he felt it to be his responsibility to help a woman who was trying to shovel her driveway while attending to her toddler.
Fannie could have pretended not to notice me as I was walking towards my front door, but instead she called out to me to get my attention so that she could introduce herself, she felt it her responsibility to simply exchange pleasantries with her neighbor and fellow man, which in turn created a budding friendship.
I challenge you today to go out there and do some nice things for people who's name's you don't know! We can be mindful of our safety without being rude and unsocial.
2: Fellow man
My neighbor on my left side's name is Patrick, he is an exceptional father and a true famliy man.
My neighbor on my right side's name is Fannie, she is a stay at home mother of two, she is a dedicated mother and loves to laugh.
Patrick once found me trying to wrestle the snow from our driveway, he went behind his house for a moment came back with a snowplough and ploughed the whole driveway. This was the first time we had ever talked, he didn't even know my name at the time.
Fannie just moved on to our street about two weeks ago, she introduced herself immediately and we have already exchanged houseplants and gifts for our respective children.
There is a little boy named Steve whom I had the pleasure of meeting last week at the park where I sometimes bring my children. As he was swinging upside down from the monkey bars two blades fell from his napsack. Without ever having spoken to him before, I immediately began to question this boy about where he found those blades and why he had them in his bag. I spent the following hour trying to wrap his 12 year old mind around what it means to pierce the flesh of another human being and draw blood or worse yet, kill. I made him think about what it would be like to have to be sentenced with time in jail and labeled as a murderer.
In the end he understood, I walked him home on the way to my home, each of us holding one hand on either side of my 3 year old whom he played with while we spoke. The boy had a good heart and I can tell he like the way that I spoke to him, he liked being treated like a young adult, because that is what he is. He had begun to think of himself as a degenerate, simply because the people in his life treated him so.
Is it not our responsibility, as fellow human beings, to treat eachother like good neighbors? We love on the same planet and breath the same air and we all bleed blood and must die one day. Our time here is so short, and yet we constantly ignore any chance we have at doing good for one another.
We all watch the news or read the paper, and there is no question that the world is filled to the brim with terrible, nightmarish situations and people. It is easy to chain up our doors and pretend not to see the people around us so as to avoid "potential" dangers or whatever it is people hide from.
We complain about change needing to happen everywhere, but are WE as individuals willing to make the changes within ourselves to suit the outcome that we wish to see?
When I met that little boy Steve, and saw two giant blades slip from his bag, Steve became my own son at that moment, he became my responsibility, simply because he is my neighbor, my fellow man.
Patrick had finished his driveway and could have gone inside and warmed himself with some hot cocoa on that cold winter day, but I am his neighbor, his fellow man and he felt it to be his responsibility to help a woman who was trying to shovel her driveway while attending to her toddler.
Fannie could have pretended not to notice me as I was walking towards my front door, but instead she called out to me to get my attention so that she could introduce herself, she felt it her responsibility to simply exchange pleasantries with her neighbor and fellow man, which in turn created a budding friendship.
I challenge you today to go out there and do some nice things for people who's name's you don't know! We can be mindful of our safety without being rude and unsocial.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Assault on a gentle spirit
I warn you that the following post is not my usual type of post. It was written on a day that my heart was heavy with burdens. We all have these sorts of days and it is important to remember during trying times, that there is a greater purpose in our life and keeping our minds and hearts on the end goal and on the Word and Ways of God, will keep us from the temptation to fall away from our path.
One day slips into another. Am I happy? Am I doing all that is important and necessary to my happiness. Do my dreams correspond with my final day’s fulfillment?
How difficult the hours of my day are as I try to fulfill my life’s desires while attending to my children my husband, my friends and family, strangers, enemies and loved ones. Everyone demands a moment of my time...My time, the time that becomes increasingly valuable to me as I grow wiser and older and closer to my final moments.
I am a small voice in the vast ocean of egos that assault this air. No one can hear me and no one cares to hear me because most are consumed by their own desires and dramas. I listen to their needs attentively hoping that it will inspire one to return the courtesy. Most never do and never will. This is the world and I must continue to breathe in it even as the air is assaulting my lungs and giving me cancer.
I must smile and forgive even as I feel the next assault coming on.
I am promised a place in the kingdom if I can only remain a pillar on earth. I shall abide because I cannot imagine an eternity without light, without comfort without the king of kings attending to my many wounds. Oh and they are many. My gentle spirit has been through the spin cycle too many times and counting.
What does it all matter anyhow? The money, the glory, the riches, the clothing. The fancy homes and shiny accessories? These things can never bring me the peace that I so dearly crave and need. What I crave, what I need are the molecules, the itsy bitsy fragments of cells in my body that tell my brain to tell me that I am happy and healthy, peaceful and loved. Appreciated and cared for. Everything is so senseless. Glory to God for the way the truth and the life, for without it my life would have no purpose, no form and shape.
Words printed and visible for the eyes to read make my voice louder than it can ever truly be.
~Ecclesiastes 12: 13+14~
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:Fear God, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
For God shall bring every work into judgement, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
One day slips into another. Am I happy? Am I doing all that is important and necessary to my happiness. Do my dreams correspond with my final day’s fulfillment?
How difficult the hours of my day are as I try to fulfill my life’s desires while attending to my children my husband, my friends and family, strangers, enemies and loved ones. Everyone demands a moment of my time...My time, the time that becomes increasingly valuable to me as I grow wiser and older and closer to my final moments.
I am a small voice in the vast ocean of egos that assault this air. No one can hear me and no one cares to hear me because most are consumed by their own desires and dramas. I listen to their needs attentively hoping that it will inspire one to return the courtesy. Most never do and never will. This is the world and I must continue to breathe in it even as the air is assaulting my lungs and giving me cancer.
I must smile and forgive even as I feel the next assault coming on.
I am promised a place in the kingdom if I can only remain a pillar on earth. I shall abide because I cannot imagine an eternity without light, without comfort without the king of kings attending to my many wounds. Oh and they are many. My gentle spirit has been through the spin cycle too many times and counting.
What does it all matter anyhow? The money, the glory, the riches, the clothing. The fancy homes and shiny accessories? These things can never bring me the peace that I so dearly crave and need. What I crave, what I need are the molecules, the itsy bitsy fragments of cells in my body that tell my brain to tell me that I am happy and healthy, peaceful and loved. Appreciated and cared for. Everything is so senseless. Glory to God for the way the truth and the life, for without it my life would have no purpose, no form and shape.
Words printed and visible for the eyes to read make my voice louder than it can ever truly be.
~Ecclesiastes 12: 13+14~
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:Fear God, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
For God shall bring every work into judgement, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
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