Ok so I’ve bared a lot of my experiences, observations, thoughts & opinions on this blog. Two hundred & ninety or so posts, but only a few reading this know much if anything about me.
Since the past doesn’t really matter, I won’t bore you with that, but if a blog is a diary of sorts, what’s my entry for today?
Well, today I am 61 years old & help care for my 85 year old mother who has ALS, aka…Lou Gehrig’s disease. I liquidated or stored most of my belongings and moved from North Carolina to her home here in Florida. I have been here for 3 months or so now.
The community we live in has a 36 hole golf course, several pools, a conference center, tennis courts, work out areas, wilderness trails, a private school, lakes & ponds with fish & skies with hawks & osprey, etc, etc.
They are building 100’s & 100’s of homes in this corridor northeast of Tampa. Life is good for many folks around here, something I have not always been accustomed too.
My days for the most part are free, but I care for my mother after dinner thru the morning….yep, I got the night watch. But you know what….it keeps me outta trouble & I have wonderful natural settings & wildlife all around me & my buddy Roscoe to talk too.
There is a fox den in the hedges, all kinds of water fowl, ospreys, split tails, brown & golden hawks in the air & trees. With bass in the ponds, hogs & deer in the forest, squirrels & bunnies in the yard it’s a beautiful place to go for a stroll. At night we’re just far enough from the big city lights to enjoy star filled nights in between the often rainless thunder & lightning storms.
Having my days free has helped me get reacquainted with this area. My mother has owned this house for over 40 years; so yeah I got some roots & memories of this area. My options are very open. I can reactivate my LLC…Sensory Solutions & Systems….,I can do side work, I can work from home, or I could continue to watch for fox & hawks & see what tomorrow brings.
The Revealing….
One thing very few people know about me is that 14 years or so ago I took an online course & registration to become a Minister. I partly did it just to see if I could qualify & pass….which I did & did. I am not ordained or certified in any particular religion, nor do I want to be, it was more a personal & spiritual goal to accomplish. For years, over 30 really, I have felt God’s calling. But, I was scared. Not of God…but scared of my fellow men & women and of being wrong. The consequences of false prophecy & worship far outweigh the earthly benefits some cater to.
I have a lot of non- traditional Spiritual views. They are Spiritual views because they are not religious views. I am independent & non-denominational. Religion is ceremony, religion is not Church. The Church stands on its own, because it is God’s Temple, Christ’s Body & the Spirits presence is there….if it is a Church first & foremost, rather than a religion by name, label, deed & belief, which is secondary to its main mission which is bringing the Words & Ways of our Lord to the world.
In so many ways religion has clouded the basic spiritual concepts, traditions & realities of Truth, that the average person is left dazed & confused & ultimately disappointed in “religion”.
Church is a Holy place for praise & fellowship with God & each other thru the Holy Spirit in the Lord’s House.
Any religion is a belief of one kind or another that may or may not be worthy of being attached to any Church as defined in the previous paragraph. With religion brings a label, a stigma…True & Free Spirituality has no labels, so it can never be stigmatized.
Unlike so many in our society who chase fame & fortune by bargaining with the devil, I made a pact with God…& I’ll close this post with that pact.
The Oath….
I said, God….I’m scared. I’m scared that this is a false calling. If it is & I ever write, say or do anything that would mislead another person away from You & Your teachings….or if I am or ever become something other than a messenger of Your Words & Deeds….then strike my words & strike me down.
The Promise….
An answer was given to me that said two words & two words only…. “I Promise”.
Those Words & that Oath are sealed in prayer & my words are still here on this blog & in my daily actions & I am still alive to enjoy foxes at night & hawks in the day. To this day I hold to that Oath & that Promise because of all He has & continues to reveal to me.
Praise God, Love Jesus & call on the Spirit & your life will begin to be what you’ve always felt you could be.
Reflections: Bible Book of Job 38-41
New Living Translation, the ending may surprise you as it did me & Proverbs 16:33 sums it up nicely. 🐝✨
Note: If you look closely at the opening pic there’s the small head of a morning dove in the left side of the chimney. All morning she was up there cooing her gentle call, but I guess I was the only one to hear it. 🕊
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