Church or church?

When you read, do you pay attention to details?  For instance, maybe you’ve noticed sometimes in mid sentence it’s a Church…& other times it’s a church.  What’s the difference?  A lot!!!  Your life’s lot.

A church is a building where people gather & get their weekly 90 minute religious fix.  Religion is to me a ritual, a defining of duties to some deity they may or may not have any kind of real relationship with.  Whereas a Church is a building or place that people gather to receive & enhance the spirit within them because His Spirit is all around them & in the Church.

I give those going to church a bit of credit, at least they’re trying.  But, those of you who attend or have been to a true Spirit filled Church, know the difference.

I went to a church once in North Carolina, as I looked around the lady in front of me was texting & scrolling  on her phone almost the whole time.  Why is she even there?  I see children being baby sat in a separate area instead of learning about what Church is all about.

Your spirit resides within you.  Gods Spirit is all around you & Jesus’s Spirit is in the Churches.  Over time the spirit of many men & women has been tarnished.  In our purest form our spirits are translucent with His Light in & all around us.  But, time can melt any metal, so for many their spirit starts to darken, from clear, to gray, to complete darkness.  Faith can be a fickle friend, so if faithful it’s best to surround yourself with others of true faith & keep life’s light strong within you.

Where are these angels in the physical realm found?  Well, in all sorts of places, but on Sunday mornings many will be at a Church strengthening their faith in fellowship, while others simply go to church.

If you do not feel like the Holy Trinity of Father, Son & Spirit resides at your church, find a Church & experience the power of prayer, the passion of praise & the preaching of His promises.  Your spirit will thank you, the Lord will bless you & you’ll want more of what a real Church can deliver…not a ritual, but a true life saving & soul searching relationship with the Lord.

Roman’s Chapter 8 

Freedoms Abuse

 We’ve reached a point in our society where apparently it’s OK & even encouraged to be insane, or at least deranged.  I find that comforting to a degree, cuz if any of these nut jobs wanna analyze, critique, criticize & cut me off…I’ll just play the tape of their life. 

Used to be freedom seekers sought less government, less oppression of personal views, less intrusion in our lives & more opportunities to enhance our lives.   Well guess what cup cake…you got your precious freedoms, but what are you doing with them?

Acting a fool is what you’re doing.  This current administration has put folks in charge not because of qualification, but because of queerification…they’ve been influenced to believe that somehow a man can be a woman or vice versa…& it’s Ok….Hogwash.

For years liberals have used “science” to defend their twisted agendas.  Ok let’s use science…if you can not define a woman or a man…you’ve been disillusioned by depths of deception you obviously can’t see.   You can not have it both ways, use it or lose it.  

Transvestites & those desiring to be something, anything, other than who they are & how they were born have multiple personality syndrome.  No different than someone who says they’re a bear or a bird or a snake or whatever.   Many, many folks have different personalities to one degree or another.  Some may have dozens…it is not their true self, however.  And many folks with this trait have found ways to use it for the cause of good.  Turning a curse into a gift.

What we see today in all sorts of everyday examples is the inner self of many people taking over their physical self.  Or, their spirit, or spirits, are showing themselves. 

Today in our society, the devil & his evil fingers has gotten into the hearts, minds & souls of so many, spiritual cleansing is needed on a National level.

How do you do this?  Well, I believe God is helping us by witnessing the exposure of twisted spirits.  It’s how we as a society react to it…that matters most.  

These folks that can’t decide which side of the fence they wanna be on, or whether to wear pants or a dress, I have no care for…decide or die, your choice not mine.  If you can’t decide who you are physically or mentally you dang sure are not in a good place spiritually.  And the folks that encourage this behavior, that influence young children & confuse them…are even guiltier.  

We’ll all stand before God in the end…you make your own peace, or don’t, it’s only your soul at stake.

Do not use your freedoms to diminish mine.  For my true freedoms you can never take, but He can take yours.  You’ve had plenty of time to decide & times up. 🐝

Provisions

Many years ago in my mid years I had times of great financial stability.  But, I also had a couple years of financial hardships.

It was during one of these life challenges that I had a discussion with my step-father, Bill.  I distinctly remember him saying, “You’re living in a pipe dream, the Lord won’t provide you with anything…you gotta work & earn it.”  I listened to those words, and didn’t say a word.  I didn’t say anything because at that time, I didn’t have a good response, that lesson had yet to really be learned.  But, inside even then I knew his comment although mostly true, wasn’t completely right.

Last year as my moms health faded Bill & I had more time together than ever.  We talked about all sorts of things.  One evening I said, “Bill, you remember telling me the Lord doesn’t provide… years ago?”  He didn’t remember, but I recapped the past memory & offered this:

I said…that was a long time ago & involved the physical realities of financing your life.  It’s true you have to work to earn, as cash is king in the physical realm.  But, what about life at its core, your survival instincts that far too many have lost.  You say God doesn’t provide, well maybe not cash, but He provides hope in the Faith of His promises.  He has said,  “Do the birds worry about where to find food & water?  No, they always seem to survive & find what they need.”  

I continued…First you have to separate wants from needs.  In my mid years that was hard to do, but in my later years it’s a walk in the park.  You see that forest line over there?  That is where I can find all I’ll ever need to survive.  I can walk out there with the clothes on my back & I’ll find a way, cuz He’s shown me the Way.  God created that forest line & the life giving stream it hides & that’s all any of us really need to survive.  And who created it? God….so do not tell me sir that God does not provide because He has since the very beginning of time & always will.  He has provided everything we need, already, we just seem to concentrate on physical & emotional wants, overlooking the natural & spiritual provisions all around us that are more than ample to satisfy our needs.  He has provided me with life saving needs for a long time, but He didn’t start til I shed my desires of physical & emotional wants.

And this time he was the one left with no words.

If everything around you was turned inside out & upside down, if we were taken back to having to use our intellect to enhance our instincts to survive, back to our origins…so many would die from their lack of providing the basic needs of water, food, shelter & warmth for themselves.  They have chased their wants for so long, they take their needs for granted.  Until the day comes where power is out, the stores are shutdown & the gas pumps don’t work.  Now whatcha gonna do?  

Be resourceful, be resolute & be bold in the Faith that God has already provided everything you need.  🐝

Time Continued

So Lord, now that it’s late & the world is mostly asleep, I have a question.  When, if ever, is it my time?  I don’t mean to sound selfish, but I see those living in demonic ways lavishing in luxury, while so many toil in labor.  You know I only wanna glorify You, so why the wait, why so much lapsed time?

“Do you remember the mathematical flash cards at your grandfathers table of learning?  Did you start multiplying 2x2 or adding 2+2.  Of course you added 1st, same as you subtracted before you divided.  How could I possibly teach you to run before you walk?  How could I set examples & signs in place for those special moments in time when everything was in the right place at the right time for the right result?  And, how could you learn book 5 before reading book 3?”

“ This world is learning, it never stops learning.  But I speak of Nature, not man.  For it seems many on this planet have forgotten more than they’ve learned.  Too many young souls spoil your spirit.  They scream and stomp like children in a playpen, but this isn’t a play, that was last week.”

 

Yes Sir, that is another great story.  A truly learning experience for me & those who played important parts & share as witness to Your Glory.  I can not wait to tell “ The Story of Two Studios” but it’s gonna take a bit to write.  But I know Lord with your help, the words will flow like bubbling water over moss stained rocks.  

You know Sir, I really knew why time in my life took so long to unravel.  It was an answer you gave me about a year ago.  Constantly hounded by others over why I do this & why I did that…you put words in my mouth for me, words I hadn’t thought til that very moment in time.   There’s one maybe two witnesses to this.  When asked why I did & do what I do, my response was, I’m in training.  Training.

Training by experiencing every memory You wanted me to have, so at the right time & place it can be recalled.  And, I must say some lessons are spectacular.

“Yes, special effects are one of My specialties.  Now that you’ve been thru so much, were the memories worth it?  Sure you have good & bad memories, but hopefully those first three memories you can recall are good.  But, you know what, there’s many folks whose first memories are not good.   You have had the luxury of a stable upbringing & decent lifestyle, but so so many others do not.  How bout the memory of being raped at 5 years old, or having bombs destroy your home at 6.  Or how bout extreme hunger at 4 years old, so bad your stomach was the size of a pea. How would you like your first memories to be of murder, watching horrible actions by men butchering men, women, children, for no reason other than blood lust.”

“These are some of your fellow inhabitants today on this planet.  The victims remember the horror, evil men & women create & forget it.  And, the beauty of this life is often the victims of the darkest evils, become the brightest light for Good.  While the evil doers fall into an abyss they can’t climb out of.  That’s the way of the Way.” 

“Time catches all, until it stops its chase.  And the chase doesn’t stop until it catches all the tormentors, manipulators, power lusters & evil doers.  It takes a short time to undo what’s been done over a long time.  Get yourself right with yourself 1st, then those around you, then the Nature around you, then the God that loves you.  So many of you have done this, but there is more work to do before time settles from the chase.”

Yes Lord you’ve proven that have to undo to re-do lesson to me, well almost daily recently.  I see the pain & suffering around me, I see the wealthy & powerful having their way, but it’s not Your Way.  But I know in time You will settle the score & Your judgement is final.  To crush evil & uplift good, that was the task You gave me long, long ago.  There have been many victories & time is unbeaten, so I lay all my words & actions at Your feet…judge me Oh Lord & cleanse me of my sins & failures so I only remember the victories of our battles & the ultimate sacrifice You made for us.

You have brought me this far, do not leave me stranded in time, I know You won’t, experience has taught me that.  I thank You Lord for Your time & I thank You for answering my 1st question.  To answer is simple, I’ve reached a point in this life where watch dial time has no over riding hold on me…I’m on my time, Thank You.

“Of course & as always, you’re welcome…anytime.”

 

Book of Mark Chapter 9 ✨✝️🕊  🙏🦅🇺🇸  🐝

Time

 

No one wants to hear least of all listen Lord.  I am all alone surrounded by evil.  There is so much wrong Lord….where do we start…this time.

“It was started long, long ago.  The mountains were mere hills & the rivers but bubbling brooks.  Man’s spirit was brought out of the dust to dwell in this physical realm, where you were given the breath of life & told to adhere to the Words of Life.”

Yes Lord & although difficult we have tried to walk in the Way, but time is ticking, the world is fading, in many places the Word is tarnished & the immorality & falseness of many around me is disturbing.  Battle lines are being devised & the wicked gloat.  I have Faith in the Word & often see the Way to travel, but roadblocks persist, as they have from almost the very beginning.

“Time….Time you say is running out.  I am here, I am not leaving & I am certainly not running out.  What do you fret over time, that can’t be undone, redone & well done.  As men you say…we’re running out of time! If I gave you life, can I not give you more time?”

“As men & women, do you not feel at times that time is endless?  Think about this thought, search your memories, was there ever a time in your present lifetime that you felt time was endless?  Ever a time where you had not a single care of time, you were totally relaxed & care free was your attitude.  No worries, no deadlines, no schedules & no due dates.  Do you have it, are you finding & remembering those special moments in your life where time was of no concern?  Good, that is how your spirit feels when free.  Few can really say they’ve been there.  Few can really say they remember.  But many are those that desire to be there.  And be there you will… in Faith & in Time.”

Lord, my heart settles.  As always You have the Words I need to hear.  All my life You have been there.  You asked me to search my memories, You have Blessed me with so, so many.  So, I search as You have taught & I reflect back to my first memories, my very first in this life. 

As I know the rules…I can only pick three (3) memories.  And, of those three (3), your fave.  My 3rd would be my grandparents huge dining room table.  There with my grandfather learning mathematical flash cards, before I even started kindergarten.  My 2nd would be my grandmothers & aunts cooking. Not just the meals, oh no, but the before & after.  As a child I was curious & observant.  I watched the preparation, the attention to detail & the time spent on a 20 minute dinner, with clean up…could be four hours.  Everything, everything from scratch in old European styles with an American touch.  And the best memory Lord, of that memory…were the subtle aromas & dominant smells.  Just found my good watch, thanks Lord.  Guess that’s a back story for later?

“Yes, some stories are best between us until the right moments in time.  So, you’ve brought Me your 2nd & 3rd earliest & fondest memories, lemme ask you, do you think of these times often?  When in despair, do you reflect on cherished thoughts?  The mysteries so many seek answers to are often left to a solitary search. Your memories stop in this life at around 3 or 4 years old.  By age 5 you were introduced to a whole new world that few at such a young age have ever experienced.  I brought you there in those moments of memory, but they’re more than that, as you know.  I know your fondest & earliest memory, because it’s what started your earliest & fondest dreams.”

Wow, I never thought of it that way ever before.  Again, You’re so right in Your Words.  Since you know it why should I tell it?  But, yes Lord I do think of my grandfathers teaching & my grandmothers cooking, but You know what my #1 (One) is, lemme recall it, it’s not hard cuz I think back on it so very often, at any time.

The forest line at the end of my grandparents vineyard. It was there, where over time, I ventured deeper into unknown greenery & wildlife.  It was there where You first had me listen, really listen to the birds & where You had me watch, really watch, the creatures as they interacted.  From the smallest beetle to the biggest buck deer, You showed me all there was to see in a SouthWest Michigan forest, except a few hazard & dangers, by the time I was six years old.  It was there I learned I had friends, beyond the dining room table of learning & beyond the kitchen of cooking.  This was Your Creation & I am so very grateful for all of it.

“It is that gratitude & not your want it tude that makes Me realize you took that memory to heart.  Of course I knew it all along, but that bestest first memory set the stage for your whole life’s production.  Other folks have other memories & dreams that shape their inner being.  Your outward physical existence is borne of these moments in time where you physically experienced it, or spiritually dreamt it.  What separates the Faithful is good intent.  When the memories are founded in solid teachings & the dreams are of spiritual freedoms it shapes your intentions in the physical realm.  Your inner being, becomes your outer being.  In this world today you see it happening all around you.  Good becomes Better & bad becomes worse…but Good vanquishes all evil…in any given Time.”

Thank You Lord, I gotta get to work, but of course you already know that.  Thanks for the Birds & the Bees 🐝

Time Travel

Time travel…is it possible?  Sure, I do it all the time…in my thoughts & dreams.

But in reality…it’s a bit of a stretch.  But, I do not discount the fact that a very advanced culture could travel space faster & in ways unknown…yet. 

That being said, cuz I did, what’s to say that an  advanced culture couldn’t also have manufactured biologically perfect bodies that they can deliver really… anywhere.  Sounds like a sci-fi movie. But with the advances in technology & biology is it too much of a stretch to think of a “Terminator” reality? After all he said he’d be back too, just no where near as dramatically & with life or death for your soul at stake.

I write many things people don’t want to hear.  But it’s only because they’ve ignored the Truth for so long it’s now a part of their inner being.  People have asked me, “how does the Lord work?”  The answer is quite easy.

When your Father controls time & your Mother is the force of Nature….what other resources could you possibly need to accomplish your task, your work, your dreams.  This question of how does He do it is also quite easy to grasp when you realize all the help His Faithful provide not just Him…but each other.

Yet, today we live in a world of constant change driven by spite, greed, lust, envy, power, wealth & hate.  Evil plots to over throw any & all Good in its way.  The common man says we are doomed, when will it end.  But, the righteous man remembers when wars were fought with guns & bullets.  Now, our Freedoms are threatened by wealth & power lust.  Where if you got enough cash you can change the world…well Bill Gates & others like him may change things temporarily, but Gods Word has & will live forever.

Bad enough we have battles on the perimeter with our border, to me the real threat to this country is from the inside.  From the inside of the dragons belly that’s constantly hungry.  Rich & powerful men & women that have relationships & connections have access to changing your world.  Our basic freedoms of choice in transportation, diet, leisure, life style & finance are being threatened as well as property ownership.  All these basic rights we take for granted, until gone.

There are many reasons we are where we are.  But, it’s all part of His masterful plan & one way or the other you’re part of it, whether you wanna believe or not.

So, time travel, is it possible?  Yes, in one of two ways. Physically thru some sort of bio/tech & propulsion we do not have, but other planets may.  Or, Spiritually.  Wait…What?

Yes, you heard me correctly, your spirit can travel, has traveled, will travel & wants to travel if in the Faith of Gods Words you live.  How can he say that, some ask. Well, doesn’t Gods Word say “we are created in His image”& doesn’t our Lord say, “All these things you’ve seen me do, you also have the power to do?”  These being fact, do you think God & Jesus can time travel?  If you answered yes, then guess what, you’re a time traveler.  Pretty cool how I just elevated your spirit a bit with that one 😎Thank you Lord…for words of clarity.

You see to me that’s one of the biggest problems with cultures & society’s today…they’ve lost touch with their spirit.  We live in a physical world that if left unchecked will absorb & devour our spirit & leave us as dust in the wind, never to travel again.  

Leaders across the world play God instead of worshipping Him.  This was satans downfall & it will be theirs as well, don’t let it be yours.  I am not a sinless man,  I am not perfect, I am only human.  But with Gods Grace we can shed our sins, live a faithful life & strive to be as perfect as humanly possible.

Me personally I’m tired of writing & talking about it…I wanna live my dreams & travel the path the Lord puts in front of me.  All for the Glory of the Coming King.

AMEN. 

Nashville

 I’ve been to Nashville three times that I can recall.

I’ll save the 1st for the last.  The 2nd  visit was in 2008 and is documented in the previous post.

The 3rd trip was in April of 2018 & I went with my wife at the time.  We had a great time visiting the same friends I did in 2008.  But, I also experienced more of the Broadway scene then previously.  It was at that special time in my life when I met Whitey Johnson, Hunter Girl (before American Idol even knew she existed) & Tootsies multiple stage club.

The parks & statues were yet untouched by the ignorance of folks wanting to destroy the past so they can make the same mistakes again & again & again.

Tennesseeans have a long history of Statesmanship.  Patriotic duty, forming friendships & good Ol Country & Blues music to help chase down the shine are all part of Rocky Top hospitality…& I enjoyed & appreciated it all three times I’ve been there.  Thank you so much.

To be continued…..maybe.  🎻🪕🦅🇺🇸

 

2nd Peter & Letter to Titus.

4/23/23 11:50 PM EST 🐝