CLUTTER .... that stuff that creeps in on you unaware .... the socks that multiply and divide in the laundry .... the "good causes" you become involved in and then find you get to keep all the stuff you couldn't get rid of .... The family thing .... moving in .... moving out and they never take all their stuff ... Each trip back means a few more boxes get left behind .... and sometimes pets .... SIGH!! .....
Parents who were born and raised during the great depression ... impressed upon young minds the need to NEVER THROW ANYTHING AWAY .... you might need it someday .... Or the "Don't throw it away .... there are a lot of poor folks who would give their right arm to have "that" ..... and HOARDING was born!! .......
Somewhere in this journey.... there has to be a sense of humor .... along with a "Snoopy " exclaimation of "GOOD GREIF!!!" ..... only .. sigh ... I wouldn't exactly call this type of grief good .... exasperating yes .... overwhelming obviously, ..... discouraging somewhat ..... I lost sight of my "mole hill" years ago and the next time I looked it was a mountianous mound of STUFF that I had no idea what to do with or the energy to dismantle ..... All said and done it was designated to a "spare room" ..... then another "spare room" .... only problem was there were people mixed in with this "clutter" I HAD PEOPLE & ANIMAL CLUTTER" ......
People CLUTTER is where you "collect" people .... not because you thnk about it .... it just kind of happens .... then the animals .... same thing .... YOU SEE A NEED, YOU CALCULATE THE "SPARE AREAS" IN YOUR HOUSE ...... sigh .... you think "I have room" ..... then you open mouth and invite them in ...... WAAAH-LAAAA .... they come with stuff .... they take up room and they never leave with all of it .... So ... you keep it for them hoping they will come back after it someday .... (animals come with fur, fur and dust bunnies love each other ..... so you get extra hairy dust bunnies .... LONG HAIRED DUST BUNNIES ..... and an assortment of other stuff ..... )
It's not easy for Babyboomers to throw stuff away, were the generation from 1946 to 1964. Our parents were considered the Tradionalists 1945 and before .... Our parents were WW1 & WW2 babies .... and grew up when you didn't throw things away ..... Our generation grew up hearing "Don't throw it away we can fix it or someone may need it ..... Our kids grew up among junk room's, boxes and storage areas full of treasure hunts ......
Monday, September 4, 2017
Saturday, February 6, 2016
The Journey of Seeking Truth Part # 3
In April 2015 .... I began writing about my Journey of Morphing ...... "God can fix anything"
On August 29th 2015 .... I came to a place in my life where some changes began to take place ..... (seeing Seeking Truth part # 2)
On February 5th & 6th 2016 ..... I entered another phase in my life .... For several days I have again been wrestling with emotions, feelings and such ..... My job has been on the high end of drama central, and I have had to pretend I am watching a drama show on TV and detach from all personal emotions, feelings, opinions etc etc .....
Five days a week I work, breathe and sit in a "fish bowl" so to speak .... I am the complaint department, the counselor, the "bad guy", the "good guy" the coordinator, the Ear and the Shoulder for anyone who needs an ear or shoulder ..... a babysitter, "Mom" .... the "Advice Giver" .... The Referee, and any other hat that may be needed by someone .... and it's not because I chose to play the roles .... it is the job it's self that brings all these hats on my head to bear. Then there is my actual job ..... book keeping, payroll, reports, finances, janitor ..... and occasionally a maintenance person.
Five days a week I "suck it up" put on a smile .... (or at least try to ... ) dress up .... and try to appear and act professional for the world I live in. Five days a week I live, breathe and function as "the top of the heap" so to speak ..... there is no one else .... There's no living breathing human being to confide in, talk to, discuss problems, issues, and situations ..... there's no ear to bend or shoulder to lean on .... there's no debriefing rooms to unload, there's no company counselor to go talk to, there's no ONE .....
My only resource is Prayer! ..... a.k.a. talking to God. ...... and yes He does answer but sometimes ..... sometimes the roar of the week, the storms that roll in, and the waves of human suffering, human error, human stubbornness, human emotions are so loud they overwhelm me and I have to fight to hear that still small voice speaking ......
Then add to that "MY LIFE" ..... that's my family and those I am close to .... add to that the normal daily things that occur in any family .... housework, laundry, bill paying, feeding, walking & doctoring animals and for us it is getting one or two wheelburrow loads of wood a night no matter if your sick, cold, hurting in pain, or wore out and hauling it into the house and stacking it by the wood stove). Then add your kids, add your parents, add your siblings, add some grandchildren, and extended family, .... throw in a few pets, a mortgage, medical bills, health issues, and you have just your every day run of the mill life for us as we know it .....
Adding to this my step mom who is skitzophrenic and now has dementia who lives with us and I take care of and "Gpa" an elderly man who I agreed to help take care of because he had no one .... So add two people who are totally dependent on me for everything ...... doctor & medical needs appointments, hair appointments, groceries, bills, laundry, .. you name it .... to my already full schedule.
...... and up till a month or so ago ..... add two more days a week (that's the weekend) where I was getting involved in my new church ...... Saturdays was Ladies Prayer then of course Sunday .... church ..... I was doing good with the skirts and no earrings "thing" ..... I was doing what pleased those that were my new "Acquaintances ..... I wouldn't truthfully say "FRIEND over anyone ....
(I use the word "friend" very sparingly .... Yes I do have a real friend; her and I have been friends for 25 years .... sometimes when you have the real thing you just judge all others by this relationship.) ...... anyway .... we had some really bitter cold weather .... and yes I had been doing the skirt thing .... But .... finally one Friday night to Saturday morning our house was so cold my lower legs felt like ice sickles all night and by Saturday morning I was chilled to the bone .... I called our Ladies Prayer Leader and ask her if it would be a problem if I wore pants because I was freezing and couldn't bare to change out of the pants I had on ..... she said "You can wear whatever you feel you need to sister" ..... SO I DID ..... a shifting of the attitudes occured that day .... from being "embraced" to being shunned!! ..... from kindness to outright biting words, replies and sharp comments ..... WHOA??!! Then there was church .... I thought .... I hoped it was my imagination ..... but the stand off behavior has continued even though I wore a skirt the following Saturday and always wear skirts to church .... the treatment was still the same. ....... and I realize she is just one person ..... BUT ..... she was the one person I usually went to, to talk ..... like so many other churches ...... the "locals" and the "family line" tend to "click" and if you are outside the circle ...... God help you ...... 8 months of trying to fit in attending dinner's, functions and what have you 8 months of sitting at a table or being told to find another table because that table was saved ....... 8 months of putting myself out there, 8 months of holding my hand out for a "friend" ?? ...... 8 months and "the net" is still empty ......
On August 29th 2015 .... I came to a place in my life where some changes began to take place ..... (seeing Seeking Truth part # 2)
On February 5th & 6th 2016 ..... I entered another phase in my life .... For several days I have again been wrestling with emotions, feelings and such ..... My job has been on the high end of drama central, and I have had to pretend I am watching a drama show on TV and detach from all personal emotions, feelings, opinions etc etc .....
Five days a week I work, breathe and sit in a "fish bowl" so to speak .... I am the complaint department, the counselor, the "bad guy", the "good guy" the coordinator, the Ear and the Shoulder for anyone who needs an ear or shoulder ..... a babysitter, "Mom" .... the "Advice Giver" .... The Referee, and any other hat that may be needed by someone .... and it's not because I chose to play the roles .... it is the job it's self that brings all these hats on my head to bear. Then there is my actual job ..... book keeping, payroll, reports, finances, janitor ..... and occasionally a maintenance person.
Five days a week I "suck it up" put on a smile .... (or at least try to ... ) dress up .... and try to appear and act professional for the world I live in. Five days a week I live, breathe and function as "the top of the heap" so to speak ..... there is no one else .... There's no living breathing human being to confide in, talk to, discuss problems, issues, and situations ..... there's no ear to bend or shoulder to lean on .... there's no debriefing rooms to unload, there's no company counselor to go talk to, there's no ONE .....
My only resource is Prayer! ..... a.k.a. talking to God. ...... and yes He does answer but sometimes ..... sometimes the roar of the week, the storms that roll in, and the waves of human suffering, human error, human stubbornness, human emotions are so loud they overwhelm me and I have to fight to hear that still small voice speaking ......
Then add to that "MY LIFE" ..... that's my family and those I am close to .... add to that the normal daily things that occur in any family .... housework, laundry, bill paying, feeding, walking & doctoring animals and for us it is getting one or two wheelburrow loads of wood a night no matter if your sick, cold, hurting in pain, or wore out and hauling it into the house and stacking it by the wood stove). Then add your kids, add your parents, add your siblings, add some grandchildren, and extended family, .... throw in a few pets, a mortgage, medical bills, health issues, and you have just your every day run of the mill life for us as we know it .....
Adding to this my step mom who is skitzophrenic and now has dementia who lives with us and I take care of and "Gpa" an elderly man who I agreed to help take care of because he had no one .... So add two people who are totally dependent on me for everything ...... doctor & medical needs appointments, hair appointments, groceries, bills, laundry, .. you name it .... to my already full schedule.
...... and up till a month or so ago ..... add two more days a week (that's the weekend) where I was getting involved in my new church ...... Saturdays was Ladies Prayer then of course Sunday .... church ..... I was doing good with the skirts and no earrings "thing" ..... I was doing what pleased those that were my new "Acquaintances ..... I wouldn't truthfully say "FRIEND over anyone ....
(I use the word "friend" very sparingly .... Yes I do have a real friend; her and I have been friends for 25 years .... sometimes when you have the real thing you just judge all others by this relationship.) ...... anyway .... we had some really bitter cold weather .... and yes I had been doing the skirt thing .... But .... finally one Friday night to Saturday morning our house was so cold my lower legs felt like ice sickles all night and by Saturday morning I was chilled to the bone .... I called our Ladies Prayer Leader and ask her if it would be a problem if I wore pants because I was freezing and couldn't bare to change out of the pants I had on ..... she said "You can wear whatever you feel you need to sister" ..... SO I DID ..... a shifting of the attitudes occured that day .... from being "embraced" to being shunned!! ..... from kindness to outright biting words, replies and sharp comments ..... WHOA??!! Then there was church .... I thought .... I hoped it was my imagination ..... but the stand off behavior has continued even though I wore a skirt the following Saturday and always wear skirts to church .... the treatment was still the same. ....... and I realize she is just one person ..... BUT ..... she was the one person I usually went to, to talk ..... like so many other churches ...... the "locals" and the "family line" tend to "click" and if you are outside the circle ...... God help you ...... 8 months of trying to fit in attending dinner's, functions and what have you 8 months of sitting at a table or being told to find another table because that table was saved ....... 8 months of putting myself out there, 8 months of holding my hand out for a "friend" ?? ...... 8 months and "the net" is still empty ......
TILL THEY ALL COLLIDE AND YOU ARE TRAPPED IN THE MIDDLE WITH NO WHERE TO TURN OR GO ..... at 60+ years of age I have come to a point where I am just about over trying.
.... Since this incident ..... my pants have gone back on for the most part .... I do wear skirts to church out of respect for the Pastor .... and during the holidays my hubby ask that I don my earrings .... he thought they looked better in then out. .... so all said and done .... my earrings are back in during the week. ........ God is still speaking to me .... despite my choices of wearing my earrings and pants .... again ..... and ..... I am seriously considering becoming a RECLUSE 2 DAYS A WEEK @ LEAST!
Morphing Journey Continues .... God can fix anything!
Took a side trip with "You can't fix Stupid" .... been a rough few months .... I know exactly how that poor butterfly feels having to contort and squeeze it's wings and body through that tiny opening .... WHEW!! ....... crushing is more like it .... painful and agonizing ..... still dazed from the experience.
It is difficult to describe in a "few words" this part of the journey .... but I know God is doing something .... I feel like the blob of clay all smushed onto the potters wheel .... whirling round and round .... being pushed and spun in a dizzying circle. ..... As I am being shaped and formed I am feeling scared and unsure, I see the "old me" cracked, broken & useless on the shelf, and the new me as a blob who is being formed into beautiful and new vessel, fit for the Master's use .....
Can God fix things ? He certianly can! ..... Some of the greatest stories are people who God fixed ... Saul/Paul .... on the road to Damascus .... My brother ... from drugs to ministry ..... Peter, from denying Christ to the rock He built His church on ...... many many people in my life I know personally who have gone from drugs, alcohol, a life of crime, etc ... etc ... not believing there is a God to being used mightily of God in ministry and other amazing avenues.
There is a journey each person has to take .... no one can walk it for you ..... you have to take the first steps ..... by yourself.
The fabric of my journey is being woven with many people of colorful threads ..... For some the fabric of their journey may be things or circumstances ..... God knows what kind of threads you need in the fabric that will best suit your "vessel".
My journey has gone from desiring to be with people to feeling almost allergic to the human race as a whole. This may sound funny but .... I often perfer to be alone when I can, the thought of entertaining, visiting or being in a group of people almost causes me to bolt and run .... My job .... is "people" .... I spend 5 days a week with various people from all kinds of "backgrounds, lifestyles and choices" I talk to them, listen to them, watch them .... I watch their faces, listen to their individual stories .... assess what is truth and what is embellished ..... I must respond at times to various information, and act on presented facts ..... I must be able to distinguish the truth from untruth .... all the time processing paperwork, paperwork, paperwork ..... I have to multitask .... well listening and assessing ..... and trying to do my job to the best of my ability. ..... I have people who I must assign tasks to and make financial decisions over needs and maintenance issues ....
It is difficult to describe in a "few words" this part of the journey .... but I know God is doing something .... I feel like the blob of clay all smushed onto the potters wheel .... whirling round and round .... being pushed and spun in a dizzying circle. ..... As I am being shaped and formed I am feeling scared and unsure, I see the "old me" cracked, broken & useless on the shelf, and the new me as a blob who is being formed into beautiful and new vessel, fit for the Master's use .....
Can God fix things ? He certianly can! ..... Some of the greatest stories are people who God fixed ... Saul/Paul .... on the road to Damascus .... My brother ... from drugs to ministry ..... Peter, from denying Christ to the rock He built His church on ...... many many people in my life I know personally who have gone from drugs, alcohol, a life of crime, etc ... etc ... not believing there is a God to being used mightily of God in ministry and other amazing avenues.
There is a journey each person has to take .... no one can walk it for you ..... you have to take the first steps ..... by yourself.
My journey has gone from desiring to be with people to feeling almost allergic to the human race as a whole. This may sound funny but .... I often perfer to be alone when I can, the thought of entertaining, visiting or being in a group of people almost causes me to bolt and run .... My job .... is "people" .... I spend 5 days a week with various people from all kinds of "backgrounds, lifestyles and choices" I talk to them, listen to them, watch them .... I watch their faces, listen to their individual stories .... assess what is truth and what is embellished ..... I must respond at times to various information, and act on presented facts ..... I must be able to distinguish the truth from untruth .... all the time processing paperwork, paperwork, paperwork ..... I have to multitask .... well listening and assessing ..... and trying to do my job to the best of my ability. ..... I have people who I must assign tasks to and make financial decisions over needs and maintenance issues ....
Saturday, August 29, 2015
The Journey of "Seeking Truth" Part 2
It's been a long night of "wrestle mania" .... Whew is all I can say .... There are places we come to in our journey's that we encounter "Ourselves" it is at these places we sometimes become entangled with "The TRUTH" .... someone else had some wrestlings with the TRUTH too .. in the Bible .....
Genesis 32: 22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. v23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over all that he had. v24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. v25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. v26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaks. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. v27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
v28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince thou hast power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. v29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. v30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Wrestlings .... oh my, oh my .... The whole crux of the matter is .... CHANGE .... and the ideas, ideal's, concepts, motives and attitudes .... come under fire ..... it's down on the "mat" time and the round begins .... only this wrestling match is just a ONE ROUNDER .... cause I was determined to not let go till I had an answer ..... The Journey of Seeking Truth part #1 was me going into the match ...... so much built up in my mind and emotions I wasn't sure where to begin. This morning the answer came .... SOFTLY .... not in blaring lights or loud trumpets of victory... but in a gentle soft resolve .... a whisper of an answer .... I had to CHOSE to listen to.
THE ANSWER ..... was not that of loud demands or threats of annihilation ..... it was not an overwhelming "THIS IS THE WAY TO DO THIS" ..... but a soft gentle whisper almost totally unrecognizable. ..... Deep inside me .... It's still so new I am not sure about it .... I am afraid to even hardly move .... like a shy kitten who may bolt at any moment .... But I know .... it is there like the smallest seed, planted in furrowed fertilized soil ..... one small seed!! ...... I must water it with obedience ..... was reading a Pastor ' Facebook page .... I hope this isn't wrong but I have to post what he wrote .....
By: Tom Springer .... Can I tell you something else this morning? The Holy Spirit, God right down here in the now, God with us, can be grieved, blasphemed, hindered, quenched and resisted. That cannot be said of God in Heaven and is not said. But, it is said of the Holy Spirit. So, we just honor, honor, honor the form of God not present, while resisting if by no other means, then marginalizing the form of God’s very presence. I sometimes wonder how grieved, how hindered, how quenched He actually is. I know this, where He is honored, sought after, daily experienced divine life flows easily, like promised, like a river. I know this, where we mind the things concerning the Spirit, condemnation lifts off us and we have life and peace with God. I know that because of experience, I know that because the B.I.B.L.E tells me so.
This piece here, this morning .... finally allowed the smallest of voices to become audible in my spirit. The struggle will be to walk in this newness .... to obey what I know I have to do ..... BUT .... let me make this perfectly clear ..... this is AN ANSWER FOR ME !! not the world, not my friends or family not anyone else ..... it has become MY CHOICE ..... and I choose this day whom I will serve .
.... Ok so what was the struggle?? ....... my concepts, ideals and attitudes about my appearances .... my hair, my, earrings, and my mode of dress .... although my mode of dress was resolved a while ago. .... and yes I have choosen to wear a skirt or dress and not pants ..... (and yes sometimes when I have to do a man's job because of who I am and what I do for a living and because we own our own home and sometimes you have to just DO IT ... cause you can't afford to hire anyone .... I will have to don pants .... ) other then that ... I am trusting God to provide for me the necessary needed apparel to wear to accommodate this change. ..... BUT ..... YES .... back to the struggle .... my earrings and hair .... oh me, oh my ..... TRUST was an issue ..... I was able to trust God for the provision of skirts and dresses BUT ..... I DID NOT WANT TO ENTERTAIN, THINK ON OR EVEN CONSIDER I COULD TRUST HIM WITH THE EAR-LOBES AND MY HAIR SITUATION !! sigh !!!!! again it was a long night of wrestlings ..... My earrings were a major thing ..... to me .... they were a symbol, and a part of me .... they were a comfort and a constant companion. ........ They had become a small idol!! ....... I was at war over them in my mind and heart ....... YET ...... YET ..... I knew I had to tear down all idols in my life .... I kept hearing .... "yet I have somewhat against you" .... deep down inside me ..... that still small voice. ...... then this morning .... actually within the last few minutes ..... I am hearing stronger inside me this peaceful still voice gentle and kind ..... "if you can trust Me with your clothes, you can trust Me with your earlobes and hair ..... I will provide!! ......... PROVISION .... let me share with you ..... I have not owned a dress or skirt for years ..... about 2 or 3 years ago a skirt came into my posession and I just kept it .... I couldn't get rid of it .... actually it kind of got buried in my wardrobe .... then my daughter left me a black dress .... it was her grandmother's ..... again I thought I'd keep it for sentimental reasons ..... I wore pants to church for years and continued to wear them to this new church ..... for a time .... then one day I got out the dress then the skirt to wear .... I shared with others I didn't have any skirts or dresses except the two pieces and ask God to provide ..... I was TRULY BLESSED!! with a whole new wardrobe. ....... SOOOO .... back to this new territory of my earlobes and hair ..... I am taking a stand God will provide because that ...... mirror in my bathroom really dictates to me on a daily basis who I am, how I feel and how I look ...... as a woman .... I have it ingrained in me by our culture THIS IS IMPORTANT!! ........ BUT ........ THE HOLY SPIRIT is now ingraining in me how I am ADORNED INSIDE IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT!! ........... so .... my TRUTH SEEKING Journey is under way again ....... Blessings !!
Genesis 32: 22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. v23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over all that he had. v24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. v25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. v26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaks. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. v27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
v28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince thou hast power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. v29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. v30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Wrestlings .... oh my, oh my .... The whole crux of the matter is .... CHANGE .... and the ideas, ideal's, concepts, motives and attitudes .... come under fire ..... it's down on the "mat" time and the round begins .... only this wrestling match is just a ONE ROUNDER .... cause I was determined to not let go till I had an answer ..... The Journey of Seeking Truth part #1 was me going into the match ...... so much built up in my mind and emotions I wasn't sure where to begin. This morning the answer came .... SOFTLY .... not in blaring lights or loud trumpets of victory... but in a gentle soft resolve .... a whisper of an answer .... I had to CHOSE to listen to.
THE ANSWER ..... was not that of loud demands or threats of annihilation ..... it was not an overwhelming "THIS IS THE WAY TO DO THIS" ..... but a soft gentle whisper almost totally unrecognizable. ..... Deep inside me .... It's still so new I am not sure about it .... I am afraid to even hardly move .... like a shy kitten who may bolt at any moment .... But I know .... it is there like the smallest seed, planted in furrowed fertilized soil ..... one small seed!! ...... I must water it with obedience ..... was reading a Pastor ' Facebook page .... I hope this isn't wrong but I have to post what he wrote .....
By: Tom Springer .... Can I tell you something else this morning? The Holy Spirit, God right down here in the now, God with us, can be grieved, blasphemed, hindered, quenched and resisted. That cannot be said of God in Heaven and is not said. But, it is said of the Holy Spirit. So, we just honor, honor, honor the form of God not present, while resisting if by no other means, then marginalizing the form of God’s very presence. I sometimes wonder how grieved, how hindered, how quenched He actually is. I know this, where He is honored, sought after, daily experienced divine life flows easily, like promised, like a river. I know this, where we mind the things concerning the Spirit, condemnation lifts off us and we have life and peace with God. I know that because of experience, I know that because the B.I.B.L.E tells me so.
This piece here, this morning .... finally allowed the smallest of voices to become audible in my spirit. The struggle will be to walk in this newness .... to obey what I know I have to do ..... BUT .... let me make this perfectly clear ..... this is AN ANSWER FOR ME !! not the world, not my friends or family not anyone else ..... it has become MY CHOICE ..... and I choose this day whom I will serve .
.... Ok so what was the struggle?? ....... my concepts, ideals and attitudes about my appearances .... my hair, my, earrings, and my mode of dress .... although my mode of dress was resolved a while ago. .... and yes I have choosen to wear a skirt or dress and not pants ..... (and yes sometimes when I have to do a man's job because of who I am and what I do for a living and because we own our own home and sometimes you have to just DO IT ... cause you can't afford to hire anyone .... I will have to don pants .... ) other then that ... I am trusting God to provide for me the necessary needed apparel to wear to accommodate this change. ..... BUT ..... YES .... back to the struggle .... my earrings and hair .... oh me, oh my ..... TRUST was an issue ..... I was able to trust God for the provision of skirts and dresses BUT ..... I DID NOT WANT TO ENTERTAIN, THINK ON OR EVEN CONSIDER I COULD TRUST HIM WITH THE EAR-LOBES AND MY HAIR SITUATION !! sigh !!!!! again it was a long night of wrestlings ..... My earrings were a major thing ..... to me .... they were a symbol, and a part of me .... they were a comfort and a constant companion. ........ They had become a small idol!! ....... I was at war over them in my mind and heart ....... YET ...... YET ..... I knew I had to tear down all idols in my life .... I kept hearing .... "yet I have somewhat against you" .... deep down inside me ..... that still small voice. ...... then this morning .... actually within the last few minutes ..... I am hearing stronger inside me this peaceful still voice gentle and kind ..... "if you can trust Me with your clothes, you can trust Me with your earlobes and hair ..... I will provide!! ......... PROVISION .... let me share with you ..... I have not owned a dress or skirt for years ..... about 2 or 3 years ago a skirt came into my posession and I just kept it .... I couldn't get rid of it .... actually it kind of got buried in my wardrobe .... then my daughter left me a black dress .... it was her grandmother's ..... again I thought I'd keep it for sentimental reasons ..... I wore pants to church for years and continued to wear them to this new church ..... for a time .... then one day I got out the dress then the skirt to wear .... I shared with others I didn't have any skirts or dresses except the two pieces and ask God to provide ..... I was TRULY BLESSED!! with a whole new wardrobe. ....... SOOOO .... back to this new territory of my earlobes and hair ..... I am taking a stand God will provide because that ...... mirror in my bathroom really dictates to me on a daily basis who I am, how I feel and how I look ...... as a woman .... I have it ingrained in me by our culture THIS IS IMPORTANT!! ........ BUT ........ THE HOLY SPIRIT is now ingraining in me how I am ADORNED INSIDE IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT!! ........... so .... my TRUTH SEEKING Journey is under way again ....... Blessings !!
Friday, August 28, 2015
The Journey of "Seeking Truth"
What is TRUTH?
John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
1st John 1:4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
v5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. v6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: v7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin. v8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us
John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
v5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. v6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: v7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin. v8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us
John 3:21 But he that does truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
John 4:23 But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeks such to worship him. v24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
I think ... for everyone who just wants the truth, seeking it and the journey is 99% of the battle. But truth be told TRUTH is like a gold mine .... a vein here and a vein there running through the mountain of false statements, ideals, teachings & lies, man made customs, cultures and practices, born from generation to generation .... but once you get a taste of TRUTH, your like a blood hound on a search to find it .... then you need to find more and more .....
Years of growing up and attending several different religious denominations .... Each one having their own set of rules, beliefs and culturally accepted practices ..... has brought me to this place in my life. ......
In each different belief system there has been accepted things and taboos" and "no no's" accepted as "sacred, scriptural & spiritual" ...... In each setting there is those who comply readily, those who do for a season and those who question after a time ....... It is "those who question things after a time" I probably fall into more often then not ...... and for me it is like a nemesis to me .... ( for those who want the actual meaning of "nemesis") it is a noun, plural nemeses [nem-uh-seez] 1.something a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.: (The performance test proved to be my nemesis.)
2.opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome.
This seeking truth of all things isn't always my friend .... I find I loose more friends and make more "enemies" then I can count ..... simply because somethings I can't just accept as TRUTH what they tell me .....
TRUTH .... despite it's cost is like owning priceless jewels, diamonds and gold! .... Once you find it you hid it deep inside and cling to it, protect it and hold onto it ......
So ..... what if ..... you come across a situation, where you end up in a place that you truly love ... And you hear the truth spoken not just a smattering or a goodly helping, Not the truth mingled with some man made customs and practices but the REAL TRUTH? ...... BUT ........ along with this rare find of pure gold TRUTH ..... is others who adhere to "things & beliefs", .... customs that have been accepted as"truth" that you know different ..... Not that you couldn't abide by the practices or customs but as a principle that has been ingrained so deeply in you to KNOW THE TRUTH ..... that now the conflict begins again .....
John 4:23 But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeks such to worship Him. ....... We are to worship in spirit and TRUTH ...... again ... what is truth? ...... I attended a Bible Study for a season .... It was awesome .... We sang, we worshipped then we studied the Word ..... Sigh!! ..... Then the leader began to insist we hang up anything from the outside world and get into worship ..... like NOW !!! ..... and there was nothing wrong with the basic concept ..... EXCEPT .... I literally left work in the evening and drove the mile and a half to the Bible Study ..... with literally sometimes the "world on my shoulders" .... I needed .... a few minutes to shake it off and get with it ...... BUT ..... that's not what the leader really had in mind ..... I loved this person dearly ..... they would spend sometimes hours prior to coming to lead the study in prayer and worship ..... some of us who attended came directly from our jobs and the world outside ..... I could not fake it and would not fake it ..... How could I fake worship in spirit and truth if I had to fake it ... It may have been in some kind of "spirit" but definitely not in TRUTH!
From there crept in some "false teachings". When I confronted the leader in regards to some of the "false teaching" they were not receptive ..... I showed them scripturally that it was a false teaching ..... NOTHING ..... and sadly I had to choose not to go back.
So what is the big "situation" now you ask? ........ actually over the years I had been acquainted with several people from this particular line of beliefs ..... all women, all really nice people ....... BUT .... sadly prone to lying .... one precious lady who I worked with informed me after I caught her in a rather bold face lie .... "that it was ok to tell me anything she wanted because I was going to hell anyway"...... (this was after we had, had numerous discussions about our identical shared beliefs in Jesus Christ. ) yep .... I was hurt!! baffled!! and totally taken off guard! ) Another fine lady was a business owner of a hobby store, I stopped by one day thinking I would become involved in this particular hobby I use to find great pleasure in doing .... matter of fact had done for some years so I was fairly knowledgeable. As I began to ask her questions she began to"tell me things I knew different" ..... I tried to ask questions several different ways feeling maybe she didn't understand me .... NOP! .... she was just being her religious self and lying!! .... I was wearing clothing, jewelry and had my hairstyle in opposition to her religious beliefs. ....... so now what's my dilemma? ..... I am smack dab .... @ a church where 1/2 of the population believe like this .... and the other half really still believe like this but is willing to accept those who dress & look different .... BUT still feel that you may be going to hell and unable to have the Holy Spirit unless you stop wearing jewelry & stop cutting your hair. ...... and the Pastor is awesome and just preaches the truth and doesn't touch these issues .... He feels it's for me to decide.
So what have I decided?? .... THAT I AM WADING THROUGH A VERY DEEP MUDDY SITUATION ... that I am not sure how to wade out of or can fully accept until totally examined from every angle. ....... John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. ..... What is the truth here? ....... After much study in in the Word and diligently looking up passages in 1st Timothy 2:9, 1st and Peter 3:3 & 5 where it addresses women specifically
1st Peter 2:8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. v9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
v10 But (which become women professing godliness) with good works. v11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. v12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. v13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
v14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
v15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
NIV 8 Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing. 9 I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, 10 but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.
11 A woman[a] should learn in quietness and full submission. 12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man;[b]she must be quiet. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. 15 But women[c] will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety. (what about those women who can't bear kids due to health or physical reasons? do they go to hell?) God forbide !! NO .... if they accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior they go to heaven like everyone else who accepts His death, burial, & resuurection ...
The Message ... 8-10 Since prayer is at the bottom of all this, what I want mostly is for men to pray—not shaking angry fists at enemies but raising holy hands to God. And I want women to get in there with the men in humility before God, not primping before a mirror or chasing the latest fashions but doing something beautiful for God and becoming beautiful doing it.
11-15 I don’t let women take over and tell the men what to do. They should study to be quiet and obedient along with everyone else. Adam was made first, then Eve; woman was deceived first—our pioneer in sin!—with Adam right on her heels. On the other hand, her childbearing brought about salvation, reversing Eve. But this salvation only comes to those who continue in faith, love, and holiness, gathering it all into maturity. You can depend on this.
1st Peter 3: 3 & 5 3 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; 2 While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. 3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. 5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
1-4 The same goes for you wives: Be good wives to your husbands, responsive to their needs. There are husbands who, indifferent as they are to any words about God, will be captivated by your life of holy beauty. What matters is not your outer appearance—the styling of your hair, the jewelry you wear, the cut of your clothes—but your inner disposition.
4-6 Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle, gracious kind that God delights in. The holy women of old were beautiful before God that way, and were good, loyal wives to their husbands. Sarah, for instance, taking care of Abraham, would address him as “my dear husband.” You’ll be true daughters of Sarah if you do the same, unanxious and unintimidated.
OK ... a whole doctrine was developed ages and eons ago from these verses ... 1st Corinthians 11:14 - 15 ... v1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. v2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. v3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. v4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head. v5 But every woman that prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. v6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. v7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. v8 For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man. v9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. v10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels. v11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. v12 For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God. v13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? v14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? v15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering. v16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God. v17 Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
1 Cor.11 1-2 It pleases me that you continue to remember and honor me by keeping up the traditions of the faith I taught you. All actual authority stems from Christ.
3-9 In a marriage relationship, there is authority from Christ to husband, and from husband to wife. The authority of Christ is the authority of God. Any man who speaks with God or about God in a way that shows a lack of respect for the authority of Christ, dishonors Christ. In the same way, a wife who speaks with God in a way that shows a lack of respect for the authority of her husband, dishonors her husband. Worse, she dishonors herself—an ugly sight, like a woman with her head shaved. This is basically the origin of these customs we have of women wearing head coverings in worship, while men take their hats off. By these symbolic acts, men and women, who far too often butt heads with each other, submit their “heads” to the Head: God.
10-12 Don’t, by the way, read too much into the differences here between men and women. Neither man nor woman can go it alone or claim priority. Man was created first, as a beautiful shining reflection of God—that is true. But the head on a woman’s body clearly outshines in beauty the head of her “head,” her husband. The first woman came from man, true—but ever since then, every man comes from a woman! And since virtually everything comes from God anyway, let’s quit going through these “who’s first” routines.
13-16 Don’t you agree there is something naturally powerful in the symbolism—a woman, her beautiful hair reminiscent of angels, praying in adoration; a man, his head bared in reverence, praying in submission? I hope you’re not going to be argumentative about this. All God’s churches see it this way; I don’t want you standing out as an exception.
Clothing, jewelry & hair ..... short , long , men & women ..... a lot to think on .... A lot to consider .... For me as a woman ..... I have dressed accordingly as most of our culture does here in America, I have without much ado .... chosen jewelry, cut my hair, dyed my hair and wore hair styles complimentary of this age for a woman. ..... During this period of my life I have experienced the baptism of the Holy Spirit, with evidence of speaking in tongues, I have ministered, I have taught, I have been part of services where the Holy Spirit was strong on me (all this was done @ one time or another wearing the attire and adorned with pieces of jewelry, pants, and cut hair. ) Now .... where I am at, I am being told to let my hair grow naturally, remove the earrings & jewelry, and wear only dresses or skirts. ....... The Pastor says my choice ..... in my time ..... yet I have those who feel .... indicate .... slightly mention .... make reference to .... the matter that I am not saved if I wear earrings and cut my hair ...... Here is the dilemma ..... years of believing one way clashing with a belief system that I have felt for years is cultic, and not scriptural .... Now I am seeing that for some .... YES it is false teachings .... and yes false teachings open the doors to a lying spirit ..... BUT .... then there is the concept that .... we as a woman chose to accept this varying form of "dress" to say we are different, that we have chosen to follow this belief , this way of truth ..... For me .... it has been a conflict of who I am and who I want to be .... a conflict of who I want others to see me as and who are they who see me? .... I have not had "long" hair since 1971 .... In the preceding years I have had it shoulder length .... but that was it .... I also have dyed my hair .... tried to go naturally gray only to feel like YUK!!!! .... so I went blonde instead. ....... and my earrings became part of my attire in 1976 .... I was 22 and had my ears pierced. I am now turning 61. ....
Clothing, jewelry & hair ..... short , long , men & women ..... a lot to think on .... A lot to consider .... For me as a woman ..... I have dressed accordingly as most of our culture does here in America, I have without much ado .... chosen jewelry, cut my hair, dyed my hair and wore hair styles complimentary of this age for a woman. ..... During this period of my life I have experienced the baptism of the Holy Spirit, with evidence of speaking in tongues, I have ministered, I have taught, I have been part of services where the Holy Spirit was strong on me (all this was done @ one time or another wearing the attire and adorned with pieces of jewelry, pants, and cut hair. ) Now .... where I am at, I am being told to let my hair grow naturally, remove the earrings & jewelry, and wear only dresses or skirts. ....... The Pastor says my choice ..... in my time ..... yet I have those who feel .... indicate .... slightly mention .... make reference to .... the matter that I am not saved if I wear earrings and cut my hair ...... Here is the dilemma ..... years of believing one way clashing with a belief system that I have felt for years is cultic, and not scriptural .... Now I am seeing that for some .... YES it is false teachings .... and yes false teachings open the doors to a lying spirit ..... BUT .... then there is the concept that .... we as a woman chose to accept this varying form of "dress" to say we are different, that we have chosen to follow this belief , this way of truth ..... For me .... it has been a conflict of who I am and who I want to be .... a conflict of who I want others to see me as and who are they who see me? .... I have not had "long" hair since 1971 .... In the preceding years I have had it shoulder length .... but that was it .... I also have dyed my hair .... tried to go naturally gray only to feel like YUK!!!! .... so I went blonde instead. ....... and my earrings became part of my attire in 1976 .... I was 22 and had my ears pierced. I am now turning 61. ....
Saturday, April 11, 2015
YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID!
You can't fix stupid .... stupid has to fix it's self ....
"STUPID" dictionary definition .... adj.. 1) Very slow of apprehension or understanding. 2) Affected with stupor; stupefied, 3) Marked by or resulting from lack of understanding, reason, or wit.; senseless 4) Tedious; dull ...
"STUPOR" .... noun ... 1) A condition in which the senses and faculties are suspended or greatly dulled as by drugs or liquor 2) Mental or moral dullness; gross stupidity ....
Oh dear ... Oh dear .... the people who are dull of understanding; who have allowed their senses to be suspended and greatly dulled! .... who are lacking common sense, reason & wit .....
James 4:17 (AMP) So any person who knows what is right to do but does not do it, to him it is sin.
Ok so there it is .... simply put .... a human condition that is at epidemic proportions .... To address my statement ... "You can't fix stupid .... stupid has to fix it's self" I have been running into an extremely high amount of humanoids with brains in "The Stupor Condition" .....
#1) A mother who chose to pick meth over her 5 year old child and abandons them .....
#2) A father who feels he is invincible and encourages his child to misbehave so he can beat the child
#3) A young female driving another persons vehicle, so strung out on drugs the vehicle is wobbling
not to mention this girl is wobbling when she exits her vehicle.
#4) A man who is so full of pride he refuses to admit he has hearing / memory issues and can't
remember 2 seconds after you tell him something then gets haunty with you when he makes a
mistake.
#5) A woman so embittered by her life she doesn't realize how hateful she treats others and how
twisted she thinks of others ....
#6) A person who has been a long standing "member" of a church who uses the position ..... to mask
underlying serious issues and forces others to mask their problem also through immature acts of
feigned self pity and self righteousness.
#7) A person who has a mental illness and has spawned children with the same ...... who condemns
their kids for their lack of wanting help yet refuses to get help theirself .....
#8) A person who gets you in a conversation and tells you several stories all conflicting each other in
a matter of 10 minutes ..... and is so engrossed they forgot they told you somethiung totally
different 5 minutes before ..... (example: .... Question?: are you still with "So&So"? "oh no .. I'm
no longer with them .... I'm by myself" .... forward 5 minutes ... Hey So&So can you get me a
drink? yah ... So&So is going to go with me .... " ) At this point your like throw this whole
conversation out the window this person is a pathological liar!! ....
#9) 14 year old child has a cigarette in their hand ... you walk into the room .... they put it behind their
back ... you say "are you smoking?" they say "No I don't have anything!!"
#10) ..... you call a friend on their cell phone, who you know has a gambling problem .... "hey are you home? I was going to stop by. ..... "I'm home (ching ching... lots of laughter and voices, music & a loudspeaker going off .... clang, clink, chink ) but I have a headache could you stop by tomorrow?
I love the movie "Dumb & Dumber "..... it's a true tear jerker .... it's too real to life to be funny! LOL.
"STUPID" dictionary definition .... adj.. 1) Very slow of apprehension or understanding. 2) Affected with stupor; stupefied, 3) Marked by or resulting from lack of understanding, reason, or wit.; senseless 4) Tedious; dull ...
"STUPOR" .... noun ... 1) A condition in which the senses and faculties are suspended or greatly dulled as by drugs or liquor 2) Mental or moral dullness; gross stupidity ....
Oh dear ... Oh dear .... the people who are dull of understanding; who have allowed their senses to be suspended and greatly dulled! .... who are lacking common sense, reason & wit .....
James 4:17 (AMP) So any person who knows what is right to do but does not do it, to him it is sin.
Ok so there it is .... simply put .... a human condition that is at epidemic proportions .... To address my statement ... "You can't fix stupid .... stupid has to fix it's self" I have been running into an extremely high amount of humanoids with brains in "The Stupor Condition" .....
#1) A mother who chose to pick meth over her 5 year old child and abandons them .....
#2) A father who feels he is invincible and encourages his child to misbehave so he can beat the child
#3) A young female driving another persons vehicle, so strung out on drugs the vehicle is wobbling
not to mention this girl is wobbling when she exits her vehicle.
#4) A man who is so full of pride he refuses to admit he has hearing / memory issues and can't
remember 2 seconds after you tell him something then gets haunty with you when he makes a
mistake.
#5) A woman so embittered by her life she doesn't realize how hateful she treats others and how
twisted she thinks of others ....
#6) A person who has been a long standing "member" of a church who uses the position ..... to mask
underlying serious issues and forces others to mask their problem also through immature acts of
feigned self pity and self righteousness.
#7) A person who has a mental illness and has spawned children with the same ...... who condemns
their kids for their lack of wanting help yet refuses to get help theirself .....
#8) A person who gets you in a conversation and tells you several stories all conflicting each other in
a matter of 10 minutes ..... and is so engrossed they forgot they told you somethiung totally
different 5 minutes before ..... (example: .... Question?: are you still with "So&So"? "oh no .. I'm
no longer with them .... I'm by myself" .... forward 5 minutes ... Hey So&So can you get me a
drink? yah ... So&So is going to go with me .... " ) At this point your like throw this whole
conversation out the window this person is a pathological liar!! ....
#9) 14 year old child has a cigarette in their hand ... you walk into the room .... they put it behind their
back ... you say "are you smoking?" they say "No I don't have anything!!"
#10) ..... you call a friend on their cell phone, who you know has a gambling problem .... "hey are you home? I was going to stop by. ..... "I'm home (ching ching... lots of laughter and voices, music & a loudspeaker going off .... clang, clink, chink ) but I have a headache could you stop by tomorrow?
I love the movie "Dumb & Dumber "..... it's a true tear jerker .... it's too real to life to be funny! LOL.
Sunday, February 8, 2015
The Morphing Journey Begins .....
I have always been fasinated with the caterpillar to butterfly story ..... I remember as a child watching
Monarch Butterflies coming out of their Chrysalis and then seeing in school as they did an experiment on one and helped it come out of their chrysalis .... and the poor butterfly was never able to fly, and soon died because it's wings were too heavy to carry it anywhere ......
God never intended for us to experience "MORPHING" ..... but due to some circumstances beyond our control .... eons and ages ago a woman named Eve was talked into some fruit on a tree she wasn't suppose to touch .... and then was fed a line of half truths that she bought hook line and sinker ..... Then she batted her eye lashes and talked her man into sharing in the bad decision with her ..... and the rest is history. ..... Thus MORPHING became into being ...... and this is my story and I'm sticking to it! ..... When we are "born again" we don't enter into a womb and get reborn ..... What happens is we are created .... made with the capabilities of a triune being .... in our mother's womb.
Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth,[c] and the small animals that scurry along the ground.”
27 So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
We are born into this human realm "Triune Ready"; we are born with a natural body, a soul and a place for a spirit to abide. Some call the soul "our human spirit" nevertheless the place for the Spirit is only deposited by God when a human comes to realize they need God ..... Then due to circumstances again way long ago and due to the legal ownership issues that occurred in the Garden of Eden .... when Adam & Eve ate the fruit .... and transferred ownship of planet earth to Lucifer GOD HAD A PLAN !!
John1:1 In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, The Word was with God,and the Word was God.
2 He existed in the beginning with God.
3 God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him.
4 The Word gave life to everything that was created,and his life brought light to everyone.
5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.
The PLAN'S name was Jesus ..... Jesus had to come to earth in a human earthsuit to purchase back planet earth! ..... Thus today we must simply acknowledge that Jesus was God, and Jesus died on Calvary because he had to meet the ownership criteria for planet Earth. Blood must be shed, a Life must be given .... and Jesus came to fulfill that PLAN. ..... Sorry you squeamish people but this is TRUTH here!! ....... Death took Jesus into Hades or Hell as some call it .... there He wrestled, battled and won the Title of Ownership to Planet Earth and the Keys to the gates of hell ... back from Lucifer or Satan as he is called today. ........ All said and done this is what we have to acknowledge is He did it! and He did it for you and me ... and the sin that so easily besets us He placed under His blood at calvary so we don't have to pay the penalty ..... unless of couse we chose to by rejecting this offer.
Ok back to the MORPH .... when we accept Jesus and what He did we begin the TRANSFORMING MORPH from mortal to immortality from SIN to SINLESS ..... it is a journey that takes a lifetime. ..... and some of us just take a wee bit longer ........ but Thanks Be to God .... we are not hopeless ......
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