Spiritual Even

   Let me tell you about the three of us, me myself and and I, we think of ourselves as three in one, everything is about us, or, we worry and fret on how such and such will affect me? A prisoner of eternal doubt always searching for attention. In actuality they boast about being an island to themselves, and so, they have become. But that island is a lonely island, an island onto yourselves. Actually you are a trio of ignorance. The limits of this earth allow them seeing themselves as complete within themselves. This is the mirrored image that Satan will plaster on your mirror each day, and for those who buy it, They will be a very sad and selfish group, but it is, who they will become. You who constantly lust for attention are a very sad group, wanna know why? Because self is a tyrant, and worse, self is never satisfied. 

  But hold onto that three complete as one theory, it isn't true of any self on earth. They all serve God, most don't know it, but even if they give credence to a cult of death, how does a civilized society handle that? We have to stop viewing the world as just something that goes on around us. We, the people who choose to follow Jesus, must lead the way. The way goes on forever and a day, yet some are happy with stops along the way, the way goes on forever, so forever forward we are called to trudge. Again, hold onto that three selves complete as one, because that is the truth you have been looking for. It isn't a religion that is missing, the Lord knows that mankind already has more of those than can be handled. Our Lord and God doesn't want our religion, for Him, it's not a religion at all, with Him it's personal, a relationship. It isn't difficult, in fact it is easy and thankfully, there is nothing you need do but acknowledge His existence, apologize for fending off His incredible love for so long. He does ask of us that we first examine ourselves, and admit openly about our short comings. After we have faced our true self honestly, and looked past our own reflection in the mirror, and look beyond it, past it, look to our deeper selves. When you find your true self even if what you see is not good, God loves all His children, and though He loves and that love is complete and forever true, He wants us all to acknowledge Him and you will come to love Him, because He first loved you. The very concept of human love came from Him, His plan for marriage with us, is for one man, and one woman to engage in Holy Matrimony and then to become what the bible calls a Three Strand Cord. A husband and wife joined together with Jesus at the center, and it is true that this cord may get frayed by the hardships you encounter together as one flesh together in three parts, it will not break.

  The point? If your trio of worship is self, your future is bleak and decided. We must bid our old selves good bye, No more half baked cornball notions, just come to Him as you would as you are. Make up your mind to seek Him in all things, He rejects none who give themselves to him. Fun fact, Did you know that God has more disdain for agnostics than for atheists. He says of such in Revelations that he would rather us be hot or cold than an agnostic. To those He says that, Because you are neither hot or cold but only luke warm, I will vomit you out of my mouth. It's true, Scriptural even.     

Entity

  Time is something that affects all of us, something always with us, and often times on our mind. If you were asked to explain time, what would you say? What would you say that time is in its purest sense? Time for us is best imagined when fragmented into portions of six. There are six seconds to a minute, 60 minutes to an hour, twenty four hours in an official day, so on and so forth. 

  Then of course there is micro time, when we break seconds into hundreds and thousandth sizes. Just those fractions of seconds separate winners from losers in racing. In scientific endeavors, time and movement are recorded in micro seconds and smaller. Time and speed are linked, there would be no way to measure speed without time. But before we go running off with accolades for our system of six, we must first acknowledge it as our base of six has served us well. 

  Such is the reality of time when bound to this earth, but what of time beyond the limitations of earth? Would our system of six work well out on the perimeters of space? How do you measure speed or time when outside those boundaries? 

 To answer that, you will have to consider an Entity outside of both time and space as we know it. Have you got that vision in mind, can you now fathom the depths of untold knowledge and wisdom with that Entity? That which you now see in understanding is our God, God, God the only God, God of God, very God, completely God. 

  Time He says, "There is no time without Me"!    

Parables and Metaphors,

   I call this fun with the dictionary. I pick two similar words and compare them to each other. Today being a Friday, let's go with two words used a lot lately in everyday speech. The two contestants are, Parable and Metaphor, what is the difference? And, in the form of a caveat, should you care? So we go first to our dictionary, and find the word Metaphor. Turns out that a metaphor can be a word or a short sentence, a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as if it were another. The word metaphor comes right before the word metaphysical and followed closely by metaphysics. The grouping ends with the next word after metaphysics, that being, Metastasis which is about cancer, so we'll close on that bummer. Next of course is our old friend Parable. 

  Though similar to a metaphor which is always a short reference, a Parable is a story. A short simple story teaching a moral lesson. Directly following our word parable is the word parabola, which has to do with math, (a curve formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to the side.) I find this fascinating, though I don't know why. Now if math is too much for you, not to worry, because the next word is parachute so you can always parachute your way out. After your feet are back firmly on the ground you can go and enjoy the Parade which is our next word. Next in alphabetical order is paradigm which is an example of a declination or conjugation, giving all inflections of the word. Last on our list of follow-up words to Parable. Quick note, Jesus spoke often in Parables. Last but certainly not least is the great word Paradise, Heaven, any place or state of great happiness. 

  

  

21st Century Martyr

   Charles Kirk is and will forever be remembered as an American hero, because when it comes to love of God and family and country, the man stands alone. Though millions are being murdered world wide for their faith in Jesus, Charlie will surely become known throughout American and possibly world history, as the first 21st Century Martyr. Christian people and decent human beings of all stripes recognize greatness. Someone once said that politics is downstream from culture, and that is true here also, But Charles was downstream from our God and His culture. 

  He died for his faith in God. Killed by those with no moral consciousness what soever. Evil people, they see nor care for anything or anyone other than themselves. They are just the kind of people the Devil loves! Dumb as steel posts and filled easily with hate. If Charlie was here with us now, he would wholeheartedly agree of the parallels between his situation now in this century, and of the people group from back in the first century. Jesus spoke these words as recorded in the book of Matthew, chapter 12, verses 18 and 19. Listen to Jesus' word recorded in the first century: 

  Behold! My Servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom I have chosen. My beloved in whom I am well pleased! I will put My Spirit upon Him, and He will declare justice to all. He will not quarrel or cry out." No greater legacy can a man leave than to have his or her life compared to the life of Jesus. So Charlie spoke the truth about God and so they hated him, but he also spoke of the truth of reality, he was that lone reed. People fear the truth, and so he was killed by evil people disguised as humans. But these are the actual walking dead. Charlie spoke the truth, and truth is of God, so they killed him for it. Truth is solid like granite, it will never be moved. But the forces of evil might have gone too far. Charlie's Spirit is so much bigger now than it was. The glee at slaughter shown by some is demonic. I may not like the loons of the Marxist left but I wouldn't celebrate their murder. Evil is so obvious now, surely you see it? Resist it.  

 

Soon Forgotten

   Understanding the triune nature of God is difficult to define. One God of us all, God of gods is a good start. He is, the one true God of all that is, complete in all fact that, He is one in three, complete as one. Three natures, all soaked wet with truth. You ask of Him, Who is the clarifier if not You? You asked the question of a perfectly pure entity, you look again and the vision is of solid rock based truth. All power and majesty swirl about His head, He is a vista of raw power, a pure crackling energy that flashes like lightning and glory, all around His being. Seek joy and enjoy what is true. Do this sooner rather than later, as evil has been hurt seriously but will not stop, evil is relentless. Evil hates fun, it looks always to steal happiness and joy, not encourage it. Evil hates what is good, and Bad is It's constant companion. Most evil is played out by insignificant participants and should be noted but ignored. Fools desire only a selfish spotlight, take it from them and render them insignificant. Without the attention that they seek, they will become irrelevant quickly, soon to be forgotten. 

  Lies are acceptable now, at times even encouraged, or worse, congratulated for the fine work of deception they achieved by securing the deal. These are charlatans, deceivers, purveyors in doom. Be always vigilante regarding such, but again, steer clear of them when feasible. We do not cower at evil, we stand firmly against it. Your speech is guaranteed to be free, so use your voice in defense of what is right and good. What would you say lasts longer in life, that which is true and good, or of that which is false and bad? With truth comes honor and respect, while short term gains can be realized, at the end these will harvest what was sown. Good for good, and evil for evil. Though lately America is moving in the right way, complacency is an enemy. 

  The short term wins of politics cannot be depended on being our lasting future. Republican or Democrat the politics of the day can not save us from ourselves. If history has taught us anything, we know that eventually all great civilizations fall, and so one day will we. Though America is not mentioned in the Bible, in the eyes of the world we have become as the bible calls them, the Shining City on the Hill, a beacon of hope and a light of our God. 

  Return oh world, return to your beginnings, return to your Creator, return to the God from whom all blessings flow. All that is, that was, and all that will be come are from God, and the only way to approach a holy perfect God is through His only son Jesus. He is the one of the three who will testify of Himself and is our eternal advocate before the King. He is one of three, and all of One. He is the answer to the mystery of the Godhead, and only with and through Him can we gain eternal peace.        

8/29

   Life is funny in a strange kind of way. Sometimes it moves at 90 miles an hour on the highway, and at other times it seems to move slow and enjoyable, like sitting in your lawn chair watching the cloud parade float by. Time goes by one moment at a time, clustered and fragmented at times, but still always forward one tick of the clock at a time. Obviously I would think, that fast and furious is not the way. It is more, easy does it. Take time and think it through before you act rashly. Think of time like driving on an inter-state. Many are flying by at 90 plus miles an hour. Be careful of them because they are also the tail gaiters, NASCAR fans would call it drafting. 

  Time management is a skill that few master. Sometimes, time seems to be moving too fast. Others seem like you might feel if stuck driving behind a Lancaster county farmer in a one horse buggy. But it's at the pivot point of the issue, the fulcrum of a scale. Right smack dab in the middle of too fast or too slow, that is where we find our point of ease. We'd rather be in the middle, right at the point of balance. The place of balance is where wisdom lives, and that is what we humans instinctively want. Extremes from neither side are just that, extremes. Dismiss them. Seek the middle, found at the core of the issue, you should learn to understand it, but also understand that there is little you can do, after all,  your red cape is still at the dry cleaners. You should never become wound too tight, nor should you be content to just sit on your couch and watch it go by. 

  There has never been a time like this, nor will there be one ever like it ever again. God knew of course, but the one two heavy gut punches this country just recently avoided, knew that it took something personal to awaken the still slumbering. For us, the one two of Covid, and a coup dreamed up and executed by evil men who cared for no one but themselves. That's the meaning of Narcissism. Nothing or no one is as smart as I am. Narcissists are so full of themselves, that they are legitimate by virtue only of what they think, such is the egotistical delusion of these types. Psychologically they are alone and afraid, but I have strayed too far. The point is I praise God for the gut punches we had to endure because that's what it took, but finally, America  woke up. 

  Like it or not, Jesus is using president Trump in the way of truth, that is just the way of it. If you can't see this, or, you see it and deny it, that's on you. Regardless of your emotional commotion, life is what it is, it always has been, and will be so till the end. The biggest question to all of humanity is, do you believe that creation and all that is has a Creator, or, do you think that everything came from nothing? Which takes more faith? Faith is active, it is a verb, it isn't just an opinion. But Know this, faith based in rock solid fact knows the truth, and these know that God is not only real but active.      

Ignorance

   Lately at times I've been having a strange feeling, kind of like a weight on my chest. A strangeness that I could not identify, I just couldn't put my finger on it. But today, just about two hours ago it came to me, and now I know what the name of this feeling is. It's anticipation, but anticipation for what? From one question to the next. Great, so now the nagging strangeness of the last couple of days has a name, but that's all it has. Something this way comes for you poetry lovers, but where from here? For me I see gathering clouds some white bulbous and billowing, while others broil in darkness with flashes of lightning. But both types roll toward us in a front. Sometimes they span from horizon to horizon, ten stories high! An ominous sight whether bright shiny day or storm clouds, we see both of  those coming. Sadly, most don't see either, metaphorically speaking of course. What they see are endless bright blue skies and floating white figures above. White clouds on another perfect day, and that vision only, for scripture tells us that all of men's ways seem right to them, they are blind to the truth, they fear it. These visions of approaching weather changes, or any other condition you can think of, can only be seen through spiritual eyes. Spiritual eyes are always drawn to truth, in truth there is life. 

 But the point is that some of us see this oncoming change in weather, but we don't know what this change will bring, blessings or calamities, either way we are unaffected, just a rumbling through the world. Did you feel it? What comes is great power, no matter your vantage point, God is moving amongst you. Through you, all around each of us. Not speaking of good things or bad things, talking about pure power. Power comes this way. Good or bad you decide.. 

  Most people are unaware of the approaching power, because what approaches and who is involved are spiritual matters, and can only truly be understood through your spiritual eyes. We all have them, but few understand how to use them. The realm of the eternal, of sprit and eternal life awaits us, we will understand things fully, only when we see the matter from His perspective. There will be more sunny days than stormy I can assure you, but all that comes day by day, whether we see it as bad or good doesn't matter, because all that comes is as it must be, and all that is true is of life, and all that is untrue is of death and is from the Liar in chief, and all lies are evil. We see what evil does, and it is ugly on TV each day, but not of what is good. Death and carnage sell their wares and are brought about by deception. Blind to the Truth and reality of God by choice,? Tell us, Is ignorance bliss?