This Too Shall Pass

   There is a consistency to life, each day much like yesterday. When you are leaving work for the night, you say without thinking, g'night everyone, I'll see you tomorrow. You expect to see them, and odds are you will. 

  So here you are today, plumb in the middle of yesterday and tomorrow. Yesterday has been much as this day so far. And tomorrow? It is expected to be much like the two days before it, routine. As much as we find boredom in routine, we come to depend on it. Routine brings consistency, and consistency ferments trust, and trust, peace. Consistency is order, and we depend on routine. Routine, although a bit boring, is helpful, in that, it helps keeps chaos at bey. 

  But then there are those days of trouble, those days that bring on somber reflection. The type of days when you just don't want to get out of bed. OK you might say, I'm with you so far, but what is the point? Good question. The point is that routine is good, it is relatively dependable, and dependability brings order, and from order, peace. But as all this is true enough, there are also personally catastrophic days, days when there is no peace to be found in anything. Catastrophe always brings turmoil, while you'd much rather have a boring and routine day, because in routine is order, clarity, and peace. 

  The larger point of course, is that though we may reluctantly love routine, we learn nothing from it. Though we yearn for pleasure and times of fun, we can learn nothing from them either. Life's lessons come in sad times, from times of trouble. Good times fade fast, but hard times leave scars. The purist gold comes from fire. Sadness is necessary at times, because it brings on most often, a time of honest reflection. Now especially, as suicide in young people is so prevalent, it is increasingly important for those suffering from depression that they are told there is a silver lining, there is a way out. Though you may feel sad and lonely, even if at times you find yourself wanting to roll up into the fetal position in a dark corner of your room, and like that unborn child, be totally vulnerable. First, now that you are alone with yourself, don't dwell on the sad feelings, but rather, figure out what the problem is, separate it, and look at it honestly for what it is. Only when you understand and have isolated the problems, can you then consider what it is specifically that you can do to change each one for the better. Understanding what makes you sad, is so much better then just dwelling on your feelings. What is needed is truth, and Jesus is Truth, speak directly to him, speak to him as you would a friend. If you will do these things, your hope will return in time, and already you can see light at the end of the tunnel. Remember, God Himself has said, This too shall pass.   

Reality; the First and the Last

   Circular reasoning, it'll make your head spin. Round and round the conversation goes. The speakers circle the point, but never seem to get there. Though your point may be a valid one, it is not the point at hand, that, you missed. Thought, language, points of reference, or point at hand, everything that is, is made of countless points. Absolutes, are everywhere, without them there is no truth, and without truth, there is nothing but chaos, and no order. No point of start, no goal to strive for. Can you even imagine a world of complete unfocused chaos? The intricacies of this reality and all realities is so complex, that only the Intellect of intellects can manage it and keep it all functioning properly. In our daily goings on, our lives, such as they are today, are but a temporal reality. In other words, we all die! 

  Strange, there was a time when I got angry about those who resisted the truth, but now that anger has turned to sadness, a lament. Perhaps it is because I am one of you, but I want to share about the point that it is, and that it is, God Himself, who offers you this free gift. A gift with supernatural power. Your life, this consciousness and its meaning, this is life as it is in this world, but there is another life, a life for eternity. You can deny it if you choose, but I tell you the truth. You, each of us, can choose only one side of that eternal coin, because both of them are true and actual. We can choose life eternal, or, by our prideful ignorance, choose the other side of that coin, which is eternal death. I pray you choose life. 

  In truth, it is not me who calls you, as I am just the messenger. Rather, it is the orchestrator of all that is, for it is the Lord our God who calls you to Himself. He calls you to Himself. He, He who is called by many names. He is the God of gods, the Lord of lords, the great and mighty God, awesome God. It is He, who desires that you choose to live with Him in the infinite realm. Life, is so much better than death in every way. In life eternal, there is answers to all the questions, as with death, there is nothing. With Life there is Light, and with death, absolute darkness. 

Theophanies

   Theophanies is an angel of God. Unlike his famous brothers, Gabriel and Michael, he was as un-famous, as they are famous. In fact, his name is hard to find. But while Gabe and Mike were known as being a trumpet player and one tough hombre, Theo is spoken of without mention of his name. All angels are used by the Lord God in different ways and for different effects, and you could say, that God uses Theophanies as His all around construction expert. 

  His appearance when first seen in Ezekiel 40, is as a bronze colored man standing in a gateway. We are told that he had a line of flax, and a measuring rod for measuring in his hand. When he spoke, he tells the listener to, "Look with your eyes and hear with your ears, and fix your mind on everything I show you." Theophanies was a serious man, and so when he explained a detail to you, or, began to lay out the building project to a measurement so exact, that they were sometimes described as measuring down as small as a cubit and a handbreadth. The preciseness of the scrolled plan, or what we would call a blueprint, had to be perfect. Because, as the boss is perfect, so are His plans for whatever He would have built. 

  In this case, Theophanies is to measure out the distances and sizes of the millennial Temple. From the largest building, or, the area of the of the surrounding site, everything must be precise and exactly to plan. If you should go on and finish this short chapter, you can visualize the different rooms, their size and shape, the location of archways and doors, gates and windows. Even if you have never read a blueprint, the exactness and the precision, the attention to detail, is so impressive, that you will be able to visualize the building though you cannot see it physically in this reality. Though in the spiritual realm, it has been already built and made ready for it's time and purpose.   

  So what can be said of the angel Theophanies, other than the fact, that when it comes to being a master builder, Theophanies is the master of masters.