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It is a fleeting of time and circumstances that pose this life for what  it is.   We can not possibly realize our worth without being held accountable.

But what if no one is home.   What if no cares enough to hold a heart, extend compassion, and embrace a soul?   How can we replace what is lost…a lifetime of yesterday unfulfilled?

Childhood!   We all have memories.    Yet, our lives are a product of the love instilled in our youth.    Some are blessed with a ‘faith’ that endures forever.  ‘ Blessed are they, for they know God!!’   However some, many, the multitudes do not!     The unbelieving souls, without foundation, are rejected.    Within their hearts they hold unto what is  apparent and not the faith that endures forever; for they know not.

God extends to each a task and purpose to life.   When life eternal is known and not shared it is an offense to God.    Christ Jesus  extended to each of us the Kingdom of Heaven.   His life death and resurrection, a gift that completes us.   A mystery unrecognized and unrealized, but available to all.

He is, because He was!

Who are You?

“I am a broken winged bird that can not fly!”    or :

” I am God’s!   I will what God wills , as He wills it, because He wills it!”

God the all omnipotent, and all knowing Father of us all waits for your call!

Love eternal, peace eternal and joy eternal is God through Jesus Christ His Son!    Nothing can match it, nothing fulfills it, and nothing completes it…it being ‘life’.   Life through Jesus Christ!

Why?    Our love for Him is everything!   For the love of a Father is why we are here.

Know the love of the Eternal Father, and know peace.

May God Bless You on your journey in life!

Book of John: Chapter 7 verses  16-18  Jesus Speaks :   16) This was Jesus answer:

“My doctrine is not my own; it comes from him who sent me.   17)Any man who chooses to do his will will know about this doctrine- namely, whether it comes from God or is simply spoken on my own.   18) Whoever speaks on his own is bent on self-glorification.   The man who seeks glory for him who sent him is truthful; there is no dishonesty in his heart.  ”

Book of John: chapter 7 verses 37-38  Jesus Speaks:

37) On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out:

“If anyone thirsts, let him come to me; let him drink 38) who believes in me.   Scripture has it: ‘From within living rivers of living water shall flow’.”

Are you equal to the task?   When a test is put before you, and the ‘cross of life’ is ever so heavy; do you give up?

Giving up is, ignoring rather than addressing the problem.   The ignoring is, the drinking, the carousing, the drugs, profanity, and lewd conduct .   It is placing blame on another rather than oneself.   If is ‘fear’ of reflection.   Cowardice!    It is distractions, and self-concerns.   Pointing the finger at any and all, rather than looking within!

Life is a Test!   It is a series of circumstances unfolding  in  time.    All types working together at different ‘speeds’ within different parameters, creating what we call ‘life’.

The ‘handiwork of a’ Master’ that can not be equaled!

So wise and so marvelous is this ‘Master’,  that the human mind can not comprehend such majesty…such wisdom.    Thereby choosing to disbelieve!    Choosing  to ‘elevate oneself’ rather than looking around praising and glorifying such majesty as that of all “HE” has created!

To look within; to reflect upon the magnificence of life, is to look to God!   Once realizing it is not an accident, it is not an illusion, but a gift!

A gift of greatest magnificence;  not done by accident, but with intent, and conclusion.   Conclusion being the “Creators”.

He gives and He takes!   He is eternity!   He is and always will be.   His all encompassing “Spirit” is what gives life, majesty, love, and worth!    Without His interaction within ones life, there is Nothing!   Nothing has weight!   I can not be held onto or declared,  for it then becomes an illusion…the echo within the wind!

Your life and mine, are of God!   The magnificence of a love unsurpassed!   We did not make ourselves!   We did not think of this, but were invited!    We have found ourselves all of us, at the most unlikely and uncertain of circumstances.

How will we fair within the test of life?    A test put forth by a Master that creates, loves, adores, and conquers!    A Master who gives and takes.   A Master that  delights in being called upon, recognized, and adored!

He who went so far as to send a portion of Himself to prove His Worth!    The Test of Life is an open Book!   It offers answers within the “HOLY BIBLE”.  It will and does prepare one to conquer life, and “master” it!   A score that can not be equaled!

A score the Heavenly Father delights in!   What is your Score?   Are God, and His Rules first; more so than the booze and drugs, pornography, sex, and profanity, lies,  stealing, and excuses that are paramount today?

Do you have what it takes?   Look within and look without, and determine for yourself what life is all about.

The ‘More to Life’ is GOD!   A relationship with Him will change your life, your perspective and your ‘Score’ on this the ‘test of life’.

God Bless You!

Book of Psalms: Chapter 32 Verses 1-11

1)” Happy is he whose fault is taken away, whose sin is covered.

2)   Happy the man to whom the LORD imputes not guilt, in whose spirit there is no guile.

3) As long as I would not speak, my bones wasted away with my groaning all the day.

4) For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer.

5) Then I acknowledged my sin to you, my guilt I covered not.   I said, ” I will confess my sin to the LORD,”  and you took away the guilt of my sin.

6) For this shall every faithful man pray to you in time of stress.   Though deep waters overflow, they shall not reach him.

7))  You are my shelter; from distress you will preserve me; with glad cries of freedom you will ring me round.

8) I will instruct you and show you the way you should walk; I will counsel you, keeping my eye on you.

9) Be not seneseless like horses or mules; with bit and bridle their temper must be curbed, else they will not come near you.

10) Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but kindess surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.

11) Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you just; exult, all you upright of heart !”

       One  of the gifts of the ‘Holy Spirit’ is the gift of patience.    In allowing patience we grow in love.

Growing in love is not so easy.    It takes time, patience and understanding.

Yet, when we reflect upon Our Risen Lord we can see most clearly patience was manifest within Him.    He, though many times exasperated by the lack of ‘trust’ and ‘understanding’   taught, and imposed, was not understood, but denied!

Why?

Why, was it so difficult to embrace His teachings?    Because Jesus Christ is not about being first.    He is about being second!     Jesus Christ was not first when He was here!   So you disagree?    Christ put all things, and all people before Himself!   Always, the will of the Father beyond anything.    Thereby fulfilling the two ‘Great Commandments’.

The commandments teach the ‘love of God’ first, and ‘love of thy neighbor first before ourselves!     This is why His teachings were so difficult to embrace.    To become ‘Christlike’ is to be second!    Second to ‘all ‘!    This is submission!   Submission to the ‘love of God!’

Humility is Jesus Christ!    To become ‘Christlike’ the place of honor is given to God, and neighbor before ourselves!    This is the love of God through His Son Jesus Christ manifested within the world.

The Book of Luke: Chapter Chapter 18 verse 13-14  Jesus Speaks

13)”   The other man, however, kept his distance. not even daring to raise his eyes to heaven.   All he did was beat his breast and say, ‘ O’God, be merciful to me a sinner,’   14) Believe me, this man went home from the temple justified but the other did not.    For everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled while he who humbles himself shall be exalted.”

Book of John: Chapter 5 verses 41-44  Jesus Speaks

41) ” It is not that I accept human praise* 42) it is simply that I know you,   and you do not have the love of God in your hearts.   43) I have come in my Father’s name, yet you do not accept me.   But let someone come in his own name him you will accept.   44) How can people like you believe, when you accept praise from one another yet do not seek the glory that comes from the One (God)?”

Book of Matthew:    Chapter 22 verses 34-40 Jesus Speaks:

34) ” When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they assembled in a body;   35)  and one of them, a lawyer,  in an attempt to trip him up, asked him,   36) “Teacher, which of the commandment of the law is the greatest? ”   37)  Jesus said to him:

” ‘You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, with your whole soul, and with all your mind.’   38)   This is the greatest and first commandment.   39)   The second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’   40) on these two commandments the  whole law is based, and the prophets as well.”

Book of Mark: Chapter 10 verses 43-45 Jesus Speaks

43)  ” It can not be like that with you.   Anyone among you who aspires to greatness must serve the rest;   44) Whoever wants to rank  first among you must serve the needs of all.   45)   The Son of Man has not come to be served but to serve-to give his life in ransom for the many.”  

If Jesus Christ were to stand before you, and He said, ‘Here are the keys to the kingdom of heaven; choose one.  The stairs to the kingdom are over there; all that is required of you is to choose a cross and carry it up the stairs.   At the top awaits the ‘Kingdom of Heaven’.

  You looked around and all you saw was an assortment of crosses.    Some very small, but very heavy looking, another, very large, but not heavy looking at all.   Then perhaps another that was laden with gold, and jewels and ever so lovely.    Then perhaps another made of glass, one you could not see but was ever so heavy.   Then perhaps another  polished and molded that look suited you, another huge with thistles, and briar’s, slivers and tears upon the skin would definitely occur.  

What would you say?  

He even said, “I will walk with you, and show you the way; I will ‘help’ you every step of the way.’   What is there will delight your soul for eternity.  It is mine to give and I wish to share it with you.    There you will never want, for I will feed you and love you, there will be no more wars, no more tears, and no more sorrow.   My ‘peace’ will reign, and the ‘joy that surpasses all understanding will be yours forever,’  because you chose to be ‘my friend, and love me to the end.”

Would you say, ” I can’t be bothered I have more important things to do than worry about carrying a cross too ?”   Or, “Why do I need your help?   I know where I am going.”    Or will you say, “Show me the way Jesus.   I want to be your  friend for eternity.   Take me with you!”

What is your answer?   Did you know Jesus is asking you?   He is, and does want to share His Kingdom with you and I.   He has the keys,’ the cross is the key that will open the doors to His Kingdom.   However, as heavy as the ‘key’ is, it is required to open the doors to eternity.

Now that you know He loves you so, that He will help you, walk with you, and show you the way; will you let Him?  

We each must carry our cross to open the doors to the kingdom of heaven.    ‘Christ is the way, the truth and the life.  ‘ Without Him there are no keys, and no kingdom.   So He waits, and asks you now; what is your answer?

Will I see you there? 

Book of Matthew: Chapter 10 verses 37-39 Jesus Speaks:

38)   “He who will not take up his cross and come after me is not worthy of me.   39) He who seeks only himself brings himself to ruin, whereas he who brings himself to nought for me discovers who he is.”

Book of Matthew Chapter 10: verses: 29-33 Jesus Speaks:

29) ”  Are not two sparrows sold for next to nothing?   Yet not a single sparrow falls to the ground without your Father’s consent.   30)   As for you, every hair on your head has been counted;   31) so do not be afraid of anything.   You are worth more than an entire flock of sparrows.   32) Whoever acknowledges me before men I will acknowledge before  my Father in heaven.   33)  Whoever, disowns me before men I will disown before my Father in heaven.”

If you can count to ten, then you can count to seven, and if you can do that, then you have what it takes!

What it takes is remembering :   Remember, the ‘Ten Commandments, the Seven Deadly Sins, and then the summation of it all :  The ‘Lord’s Prayer!

In the original set of rules, there were only Ten!  It  should have been easy enough, so why wasn’t it?

Then, Jesus came along and said it simpler yet; He brought it down to Seven, concise, and very literally definite ‘disobedience’s’!    Still not so easy, even at Seven!

So, then after all that,  someone asked Him how to pray.    So Jesus, wise, The Son of God, told them!    Even at that, how much reflection is given to what the words mean.    Jesus summed living up in a few words;  One prayer!     The Prayer, sums up life, and when each thought is given an applied, we realize it is the summation of the Ten Commandments, and the Seven Deadly Sins!    He said, ‘Do this’ and you will live.    Jesus, the Only Son of The Living God, spoke under the direction of the ‘Holy Spirit’ in accordance with the Father’s will.    ( The Holy Trinity, present, ‘The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit.)    Because Christ is the Second Person in the Holy Trinity, the perfections of His teachings can not be matched!

The ‘Lord’s Prayer’ does not need explaining, but to compare it to the Ten Commandments, and the Seven Deadly Sins, we can see most clearly, Christ was defining, life in one prayer; that is why the ‘Lord’s Prayer’ stands still today!

‘Our Father, Who art in Heaven, Hallowed by thy name,’ (Keep His name Holy, and refrain from using it out of context, For we  know, and believe  ( not  taking His name  in vain, should be used only in praise and prayer, adoration and love.)

‘Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven.’   (Live life on earth as if you were in heaven.   God is love, and love of God is first in Heaven, and should be first on earth.   Thereby earth will be filled with God’s gladness, and God’s blessings, just as heaven;because The Heavenly Father’s will is before our own.)

‘Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us’.   (Ask God daily, for His blessings for us, in food,and monetary means, Jesus connotation of bread is food and money; (cast your bread upon the waters, Old Testament)).  Asking for forgiveness and realizing we have offended God, and neighbor.   Thereby becoming humble before our God, and praising Him in His greatness and love.)

‘And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, Amen   (Realizing with our whole hearts and minds that we can not do it alone, we must ask God for help and do ask God for His help to recognize evil and stay far from it.    Once again praising God for His greatness and love, by putting Him first above all things!) Amen   (this being everything is final, and blessed by God)

Book of Ecclesiastes: Chapter 1 verse 1-2

1)”Cast  your   bread upon the waters; after a long time you may find it again.   2) Make seven or eight portions; you know not what misfortune may come upon the earth.”

Book of Romans: Chapter 12 verses 17-21

17)”Never  repay injury with injury.   See that your conduct is honorable in the eyes of all.   18)   If possible, live peaceably with everyone.   19)   Beloved, do not avenge yourselves; leave that to God’s wrath, for it is written: “‘Vengeance is mine; I will repay,’ says the Lord.”   20) But “If  your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; by doing this you will heap burning coals upon his head.”   21) do not be conquered by evil but conquer evil with good.”

Book of Mark: Chapter 7 verses 21-23 Jesus Speaks:

21) “Wicked designs come from the deep recesses of the heart: acts of fornication, theft, murder, 22) adulterous conduct, greed, maliciousness, deceit, sensuality, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, and obtuse spirit.   23) All these evils come from within and render a man  impure.”

Book of Matthew: chapter 6:  verses 9-15  Jesus Speaks:

9) ” This is   how you are to pray : ‘Our Father  in heaven, hallowed by your name, 10) your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.   11) Give us today our daily bread,    12) and forgive us the wrong we have done as we forgive those who wrong us.   13) Subject us not to the trial but deliver us from the evil one.’   14 ” If you forgive the fault of others, your heavenly Father will forgive you yours.   15) If you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive you.” 

Next time the ‘feelings are so  high’ and the heart hurts.   Next time you feel ‘like the corner stone rejected’ look upon Jesus.

Remember what He said, the corner stone rejected has become the corner stone.    This parable is referring to the unaccepted demeanor of the world toward His chosen ones.   So next time, you feel like you are standing alone, look upon the Sacred Heart of Jesus and recognize there is not only a ‘pierced heart, but a ‘crown of thorns around His Heart’!

Reflect on what it means, and why He ‘points’ at His Heart!    The friendship of Jesus is a love that is unequaled!   But as with any friendship, understanding is not always present; but ‘trust’ is imperative!   Trust is imperative!!  Realize this!   For if we do not ‘trust Him’ we can not love Him deeply!    We can love Him but as with anyone, if trust is lost, so is the love.    Trust is Christ!   You or I can ‘read within the Scriptures’ His reference to the importance of trust.

Jesus Christ also had someone betray Him.    Why do you suppose when the heart is dictated by the Holy Spirit this occurred?    Because the fulfilling of the scriptures is why Jesus came.   To fulfill the will of the Father!

Why did the Father want the Son ‘betrayed?’    To proclaim to us, that betrayal is what is present in this life, and to show us, the ugliness of our betrayal toward Him!   Do you doubt my words?     Look upon the crucified Christ and see the torment, and suffering of the man!   He did all that for us!!   To ignore, is to reject!   Are you rejecting Him?

His is the only answer to our life here on earth!    The suffering will always be, until the LORD calls us home.    The reward is eternal peace!   Yet, we are all guilty of the crucifixion of the Son of God!    Sin is not without.   For if we were without sin, Jesus would not have fulfilled the will  of the Father; His Passion, US!!

We are the passion of the HOLY TRINITY!!   The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, God in three persons!   Because of this, Jesus Christ, ONE with the Father was obedient!   Obedient to death, a violent, ugly, painful death!   A death that cried out from the inside  out!    The inside out, being not only His Body, but His Spirit, His emotion…His betrayal, abandonment, and loneliness!   God be Praised!   For Praise to Jesus Christ can only begin to touch the ‘pain’ He suffered for us all!

The suffering is a part of this life!    To offer suffering up to Jesus Christ, is to ‘Atone’ for ones sins.   In so doing we have praised His work, and allowed Him to apply our suffering to one of the many, that will never know Him, and His great love!    Doing this, may very well save a soul, because we have sacrificed ourselves for Him as He did for us!!

God Bless You on your journey for Jesus  Christ!!

Book of Psalms: Chapter 118 verses 22-29

22) ”  The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.   23)By the LORD Has this been done; it is wonderful in our eyes.   24) This is the day the LORD has made; let us  be  glad and rejoice in it.   25) O LORD grant salvation!   O LORD, grant prosperity!   26) Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD; we bless you from the house of the LORD.   27) The LORD is God, and he has given us light.   Join in procession with leafy boughs up to the horns of the alter.   28) You are my God, and I give thanks to you;  O My God, and I extol you.   29) Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his kindness endures forever.”

When I was very young I started reading the Bible.    The more I read it, the more I wanted of it.   I never tired of picking up the Book and ‘getting inside’ it!

When I came upon the ‘stories’ within the pages of the Bible, in the beginning, I took the writing too ‘literally’.   I would think, ‘Why would God put someone in a ‘Lions Den’ and leave Him alone, when He loves him.   (Old Testament-Book Daniel: Chapter 6 verses 16-17)   Another story, is Jonah within the stomach of a whale.(Old Testament-Book of Jonah: Chapter 2 verses 1-10) I would think; ‘really, how can that be?’

There are other stories in the Bible, Old and New Testaments, that intrigue the imagination.    However, now that I have been reading and, walking with the LORD, I can see He was ‘preparing us’  all of us, for life.    For within the pages of the Holy Bible are the rules, and commandments put forth by OUR GOD!    The rule book, is the HOLY BIBLE!   In other words, you can do anything without the rules, but it has no merit.   With God, it is all about merit.

Anyone, can do anything, but if there are no rules, how can it hold true?   In other words, within the parameters of this life, rules must be imposed and followed, or we are like feathers blowing in the wind.

God’s instructions in His Book are to enrich our lives.   Following these instructions brings forth blessings…peace…contentment,,,joy…prosperity…faith,,,hope…love!    Truly, when once found, and applied, they mold us into ‘children’ God is pleased with.   He, being Our Heavenly Father, does the molding.   We must do the asking.   Asking starts with desire.   If  you desire to understand, then you have taken the first step to completion.   For God completes us!   It is for us to understand the life we lead is not done…it is only beginning.    It is beginning in finding God, knowing God, and loving God.   He waits!!   For every soul, matters to God.   Every soul is His child.

The Bible prepares our thinking when parables are used, because we desire to understand; we continually come back for more.    Then the enlightenment begins.    God is heard in our thoughts and  we listen and obey.    This is the holiness of God.

I ask you, ‘do you walk up on the street and talk to anybody?    Well,  sometimes we do.   However, this is God in action.   He walks into the hearts of His children, and waits for a response.   If you say ‘nice day’ isn’t it, and I don’t respond, you do not usually continue.   My point is God is similar.   He taps each of us on the shoulder, by a thought or word, or somebody.   Whatever the means, He is working.   God is waiting for everyone of us to ask, seek, and find.    He will not fail.   He will not turn anyone away.    For as Jesus said, ‘ask and you will receive seek and you will find, and knock and it will be opened to you.’   When Jesus spoke,( the Father and He are one)   He was reinforcing the writings of old.   So when the New Testament is read, the Old Testament is brought to light  through Jesus Christ’s instruction.

Now that I am as far along on my journey of life as I am, I know God was talking about being ready.   Ready yourself for life;  for it is not easy, there will be storms, (Jesus walks on water, Book of Matthew: Chapter 14 verses 25-27)   Again, reminding us He is with us, no matter how turbulent the storms of life are.   Jesus came to live amongst us, so that we  would believe.   This is why the HOLY BIBLE is so imperative to living a Christian life.

We can do anything without rules, but we do not know what we are doing wrong when we do not listen to the rules.   Jesus came to live out the rules.   Remember, He said, “Father forgive them, they know not what they do!’      This is why He said that.    The rules are of God.   He is of God.   We cannot know without God.   God is within the rule book, the Most Holy Bible.   If you wish to ‘know’ what life is all about,  open the rule book, the “HOLY BIBLE;”  you will be glad you did!

May God Bless You !

Book of John: Chapter 12 verse 44-46  Jesus Speaks:  44)  Jesus proclaimed aloud:

” Whoever puts faith in Me believes not so much in me as in him who sent me; 45) and whoever looks on me is seeing  him who sent me.  46) I have come to the world as its light, to keep anyone who believes in me from remaining in the dark.”

  Book of John: Chapter 10 verses 28-30

28) “I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish.   No one shall snatch them out of my hand.   29) My Father is greater than all, in what he has given me, and there is no snatching out of his hand.   30) The Father and I are one.”

All for love!    We do it all for love!

Anything else is lost.   Once done it has no merit, no meaning.   No one will remember, for love is everything.    Without love we are an empty vessel.    Much like a hollow echo.

God is love!   He gives us love, because He loves us!

To take for granted such love is to deny the love of God.   That is a piercing of the heart so great, that anguish  explodes into crying out in pain.   Why?    Because God shares His sorrow with those He loves and those He has chosen.    Those He knows He can trust!

Who are those He trusts?    Those who are committed to Him first.  To recognize Him, we must embrace Him.

Have you ever embraced your Father?   Have you ever felt the warmth of His love so deeply that you never wanted to let go.   Safe,  Secure, and protected, the feeling fills the soul!

The soul, that which God instills, cries out for this.   This is why we live!    We live to love!    To love one another is His second commandment, and to love Him is the First.    We can not fail if we live according to these decrees put forth by our Heavenly Father.

However, the world is destroying itself from within.   The technological age we are in, is causing self-destruction.   It is happening so slowly, for this is evils way.   Evil, presents ‘things’ as fun!!   Evil entices, and tempts through lies!   The unbeliever can not recognize this.   For scales cover his eyes, like cataracts.   Unless told and shown, we do not realize we are not seeing clearly.The toys, computers, cell- phones, i-pods, lap-tops, and the like are deterrents to the love of God!   Why?   How many do you think pick up a Bible instead of their computer?   How many do you think take time to pray, rather than meet a friend and gossip?   How many do you think reflect on the teaching of Jesus Christ, and open their hearts to His word, His heart, and His life?

God is a God of love.   How can the human spirit commune with God if it does not pray, raising the spirit of ones-self to the spirit of God?

God’s great love is not meant to be kept to ones-self; or put under a ‘bushel basket’ as Jesus said!

To love is to express oneself without reservation, and without concerns outside the experience.    For to love we will aways take the chance of being refused, and rejected.     Remember as I do though; Our Lord Jesus Christ was rejected also.   So do not discount that to have loved is better than never having known love at all!   There is no greater gift than to have loved.   For love is the essence of God.   Jesus Christ knew this, and that is why He said, ‘yes’ to suffering for all mankind, for the love of the Father!    God knew His Son and knew He would not fail.    In doing so, He turned His kingdom over to His Son.   The Son holds the keys to the kingdom of heaven.

Come to the love of God through His Son Jesus Christ, and know love eternal!

May God Bless You!

Book of Job: Chapter 4 verse 13-21

13)” In my thoughts during visions of the night, when deep sleep fall on men, 14) Fear came upon me, and shuddering, that terrified me to the bones.   15) Then a spirit passed before me, and the hair of my flesh stood up.   16) It paused, but its likeness I could not discern; a figure was before my eyes, and I heard a still voice: 17) “Can a man be righteous as against God?   Can a mortal be blameless against his Maker?   18) Lo, he puts no trust in his servants, and with his angels he can find fault.   19) How much more than those that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed more easily than the moth!   20) Morning or evening they may be shattered; with no heed paid to it, they perish forever.   21) The pegs of their tent are plucked up;   they die without knowing  wisdom.”

Book of Matthew: Chapter 28 verse s 16-20

16) ” The eleven disciples made their way to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had summoned them.   17) At the sight of him, those who had entertained doubts fell down in homage.   18) Jesus came forward and addressed them in these words:

“Full authority has been given to me both in heaven and on earth; 19) go therefore, and make disciples of all the nations.    Baptize them in the name ‘of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.’   20) Teach them to carry out everything I have commanded you.     And know that I am with you always, until the end of the world!” 

Book of John: chapter 15 verses -9-10  Jesus speaks:

 9) “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you.   Live on in my love.   10) You will live in my love if you keep my commanments, even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and live in his love.”

Book Of John: Chapter 17: verses 3-8  Jesus Speaks:

3)”( Eternal Life is this; to know you, the only true God, and him whom you have sent, Jesus Christ.) 

4) I have given you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.

5) Do you now, Father, give me glory at your side, a glory I had with your before the world began.

6) I have made your name known to those you gave me out of the world.   These men you gave me were yours; they have kept your word.

7) now they realize that all that you gave me comes from you.

8) I entrusted to them the message you entrusted to me.   They have known that in truth I came from you, they have believed it was you who sent me.”

Conscience, that inner voice that speaks to us; the sixth sense, as some would call it, is very real!    When ignored, calamity strikes!    Perhaps not immediate, but absolute.

We all have a Father in Heaven who loves us.    He is passionate about us!    So passionate is He that He sent us a very part of Himself to walk among us, live, love, eat, drink, pray, laugh, cry, and die!    He that very beautiful man that can not be forgotten because of this!

Jesus Christ did not come into the world with trumpets blasting, and shouts   of glory announcing His arrival; but rather entered quietly, reservedly.

Why?   Why do you think, when God Our Father can do anything in any way He wishes, He chose to have His only Son enter this world, His passion,   quietly?

God is mysterious, in that when we look upon Him and enter into Him, we find that He is a God that is ‘reserved’.    Yet, when He deems it, blesses it, and desires it, It is made known!   So, it is with Jesus Christ!    He did not ride in a great chariot.    He did not have servants, but ‘friends’!    The King Of Kings had friends, not servants, or slaves, but turned to people like us, simple, quiet and reserved.

He   chose us to be His friends!

Think of it!    The greatest KING ever,    and HE wants you and I for His best friend!    How can anything measure up to such a great gift?    How can anyone say ‘NO’ to someone who gave His life for them?     How would you feel if you gave your ONLY SON, to save another , and they scoffed at you?

Does it not seem, that a God who loves quietly, and beautifully, loves passionately as well!    He does you know!     This God that I speak of is a man, and made you and I to love.   He, like anyone who  loves passionately feels what we feel and knows our every thought, word, pain, and joy!    He made us in His image.   He, the God of Heaven and Earth, He who has always been and will always be, desired to express Himself through ‘creation’.    WE are HIS Creation!   He can do with us as HE wishes!   He made us!   We do not belong to ourselves but to Him.   This is the truth!!   There is no getting over it, God reigns!!   He is first last and only, and through Him all things come into being.

So to doubt, to deny is to enter into ” THE HOUSE OF EVIL”!   What evil?  You say!   That which opposes God is evil.   You say you do not oppose God?  I say you oppose God if He is not first in your life.    God has you and I first in HIS LIFE!!    He is so passionately in love with us, He sent us Jesus Christ!    So, you say, I know that!   Do you?    Do you know who He is and what He stands for?

The rules, were given and passed down through the ages!   The Ages, from the Old Testament to the New Testament!    God put them forth for us to love and embrace.   So loving is He, that He knows we all learn at a different rate, understand differently, think differently, and love differently, that is why He made us to love.    God is a person, with a personality!   His Son Jesus Christ proves this!   He the Son of the Father, did as the
Father desires, and though it was not easy, He did not say, NO!!   He could have, but then we would not be!    For it is through Him; He who conquered evil, that “the  house of evil will fall!   However, we are still in the fight of our lives, for Jesus Christ will come again, and then it will end!

What will end?    The world will end!   Remember, I said, that we belong to God, God owns us.    Yet, God wants OUR LOVE.    So true  a love does God want, that He gives us free will!   He tests us to see How true we are!   Yes, He tests us!   He wants to be first, deserves to be first, and shall be first!   God deems it so it will stand!    There is no arguing with God!   Oh we can!!   He will allow us to argue with Him and plead our case; He is OUR FATHER, and wants a ‘real relationship’ with us!    But as with any Father, His say is final!   God made everything on earth as it is in heaven.  Our Lord said it in the Lord’s Prayer.   So, when Jesus Christ gave us the “Lords Prayer”  He said it all!    When you say the words, remember, God does not come with fanfare and trumpets blaring!    God will when Jesus comes again!     Then the world will know:  HE is God!

So if you wish to know if you dwell in a ‘house of evil’ or a’ house of praise’   then you must be true to yourself, and be honest.   Do you praise God daily for His great love?   Do rejoice in life, and cry for those who hurt?   Or do you fill yourself with ‘I’ ?  I can not, I will not, I think not!   “I” though necessary can be a deterrent to our love of God!   Why?   Because as Jesus said it, not my will, but,  “THY WILL BE DONE”.

God first!

Book of James: Chapter 4 verses 6-10

6) “Yet he bestows a greater gift, for the sake of which it is  written:

‘God resists the proud but bestows his favor on the lowly.’

7) Therefore submit to God; resist  the devil and he will take flight.   8) Draw close to God, and He will draw close to you.   Cleanse your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, you backsliders.   9) Begin to lament, to mourn and to weep; let your laughter be turned  into mourning and your joy into sorrow.   10)   Be humble in the sight of the LORD and He will raise you on high.”

Book of Philippians  Chapter 2 verses 12-18

12)So then my dearly beloved, obedient as always to my urging, work with anxious concern to achieve your salvation, not only when I happen to be with you but all the more now that I am absent.   13) It is God who, in his good will toward you begets in you any measure of desire or achievemnet.   14)In everything you do, act without grumbling or arguing; 15) prove yourselves innocent and strightforward, children of God beyond reproach in the midst of a twisted and depraved generation-among whom you shine like the stars in the sky 16) while holding fast to the word of life.   As I look  to   the Day   of Christ, you give me cause to boast that I did not run the race in vain or work to no purpose.   17) Even  if my life is to be poured out as a libation over the sacrificial service of your faith,     I am glad of it and rejoice with all of you.   18) May you be glad on the same score, and rejoice with me!”

Help me Lord, with this my life.   Days seem long  and filled with strife!
Sorrow and dismay fill my soul; I  know  not where to go…Help me to trust , and never doubt…for evils ways are all about.   Hold me Lord, that I may grow, that peace may always flood my soul.

Have you ever felt like this? Conflicted?  Uncertain, and in turmoil.   These are evils ways.   For Our God is a God of Peace!   He gave us Jesus to show us, teach us, and instruct us.

Yet, few align themselves with the teachings of Jesus Christ.    Truly !    Many believe they are ‘of Christ’ and yet are taking His Name in vain in every other sentence.    This can not be so.   For it is as if whipping OUR LORD!    Truly!   Jesus feels our every sin.   When we blaspheme His Holy name, take His name in vain, all these and then some, physically hurt OUR LORD!   Do you really believe Our Jesus does not feel our indiscretions, and blasphemies?    I assure you He does!   He knows everything!    He is God!    The Son, the second person in God the Father, feels and knows all things.

Next time you desire to say: Jesus Christ in anger, consider that you are applying a whip to our LORD!    That is the closest explanation I can give you, as to how brutally, it offends our Lord!!

Jesus is one of us!!   Though He is not here, He is amongst us.   He sees down to our slightest tear!   This is Love!   This is the Love He died for!    So incredible, yet, rebuked and shunned by seventy five percent of the world.    For the world does not wish to know rules, or have discipline, or instruction.    The world is ‘free will’…Jesus Christ is ‘thy will’ ..the will of the Father!

If God is Our Father, then Christ is Our Brother, and so,    He came to teach us about Our Father.   If your life is not molded to the teachings of Our Lord Jesus Christ, then you are living in ‘free will’.   Come to Christ, and know His peace…His strength…and His love.

Then, when the conflicts arise, no  matter what they are, when calling upon the Lord, the peace will infuse your heart, and joy will fill your soul.    For this is the love of God incarnate through Jesus Christ His Son.

Book of Ezekiel: Chapter 35 verses 11-12

11)  …”Therefore, as I live, says the Lord God, I will deal with you according to your anger and your envy which you have exercised (in your hatred) against them.   I will make myself known among you when I judge you, 12) and you shall know that I am the LORD.”

Book of John: Chapter 5 verses 19-23 Jesus Speaks

19) This was Jesus’ answer: “I solemnly assure you, the Son cannot do anything by himself-he can do only what he sees the Father doing.   For whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise.   20) For the Father loves the Son and everything the Father does he shows him.   Yes, to your great wonderment, he will show him even greater works than these.   21) Indeed, just as the Father raises the dead and grants life, so the Son grants life  to whom he wishes.  22) The Father himself judges no one, but has assigned all judgement to the Son 23) so that all men may honor the Son just as they honor the Father.   He who refuses to honor the Son refuses to honor the Father who sent him”.