By This All Men Will Know That You Are My Disciples

                      ...if you have love for one another. John 13:35

One of the things that we have heard most consistently through the years concerning our home is how peaceful it feels. Entertaining family and friends, holding Bible studies and small groups, having individuals in need stay for a short time or an extended period, have all taken place throughout our forty years of marriage. We are accustomed to sharing in the experiences of others, whether they are times of celebration, seasons of sorrow, or all the times in between. So this post will be written as if you were a guest in our home. Nothing else feels right when sharing with you the personal things that I believe the Father wants me to convey. With that being said, Thank You for being here today.

Throughout the years, perhaps you've wondered how we would begin to see the events surrounding the second coming of Messiah. Like you, I am so grateful that He told us some specific things like those found in the books of Daniel, Ezekiel, and Joel. As well as chapters 24 and 25 of Matthew and the Book of Revelation. But what I never suspected was the speed at which our world changed and the ease at which world powers would take control over the people. I think that is what alerted me from the start that this was much more than what we were being told. The rapid, global change seemed to suggest how much had already been orchestrated behind the scenes while we, the citizens of the world, were unaware and simply living our lives.

So now that we are living in a time of ever changing uncertainty, the first thing I think the Father wants me to impart to you is that no matter how things appear to be, He is always Sovereign. His perfect or permissive will is always in place. If this is not the timing for the end of the age, He will intervene and bring a stop to it. Though I believe that the powers that be are fully invested in their agenda coming to fruition, I also believe that the same could have been said of Nimrod in his Babylonian city with the tower. 

It's not only from Scripture that I draw that truth. There is also a more modern day example of His power of intervention that I will share with you. It was election night 2000. As I prepared for bed I was praying about the future of the United States and the newly elected president. As I prayed, I heard very clearly in my spirit, "George W Bush". I thought it was odd considering that I thought I would find out the results while listening to the morning news. But as you know, Florida's count was called into question and it wasn't until December 12 that the official ruling was announced. To tell you that I was deeply burdened during that waiting period would be a near understatement. I felt like the nation was being pushed into something sinister before it was time. I fasted and prayed for this country like I had never prayed before or since. Day and night I was in a constant attitude of intercession for His will to be accomplished. It wasn't until the announcement was made that the anguish lifted. I have yet to learn of anyone else who felt the way that I did, but to this day I still believe that I couldn't have been the only one. There had to have been a remnant. I tell you this story because it is pivotal to my trust that if it isn't time for this to progress, the Father will intervene. 

However if it is time for this to take place, then we must come to grips with it. It is not the Father's desire that we live in fear and He does not want us making hard decisions with fear being part of the equation. We must make them before the time arrives so as to be free of the immediate pressure.  We must stop thinking like humans who invest so much time considering our own humanity. When He first told me that, I asked Him how I was supposed to do it when I am human. Immediately characters from the pages of Scripture started coming to mind. David facing a giant. Daniel facing a lion's den. Three Hebrew children facing a raging furnace. The farmer Gideon watching his would be army dwindle in front of his eyes. These men, and more like them, did not have their eyes fixed on their immediate situations. Come what may, their hope, their trust, had already been established and it was riveted on the God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob, and so it must also be true of us. I remember writing once on this blog that the powers that be will demand that we chose our allegiance. We must be ready to give them an unwavering answer.

Not only will we have to trust Him in ways that are now foreign to us, we will have to learn to obey His commandments in ways that are perhaps foreign to many of us. Because there is a common denominator in the characters I mentioned that we cannot ignore. They were obedient to the commandments of God. We have not been sufficiently taught this importance, but Scripture is clear that His presence and protection surrounds those who keep His commandments. Two of the commandments that He has reminded me of in recent days is that it was HE who delivered the Hebrew children from their bondage in Egypt and it was HE who delivered us from the bondage of sin and the sentence of eternal death. We are not to have any other gods before us. Another commandment that He reminded me of is His Sabbath Day - to keep it holy. Even before I realized its importance for myself, I recall a Sunday morning service when a pastor was saying that he had had a conversation with a Catholic priest, during which he told the priest that the Catholics really messed up when it came to the Sabbath. The priest chuckled and said something along the lines of, "Well, what are you gonna do?" Without hesitation, the words popped out of my mouth, "Change it back!" Although we always sat near to the front and it was said to the volume that only those closest to me could hear it, I'm as sure as I can be that the pastor also heard it because he stopped speaking, paused, and looked in the direction to where I was seated. The priest in the story chuckled, but be assured that it is no chuckling matter to the One who established the Sabbath and made it holy. HE told the children of Israel that it is a sign (also a mark in the Hebrew) for all time between Him and them throughout all their dwelling places. And since we are grafted into the olive tree, are we to do less? To me He has made the admonition clear. In our own individual lives and in the lives of our children, He is asking us to, "Change it back!"

Something else He has brought to my attention is that we have to accept our own mortality. Some years ago, after I started receiving dreams and visions of things to come, a woman asked me what was one of the central things that I was learning from them. I told her that we will be telling people good bye. Messiah Himself told us that there would come a time when people would think that they were doing God a service by putting His followers to death. We must come to terms with the facts that without cause they hated Him first and none of us is greater than our Master. As time progresses, more than being heart sick over the news that someone we know in the faith has passed, I suspect that we will be relieved and thankful that the Father has delivered them from all that has come upon the earth.

If one could look upon these days as being used for something positive, it would be to reveal the evils in the world for what they are and to call people to repentance. The exposed darkness is exceedingly so, causing an unequaled time in recent history, of the great divide between the holiness of The Almighty One and the lawlessness of the evil one that is intended to shake us up so that we awaken from our slumber, see what is taking place, and want to cling to One and utterly reject the other. And lest we think that those in the church are exempt, we need to be reminded that a major sin of the Laodicean's was their sin of presumption. They thought because they were well fed and rich when compared to much of the world's population, that they were fine, when in truth, their spiritual condition was far from it, and if nothing else, the exposures of 2020 have brought that truth to light. The utter depravity of the evil one has been on full display this year and as it continues, I recall a voice from the past, crying, "How long will you go limping between two different opinions: If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him. ..." We are being made personally aware as never before that we cannot serve two masters. It is time to be finished with sin, which is the violation of the law of God. Not just blatant sin, but the Bible also tells us that to know the will of God and not do it is sin. The time is now to truly repent of whatever we're doing that is wrong and whatever we are putting off that we should be doing. And the timing of this announcement couldn't be more perfect as His Day of Atonement is coming at sundown on September 27 to sundown September 28. "For on this day He will forgive you, to purify you, that you be cleansed from all your sins before God." Leviticus 16:30 So I encourage, no, I implore you to take the days between now and then to die to whatever and whomever (including yourself) you need to in order to put on Messiah and live the life you are intended to live in Him. A life free from the lust of the flesh and the desires of this world.

Living His life frees us from so much fear because we are confident that He is in control of our destinies. 

We would also do well to remember that until our deaths or His return, we, like the ten servants in Luke 19, are called to occupy. If we have been born again in Messiah then we are part of His body. Each member having gifts that are intended to be used for the building up of the saints. The one who was chastised by his master was the one who buried his gift, refusing to use it. We need to stir up our gifts and use them because our brothers and sisters have need of them. It's rather ironic, don't you think, that Scripture tells us not to forsake the assembling of ourselves, especially as we see The Day drawing closer, and the world's leaders are telling us just the opposite? And at a time when people desperately need encouragement and counsel from their clergy, those whom they call shepherds are keeping a safe distance. Since church doors have been reopened, I've been heartsick to hear of pastors who don't come into direct contact with a single congregant on Sunday mornings. I know that there are exceptions who don't act like hirelings, but how few are they in number? So more than ever the members of the body of Messiah need to use the gifts they've been given. His servants are expected to have streams of living water flowing through them, but if those servants aren't partaking in the water and cleansing of the word, then the Holy Spirit is quenched and they cannot be a source of nourishment to others; unable to give what they don't posses. And as sad as it would be, perhaps that's the greater story. 

Beloved, we need discernment like we never have before because the deceptions that have overtaken the world are growing stronger and will continue to do so. We have been warned beforehand and it appears that now the time is upon us. The Bible promises us that if we ask for wisdom, it will be generously given to us, but we must be sincere in our asking. If we want the truth, He will reveal it to us when we seek Him with all of our hearts. And I know from experience when we truly seek Him, wanting the truth and needing His wisdom, then He steadies our hearts and keeps our minds at peace, no matter what. 

As I have sought Him these last few months, I need you to know that all that I've written here has first found its place in me. I turned 59 last Sunday and I am still in need of the correction that He imparts to me. It comes to me as it does to you, through His Word and His Spirit and through the lives of others. It is humbling and it hurts, sometimes severely. But I know that the Father disciplines those He loves and His Beloved Son is coming for a pure and spotless bride. One who is not sharing her affections with another and is faithful to Him, no matter the cost.  He has always been faithful to me and He deserves nothing less. Once upon a time we might have been told that His grace was easy and this road of holiness was just imparted to us, but it cost Him everything. Should it cost us any less? No indeed. The longer we walk this road, we realize the narrower it becomes, leaving room for only one at a time. And at the end, it's just you and Him. Him and me. And I don't want us to come to that point and look into His eyes, the One whom we've waited for, and then turn around to see the sin we brought with us; only then being willing to repent. 

Today it is all too apparent that because of lawlessness the love of many is growing cold. Even the mandates put upon us are not helping people to have warm feelings toward one another. But our God is Love and His Messiah commands us to love others as He has loved us. Even our enemies. He calls us to a different life; one where we pray for those who persecute us and dispitefully use us. To go so far as to show them kindness. Were it not for the fact that He loved us first, and sent us His Spirit to help us carry out His commandments, it would be humanly impossible. But remember when I wrote earlier that He has instructed me to stop thinking like a human? This is part of the process that He wouldn't have asked of us if we were incapable of doing it, with His help. Remember that Scripture tells us in Romans 8 that, "creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God." Many could be brought to salvation by the godly love they witness in us and through us, when others have turned to hate. 

In closing, whether His return is soon or very soon, "These three things remain, Faith, Hope, and Love. And the greatest of these is love." May we be living sacrifices to these, for His sake and for His Kingdom.

Shalom, Dear Ones.

Sue

Scriptural References:

16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities - all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. Colossians 1:16-17

33 Who shall separate us from the love of Messiah? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger or sword? 36 As it is written, "For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered." 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Messiah Yeshua our Lord. Romans 8:33-39

3 And they said to one another, 'Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.' And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. 4 Then they said, 'Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.' 5 And YHVH came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built. 6 And YHVH said, 'Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. 7  Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another's speech.' 8 So YHVH dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. 9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there YHVH confused the language of all the earth. And from there YHVH dispersed them over the face of all the earth." Genesis 11:3-9

8 But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend; 9 you whom I took from the ends of the earth, and called from its farthest corners, saying to you, "You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you off'; 10 fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Isaiah 41:8-10 (365 times we're told in Scripture not to fear)

17 But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children, 18 to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments. 19 The LORD has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all." Psalm 103:17-19

3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 Whoever says "I know him" but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, 5 but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: 6 whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked. 1 John 2:3-6

Deuteronomy 28 and many more passages

2  I am YHVH your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3 You shall have no other gods before me." Exodus 20:2-3

8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to YHVH your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. 11 For in six days YHVH made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore YHVH blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy." Exodus 20:8-11

12 And YHVH said to Moses, 13 "You are to speak to the people of Israel and say, 'Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, YHVH, sanctify you. 14 You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you. Everyone who profanes it shall be put to death. Whoever does any work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 15 Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to YHVH. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death. 16 Therefore the people of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a covenant forever. 17 It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that in six days YHVH made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed." 18 And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God. Exodus 31:12-18 

1 YHVH spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, These are the appointed feasts of the LORD that you shall proclaim as holy convocations; they are my appointed feasts. 3 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to YHVH in all your dwelling places." Leviticus 23:3

17 These things I command you, so that you will love one another. 18 "If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, because I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. 21 But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 Whoever hates me hates my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. 25 But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: 'They hated me without cause.'" John 15:17-25

24 "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. 25 It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household. 26 So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known." Matthew 10:24-26

16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, "I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you, 18 and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty." 2 Corinthians 6:16-18

1 "I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. 2 They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. 3 And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me." John 16:1-3

24 "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money." Matthew 6:24

14 "And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: 'The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation. 15 "'I know your works: you are neither cold or hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! 16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. 17 For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked." Revelation 3:14-17

21 And Elijah came near to all the people and said, "How long will you go limping between two different opinions? If YHVH is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him." And the people did not answer him a word. 1 Kings 18:21 

4 Everyone who commits sin transgresses the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. 1 John 3:4

17 So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin. James 4:17

15 Do not love the world of the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world - the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life - is not from the Father but is from the world. 17 And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever. 1 John 2:15-17

6 For this reason I remind you to stir up the gift of God, which is in you though the laying on of my hands, 2 Timothy 1:6

11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Messiah, 13 until we all attain the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Messiah, 14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. 15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Messiah, 16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which is is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love. Ephesians 4:11-16

24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. Hebrews 10:24-25

11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. John 10:11-13

37 On the last day of the feast, (Sukkot) the great day, Yeshua stood up and cried out, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.'" John 7:37-38

25 Husbands, love your wives, as Messiah loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. Ephesians 5:25-27

3 And they will do these things because they have not known the Father nor me, 4 But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you. John 16:3-4a

5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. James 1:5-7

13 You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13

3 You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. 4 Trust in YHVH forever, for YHVH Elohim is an everlasting rock. Isaiah 26:3-4

12 For YHVH corrects those he loves, just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights. Proverbs 3:12

5 And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? "My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. 6 For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives." 7 It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8 If you are left without discipline, in which we all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. 9 Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live? 10 For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good. that we may share in his holiness. 11 For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Hebrews 12:5-11

12 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But the one who endures to the end will be saved. Matthew 24:12-13

13 "Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy to find that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few...." Matthew 7:13-14

7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God because God is love. 1 John 4:7-8

43 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who despitefully use you, and persecute you, 45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? 48 You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Matthew 5:43-48

John 15:1-27a

12 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 15 And let the peace of Messiah rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Messiah dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Colossians 3:12-16

A Word for 2020 ~ A Prelude

For thus the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said,

 "In repentance and rest you will be saved, in quietness and trust is your strength: but you would not." Isaiah 30:15

If someone asked me to encapsulate the year 2020 into just one word, it would be "noise". Noise from every media out lit - every moment of every day; from politicians, to the chosen experts, to angry mobs in the streets. Every voice vying for attention, demanding that their listeners heed and obey their ever changing instructions. Noise is one of the major reasons why I haven't published anything. If I could not write what the Father wanted me to write with His anointing, then I had no desire to write at all by adding to the din with my own conjecture.

Actually, not writing during this season has been a good thing. It has given me time to go back and read earlier posts from this blog. Current events are giving some sight to the foreshadowings that were written there by faith in His leading. Reading them once again revealed to me the goodness of the Father to His people by giving them time to know what's ahead so they can steel their hearts in Him and prepare their families. His revelations were given with the absence of noise, during the restful times of sleep and through words whispered to my spirit in the moments of awakening. He is forever good. 

In the days ahead, you will read more posts from this blog. It is my hope that you will do so with a quiet attitude of humility and prayer so that you are able to hear and discern His still, small voice. For He who is not a man that He should lie promised us that we will seek Him and find Him, when we seek Him with all of our hearts.

As I end this prelude I am reminded of something that I posted on another Friday. It was September 20, 2013. The author is Joshua Liebman and it is entitled, Everlasting Arms.

"We live today with the everlasting arms beneath us; we breathe, we eat, we walk, we think and dream, all because we are sustained by a universe greater than ourselves and preserved by a love beyond our fathoming." 

May we never forget.

"What is Truth?"

"What is Truth?"

As most Christians know, it was Pontius Pilot who asked that question of Messiah as He stood before him, awaiting what would become His sentencing. I have often wondered if Pilot was really asking the question, or was it rhetorical in nature and more in the way of making a statement? If so, it may have been a statement that was born out of years of frustration at the lies that he had lived, had perpetuated, and falsehoods that surrounded him by people with evil intentions. Here stood One who was sinless in word, deed, and motive, and it seems to me that the text suggests that Pilot knew it. Finally, someone who was innocent of the charges laid against Him. Looking again at the familiar story, one thing that I find especially grievesome, is that something a Roman prefect was willing enough, desperate enough, or cynical enough to ask, is seemingly seldom inquired of by those in Christendom. That question being, "What is truth?"

Pertaining to the story, we know what happens from here. Finding no fault in Yeshua, Pilot tries to wash his hands of the whole affair, the people call on him to release to them a known murderer, and cried out instead for Messiah to be nailed to a tree and the guilt of His blood to be upon them and their children. Sadness fills me every time I think of it.

Two weeks ago, all around the world, people gathered in churches and around family tables laden with the traditional ham, and into their backyards to hunt for colored eggs. Simply writing that causes my heart rate to increase as tears form in my eyes because I am one of a growing number of believers from around the world who have dared to ask the question, "What is truth?"

Those of you who read this blog may have noticed that most of the dreams I have posted have taken place in the spring, at the time of Passover. I don't take that fact lightly and I believe that many of my dreams have pointed to that time of year for a specific reason. After the Hebrew children observed the first Passover, they were released from Herod's imposed slavery and the land of Egypt and entered into their time of testing in the desert. Through my studies of the last several years, I have come to understand that history is more cyclical, rather than linear, as I had been taught. So in this instance, could the end time period of testing begin after Passover? I believe it could.

Could it also be that a plan was put into motion a very long time ago to hide the significance of the Father's appointed times, His Feast Days, and His Torah, so that His children would be unlearned and unprepared for what awaits them? Again yes, I believe it very likely could. And that is what brings me to you.

The message of this post has been weighing on my heart for a year and this is my fourth attempt at writing it. There is a sense of finality surrounding it that I haven't been able to shake. Maybe within its words everything the Father has wanted me to say will be summed up and it will be the last one to be published. But perhaps even more than that possibility, is the sense that it may further alienate the very few church friends I have left, and being a person who is relational to the core, that is a cost that to me is worth weighing. If you are one of those friends reading this, then you understand me well enough to know that although the Father has given me the gift of mercy, He has also given me the unquenchable desire for truth. So having weighed the cost, although it grieves me, I'm ready to write what may be the final piece of truth that I have been asked to share with you and to do it in a manner that you're not accustomed to as coming from me.

The first part of the Bible, referred to as the Old Testament, has not passed away, nor has its teachings and statutes been nailed to the cross.The Bible never should have been divided into two parts because teachings such as dispensationalism and replacement theology are lies. They were fabricated a long time ago by men with their own fears, agendas, and antisemitic views. If you doubt the validity of that statement, take some time to look up some quotes and teachings regarding the people to whom the Old Testament was given, by men considered to be church fathers. Men like: Marcion of Sinope, Origen of Alexandria, John Chrysotom, and even Martin Luther and John Calvin. The church of Rome takes full responsibility for SUNday worship; and its holidays like Saint Valentine's Day, Easter, All Saints Day AKA Halloween, and Christmas, can never be "Christianized" because they belong to Pagans and the worship of their Babylonian sun gods - always have, and always will.

Hold on, here's where it gets really personal. It's one thing to not know. I was in that place myself for fifty years. But when you learn the truth about these matters and cannot legitimately argue with what recorded history reveals, and more, what the Bible actually says about the Almighty having forbidden His people to worship Him in the same manner that Pagans worship their gods, and yet you continue to do so and encourage others to do the same, what does that say about your relationship with Him? How sincere would you surmise the love a family member or friend if they continued to do something to you that they knew you hated? Don't gloss over that question and continue reading without sincerely contemplating your answer. Don't patronize yourself with reflecting upon His mercy that is long suffering ...until even He is fed up. How much would you think someone loved you if they continued to do something to you that they knew you hated?

I don't know how you answered that question. All I can do is tell you that verses like Hebrews 10:26-31 and James 4:17 scare me. And I think they would cause fear in anyone who believes themselves to be a sincere Christian. At least sincere enough to ask where they landed on those verses. After having walked away from those traditions eight years ago, I can't help but believe that what it boils down to is that once finding out the truth, people love their traditions more than they love Him. People care more about what other people think than what He thinks.

Looking back through my years in the church, it is ironic to me how Christians were quick to hotly criticize the Jewish leaders in the Bible for embracing their traditions above the commands of God, and therefore being hypocrites in Messiah's eyes, but don't think twice about doing the same thing with their own traditions. Many members of the clergy believe that the lukewarm church at Laodicea is the largest end time church, but few believe that it is reflected in their church. Do we honestly think that when He returns that He will be pleased with what He finds within the Christian church when He has always been sickened by the mixing of what He calls holy with the unholy?

Certainly by this time there are those of you who are asking yourselves something along the lines of, "What is up with Sue? This message doesn't sound like 'my Jesus'. And besides, I'm not Roman Catholic." Have you heard the saying, "All roads lead to Rome."? Trace your particular denomination or non-denomination all the way back. Not to a particular man, like John Wesley, but further. Neither YHVH or His Beloved Son; nor any of the Apostles, including Paul, changed anything that the Scriptures taught. YHVH gave His Word, and it is eternal. All that's transpired since the siege upon the Temple in 70 A.D., and the work of the Nicolaitans, or Constantine, or his mother, or the church of Rome and its teachings that spilled forth, changes nothing of HIS WORD THAT ENDURES FOREVER!

Why does this sound harsh? Because the hour is growing late and it's time to wake up. I've seen where things He has shown me are coming to pass and it is alarming to me that people remain in their slumber. And most importantly, when I was in prayer and asked Him for His anointing because I don't want to open my mouth concerning such things or lay my hands upon these keys without it, I asked Him, "What would you do, Father?" His response was immediate, "I would warn them."

I hope you are seeing that what I have written is not to be taken lightly. This isn't a matter of opinion, where you do what seems right to you and I do something different and it's all okay because we all end up in the same place in the end. This isn't a difference of opinion, they're different God/gods!     

Gentiles around the world are indeed coming to Him as stated in Jeremiah 16:19 and telling Him, "Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, worthless things in which there is no profit." One day you will awaken to the same truth. The only question that remains is where do you want to live by that truth, here and now with the consequences that will inevitably follow? Or when you stand before Messiah's face and look into His eyes, knowing that you have to bear those consequences? I am here to warn you and to pray that for your sake and the sake of your family that you choose wisely. Shalom



The answer to, "What is Truth?" Psalm 119:160 and John 17:17  

The following pastor's one hour sermon is full of Biblical references.

"Unholy Alliance" ~ A previous post about things coming to pass.
Here is the evidence to "Unholy Alliance". Perhaps after watching it you will understand The Father's urgency. The hour is growing late. It's time to wake up.

     

The Mark of the Beast Consumes - But YHVH Offers Eternal Life!

On October 8, 2013, I had a dream in which I was standing alone in a large corridor of a theatre of the arts. Two ballerinas were walking side by side in my direction. One wore a costume and tutu that was all white. The other wore a costume that was identical to the ballerina on her right, with the exceptions that her costume had a random, holstein-like pattern of black and white. She wore a matching headpiece that covered her skull. The headpiece had what appeared to be fiber optics extending from it that moved like very thin feathers as she walked.

The dancer on my left, the one whose costume was white, moved with the fluidity and grace befitting a ballerina. She remained silent as she looked at the other dancer who was telling her something that I couldn't hear. The body of the ballerina on my right jerked violently and twisted into strange movements that were not only unexpected from a ballerina, but reminded me of short circuited robot. She struggled to speak because her head and mouth jerked as badly as the rest of her body. The contrast was so stark, and the contorted ballerina so unnatural, that the scene was not only disturbing, it grieved my spirit.

As I awakened from the dream it was with the knowledge that the mark of the beast will consume. It will alter the body, mind, spirit, and soul. And I suspect its very DNA; thus making it less than human and irredeemable. Revelation 14:9-12 You may think the preceding statement about the alteration of human DNA to be a bit extreme. Well, we now know that immunizations change our DNA. So if vaccinations can do that, is it really far fetched to think that the mark would alter it to the extreme? Do I expect people to be walking around as the short circuited ballerina in my dream? No, although Revelation 16:1-2 does point out that those who receive the mark and worship its image will break out in harmful and painful sores, the Bible also tells us that people will be going about their lives as they did in the days of Noah. Honestly, I expect changes that will be most obvious will be the qualities that make humans able to feel and act on things like compassion, will be erased and their thoughts will be toward evil, continually.

This mark will be deceptively marketed as humanity's only hope for survival, and for those who "seek to save their lives ...", accepting it will be a given. But what about those who choose to lose their lives for His sake? It is that question that has prevented me from further writing this post. What could I possibly say about that that would bring the slightest bit of comfort or some sense of consolation to those who will not love their lives so much as to lose them? The answer came three days ago through the Inbox of my email account. The Berean - Church of the Great God is the daily devotional I am subscribed to and that day's devotion answered my prayer. What follows is in part, a paraphrase of that devotion.

In Jewish tradition, when a man wanted to marry a woman he would pour wine into a cup and offer her to drink from it. If she accepted the cup and drank from it, they were engaged to be married. If she refused, there would be no marriage. If she accepted his proposal and drank from his cup, he would then go away for an unspecified period of time to make a home for them at his father's house. She was expected to make herself ready so when he returned, she would be free to go be with him. The only way that she knew he was returning was to hear the sound of a shofar that preceded his arrival. The first time I heard this tradition, I was overwhelmed with emotion at the undeniable similarities at the symbolism Messiah Yeshua used when He spoke similar words to his disciples. To drink from the cup that He offers means that we belong to Him, and one day, when the shofar sounds, we will either be raised from the dead or rise from the ground, both groups meeting Him in the air to forever be with Him!

However what isn't often mentioned is that there is another side to the cup. The bride to be is supposed to remain chaste; faithful to the one to whom she has been betrothed; forsaking all others. Making whatever changes are necessary in her life in order to join her life to his. Walking in a manner that would not dishonor his name or his reputation. Willing to suffer whatever the groom suffered. We must honestly ask ourselves, why is this truth so often left out of the story?!

When the mother of James and John asked if her sons could sit on either side of Messiah Yeshua in His Kingdom, He replied that she didn't know what she asked, that that choice was not up to Him. In turning to the men, He asked them if they could drink from the same cup and be baptized with the same baptism? Knowing well the betrothal tradition, they said that they could. Yet in perhaps their excitement and/or zeal, I don't know that the men considered the other side of the cup when they answered Him. If not, in time they would know exactly what He meant.

Those of you who read this blog are probably of the belief that we are nearing the time of Messiah's return. If that is so, then you know that the time before His coming will be unlike anything the world has ever seen before, or will ever see again. Tragically, even as we are moving ever increasingly into that time, members of the clergy are not known for presenting both sides of Yeshua's cup. However this much we know is true. HE never lied or omitted anything. And His Word, contrary to what you might have been taught, is eternal!

So if the Scofield Study Bible was wrong and rapture doesn't occur ...until Messiah comes back as He went up into the clouds. And if the very popular Left Behind books and movies (though I wasn't one of the people who read them or watched them) were wrong when they included that people "forced" to receive the mark of the beast could still be saved. Then what are we to do? This may sound simplistic, but truth often is. The time to be making difficult choices is not when we are faced with temptation, but before. But with that said, the sad reality is that for all of the bravado that may come out of a person, if they aren't already living a life of godliness, they aren't likely to begin when the temptation is before them.

The foundational truth that I am trying to convey is this: You were created by an Elohim who loves you with a Love beyond your comprehension! And you are hated with a hatred that won't be satisfied until you, a person made in the image of your Creator, is consumed in the fires of the the second death. It is a truth so simple that a child could understand. The Father made it that way and gave us the choice because He IS Love.

I could think of no better way to end this post than with a quote from the devotion I received three days ago:

"Part of what Jesus' cup entails is suffering. When we drink of His cup, we are saying we are willing to suffer with Him and experience with Him whatever He ordains for us. We symbolically pledge that we are willing to walk down the same path He walked, with similar consequences.

We do not just drink the wine at Passover - we drink "of the cup" of  Passover, meaning we are proclaiming our willingness to share in similar trials as Jesus did. We proclaim we are willing to endure whatever He has appointed to us as our lot.

We are also identifying ourselves with Him exclusively: We are cupbearers to the King of kings and to Him only. Psalm 16:5 says, 'O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup; you maintain my lot.' The Eternal is our cup! Do we grasp the meaning of this? We cannot serve two masters (Matthew 6:24). We cannot simultaneously identify with Christ and Satan. Our lives, our actions, our words, our thoughts, continuously announce which is our father, God in heaven or Satan. Drinking of Jesus' cup means to live His way of life and renounce Satan's ways."

*Quote taken from The Berean - Church of the Great God

*New Vaccines Will Permanently Alter Your DNA

A Prelude to a Coming Great Deception

As I sit down at my computer to start this post on an unseasonably warm day in October, I'm finding that the sunshine and warm breezes are a stark contrast to the heaviness of heart that I feel as begin to write. However the growing sense of the Holy Spirit is urging me to continue. It's an urge that I haven't felt like this in two years, but two years isn't too long to forget what it feels like.

In the early morning hours of September 16, 2017, I had a quick dream in which I was on the phone with a sister in Messiah who has chosen to live a life that is truly set apart. The friendship she once had with the world has ended. Instead, her greatest desire and focus in life is on the One who created her, gave His life for her, and is coming back for her so that she can forever be with Him in His Father's house. Until that Glorious Day, she picks up her cross and chooses to follow Him, walking as He walked, along the ancient paths.
So hearing what she had to say on the phone, caused me to wake abruptly from the dream and ask the Father if she was okay or if she was being tempted to stray from the truth? His Spirit responded with four words, "If it were possible." What did she say to cause me such concern? Some of you won't like the answer and may be tempted to stop reading, but I hope that you will continue. If for no other reason than because this is the first part to a two part post. So if you are angry, I hope that curiosity will keep you reading to the end.

As we spoke on the phone in my dream, she related to me that she had watched the Kirk Cameron movie, Saving Christmas. She told me that his arguments sounded plausible and that she could understand how people watching it could believe that Christmas and even Santa Claus were given to us by the Father. Her saying that is what caused me to awaken from the dream and question if she was being deceived. However, relieved by the Father's response, I knew that what was taking place in the dream was an example of Matthew 24:24.

In 2013 I wrote a series of four posts on the topic of Christmas, the first of which was an introduction. I will leave them linked below. However even a small amount of study into history reveals that the holiday has nothing to do with the birth of the Son of God and everything to do with the birth of the sun gods. It is a sad reality that must be faced, and once it is learned, individuals are left to make a decision. It isn't just December 25th that is the issue, it is all the pagan traditions surrounding the holiday. His Word is clear. We are not to worship Him in the same way that pagans worship their gods. I honestly believe that one day all of us will find out from Messiah Himself that Christmas and Easter are nothing more than golden calves in Christianity.

Wide spread deception and confusion are here, and more is coming; a fact that isn't remotely hard to believe given the condition of the world and its people. A deception so cunning and vast that even the very elect could be deceived ...if it were possible. Intersecting with that is the knowledge that we are at this place in history where Christians have been woefully taught and pitifully prepared! Given the amount of information that is accessible from our finger tips, each of us, including (and perhaps especially?) ministers and church leaders, are left without excuse. One day we will behold the face of the One who left His Father's side to put on flesh and tabernacle among us. One who was obedient to the point of death ....on a cross ...for us. Beholding His face, what argument do you think will matter? "But...my spouse, my children, my grandchildren, my family, my friends, my denomination, my church! You understood, right?!" Possessing the ability to imagine putting only myself in that place of looking into His eyes, the following words are already forming in my mind. Matthew 10:37-39

The question must be asked, if we're not willing to come out of this deception, how easily will we spot the ones that are yet to come?

Scriptures: James 4:4, John 14:3, Luke 9:23, 1 John 2:3-6, Jeremiah 6:16-19, Deuteronomy 12:28-30, James 3:1, John 1:14, Philippians 2:8

Introduction to Christmas Posts
The Beginning - Part 1
The Impostor - Part 2
The Choice - Part 3

A Time to Rejoice ~ A Time to Mourn ~ A Time to Heal

It's early evening, just before Sabbath, as I begin to write this post. My husband just stepped out with our dog for a walk after supper. The sky is heavy with dark rain clouds and the breeze coming through the opened windows reminds me of the season we are entering. The evening is a perfect reflection of my heart as I write about a subject that has been on it for nearly a month.

As you read, you will discover as I have, that this post really began back in February of 2009. It was at that time that I had submitted a letter to the editor of a few area newspapers. The one I am quoting from for the purposes of this post, was published on February 17, 2009.

On February 10 our youngest grandson turned 1 year old. Naturally that milestone brought with it feelings of a love beyond understanding, great joy, and disbelief at how quickly a year can pass by when you're having fun! Every time I look at him, I am in awe! His happy personality is growing about as quickly as his body and his mind. Not only does he crawl faster than any baby I can remember, he's starting to take steps on his own! I met him in a hospital room on an early Sunday afternoon in 2008, and only one year later it's hard to remember life without him.

So whenever I hear about new legislation concerning the painful and divisive subject of abortion, I can't think of it without considering the countless lives that are forever altered by it. I could list a few facts about it, but a quick Internet search lends that information easily enough.

Its politics, legal history, and its staggering numbers are there. And so are the arguments - pro and con. What is harder to find, and harder to face, are the individuals who are left behind. Like girls and women who are scared, abandoned, and pressured into the hardest decision of their lives; and the people who are directly involved in causing them to make that decision. There are those whose hearts long for children they can't conceive. And the most helpless of the innocent, the ones who are forced to pay the highest price. Take a moment and just think with me, when it comes to abortion, honestly, who wins?

Last Saturday our families gathered together to celebrate the life of a most precious child! When I held him in my arms and breathed in his sweetness, I again thanked God for him. I smiled at his parents and prayed a special blessing upon them for choosing to grace all of our lives by sharing him with us. And in those moments, like so many of the milestones that mark our lives, this year my joy was bitter sweet as I paused to think of all of those who are left behind.

This post had another beginning of sorts, back on March 1, 2013. It was that day that I awakened hearing the word, "Restitution". Needless to say, I immediately began to pray about what the Father was trying to tell me. I asked Him such things as, What have I done that I need to make restitution for? Nothing came to me. Did I borrow something that I have forgotten about and need to return? Silence. Who do I need to apologize to and ask for forgiveness? No name surfaced in my mind. But throughout the morning, the word kept being repeated. At mid-afternoon, I laid down for a nap but as I did, I prayed again that He would show me what it was He was trying to tell me through that single, implicating word. When I began to awaken a short time later, it was to the words, "Stem cell research". Fear gripped me as my eyes shot open. I believed that I had my answer to prayer. As I continued to ask Him for insight as to what I thought He was trying to tell me, the impression that came was that there was coming a time when YHVH would be making restitution for all the innocent blood that has been shed upon this land and upon the earth. When I asked for confirmation, Proverbs 24:11-12 was recited in my spirit.

11 Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. 12 If you say, "Behold, we did not know this," does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not repay man according to his work?

Back when this word was given to me, I knew that human embryos were being used in the study of stem cell research. That's how I knew in my spirit what the Father was referring to when He spoke the words. This practice takes the killing of human life all the way back to its very beginning. As the following article so clearly states, "It is the killing of one person (actually many persons) in the theoretic attempt to save other people. Is it justifiable to kill one person in order to spare someone else from disease? At its essence, the driving philosophy behind embryonic stem cell research is one that places less value on individual human life than it does on the 'greater human good'. While this may sound altruistic on the surface, it has been the historic basis for all manner of human rights abuses." www.abort73.com/abortion_facts/stem_cell_research_and_abortion/ 
Interestingly, at the publication and update of the article, it was shown that adult stem cells have helped with over 73 diseases. No matter how they spin it, embryonic stem cell research is unjustified.

Most of you reading this blog have learned of the recent discovery of the practices within the clinics of Planned Parenthood. If not, here is an article you can refer to.

It was after learning about this atrocity that Anna C decided to come forth with her own heartbreaking story. I share it with all of you in the hopes that it will help someone, somewhere.

The book of Enoch tells us that it was a "Watcher" a fallen angel (demon) with the name Kasdeja, Kisdeja, who, "Taught the children of men all the wicked smitings of spirits and demons, and the smitings of the embryo in the womb, that it may pass away." How much more time do we need? How many more lives must be ended and harmed before we humans, who call ourselves civilized, stop listening to the lies of the servants of the god of the dead?

http://www.abort73.com/abortion_facts/ancient_abortion_history/

In preparing for this post, I asked the Father where was the church in 1973 when abortion became legal in America? Instantly, images from the 60's rushed to my mind. As flagrant sin flooded the nation, it also infiltrated the church. Our own flesh, whether in fear, apathy, or lust, kept us from standing up and speaking out against this carnage; this lie from the pit of hell! Scripture tells us in Deuteronomy 32:35 and again in Romans 12:19 that vengeance belongs to YHVH. He will have His restitution, for He is not mocked. We will reap what we have sown. Galatians 6:7-8 Judgement begins at His house. 1 Peter 4:17

Again, Proverbs 24:11-12 is being quoted in my spirit. "Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, 'Behold, we did not know this,' does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not repay man according to his work?"



To all the girls, women, fathers, and families, who have been deceived, bless your hearts, there is grace and forgiveness in the One who knit you together and loves you without condition! In narrowing down my research for this post I was especially drawn to the Elliot Institute. Please reach out. You are not alone.


An additional reference and a recommendation:

Petition to De-fund Planned Parenthood


A beautiful and respectful film. It's time to heal.

 

Upon reading this post, a dear sister sent me the following article where Gianna Jessen, whom this movie was written about, addressed Congress on September 9, 2015. Here is her testimony.

youtube.com/watch?v=VbEG1MNPkCY

A Time for Every Purpose ...Sackcloth and Ashes

On Thursday, May 21, 2015, I awoke with The Stars and Stripes Forever playing in my mind. https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stars_and_Stripes_Forever. Strange, I thought, considering that I hadn't heard the song recently and don't recall it ever coming to mind. When I awoke from sleep the following morning, the song was again playing in my mind. This happened for three more days. On the four days leading up to Memorial Day and on May 25th. On May 26th, my mind returned to its usual quiet upon awakening.

The song was published in 1897 and was received by the American public with great enthusiasm. In fact, as the Wikipedia article states, "The Stars and Stripes Forever is a patriotic American march widely considered to be the magnum opus of composer John Philip Sousa. By a 1987 act of the U.S. Congress, it is the official National March of the United States of America."

I knew that the five-day occurrence of awakening with the song already playing in my head was not only significant, but I could not shake the foreboding that accompanied it. My immediate family and two sisters in Messiah knew about the impression that came with it was that something might occur on July 4th or between Memorial Day and the 4th of July, 2015, that would forever alter that song, making its message null and void.

Shift to the evening of Saturday, June 27th. Sleep refused to come that night. I prayed and tossed and turned. When I would finally drift off, I would awaken within moments with my spirit more stirred than the last time I awoke. Giving up on a night of sleep, I made my way into the living room. Our shades were still open and even without my contacts in, I could see that the moon resembled a blood moon. I sat down on the sofa and asked the Father what was going on ...but not really wanting to hear. Not surprisingly, with my state of double-mindedness, no response came. James 1:5-8 After some time spent with my mind searching for what could be going on, wondering if I had done or said or thought something that was causing the greater and greater uneasiness within, or if it was something without, I eventually grabbed my laptop and looked at my emails. It was then that I found out the Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex marriage and I knew the reason for the disturbance within. I had not learned about the ruling earlier because my husband and I observe YHVH's Sabbath Day and I spent Friday in preparation for it and on that particular Friday I didn't check the news or log onto the internet.

The feelings that welled up in me I can only describe as how one feels when finding out that an ailing loved one had died and that that death would perpetuate even more tragedy. When I slowly walked back into our bedroom around 7:00 that morning in that sorrowful haze, trying to decide whether or not I should try to sleep, once again I uttered the words, "Oh Father!" To which He replied, "Sackcloth and ashes."
(Esther Chapter Four)

As people around the country gather this year to celebrate the 4th of July with fireworks, cookouts, and parades, a remnant of the people will be mourning with the knowledge that The Stars and Stripes (were not) Forever, and that greater tragedy is coming. There are no words for me to express the depth of my grief and the sick feeling of knowing that the things that I have been shown are going to become reality.

YHVH is long suffering and patient, not wanting anyone to perish. His laws are for our good and for the good of those around us. He waited for this nation to repent and it refused His patient love and mocked and scorned His messengers; questioning their walks with Him rather than each person examining themselves to see if they are in the faith. 2 Corinthians 13:5


I have the privilege of being related to someone who is the most loving and forgiving, patient individual, I have ever known. When the ill treatment of others passes a certain point in their life, they will calmly tell me, "I don't want to talk about it." If they say anymore, they realize that they could either give full vent to their anger and end up sinning in the process, or their emotion would overrule the wisdom of their Father.
     Last night after learning of some of the things that have been reported as happening since last Friday, things that I won't write about because it is shameful to even speak of such things Ephesians 5:12, I went off to bed and covered my face with my hands, feeling the shame of those who have no shame. I told Him how sorry I was for all that is taking place. It is as if the pit of hell has opened up and every sacrilegious and lascivious act that can be conceived in the mind are being acted out in the public arena. As I cried to Him, He spoke to my spirit, "I don't want to talk about it."

He knows what that phrase means to me. He has had His fill. It is sorrow mingled with fury.

You want your independence from the ONLY TRUE GOD, America? You want to be "free from the law" that you refuse to "be under", Christians? Your wishes have come true.

It is with a broken heart for our nation and its people that I end this post. What follows are three pieces that were sent to me since finding out the news. I encourage you to read and watch them.

cindybythesea.com/2015/06/27/breaching-the-wall

womanassigned.blogspot.com/2015/06/judgment-has-come-to-your-once-great.html?m=1