While Still Can....

Hello Smalls, nice to hear from you!:) .... Addressing your thoughts in comments . . . you said: "Last time I commented I had a problem with your assertion that belief is an act of will (and paradoxically not of ourselves as well)" . . . . 

I don't recall saying that in those terms exactly, but if I did, I can understand why.  THIS subject--this angle re salvation, free-will versus election IS probably THE most fascinating aspect of Spiritual experience to me!  I've been amazed and fascinated and curious about it . . . literally, since a child.

"Oneness and Difference" . . . "Sameness and Difference"   .... "Achintya-bedhabeha-tattva"......

God does not leave peoples bereft of knowledge.  THE WORD is THE WORD and THE BOTTOM LINE.

Yet, know and appreciate . . . that He (The Holy Spirit) does not leave peoples far and wide . . . neglected.

The Spirit speaks always to all those who are designed and chosen to Hear, whether in the Steppes, in the far-flung Nordic cold mountains . . . nor among the many peoples scattered about the islands, "South America", "Indians" . . . Africa . . . EVERYWHERE He will speak and carry and hold His Own.

We have The Word, and regarding "sameness and difference" . . . "free-will" v. "election"--all saints have seen and known it to be true --I believe--and is one of the greatest unfathomable mysteries of God's design!  

Yes, I quoted some Hindu "scripture", but I dare say, don't doubt that God has been involved with all peoples, at all times, all through the ages, whether they had the literal Word Of God or not. . . .

Smalls.... Since you addressed it . . . I'll say that THIS--for me, at least, in my spiritual journey, and most, if not all of the saints that I've read and studied--IS probably THE most stunning and profound thing to possibly comprehend.  

And I don't think we ever will.  WHICH IS FANTASTIC! ....  There will be no end to experiencing individuality amidst God's sovereign majesty . . . throughout ETERNITY!

It will be un-ending GOOD mystery!  Unending surprises . . . and never ever NOT "blown-away" by WHO and What HE is!.... FOREVER!!!! 

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It's been a couple of days since I started this writing. . . . I haven't checked my grammar . . . but just want to get it out:) while still can..... 

 

Survival 2022 et al

 Everything . . . is still looking to me . . . like going according to script.  AND THE Script!  

In the temporal machinations . . . yep, they are persecuting thought crimes, while elevating violent criminals.  That's how they do it.  Many, many times over. . . . It's an old tried and true method of subversion, perversion to subvert and rule a "people".  

Works every time . . . (in this fallen world).

Meanwhile. . . .

The Way . . . is to have inhabit The Lord IN YOU . . . and YOU IN HIM.

It is a grand secret of survival.  And by survival . . . I mean Survival . . . in the eternal sense.

Survival . . . in Goodness, Love, God, The One, THE GOD OF ALL. . . . !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Many have ideas . . . of how it "ought to be" . . . expectations according to "fairness". . . . 

THOSE WHO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS ONE TRUE AND ONLY GOD OF ALL . . . AND WHO ARE BLESSED TO BE CREATED AND CHOSEN FOR HIS PURPOSE . . . well, you will find yourself falling on your face, figuratively and literally. . . . Humbled, submitted, surrendered--a blessed Child of God!  THANKFUL & GRATEFUL FOR ALL!

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As have always mentioned . . . we are under CONSTANT attack.  It is:  “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."

And . . . you (find yourself) finding it . . . when GOD HIMSELF shows it to you . . . and brings you in.  You know who you are.  YOU KNOW!

"In these times" . . . I dare say . . . the Way to go . . . is to know and meet and "allow" Jesus, Lord . . . to be your friend and GOD!

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It has become an ol' trope: "Do what Jesus would do"............. 

HOWEVER . . . trope or not . . . REALLY DO THAT!  Let Him inhabit your temple/body!  THINK .. . .  . . . THINK . . . ponder . . . assuage . . . . WHAT WOULD JESUS DO? in any and every situation!!!!

THIS is the key--the SPIRITUAL way out of the mess we find ourselves in, circa 2022 and ongoing.... 

Just Sayin' :)!

GOD BLESS YOU and He does!

Love you. !

Bro T

Beetle Break (GOD'S LITTLE BEAUTIFUL CREATURES!)

 

• This . . . is the FACE of a "longhorn beetle" up close (It's been making the rounds, so maybe you've already seen it, but worth a second look:)!

Hence, among other reasons, I don't ever, for a long time, casually or ever . . . KILL God's little creatures.  

We've made it a fun game around the house--flies come in, like they do, through the open back door, and many peeps are inclined to quickly kill them . . . and I get that . . . but we've made a fantastic game of it--which also exercises eye/hand coordination, compassion, quick-strike abilities etc.,--SO THAT we have the game of catching them out of the air, or from up behind while on counter . . . AND THEN . . . release them back into the wild, outside back door :) 

Because of the anti-life Satanic agendas going on . . . killing, poisoning, hating GOD'S creation (obviously foremost humanity in the image of GOD) I've noticed an increasing lack of the little creatures (grasshoppers, moths, bees, and more. . . .) 

BUT, the other day, I met a few grasshoppers and one in particular on the side of the house stucco--I looked at it close up . . . and saw the eyes--they were looking at me, I was looking at them, their eyes moved, tuned in . . . . Plants and insects (of course, along with the animals) I believe "read minds" and intent, heart. . . .  

Well and we had a moment, me and that grasshopper, heh..... 

Every face is unique and special.  A unique individual.  (Hence, note, Satan's rush to "collectivize" the scene. . . .  It is Anti-God, Anti-Christ to "collectivize" in the way he/it/she (Bapho) does.

There is a gentle way.  

There is the Godly way.

Here is another close-up pic of (just one of the trillions) of The Creator's individually created individuals. . . .

Ponder

 obviously . . . it's about time for the false flags..... 

There are only two ways to go. . . .  BOTH lead into eternity AFTER "DEATH".

Who do you serve?

Who do you Love?

Where are you going?

For real.  THIS THING IS REAL.

The last thing you want . . . is to die and then find yourself being pulled into eternal torment.

The BEST thing you want . . . is to die . . . and be in eternal relationship with God, and all that you have ever wanted. . . .

Ponder. . . .

The Boom Today--Prepare Your Soul

 Thank you yet again, YOU, for your ongoing help and support and encouragement and prayers . . . for this little Spiritual bloggy outpost!  It is a genuine humble labor of Love! Praising God always!---

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Update edit:  Well . . . odd times, eh? This morning, Lindsay and I were early morning out front just starting the day talking about stuff.  SUDDENLY a giant, intense, sub-sonic explosion BOOM happened.  Yes, we have had some thunder lately . . . but this was different.  We both started . . . looked at each other... this is not thunder, this is not Camp Williams shooting off artillery (at 8:30 am) no... The sub sonic waves went through our bodies... It was intense.  THEN . . . our dogs, and all the dogs in the neighborhood started barking.  Lindsay ran in and got the dogs in the house, cuz, seriously, it felt and sounded like . . . the big bombs were starting to drop!  Well, er,  . . . maybe a test "emp"?  

Whatever . . . it was weird.  Of course, I've experienced big thunder . . . also as a child, there were lots of "sonic booms" I remember flying overhead because of nearby air force base . . . and have been through a few earthquakes.  This was different.

When it happened, wife and I, startled, looked at each other . . . and both felt it sub-sonically--it seemed to come up from the ground, through the bones and even heart . . . . . .  It was SHOCKING, so-to-say. . .

As I say, the dogs went off, barking . . . there was a pause . . . because it sorta came in quick waves...so they barked again. L's instinct was to get them quick in the house . . . me, I paused, listened for more, then walked the perimeter, checking the sky, checking for smoke.....  Did a neighbor's house explode? Will there be fire? Hmmm... didn't seem like it, because it was so deep and big and weird . . . . Nah.... But thinking.... What the heck was that?!!!

Well, and will say . . . just prior to this explosion-y thing . . . we had been in the backyard, with the dogs, early early morning . . . noticing how bizarre the clouds were.  I mean, truly . . . unusual and multi-layered. We hurt our necks carrying on and looking at and analyzing them . . . because neither of us had ever seen a clouded sky configured quite like that.  It seemed a lot was going on.  There were honey-comb holes in sections . . . and then, other areas that were like viney, angelic wing-like manifestations . . . and then, in a whole different color, rippling waves like how a beach sandbank can look like . . . . And more.  It was the most complex, tri-dimensional, surrealistic, moving/morphing cloud early morning sky either of us--we confirmed in the moment--had ever seen.....

I DON'T know if that is related to the "BOOOM"! . . . but it kinda makes us wonder. . . .

So, soon afterwards, we quick checked the local news . . .  but . . . nothing . . . . 

Are we crazy?  Did no one hear that?

. . . . . . I went to my job, . . . . got home . . . and then thought to check the news . . . and turns out it was a big story afterall.  The BOOM was heard/felt from Idaho down to mid-Utah!  Their cover story featuring "experts" is that it MAYBE was just a "beach-ball" size "meteor" . . . causing a "sonic boom".

Nope.  I don't think so.  We don't think so.

Well . . . and then (possibly just an odd coincidence) . . . our little plug-in carbon monoxide monitor that we've had for years (never has made a peep til now) started beeping.  I took it outside . . . and it still started beeping.  No idea if related, but just kind of freaky odd timing. . . . .

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What do I think about it?  Hmmm . . . one thing I don't do here is blow smoke or prevaricate.  Or try to sensationalize for "clicks".  AND . . . I'm not about "doom porn" as they say. . . .  BUT I will, as can and as led (I dare say) just say what I see/hear. . . .

Cut to the chase, of what I actually think is up at the current and coming time. . . . . (And I'm perfectly happy and hopeful to be wrong! . . . . although . . . I tend not to be, argh! . . . )

So . . . cutting to the chase . . . fwiw. . . . I think what we experienced was a type of "emp" test "bomb".

I've always said it will end up in round-ups and gulags.  Everything I see going on is going quite like script--like it always has when the commi's have infiltrated and finally take the whole thing over. It sucks.  They have "us" surrounded, infiltrated, demoralized, drugged, confused--usual social chaos instigation before the last throes of the takeover.  It is really old school, tried-and-true techniques to witness (if you've studied or experienced the history of it). . . . .

The lambs are penned in, circled by the predators in the dark, circling ALL about, on and in every level. . . . 

The joy of it is . . . if you have the Spirit Of God . . . you don't have hysterical or tawdry fear.  He does not give us a Spirit of fear!  

Yes, yes, they will continue to drag it out a bit, because life ( in the material world) is a bit complicated.

BUT if you know the Word, you know what's up and what's coming.

Prepare to die.

Be love.

Be brave, strong, humble, earnest, sincere, pleading, on face, on knees (before The Truth!), keep humor, keep good cheer . . . small deeds thrill the angels, and God Himself (because they are not needed, yet you do them!--salvation is not by works) . . . . PREPARE YOUR SOUL.

When I believe I got born again . . . and Heard some things . . . one of the main things pertinent to this time Suggested was "prepare your soul."

https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/loud-boom-reported-across-northern-utah

Matthew 24 (note: It's Not Possible That The Elect Will Be Deceived)

Matthew

24 Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings. 2 “Do you see all these things?” he asked. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

3 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”

 4 Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many. 6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of birth pains.

9 “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. 10 At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, 11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. 12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, 13 but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

15 “So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’[a] spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand— 16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let no one on the housetop go down to take anything out of the house. 18 Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak. 19 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! 20 Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. 21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.

22 “If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. 23 At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. 24 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 25 See, I have told you ahead of time.

26 “So if anyone tells you, ‘There he is, out in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here he is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. 27 For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 28 Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

29 “Immediately after the distress of those days

“‘the sun will be darkened,
    and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from the sky,
    and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’[b]

30 “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth[c] will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.[d] 31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

32 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 33 Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it[e] is near, right at the door. 34 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

The Day and Hour Unknown

36 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son,[f] but only the Father. 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.

42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

45 “Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time? 46 It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. 47 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’ 49 and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. 50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. 51 He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

The One True And Only God

Outside, underground. . . . 

Quick aside . . . . . . . .

There is happening--as usual, when state totalitarianism starts really making it's big move in earnest--an immediate "good guy" "underground" sprouts up. . . . Obviously, it also includes fantastic strong "based" women.  I'm talking about . . . there organically develops a sort of "black market" "underground" intelligent, handy, efficient, ingenious. . . . 

Oh, and also . . . nothing gets more obvious than that evil is afoot, and Good knows where it's at.

There is always the time of martyrs.  There are many "gifts" of the Spirit.  One of the best, I dare say, is the Spirit/Gift of Martyrdom . . . and that does not necessarily mean the mean physical trauma.  The psychological, emotional martyrdom can be, and is often just as, if not more, intense. . . . 

Like He said.  If you are one of His . . . you will suffer . . . the same (but THANK GOD, in miniature!) because He is merciful.  It is a glory to suffer for the Truth, for God.

Life is short . . . and getting shorter. . . .

Take heart, have faith!

Get real.

Get God.

Get THE ONE TRUE AND ONLY GOD!