tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87997787482065798862024-03-18T14:10:54.979-07:00prayer poetryEugene Firnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307352309648533374noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799778748206579886.post-27824674300231695702024-01-22T16:17:00.000-08:002024-01-28T11:23:31.590-08:00The Ingenious Decption<div style="text-align: left;">taking offense at objective facts - </div><div style="text-align: left;">even when they are presented simply... </div><div style="text-align: left;">clearly...respectfully with no other </div><div style="text-align: left;">intention than love of the other... </div><div style="text-align: left;">desiring the healing good of self-</div><div style="text-align: left;">acceptance as Created by their </div><div style="text-align: left;">Heavenly Father - is an ingenious </div><div style="text-align: left;">deception as if you are disrespecting </div><div style="text-align: left;">the receiver by 'hatefully' contradicting </div><div style="text-align: left;">their cherished yet totally subjective </div><div style="text-align: left;">cornerstone of their confused identity </div><div style="text-align: left;">system nonsensically and sadly </div><div style="text-align: left;">constructed upon ever so shifting </div><div style="text-align: left;">sands of disoriented feelings lived </div><div style="text-align: left;">out daily in emotional decision-making </div><div style="text-align: left;">the fruit of which has logically led to </div><div style="text-align: left;">harvests of personal misery while </div><div style="text-align: left;">clinging to delusional distortions of </div><div style="text-align: left;">reality fiercely asserted yet erupting </div><div style="text-align: left;">in endless hours of insecurity and </div><div style="text-align: left;">eternal anxious imaginations of self-</div><div style="text-align: left;">preoccupation and yet now here you </div><div style="text-align: left;">are having the audacity to question </div><div style="text-align: left;">their otherwise affirmed identification</div><div style="text-align: left;">hoping they may see the light of reality </div><div style="text-align: left;">through the fog of deception and help </div><div style="text-align: left;">lead them to begin a new journey to joy /</div><div style="text-align: left;">peace by realizing that their true / rock-</div><div style="text-align: left;">solid identity is a Beloved Child of God </div><div style="text-align: left;">Made in His Image and Likeness and by</div><div style="text-align: left;">Grace a Beloved Disciple of Jesus Filled </div><div style="text-align: left;">as a Temple of the Holy Spirit and from </div><div style="text-align: left;">Conception Created with God-given DNA </div><div style="text-align: left;">all of which opens the door of meaning /</div><div style="text-align: left;">purpose in this life and Eternal Joy in </div><div style="text-align: left;">the next...but predictably...you are accused</div><div style="text-align: left;">of having the unmitigated gall to suggest </div><div style="text-align: left;">they read an article which presents logical </div><div style="text-align: left;">and robust scientific arguments contradicting </div><div style="text-align: left;">their subjective feelings of self-identity </div><div style="text-align: left;">which though humanly / biologically </div><div style="text-align: left;">impossible to change are aided and abetted </div><div style="text-align: left;">by a life-sentence of prescription drugs and </div><div style="text-align: left;">proven by superficial external indicators </div><div style="text-align: left;">and vehemently purported by preferred </div><div style="text-align: left;">pronouns and last-but-not-least radically </div><div style="text-align: left;">ratified by irreversible mutilating medical </div><div style="text-align: left;">procedures - all distorted attempts of so-called</div><div style="text-align: left;">'gender affirming care' - carried out by </div><div style="text-align: left;">the now defunct 'do no harm' Medical </div><div style="text-align: left;">Practitioners - which if not offered - are </div><div style="text-align: left;">considered disrespectful / reprehensible </div><div style="text-align: left;">leading supposedly to suicide and therefore</div><div style="text-align: left;">condemned vociferously and so you </div><div style="text-align: left;">should stop with the offensive suggestion</div><div style="text-align: left;">that they consider an alternative solution </div><div style="text-align: left;">of Therapy as well as a Spiritual Awakening </div><div style="text-align: left;">which is so contrary to their now entrenched </div><div style="text-align: left;">lifestyle and a 'carpet-bombing' to their </div><div style="text-align: left;">indoctrinated identity infrastructure where </div><div style="text-align: left;">true is false and false is true and the abnormal </div><div style="text-align: left;">is normalized so often initiated at a vulnerable / </div><div style="text-align: left;">insecure age by agenda-driven ideologues </div><div style="text-align: left;">masquerading as empathetic Counsellors only </div><div style="text-align: left;">interested in introducing / guiding gullible </div><div style="text-align: left;">minors in to an 'exciting journey of self-discovery' </div><div style="text-align: left;">yet hidden from their parents who in many </div><div style="text-align: left;">instances will lose custody if are found to not </div><div style="text-align: left;">support their child's transition who BTW </div><div style="text-align: left;">is too young to buy tobacco or alcohol...vote...</div><div style="text-align: left;">get married...get a credit card...have a resume...</div><div style="text-align: left;">start a career....drive a car... get a mortgage...</div><div style="text-align: left;">be a marine...buy medication and yet can decide </div><div style="text-align: left;">which of the plethora of genders they feel they </div><div style="text-align: left;">are today and maybe change tomorrow only then to </div><div style="text-align: left;">make life-long alterations to their bodies leading </div><div style="text-align: left;">for many to a regret-filled / painful de-transition </div><div style="text-align: left;">in the future...yet...you are the one accused of </div><div style="text-align: left;">abuse by refusing to bow down to the Identity </div><div style="text-align: left;">Idols by not endorsing their hallucination / </div><div style="text-align: left;">self-mutilation / self-destructive fantasies...so..</div><div style="text-align: left;">stop with the 'love-talk' and professed concern </div><div style="text-align: left;">for their 'true happiness and eternal welfare' </div><div style="text-align: left;">because it is so 'hateful' to 'attack' these courageous </div><div style="text-align: left;">children with so-called 'scientific data' which are </div><div style="text-align: left;">so hurtful /embarrassing / having no place in their </div><div style="text-align: left;">enlightened world of a new age / life-saving </div><div style="text-align: left;">gender adventure in which you are not welcomed </div><div style="text-align: left;">to have a voice nor place at the table since you are </div><div style="text-align: left;">obviously a horrible / abusive bigot who spreads </div><div style="text-align: left;">propaganda that only leads to despair and death...</div><div style="text-align: left;">so...off you go or we will call the thought-police </div><div style="text-align: left;">to serve your - hopefully - never-ending sentence </div><div style="text-align: left;">of public humiliation / isolation / cancelation...</div><div style="text-align: left;">and there you have it...all in all...an ingenious </div><div style="text-align: left;">deception...and the demons love it...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Reflection / Discussion:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>-Define True / False...Objective / Subjective...Real / Imaginary</div><div><b>-</b>Is this description accurate or a fantasy?</div></div><div style="text-align: left;">-Why? What proof can you offer?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What is happening in Canada...Great Britain...Netherlands about this subject?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-When / where / who started all this?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What is the process of 'de-transition'? </div><div style="text-align: left;">-Put faces / biographies on those de-transitioning.</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How does social media play an crucial role in all this?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Why do you still have your children in government schools?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Eugene Firnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307352309648533374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799778748206579886.post-14858253164100573862023-12-05T14:01:00.000-08:002023-12-06T08:37:52.590-08:00The Downsizing<div style="text-align: left;">This is your Official Notice - </div><div style="text-align: left;">Like it or not...Believe it or not.- </div><div style="text-align: left;">and you probably would rather </div><div style="text-align: left;">not think about it this way but </div><div style="text-align: left;">here it is anyway....you will be </div><div style="text-align: left;">Downsizing your Primary Residence -</div><div style="text-align: left;">whatever that might be right now -</div><div style="text-align: left;">and it'll go something like this...</div><div style="text-align: left;">house...apartment...room...bed...</div><div style="text-align: left;">and finally.....Coffin / Urn - and</div><div style="text-align: left;">Nope...you won't need all those </div><div style="text-align: left;">expensive things you're so proud of...</div><div style="text-align: left;">cars...boats...vacation home...</div><div style="text-align: left;">fancy fashions...won't need those </div><div style="text-align: left;">golf clubs...uh uha..no room for </div><div style="text-align: left;">all those trophies you spent your</div><div style="text-align: left;">life striving after...maybe you'll be </div><div style="text-align: left;">in a few fading pictures in someone's </div><div style="text-align: left;">photo album whenever it's taken out </div><div style="text-align: left;">of it's dusty closet space and get a </div><div style="text-align: left;">few comments - hopefully pleasant </div><div style="text-align: left;">ones - but you won't notice anyway - </div><div style="text-align: left;">you'll be in your tiny resting place...</div><div style="text-align: left;">oblivious....and Oh BTW....it could </div><div style="text-align: left;">go from house to urn like...BOOM!! </div><div style="text-align: left;">Yes it could..- not quite the Downsizing </div><div>you had in mind eh? I'd say 99.9% of </div><div>us don't think this way but nevertheless </div><div>it actually is happening now someplace</div><div>somehow with someone but<span> then</span><span> </span>we're </div><div>ALL in one stage or another of Downsizing</div><div>to our Final Tiny Resting Place aren't we?...</div><div>Yep...Downsizing...So.. Question...You </div><div>Ready for that? Because It's Coming...</div><div>maybe sooner than you think.....So...let's </div><div>talk about 'Then what?" - Realities that </div><div>are Crucial to Address Now - before it's </div><div>too late - what's left of your physical body </div><div>will be in your Final Tiny Resting Place </div><div>BUT your Soul - that which makes you...</div><div>YOU...will - FOREVER - be either in </div><div>the Bliss of Heaven or the Fires of Hell -</div><div>Everything in THIS life is temporary..</div><div>fleeting...passing...the NEXT Life is </div><div>Eternal...and HOW you live in this life </div><div>will determine WH<span>ERE</span> you live in the </div><div>next...Who decides that?...the Judge...</div><div>Jesus...the One Offered by the Father to </div><div>take your sins upon Himself - Purely</div><div>out of His Personal Love for you and</div><div>pay their Just Punishment by His Death </div><div>on the Cross but then Rose to New Life </div><div>and Offers that Eternal Gift to you if </div><div>ONLY you Choose to Repent and Follow </div><div>Him in THIS life...All the Injustices of </div><div>this life will be Reconciled in the Next...</div><div>There will be Justice for ALL...But...</div><div>NOW is the time for Mercy / Forgiveness </div><div>while you still have the Opportunity to </div><div>Ask and Receive...so...Question....</div><div style="text-align: left;">ARE YOU READY TO BE JUDGED?</div><div style="text-align: left;">you can not believe any of this and </div><div style="text-align: left;">go to hell first class...OR you can ..</div><div style="text-align: left;">Repent for your sins...Ask Forgiveness - </div><div style="text-align: left;">Give them to Jesus and end up in Heaven...</div><div style="text-align: left;">so What's it going to be?...so...while keeping </div><div style="text-align: left;">Downsizing in mind and realizing that </div><div style="text-align: left;">'not to choose is actually choosing'...Ask </div><div style="text-align: left;">yourself...Am I ready to meet Him face </div><div style="text-align: left;">to Face? Because then it will be either </div><div style="text-align: left;">Heaven or Hell...it is THAT STARK...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Light or Darkness... Joy or Pain...Love </div><div style="text-align: left;">or Hate...Jesus or Satan...Don't Wait to </div><div style="text-align: left;">Decide because...it might be BOOM!....so</div><div style="text-align: left;">NOW IS THE TIME OF SALVATION... </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Reflection / Discussion:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>- </b>How does John 3: 16-18 relate to this poem?</div><div style="text-align: left;">- Describe what 'Downsizing' means in this poem?</div><div style="text-align: left;">- Describe your feelings after you've read this poem?</div><div style="text-align: left;">- What have you been striving after in life?</div><div style="text-align: left;">- Where does Jesus fit in?</div><div style="text-align: left;">- What stage are you in?</div><div style="text-align: left;">- Why is 'not choosing actually choosing'?</div><div style="text-align: left;">- What does it mean to Choose Jesus as your Lord and Savior?</div><div style="text-align: left;">- How should you nourish this Relationship each day?</div><div style="text-align: left;">- A Simple Prayer of Commitment: 'Lord Jesus, Thank you for the Gift of Salvation...I ask your </div><div style="text-align: left;"> Forgiveness for all my sins and I ask you to be my Personal Lord and Savior. Help me to Follow</div><div style="text-align: left;"> you Faithfully by the Power of your Holy Spirit. I Love you and desire to be with you Forever'</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div>Eugene Firnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307352309648533374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799778748206579886.post-76058123454758512602023-07-26T15:56:00.000-07:002023-07-26T15:56:32.811-07:00The Demonic Sliding Scale Strategy<div style="text-align: left;">OK...let's review the Battle Plan for</div><div style="text-align: left;">all you who are being assigned new </div><div style="text-align: left;">targets after a well-deserved break... </div><div style="text-align: left;">most of you were successful in guiding</div><div style="text-align: left;">your previous assignment to their fiery </div><div style="text-align: left;">destination...others - a relatively small </div><div style="text-align: left;">percentage - not so much but a valiant </div><div style="text-align: left;">effort nonetheless....circumstances keep </div><div style="text-align: left;">changing so we'll begin by reviewing </div><div style="text-align: left;">some basic facts on the human's nature as </div><div style="text-align: left;">well as our assessment of their present day </div><div style="text-align: left;">Culture through which your targets must </div><div style="text-align: left;">navigate and hopefully 'crash and burn' as </div><div style="text-align: left;">the humans say...first of all...you'll recall </div><div style="text-align: left;">the human's fallen nature with all those </div><div style="text-align: left;">delicious characteristics at our disposal of </div><div style="text-align: left;">which you must take full advantage if you </div><div style="text-align: left;">are to succeed in your diabolical mission - </div><div style="text-align: left;">officially termed "Concupiscence" which </div><div style="text-align: left;">simply means a proclivity to sin from </div><div style="text-align: left;">disordered emotions as well as a darkened </div><div style="text-align: left;">intellect and hence easily deceived as well </div><div style="text-align: left;">aa a weakened will prone to being manipulated </div><div style="text-align: left;">by said feelings - a 'pre-packaged meal' that </div><div style="text-align: left;">simply needs to be 'heated up' to consume </div><div style="text-align: left;">especially if your target becomes a Dedicated </div><div style="text-align: left;">Follower of the Enemy...the next aspect is their </div><div style="text-align: left;">Culture / World which is created by the elite </div><div style="text-align: left;">fallen humans who are - for the most part -</div><div style="text-align: left;">under our control and we can use to create toxic </div><div style="text-align: left;">environments detrimental to the Enemy's goals - </div><div style="text-align: left;">eg education...media...entertainment...politics...</div><div style="text-align: left;">where we can literally pressure / harass / inculcate / </div><div style="text-align: left;">force our values on top of the Enemy's Values... so..</div><div style="text-align: left;">that leads us to today's topic what I call our </div><div style="text-align: left;">'Sliding Scale Strategy' for waging Spiritual War </div><div style="text-align: left;">against the Created Humans of our - unfortunately- </div><div style="text-align: left;">Superior Foe...ready? it goes like this...the farther </div><div style="text-align: left;">the target is from the Enemy...the less we have to </div><div style="text-align: left;">do to gain a dark victory...but on the other hand...</div><div style="text-align: left;">the closer they are to the Enemy the more intense </div><div style="text-align: left;">and devious must be our efforts - simply meaning </div><div style="text-align: left;">eg. if the target has virtually no interest in the Enemy</div><div style="text-align: left;">or is seeped in habitual sin - in other words 'enslaved' - </div><div style="text-align: left;">your main concern is simply 'maintenance'- ie. keeping </div><div style="text-align: left;">them preoccupied / obsessed with themselves and their </div><div style="text-align: left;">proclivities - especially the 'deadly ones' - as well as </div><div style="text-align: left;">taking precautions to keep the Enemy's devotees away </div><div style="text-align: left;">from the target - here Culture has a vital role to play..</div><div style="text-align: left;">more about that in a bit...then there's the class of </div><div style="text-align: left;">semi-devotees who are somewhat / now and then / </div><div style="text-align: left;">very-distracted-by-the-World Church attendees </div><div style="text-align: left;">who have nothing really life-changing going on - </div><div style="text-align: left;">the Enemy calls them the 'lukewarm' - which BTW </div><div style="text-align: left;">is a pretty good description - for these targets there's </div><div style="text-align: left;">a little more work involved to continually make sure </div><div style="text-align: left;">they don't go deeper into things like 'repentance' /</div><div style="text-align: left;">'commitment' / 'daily prayer life' / 'personal relationship'...</div><div style="text-align: left;">for them I'd say keep distracting and deceiving eg. </div><div style="text-align: left;">getting them to call 'good evil and evil good' or what </div><div style="text-align: left;">is 'true false and false true'....really,,, if you can't get </div><div style="text-align: left;">them 'cold' then just keep them 'warm' and not get 'hot'....</div><div style="text-align: left;">so put a stop to anything the Enemy tries to do to get </div><div style="text-align: left;">them to whole-heartedly follow Him like 'resurrecting' -</div><div style="text-align: left;">pardon the pun - no offense - past wounds / sinful habits </div><div style="text-align: left;">etc as well as stirring-up their involvement in Cultural </div><div style="text-align: left;">matters which I will elaborate in a minute....and lastly </div><div style="text-align: left;">there's the 'Devoted Disciples'... ones who have resolutely </div><div style="text-align: left;">taken up their Cross to Emulate the Enemy...now those </div><div style="text-align: left;">you really have to harass everyday in everyway you </div><div style="text-align: left;">can think of...whatever it takes to get them distracted </div><div style="text-align: left;">and hunkered down in their 'family foxholes' - so use </div><div style="text-align: left;">the Culture to go after them - and here I will elaborate - </div><div style="text-align: left;">where wombs are dangerous...darkness masquerades </div><div style="text-align: left;">as light...schools promote preposterous pronoun propaganda </div><div style="text-align: left;">for kiddies desperate for affirmation...a Culture where</div><div style="text-align: left;">power controls speech / behavior...lovely innocence is</div><div style="text-align: left;">Groomed and sensuality is the epitome of happiness - </div><div style="text-align: left;">and then...if we can Terrorize the Enemy's Leaders </div><div style="text-align: left;">into betrayal by submission - sometimes by simply </div><div style="text-align: left;">keeping silent - we win... for as you know fear is </div><div style="text-align: left;">our go-to weapon so therefore seek to restrict their </div><div style="text-align: left;">influence to their Church Buildings and out of the </div><div style="text-align: left;">Culture...fear...fear...fear...- basically Persecution or </div><div style="text-align: left;">as they now say 'Being Cancelled' that'll give us the </div><div style="text-align: left;">cover we need....remember...you can lose a battle but </div><div style="text-align: left;">wining the war is the key - that's your goal: Eternal Fire!...</div><div style="text-align: left;">and, lastly, a good rule of thumb is the 'more me than </div><div style="text-align: left;">Thee' principle...get them to daily concentrate on their </div><div style="text-align: left;">own needs / worldly goals like 'success'...'happiness'...</div><div style="text-align: left;">'fulfillment'...or just plain ol' problems...but whatever </div><div style="text-align: left;">the case...always make it 'me...me...me... and not Thee...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Thee...Thee'...ie the Enemy....that's always a great 'open </div><div style="text-align: left;">door' to go down the 'rabbit hole' of self and can lead to </div><div style="text-align: left;">a plethora of possibilities. - 'Temptations' as the Enemy </div><div style="text-align: left;">calls them but 'Opportunities' for us - actually the same </div><div style="text-align: left;">ones we use for the 'lukewarm' but with a lot more 'Intense </div><div style="text-align: left;">Imagination'...remember though...you have their files to </div><div style="text-align: left;">research their weaknesses and histories so...keep poking </div><div style="text-align: left;">them and don't let up especially when they get discouraged</div><div style="text-align: left;">because then it's either...persevere or give up - and we </div><div style="text-align: left;">know what WE want! then lastly - and this applies to </div><div style="text-align: left;">everyone on the Scale - constantly make them believe </div><div style="text-align: left;">that they 'have a lot of time left' so they're in no rush </div><div style="text-align: left;">to change because then...Surprise!!...Time's up!! Got ya!!</div><div style="text-align: left;">so...there you have it...the 'Sliding Scale Strategy'...not </div><div style="text-align: left;">perfect but it works...a lot...but again...be Careful...the </div><div style="text-align: left;">Enemy is Infinitely Stronger / more Powerful /Smarter / </div><div style="text-align: left;">and knows the humans better than we do and - most of all -.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Loves them - especially Communing with them daily - so </div><div style="text-align: left;">therefore never gives up offering that 'Grace' stuff...but...</div><div style="text-align: left;">still...we've got a lot going for us...so...come up and receive </div><div style="text-align: left;">your new assignments then...GO GET'M!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Reflection / Discussion:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">-Describe in your own words the 'Sliding Scale Strategy'.</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What is the 'Human Condition'?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Where do you fit into the 'Sliding Scale'?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How does one become a 'resolute' follower of Jesus?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What are you doing to grow in your relationship to Jesus?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How are you reaching out to others on the 'Sliding Scale'?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What changes is the Spirit leading you to make in your Spiritual Life?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Eugene Firnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307352309648533374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799778748206579886.post-23723245767458842562023-05-22T18:05:00.031-07:002024-01-24T12:21:58.571-08:00The Spiritual War<div style="text-align: left;">the stakes couldn't be higher for the </div><div style="text-align: left;">Spiritual War in which we are </div><div style="text-align: left;">automatically involved merely by </div><div style="text-align: left;">our human existence...if you win...</div><div style="text-align: left;">it's heaven - but .if you lose...it's hell...</div><div style="text-align: left;">both are forever...no turning back no </div><div style="text-align: left;">second chances...when you die - and </div><div style="text-align: left;">you WILL die and BTW relatively soon..</div><div style="text-align: left;">'you do not know the day nor the hour'...</div><div style="text-align: left;">you will be Judged by Jesus on how you </div><div style="text-align: left;">have chosen to live your life...it is as </div><div style="text-align: left;">Sacred Scripture says in Sirach 15:15-17 </div><div style="text-align: left;">"If you choose, you can keep the </div><div style="text-align: left;">commandments, and to act faithfully is </div><div style="text-align: left;">a matter of your own choice. He has placed </div><div style="text-align: left;">before you fire and water, stretch out your </div><div style="text-align: left;">hand for whichever you choose. Before </div><div style="text-align: left;">each person are life and death, and whichever </div><div style="text-align: left;">one chooses will be given them." simply</div><div style="text-align: left;">speaking, how you choose to live NOW in </div><div style="text-align: left;">this life is the Warfare you are involved in -.</div><div style="text-align: left;">but Satan - your Enemy - the liar / deceiver /</div><div style="text-align: left;">murderer- is as they say 'out to get you' and </div><div style="text-align: left;">is working full-time to destroy your life and </div><div style="text-align: left;">drag you to hell...sound scary?...well...that's</div><div style="text-align: left;">because it is... so just to be clear...if you don't </div><div style="text-align: left;">believe you are in a Spiritual War - you're losing - \'</div><div style="text-align: left;">no God?...losing...no devil?...losing...no heaven?</div><div style="text-align: left;">losing...no hell?...losing...everyone goes to </div><div style="text-align: left;">heaven?...losing...you're a 'good person' / 'nice' but </div><div style="text-align: left;">have your own 'truth'?...losing...no one's going </div><div style="text-align: left;">to tell you what to do or not do... thankyou? </div><div style="text-align: left;">losing big time....so...are you winning or losing?...</div><div style="text-align: left;">if you think you're wining however...a word of </div><div style="text-align: left;">caution...do not be overconfident...your Enemy </div><div style="text-align: left;">doesn't give up...you can still fall away...it's not </div><div style="text-align: left;">'once saved always saved'...remember...it IS a War..</div><div style="text-align: left;">humanity was originally Created in Union with</div><div style="text-align: left;">the Father but was then deceived by the Evil One and </div><div style="text-align: left;">Chose to seek their own way of life - not the Father's </div><div style="text-align: left;">Way - to decide for themselves right and wrong / good </div><div style="text-align: left;">and evil...and as a consequence of their Original Sin</div><div style="text-align: left;">humans were thence oriented to evil by having</div><div style="text-align: left;">disordered desires - everything centered around </div><div style="text-align: left;">"me...me...me"...a darkened intellect subject to </div><div style="text-align: left;">deceptions and a weakened will easily swayed by </div><div style="text-align: left;">those same fickle feelings all the while living in a </div><div style="text-align: left;">rebellious world / culture hostile to the things of </div><div style="text-align: left;">God and dominated by Satan's deceptions / values </div><div style="text-align: left;">tempting clueless humans into destructive habits </div><div style="text-align: left;">of deadly sins - pride...envy...lust...greed...anger...</div><div style="text-align: left;">gluttony...sloth - all leading into pits of darkness... </div><div style="text-align: left;">seems pretty formidable doesn't it?...that's because </div><div style="text-align: left;">it is...however....on the side of Light / Life is </div><div style="text-align: left;">GRACE...Jesus is LORD / SAVIOR...it is Jesus </div><div style="text-align: left;">vs Satan - BUT. they are not equal...Jesus is God,,,</div><div style="text-align: left;">Satan is a creature - more powerful than humans</div><div style="text-align: left;">but a creature nevertheless and Jesus by His </div><div style="text-align: left;">Death and Resurrection has already conquered </div><div style="text-align: left;">sin / death / Satan and has provided The Way to </div><div style="text-align: left;">your Victory - Eternal Life / Joy / Peace / Love - </div><div>but ONLY by your choice can you share in it...</div><div>Now....If you think you haven't chosen yet you </div><div>are losing because 'not to choose is actually a </div><div>choice'...but then you can simply choose to start </div><div>winning - Repent...turn away from your sin...and </div><div>Believe -.Live - the Gospel...Choose to follow </div><div>Jesus as your Lord and Savior...ask to be.be filled </div><div>with the Power of His Holy Spirit to start living a </div><div>dedicated life of prayer and making His Word </div><div style="text-align: left;">part of your daily life...start 'putting to death the </div><div style="text-align: left;">deeds of the flesh'...Love Jesus above all...Carry </div><div style="text-align: left;">your Cross by laying down your life in service to </div><div style="text-align: left;">others.. find supportive relationships with fellow </div><div style="text-align: left;">believers....resist temptations and the lies of the Evil </div><div style="text-align: left;">One...Be an Intentional Disciple...Remember...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Before you is fire and water...Light or Darkness...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Life or Death...Choose NOW - before it is too late...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Reflection / Discussion:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">-What is the Spiritual War?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Where in you personal life / culture do you see the Choice?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Start making the necessary changes in your life to support your Choice.</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Is it being talked about? Why / not?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Find the support you need from others who have chosen to </div><div style="text-align: left;"> follows the Lord even if it means changing parishes.</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Be disciplined in a daily prayer time / Scripture reading and</div><div style="text-align: left;"> a healthy Sacramental Life.</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Sample Commitment Prayer: "Jesus, please forgive me for not choosing you, for all the sins I </div><div style="text-align: left;"> have committed, I give my life to you. I Choose to follow you as My Lord and Savior. Pour</div><div style="text-align: left;"> out your Holy Spirit upon me to help me follow you faithfully day by day. Thank you for </div><div style="text-align: left;"> your Love and Mercy. I Love you and give my whole life to you:. </div><div style="text-align: left;">-</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Eugene Firnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307352309648533374noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799778748206579886.post-88321970204429102952023-04-24T07:23:00.000-07:002023-07-08T09:43:18.080-07:00The Regrets Dialogue<p> </p><div class="I_ZkbNhI D_FY W_6D6F" data-test-id="message-view-body" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; display: table; font-family: YahooSans, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; width: 794px;"><div class="msg-body P_wpofO mq_AS" data-test-id="message-view-body-content" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 2px 0px 0px; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><div class="jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 16px;"><div id="yiv7463806871"><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lord Jesus.....I can't seem to shake these regrets...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">they keep bothering me...I feel so bad about them...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I try not to think about them but they just keep popping</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">up sometimes out of the blue...I've asked you for </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">forgiveness but I can't forgive myself? Why am I so </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">adamant @ beating myself up every time I think them? </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">what's up with that?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">YOU TELL ME...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">.
Well,.. I think it's because I did all those things...or in this case, I DIDN'T do what </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I SHOULD HAVE done so I SHOULD be the one who pays the price.</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">and, even though I can think of reasons why I SHOULD forgive myself,</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I can't because that'd be like giving myself a pass and minimizing the harm</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I did even though I wasn't aware of it at the time...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">GOT A LOT OF SHOULDS THERE....BUT I AGREE...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">SOMBODY HAS TO PAY...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">right....but it's not working...why is that?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">YOU TELL ME</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">this is so frustrating...why don't you just change me and fix it all </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">so I don't have to deal with this anymore?..</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">IT DOESNT WORK THAT WAY...I DIDN'T
CREATE YOU FOR THINGS TO BE DONE LIKE THAT...I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">what do you mean?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">LOVE DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY OTHERWISE IT'S NOT LOVE..</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">please explain...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I CREATED YOU WITH YOUR OWN "SPACE" IF YOU WILL, AND I </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">RESPECT THAT...I DONT "INVADE" ANYONE'S SPACE...YOU ARE A FREE PERSON </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">AND I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM YOU SO I SIMPLY "OFFER" </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">YOU ALTERNATIVES FOR YOU TO ACCEPT OR NOT..</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">even if what I choose is bad for me?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">YES..</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">.
That doesn't seem fair...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">WHATS NOT FAIR ABOUT IT?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">well....I might be hurting myself and others...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">AND? .</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">you know....why not just stop me?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I JUST TOLD YOU WHY..</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">but what about all the consequences of my sins?...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">and not just for me but for those I sinned against?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I KNOW...BUT THERE'S EVEN MORE TO IT THAN YOU REALIZE..</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">hmmm...you know...something I have to say...you get a lot of blame for</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">all the bad stuff...I mean sins...that people do...like it's YOUR fault.</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">because YOU didn't stop them.....</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I UNDERSAND...PEOPLE ARE FREE TO THINK WHAT THEY WANT...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">so...why don't you just 'set the record straight'?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">THEY WOULDN'T ACCEPT IT ANYWAY AND, BESIDES, </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">LIFE DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY...REMEMBER...YOU'RE FREE...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">why are you doing all this...I mean communicating like this...like you're right here????</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">BECAUSE I AM....I'M ALWAYS "RIGHT HERE" EVEN IF YOU DON'T WANT ME TO BE...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">THAT'S HOW I CREATED THINGS...AND, BESIDES, THIS IS NOT JUST FOR YOU. </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">WHO DOESN'T HAVE REGRETS?...THIS IS FOR THEM AS WELL....</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">so...why me?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">WHY NOT YOU?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">well....I'm not the "holiest" guy out there.</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">..
NO...BUT YOU'LL DO JUST FINE...YOU'RE OPEN TO WORKING THROUGH </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">ALL THIS AND YOU HAVE THE ISSUES I WANT TO ADDRESS SINCE EVERYBODY</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">HAS THEM.....</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">you mean "regrets and performance" issues?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">YOU GOT IT</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">that's tiring to even think about especially when I feel like </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I don't know how to resolve it all...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I KNOW...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">it's like it's never ending...like a gerbil wheel...it keeps turning and turning </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">going nowhere but just creates more and more
frustration / anxiety./ pain.. and never "reaches its goal"</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">AND WHATS THAT?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">hmmm...perfection??</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">YOU MEAN "YOUR" IDEA OF PERFECTION....</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">well...what "i" want...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">HMMM...SEEMS I'VE HEARD THAT SOMEWHERE BEFORE...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">so you mean we're back to the start of this dialogue?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">YOU TELL ME...ITS YOUR ISSUE...I'M HERE TO HELP YOU </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">REACH WHATS BEST FOR YOU AND NOT JUST WHAT YOU WANT....</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">THOSE AREN'T ALWAYS THE SAME THING..SOMETIMES.WHAT'S BEST </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">FOR YOU AND THOSE AROUND YOU IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">this is kind of frustrating...more circles.....</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">.
WHY'S THAT?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">why don't you just give me what I want?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I AM</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">not really...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">WHY?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">because it's not really giving me the results I want.</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">..
WHAT'S THAT?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">ahh...satisfaction...justice...peace...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">IT CAN'T..</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">meaning...?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">YOUR OFFENCES...WHETHER THEY'RE COMMISSION / OMISSION</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">ARE NOT JUST THIS / THAT INSTANCE HERE AND NOW...WITH FINITE EFFECTS...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">THEY'RE MORE THAN THAT.</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">..
what do you mean?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">YOU'RE NOT JUST OFFENDING THE ONE IN FRONT OF YOU...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">YOU'RE OFFENDING ME AS WELL...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">how's that?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">YOU ARE PART OF MY CREATION...WITH MY ORDER OF REALITY....</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I'VE GIVEN YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW IN ORDER</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">FOR YOU TO FLOURISH IN LOVE...ITS NOT 'YOUR' ORDER THOUGH </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">THAT IS WHAT YOU'D LIKE IT TO BE...
YOU WANT TO BE IN CHARGE...THAT'S WHAT STARTED ALL </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">THIS IN THE BEGINNING..</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">..
you mean Adam and Eve and the Fall?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">YES....</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">that whole pride / rebellion thing?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">YOU GOT IT</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">oh...you mean all this is rooted in my pride?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">YOU TELL ME..</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">It feels like it...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">HOW?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">well...like I'm the one who says what is and is not...what should be or not...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I'm the one in charge who decides not YOU...who should pay and how...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">how to fix things or if it should be fixed at all....it feels like it's almost uncontrollable...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">like it has a mind of its own...almost more than I can handle...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">ALMOST???</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">OK....good point...so....now what?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">WHAT DO YOU WANT?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want this to be done...over...now...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">SO...WHY ISNT IT?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">because I "can't do it"...it's too much though I keep trying and failing...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">you know...Performance...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">YOU MEAN THE FINITE TRYING TO FIX THE INFINITE???</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">yeah...I suppose...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; 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LIKE "you're" GOD NOT ME??</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I guess..</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">WELL...THATS IMPOSSIBLE BUT YOU KEEP TRYING...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">soo...how does this change?...that is assuming that's what I want </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">to have happen.....which seems to "go against the grain^</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">THATS BECAUSE IT DOES...IT'S A BATTLE ALL THE WAY....</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">WHO'S IN CHARGE?? AND YOU GET WHAT YOU CHOOSE...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">IT'S CALLED FREEDOM..</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">.
I don't like all this...why can't it just be like I want it to be?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">YES...I KNOW....BUT YOUR WAY NEVER WORKS WELL...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">WAS NEVER MEANT TO...THOUGH YOU...MEANING HUMANITY...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">KEEP TRYING...NOW...THERE IS ANOTHER WAY....BUT YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE IT...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">what's that?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">YOU KNOW..</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">.
surrender....right??</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">BUT NOT 'your' WAY OF SURRENDERING </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">you mean I don't get to determine the whole thing from beginning to end???
I'm joking...but not really.</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">..
THE WORD ARROGANCE COMES TO MIND </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">so...pride again...right??</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">SO...WHATS THE OPPOSITE OF pride?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">humility...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">just. that YOU are the LORD and not me...and sin--my choosing to offend YOU </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">by choosing to do what I want and not what I know YOU want or not want- </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">means that because YOU ARE.THE LORD....ETERNAL...INFINITE...PERFECT
and I am not any of that....that therefore the punishment is of the same NATURE </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">which I can't ever sufficiently accomplish no matter how hard I try...that gerbil wheel thing.</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">..
SO NOW WHAT?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">so...I can't resolve this on my own</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">NEVER COULD....BUT I HAVE A SOLUTION...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">What's that? </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">HOW ABOUT I PAY THE PRICE??</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">why would you do that? you didn't do any of the sinning...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">YOU TELL ME..</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">.
Love?...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">ITS WHO I AM...I'VE MADE A WAY FOR YOU...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I HAVE ALREADY 'CARRIED YOIUR SORROWS'...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">BORE YOUR PAIN...BY MY STRIPES I HAVE </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">HEALED YOU...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Isaiah 53,,,so how do I go from here - my pride - to there...humility? </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">from my way to YOUR WAY???</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">GRACE....JUST ASK...REMEMBER...</span></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">FREEDOM...WHEN YOU ASK ACCCORDING TO MY WILL...YOU RECEIVE....</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">how do I know what's according to YOUR WILL???</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">MY WORD AND MY SPIRIT SHOW YOU...SOMETIMES IT </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">TAKES A WHILE BECAUSE I HAVE MORE IN MIND FOR YOU </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">THAN JUST ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS BUT ITS A PROCESS...
YOU'RE ON A JOURNEY....YOU MADE A DECISION TO FOLLOW ME AND </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">YOU AND I ARE ON THAT JOURNEY TOGETHER...TO BECOME ONE..</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">ETERNALLY...INFINITELY...PERFECTLY...HOLY AS I AM HOLY...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">ONE STEP AT A TIME...BY GRACE .- NOT BY STRIVING ON YOUR OWN...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">TO METE OUT YOUR PUNISHMENT YOUR OWN WAY.WHICH</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">ONLY ADDS TO YOUR BURDEN....</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">so...now what?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">HOW ABOUT I MAKE IT SIMPLE FOR YOU?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">that sounds really good...I like it...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">YOU GIVE ME THE REGRETS...ALL THE EMONTIONS / PAIN / SORROW</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">CONNECTED WITH THEM...ALL THE SELF-INFLICTED</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">PUNISHMENT...BEATING YOURSELF UP. / SELF-</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">CONDEMNATION / HATRED / SHAME...AND ASK ME FOR THE </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">GRACE YOU NEED TO DO THAT...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">it's all GRACE isn't it?</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">YOU GOT IT...TO HAVE MERCY ON YOURSELF...</span></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">forgiving myself in your Name...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">AND BY GRACE TO LET GO OF YOUR CONTROL...ANGER...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACCEPTING YOUR WEAKNESSES / ASKING ME TO </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">CHANGE / HEAL YOU...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">and of course THANKING YOU..</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">YOU WILL STILL REMEMBER THE REGRETS BUT </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">THE PAIN WILL BE GONE...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you again for this talk...you knew I needed it...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">You always know and You're always ready and </pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">willing to give me the Grace...Thank You again...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">BE AT PEACE...I AM ALWAYS WITH YOU...</pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Reflection / Discussion:</b></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">-<span style="font-size: x-small;">How would you summarize how to handle regrets?</span></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">-Why is it so hard to forgive yourself?</span></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">-What regrets do you have?</span></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">-Make a list...topic by topic.</span></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">-Ask for the Grace to face and surrender all of it to the Lord</span></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">-One by one, In Jesus' Name...Repent / Forgive yourself...Give it all to Jesus...</span></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">-Ask for His Healing / Peace...Thanking Him for His Mercy...</span></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></pre><br /><div id="yiv7463806871ymail_android_signature" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5" style="font-size: 13px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 16px;"></div></div><div class="H_7jIs D_F ab_C Q_69H5 E_36RhU" data-test-id="toolbar-hover-area" style="align-items: center; background-color: white; color: #1d2228; display: flex; font-family: YahooSans, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; height: 64px; margin-left: -8px; margin-right: -20px;"><div class="D_F W_6D6F r_BN gl_C" data-test-id="card-toolbar" style="cursor: default; display: flex; justify-content: center; width: 822px;"></div></div>Eugene Firnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307352309648533374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799778748206579886.post-61217005473647502642022-06-25T15:36:00.002-07:002023-03-12T17:33:33.790-07:00The Desperate<span style="font-size: medium;">desperate for true affirmation...</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">wounded from its denial... </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">the unaffirmed seek to satiate</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">their solitary starvation for </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">unconditional love by any means </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">necessary...wherever their isolated / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">distorted feelings lead them</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">no matter the depth of their </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">rabbit holes nor the long-term </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">consequences </span><span style="font-size: large;">for their health </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">and well-being </span><span style="font-size: large;">let alone their </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Eternal Destination...</span><span style="font-size: large;">spurred-on </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">by bizarre influencers </span><span style="font-size: large;">spewing </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">imaginative hokum as a </span><span style="font-size: large;">solution </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">to their identity conundrum </span><span style="font-size: large;">by </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">encouraging radical </span><span style="font-size: large;">transformations </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">which though </span><span style="font-size: large;">unattached to actual </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Reality </span><span style="font-size: large;">none-the-less spark vain </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">mythical </span><span style="font-size: large;">dreams to conform their </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">exterior </span><span style="font-size: large;">appearances to match their</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">perceived interior </span><span style="font-size: medium;">identities as if one </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">can make the immutable</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">mutable and </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">all-the-while coercing </span><span style="font-size: large;">everyone around </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">them into celebrating </span><span style="font-size: large;">their perilous </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">tragedy </span><span style="font-size: large;">lest they be cancelled by the </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">ever-</span><span style="font-size: large;">watching ideologues of diversity / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">inclusion </span><span style="font-size: large;">all-the-while knowing in their </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">darkest unspoken </span><span style="font-size: large;">recesses that xy's </span><span style="font-size: large;">can </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">never become xx's nor visa-</span><span style="font-size: large;">versa no</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">matter </span><span style="font-size: large;">how vehement the protestations</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">that such "cultural conjectures" are not </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">part of the equation</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">nor of the preposterous </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">web of lies that </span><span style="font-size: large;">undergird their obsessively </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">narcissistic claims </span><span style="font-size: large;">to be traveling in uncharted </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">territories of a fantasied human nature no</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">longer shackled by Objective </span><span style="font-size: large;">Universal Truth </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">which itself is </span><span style="font-size: large;">postulated as a hater's hallucination...</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">all of which screams for an answer to the</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">question...when will someone of</span><span style="font-size: large;"> merciful mind </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">and heart Accompany them and proffer the </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">TRUE and ONLY </span><span style="font-size: large;">Fulfillment for the Desperate </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Heart of the Lost </span><span style="font-size: large;">by Speaking the Truth in Love?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">the Answer lies in the Truth of Creation...</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">discovering the One who Created </span><span style="font-size: large;">Human </span><span style="font-size: large;">Beings </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">as a Masterpiece of </span><span style="font-size: large;">Creation </span><span style="font-size: large;">knitting them </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">together in their </span><span style="font-size: large;">Mother's Womb </span><span style="font-size: large;">from their </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">very inception each in </span><span style="font-size: large;">His own Image and Likeness...</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Male and Female...Separate yet Equal...</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Complementary...Created to Join Together</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">in a Sacred Act to </span><span style="font-size: large;">bring forth New Life...</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">each Unique like a facet of a </span><span style="font-size: large;">diamond United</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">in a Creation </span><span style="font-size: large;">of Beauty and Structure with an</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Order that goes beyond the visual...</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Universal yet Individual / Distinct </span><span style="font-size: large;">that surpasses </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">even the most </span><span style="font-size: medium;">complicated algorithms o</span><span style="font-size: large;">r</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> Science</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">and the Mysteries of the Universe...</span><span style="font-size: large;">sui generis </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">patterns Created by an Infinite Designer</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">captivated in Finite Beings who </span><span style="font-size: large;">incessantly </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">seek More than </span><span style="font-size: large;">their imperfect nature can </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">measure...a hunger for the </span><span style="font-size: large;">Perfect mysteriously </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">imbedded </span><span style="font-size: large;">in their incomplete hearts which</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">long for the mending of their brokenness solely </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">rooted in the One </span><span style="font-size: large;">Crucified specifically for them</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">whose purpose and goal was </span><span style="font-size: large;">to Heal the wounded </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">hearts of </span><span style="font-size: large;">a fallen humanity prone to </span><span style="font-size: large;">deception </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">by the evil one </span><span style="font-size: large;">whose aim is always to </span><span style="font-size: large;">capture </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">and destroy any </span><span style="font-size: large;">resemblance to their Perfect</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Creator whose Invitation is </span><span style="font-size: large;">to share His Devine </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Nature </span><span style="font-size: large;">as a Beloved Son or Daughter </span><span style="font-size: large;">Eternally </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Affirmed...Unconditionally </span><span style="font-size: large;">Loved...Unique </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">yet One in Mind and Heart </span><span style="font-size: large;">with the Father </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">of All who </span><span style="font-size: large;">is with All and in All who </span><span style="font-size: large;">Receive </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">the Son in a Personal </span><span style="font-size: large;">Relationship United </span><span style="font-size: medium;">by the </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Spirit who Abides within </span><span style="font-size: large;">by Love </span><span style="font-size: large;">as it was in </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">the </span><span style="font-size: large;">Beginning and will be in </span><span style="font-size: medium;">the End...Order...</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Peace...</span><span style="font-size: large;">no more Chaos / Confusion...</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Desperation Eternally Ended</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Reflection / Discussion:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">-Why is Truth Universal / Objective?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">-Why is it not based on Subjective feelings?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">-What does Affirmation mean?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">-What does 'wounded human nature' mean?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">-How does Creation show the imprint of the Creator?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">-How does Creation show order / structure in human beings?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">-How do you know the 'evil one' is real?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">-Where do you see in culture his 'lies / deceptions'?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">-How does 'hunger for the Perfect' show itself?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">-What does 'unconditional love' mean?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">-How can we help those caught-up in gender dysphoria?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">-What does 'speaking the Truth in Love' mean?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Eugene Firnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307352309648533374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799778748206579886.post-7773005936721181612022-05-17T11:15:00.121-07:002023-10-10T13:11:47.065-07:00The Metanoia Mindset<div style="text-align: left;">Blow the Trumpets!...Sound the </div><div style="text-align: left;">Alarm!...Open the Gates of your</div><div style="text-align: left;">Mind!...Change the way you think</div><div style="text-align: left;">about yourself...life...everything...</div><div style="text-align: left;">what I'm going to tell you will</div><div style="text-align: left;">radically transform your world if -</div><div style="text-align: left;">and this is the key - you receive it...</div><div style="text-align: left;">believe it...act on it...live it...</div><div style="text-align: left;">faithfully...nothing will remain the</div><div style="text-align: left;">same...so...listen carefully...I have </div><div style="text-align: left;">Good News to tell you...you</div><div style="text-align: left;">are being offered a New Life with</div><div style="text-align: left;">New Eyes to See...New Ears to </div><div style="text-align: left;">Hear...a New Mind to Think...a </div><div style="text-align: left;">New Heart to Love...for Behold!</div><div style="text-align: left;">the old things will pass away and</div><div style="text-align: left;">ALL things will be made NEW...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Change your Mind about what is</div><div style="text-align: left;">possible and Believe the Gospel</div><div style="text-align: left;">and you shall Receive POWER</div><div style="text-align: left;">from on High to live Beyond your</div><div style="text-align: left;">Human Nature...Beyond your </div><div style="text-align: left;">Natural Abilities...Indeed...you are </div><div style="text-align: left;">being Chosen to Receive a Gift </div><div style="text-align: left;">Beyond your wildest dreams...So...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Added to the Dignity of a Natural</div><div style="text-align: left;">Human Being Created in the Image </div><div style="text-align: left;">and Likeness of God is the Super-</div><div style="text-align: left;">Dignity of a Supernatural Sharing / </div><div style="text-align: left;">Participation in the Very Life of the </div><div style="text-align: left;">Infinite / Eternal / Perfect / Divine </div><div style="text-align: left;">Creator of the Universe...to Actually </div><div style="text-align: left;">become His Adopted Son / Daughter </div><div style="text-align: left;">because He becomes your Loving </div><div style="text-align: left;">Abba Father...you become Divinized </div><div style="text-align: left;">with ALL the Rights / Access to His </div><div style="text-align: left;">Divine Presence and Personal Love </div><div style="text-align: left;">as well as a Share in His Infinite / </div><div style="text-align: left;">Eternal Inheritance of Perfect Joy...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Peace...Love...Beginning In this </div><div style="text-align: left;">Present Life and Fulfilled in the Life </div><div style="text-align: left;">to Come...What an Amazing / Astonishing / </div><div style="text-align: left;">Holy Identity you have been Chosen to </div><div style="text-align: left;">Receive aa a Pure Gift!! - Talk about </div><div style="text-align: left;">being "Special"!!. Well...in response </div><div style="text-align: left;">to such an astonishing revelation you </div><div style="text-align: left;">justifiably can ask... How can this be </div><div style="text-align: left;">possible...for...you?.. Why you?...and </div><div style="text-align: left;">if you are forthright - you who are so...</div><div style="text-align: left;">how can I say this... politely?.... how </div><div style="text-align: left;">about...imperfect?...most likely done </div><div style="text-align: left;">many things that you are not proud of...</div><div style="text-align: left;">things you did / failed to do...and if you </div><div style="text-align: left;">really think about it...even 'worshipped' </div><div style="text-align: left;">false gods of money / success / pleasure / </div><div style="text-align: left;">vanity / self-centered lifestyles / given to </div><div style="text-align: left;">anger / resentment / unforgiveness...ALL </div><div style="text-align: left;">of which leads to a Justified Eternity of </div><div style="text-align: left;">Destruction...A Fiery Separation from the </div><div style="text-align: left;">One who is PERFECT...so again...why </div><div style="text-align: left;">you? you don't deserve it...to which I say...</div><div style="text-align: left;">yes...I agree. wholeheartedly...how can it be?...</div><div style="text-align: left;">BUT...it is not just you...ALL of us have </div><div style="text-align: left;">sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God...</div><div style="text-align: left;">ALL Humanity is Fallen...ALL are Wounded </div><div style="text-align: left;">by Sin...ALL need to be Saved from their </div><div style="text-align: left;">Fallen Nature inherited from our First Parents </div><div style="text-align: left;">who Freely Chose to Rebel against Abba Father...</div><div style="text-align: left;">were deceived by the Evil One and are prone </div><div style="text-align: left;">to evil...enslaved to self and live in a world </div><div style="text-align: left;">infatuated with sin...and thus there is an Infinite </div><div style="text-align: left;">Chasm that separates the Holiness of the Divine </div><div style="text-align: left;">and the Sinfulness of Humanity that ONLY ONE </div><div style="text-align: left;">who is Both Human and Divine who can Perfectly </div><div style="text-align: left;">Span that abyss...and now here is the GOOD NEWS..</div><div style="text-align: left;">Jesus has accomplished this by His Outstretched </div><div style="text-align: left;">Arms upon the Cross... Jesus - the Sinless One - </div><div style="text-align: left;">the only Begotten Son of God who Became </div><div style="text-align: left;">Man...took upon Himself our Sins and the </div><div style="text-align: left;">Punishment of Death - WHY?...in a Word...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Mercy... out of Love for you and me He was </div><div style="text-align: left;">Pierced...Tortured...Mocked...Murdered but </div><div style="text-align: left;">on the Third Day ROSE from the Dead and is </div><div style="text-align: left;">ALIVE / REAL...and thus Conquered Death / </div><div style="text-align: left;">Sin / Satan and Now OFFERS this Victory to </div><div style="text-align: left;">ALL - including YOU...who CHOOSE to Receive </div><div style="text-align: left;">Him as Lord and Savior..to SURRENDER and </div><div style="text-align: left;">Receive.....Forgiveness / Mercy to ALL who Repent / </div><div style="text-align: left;">Turn away from Sin...to Receive A New Life...</div><div style="text-align: left;">New Hope...New Love...a Sharing in His Divine </div><div style="text-align: left;">Life...His Very Nature...Ask to be Filled with </div><div style="text-align: left;">His Holy Spirit...Become His Disciple to Follow </div><div style="text-align: left;">Him...Take on His Mission and Purpose for your </div><div style="text-align: left;">Life... to Live a Supernatural Life here and now </div><div style="text-align: left;">using the Gifts of the Holy Spirit to 'Do what He </div><div style="text-align: left;">is doing...Say what He is Saying'.. to Go Make </div><div style="text-align: left;">Disciples by Living the GOOD NEWS as... </div><div style="text-align: left;">Behold...He Makes ALL Things NEW.!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Discussion / Reflection:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">-What is the 'Good News'?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How does 'Metanoia' - 'Change your Mind' - prepare you for the Good News?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How does it make you feel when you hear that you are Loved as Jesus Loved you?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What does it mean to Repent of your Sins?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-If you are Catholic, go to the Sacrament of Reconciliation.</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What does it mean to Choose Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Have you decided to Follow Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-If not, I encourage you to do it now in your own words.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>-</b>Find a Support Group of Committed Believers.</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Become involved in Service.</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Break ties to your sinful past.</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Develop a daily Prayer Life including Scripture Study.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Eugene Firnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307352309648533374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799778748206579886.post-78514242754942030162022-05-10T12:14:00.003-07:002023-02-25T14:13:38.560-08:00The Abiding<div style="text-align: left;">it is My Desire that you</div><div style="text-align: left;">Abide in Me...</div><div style="text-align: left;">always and everywhere</div><div style="text-align: left;">for that is where you have</div><div style="text-align: left;">been Created to Be...where</div><div style="text-align: left;">you will Flourish as Children</div><div style="text-align: left;">of the Father...it is My Spirit</div><div style="text-align: left;">that Empowers you to Rest</div><div style="text-align: left;">in Me and Receive a taste of </div><div style="text-align: left;">My Eternal Joy and Peace</div><div style="text-align: left;">as you become more and more</div><div style="text-align: left;">One with Me in Mind and </div><div style="text-align: left;">Heart...it is both your Calling</div><div style="text-align: left;">and Battle - Life in Me and </div><div style="text-align: left;">death to self in this world of </div><div style="text-align: left;">chaos and confusion made</div><div style="text-align: left;">so by humanity's Fall from </div><div style="text-align: left;">Original Grace when the evil </div><div style="text-align: left;">one's deceptions lured them to </div><div style="text-align: left;">choose selfish pride instead of </div><div style="text-align: left;">Selfless Love thus sealing a</div><div style="text-align: left;">fatal inheritance of a wounded</div><div style="text-align: left;">nature racked by conflict</div><div style="text-align: left;">where passions are like </div><div style="text-align: left;">wild stallions running this way</div><div style="text-align: left;">and that attracted by evil ends</div><div style="text-align: left;">resistant to control from </div><div style="text-align: left;">a weakened will and a mind</div><div style="text-align: left;">clouded and blinded subject to </div><div style="text-align: left;">error in a body now sentenced</div><div style="text-align: left;">to deterioration and death </div><div style="text-align: left;">under the dominant influence </div><div style="text-align: left;">of the evil one who relentlessly </div><div style="text-align: left;">seeks to remove your focus </div><div style="text-align: left;">on Me and turn you inward </div><div style="text-align: left;">upon yourself thus bringing</div><div style="text-align: left;">the disorder of the world into </div><div style="text-align: left;">Our Sacred Space - it is a </div><div style="text-align: left;">Spiritual Battle which rages for </div><div style="text-align: left;">the minds and hearts of All who </div><div style="text-align: left;">have been Created...it rages </div><div style="text-align: left;">within and without...false teachers </div><div style="text-align: left;">promoting false doctrines created to </div><div style="text-align: left;">captivate and lure the unsuspecting and </div><div style="text-align: left;">naive into the darkness of doom</div><div style="text-align: left;">dressed in rays of light weaved</div><div style="text-align: left;">together from strands of both </div><div style="text-align: left;">true and false words until </div><div style="text-align: left;">Reality cannot be distinguished</div><div style="text-align: left;">from unreality by disordered</div><div style="text-align: left;">feelings leading round and</div><div style="text-align: left;">round until it is halted by </div><div style="text-align: left;">death and eternal destiny is</div><div style="text-align: left;">decided...so.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Resist these temptations by</div><div>My Grace and so Remain in </div><div>Me as I Remain in you for it </div><div>is in Me that you find your True</div><div>Self as a Son / Daughter of</div><div>the Father...where you find </div><div>your True Affirmation as </div><div>One Beloved by the Father </div><div>Called to Share Our Divine</div><div>Nature now and Forever</div></div><div style="text-align: left;">I have Given you All that you</div><div style="text-align: left;">need in the Battle of Life </div><div style="text-align: left;">and Death...My Word is </div><div style="text-align: left;">Light and Truth...My Spirit</div><div style="text-align: left;">is Power to Discern and </div><div style="text-align: left;">Live in that Word...to </div><div style="text-align: left;">Speak the Truth in Love...to</div><div style="text-align: left;">Carry the Cross of Love </div><div style="text-align: left;">and Truth - even to Die</div><div style="text-align: left;">there as a Witness to My</div><div style="text-align: left;">Victory over the Chaos</div><div style="text-align: left;">and Confusion of Sin /</div><div style="text-align: left;">Death - My Resurrection to</div><div style="text-align: left;">Eternal Life...so...Abide in Me</div><div style="text-align: left;">and I in you...then...Stand!..</div><div style="text-align: left;">for I AM the Resurrection and </div><div style="text-align: left;">the Life...the One who Brings </div><div style="text-align: left;">Shalom...Wholeness..as it was </div><div style="text-align: left;">in the Beginning when all is </div><div style="text-align: left;">well as it is supposed to Be...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Reflection / Discussion:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">-What does it mean to 'Abide' in the Lord?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How can we make that the 'normal' for our lives?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What habits can we form to do that?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What is a 'quick' way to get back into His Presence?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-One way is the 'Jesus Prayer'...what is that?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What are some of the 'lies / deceptions' in the world that </div><div style="text-align: left;"> cause 'chaos / confusion'?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How can we combat them?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How do you 'speak the Truth in Love'?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How should our 'feelings / intellect / will' work together in us to</div><div style="text-align: left;"> keep us in His Presence?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Eugene Firnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307352309648533374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799778748206579886.post-33553951328253775612022-03-15T13:29:00.000-07:002022-03-15T13:29:08.522-07:00The Ultimate Q & A<div style="text-align: left;">it gnaws at your inner stability...</div><div style="text-align: left;">in silent but poignant thrusts it </div><div style="text-align: left;">sporadically yet persistently pounds </div><div style="text-align: left;">at your security foundation despite </div><div style="text-align: left;">all your outward protestations of </div><div style="text-align: left;">stable satisfaction from awards for </div><div style="text-align: left;">hard-fought victories over the challenges</div><div style="text-align: left;">of life...circumstances that have </div><div style="text-align: left;">embodied your incessant hunger for </div><div style="text-align: left;">happiness - a fulfillment that never </div><div style="text-align: left;">quite arrives despite all your passionate</div><div style="text-align: left;">endeavors of sensual indulgence...</div><div style="text-align: left;">ego gratification....pleasing others...</div><div style="text-align: left;">ambitious achieving...competitive</div><div style="text-align: left;">recognitions...and all the benefits of </div><div style="text-align: left;">material success...still...it is not enough </div><div style="text-align: left;">and despite your exhausting schedule</div><div style="text-align: left;">it remains a perpetual merry-go-round</div><div style="text-align: left;">consistently bringing you back again</div><div style="text-align: left;">and again to where you first began</div><div style="text-align: left;">your quest....winning trophy after </div><div style="text-align: left;">trophy which then reluctantly rust </div><div style="text-align: left;">in the recycling bin of meaninglessness...</div><div style="text-align: left;">in the face of such Desolation one is </div><div style="text-align: left;">compelled to ask the Ultimate Question -</div><div style="text-align: left;">What is the Purpose of your life?...such </div><div style="text-align: left;">a fundamental question can either be </div><div style="text-align: left;">viewed through the lens of hopelessness </div><div style="text-align: left;">or Grace...one leading to an uncertain </div><div style="text-align: left;">ending...the other to a New Beginning...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Desolation is not merely a negative if it </div><div style="text-align: left;">leads to the Consolation from the Ultimate </div><div style="text-align: left;">Answer - but for that to occur it must have a </div><div style="text-align: left;">Certainty about it and thus.it cannot be a </div><div style="text-align: left;">temporary solution - here today and </div><div style="text-align: left;">gone tomorrow...it must be never-ending...</div><div style="text-align: left;">final...Eternal....nor can it be an imperfect </div><div style="text-align: left;">one...it must be Perfect -or else the glass </div><div style="text-align: left;">of your soul remains forever half-full...</div><div style="text-align: left;">nor can it be a finite / limited one for </div><div style="text-align: left;">your desires have no limits...No...it must </div><div style="text-align: left;">Fulfill your Infinite / Eternal Desires </div><div style="text-align: left;">Perfectly...now...just what is that Ultimate </div><div style="text-align: left;">Desire?.. that for which you long...cannot</div><div style="text-align: left;">live without...maybe can run from...</div><div style="text-align: left;">never admit...pretend you don't need but</div><div style="text-align: left;">in the end...in the still of the night</div><div style="text-align: left;">when you are alone in your inmost</div><div style="text-align: left;">thoughts.....dreams... must finally </div><div style="text-align: left;">accept that what you Truly Desire -</div><div style="text-align: left;">beyond all the empty promises of </div><div style="text-align: left;">this world - is to Love and Be Loved...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Infinitely...Eternally...Perfectly...and </div><div style="text-align: left;">logically...that is only possible from </div><div style="text-align: left;">One who is Infinite...Eternal and </div><div style="text-align: left;">Perfect...The One who has Revealed </div><div style="text-align: left;">Himself to be your Creator. .that, yes, </div><div style="text-align: left;">even you - with all your weaknesses...</div><div style="text-align: left;">faults... you who have never even </div><div style="text-align: left;">bothered seeking Him with any </div><div style="text-align: left;">determination and having been an </div><div style="text-align: left;">obsessed lover of self but such a lax </div><div style="text-align: left;">lover of others...how is it that you </div><div style="text-align: left;">should be Offered such an Unimaginable </div><div style="text-align: left;">Gift?...it can only be because That is Who </div><div style="text-align: left;">He is...Creating you out of Love and For </div><div style="text-align: left;">Love...even when all Humanity chose to </div><div style="text-align: left;">walk away from Him...the One Revealed </div><div style="text-align: left;">as the Father of all Creation...who sent </div><div style="text-align: left;">His Son to bear the Cost for their Return....</div><div style="text-align: left;">which means it is Only by Grace that we </div><div style="text-align: left;">have been Saved...New Life has been </div><div style="text-align: left;">Offered... written in the Blood of the </div><div style="text-align: left;">Lamb Sacrificed but Risen so that our </div><div style="text-align: left;">life can be Rooted and Grounded in His </div><div style="text-align: left;">Love by sharing in the very Nature of </div><div style="text-align: left;">the Devine by the Power of His Spirit...</div><div style="text-align: left;">His Story can become our story...the </div><div style="text-align: left;">darkness of this fallen world which </div><div style="text-align: left;">surrounds us...which is in us...can be </div><div style="text-align: left;">Transformed by His Light by saying </div><div style="text-align: left;">yes to His Invitation to Follow Him...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Receive Him as your Personal Lord </div><div style="text-align: left;">and Savior...become His Children and</div><div style="text-align: left;">Be Filled with the Power of His Holy </div><div style="text-align: left;">Spirit in order to Live His Life...Bring </div><div style="text-align: left;">His Kingdom / Word /Love / Light into </div><div style="text-align: left;">this world...and Ultimately Be in His </div><div style="text-align: left;">Loving Presence for all Eternity...and...</div><div style="text-align: left;">yes in this life there will still be troubles...</div><div style="text-align: left;">trials...heartaches...persecutions...suffering...</div><div style="text-align: left;">even death....but He has Overcome this </div><div style="text-align: left;">world...and in the End...we share in His </div><div style="text-align: left;">Victory over All sin...evil...death...for </div><div style="text-align: left;">Jesus is the Ultimate Answer to the </div><div style="text-align: left;">Ultimate Question...Our Purpose in Life </div><div style="text-align: left;">is to...Love Him above all...Love one</div><div style="text-align: left;">another...Serve Him and Build His </div><div style="text-align: left;">Kingdom which will last...Forever...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Reflection / Discussion:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">-Have you asked / answered the Ultimate Question?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-If yes, describe your experience.</div><div style="text-align: left;">-If no, describe how this poem affects you.</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Have you asked Jesus to be the Personal Lord / Savior of your life?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-If not, Simply Invite Him in your own words. </div><div style="text-align: left;">-How are you living out your Purpose in Life?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What can you do to Grow in your Love for the Lord / others?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What needs to change?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What is the Lord calling you to do to serve Him?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Have you "earnestly desired the Spiritual Gifts" as in 1 Corin 14?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What Gifts of the Spirit do you have?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How can you grow in those Gifts?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Eugene Firnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307352309648533374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799778748206579886.post-61277522712852262692022-02-01T10:43:00.000-08:002022-02-01T10:43:26.872-08:00The Dialogue Continues<div style="text-align: left;"> so...Lord Jesus...where are we going?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Jesus:</b> You'll see...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Well...if you don't mind, can you just tell me?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Jesus:</b> Sure...we're going Home...</div><p>You mean...NOW??</p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Jesus:</b> No...but...Eventually... </div><p>Well...I mean...NEXT...because I don't recognize any of this and... I'm not sure I like what I'm seeing...</p><p><b>Jesus:</b> I understand...but...don't worry...you'll get used to it...</p><p>Well...I just like to know where I'm going so I don't get lost...</p><p><b>Jesus:</b> You mean like the other day when you took the wrong turn and wasted a half-hour trying to get back on track?</p><p>Ahh...yeah something like that...</p><p><b>Jesus:</b> You ask a lot of questions...got to have it all figured out and be 'in control' don't you? </p><p>Well...yeah I like it that way...it helps me to feel more secure about things...</p><p><b>Jesus:</b> Ok...some basics...remember when I said to my Disciples that one needs to receive the Kingdom as a little child?...well, that's what this is all about...</p><p>Ok...but I thought that was more a 'figure of speech'...I'm not a kid anymore and I've got some 'baggage' to unpack so...</p><p><b>Jesus:</b> So...you think I don't know that? You're the same as everyone else when it comes to the Kingdom...you have to learn to let go of your 'old ways' and learn to live the 'Kingdom ways'...</p><p>Like what?</p><p><b>Jesus:</b> Well...like what you keep your eyes on...for instance...in the Kingdom it doesn't matter if something is familiar or not because your FOCUS is on ME not your circumstances...those will always be changing but I never will...I'm the same yesterday...today...and forever...so...your Security is in Me...not your circumstances...that's .the FIRST lesson... it's all based on TRUST...like a Mom or Dad taking their child for a walk...the child's not worried...they know they're LOVED...so...all's well...</p><p>Well...OK...I know that you Love me...I'm not questioning that...but I just get 'triggered' sometimes by different things that bring up... stuff from the past that make me feel somewhat 'insecure' or like I have to 'prove' or 'protect' myself...it's like I can't help feeling that way...so I feel like I'm 'on my own' to 'figure it out' and 'get it done'...</p><p><b>Jesus:</b> Yes, I know...all my Disciples have wounds to deal with and that is part of the Journey...part of why I focus so much upon GRACE and the POWER of My Spirit because right now no one can see things clearly and all must live by FAITH - not by sight...and that is why it is so important for you to be in Daily Contact with Me...it is all part of becoming a NEW CREATION...having the 'Old' pass away and the 'New' come into being...It comes about by the 'RENEWAL OF YOUR MIND'...</p><p>That's a lot to deal with...more than I can sort out right now...that's for sure...</p><p><b>Jesus:</b> Right...but you don't have to... so...don't try...It'll just make you more 'introspective'...more 'gerbil wheel' spirituality than 'I AND THOU'...Again...Keep you eyes on Me...I LOVE you...I DO have a PLAN for your life...you CAN Trust Me...</p><p>Yeah...-I know what you mean about 'gerbil wheels'...been there done that...</p><p><b>Jesus:</b> I know...that's why I'm saying all this...Look...I know it's not easy...it's all part of the CROSS...part of living in a fallen world with the consequences of a fallen nature and being in a Spiritual Battle with an Enemy who knows your weaknesses...but I have OVERCOME IT ALL...</p><p>Whew...OK...So, what now?</p><p><b>Jesus:</b> Two more things and that'll be it for now...but...remember...that when I ask something of you...I am always giving you the GRACE to do it especially when it seems beyond your abilities / power to do...So FIRST..SURRENDER...Give yourself over to Me...that shows your TRUST...and then when the Enemy tempts you with whatever...useless thoughts...vain dreads...anxious imaginations...even appealing to your weakened flesh...just come into MY PRESENCE - just BE with Me - and give the temptation over to Me...I helps when you whisper My Name and bypass your mind by 'praying like the angels' while Uniting your heart with Mine....you are Giving everything over to Me...Remember...I will WALK with you...your are NOT ALONE...we'll deal with everything together..</p><p>.SECONDLY...BE THANKFUL...everyday...for everything...even for the difficult challenges because I especially use them in your life to help you Grow as My Disciple...there is nothing like GIVING THANKS to help you keep your FOCUS upon Me... It changes your outlook...Day by Day...One Day at a Time...So...Just like a 'little child'...We go hand In Hand...On our way....HOME...TOGETHER...</p><p>Ok...I'll really try to do those things everyday...Oh...and speaking of Hands...I noticed You still have your Wounds...do they hurt?...</p><p><b>Jesus:</b> Not any more...</p><p>Well, you're supposed to have a New Body so then why do You still have your Wounds?</p><p><b>Jesus:</b> Well... They're now just part of Who I AM...they show what's in My Heart for you...and...just like you... they'll always be with Me...Now...Let's continue our Journey...We've got a ways to go...</p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Reflection / Discussion:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">-What struck you about this poem? Why?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How can you apply to your walk with the Lord?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Are 'useless thoughts...vain dreads...anxious imaginations temptations in your life? How?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What is 'gerbil wheel' spirituality?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How can you grow each day to: 1. BE in His Presence 2. be Thankful? </div><div style="text-align: left;">-How does this poem describe dealing with temptations?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What is 'praying like the angels' mean?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How does it help realizing Jesus still has signs of His Wounds? </div>Eugene Firnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307352309648533374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799778748206579886.post-27488030971542224382022-01-11T13:31:00.206-08:002022-01-15T12:22:55.072-08:00The Demonic Mantra <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">no...no...no...don't let them </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">do that to you...they're just</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">trying to control you by telling</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">you what's right and what's wrong... </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">no...absolutely not...you tell them:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">'hold-on pal...not so fast... I decide</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">NOT you...I'm not a child so stop</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">treating me like one -TRUTH is</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">what I say it is - NOT you - I</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">can feel it in my bones...I just</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">KNOW IT...I know what makes </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">ME happy...what feels right for ME...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">YOU live by YOUR rules and I'll</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">live by MINE...that's only fair...and</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I expect you to respect / tolerate</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">MY truth and I'll do the same for </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">YOUR truth - that is...unless you </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">cross the line by trying to control me</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">again then you'll 'get what's comin' to</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">you'...well...what'd ya think??...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">think it'll continue to work?...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">has up till now...look...we've </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">got everything goin' for us...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">our Master's really proud of us...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">and He's the One who started it</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">all...remember?...it was that </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">deceptively innocent question </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">to Eve which led to the humans' </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">downfall from Grace and into </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">their inner turmoil of weaknesses</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">which made our job so much </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">easier - and now...seems like </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">they'll believe just about anything -</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">take your pick - anything that</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">'feels' like a good idea -as long</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">as it has to do with their 'pride </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">and pleasure' we can get 'em</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">yeah...have at it...as our mantra</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">goes - say it all together now....</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">'me...me...me'...yeah...'what you</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">want...when you want...how you</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">want...as often as you want'...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">and...remember too...what our </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Enemy's Offering...a CROSS??</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">are you kidding me?? yeah</span><span style="font-size: large;">...and </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">wait!!...I know what you are going</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">to say...POWER!!...yeah I understand</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">the ETERNAL SACRIFICE OF LOVE...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">and all that it brings to the table...but not</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">all of THEM do!!...WE have the 'here</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">and now'...all those 'tangible goodies' -</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">you know...that delicious 'self-centered'</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">stuff from the 'world / flesh / and we </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">demons who are trained by our Master</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">to gain more victories...but if our Enemy</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">starts to get the upper hand...BOOM!...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">we tell the 'BIG ONE'...you know...like...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">how can you really trust HIM?? look </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">what He did to His Only Son...you think</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">He'll treat you any different??...didn't He</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">say that you have to pick up your own</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">cross to follow Him??'...and even though</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">They were of One Mind and Heart I still</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">think that'll fool a lot of them...but if that</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">doesn't work there's always the ol' 'blame</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">game' like...'why's He doin' this to me?'...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">or 'how come I always get the short end of</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">the stick and they don't?...and the best one...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">'yeah...right...He loves me...after all that crap</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">that I've been through??...THEN...we just </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">continue our strategy of goin' after their kiddies</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">to get a big jump in the game so by the time</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">their indoctrination is done...well...THEY'RE done!...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">one last thing...the Churches...well...some of </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">them are a problem but we've been working on </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">that...what's that called again?? oh yeah...'modernism'</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">you know...gettin' 'up to date' / 'with it'...actually</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">it's just 'fitting-in' with the world and not so </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">'stuck-in-a-rut' from those 'medieval dark days' </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">and no one wants to have THAT reputation...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">well...we've got a 'bright' future set-up for them -</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">even though it's a really 'dark one'...good one there...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">anyway...keep up the good job...and remember...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">when our Enemy's followers say: 'more of THEE</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">and less of me'...WE JUST LET IT RIP....NOOOO</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">IT'S ME...ME...MEEEE...yeah...THEY'LL get</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">many but...we can get MORE...so </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">LET'S GET TO WORK!!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Reflection / Discussion:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">-What is the 'demonic mantra'?</span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">-Why is it demonic?</span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">-How does it compare to their "Enemy's" mantra?</span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">-How does this poem express "moral relativism"</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">-How would you explain it? Refute it?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">-Are there Absolute Truths? How do you know?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">-Give some examples? </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">-How does 'moral relativism' fit-in with 'original sin's consequences'?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">-What are they? </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">-How does 'modernism' fit into 'moral relativism'?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">-How do you refute the 'Big One'?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">-How do you refute the accusations about suffering?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">-Does ''More of Thee and less of me" describe your life? How?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Eugene Firnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307352309648533374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799778748206579886.post-84833620153473905822021-12-13T13:12:00.037-08:002022-10-19T15:03:38.342-07:00The Poison<div style="text-align: left;">I see your wounds...</div><div style="text-align: left;">I know how you have been </div><div style="text-align: left;">hurt...each has impacted your life...</div><div style="text-align: left;">yes... you have been changed</div><div style="text-align: left;">and no...you didn't deserve</div><div style="text-align: left;">to be treated that way whether</div><div style="text-align: left;">by sins of commission or omission </div><div style="text-align: left;">they were egregious....plain and simple...</div><div style="text-align: left;">it was wrong...but...still...I call </div><div style="text-align: left;">you to Forgive...not for their sake</div><div style="text-align: left;">but for yours...Unforgiveness</div><div style="text-align: left;">is a Poison for your soul...</div><div style="text-align: left;">it's as if when you consume the</div><div style="text-align: left;">contents of its cup you expect </div><div style="text-align: left;">your offender to die...but...it does </div><div style="text-align: left;">nothing to punish the transgressor...</div><div style="text-align: left;">they could care less...it only destroys </div><div style="text-align: left;">the one who imbibes its toxicity </div><div style="text-align: left;">in a futile attempt at an execution </div><div style="text-align: left;">of justice but whose caustic fruit </div><div style="text-align: left;">blossoms on your tree of bitterness </div><div style="text-align: left;">deformed from its diseased roots -</div><div style="text-align: left;">demons' deceptions / accusations /</div><div style="text-align: left;">lies falsely promising retribution</div><div style="text-align: left;">for your offender but in reality</div><div style="text-align: left;">you are the only one who reaps</div><div style="text-align: left;">the dark harvest in your soul -</div><div style="text-align: left;">not only in this life but jeopardizing</div><div style="text-align: left;">the next...so...yes...Forgive as I </div><div style="text-align: left;">Forgive you...be Merciful as </div><div style="text-align: left;">you have received My Mercy...</div><div style="text-align: left;">that is the Antidote for the Poison </div><div style="text-align: left;">of Unforgiveness... and....notice...</div><div style="text-align: left;">I did not say 'Trust'...that must be</div><div style="text-align: left;">earned...but...if you do not Forgive...</div><div style="text-align: left;">how then can you expect Me to Forgive </div><div style="text-align: left;">you?...the Fruit of Forgiveness allows </div><div style="text-align: left;">you to no longer be oppressed by </div><div style="text-align: left;">resentment...repressed hatred...</div><div style="text-align: left;">suppressed victimhood and the</div><div style="text-align: left;">triggered emotions which erupt </div><div style="text-align: left;">at any given moment...think about</div><div style="text-align: left;">this.. who has been more Unjustly </div><div style="text-align: left;">treated than I?...despised / rejected /</div><div style="text-align: left;">mocked / cruelly tortured...Profanity </div><div style="text-align: left;">of Profanities -The Son of God...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Crucified! - yet even in My </div><div style="text-align: left;">weakened humanity I asked My </div><div style="text-align: left;">Father to Forgive them...so...This is </div><div style="text-align: left;">My Offer to you...Grace to... Forgive...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Let go of your offender's punishment...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Pour out the cup of poison...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Give your offender over to Me...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Trusting Me to Heal your wounds </div><div style="text-align: left;">no longer being infected by your </div><div style="text-align: left;">sins of hatred / revenge.. but...what </div><div style="text-align: left;">of your pain?...the suffering thrust </div><div style="text-align: left;">upon you?...the hurtful memories </div><div style="text-align: left;">arriving without notification?...the </div><div style="text-align: left;">struggles to let go?...your feelings </div><div style="text-align: left;">of frustration at your perpetrator's </div><div style="text-align: left;">lack of repentance?... Know that -</div><div style="text-align: left;">even here - I make all things </div><div style="text-align: left;">work for good for those who</div><div style="text-align: left;">Love Me...I Offer you the </div><div style="text-align: left;">Opportunity to Join your suffering</div><div style="text-align: left;">with My Passion for the sake of </div><div style="text-align: left;">those you love...a Deeper Union </div><div style="text-align: left;">of our Hearts...a Transformation</div><div style="text-align: left;">for the sake of the Kingdom...</div><div style="text-align: left;">and Know as well that I AM the </div><div style="text-align: left;">Just One...the One who brings Justice -</div><div style="text-align: left;">whether in this life or the next -</div><div style="text-align: left;">My Grace is Offered to All - both</div><div style="text-align: left;">to Repent and to Forgive - for</div><div style="text-align: left;">All have sinned and fallen short</div><div style="text-align: left;">from the Glory of the Father...</div><div style="text-align: left;">I Am the Way...Truth...Life...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Each is Free to Come to My</div><div style="text-align: left;">Merciful Throne...so...carefully </div><div style="text-align: left;">Consider and Choose...It is </div><div style="text-align: left;">Freedom if you Receive...A </div><div style="text-align: left;">Painful Captivity if you Refuse...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Reflection / Discussion:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">-Why is it crucial for your well-being to forgive?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Why is it difficult to forgive?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What is the relationship between your feelings and your will in forgiving?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Have you experienced the Grace to Forgive? How?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Have you experienced the poison of unforgiveness? How?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How does 'letting go' of an Offender bring healing?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-If you have sinned against anyone and not repented to them...ask for Grace and take care of it.</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How does this poem describe 'Redemptive Suffering'? </div><div style="text-align: left;">-Have you experienced that? How?</div>Eugene Firnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307352309648533374noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799778748206579886.post-59580768708190283592021-09-15T07:40:00.594-07:002023-04-30T12:59:06.283-07:00The Agenda<div style="text-align: left;">Stupid Humans!...sitting ducks....</div><div style="text-align: left;">ignorant of our existence - let alone </div><div style="text-align: left;">our Agenda - even our Enemy's Bride </div><div style="text-align: left;">is too busy being ravaged from within </div><div style="text-align: left;">to hinder us and BTW...nice work</div><div style="text-align: left;">comrades...decades in the making...</div><div style="text-align: left;">we now have the opportunity to go </div><div style="text-align: left;">warp-speed...to put it simply...It's The </div><div style="text-align: left;">Children Stupid!...Ha!...everything is in </div><div style="text-align: left;">place for the last of the dominoes to fall - </div><div style="text-align: left;">their most vulnerable and our most </div><div style="text-align: left;">delectable - thus when we get the </div><div style="text-align: left;">Children we get the Family then all of </div><div style="text-align: left;">Creation!...of course we could not </div><div style="text-align: left;">succeed without the Human Nature being </div><div style="text-align: left;">so wounded...so easily deceived...weak </div><div style="text-align: left;">willed...attracted to evil...rooted in ego's </div><div style="text-align: left;">selfishness / pride...then there's the </div><div style="text-align: left;">Culture of the World - Sin's playground - </div><div style="text-align: left;">we have it all - media / entertainment...</div><div style="text-align: left;">social networks...world organizations...</div><div style="text-align: left;">governments... courts...medical fields...</div><div style="text-align: left;">and best of all...education - 'get 'em while </div><div style="text-align: left;">their young' as they say... we now have </div><div style="text-align: left;">the table set to wreck havoc and bring </div><div style="text-align: left;">many many more to our Eternal Fiery </div><div style="text-align: left;">Homeland...so now...let me review -</div><div style="text-align: left;">and this is so so common since their -</div><div style="text-align: left;">and by that I mean 'Our' - Cultures no </div><div style="text-align: left;">longer prize 'Marriage' - 'who needs it?'</div><div style="text-align: left;">so...their Baby-Daddies have fun then run...</div><div style="text-align: left;">that leaves their Baby-Mommies to mostly </div><div style="text-align: left;">abort - killing is always my personal favorite - </div><div style="text-align: left;">or go it alone.. but if they stay together... </div><div style="text-align: left;">no worries...we've got 'Our' Cultures </div><div style="text-align: left;">working on it...which brings us to the </div><div style="text-align: left;">Kiddies...Ahh yes...the Kiddies...so fertile </div><div style="text-align: left;">for sowing an Orphan spirt...insecurities...</div><div style="text-align: left;">fears...abandonment...desperation for </div><div style="text-align: left;">affirmation...and so deliciously naive so</div><div style="text-align: left;">as to innocently consume our Ideological</div><div style="text-align: left;">feast of Sexualization called wink wink </div><div style="text-align: left;">Health Class that has a 'Revolutionary Menu' </div><div style="text-align: left;">including Gender Identity - where 'Feelings </div><div style="text-align: left;">Reign' and you can pick one or more of the</div><div style="text-align: left;">'Heinz 57' varieties.. make the objective </div><div style="text-align: left;">subjective...normalize confusion...then it's...</div><div style="text-align: left;">how can you be sure?... feelings are totally fluid...</div><div style="text-align: left;">so many to choose from...which one are you? </div><div style="text-align: left;">how do you know?...maybe you too can be </div><div style="text-align: left;">really really special... . and Shhhhh...don't </div><div style="text-align: left;">worry we won't tell Mommy and Daddy what </div><div style="text-align: left;">you want to be called....they just wont understand... </div><div style="text-align: left;">and then to our delight... they say bye bye to </div><div style="text-align: left;">Reality ..and jump on the Kiddie Car of Lifestyle</div><div style="text-align: left;">Indoctrination which goes GROOM...GROOM....</div><div style="text-align: left;">GROOM off into the Darkness of Deception!!!...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Ahh...yes...the Joy of Delusion!...then it's ..just </div><div style="text-align: left;">have fun....hey why not?...pleasure is everything...</div><div style="text-align: left;">anything with anybody....how do you know </div><div style="text-align: left;">unless you try?...haven't you ever felt like doing </div><div style="text-align: left;">X...Y...Z...? they all feel so GOOOOOD....</div><div style="text-align: left;">accompaniment anyone?...thus we banish </div><div style="text-align: left;">Innocence to the Eternal Incinerator of Idolatry...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Ahh...the fruit is delicious and a monument to </div><div style="text-align: left;">our Pride in making the 'Immutable forever </div><div style="text-align: left;">Mutable' - thus to make that which is 'true' </div><div style="text-align: left;">to be 'false' and 'false' to be 'true' which invites </div><div style="text-align: left;">all to imbibe our cocktails of deception / </div><div style="text-align: left;">delusion / depression / despair -and best of </div><div style="text-align: left;">all...death - first of the soul then if we can... </div><div style="text-align: left;">the body...both our final solution...so...the time </div><div style="text-align: left;">is now for us to redouble our efforts...pressure...</div><div style="text-align: left;">pressure...pressure...be creative...use what the </div><div style="text-align: left;">humans call 'Cancel Culture' to enforce our </div><div style="text-align: left;">Agenda upon them and solidify our gains - </div><div style="text-align: left;">it's either... Celebration or Cancellation....</div><div style="text-align: left;">we will win if....you are vigilant in preventing </div><div style="text-align: left;">our Enemy's forces from mobilizing to resist</div><div style="text-align: left;">our Agenda by stirring up our 'Woke Minions' </div><div style="text-align: left;">who in their vain arrogance will vociferously </div><div style="text-align: left;">disparage them as 'Haters / Bigots' - anything to </div><div style="text-align: left;">marginalize / demonize / isolate...whatever it </div><div style="text-align: left;">takes to shut them up and if we persevere we shall </div><div style="text-align: left;">have Victory! so remember...and all together now...</div><div style="text-align: left;">It's The Children Stupid!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Reflection / Discussion:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>-lifestyle: </b>the habits, attitudes, tastes, moral standards, economic level etc. that together constitute the mode of living of and individual or group.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>-objective: </b>influenced by personal feelings, interpretations, prejudice' based on facts; unbiased</div><div style="text-align: left;">-<b>subjective: </b>existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective) </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 18px;">-<b>sexualization</b></span><b style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">: </b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1a1a1a;">the act of endowing with sexual characteristics, or of excessively emphasizing those characteristics </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>-indoctrinate: </b>to instruct in a doctrine, principle or ideology, etc., especially to imbue with a specific or</div><div style="text-align: left;"> partisan biased belief or point of view.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>-deceive: </b>to mislead by a false statement or appearance; delude</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>-true: </b>being in accordance with actual state or conditions; conforming to reality or fact; not false</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>-false: </b>not true or correct; erroneous</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">-What is the teaching of Scripture / Church on Original Sin and it's consequences?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What does Scripture / Church teach about Satan?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What does Scripture / Church teach about the 'World'?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How is our culture shaped by the 'world / flesh / devil'?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What is the Agenda? </div><div style="text-align: left;">-How do you know Satan is behind it?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How are the media / entertainment / courts / world organizations / governments / </div><div style="text-align: left;"> education used to attack the Family?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How does 'Sex Ed / Gender Identity' attack the Family?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What does making the 'Immutable Forever Mutable' mean?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How is the Church ie the Lord's Bride being attacked from within?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How are children vulnerable to Satan's attacks?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What does 'banish Innocence to the Eternal Incinerator of Idolatry' mean?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How does 'Cancel Culture' work to destroy the family?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What does 'it's either Celebration or Cancellation' mean?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What is the Lord calling you to do to fight for the family / children?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Eugene Firnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307352309648533374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799778748206579886.post-90997921452157388962021-08-02T07:37:00.001-07:002021-08-02T13:56:57.379-07:00The Tyranny <div>feelings are your servants</div><div>not your tyrannical masters</div><div>dictating true / false / right / </div><div>wrong no matter the rational</div><div>objection nor evidence to the </div><div>contrary...which necessarily</div><div>follows from the argument that - </div><div>strictly speaking - they are YOUR </div><div>feelings and therefore YOUR truth...</div><div>others may disagree but that is THEIR </div><div>truth - not yours - because that is how </div><div>YOU feel and that's all that matters...</div><div>others must respect that...accept you </div><div>as you are...in fact...celebrate your </div><div>truth...and, if they don't...they're simply </div><div>'haters' / 'bigots' since they can't tell </div><div>you what is true for you...only you can... </div><div>because...who are they to judge?.. and </div><div>of course...all truth is relative which is </div><div>absolutely true!...or...is it?...step back...</div><div>examine your past decisions...actions...</div><div>feelings. whether it's about identity...</div><div>relationships...morality...politics..</div><div>career...finances...big or little things...</div><div>have you ever changed your mind about </div><div>an important matter? or felt impelled to </div><div>do something which felt 'right' even </div><div>though it might be 'risky' and then later</div><div>regretted it? or... gotten angry at someone </div><div>for what they said / wrote because you </div><div>thought they meant one thing when they </div><div>really didn't mean that at all?... feelings</div><div>change...truth / objective reality does not...</div><div>but just because someone feels something</div><div>is true does not just 'make it true'...</div><div>many factors can influence your </div><div>feelings such as making assumptions...</div><div>mood swings....alcohol / drugs...</div><div>not enough sleep...stress from work /</div><div>relationships.....incorrect information....</div><div>jumping to conclusions...lies from </div><div>someone's agenda...the reality is that </div><div>feelings provide data to our intellects which </div><div>then need to be discerned / examined / </div><div>evaluated by our reason to put them </div><div>into the proper perspective - many times </div><div>with the help of others who can provide</div><div>us with other facts / data that perhaps we </div><div>haven't considered / known / realized - so </div><div>we can finally make a decision with our </div><div>wills...feelings change...truth does not...</div><div>you may have a red cape and no fear of </div><div>heights but 'feeling like you can fly'?....</div><div>hmmm...let's see...no....better postpone </div><div>your test flight for now....at least until </div><div>you take some lessons!...again...you may</div><div>feel like...not studying for your finals /</div><div>skipping your scheduled court appearance</div><div>for a moving violation...not...paying your </div><div>rent / car payment / taxes or that somehow</div><div>were born in the wrong body and you</div><div>need to start treatments to change your</div><div>body to 'look how you feel' and then</div><div>everything will be 'right' but then</div><div>what about all those who 'de-transition'?... </div><div>feelings / emotions need to be put </div><div>into their proper place in our lives...</div><div>put to the test...they are an important part </div><div>of our human nature but are not what sets</div><div>us apart from other creatures...our</div><div>intellect and will - the ability to reason </div><div>and freely choose are our highest faculties - </div><div>our greatest dignity - feelings / emotions </div><div>change / can be fickle...influenced by a </div><div>plethora of factors ...open to the lies of</div><div>the evil one...the unbelieving world or even</div><div>our own illusions... so do not build your life </div><div>around them...carefully examine them to </div><div>determine their source...why do I feel this </div><div>way?...is what I feel true 'objectively' not</div><div> just 'subjectively'? what are the 'facts' </div><div>behind my feelings?....when did they start?</div><div>what was going on then?...what is really </div><div>going on now?...and don't be afraid to get </div><div>help from someone who will not just 'tell you</div><div>what you want to hear' but who is wise and </div><div>will be honest with you and who isn't just</div><div>being 'politically correct'...feelings play an </div><div>important role in our lives but do not make </div><div>them 'gods' which command you to obey at</div><div>all costs...let truth be your guide...truth that</div><div>doesn't depend on how you feel today...</div><div>make more measured - rational - responses </div><div>rather than emotional - irrational - reactions...</div><div>more in-control than out-of-control...</div><div>servants...not masters....</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Dictionary Definitions:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>-<b>'Reason': </b>verb- to think or argue in a logical manner: to form conclusions, judgments or inferences</div><div> from facts or premises.</div><div><b>-'Irrational': </b>not in accordance with reason; utterly illogical</div><div><div><b>-'Emotion': </b>an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate or the like is </div><div> experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness</div></div><div><b>-'Obsess': to</b> dominate one's thoughts or feelings or desires: haunt persistently or abnormally</div><div><b>-'Discern': </b>to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect</div><div>-<b>'Logic': </b>the system or principles of reasoning applicable to any branch of knowledge or study</div><div><b>-'Data': </b>individual facts, statistics, or items of information </div><div>-<b>'Fact': </b> something that actually exists, reality, truth</div><div>-<b>True': </b>being in accordance with the actual state or conditions, conforming to reality or fact, not false</div><div><b>-'False': </b>not true or correct, erroneous</div><div><b>-'Illusion': </b>something that deceives by producing a false or misleading of reality</div><div>-<b>'Real':</b> true, not merely ostensible, nominal or apparent: being an actual thing, having objective </div><div> existence not imaginary</div><div>-<b>'Objective':</b> adjective- not influenced by personal feelings, interpretations or prejudices: based on </div><div> facts external to the mind rather than thoughts or feelings.</div><div>-<b>'Subjective': </b> adjective- existing in the mind, belong to the thinking subject rather than object of thought</div><div><b>-'Relative': </b>existing or having its specific nature only in relation to something else</div><div><b>-'Absolute': </b>free from restriction or limitation; not limited in any way</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>
<b>Reflection / Discussion:</b></div><div><b><br /></b>
<b>-</b>What is 'the tyranny'?<br />
-What does "feelings are our servants...not our masters" mean<br /></div><div>
-Why do people have different feelings about an objective fact?</div><div>-Why do 'feelings' change? </div><div>-If you feel something is true, can it still be objectively false? Why / not?</div><div>
-What is the proper place of 'feelings' in making decisions?<br />
-What determines if your feelings about something are "true or false"?</div><div>-How would you teach young children the art of making a decision?</div><div>-Give a simple example where danger / attraction are factors. <br /><br />
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<br /></div>Eugene Firnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307352309648533374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799778748206579886.post-33241572851947674902021-06-07T18:30:00.000-07:002021-06-07T18:30:29.718-07:00The Surprise<div style="text-align: left;">it may Surprise you that I</div><div style="text-align: left;">Really Look Forward to being</div><div style="text-align: left;">With you in that Special Way</div><div style="text-align: left;">each time you come to receive </div><div style="text-align: left;">Me in the Holy Eucharist...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Everything is Personal for Me...</div><div style="text-align: left;">I Know you...Everything about </div><div style="text-align: left;">you...your strengths / weaknesses... </div><div style="text-align: left;">what was going on before you arrived...</div><div style="text-align: left;">where you sit...who is with you...</div><div style="text-align: left;">around you...I know your thoughts...</div><div style="text-align: left;">what is on your heart / mind that day...</div><div style="text-align: left;">especially that you want to be with </div><div style="text-align: left;">Me which is a Joy to Me because I </div><div style="text-align: left;">Anticipate our being in Holy </div><div style="text-align: left;">Communion so much and then </div><div style="text-align: left;">when it happens...I Love it because </div><div style="text-align: left;">I Love you...Intimately.. and even </div><div style="text-align: left;">though you sometimes quickly get</div><div style="text-align: left;">distracted with this or that pressing </div><div style="text-align: left;">situation in your life...which BTW </div><div style="text-align: left;">I can appreciate and understand...</div><div style="text-align: left;">I just want you to let it sink-in -</div><div style="text-align: left;">to go from your head to your heart -</div><div style="text-align: left;">that you are Very Special to Me </div><div style="text-align: left;">and that I Cherish Our Time Together..</div><div style="text-align: left;">now... that might be hard for </div><div style="text-align: left;">you to accept sometimes knowing</div><div style="text-align: left;">your own weaknesses and areas </div><div style="text-align: left;">in your life that need work[ng on </div><div style="text-align: left;">but Please... Trust Me... I Do Love</div><div style="text-align: left;">Being With You...and one day </div><div style="text-align: left;">we Will See each other face to Face</div><div style="text-align: left;">and it will never end...the Joy from </div><div style="text-align: left;">the Love we Share will be Perfectly</div><div style="text-align: left;">Tangible and you will look back and</div><div style="text-align: left;">in a glance understand that I Truly</div><div style="text-align: left;">was With you...Working in you -</div><div style="text-align: left;">especially in those Purifying Trials</div><div style="text-align: left;">you struggled with but were so </div><div style="text-align: left;">necessary to Free you...Heal you </div><div style="text-align: left;">to become the Child of God I Created </div><div style="text-align: left;">you to be...and that each Reception </div><div style="text-align: left;">would be a Foretaste of Our Eternal </div><div style="text-align: left;">Communion and the Fulfillment of </div><div style="text-align: left;">your Deepest Desire - as well as </div><div style="text-align: left;">My Mine for you - so...Yes...it may </div><div style="text-align: left;">Surprise you...but...It's Really True....</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Reflection / Discussion:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">-Does it surprise you? Why / not?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What strikes you about this poem? Why?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How is each Reception of Holy Communion a foretaste of Heaven?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Is it helpful to look at the Eucharist from Jesus' point of view? Why?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What can you do to get more out of Holy Communion?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p><br /></p>Eugene Firnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307352309648533374noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799778748206579886.post-1347868219116195432021-05-08T13:21:00.023-07:002022-09-08T11:05:06.242-07:00The Chosen<div style="text-align: left;">when you only focus upon </div><div style="text-align: left;">your choice to follow Me</div><div style="text-align: left;">it can turn your attention back</div><div style="text-align: left;">upon yourself...'see what I</div><div style="text-align: left;">have done'...'look at me'...</div><div style="text-align: left;">evaluating your own efforts...</div><div style="text-align: left;">your accomplishments...</div><div style="text-align: left;">successes / failures...what gifts </div><div style="text-align: left;">you have / how you want to use </div><div style="text-align: left;">them...what goals you want to </div><div style="text-align: left;">achieve in 'building the Kingdom'...</div><div style="text-align: left;">maybe comparing yourself to </div><div style="text-align: left;">others for better or worse and </div><div style="text-align: left;">without even realizing it fall into</div><div style="text-align: left;">the trap of being a 'check-list </div><div style="text-align: left;">Christian' striving to attain your</div><div style="text-align: left;">next 'merit badge' in the Kingdom</div><div style="text-align: left;">thus continuously gaging your own </div><div style="text-align: left;">progress in gaining the praise of </div><div style="text-align: left;">other 'disciples'...to put it simply...</div><div style="text-align: left;">becoming 'proud of your humility'...</div><div style="text-align: left;">it is a deceptive focus on self...a false </div><div style="text-align: left;">independence which leads one further </div><div style="text-align: left;">away from rather than closer to Me...</div><div style="text-align: left;">more of you and less of Me...so... </div><div style="text-align: left;">instead... focus on the fact that I </div><div style="text-align: left;">Chose you to follow Me even though </div><div style="text-align: left;">I knew your every thought . word / deed</div><div style="text-align: left;">every imperfection / sin...</div><div style="text-align: left;">every failure as well as </div><div style="text-align: left;">every temptation your mused</div><div style="text-align: left;">upon and still... I Chose you...</div><div style="text-align: left;">before you even thought about it...</div><div style="text-align: left;">before you loved Me in return...</div><div style="text-align: left;">humbling isn't it?...Knowing </div><div style="text-align: left;">you as I did and still I Chose you</div><div style="text-align: left;">why?...because I Love you</div><div style="text-align: left;">as you are...but I Love you </div><div style="text-align: left;">so much that I do not Choose</div><div style="text-align: left;">to leave you as you are...rather</div><div style="text-align: left;">I Choose to transform you into a </div><div style="text-align: left;">Perfect Image of Myself in order</div><div style="text-align: left;">that you may share My Divine Life</div><div style="text-align: left;">Perfectly for all Eternity...</div><div style="text-align: left;">that is My Plan for you and your</div><div style="text-align: left;">role is to Cooperate with My Grace</div><div style="text-align: left;">working in you...to Follow My </div><div style="text-align: left;">Holy Spirit wherever He Leads you..</div><div style="text-align: left;">to use the Gifts as He Directs...</div><div style="text-align: left;">to Live out My Life within you</div><div style="text-align: left;">by His Power...not by yours...it is</div><div style="text-align: left;">a Journey of Transformation that</div><div style="text-align: left;">begins and ends with My Love...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Calling out to you to Become One</div><div style="text-align: left;">with Me...so...when you experience </div><div style="text-align: left;">your weaknesses...failures...sins...</div><div style="text-align: left;">when following Me becomes</div><div style="text-align: left;">really difficult...when I ask </div><div style="text-align: left;">things of you that stretch your</div><div style="text-align: left;">boundaries...that require you to</div><div style="text-align: left;">repent / change / sacrifice in order </div><div style="text-align: left;">to be a witness of My Love / Word</div><div style="text-align: left;">in a fallen world which may then </div><div style="text-align: left;">cause you to be 'cancelled' / persecuted / </div><div style="text-align: left;">punished...to lose your possessions / </div><div style="text-align: left;">family even life itself...Know that I </div><div style="text-align: left;">Love you...that I Am always with you-</div><div style="text-align: left;">even when you do not experience Me</div><div style="text-align: left;">I Am Faithful...You are Mine and </div><div style="text-align: left;">I Belong to you... so...Remember...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Ponder this Reality...</div><div style="text-align: left;">YOU... ARE..CHOSEN....</div><div style="text-align: left;">MY BELOVED....FOREVER</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Reflection / Discussion:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">-How does it feel to be Chosen / Selected by Jesus Personally?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-In your own words, thank Him, tell Him what it means to you, </div><div style="text-align: left;"> what kind of disciple you want to be and ask for His help especially to....</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What are some of the ways pride can influence our faith-walk?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What are some of the 'merit badges' we can go after?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How can we avoid centering our faith-walk around ourselves?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How can having a spiritual director or sharing group help us?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Remember how He Chose you...your story, so you can tell others.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Eugene Firnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307352309648533374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799778748206579886.post-5467653741510655932021-05-03T13:09:00.018-07:002021-05-04T09:24:24.388-07:00The Line in the Sand<div style="text-align: left;">the day is at hand</div><div style="text-align: left;">time to choose</div><div style="text-align: left;">for or against</div><div style="text-align: left;">no matter the cost or</div><div style="text-align: left;">personal price to pay</div><div style="text-align: left;">they will not let you</div><div style="text-align: left;">slip away unnoticed </div><div style="text-align: left;">hide in the basement</div><div style="text-align: left;">blend into the crowd</div><div style="text-align: left;">you will have to </div><div style="text-align: left;">wear the badge if you </div><div style="text-align: left;">disagree with them</div><div style="text-align: left;">a sign of your </div><div style="text-align: left;">nonconformity - hatred</div><div style="text-align: left;">in their eyes but</div><div style="text-align: left;">nonsense in your eyes -</div><div style="text-align: left;">it will be your badge of</div><div style="text-align: left;">courage...faithfulness...</div><div style="text-align: left;">love / honor / standing</div><div style="text-align: left;">for the Truth / Reality</div><div style="text-align: left;">but ignorance / bigotry in </div><div style="text-align: left;">their world...you will have</div><div style="text-align: left;">to endure like your Master...</div><div style="text-align: left;">receive like unto what </div><div style="text-align: left;">He Received...it will be </div><div style="text-align: left;">painful...humiliating....</div><div style="text-align: left;">they will come for you...</div><div style="text-align: left;">your family....job / business...</div><div style="text-align: left;">careers will have to change...</div><div style="text-align: left;">relationships will be ended...</div><div style="text-align: left;">friends will no longer be </div><div style="text-align: left;">there for you...nor some </div><div style="text-align: left;">family members despite </div><div style="text-align: left;">your love for them...problems</div><div style="text-align: left;">will arise that you never</div><div style="text-align: left;">imagined would come knocking</div><div style="text-align: left;">on your door let alone take over</div><div style="text-align: left;">your life...money...reputation...</div><div style="text-align: left;">pressures of every kind even on </div><div style="text-align: left;">your children....all because of </div><div style="text-align: left;">Him...yes...He is the Line in</div><div style="text-align: left;">the Sand...the Pont of Contention...</div><div style="text-align: left;">what He Said...Taught...Passed on...</div><div style="text-align: left;">the Truth about Reality...Life...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Who you are...What you are</div><div style="text-align: left;">Called to Be in this World...</div><div style="text-align: left;">His Witness...Follower...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Disciple...to speak as He</div><div style="text-align: left;">Spoke...to say what He is</div><div style="text-align: left;">Saying now...Truth in Love...</div><div style="text-align: left;">to deny His Teaching is to</div><div style="text-align: left;">deny Him...to please the world</div><div style="text-align: left;">is to displease Him...to agree</div><div style="text-align: left;">with the world is to disagree</div><div style="text-align: left;">with Him...He told you this </div><div style="text-align: left;">was coming...that they would</div><div style="text-align: left;">hate you because they first </div><div style="text-align: left;">hated Him...only now it's </div><div style="text-align: left;">not just written words...</div><div style="text-align: left;">it's here...in your face...in</div><div style="text-align: left;">your children's faces...what </div><div style="text-align: left;">others - in times past...in </div><div style="text-align: left;">other places...cultures...</div><div style="text-align: left;">circumstances have had to do...</div><div style="text-align: left;">say...live...endure...now you are </div><div style="text-align: left;">called to replicate...make your own...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Stand...Fight - not with weapons</div><div style="text-align: left;">of this world but in Spirit / Truth...</div><div style="text-align: left;">not returning hatred but Love...</div><div style="text-align: left;">not by might / power but by Grace</div><div style="text-align: left;">for on your own you will fail...</div><div style="text-align: left;">you will not be able to live</div><div style="text-align: left;">Virtuously by merely trying</div><div style="text-align: left;">harder...it will only be possible</div><div style="text-align: left;">if you are One with Him...</div><div style="text-align: left;">depending upon His Spirit of</div><div style="text-align: left;">Power...day by day...supporting</div><div style="text-align: left;">one another in the Lord...loving</div><div style="text-align: left;">one another as He loves us...and</div><div style="text-align: left;">lastly...Rejoicing in the Lord...</div><div style="text-align: left;">that you are Chosen to suffer </div><div style="text-align: left;">along side Him .knowing that </div><div style="text-align: left;">He is Risen!...He lives within you...</div><div style="text-align: left;">He will never leave you nor </div><div style="text-align: left;">forsake you...He will always</div><div style="text-align: left;">Love you...Dearly / Infinitely....</div><div style="text-align: left;">remembering that all you see / </div><div style="text-align: left;">hear / experience will pass away...</div><div style="text-align: left;">only what is in Him will Stand...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Forever...do not fear those who </div><div style="text-align: left;">can merely kill the body...rather</div><div style="text-align: left;">be in Awe of He who has </div><div style="text-align: left;">Power over death...who can</div><div style="text-align: left;">Destroy the soul in Fire Forever...</div><div style="text-align: left;">He is the Line in the Sand so</div><div style="text-align: left;">Choose Wisely and Fearlessly </div><div style="text-align: left;">Obey God rather than man</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Reflection / Discussion:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">-How is Jesus the 'line in the sand'?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What are some of the issues at stake?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How do you handle family members who don't follow the Lord?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Where have you seen 'persecution' in Western society?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What can you do now to prepare yourself / family for persecution?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What is your prayer life like?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Have you / family made a personal commitment to Christ?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Be informed so as to make a 'simple / loving' defense of your faith.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Eugene Firnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307352309648533374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799778748206579886.post-19205145766015928942020-10-29T13:54:00.000-07:002020-10-29T13:54:28.069-07:00The Quintessential Love<div style="text-align: left;">it's probably different than what </div><div style="text-align: left;">you've ever experienced before...</div><div style="text-align: left;">mind boggling...way more... intimate...</div><div style="text-align: left;">more than anything ending in an '...est'</div><div style="text-align: left;">in this life...in fact...it is 'quintessential</div><div style="text-align: left;">Love' in fact so delicate..so personal...so </div><div style="text-align: left;">compassionate...so unbelievably full of</div><div style="text-align: left;">mercy / forgiveness...which - now that I </div><div style="text-align: left;">think about it - cannot be limited by a mere</div><div style="text-align: left;">definition when it is encountered in real life..</div><div style="text-align: left;">the only way I can describe it is that His Love </div><div style="text-align: left;">is so...so 'Tender' - but even that word is too</div><div style="text-align: left;">'restricted' and even 'harsh' in its ability to </div><div style="text-align: left;">communicate His Response to our anguished </div><div style="text-align: left;">admission of what we now realize was the</div><div style="text-align: left;">'taking of an innocent life' by abortion - it can't</div><div style="text-align: left;">be brushed aside anymore...there can be no </div><div style="text-align: left;">excuse...no satisfactory rationalization that can </div><div style="text-align: left;">even begin to step in the direction to mitigate our </div><div style="text-align: left;">guilt / shame in making that decision out of -what </div><div style="text-align: left;">was then- in our own 'best interest' but now see </div><div style="text-align: left;">'clear as day' as an abhorrent...selfish...self-centered </div><div style="text-align: left;">choice for which we now feel 'sorrow beyond all </div><div style="text-align: left;">sorrows'..beyond any 'right' to be forgiven...beyond </div><div style="text-align: left;">any 'reasonable expectation' of anything other than </div><div style="text-align: left;">'formal condemnation' and a 'justified punishment' to</div><div style="text-align: left;">'fit the deed'...it was a 'deadly decision' to deprive </div><div style="text-align: left;">His precious daughter of her legitimate right-to-life </div><div style="text-align: left;">and even though the decision was entrenched in fear / </div><div style="text-align: left;">insecurity and declared as our 'lawful choice'... it </div><div style="text-align: left;">was rooted in prideful ambition with a fierce distain </div><div style="text-align: left;">for any interference of our plans...dreams which </div><div style="text-align: left;">were much more important...indeed a greater priority </div><div style="text-align: left;">than any 'intrusive revelation' which was living within </div><div style="text-align: left;">yet unattached and 'invading' our personal space which</div><div style="text-align: left;">made the decision much more abstract and divorced </div><div style="text-align: left;">from any boundaries of compunction which now seems </div><div style="text-align: left;">unbelievable / revolting to have carried out the 'death </div><div style="text-align: left;">sentence' for which we now also grieve / mourn while </div><div style="text-align: left;">begging forgiveness from the Innocent One who was </div><div style="text-align: left;">hung on the Cross for sins such as this and for which </div><div style="text-align: left;">we expected damnation but now receive only His </div><div style="text-align: left;">'quintessential Love' which also brings with it a Grace </div><div style="text-align: left;">to finally forgive ourselves...letting go of our guilt / shame </div><div style="text-align: left;">but only after also begging forgiveness from our precious </div><div style="text-align: left;">daughter whom we are assured to meet face to face in a </div><div style="text-align: left;">Heavenly Embrace 'seeing' she has her Mother's eyes and </div><div style="text-align: left;">a countenance radiant with Our Savior's 'quintessential Love' </div><div style="text-align: left;">which brings tears of Gratitude in Anticipation of caressing </div><div style="text-align: left;">her name...together... Forever...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Reflection / Discussion:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>-</b>How does the Lord treat repentant sinners?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Have you experienced forgiveness for abortion from</div><div style="text-align: left;"> the Lord...yourself...your child? </div><div style="text-align: left;">-Is all that possible? </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>-</b>Have you ever experienced 'quintessential Love'?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What was it like? </div><div style="text-align: left;">-What were the circumstances?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-If not, ask Him to reveal Himself to you.</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How can we help others to 'see' the truth of life?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Get to know and understand the facts of pregnancy / abortion.</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Pray daily and get involved in some way with the prolife movement.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">-</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Eugene Firnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307352309648533374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799778748206579886.post-47009094525506635742020-09-18T11:36:00.759-07:002022-08-16T09:39:15.153-07:00The Abba Journey<div style="text-align: left;">Lord Jesus...I need to talk to you </div><div style="text-align: left;">about this...I've been putting it off </div><div style="text-align: left;">probably because I didn't quite know </div><div style="text-align: left;">how to deal with it or talk about it...so...</div><div style="text-align: left;">in my mind I know that the Father is my </div><div style="text-align: left;">Heavenly Father but...I don't really KNOW </div><div style="text-align: left;">that <span>in my </span>experiential life...it's not a 'lived </div><div style="text-align: left;">reality' because there was <span>so much missing </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>in my </span>relationship with my own Dad - there's</div><div style="text-align: left;">kind of a 'void' there so I just 'draw a blank' </div><div style="text-align: left;">when I say the 'Our Father' or hear Him talked </div><div style="text-align: left;">about... and probably it's even more so for all </div><div style="text-align: left;">the many who are 'fatherless' - the 'father wound'</div><div style="text-align: left;">makes our relationship with Him - at the least - </div><div style="text-align: left;">very problematic / needing to be 'worked on' or -</div><div style="text-align: left;">at the most - next to 'impossible' to even think </div><div style="text-align: left;">about -with the name 'Father' making an unending</div><div style="text-align: left;">'echo' in the dark cavern of our wounded souls...</div><div style="text-align: left;">but I don't want that to happen so please..heal me...</div><div style="text-align: left;">set me free to really KNOW Him..experience Him </div><div style="text-align: left;">as my 'Abba'...Papa...Daddy...just like your Love </div><div style="text-align: left;">for the Father...the One who truly Loves me / brought </div><div style="text-align: left;">me into existence so that I could become His Adopted </div><div style="text-align: left;">but nevertheless Real Son...Beloved...Intimately </div><div style="text-align: left;">Accepted...Secure in His Love not just temporarily </div><div style="text-align: left;">but for all Eternity...but again...what does that mean </div><div style="text-align: left;">not just for my life...right now / moving forward...but </div><div style="text-align: left;">also for all those 'fatherless' out there?...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Jesus....</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">'I know your pain...the loss you feel</div><div style="text-align: left;">is real.. your anger is understandable...</div><div style="text-align: left;">it was not your fault that you felt </div><div style="text-align: left;">abandoned / rejected / unloved...your</div><div style="text-align: left;">wounds are deep leaving you open to</div><div style="text-align: left;">the lies of the Enemy...accusations that</div><div style="text-align: left;">you are 'unlovable' as the source of </div><div style="text-align: left;">your identity ...then...leading you to look </div><div style="text-align: left;">for other sources to heal / fill your very</div><div style="text-align: left;">real needs / desires but which in reality </div><div style="text-align: left;">do not but only exacerbate your predicament</div><div style="text-align: left;">leading you farther away from from Me - the</div><div style="text-align: left;">True Source of your Healing - and into</div><div style="text-align: left;">the Darkness of Sin's Deceptions</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I don't want that to happen, Lord...so</div><div style="text-align: left;">what am I to do then?...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Jesus...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">You have already done the First step -</div><div style="text-align: left;">Responding to My Grace by Repenting for </div><div style="text-align: left;">your sins... Giving your life to Me... Receiving </div><div style="text-align: left;">Me as your Lord and Savior for...'no one can </div><div style="text-align: left;">come to the Father except through Me'...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Yes and I still remember it as if it were last night...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Jesus...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Yes it was a Joy for Me too...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">What next?...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Jesus...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Forgiveness is the key that unlocks</div><div style="text-align: left;">the door separating you from your </div><div style="text-align: left;">healing... the sins committed against </div><div style="text-align: left;">you were real / hurtful...they did </div><div style="text-align: left;">deep damage to you...wounding you</div><div style="text-align: left;">profoundly...but...My Grace is Infinite...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Able to penetrate beneath your depths...</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Power of My Spirit that I Offer you </div><div style="text-align: left;">is beyond your own limitations yet knowing </div><div style="text-align: left;">that you are free to Accept or Reject it...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I want to Accept your Offer of Power</div><div style="text-align: left;">to Forgive but...I'm still angry at him even</div><div style="text-align: left;">though I know he didn't intend to hurt me...</div><div style="text-align: left;">I just needed so much more from him...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Jesus..</div><div style="text-align: left;">You are right to be angry but holding on to it </div><div style="text-align: left;">is like clinging to a ship's anchor as you would a </div><div style="text-align: left;">lifesaver while sinking into the murky abyss of</div><div style="text-align: left;">resentment, bitterness and self-destruction...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Oh...So...what do I do with my anger...and </div><div style="text-align: left;">doesn't that just 'let him off the hook'?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Jesus...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It's not just the 'anger' but also the disappointment /</div><div style="text-align: left;">loss of what should have been...the pain / hurt and</div><div style="text-align: left;">frustration...I see your heart and experience your</div><div style="text-align: left;">wounding from what did / did not happen...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Give it all to Me...Give him to Me as well...I</div><div style="text-align: left;">Love him just as I Love you even though you too</div><div style="text-align: left;">have sinned against Me but in other ways...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Again...Let Me take care of your Dad...Right now...</div><div style="text-align: left;">I am more concerned with you...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ok...how should I do this?...so many things </div><div style="text-align: left;">come to mind when I think of him...it's</div><div style="text-align: left;">hard to sort it all out...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Jesus...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I understand you feel somewhat overwhelmed </div><div style="text-align: left;">but I will help sort it out with you...Put aside </div><div style="text-align: left;">some time to spend with Me in a quiet place...</div><div style="text-align: left;">at a quiet time..asking for My Spirit to come </div><div style="text-align: left;">upon you to lead you through your 'Healing</div><div style="text-align: left;">Journey'...I will show you many things...so it's </div><div style="text-align: left;">better if you bring a notebook for it will evoke</div><div style="text-align: left;">many feelings / memories and it will be good for</div><div style="text-align: left;">you to review later on....then forgive him for each </div><div style="text-align: left;">offense verbally...checking each off your 'list'...and </div><div style="text-align: left;">Give him and all of it to Me...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Wow...Ok....Anything else?...What about </div><div style="text-align: left;">Your Abba becoming my Abba?...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Jesus...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I didn't forget...your 'Healing Journey' is </div><div style="text-align: left;">directly connected to your 'Abba Journey'...</div><div style="text-align: left;">the Enemy will try to disrupt / inhibit this</div><div style="text-align: left;">Journey - he wants you to 'transfer' your </div><div style="text-align: left;">'Father wound' difficulties onto Abba to </div><div style="text-align: left;">prevent / suppress The Reality of My Abba </div><div style="text-align: left;">also being your Abba which is an established fact </div><div style="text-align: left;">because by your Baptism - He IS your Abba...but </div><div style="text-align: left;">your wounded heart prevents you from experiencing </div><div style="text-align: left;">that...just as it hindered your coming to Me...but My</div><div style="text-align: left;">Grace will Fill your Lacking...I will be drawing you </div><div style="text-align: left;">into My Love for Abba...and...just as you invited Me </div><div style="text-align: left;">to come into your life as your Personal Lord / Savior</div><div style="text-align: left;">so too it is good for you to acknowledge / accept </div><div style="text-align: left;">Him as Abba in your life...He is already there for We </div><div style="text-align: left;">are One...but.saying 'yes' to His Love for you makes</div><div style="text-align: left;">it 'personal' / 'real' for you realizing that My Sacrifice </div><div style="text-align: left;">on the Cross was also His Sacrifice to Give Me to </div><div style="text-align: left;">you as your 'Redeemer'... Knowing Me is to know </div><div style="text-align: left;">Abba and Knowing Abba is to know Me... Know</div><div style="text-align: left;">too that Revealing Him to all His Children IS My </div><div style="text-align: left;">Mission so seek Me for that Revelation...My Spirit </div><div style="text-align: left;">will lead you...open the eyes of your heart to Abba </div><div style="text-align: left;">as you both Forgive your Dad as well as seek Abba's</div><div style="text-align: left;">Presence within you...be open...it shall happen...begin </div><div style="text-align: left;">speaking to Him...telling Him what is on your heart </div><div style="text-align: left;">about your past experiences...what your desire / need..</div><div style="text-align: left;">Seek and you shall Find..Knock and it shall be Opened..</div><div style="text-align: left;">for..after all...you ARE His son and He Loves you as </div><div style="text-align: left;">your Eternal Abba...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Prayer: </b>Lord Jesus, <b> </b>I believe you are leading me </div><div style="text-align: left;">on this journey to know your Abba as my Abba </div><div style="text-align: left;">because you came to reveal Him to us. My wounds </div><div style="text-align: left;">have stifled that but I want it to change. Save me Lord. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Pour out your Spirit upon me to guide me and give </div><div style="text-align: left;">me the courage, determination and perseverance to </div><div style="text-align: left;">face and work through whatever you show me</div><div style="text-align: left;">so I can receive the freedom you offer to know and</div><div style="text-align: left;">love Abba just as you do and let me see Abba through</div><div style="text-align: left;">your eyes...hear Him through your ears...Know Him</div><div style="text-align: left;">through your mind...Love Him through your heart....</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Reflection / Discussion: </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>-</b>Did you have a Dad in your life?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How did your relationship with him affect you?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-If you didn't, how has that affected you?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Sin is both of commission and omission, so</div><div style="text-align: left;"> ask for the Grace and do the work by making the list.</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Ask for the Grace to verbally forgive him.point by point.</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Follow through on these.</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Give it all as well as your Dad over to the Lord.</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Has there been any 'transference' to Abba? What? </div><div style="text-align: left;">-Specifically reject them and Repent for them. </div><div style="text-align: left;">-When you're ready, ask the Father to be your Abba...</div><div style="text-align: left;"> tell Him your desires and express your feelings to Him.</div><div style="text-align: left;">-It is a process, be patient and persevere. </div><div style="text-align: left;">-If needed, find someone trusted to help you work through this.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Eugene Firnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307352309648533374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799778748206579886.post-9527397121867750402020-09-06T13:12:00.053-07:002020-09-12T07:59:21.135-07:00The First Mover<div style="text-align: left;">Grace comes first -</div><div style="text-align: left;">it is an Actual Reality -</div><div style="text-align: left;">the Lord is the First Mover</div><div style="text-align: left;">He is the One who inspires </div><div style="text-align: left;">you to do a Good / avoid an evil ..</div><div style="text-align: left;">the One who moves you to take </div><div style="text-align: left;">on a great challenge as your</div><div style="text-align: left;">'mission' in life...or at other times</div><div style="text-align: left;">as little as a silent prayer for</div><div style="text-align: left;">someone you know who is in</div><div style="text-align: left;">hospice care who just 'comes to </div><div style="text-align: left;">mind' as you're at Mass...or helping </div><div style="text-align: left;">someone at the grocery store as</div><div style="text-align: left;">you 'just happen' to pass by</div><div style="text-align: left;">when they need some help...however...</div><div style="text-align: left;">many times we miss His Leading</div><div style="text-align: left;">because we're not looking for </div><div style="text-align: left;">anything...not expecting His </div><div style="text-align: left;">Movement...not listening for </div><div style="text-align: left;">His Whisper...asleep on our </div><div style="text-align: left;">'watch'...missing His Signal</div><div style="text-align: left;">because we're looking down </div><div style="text-align: left;">instead of up distracted by </div><div style="text-align: left;">shiny objects whirling in the </div><div style="text-align: left;">beehive of our minds while </div><div style="text-align: left;">absorbed in the latest posting on </div><div style="text-align: left;">our Facebook page...stop...Grace is</div><div style="text-align: left;">here...now...as you read these lines...</div><div style="text-align: left;">pay attention...His Spirit is waking you </div><div style="text-align: left;">from slumber...offering you a new </div><div style="text-align: left;">lease on 'Life in the Lord' - an updated </div><div style="text-align: left;">version of 'Discipleship'...a deeper </div><div style="text-align: left;">discovery of just how many Graces</div><div style="text-align: left;">He has Offered but may have 'gone by the </div><div style="text-align: left;">wayside'...realizing that 'what could </div><div style="text-align: left;">have been can now change to what </div><div style="text-align: left;">will be' as you now ask for the Grace</div><div style="text-align: left;">to be alert to His Leading / Inspiration / </div><div style="text-align: left;">Word - but even more 'awakening' is letting </div><div style="text-align: left;">it dawn on you that Grace has led you </div><div style="text-align: left;">to read this and you responded without</div><div style="text-align: left;">even recognizing it was Actually Grace</div><div style="text-align: left;">that brought you here...not 'chance'...</div><div style="text-align: left;">not a 'coincidence'...not 'just because'...</div><div style="text-align: left;">then grasp how He Infinitely Desires</div><div style="text-align: left;">to Love...Draw...Work...Change...Free...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Heal...Reveal...Gift...Himself to / in /</div><div style="text-align: left;">with / through.....you...and that you are </div><div style="text-align: left;">constantly being Offered but so often </div><div style="text-align: left;">missing His Calling...then realizing that </div><div style="text-align: left;">you need to repent - boom!...another Grace - </div><div style="text-align: left;">then you desire to change...boom! -another</div><div style="text-align: left;">Grace - that you will be watching for His </div><div style="text-align: left;">Stirrings - boom!...realizing that now -before </div><div style="text-align: left;">your very eyes - how Grace works...how </div><div style="text-align: left;">Miraculous is the Mercy He is / will continue to </div><div style="text-align: left;">Offer you and to change the way you live</div><div style="text-align: left;">your life simply by living in His Presence </div><div style="text-align: left;">with your 'antenna raised'...something so</div><div style="text-align: left;">fundamental / simple / obvious that it is </div><div style="text-align: left;">easy to miss / not be aware of His 'modus </div><div style="text-align: left;">operendi'...so...let this impel you -in itself </div><div style="text-align: left;">a Grace - as you ask Him to let your </div><div style="text-align: left;">'weather alarm' go off when He is Leading / </div><div style="text-align: left;">Directing / Moving you...Offering you a </div><div style="text-align: left;">particular Grace at a particular time for a </div><div style="text-align: left;">particular purpose so that you don't miss </div><div style="text-align: left;">'this' opportunity to minister / serve / love /</div><div style="text-align: left;">speak His Word... putting the 'results' in His </div><div style="text-align: left;">Hands...just do your part...just 'be ready'.</div><div style="text-align: left;">because there's a lot more coming your way..</div><div style="text-align: left;">in fact... it's going to be... an Endless Adventure</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Let us Pray:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Lord Jesus - I need your Grace...</div><div style="text-align: left;">without it...I am lost...by myself I</div><div style="text-align: left;">have no power to follow you...</div><div style="text-align: left;">so... open my heart that I may sense</div><div style="text-align: left;">the Stirring of your Spirit upon the </div><div style="text-align: left;">still waters of my heart...open my</div><div style="text-align: left;">mind that I may grasp the Desires</div><div style="text-align: left;">of your Heart as I walk with you</div><div style="text-align: left;">throughout this day...open my spirit </div><div style="text-align: left;">to equip my senses to... hear your Word...</div><div style="text-align: left;">see your Visions...feel the Touch of </div><div style="text-align: left;">your Mercy..smell the Aroma of your </div><div style="text-align: left;">Anointing...taste the Sweetness of </div><div style="text-align: left;">your Love...give me a willingness to </div><div style="text-align: left;">step out in Faith... embrace the Grace.</div><div style="text-align: left;">courageously .put aside my doubts /</div><div style="text-align: left;">fears... put to death my attachments</div><div style="text-align: left;">to preferences / pleasures / selfishness / </div><div style="text-align: left;">human respect / dread of suffering...and</div><div style="text-align: left;">to always focus my attention not on</div><div style="text-align: left;">me but... Thee...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Reflection / Discussion:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">-How is Jesus the First Mover?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-What does that mean practically for you?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How has Grace worked in you today?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Did you miss an opportunity recently? As the Lord.</div><div style="text-align: left;">-How can you be more aware of His Leading?</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Walk through an experience of some </div><div style="text-align: left;"> good that you did / evil you avoided to</div><div style="text-align: left;"> 'see' His Grace at work.</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Use the 'daily examine' to become more aware of His Grace. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Eugene Firnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307352309648533374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799778748206579886.post-72323911811020900582020-08-31T13:03:00.002-07:002020-08-31T13:03:40.755-07:00The Purification <div style="text-align: left;">at some point in your life -actually <br />as many times as necessary -<span style="text-align: justify;"> perfectly<br /></span><span style="text-align: justify;">tailored trials </span><span style="text-align: justify;">will take you to a place <br /></span>where you would rather not visit let alone<br />reside for seemingly endless periods of time - <br />it is the Lord who is permitting you to go there <br />and since His ways are not your ways <br />nor His thoughts your thoughts your <br />reaction may be some variation of 'I'm <br />not ready for this' or 'why is this happening <br />now?' or 'why me?'... because always it will <br />be at an inopportune time accompanied with <br />questions / fears / doubts about His Love<br />for you or His 'punishing' you for whatever<br />but the Reality is that He is leading you <br />'deeper' and 'further into sharing' His Holiness /<br />Nature...in a word 'purifying' you - so that you <br />may experience His Love in ever deeper<br />ways -or maybe for the first time - learning<br />who He is and who you are in Him - your<br />'True Identity' - for you will never be able to 'see <br />Him as He is'...'live in His Eternal Presence'..<br />'enter into the Fullness of His Love' unless you<br />are 'holy as He is Holy'...for you were Created...<br />then Redeemed...that you may be 'Sanctified'...<br />your human nature has been 'Divinized' - Gifted<br />through Baptism to share in His Divine Nature <br />in this present life and fully in the next but <br />because of your fallen nature and your own <br />complicities through personal sin - refusals to <br />'love as He Loves' / rebellious adventures exploring<br />this fallen world's sinful offerings / exulting the 'self' in <br />all it's prideful / self-indulgent deviations from the<br />'narrow way'....then there are the 'wounds' festering<br />in your pain-filled darkness which have entwined / <br />grafted themselves into your 'heart' making inroads / <br />detours / road blocks to your 'life in the Lord' so <br />that there is still more of the 'old self' that He desires <br />to transform into the 'new self' by exposing them in<br />His Light and the Healing Balm of His Tenderness...<br />yes you've repented...yes you still seek Him...yes<br />you love Him and desire to please Him...but you <br />have not arrived yet...you are still 'on the way' to<br />being 'wholly Holy' / set aside for His Glory / Honor <br />and He is not content to 'leave any stone unturned' <br />in His Grace-filled pursuit to draw you into the Fullness <br />of His Love...He will not rest until you are totally <br />One with Him...so....that takes us to your present <br />trial and since there is nothing easy in 'total <br />transformation' -dying to self and Life in the Spirit - <br />especially when He is permitting you to experience<br />your limitations by having exhausted yourself on<br />your own 'personal treadmill of self-reliance' while <br />painfully learning to...<br />-Trust in His Love for you <br />-Rely upon His Grace<br />-Follow the Holy Spirit's leading <br />-keep your eyes upon Him not yourself<br />-surrender your will to His<br />-let go of your own goals / plans / timing<br />all the while not seeing how your<br />present circumstances will work out or<br />ever change the way you'd like them to<br />as you continually learn again and again <br />to take it one day at a time... take advantage<br />of every avenue of Grace He offers...speak <br />plainly / simply / humbly / what is in <br />your heart...coming to Him as you are not<br />as you think you should be for He knows<br />your thoughts / feelings before you speak <br />them but how can He respond to you when <br />you're not willing to face them yourself <br />-be open to humbly / courageously getting help<br />especially when you resist reopening past afflictions<br />long ago purged from the consciousness of your daily<br />life but which so intrudes your present reality<br />-thank Him for your circumstances even<br />without feelings of hope since His Word<br />says that 'all things work for good for those who<br />love God' and that 'I will never leave you<br />nor forsake you'...still...change can be agonizing...<br />healing arduous...aversion to change is <br />somewhat 'normal' but do not 'fight / resist' the <br />healing process since the longer you do the<br />more painful it will be either in this life or <br />from fiery purgation in the next...realize that some<br />days are better than others...you are on a journey<br />but the Truth is that you may be by yourself at <br />times but you are never alone...He ii with you <br />even if you can't experience that.right now 'for<br />we live by faith not by sight' so do not let your pain<br />keep you from spending time with Him because you <br />are having a 'bad day'...the enemy will be trying to <br />prevent you from growing / changing / gaining freedom / <br />holiness so 'do whatever you have to do' to go after your<br />healing whether it's counselling / support from other<br />Christians / prayer with others...so...day by day...in humble<br />surrender to His Will / Love which He so freely<br />poured out through His Passion and Death to which now<br />you join your agony with His in a Sacrificial Offering<br />so that you may be free to receive the Fullness of Life He <br />so desires to Bestow upon you and those you love...</div><div style="text-align: left;">say 'yes' Lord Jesus...'Have your way in my life'...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Amen...May it be so</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><b>Reflection / Discussion:<br /></b>-What is the Lord doing in your life now?<br />-What are the sources of your present 'trials'?<br />-Are you being open to sharing your problems with others? How?<br />-Are you taking advantage of the many avenues of Grace? How?<br />-Are you speaking honestly / frankly with the Lord / others? How?<br />-Are there areas you do not want to deal with? Why? <br />-Speak to the Lord about them and ask Him what the next step should be.</div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Eugene Firnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307352309648533374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799778748206579886.post-21599698934842890122020-08-01T09:32:00.000-07:002020-08-01T09:32:56.476-07:00The Real Pandemic<div>you will not hear this Truth </div><div>proclaimed in your media-for</div><div>it does not fit their narrative that</div><div>Sin is the Real Pandemic-</div><div>the true killer of life not only of </div><div>your body but-more importantly-</div><div>your soul-for each of you has been </div><div>created to share in My Divine Life-</div><div>the Life of the Holy Trinity-</div><div>Our Very Nature- forever to</div><div>experience True Love basking in</div><div>the Peace / Joy that necessarily </div><div>come from Loving / Being Loved </div><div>as you are-Divinized for all Eternity-</div><div>however My enemy and therefore </div><div>yours as well has corrupted your nature</div><div>through his deception of your ancestral</div><div>beginnings leaving you vulnerable to</div><div>lies / accusations / temptations to Sin</div><div>and all its consequences-decisions that </div><div>can be mortal not only to your body but</div><div>also to your eternal soul because serious </div><div>matters have serious ramifications which</div><div>led Me to Accept the Father's Calling to</div><div>place upon Myself your Just Penalty of</div><div>Death which lead to My Victory over </div><div>Sin and Death by My Resurrection to New</div><div>Life.which you too shall share if you Follow </div><div>the hard Narrow Way so Clearly / Simply </div><div>laid out for you in My Word and only a </div><div>few find but.. if you follow the easy Wide </div><div>Way-the way of this fallen world and its </div><div>Prince which many find- you shall</div><div>share his eternal death in flames yet... I </div><div>have not left you on your own to struggle </div><div>in your weakness for I have also Given </div><div>you My Spirit to Lead and Strengthen you </div><div>in order to Live out My Calling...you are</div><div>free to Choose... to Accept or Reject My </div><div>Offer as the Only Real Antidote to Sin but</div><div>also realize this...your enemy knows your</div><div>weakness as well- his deceptions have led </div><div>to your disordered desires- runaway attractions </div><div>of the flesh-susceptibility to the lures of this</div><div>world which promote the false gods of wealth...</div><div>fame...power...pleasure leading to choices </div><div>which enthrone your rebellious 'self' as the </div><div>lord of your own little kingdom and thereby</div><div>destroying My Presence within you so Beware...</div><div>the Virus which destroys life in this world and </div><div>the next is Sin...it is Only through My Cross </div><div>and Resurrection that you...</div><div>-can follow Me as your Lord and Savior</div><div>-are saved from Sin and Death</div><div>-overcome your weakness</div><div>-can Love one another as I have Loved you </div><div> by conquering hatred / anger / resentment /</div><div> the pride of life through repentance and </div><div> forgiveness- for the goal is not power but </div><div> Unity of mind and heart with Me</div><div>-find Peace / Joy in this life and Infinitely </div><div> in the next...for My Word says... </div><div>"I have been crucified with Christ and the </div><div>Life I live now is not my own; Christ is </div><div>living within me. I still live my human life,</div><div>but it is a life of faith in the Son of God, who</div><div>loved me and gave Himself up for me"...so</div><div>'Repent and believe the Gospel'...</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Reflection / Discussion:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>-What does 'Divinized' mean?</div><div>-What is the 'Narrow Way' and the 'Wide Way'?</div><div>-Why is the Narrow Way 'hard' and only a 'few' find' it?</div><div>-Why is the Wide Way 'easy' and 'many' find it?</div><div>-Do these facts motivate you in any way? How?</div><div>-How does 'by their fruit you will know them' apply here?-</div><div>-What does 'disordered desires' mean?</div><div>-How are you nourishing this New Life each day?</div><div>-What else can you do to nourish this Life?</div><div>-How does the Holy Spirit help you love others?</div><div>-What does it take to overcome anger / resentment in your life?</div><div>-Can you forgive others if they do not accept responsibility for their actions? Why / not?</div><div>-What does it mean to 'follow Jesus as your Lord and Savior'? </div><div>-If you haven't made that commitment, please, do it now.</div><div><br /></div><div> </div>Eugene Firnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307352309648533374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799778748206579886.post-6004435932960630272020-06-20T10:43:00.000-07:002020-07-03T12:45:49.921-07:00The Final Wordthe Simplicity of<br />
Life in the Lord is<br />
Promised to all who Decide to<div>Follow Him as His Disciple- a</div><div>Journey from Eden by way of</div><div>Gethsemane through Calvary into</div><div>Eternal Life by the Power of the</div><div>Holy Spirit...despite all the complexities</div><div>of our lives which are blended with</div><div>suffering not of our own choosing </div><div>by having to bear the consequences</div><div>of our fallen nature with all its</div><div>wounds / fiery distortions distilling</div><div>life through self's broken prism </div><div>as well as when it is a byproduct of<br />a Wounding Process that includes</div><div>the sins of others against us..</div><div>our vows in response based on</div><div>the Enemy's accusations / lies</div><div>leading to our serious sins which can</div><div>get embedded into our ways of </div><div>thinking / behavior / identity- that is-</div><div><div>our own Complicity...sinful / selfish </div><div>decisions / attachments to this world's </div><div>ways / ...all oriented to enthrone </div><div>oneself in the kingdom of self...reliance /</div><div>absorption / will / rebellion / pleasures...<br />me...me....me...but now our 'old self' -</div></div><div>encased with a 'hardness' that must </div><div>be Pierced by His Love in order to</div><div>'free' us to 'Love as He Loves'- is like a</div><div>multi-level building which now we </div><div>are tasked to remodel from the </div><div>ground up into the Pattern of a 'New </div><div>Creation' by embracing a Healing Process </div><div>having renewed our Commitment to </div><div>'Take up our Cross and Follow Him' ..</div><div>and thus Willing to bear whatever Price</div><div>
that must be Paid to Enter that <div>Bright Portal on the Narrow Road to </div><div>Eternity's Perfect Union...<br />
Discipleship / Growing in Holiness /<br />
Becoming a Man / Woman of God /<br />
Renewing our Minds / Putting to<br />
Death the deeds of the Flesh /<br />
Being Perfect as our Heavenly<br />
Father is Perfect....all come down to </div><div>One Thing...Purification of the 'old self' </div><div>while 'Putting On' the 'New Self'..</div><div>Sanctification...Growing in Holiness...</div><div>it sounds complicated / way too difficult...</div><div>and you may say...I even have trouble </div><div>trying to exercise regularly let alone </div><div>thinking about the "Way of the Cross'...</div><div>remember though....we are not 'in charge' </div><div>so therefore we don't have to figure all this </div><div>out by ourselves...'He who Loves us" is </div><div>'in Charge'... and 'how' He 'Brings us into</div><div>Perfect Union with Himself' is up to Him...not us...</div><div>Therefore He will 'Allow' many 'Trials'</div><div>to overshadow us 'Along the Way' -</div><div>securities taken away...relationships in</div><div>distress...health / financial challenges...</div><div>persecution...doubts / fears about the future..</div><div>so many storms of life...more than we can count...</div><div>all of which Bring our Weaknesses into the </div><div>Bullseye of His Target Range - His</div><div>Purposeful Graces of Purification - </div><div>at the same time we come to 'Know' His</div><div>Love and Faithfulness in ever deeper ways...</div><div>He becomes our 'Joy' and 'Peace' more and more...</div><div>we Grow in our ability to 'Trust' Him Even </div><div>with our Very Lives...we have been Gifted </div><div>with the Holy Spirit - Power to do what </div><div>we cannot do on our own- as well as</div><div>'Brothers and Sisters in the Lord' to support </div><div>each other..His Word and Teaching to</div><div>Instruct / Form / Encourage us...His Body and Blood</div><div>to Nourish us...we are Called to Follow Him </div><div>who Promised to Never Leave Nor Forsake us...</div><div>Yes but... where is the 'Simplicity' in all</div><div>of this? Where do we even begin? it seems</div><div>overwhelming...well...that's because it is...</div><div>it is supposed to be..it is beyond us..</div><div>left to ourselves we would all too easily </div><div>fall back into striving / discouragement /</div><div>even Pride in our own 'accomplishments' </div><div>instead of Humbly Thanking Him...</div><div>He Knows our weakness and is Bringing us</div><div>Closer to Himself one step at a time in </div><div>such a Way that we can Only Rely upon Him..</div><div>it is the Secret of the Saints...those who have </div><div>Walked before us in His Footsteps up that </div><div>Hill where He Bore our every suffering /</div><div>
sin / weakness...so that 'He could Free us'...</div><div>not... 'we free ourselves'...it is a Cleansing that<br />
Only He Can Do...which we can Only Receive </div><div>as we Cooperate with His Spirit in us...<br />
How?...What does that Mean?...Ask Him...</div><div>'Present yourself as a Living Sacrifice'..</div><div>Wait upon Him...Let Him Lead...He has a </div><div>Plan for us...Let Him Do It..Depend upon Him...</div><div>Take Time each day to Be with Him...</div><div>Be Real...Speak what we are feeling / </div><div>thinking...ALL of it.....Listen.....And ...</div><div>By / with / in His Grace...Say His 'Final Word'...<br />
...Yes...</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Reflection / Discussion:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>-Why is it important to be 'Real' / 'speak what you are thinking / feeling' in your prayer life -doesn't </div><div> He already know those things? If you don't....then begin...today.</div><div>-Is it easier or harder to pray in times of difficulty? Why?</div><div>-What is the 'Secret of the Saints'?</div><div>-How does the 'Final Word' express the epitome of 'Simplicity of Life in the Lord'?</div><div>-What do 'feelings' have to do with 'Faith'?</div><div>-How is the Lord 'Purifying' you now?</div><div>-How do you find support in the midst of these challenges?</div><div>-What have you learned through your 'trials / suffering'? </div><div>-Have you gained or lost ground in your Relationship with the Lord through you trials? How / Why?</div><div>
-What do you need to do to 'keep on keeping on'?<br />
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having enslaved you to porn the<br />
Enemy clearly understands your<br />
weaknesses... he is well-aware of the<br />
wounding in your life which began<br />
your journey into this rabbit-hole because<br />
he orchestrated it from the beginning..<br />
unbeknownst to you he cunningly<br />
deals to you from a stacked deck laughing<br />
while you go 'all-in' every time<br />
expecting to win the jackpot only to<br />
lose once again going deeper into<br />
deception's debt...he.delights in your<br />
delicious destruction as you<br />
'take the bait' expecting so much<br />
but gaining so little yet loving the<br />
enchanting enticements despite<br />
momentary hesitations which you<br />
then sweep aside by unrestrained<br />
proficient passions submissively<br />
surrendering to exorbitant expectations-<br />
bewitched once again- while he<br />
licks his lips at your incessant<br />
seduction by his temptations..<br />
ensnaring you in a pitiful cycle of<br />
spiritual suicide as you also willingly<br />
cooperate in the artful destruction of<br />
all that you hold dear yet putting up<br />
with the bouts of shame / guilt which<br />
leave you discouraged / depressed<br />
at your vice-gripped increasingly<br />
passionless marriage but tellingly<br />
not so much that you are willing to<br />
let go of compelling portrayals of<br />
alluring charms which bring-up<br />
imagination's intrusively graphic<br />
images at the most inopportune times<br />
as well as nightly visitations while<br />
you restlessly slumber next to your<br />
now less-than-enticing wife for....<br />
how can she compete with those<br />
lovelies who get paid to beguile<br />
you? then again...how would she<br />
ever understand...especially the<br />
really weird stuff....so...hush....<br />
keep it under wraps...not a word..<br />
makes things kind of awkward eh?<br />
but...think about this..did you realize<br />
there were demons involved in this<br />
whole thing?....and not just one<br />
but many who conspire flawlessly<br />
to bolster your bondage through<br />
using your memory and imagination<br />
as their personal playground for<br />
their XXX expert portrayals pushing<br />
your cravings for the unattainable which<br />
is exactly what will continue to entice you..<br />
the groundwork for this snare was laid<br />
long ago in a beautiful / bountiful<br />
garden watched over by an unsuspecting<br />
couple duped by Satan himself leaving<br />
their progeny wounded for life...to<br />
seek pride's fulfillment by self-centered /<br />
autonomous decisions while their<br />
passions chaffed under directives from<br />
an intellect darkened by deception<br />
as well as a will weakened by<br />
evasive emotions eagerly seeking<br />
gratification without any securities<br />
thus leaving all of us vulnerable to<br />
the craftiness of the Evil one who<br />
lured you into seduction's grasp...but<br />
this wasteland story had a starting-point-..<br />
you did not go from purity to porn<br />
overnight...from victor to vanquished<br />
without being set-up for this plunge<br />
into darkness...no ...and..much of the<br />
following may be new to you..applying<br />
to each according to their circumstances...<br />
you were wounded by the sins of others<br />
who were entrusted with your care...<br />
sins of omission / commission...lied-to<br />
by Satan and his minions....you then<br />
believed those deceptions...vowed /<br />
made decisions in response- sometimes<br />
sinful ones- so everything would be on<br />
your own terms to protect yourself...<br />
you would be the master....only trust<br />
yourself while pushing the pain way<br />
down out of sight / consciousness and<br />
do what you feel is best for you..<br />
rebel at unwanted authorities...restrictions..<br />
unknowingly.being submissively.led by<br />
demons through well-worn paths of compensatory<br />
searches finally arriving at your dreamland<br />
destination of porn- the ready-made choice to<br />
finally find relief from the pain...distractions<br />
from carrying all that baggage...now<br />
there's something to look forward to...<br />
so sound the trumpets for your<br />
subjugation now officially begins....but then..<br />
the Lord reached out to you...revealed<br />
His Love for you...you surrendered /<br />
decided to follow Him...gave your<br />
life to Him...repented of you sins..<br />
resolved to Serve Him First...yet<br />
here you are...sins you many times<br />
repented for still plague you.....<br />
but now you know the source but<br />
maybe not the intricacies of how<br />
you got here...that you need to<br />
take to Lord who gives you His<br />
Mother...Our Lady of Sorrows to<br />
Accompany you through a Process<br />
of Inner Healing / Deliverance...she<br />
will bring you to Her Son's Sacred<br />
Heart there to reveal your wounds...<br />
who and how of sins against you...<br />
their effects...the false interpretations..<br />
the vows / decisions ...conscious or<br />
unconscious...Grace to forgive...<br />
repent of your own sins which<br />
entrenched thinking / behaviors<br />
leading you into captivity...renounce<br />
the specific demons and their lies<br />
which have had a hold on you ..<br />
rediscover the Truth.about yourself...<br />
your True Identity in.the Lord....<br />
knowing more deeply of His<br />
Love for you....doing all this<br />
with others with whom you can<br />
fight together for freedom by the<br />
Power of the Holy Spirit bringing<br />
discipline from prayer and fasting....<br />
you need help...ask the Lord for<br />
direction...for the humility to be<br />
transparent with brothers in the Lord.<br />
no longer hiding your struggles... evading<br />
the Light . lurking in the Darkness....<br />
Jesus is the Victor...has defeated the Enemy....<br />
Ask and you shall Receive...<br />
Knock and it shall be opened to you...<br />
Resist the Devil and he will flee but..<br />
do the work...make the effort..<br />
no longer run away from the pain but<br />
face it with His Courage and Perseverance<br />
because it will not be easy nor quick...rather<br />
you shall be transformed by Grace and<br />
Fire...burning away impurities in the<br />
furnace of tribulation ...yet...in the end...<br />
you shall Rejoice in His Mercy and Love<br />
for He Shall Never Leave you Nor<br />
Forsake you...for He is in the Process of<br />
remaking you in His Image and Likeness<br />
to be Holy- Set Aside for His Glory....so<br />
Stand and Fight<br />
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<b>Reflection / Discussion:</b><br />
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-How did you get here?<br />
-What was you 'Wounding Process' ...sins against you...lies...vows / decisions that<br />
laid the groundwork for your subjugation to seduction?<br />
-For more info: John Paul ll Healing Center. Tallahassee, Florida<br />
-Find someone / group to support your journey to freedom.<br />
-Pray daily / study Scripture / receive the Sacraments / go to Adoration.<br />
-Find out how to deal with Demons.<br />
-Talk with Mother Mary-Our Lady of Sorrows- when you are tempted...<br />
think about it...talking with Purity Herself about your desire for impurity... for<br />
she takes you directly into the Sacred Heart of Jesus.Eugene Firnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307352309648533374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799778748206579886.post-86096038924856561002020-04-08T11:32:00.001-07:002020-07-03T12:45:50.315-07:00The Great Awakeningare you awake yet? or...<br />
are you still slumbering in<br />
your own dream of reality?<br />
do you now see or is your<br />
vision still obscured by<br />
the darkness?<br />
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Awake and See...<br />
the Great Tribulation is here...<br />
it is a time of great terror for<br />
those who reject My Word...<br />
yet it is also a time of<br />
Great Mercy for those who<br />
respond to My Grace...<br />
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Awake and See...<br />
Reality as it truly is<br />
no longer hidden beneath the<br />
cloak of Satan's Deceptions<br />
I AM lifting the Veil of Life so<br />
that what was Unseen Now is Seen<br />
that you may See clearly<br />
what is True and what is False<br />
so as to Choose to be<br />
with Me or against Me...<br />
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Awake and See...<br />
who would ever have imagined...<br />
your world is turned upside down...<br />
nothing remains as it was...<br />
stability-of-life- so<br />
taken-for-granted- is<br />
only a vague memory...<br />
securities are now fragile.....<br />
vanities are useless...<br />
what was so important yesterday is<br />
today inconsequential when the<br />
basics are now priorities and<br />
all that remain are questions with<br />
only uncertain answers...as<br />
invisible terrors stalk the night...<br />
now...busyness has ceased... time-<br />
so precious and in such<br />
short supply before all this-<br />
now is on-your-hands so I<br />
Encourage you use it wisely to<br />
reflect on your life so as to<br />
evaluate its basics / intricacies<br />
and change as needed...<br />
what is most important to you?<br />
why is that?<br />
what is your purpose in life?<br />
what does life really mean?<br />
what do you believe in?<br />
what happens when you die?<br />
is this all there is?<br />
No...there is More...<br />
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Awake and See...<br />
there is this Temporal World-<br />
Secular in its essence-<br />
with all it allurements...<br />
here today...gone tomorrow<br />
the merry-go-round of it all...<br />
up and down...grasping for<br />
as many shiny trinkets of<br />
accolade as you can--targets of<br />
success ... wealth / power / fame<br />
beauty / sensuality / pleasure...<br />
building-blocks of pride-<br />
ego's self-centered illusions-<br />
secured by rebellious self-will on<br />
islands of self-sufficiency-.shaky<br />
foundations of stability which now<br />
begin to crumble from an unimaginable<br />
catastrophe causing wide-spread fear /<br />
anxiety as the dread of desperation<br />
overwhelms your meager defenses and<br />
your phantasms of safety vanish-<br />
along with your confident assumptions-<br />
in a nightmare of revelations that...<br />
your entire narrative is an illusion<br />
when faced with stark realities like..<br />
life is short...death is certain and<br />
the future is fragile and in doubt...<br />
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Awake and See..<br />
these are simultaneously<br />
part of the Spiritual Realm but-<br />
in Truth-idols of a fallen humanity-<br />
all rooted in the Pride of Self-<br />
which never satisfy while only<br />
leading to Sin / Darkness / Death...<br />
when you choose Idolatry<br />
you are choosing to worship<br />
Self by placing yourself at<br />
the center of your universe and<br />
thereby under the power of<br />
Satan-the Prince of this World...<br />
the Accuser...Liar...Murderer...<br />
whose greatest deception is<br />
that he doesn't even exist...<br />
and if you continue to live under<br />
his dominion to the bitter end<br />
you shall be choosing forever the<br />
Kingdom of Darkness<br />
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Awake and See...<br />
the Kingdom of God- for<br />
I AM the Light of the World-<br />
your True Source and End-<br />
for this you have been Created-<br />
your True Purpose in life...<br />
by My Death and Resurrection<br />
I have paid the Price<br />
for your Salvation...freely<br />
taken all your sin upon Myself<br />
out of Love for you...that you<br />
may share My Divine Life...<br />
there to remain forever...in<br />
Love...Joy...Peace<br />
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Awake and See...<br />
in Mercy I warn you who scoff at<br />
the mention of the Gospel and<br />
contemptuously rebel at the mere<br />
notion of Absolute Truth..insisting<br />
upon its Relative Nature....mocking<br />
the 'foolishness of God'..having the<br />
very same attitude that cried out<br />
'Crucify Him'...rejoicing in your<br />
sophistication... adamant in your<br />
'hardness of heart'... gushing adulation<br />
to all lifestyles of immorality in the<br />
name of freedom- even terminal<br />
Choices at the beginning or end -<br />
deliberated by one when two are<br />
involved and yet the weaker is<br />
cast aside by the stronger-the defenseless<br />
by the defender-asserting the Supremacy<br />
of Self over the other's dignity / rights-<br />
even life itself- as all who share the<br />
delusion celebrate the courageous decision-<br />
an arrogant reveling in mortal sin-<br />
all effortlessly deceived by lies only<br />
to be enslaved by the Evil One...<br />
Behold I have permitted you to be<br />
handed over to that which you adore<br />
there to experience the insidious fruit of<br />
your wicked ways..yet know that<br />
I still Love you and My Offer of<br />
New Life remains but if you do not<br />
turn to Me humbly accepting the<br />
Grace of Mercy and Forgiveness that<br />
I freely Offer you..then when<br />
your time comes to an end and all<br />
you have gained is lost...you shall<br />
die in your obstinate refusal having<br />
chosen Eternal Death rather than Life...<br />
forever to rage in the Fires of Hell...<br />
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Awake and See..<br />
My Shepherds...Examine yourselves<br />
Intensely in My Presence.. your flock is<br />
being scattered by wolves preaching<br />
an Anti-Gospel..false teachers sewing<br />
destructive heresies.bringing confusion<br />
division and dissension by... plying and<br />
kneading My Word with the words of<br />
false empathy to justify licentiousness...<br />
by changing Church Teaching thus<br />
forming an Anti-Church built upon the<br />
shifting sands of the latest modern<br />
theories but- worst of all- even<br />
bowing down to graven images and<br />
processing them into My Sacred Space...<br />
See...My betrayal continues...<br />
Repent and Return to Me with All<br />
your Hearts Preaching the Gospel as<br />
I have bestowed upon you...<br />
See too their turning away because of<br />
scandalous hypocrisy by hiding heinous<br />
crimes or leading deceitful double-lives<br />
rooted in the disordered desires of the<br />
flesh or both...Repent... Be Holy as I<br />
AM Holy...Still there is More...<br />
you who do not Preach / Teach the<br />
Truth because of your dread of<br />
suffering...fearing to offend...not<br />
wanting to be 'hated' nor 'make waves'.<br />
giving into human respect while<br />
desiring acceptance and adulation...<br />
Repent... Take up your Cross and<br />
Follow Me for I will Give you Strength...<br />
Faithful Shepherds...you know who<br />
you are...do not lose Heart...be Strong<br />
in the Lord - Set your face like flint<br />
and Stand using all the Weapons I<br />
have Given you- the Enemy is on the<br />
prowl seeking to devour the deceived..<br />
support one another for you are not<br />
alone...Rest in My Love each day<br />
knowing I will never Leave you nor<br />
Forsake you..to All My Shepherds...<br />
Preach the Word in season and out of<br />
season...Convince..Rebuke..and Exhort..<br />
Be Unfailing in Patience and Teaching...<br />
Speaking the Truth in Love...<br />
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Awake and See...<br />
My People...you who profess to<br />
Follow Me...Listen to My Words for<br />
they bring Life if you heed them and<br />
Death.if you do not...Examine yourselves<br />
to See if your lives match your words..<br />
you say you are a Believer...but is it<br />
on your own terms...when and<br />
how you want...picking and choosing<br />
what to believe....do you think I do not<br />
Know what is in your Hearts? before<br />
a word is on your lips I already Know<br />
it...many have taken on the World's<br />
Ways...not My Ways... and with<br />
ears itching search for teachers to<br />
justify their sinful decisions believing<br />
wrong is right and right wrong..<br />
based on the intensity of personal<br />
feelings- a tyranny of seduction...<br />
My Word is Plain and Clear...My<br />
Teaching has not changed..many<br />
come to Receive My Body / Blood-<br />
not with Faith but Unbelief- while<br />
their spirit is dead because their<br />
Hearts are of the World promoting<br />
even murder as a right...and perversity<br />
as good and thus Condemn themselves-<br />
Repent...for The Truth Shall Set you Free...<br />
Put to Death the deeds of the flesh...<br />
Turn from Sin...Change your Hearts....<br />
Make Me the Center of your Life for<br />
I Love you and I have More for you.....<br />
Lastly...all who Truly Love Me...<br />
who Walk the Narrow Path....I<br />
know your weakness...I hear your<br />
pleading for My Grace..Be Faithful<br />
in Coming into My Presence each<br />
day for.I AM with you and Will<br />
Never Leave you nor Forsake you...<br />
Do not look for comfort elsewhere as<br />
some seek it in the flesh thus becoming<br />
enslaved to impurity...Let Me be your<br />
Comfort and Break your chains for.I<br />
Will Always Love you...My Spirit is<br />
upon you especially to avoid the near<br />
occasions of sin...Rely on Me not<br />
yourselves for you are Called to be<br />
My Witnesses in word and deed...<br />
Seeing All these Trials as your Purification<br />
Being Patient and Steadfast in the Faith<br />
Remembering your Call to Holiness<br />
Loving One Another as I have Loved you<br />
Resting in My Presence...Entrusting<br />
yourself into My Care... Knowing that<br />
My Grace is Sufficient for You...<br />
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Awake and See...<br />
I say to All...<br />
Freely I Offer...now<br />
Freely Receive...Behold I Stand<br />
at the Door of your Heart and<br />
Knock...Hear My Voice....<br />
Open your Heart to Me and<br />
I shall Enter and Remain with<br />
you... Choose to Accept Me as<br />
your Lord and Savior...<br />
Receive My Holy Spirit.with<br />
Power to Live My Word ...<br />
Trusting in My Strength for the<br />
Battle...being Consecrated in the Truth...<br />
Fierce in your Determination to Love Me<br />
and to Help Set the Captives Free...<br />
Come share the Divine Life of<br />
Father...Son...Holy Spirit<br />
Choose Life....not Death...<br />
Repent and Live Believing the Gospel<br />
for when I Return Again I shall<br />
Judge the living and the dead-<br />
Eternal Life or Death...so<br />
Now is the Acceptable Time for<br />
tomorrow is never assured....<br />
Come...Join in the<br />
Great Awakening!<br />
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<b>Reflection / Discussion:</b><br />
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-What is the Great Awakening?<br />
-Why is it both a Great Tribulation and Grace?<br />
-What is Idolatry?<br />
-What is the root cause of it?<br />
-Who is Satan?<br />
-Why is Satan the 'Prince of this world'?<br />
-Where do you see his characteristics in this fallen world?<br />
-What does it mean to "accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior'?<br />
-How do you do that? See Prayer below!<br />
-What is the first thing you have to change to follow Jesus?<br />
-Some quick starters....take some time each day to pray...see below...<br />
begin to read Sacred Scripture...find other Believers for<br />
support and fellowship...be open to share your experiences<br />
with others whom the Lord brings to you...if Catholic...<br />
go to Confession and Holy Mass regularly...and always realize....<br />
There is More!<br />
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<b>Daily Prayer help: Jesus Calling by Sarah Young</b><br />
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<b>Prayer of Salvation: </b><br />
"Lord Jesus, come into my heart, I desire that You be the Lord of my life so that I may be a<br />
Child of the Light to know you as my personal Savior-for I know and believe that you died on the<br />
cross for my sins. You rose again from the dead on the third day and you are coming again<br />
in glory. I believe in your forgiveness and I desire that you help me overcome any temptations that<br />
would keep me separated from Your everlasting Love."<br />
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<br />Eugene Firnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307352309648533374noreply@blogger.com0