Yesterday’s ‘scoop’ was intentionally cryptic. Indeed! I always have a good reason for my idiosyncrasies because I like being somewhat ‘mysterious’ letting people figure out what my intentions are. In this case, I do not wish to express my thoughts or feelings on Psalms 2 or on any other subject anymore. Because I no longer want to contribute to the colossal mesh at large of theories, opinions, solutions, resolutions, etc.
The Chains …
Those were the chains who suffocated life out of me. No more. The chains have been broken, not by my own power but by the Power from on High.
As it is written:
Then he said to me, This [addition of the bowl to the candlestick, causing it to yield a ceaseless supply of oil from the olive trees] is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit [of Whom the oil is a symbol], says the Lord of hosts. Zechariah 4:6.
Summary …
Of my own? I know nothing! Hope this ‘scoop’ gives you all an idea of where I am going with these scoops. I am enjoying the recording and publishing as those come to mind if nothing else, for my own benefit. Lov, thia
I have decided to record somewhat curious ‘scoops’ to set minds on me because I have noticed that I make people laugh with my outlandish ways. Hope I contribute a lit bit to distract people from their own concerns even for the moment in touch with yours truly.
New Adventure in the Saga of My Life…
Sunday, December 21, 2025, at 5:00 am.
Happy Newspaper…
Check the ‘Scoops’ Often You Never Know What You’ll Find…
Today’s ‘Scoop’. This is the ‘scoop’ to begin this new adventure in this saga of mine. You know what? Today I have come to the conclusion that I am a multi-talented, multi-interested, or multi-passionate person—a multipotentialite. Like Nina Amir is who gave me this ‘scoop’ today.
Yes, we have many skills, passions, and creative pursuits. Historically, such people were called polymaths or Renaissance people.
But Me? O Well!…
I think the fun I have the most is playing dumb when I am not commiserating about my aches & pains along with offending whoever crosses my most crucial frustrations often assailing me. Besides, I make full use of my Schizophrenia, Bipolar, Manic-depressive diagnosis. Yes, I am crazy, but I am not dangerous.
O Well, I Am Not Sure About the Dangerous Part….
I do now recognize how much I have hurt so many loved ones. Even so, I now fully rejoice in the fact that my Loving Creator—the God of the whole earth He is called—He has mercifully granted me pardon giving me the power to forgive myself along everyone in the past as in the present.
Forgiveness Is Not a Feeling…
Forgiveness is an act of human will. It is amazing how such matter cannot get a hold of anyone for a long time. Least it took years to get hold of me. But what matters is the fact that these days I am living the best days of my life-giving space to all, accepting what it is without resistance. What a LIFE! Lov, thiaB.
I am a Spiritual Writer, a Blogger at the preset. I have been a successful Real State Agent, a Senior Companion, a jack of all trades master? O well! But most important? I am the Mom in a Dysfunctional Family but a Loving Family we were. We still are.
The following words declare my purpose to create a new Portfolio Site to give a new look at https://anewthiabasilia.com/.
Quote:
Encouraging Words from one of Thia’s Pastors
While reading this manuscript I became impressed that it contains a message that can be used of the Lord to give the child of God insight into their own spiritual journey. In this volume is to be found the ups and downs of the author’s own pilgrimage through a life that has taken many turns.
Every one of us, who are on our own spiritual journey, know that life is filled with many pitfalls that at times may cause us to be side-tracked and even to at times fall. Yet, in the adventure of this author’s life, one can see the grace, mercy and love of our Father God for one of His own. We are reminded in these writings of just how faithful He is to see us through the darkness of hell that may come against us, and bring us to the marvelous light of His love.
I commend this book to all who may find strength for the journey from the insights here given.
May it all bring honor, glory, and praise to our Lord. Homer G. McKeithan, Jr. Pastor
I hope for many to benefit from this account of my earthly journey. Until I can figure out how to create this new look to the site. Lov thia.
Who am I again? Where did I come from? Where am I going? These are the mysteries revealed to me as I go along day by day, moment by moment living in the sacred Presence of my Creator. One thing I know for sure, I have nothing to fear and all to hope for.
The Externals Against the Internals …
Honestly, the externals reveal the acts of my carnal corrupt nature. The internals are the inner acts of my Creator’s nature within my being.
Interestingly, I started recording this matter on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, at 10:00 am’
Explanation: Ten in Scripture speaks of completeness in order, as the Ten Commandments set forth God’s moral law.
Thursday, October 9, 2025, at 12:04 am.
Frustrations
What is it my Master that is troubling me? It feels that I can not accomplish anything. I go from one thing to another looking for things that I cannot find. I know I intended to start recording anew from October 1st but evidently I lost that record.
What Is Happening Now …
I am frustrated with my health, with people and with myself. I am totally frustrated with the upcoming cataract surgery. On top of that it is fruiting for changes in in my working routine. I know without a shadow of a doubt that You are in control of everything in my life but I am hurting my Master, You know it. I wait on You.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at 10:02 am.
This matter is for whoever is concerned with our eternal souls. Will expounded later.
Peace, peace, when there is no peace …
(Jer 8:11) For they have healed the wound of the daughter of My people only lightly and slightingly, saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace.
SAD! SAD! SAD! But …
That’s where we are right now. Is now Saturday, October 18, 2025, at 5:35 am. My heart is heavy. The weight of the past cannot be ignored despite many props at disposal in the theater of civilization.
Restoration for Israel and Judah …
Whether anyone believes or not God’s Word is written in the Bible. Right now I am fit to chew nails. Why? Well, past, present, and future in this so called ‘civilization’ is beating me soundly.
And I feel like weeping myself. I want to cry but my eyes are dry. I am angry. To hear the predominant chit-chat rampart on the daily basis wherever I turn around is devastating! But then again everybody is doing the best they can. Am I?
Yahushua Wept …
There are two verses in the Scriptures stating this matter. To repeat a previous quote:
John 11:35 Jesus wept.
Luke 19:41-44 Luk 19:41-48
The Hope of Restoration …
Yes, I am coping with our human nature’s degradation for the most, but there are moments when the result of my own degradation hits me hard. Who am I to tell anyone how to run their lives? Anyhow, pain is a hard master, it drives anyone to the depth of insanity! No matter, as it is written, there is hope. There is always hope.
Restoration for Israel and Judah: Jer 30:1-24 Jer 30:11.
There is Hope. There is ALWAYS HOPE …
Well? Just about now I am getting rid of my anger. Saturday, October 18, 2025, at 11:37 am. Later! It is now Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 7:42 pm. Reading the Scriptures that my Master inspires me to read does wonders for my soul.
Quote: Romans 8:18-28
Closing for now. Sunday, October 19, 2025, at 7:47 pm.
Why Am I So Angry …?
Monday, October 20, 2025, at 12:55 pm. Ha! I was so angry yesterday I could not even think but that was a good thing. Thinking out the answers has been my problem. Like many times before I quit the mad thoughts. The answer came eventually.
Eph 4:26-27. Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath, neither give place to the devil.
Jeremiah 15:17-21
Why The Quotes …?
Well, some 29 years ago I found myself in the same conundrum I found myself yesterday. Conundrum? It is a word for puzzle, problem, riddle, enigma, etc. But in truth, I was consumed by my need for control.
The Need for Control …?
The need for control is the chain around our necks threatening to suffocate life out of us. We want to control not only our lives but everything near and far from us.
Friday, October 31, 2025, at 6:06 am.
Last day of the 10th month …?
This is the end of the 10th month of 2025. Ten months have passed but it feels like an eternity. How strange. What are You doing with my life O Master of my being? Much to reflect on today. I wait on You.
Sunday, November 2, 2025, at 4:32 am—5:45 am.
Monday, November 3, 2025, at 7:50 am.
My Soul & You …
Only You, my Fa can deal with my soul. You are my Beloved. Only You alone can satisfy the divinely implanted sense of a purpose working through the ages within my being.
What A Realization! …
Since the 1st day of this 11th month, I have realized that I am entering a time for me of stability and somewhat a partnership and balance in my life.
It has taken the courage You have ingrained within my being for it all to be the reality of my life. All in all, this is changing my life not only for my good but also for the good of all involved in my life.
This Is a Message of Hope not of Fear!
Growth and expansion.
Ready to level up in life. New opportunities are coming my way to help me on my journey.
Creativity and self-expression.
Sharing my gifts with the world.
Now is the time to pursue creative projects or start that hobby you’ve always wanted for me to explore.
Optimism and joy.
This new stage of my earthly journey brings an uplifting message of hope, faith and positivity.
That means happier times are ahead, so I must maintain an optimistic spirit in absolute knowledge of Your Set-Apart Spirit guidance and support to fulfil my life purpose and soul’s mission.
I am not alone on my path, You never leave nor forsake me.
It is amazing how You are opening communication, self-expression and community motivating me to interact with others through casual talk and sharing ideas.
I am now able to reach out to people who share my interests or values.
Knock down all around. Raising up above the ground.
Survivors’ forwards! Up & up on to eternity bound!
It’s my time to shine naturally.
No need to put on airs.
For I know who I am.
I know what to do.
I know how to do it.
The beauty of it all?
I haven’t got the slightest how I know it all!
Yet, I find myself still looking for approval, limiting myself to a particular way of life, not letting go of the ‘shoulds’.
It is inevitable that my mind races none stop like an unbridled horse.
Regardless of such limitations I am evolving along with my dreams.
I can find greater happiness, I am sure.
Life is beautiful when I see it with the Master’s mind on me.
I choose to focus on good as per my Master’s desire.
I am attracting more positiveness into my life.
It’s the revelation of my Master He is my refuge and my fortress.
Summary …
I will Never Cave In Under Any Circumstances! The Scriptures back me up. I am repeatedly attacked. Pain. Frustration. Doubting my sanity. FEARS! The attacks last sometimes for a long time, other times only a few moments before it comes to me exactly which way to go. Mourning comes by night, but joy comes by day.
Every single verse quoted here is indelible written in my heart not only the verse, but the whole chapter is ingrained within my being by my Creator. He means to strengthen me in gloom or glee. That’s the LIFE!
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You see, I was born from a Catholic gentleman who believed in naming his children after the saint of the day, so I was born on Saint Basilio’s birtday on June 14, 1939. Well, father did not give me even a 2nd name like he with my sisters & brothers. Horror of horrors! Eventually I adopted ‘thia’ as my nick name since hardly anyone at the time had hear the name of my birth.
In 1986 I was living in Wilmington, NC trying to begin my life as a writer. My friend Mae Knight was my accomplice. She came out with the idea of attending a writers conference one weekend.We got there and joined the group prior to the beginning of the presentation. While individuals were discussing the meanings of their names, I inquired about the significance of “Basilia.” I promptly received the response: “It refers to belonging to the highest royalty of God, and your nickname carries the same meaning.” Can you believe it?
Okay Since I Am Sharing My Life with You …
New Stage In the Saga of My Life …
Silence …
Tuesday, July 29, 2025, at 5:08 am. Days come & go in silence for a while. I wait. On Wednesday, July 30, 2025, Diana took me to Laurel for the appointment with Dr. Pace for my eyes. I had lunch at McAlister’s.
It’s now Thursday, July 31, 2025, at 4:45 am. The last day of the month finds me on a quandary about my health, my environment, my relationship with the family as well as all in my path of life.
Entering The 8th Month …
Friday, August 1, 2025, at 1:40 am. August, noble, great, kingly, grand, excellent, imposing, impressive, superb, distinguished, magnificent, glorious, splendid, elevated, eminent, majestic, dignified, regal, stately, high-ranking, monumental, solemn, lofty, exalted, thus are the august surroundings of my life on these earthly grounds of my present.
The Why of My Existence …
To remember my Creator from my youth. Indeed! Gone is the uncertainty of yesterdays. The change and renewal of my strength and power is complete. It is time for me to lift my wings and mount up to the mountain close to my Creator as eagles mount up to the sun. From here on I shall run and not be weary, I shall walk and not faint or become tired.
O Well! By Faith Shall The Just Live …
Faith is the evidence of things not seeing. Although hypothermia and COPD have had significant effects on my condition, I continue to find strength in the written word. It is written. Yes, it is written about Jerusalem, but I am that spec of the grounds that encompass the chosen city named Jerusalem.
Quote:
Isa 40:1-31
(1) COMFORT, COMFORT My people, says your God.
(2) Speak tenderly to the heart of Jerusalem, and cry to her that her time of service and her warfare are ended, that [her punishment is accepted and] her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received [punishment] from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.
(3) A voice of one who cries: Prepare in the wilderness the way of the Lord [clear away the obstacles]; make straight and smooth in the desert a highway for our God! [Mrk_1:3]
(4) Every valley shall be lifted and filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked and uneven shall be made straight and level, and the rough places a plain.
(5) And the glory (majesty and splendor) of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it. [Luk_3:5-6]
(6) A voice says, Cry [prophesy]! And I said, What shall I cry? [The voice answered, Proclaim:] All flesh is as frail as grass, and all that makes it attractive [its kindness, its goodwill, its mercy from God, its glory and comeliness, however good] is transitory, like the flower of the field.
(7) The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the Lord blows upon it; surely [all] the people are like grass.
(8) The N1grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. [Jas_1:10-11; 1Pe_1:24-25]
(9) O you who bring good tidings to Zion, get up to the high mountain. O you who bring good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength, lift it up, be not afraid; say to the cities of Judah, Behold your God! [Act_10:36; Rom_10:15]
(10) Behold, the Lord God will come with might, and His arm will rule for Him. Behold, His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him. [Rev_22:7, Rev_22:12]
(11) He will feed His flock like a shepherd: He will gather the lambs in His arm, He will carry them in His bosom and will gently lead those that have their young.
(12) Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, marked off the heavens with a [nine-inch] span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?
(13) Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, or as His counselor has taught Him? [Rom_11:34]
(14) With whom did He take counsel, that instruction might be given Him? Who taught Him the path of justice and taught Him knowledge and showed Him the way of understanding?
(15) Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket and are counted as small dust on the scales; behold, He takes up the isles like a very little thing.
(16) And all Lebanon’s [forests] cannot supply sufficient fuel, nor all its wild beasts furnish victims enough to burn sacrifices [worthy of the Lord].
(17) All the nations are as nothing before Him; they are regarded by Him as less than nothing and emptiness (waste, futility, and worthlessness).
(18) To whom then will you liken God? Or with what likeness will you compare Him? [Act_17:29]
(19) The graven image! A workman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts silver chains for it.
(20) He who is so impoverished that he has no offering or oblation or rich gift to give [to his god is constrained to make a wooden offering, an idol; so he] chooses a tree that will not rot; he seeks out a skillful craftsman to carve and set up an image that will not totter or deteriorate.
(21) [You worshipers of idols, you are without excuse.] Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? [These things ought to convince you of God’s omnipotence and of the folly of bowing to idols.] Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? [Rom_1:20-21]
(22) It is God Who sits above the circle (the horizon) of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; it is He Who stretches out the heavens like [gauze] curtains and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,
(23) Who brings dignitaries to nothing, Who makes the judges and rulers of the earth as chaos (emptiness, falsity, and futility).
(24) Yes, these men are scarcely planted, scarcely are they sown, scarcely does their stock take root in the earth, when [the Lord] blows upon them and they wither, and the whirlwind or tempest takes them away like stubble.
(25) To whom then will you liken Me, that I should be equal to him? says the Holy One.
(26) Lift up your eyes on high and see! Who has created these? He Who brings out their host by number and calls them all by name; through the greatness of His might and because He is strong in power, not one is missing or lacks anything.
(27) Why, O Jacob, do you say, and declare, O Israel, My way and my lot are hidden from the Lord, and my right is passed over without regard from my God?
(28) Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, does not faint or grow weary; there is no searching of His understanding.
(29) He gives power to the faint and weary, and to him who has no might He increases strength [causing it to multiply and making it to abound]. [2Co_12:9] End of quote.
(30) Even youths shall faint and be weary, and [selected] young men shall feebly stumble and fall exhausted;
(31) But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] shall change and renew their strength and power; they shall lift their wings and mount up [close to God] as eagles [mount up to the sun]; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired. [Heb_12:1-3]. End of quote.
The Root of the Written Word …
The root of the written word within my being is now more than ever before bursting from the ground of my soul as the magnificent tree of eternal life. O death where is your stinge?
It’s now Saturday, August 2, 2025, at 11:30 pm.
Entering the 3rd day on Sunday, August 3, 2025, at 12:05 am.
I am going on not by my might or my strength but by the Almighty Creator’s strength & power.
Psalms 37 along the whole content of the written Word is now my reality.
Quote:
Psalms 37:3-8 AMPC+
(3) Trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) in the Lord and do good; so shall you dwell in the land and feed surely on His faithfulness, and truly you shall be fed.
(4) Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart.
(5) Commit your way to the Lord [roll and repose each care of your load on Him]; trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) also in Him and He will bring it to pass.
(6) And He will make your uprightness and right standing with God go forth as the light, and your justice and right as [the shining sun of] the noonday.
(7) Be still and rest in the Lord; wait for Him and patiently lean yourself upon Him; fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass.
(8) Cease from anger and forsake wrath; fret not yourself–it tends only to evildoing. End of quote.
It’s now Thursday, August 7, 2025, at 4:33 pm. Strange, I used to read the paper pages of the Bible but now it seems to me that I am reading those pages written in my heart.
Quote:
Amos 5:13-15 AMPC+
(13) Therefore he who is prudent will keep silence in such a time, for it is an evil time.
(14) Seek (inquire for and require) good and not evil that you may live, and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said.
(15) Hate the evil and love the good and establish justice in the [court of the city’s] gate. It may be that the Lord, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph [the northern kingdom].
Habakkuk 2:20 AMPC+
(20) But the Lord is in His holy temple; let all the earth hush and keep silence before Him. [Zep_1:7; Zec_2:13]. End of quote.
Well? My Silence Is My Worship …
Friday, August 8, 2025, at 10:00 am. Indeed! There is a time for everything. It is time for me to close my mouth for the moment. Time to worship in silence.
And that’s where I am at today, Friday, August 8, 2025, at 10:00 am.
(41) And as He approached, He saw the city, and He wept [audibly] over it,
(42) Exclaiming, Would that you had known personally, even at least in this your day, the things that make for peace (for freedom from all the distresses that are experienced as the result of sin and upon which your peace–your security, safety, prosperity, and happiness–depends)! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
(43) For a time is coming upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank [with pointed stakes] about you and surround you and shut you in on every side. [Isa_29:3; Jer_6:6; Eze_4:2]
(44) And they will dash you down to the ground, you [Jerusalem] and your children within you; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, [all] because you did not come progressively to recognize and know and understand [from observation and experience] the time of your visitation [that is, when God was visiting you, the time in which God showed Himself gracious toward you and offered you salvation through Christ]. End of quote.
Well, most certainly, Weeping comes by night joy comes by morning. This is my morning to enjoy the Presence of the Master of my being within my heart. But?
My Wicked Ways? …
Yes, my wicked ways have deprived me from the joy that comes after conviction & repentance.
Tuesday, September 30, 2025, at 7:38 am.
Reflecting …
Well? This is the 3rd Tuesday and the end of this 9th month of 2025. Lots to reflect on. Longings for the Lost Paradise with all its implicated beauty. Conviction. Second chances. Choices. Power to choose life instead of death. Wisdom from on high. Peace beyond my understanding.
Now what? …
Who am I again? Where did I come from? Where am I going? These are the mysteries revealed to me as I go along day by day, moment by moment living in the sacred Presence of my Creator. One thing I know for sure, I have nothing to fear and all to hope for.
The Externals Against the Internals …
Honestly, the externals reveal the acts of my carnal corrupt nature. The internals are the inner acts of my Creator’s nature within my being.
Interestingly, I started recording this matter on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, at 10:00 am’
Explanation: Ten in Scripture speaks of completeness in order, as the Ten Commandments set forth God’s moral law.
Thursday, October 9, 2025, at 12:04 am.
Frustrations
What is it my Master that is troubling me? It feels that I can not accomplish anything. I go from one thing to another looking for things that I cannot find. I know I intended to start recording anew from October 1st but evidently I lost that record.
What Is Happening Now …
I am frustrated with my health, with people and with myself. I am totally frustrated with the upcoming cataract surgery. On top of that it is fruiting for changes in in my working routine. I know without a shadow of a doubt that You are in control of everything in my life but I am hurting my Master, You know it. I wait on You.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at 10:02 am.
This matter is for whoever is concerned with our eternal souls. Will expounded later.
Peace, peace, when there is no peace …
(Jer 8:11) For they have healed the wound of the daughter of My people only lightly and slightingly, saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace.
SAD! SAD! SAD! But …
That’s where we are right now. Is now Saturday, October 18, 2025, at 5:35 am. My heart is heavy. The weight of the past cannot be ignored despite many props at disposal in the theater of civilization.
Restoration for Israel and Judah …
Whether anyone believes or not God’s Word is written in the Bible. Right now I am fit to chew nails. Why? Well, past, present, and future in this so called ‘civilization’ is beating me soundly.
And I feel like weeping myself. I want to cry but my eyes are dry. I am angry. To hear the predominant chit-chat rampart on the daily basis wherever I turn around is devastating! But then again everybody is doing the best they can. Am I?
Yahushua Wept …
There are two verses in the Scriptures stating this matter. To repeat a previous quote:
John 11:35 Jesus wept.
Luke 19:41-44 Luk 19:41-48 And as He approached, He saw the city, and He wept [audibly] over it, (42) Exclaiming, Would that you had known personally, even at least in this your day, the things that make for peace (for freedom from all the distresses that are experienced as the result of sin and upon which your peace–your security, safety, prosperity, and happiness–depends)! But now they are hidden from your eyes. (43) For a time is coming upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank [with pointed stakes] about you and surround you and shut you in on every side. [Isa_29:3; Jer_6:6; Eze_4:2] (44) And they will dash you down to the ground, you [Jerusalem] and your children within you; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, [all] because you did not come progressively to recognize and know and understand [from observation and experience] the time of your visitation [that is, when God was visiting you, the time in which God showed Himself gracious toward you and offered you salvation through Christ]. (45) Then He went into the temple [enclosure] and began to drive out those who were selling, (46) Telling them, It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer; but you have made it a cave of robbers. [Isa_56:7; Jer_7:11] (47) And He continued to teach day after day in the temple [porches and courts]. The chief priests and scribes and the leading men of the people were seeking to put Him to death, (48) But they did not discover anything they could do, for all the people hung upon His words and stuck by Him.
The Hope of Restoration …
Yes, I am coping with our human nature’s degradation for the most, but there are moments when the result of my own degradation hits me hard. Who am I to tell anyone how to run their lives? Anyhow, pain is a hard master, it drives anyone to the depth of insanity! No matter, as it is written, there is hope. There is always hope.
Quote:
Restoration for Israel and Judah
Jer 30:1-24
(1) THE WORD that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
(2) Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.
(3) For, note well, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will release from captivity My people Israel and Judah, says the Lord, and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.
(4) And these are the words the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Judah:
(5) Thus says the Lord: We have heard a voice of trembling and panic–of terror, and not peace.
(6) Ask now and see whether a man can give birth to a child? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his loins like a woman in labor? Why are all faces turned pale?
(7) Alas! for that day will be great, so that none will be like it; it will be the time of Jacob’s [unequaled] trouble, but he will be saved out of it. [Mat_24:29-30; Rev_7:14]
(8) For it will come to pass in that day, says the Lord of hosts, that I will break [the oppressor’s] yoke from your neck, and I will burst your bonds; and strangers will no more make slaves of [the people of Israel].
(9) But they will serve the Lord their God and David’s [descendant] their King, Whom I will raise up for them. [Jer_23:5]
(10) Therefore fear not, O My servant Jacob, says the Lord, nor be dismayed or cast down, O Israel; for behold, I will save you out of a distant land [of exile] and your posterity from the land of their captivity. Jacob will return and will be quiet and at ease, and none will make him afraid or cause him to be terrorized and to tremble.
(11) For I am with you, says the Lord, to save you; for I will make a full and complete end of all the nations to which I have scattered you, but I will not make a full and complete end of you. But I will correct you in measure and with judgment and will in no sense hold you guiltless or leave you unpunished.
(12) For thus says the Lord: Your hurt is incurable and your wound is grievous.
(13) There is none to plead your cause; for [the pressing together of] your wound you have no healing [device], no binding plaster.
(14) All your lovers (allies) have forgotten you; they neither seek, inquire of, or require you. For I have hurt you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel and merciless foe, because of the greatness of your perversity and guilt, because your sins are glaring and innumerable.
(15) Why do you cry out because of your hurt [the natural result of your sins]? Your pain is deadly (incurable). Because of the greatness of your perversity and guilt, because your sins are glaring and innumerable, I have done these things to you.
(16) Therefore all who devour you will be devoured; and all your adversaries, every one of them, will go into captivity. And they who despoil you will become a spoil, and all who prey upon you will I give for a prey.
(17) For I will restore health to you, and I will heal your wounds, says the Lord, because they have called you an outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no one seeks after and for whom no one cares!
(18) Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will release from captivity the tents of Jacob and have mercy on his dwelling places; the city will be rebuilt on its own [old] moundlike site, and the palace will be dwelt in after its former fashion.
(19) Out of them [city and palace] will come songs of thanksgiving and the voices of those who make merry. And I will multiply them, and they will not be few; I will also glorify them, and they will not be small.
(20) Their children too shall be as in former times, and their congregation shall be established before Me, and I will punish all who oppress them.
(21) And their prince will be one of them, and their ruler will come from the midst of them. I will cause him to draw near and he will approach Me, for who is he who would have the boldness and would dare [on his own initiative] to approach Me? says the Lord.
(22) Then you will be My people, and I will be your God. [Jer_7:23]
(23) Behold, the tempest of the Lord has gone forth with wrath, a sweeping and gathering tempest; it shall whirl and burst upon the heads of the wicked.
(24) The fierce anger and indignation of the Lord shall not turn back until He has executed and accomplished the thoughts and intents of His mind and heart. In the latter days you shall understand this.
For I am with you, says the Lord, to save you; for I will make a full and complete end of all the nations to which I have scattered you, but I will not make a full and complete end of you. But I will correct you in measure and with judgment and will in no sense hold you guiltless or leave you unpunished. (Jer 30:11)
There is Hope. There is ALWAYS HOPE …
Well? Just about now I am getting rid of my anger. Saturday, October 18, 2025, at 11:37 am. Later! It is now Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 7:42 pm. Reading the Scriptures that my Master inspires me to read does wonders for my soul.
Quote:
Romans 8:18-28
[But what of that?] For I consider that the sufferings of this present time (this present life) are not worth being compared with the glory that is about to be revealed to us and in us and for us and conferred on us! (19) For [even the whole] creation (all nature) waits expectantly and longs earnestly for God’s sons to be made known [waits for the revealing, the disclosing of their sonship]. (20) For the creation (nature) was subjected to frailty (to futility, condemned to frustration), not because of some intentional fault on its part, but by the will of Him Who so subjected it–[yet] with the hope [Ecc_1:2] (21) That nature (creation) itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and corruption [and gain an entrance] into the glorious freedom of God’s children. (22) We know that the whole creation [of irrational creatures] has been moaning together in the pains of labor until now. [Jer_12:4, Jer_12:11] (23) And not only the creation, but we ourselves too, who have and enjoy the firstfruits of the [Holy] Spirit [a foretaste of the blissful things to come] groan inwardly as we wait for the redemption of our bodies [from sensuality and the grave, which will reveal] our adoption (our manifestation as God’s sons). (24) For in [this] hope we were saved. But hope [the object of] which is seen is not hope. For how can one hope for what he already sees? (25) But if we hope for what is still unseen by us, we wait for it with patience and composure. (26) So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance. (27) And He Who searches the hearts of men knows what is in the mind of the [Holy] Spirit [what His intent is], because the Spirit intercedes and pleads [before God] in behalf of the saints according to and in harmony with God’s will. [Psa_139:1-2] (28) We are assured and know that [God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose.
Closing for now. Sunday, October 19, 2025, at 7:47 pm.
Why Am I So Angry …?
Monday, October 20, 2025, at 12:55 pm. Ha! I was so angry yesterday I could not even think but that was a good thing. Thinking out the answers has been my problem. Like many times before I quit the mad thoughts. The answer came eventually.
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath, neither give place to the devil.
Jeremiah 15:17-21
I have not joined the people in their merry feasts. I sit alone beneath the hand of God. I burst with indignation at their sins. Yet you have failed me in my time of need! You have let them keep right on with all their persecutions. Will they never stop hurting me? Your help is as uncertain as a seasonal mountain brook—sometimes a flood, sometimes as dry as a bone.
” The Lord replied: “Stop this foolishness and talk some sense! Only if you return to trusting me will I let you continue as my spokesman. You are to influence them, not let them influence you! They will fight against you like a besieging army against a high city wall. But they will not conquer you, for I am with you to protect and deliver you, says the Lord. Yes, I will certainly deliver you from these wicked men and rescue you from their ruthless hands.” End of quote.
Why The Quotes …?
Well, some 29 years ago I found myself in the same conundrum I found myself yesterday. Conundrum? It is a word for puzzle, problem, riddle, enigma, etc. But in truth, I was consumed by my need for control.
The Need for Control …?
The need for control is the chain around our necks threatening to suffocate life out of us. We want to control not only our lives but everything near and far from us.
Silence is our defense. We are abused. There is no respect for our golden years. Evil times have made hideous cartoons of our once beautiful bodies. Programmed minds have destroyed not only our bodies, but our potential as well as our morals. We are the victims of well-meaning trained health care givers set up by the Government in power..
Unfortunately, we are all under the authority of the powers of hell. What are we to do? We are to quit complaining, asking for help, demanding anything. We are to sit still, and, wait. What? Have I lost my mind? No. I have not lost anything.
Reality! I Have Found It All at Once …
Yes, this is about my journey. It was October 21, 1986. Over a year since June 20, 1985. A remarkable change began on the 20th day of June 1985, which I chose as the first chapter of my Autobiography. The change started on that glorious morning. It was slow, it was a change from within that goes on perpetually.
It’s now Monday, October 21, 2024, at 4:09 am. How interesting it to find myself in the exact predicament today as it was that day some 38 years ago. O well! What can I say? The way my children and good friends and care givers treat me drive me bananas. I could just smack them a good one and send them flying to the moon if only I had the strength to do so.
It’s a good thing that I fear their power to condemn me to a home and let the government take my SS check, force me to take all those chemicals, reprogram my mind to OBEY! I tremble! I weep for days. I quit eating. I am determined to help myself by showing them I can help myself! Then? …
The Power of Silence …
Phew! What a relief! What’s the sense to retaliate? It only shows my stupidity. Have I not learned to be still, to wait in these many years of misery? Of course I have learned. I don’t need to explain. Let the power of my silence restore the joy of my Creator within my heart.
The Joy of My Creator? …
Surely! I’m so joyful as I travel on the bright road to Kingdom land and I’m living so my life so Yahushua might shine! There! I’ll wait for the next time to post. Lov, thia.
What Is All About? Is It Just for This or That We Live? …
It’s 5:45 am on Saturday, October 19, 2024. I do not want to think about it. Let it be. Be still. Wait. For what I am experiencing the reality of life is marked by the ˈstupidness of mankind. No kidding, that’s the infallible truth. So? Why should I get all bent out of shape when my stupidity is exposed to my face? Am I not of the humankind? Ridiculous.
Cliché or the Reality of Love …
…. PLATITUDE
1. A trite or banal remark or statement, especially one expressed as if it were original or significant. See Synonyms at cliché.
2. Lack of originality; triteness: “a passage of platitude which no critical prejudgment can force us to admire” (Edgar Allan Poe). ….
Guilty!
Am I? Have I made a cliché out of the ancient words written in the ancient manuscripts? It’s Sunday, October 20, 2024, at 6:24 am. Perhaps. That’s what it looks like. I see myself amid the stupid spectrum of the world at large. I weep, I wait, until the reality of the Liberating Power of Love from the Almighty resonates within me. All is well with my soul.
Friday, October 18, 2024, at 4:03 am. It’s another day in this wacky journey of mine trying to make a point. Big deal! But isn’t everybody, including my mother-in-law trying to do the same? Well? For sure debates, likes, dislikes, compliments or caustic gibes are out of the question. Been there done that.
Even so? The inscrutable workings of the Almighty Creator of everything in existence in His mysterious doings, words, revelations, commands, and what have you to the numerous human beings proclaiming one thing or the other turn out to encompass all the dim origins of life.
Anyhow, I already made my point in ‘The Liberating Power of Love!’ I posted yesterday. I haven’t got the slightest how that post was received. No matter. By intuition or the faculty of knowing or understanding something without reasoning or proof I record my impressions or insights gained by faith, trust, and hope in the Almighty Creator.
The Almighty Creator or The Unknown God Are the Same …
Simply, it’s only lately that I realized the naked truth, I don’t know my Creator. I only know that His love is The Liberating Power of Love as it is implied in the Scriptures, He inspired me to post yesterday.
I am enthralled as I glide through the pages of the books I have been inspired to read. No kidding, this is the searing of the completeness of my being. How blessed I am! It’s now Friday, October 11, 2024, at 6:51 pm. Slept on the recliner for a while. The man whoever he was, was after my picture album I was clutching to my chest, he reached, pulled my picture and left waving it; I was screaming, ‘I’ll kill you!’.
I got up intending to go to bed. I went to the door, turned on the porch light, opened the door, grabbed the screen handle, open it but someone grabbed it, I could not close it, then I found myself indoor but I had to push with my whole body to close the door and lock it. I headed for bed. I was scared like a little child. I guess I was still asleep.
I laid on the bed. I quoted scriptures to comfort me. I slumbered only to sense a presence over my face. I opened my eyes; a sort of golden reddish metallic face was about to kiss me. I spoke in other languages commanding it to get out of my house. It left. By this time, I was trembling in fear. I called Denise. Denise comforted me.
Next, I opened my eyes at 2:22 am. There is a knot in my stomach that has been there for the last few days. It comes and goes. I don’t know what this is all about. It’s now Saturday, October 12, 2024, at 3:23 am. The 2nd 7th Day of rest in the 10th month in 2024. Into Your hands I commend my spirit Almighty Yahuwah. This is a day You have made for me. I will rejoice, be glad about Sunday, October 13, 2024, at 2:10 am. It’s now Monday, October 14, 2024, at 5:33 am. Enlightenment from on High.
Indeed! Enlightenment from on High. No kidding, for a while I felt I was doing better every day, then, I began to feel worse. I cried in pain, I was angry, short tempered, I didn’t care for anything, until it came to me the meaning of my dream clearly. I had searched for the meaning of it to no avail. But then I let go of my search, I lifted my spirit into the hands of the Almighty.
Little by little I noticed improvements in my body, in my mood, even the knot in my stomach was gone. Suddenly! It came to me; I want to kill my angry impatience because things are not developing as I expect them to develop! Phew! Joy busted from within me. Laughter.
But most importantly, the Almighty’s Grace & Favor Descended Upon this fallen creature I was on my way to descend. It’s now time to get back to my reading on Monday, October 14, 2024, at 4:06 pm. And so? For the rest of the story later. It’s now Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at 7:26 am. Later came after a week of wrestling.
Calmly I Wait for Whatever Happens Next …
It’s now Wednesday, October 16, 2024, at 12:30 am. What am I to think or do, how am I to discern what comes from You my Master, what comes from my imagination from programmed fears in my mind? I see the veil over some people’s eyes that scares me somehow. Right now, I refuse to pay attention to anything disturbing my peace. I surrender all happenings into Your loving hands. In my mind the next came to me.
The God-Given Task
Ecclesiastes 3:9-15 AMPC+
(9) What profit remains for the worker from his toil?
(10) I have seen the painful labor and exertion and miserable business which God has given to the sons of men with which to exercise and busy themselves.
(11) He has made everything beautiful in its time. He also has planted eternity in men’s hearts and minds [a divinely implanted sense of a purpose working through the ages which nothing under the sun but God alone can satisfy], yet so that men cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.
(12) I know that there is nothing better for them than to be glad and to get and do good as long as they live;
(13) And also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor–it is the gift of God.
(14) I know that whatever God does, it endures forever; nothing can be added to it nor anything taken from it. And God does it so that men will [reverently] fear Him [revere and worship Him, knowing that He is]. [Psa 19:9; Jas 1:17]
(15) That which is now already has been, and that which is to be already has been; and God seeks that which has passed by [so that history repeats itself].
The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked
Psalms 1:1-6 AMPC+
(1) BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather.
(2) But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night. [Rom 13:8-10; Gal 3:1-29; 2Ti 3:16]
(3) And he shall be like a tree firmly planted [and tended] by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not fade or wither; and everything he does shall prosper [and come to maturity]. [Jer 17:7-8]
(4) Not so the wicked [those disobedient and living without God are not so]. But they are like the chaff [worthless, dead, without substance] which the wind drives away.
(5) Therefore the wicked [those disobedient and living without God] shall not stand [justified] in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous [those who are upright and in right standing with God].
(6) For the Lord knows and is fully acquainted with the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly [those living outside God’s will] shall perish (end in ruin and come to nought).
The Reign of the Lord’s Anointed
Psalms 2:1-12 AMPC+
(1) WHY DO the nations assemble with commotion [uproar and confusion of voices], and why do the people imagine (meditate upon and devise) an empty scheme?
(2) The kings of the earth take their places; the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and His Anointed One (the Messiah, the Christ). They say, [Act 4:25-27]
(3) Let us break Their bands [of restraint] asunder and cast Their cords [of control] from us.
(4) He Who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord has them in derision [and in supreme contempt He mocks them].
(5) He speaks to them in His deep anger and troubles (terrifies and confounds) them in His displeasure and fury, saying,
(6) Yet have I anointed (installed and placed) My King [firmly] on My holy hill of Zion.
(7) I will declare the decree of the Lord: He said to Me, You are My Son; this day [I declare] I have begotten You. [Heb 1:5; Heb 3:5-6; 2Pe 1:17-18]
(8) Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations as Your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth as Your possession.
(9) You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them in pieces like potters’ ware. [Rev 12:5; Rev 19:15]
(10) Now therefore, O you kings, act wisely; be instructed and warned, O you rulers of the earth.
(11) Serve the Lord with reverent awe and worshipful fear; rejoice and be in high spirits with trembling [lest you displease Him].
(12) Kiss the Son [pay homage to Him in purity], lest He be angry and you perish in the way, for soon shall His wrath be kindled. O blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are all those who seek refuge and put their trust in Him!
The Remnant of Israel
Romans 11:1-10 AMPC+
(1) I ASK then: Has God totally rejected and disowned His people? Of course not! Why, I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin! [1Sa 12:22; Jer 31:37; Jer 33:24-26; Php 3:5]
(2) No, God has not rejected and disowned His people [whose destiny] He had marked out and appointed and foreknown from the beginning. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel? [Psa 94:14; 1 Kings 19]
(3) Lord, they have killed Your prophets; they have demolished Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.
(4) But what is God’s reply to him? I have kept for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal! [1Ki 19:18]
(5) So too at the present time there is a remnant (a small believing minority), selected (chosen) by grace (by God’s unmerited favor and graciousness).
(6) But if it is by grace (His unmerited favor and graciousness), it is no longer conditioned on works or anything men have done. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace [it would be meaningless].
(7) What then [shall we conclude]? Israel failed to obtain what it sought [God’s favor by obedience to the Law]. Only the elect (those chosen few) obtained it, while the rest of them became callously indifferent (blinded, hardened, and made insensible to it).
(8) As it is written, God gave them a spirit (an attitude) of stupor, eyes that should not see and ears that should not hear, [that has continued] down to this very day. [Deu 29:4; Isa 29:10]
(9) And David says, Let their table (their feasting, banqueting) become a snare and a trap, a pitfall and a just retribution [rebounding like a boomerang upon them]; [Psa 69:22]
(10) Let their eyes be darkened (dimmed) so that they cannot see, and make them bend their back [stooping beneath their burden] forever. [Psa 69:23]
Gentiles Grafted In
Romans 11:11-24 AMPC+
(11) So I ask, Have they stumbled so as to fall [to their utter spiritual ruin, irretrievably]? By no means! But through their false step and transgression salvation [has come] to the Gentiles, so as to arouse Israel [to see and feel what they forfeited] and so to make them jealous.
(12) Now if their stumbling (their lapse, their transgression) has so enriched the world [at large], and if [Israel’s] failure means such riches for the Gentiles, think what an enrichment and greater advantage will follow their full reinstatement!
(13) But now I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I lay great stress on my ministry and magnify my office,
(14) In the hope of making my fellow Jews jealous [in order to stir them up to imitate, copy, and appropriate], and thus managing to save some of them.
(15) For if their rejection and exclusion from the benefits of salvation were [overruled] for the reconciliation of a world to God, what will their acceptance and admission mean? [It will be nothing short of] life from the dead!
(16) Now if the first handful of dough offered as the first fruits [Abraham and the patriarchs] is consecrated (holy), so is the whole mass [the nation of Israel]; and if the root [Abraham] is consecrated (holy), so are the branches. [Num 15:19-21]
(17) But if some of the branches were broken off, while you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them to share the richness [of the root and sap] of the olive tree,
(18) Do not boast over the branches and pride yourself at their expense. If you do boast and feel superior, remember it is not you that support the root, but the root [that supports] you.
(19) You will say then, Branches were broken (pruned) off so that I might be grafted in!
(20) That is true. But they were broken (pruned) off because of their unbelief (their lack of real faith), and you are established through faith [because you do believe]. So do not become proud and conceited, but rather stand in awe and be reverently afraid.
(21) For if God did not spare the natural branches [because of unbelief], neither will He spare you [if you are guilty of the same offense].
(22) Then note and appreciate the gracious kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God’s gracious kindness to you–provided you continue in His grace and abide in His kindness; otherwise you too will be cut off (pruned away).
(23) And even those others [the fallen branches, Jews], if they do not persist in [clinging to] their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again.
(24) For if you have been cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and against nature grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much easier will it be to graft these natural [branches] back on [the original parent stock of] their own olive tree.
The Mystery of Israel’s Salvation
Romans 11:25-36 AMPC+
(25) Lest you be self-opinionated (wise in your own conceits), I do not want you to miss this hidden truth and mystery, brethren: a hardening (insensibility) has [temporarily] befallen a part of Israel [to last] until the N1full number of the ingathering of the Gentiles has come in,
(26) And so all Israel will be saved. As it is written, The Deliverer will come from Zion, He will banish ungodliness from Jacob. [Isa 59:20-21]
(27) And this will be My covenant (My agreement) with them when I shall take away their sins. [Isa 27:9; Jer 31:33]
(28) From the point of view of the Gospel (good news), they [the Jews, at present] are enemies [of God], which is for your advantage and benefit. But from the point of view of God’s choice (of election, of divine selection), they are still the beloved (dear to Him) for the sake of their forefathers.
(29) For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable. [He never withdraws them when once they are given, and He does not change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom He sends His call.]
(30) Just as you were once disobedient and rebellious toward God but now have obtained [His] mercy, through their disobedience,
(31) So they also now are being disobedient [when you are receiving mercy], that they in turn may one day, through the mercy you are enjoying, also receive mercy [that they may share the mercy which has been shown to you–through you as messengers of the Gospel to them].
(32) For God has consigned (penned up) all men to disobedience, only that He may have mercy on them all [alike].
(33) Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unfathomable (inscrutable, unsearchable) are His judgments (His decisions)! And how untraceable (mysterious, undiscoverable) are His ways (His methods, His paths)!
(34) For who has known the mind of the Lord and who has understood His thoughts, or who has [ever] been His counselor? [Isa 40:13-14]
(35) Or who has first given God anything that he might be paid back or that he could claim a recompense?
(36) For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. [For all things originate with Him and come from Him; all things live through Him, and all things center in and tend to consummate and to end in Him.] To Him be glory forever! Amen (so be it).
Words Beyond Human Understanding …?
Indeed! Joy. Peace Beyond Human Understanding fills my heart. I can return to my reading now. Yes, I weep as the stark reality of the condition of my human nature, but I take heart as I realize that the end of slavery to my human nature is right within my being.
Indeed! The Liberating Power of Love!
I’ll post these reflections as soon as I edit them. Then I’ll wait for the next time to post. Lov, thia.
Well? I went ahead, I posted the introduction to the book. This is neat. I posted the introduction Tuesday, September 10, 2024, only 3 day ago, but so much has happened to change everything I had planned to format the book. Even so?. It’s now Saturday, September 14, 2024, at 3:22 am. I am ready to start this day waiting on You, my Master, even for the words I am to use to handle the difficult situations that daily develop.
Difficult Situations that Daily Develop? …
Ha! Now I am getting a handle of how to craft this book! It Is My Journey—my journey no one else’s journey. So? It is the story of the journey I am traveling on from defeat to recovery. Is the story of a journey in the process of transformation.
My Soul Is Free. It’s a wonderful life for us, not just for me.’
Vacillating. No problem. My soul is free from anxieties. Besides, certainty, resolution, decisiveness, confidence, trust, belief, faith, far outweigh my vacillating. The truth is that I am waiting for things to develop without my acting from my ideas of helping others or myself. When is time for me to act, I will act with certainty. But!
I Am Concerned …
You know it, my Master. I am concerned about my eating and working habits. I am beginning to see that what troubles me when I see the trend in this generation fits me as well. Is my heart overburdened and depressed (weighed down) with the giddiness and headache and nausea of SELF-INDULGENCE, drunkenness, and worldly worries and cares pertaining to the business of this life? I need to hear from You, my Master. I wait.
Ah! The Wiles Of The Devil! …
Yes! The devil exists despite the skeptics, atheists, agnostics, etc. the worst part? The devil exists within me! What? O me! I just thought about it! No kidding! No wonder why I am in the predicament I am in. That ego inside my brain! That’s the one whispering to me all these evil thoughts against me! And me? O me! Yesterday? My ego whispered to me that I was self-indulgent! And the Scripture was quoted to me. Why? Because I aim to distribute that Scripture big time! I created a graphic frame and set that Scripture in it with the title “A Loving warning”.
Ha! Ha! Ha! I Am Now To Become A Crusader! …
Let it be! This is too good! I asked for it. Yes, I did! Do you, dear reader, take notice of my predicament yesterday? After quoting the Scripture, I prayed, “I need to hear from You, my Master. I wait”.
Well? It’s now Saturday, September 14, 2024, at 1:00 am. I have been up for about an hour. I woke up feeling pretty good. I think I woke up dreaming that I was eating brisket with Patsy. But as soon as I entered the living room, I saw the empty hook where my house key is to hang. I remember that Maya put the key in her pocket when we went to check the mailbox. No problem. Maya was distracted yesterday and forgot to return the key to the hook, but of course, doubt, fearful whispers began to rumble in my ears about what people could think of my carelessness to guard my key. I thought to myself, “Who cares! I don’t have to fear anything! My Master is in control!”
Suddenly! It All Came Together For Me! …
Honestly? I am my worst enemy. Correction, I have been my worst enemy until this moment of time. I know now Who is Who for sure. No kidding, there are two natures within my being, one is my carnal nature, the other is the nature that the Creator breathed within my being when He created me.
What Now? What Am I To Do? …
Be still. Surrender my will to the Master of my being. Wait. The whole matter of this situation with the two natures within the human being will come to light for each individual as we progress to the end of time. No need for me to express anymore than how it has come to me.
What? What is a crusade? Crusade: A concerted effort or vigorous movement for a cause or against an abuse. Crusader: a disputant who advocates reform. The question is, Am I Supposed To Become A Crusader? Dear me! Not ‘become’, I have been crusading for my Master since 1985 when He commission me to journal my life. But that is not the same as a crusader today.
No need for me to take matters into my own hands to exhibit my colossal ignorance of what really goes on with the rest of human beings. I am not in this world to change the world with such campaigns. Indeed! I am not that wacky at all! I am wise as a serpent, innocent, harmless, guileless, and without falsity as a dove. Matthew 10 is a reality for me.
It’s now Saturday, September 14, 2024, at 2:07 am. I am on to Post this matter as the first chapter of My Journey. My Soul Is Free. It’s a wonderful life for us, not just for me. That is not what I had in mind to do, but now I understand why I was not inclined to publish only what I published last. I am now really enthused; I don’t have to publish what has already been published. This is truly ANEW, AFRESH in a new but different way. As I am inspired to, I will post this entry as Chapter 1. lov, thia.
Saturday, September 14, 2024, at 9:15 pm. Bed. Up around 2 am on Sunday, September 15, 2024. It’s now Sunday, September 15, 2024, at 9:19 am. I just concluded that I am refraining from ordering things indiscriminately. Big step forward for me. I can hear the clamor from the peanut gallery! Ha! Ha! Now what should I expect a reward? Oh! But it is so hard to be a saint!
Seriously, I Tremble When …?
When I get the picture of what is happening in this crazy world I inhabit, and me? Obsessed with things like crazy! I need this or that, every day I invent another thing needed. And Yes! That is my ego sucking me in into materialism. But of course, the same ego is telling me that I am too hard on myself. That my problem is I do not love myself. Or another suggestion or approach to distract or to push me in whatever direction I choose.
No, I am not rambling on. I am as serious as a heart attack. And no, I am not attempting to practice stoicism or to vest myself in sac clothes. Or to walk on pins and needles. I don’t have to, I have surrendered my choices to my Maker as He commands me to do. Thus, He knows better than me what are my needs, and He is providing those needs superabundantly.
Indeed! It’s Better Than Expected …
It’s now Sunday, September 15, 2024, at 9:44 pm. I have been sleeping since around 5 pm. I don’t feel good. Evil thoughts of sickness and disease flash through my carnal mind. No matter. I fear not. Now I know which way the cookie crumbles. I refuse to pay mind to the evil within, without me. I hear quite clear, “Do not be seized with alarm and struck with fear; only keep on believing.” That was a request for the impossible, the daughter was dead, why trouble the Master?
In my case? I have been suffering with chronic pain for years. Everything has been done to relieve my malady to no avail, but the Master has promised me to restore my health and my wealth. The truth? He is doing so, only He is fulfilling His promises to me in His way and on His time. And when I am feeling down and out with pain, dizziness, and all kind of evil threats in my mind, He speaks encouraging words to me.
All Is Well in My Paradise, Sitting On Top of The Mountain Alone With Him. lov, thia.
