There is a time to advance and a time to retreat, there is a time to press and a time to pass. There is a time to remember and a time to forget! There is a time to forgive, and a time to hold accountable – and often relationships those are combined. There...
When I was young I was smoking hot, smart as a whip, strong, capable and virtually tireless. I was into helping others, and trying to better myself at the same time. Life seemed one long blur of constant activity. I worked, studied, worshiped and dated...
First of all let me explain what I mean by “Abandonment”. I am NOT talking about the current concept of “freedom” – that seems to believe that having nothing, and no taking zero responsibility for anything is being “free”. Well. In one sense of the word...
Now that my age is finally catching up with me I have found that this is much easier said than done. I am SO not kidding. I have always been an old soul, so while 20 jarred me a bit (mostly because childhood was over and I completely missed it), 30 just...
(Part Five: Removing the Strongholds/Contradictions which Block our Faith) This will wrap up the ongoing discussion on the Process of Transformation, for this writing. I have to admit that when I began writing, several days ago, I didn't expect a five...
(Part Three: Removing the Strongholds/Contradictions which Block our Faith) The fallen flesh is basically one big stronghold – from which the enemy of our souls operates. We are born with a serious sin-festation, which must be expunged before we can draw...
Part Two: Removing the Strongholds/Contradictions which Block our Faith) This is a continuation of yesterday's writing – in which I am exploring the journey to Freedom in the Anointed One, through the process of Transformation! (by renewing our minds...
Teaching & Illustrating God's Requirements Authority Character & Excellence Some Hard Learned Rules for Defeating The Back to (Home) School Blues: Rule #1. God is #1. Take time to HEAR HIM! This is very important. This job is not for the faint of heart,...
(As in.... Offering Opinon vs. Rendering a Verdict) Yesterday I came across a rant that someone had posted concerning the plight of Anna Duggar, since more of Josh's sins have been been smeared across our screens. The ranter said that she, “ Was about...
(In the Beauty of Family) The beauty of child-rearing and it's main, though well hidden, function is achieiving Selflessness. Meaning that, if we do it properly, must come out of ourselves, and learn to serve other's well. It is a virtue of virtues, and...
It's true we can't win every fight, but we can war with all our might! Sometimes retreating, to fight again, but if we don't fight, we sure can't win! Sometimes we have to swallow loss, sometimes we get to prove who's boss! But if we hide to avoid the...
Not Where One Might Think To Look .... Why is it necessary, as this “meme” suggests, that we must choose an outrage? What If It's BOTH? What if I am, as a believing person, simultaneously whizzed off about the number of murdered infants in our nation,...
“To be, rather than to seem”; To do, not only to dream; To act, not just to think; To swim, not slowly sink! To live, rather than merely exist, to keep The Truth, not twist, To be real, not to pretend, requires God's grace and help, my friend. (SCD 4/15/16)...
– Defining “Straight” First of all let me state that the material about which I write today is sensitive, for mature audiences only , and not for squeamish people, or religious people who are offended by the hard realities of lives which differ from their...
(Cooperating with the Spirit of God in, and being Restored by, the Transformation Process so that His Law will be fulfilled in Us – His people – and the Grace of God will not be frustrated.) We know that obedience to God – and His Law - positions us for...
This morning, as I bask in the presence of God, soaking in His goodness on this bright Shabbat, I find that I am releasing a bit of stored up anxiety of recent days! The reports seem so contradictory, so alarming! Some prophetic voices are proclaiming...
The Path to Freedom & the Key to Change! Repentance begins with the sudden revelation of our own complicity in the mess which we have come to call our “lives”. It begins with a realization that we are guilty, actually responsible for the mess in which...
THE TIME IS SO CLOSE! There is a rumbling in the camp. An unrest. We have heard the cry go forth, "We have dwelt long enough on this mountain! " It is time to let go?! Really?! Finally! What to pack? What to leave behind? The destination is uncertain,...
We sow the seed, then kill the crop! This wanton waste of Life must Stop! Sterilization, Abortion, and Other “Birth Control”, which we use instead of Self-Control, Have brought the judgment of Almighty God against our Nation's very sod! This lazy sin...
Numero Uno – None of us are as well acquainted with ourselves as we think we are! There are blind spots, self-deceptions, projected images of others – both positive and negative, and deliberate deceptions of our mortal enemy to keep us from God's best...
We were never designed to be “Independent”, which has been defined as: freedom from the control, influence, support, aid, or the like, of others. Nor were we designed to be Codependent, which is, of or relating to a relationship in which one person is...
Are we using our mouth and authority in Conquering or Complicating? Confessing or Complaining? Declaring or Destroying? Or As God Put it, “LIFE or DEATH? What are we CHOOSING by our thoughts and words? What paradigms are we allowing to run in the hard-drive...
And The Problem Is? Part Four: Removing the Strongholds/Contradictions which Block our Faith All of what Yeshua bought back in the Atonement – communion with a holy God, healing, blessing, immortality, etc. - was lost , you see, because it was all tied...
Please stand by. This is one of those times when I am going to write for the sake of self-therapy! Now is the time to just scroll on by, if you are not interested in the difficulties of my personal journey! Or if this kind of thing offends your use of...
The Miracle of the Cocoon (Early Will I seek Him....Early Morning Reflections) This morning I awakened early, needing to visit the little room. Then, just when I got all settled back in the bed, Fiona, Emma's dog, began barking that insistent bark like...
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