Getting the kinks out

Good afternoon friends


Today I sit and ponder the meaning of life and I sense anxiety within. Usually, we have something in our lives that causes anxiety; whether its finances, our health, our careers or even our children and pets. This cause of anxiety should not be how we define ourselves but often the unfortunate truth is we have become slaves to our anxiety. We must look to Y'shua to solve our challenges rather than crediting organization and scheduling as the only solution.
I wake up and immediately look to my emails, messages and calendars. I chronologically plan my day with the tasks deemed most important at the front of the list. While these challenges are never going away, a trusting relationship with Jesus will help us to overcome anxiety and not suffer enslavement to our challenges and anxiety.

Even the secular experts are forced to admit that no matter how great at time management, just do a quick topic search on time management (they all suggest getting involved in yoga and or transcendental meditation) we are all doomed to negative health consequences of stress. In Christianity - there is no existential solution to limiting stress and anxiety besides an improved God centered spirituality.  Eventually we all just need to relax and let the stress and anxiety go, but how do we achieve what has been historically so difficult for many to grasp? So many of us are approaching the problem of anxiety and stress related to time management from a materialist perspective and not a spiritual perspective, how can we truly ever find a true solution?

Anxiety is a personal/internal struggle very much related to and concerned with the spirit of the individual, it only becomes physical when its symptoms are acknowledged and acted on by the persons external body. 1st Corinthians 13: 4-5 explains "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs." Therein lies the answer to our quandary with stress and anxiety; Love.

Love is the answer to anxiety, forgiveness eases our stress. Unselfishness ends our frustrations, helping others and bringing the gospel of the Kingdom to others is what provides relief. There is some very fundamental truth to this subject matter and I hope you can find solace and peace in a relationship with Jesus as I have been so blessed to learn and find hope for my future despite our many experiences with unsavory circumstances.

Salvation

The Father has been so good to me, I am so blessed. Over the past few months I have been enriched spiritually and physically. There is a strong groaning in my spirit for revival, the whole earth is crying out for Jesus' return. The blessing all stems from our salvation from sin, which required his holy blood sacrifice and erases sin.

My wife and I recently celebrated our 10th anniversary, it's been wonderful all things considered, she has exceeded my earthly expectations of a wife.

I enjoy a week away from home in paradise as much as the next guy however the stench of overt materialism continues to alert my spiritual senses. As easy as it is to dismiss it as something women do naturally, I am forced to deal with the fact it is not an activity exactly championed by Christ in the gospel, in fact it's quite opposite. In absolute honesty I enjoy finding a good deal too, just don't think "good" deals come along every day.

Rather than spending money on personal fashion and vain pursuits, my spirit much prefers to bless others with finances. I fulfill my Christian walk by giving joyfully to almost every person I come into contact with, especially if they are explicitly begging or asking for money. I pay no mind to the possibility the person may be misrepresenting thier poverty, rather I consider the possibility anyone of them could be Jesus or one of his angels.

He is Healer

Isaiah 53:4-5

⁴ Surely he hath borne our griefs,
and carried our sorrows:
yet we did esteem him stricken,
smitten of God, and afflicted.
⁵ But he was wounded for our transgressions,
he was bruised for our iniquities:
the chastisement of our peace was upon him;
and with his stripes we are healed.

 I started this blog to document the movements of the Holy Ghost (miracles) in my life and those whom I have been blessed to come into contact. There is probably nothing more satisfying than seeing the fruits of spirit come to reality and witnessing a divine blessing. When we witness miracles, in my experiences, it's difficult to admit and attribute it to God, it's in our nature to look for a logical conclusion. We shouldn't be that way, secular thought and science attempts to disprove the supernatural at every opportunity and we should be using faith to prove the supernatural at every opportunity.

An acquaintance of mine, nicknamed Coach, was suffering, I have known him for a few years, Coach was stricken with an infection in his right elbow after a botched surgery to repair ligament and tendon damage. He explained his injury; he had been suffering pain in his elbow for years before finally being able to afford surgery that could possibly alleviate his elbow pain. Unfortunately, his elbow became infected after the surgery, although he was on strong antibiotics, his dream of getting his elbow fixed was quickly turning into a nightmare of bad medicine. The doctors had already prepared him for the possibility that he could lose his arm if the infection didn't start to reduce. They had already modified his medication to a stronger form of antibiotic. Coach was concerned that he was going to lose his arm.

I asked Coach if he would allow me to pray over his elbow, he agreed and I did my best to be as sincere and faithful as possible in my prayer. Afterwards I gave him some advice along the lines of, "don't believe what the doctors tell you, just have faith in your healing through Jesus." Weeks passed and I hadn't heard from him, but I kept diligent to mention him in prayers. The next time I visited, the outlook from the doctors had improved, they claimed he wasn't completely out of danger but there was significant improvement. I reiterated to him to just believe in his healing and thank Jesus. Finally, last week, my most recent visit, approximately 2 months from him notifying me of his complication and he has fully recovered. 

Thank Jesus for this man's healing, of course disbelief suggests we could attribute his recovery to the antibiotics that the doctors gave him who messed up his elbow in the first place or you can believe in my miracle working God, YHWY, Jesus Christ, Ruach Hakodesh, King of Kings, He is Healer.

Good day

The Orphanage

Good day

I was recently caught unaware of the relevance of orphans, orphanages and their impact on the world both spiritually and physically. I decided I would expand on the subject of what orphans really mean, how God is fiercely aware of an orphan child's plight and how we as believers have an intrinsic responsibility to care for, clothe, feed and nurture, physically and spiritually, human orphans.o

The 2007 gothic horror film of the same name, uses our fears of ghosts and the responsibilities we have to our children against us. Though its been several years since I have watched the movie, reading a plot summary brought up feeling of fear and helplessness for the difficulties orphans face and the irresponsible, sometimes accidental occurrences that cause/lead to children being victims of orphanry.

Apostle Paul calls us the adopted sons of God; Ephesians 1:5 "Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,". I remember being intensely frightened by the concept of an orphanage as a child. Disney movies used orphans as central character plot in several of their productions, many I watched as a child. Here's an article by Cosmo effectively calling the frequent occurrence merely an attempt to build a central character story line.

It is the fear of the improbable death of our parents that grips us, the security blanket they provide being suddenly torn form our grasps, just like the plot of Batman, Superman and countless other Hollywood productions. In my opinion the real reason for this focus on orphanry is the spiritual, eternal laws of God being manifest. God refers to himself as the Father, Jesus is the Son and of course the comforter is the Holy Ghost. I sense the enemy is attempting to circumvent the truth of Father, Son relationship and instead attempting to replace it with a lonely orphan counterfeit savior. A fatherless son, an orphan outside of the eternal God head. Yes I know that's quite a bit to digest, since this is a new revelation it will take time for me to flesh out all of the related implications. I am merely wetting the spiritual appetite, if you will.

It then follows: we can accept the adoption of our Father God through the salvation of his Son Jesus Christ or we can look to an orphan god, who resents the Father who he abandoned in favor of himself.

There are thousands of charitable organizations dedicated to helping and housing the orphans of the world, all of which is admirable until we find out the demonic influences these organizations can unwittingly or purposely serve. The Christian church has not altogether abandoned its responsibility to orphan children but is quickly falling behind gov't and secular institutions in its ability to navigate the arena as the State and Child Protective Services are given more and more judicial power to decide the fate of young orphans.

In a sinful state we are all orphans, separated from the Father, but by accepting his Son's sacrifice and sacrificing ourselves to him, we become his adopted, glorified, righteous, blameless children and I do not know a more beautiful and redeeming expression of love and forgiveness.

Blessings and Peace in YHWY, Jesus Christ, Ruach Hakodesh