On Being a NEW Person in CHRIST

17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, 

he is a new creature: 

old things are passed away; 

behold, 

all things are become new.

2 Corinthians 5:17 

King James Version

A year ago today, the SPIRIT of the LORD touched my soul, and I was never the same again.

I had become a new person, in JESUS.

Things of God were the only things that mattered.

And how exquisite the timing was!

For the world was to turn darker than it already had.

God took mercy upon my tenacious soul, which kept asking Him to please reveal His TRUTH to me.

It had been my fervent prayer, and last year, God felt it was time for the Holy Spirit to start instructing me.

He knew this imperfect being relentlessly searched for Him, thus, the creation of this blog in 2018, and many other blogs after that.

I was searching for the CORE of my being, and in the process, was led back to GOD, through JESUS, and the Holy SPIRIT, who was the TEACHER of ALL Things.

The Holy SPIRIT led me to BIBLE verses I needed to know, from which I took down notes, my soul leading me particularly to the WORDS of Jesus in the Four Gospels, to the beginning of CREATION in Genesis, and the END times in the Book of Revelation.

I don't know how your path and education will be, if you give your heart to Jesus, but this was how God wanted mine.

Night and day, the articles called to me, with specific titles forming in my heart.

I aimed to be perfectly-attuned to CHRIST, and the lessons were intense, as if making up for lost time.

Every time I felt like writing something, I'd merely pray to Jesus to tell me what He wanted written.

Most of the time, the articles were just THERE.

And I merely let the Holy SPIRIT of God lead me to the PERFECT verse.

God knew I liked precision.

But who could be more precise than GOD?

I was a mere scribe, a dutiful daughter, a repentant soul, a child learning the ways of God, a person wanting to be with GOD forever.

But to know God, one must follow Jesus.

And to follow Jesus, one must be instructed by the Holy Spirit alone.

It was the best education, no school could ever give.

We all need this SPIRITUAL education, straight from the Holy SPIRIT of God.

All other education comes from the world, and the world is not of God.

Fortunately, God took pity upon my persistent and penitent soul, and thought it was time to teach me.

And now?

Here I am before you, a year into my instruction from the Holy SPIRIT, and through the GRACE and GUIDANCE of the LORD.

I also thank Dr. David R. Reagan for those eye-opening, prophetic videos which INSTANTLY led me to become a born-again Christian, and to Joseph, my Bible teacher, who patiently helped for many years, gently guiding me through the verses.

I am a baby that could easily be plucked from God's Hands, but of course, God won't allow that.

One prayer to JESUS is all it takes to be brought back into God's arms, I assure you of that.

How the fallen one wishes to mock God, plucking a soul being saved, from His loving arms.

Listen to what JESUS says here:

29 My Father, 

which gave them me, 

is greater than all; 

and no man is able to pluck them 

out of my Father's hand.

John 10:29 

King James Version

Can you feel the IMMENSITY of that statement?

But the fallen one will keep trying, forever waiting in ambush, that my soul, and your soul, be forever destroyed.

Of course, I don't wish that, so I stay closest to JESUS, more than ever.

The LORD has shown Himself several times in my dreams many years ago, in many various ways, as if in invitation, and holding out a promise in that LIGHT-filled doorway, of which He was my "landlord".

I don't belong to this land.

I belong to JESUS alone.

This first year as a born-again Christian will lead to many more years, until I am worthy of the Lord.

All I've learned the past year, I've shared with you in my blogs, making sure I don't mislead you.

By the GRACE of God, I won't.

I have no other focus but GOD.

He is the CORE of my being.

As He is yours.

It's time for you to seek Him with all your heart, and have nothing to do with the soul-destroying ways of the world.

God was your beginning, for He created you.

God must be your ending, for He waits for you.

Cast your cares upon JESUS.

You belong to Jesus.

22 Cast thy burden upon the Lord, 

and he shall sustain thee: 

he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Psalm 55:22 

King James Version

And thus, I look forward to more of JESUS in my heart.

Jesus is the ONLY way back to God.


(Bible verses from biblegateway.com; lovely image from Anna Shvets.)

Updated 21 January 2022

God Knows the Secrets of Your Heart

12 Then said he unto me, 

Fear not, Daniel: 

for from the first day 

that thou didst set thine heart to understand, 

and to chasten thyself before thy God, 

thy words were heard, 

and I am come for thy words.

Daniel 10:12 

King James Version

How interesting that I found this verse today, from a Chuck Missler video I started listening to.

"...for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard,"

That was exactly what I had been doing for a long time -- I've set my heart to know EVERYTHING about God, and in the process, I got to know Jesus more, and I am being instructed by the Holy Spirit each day, or after each prayer.

I am living testimony that God hears our prayers.

Through faith, patience, and perseverance -- and always paying attention, and listening to the "voice" of God -- we are finally heard, and answered.

Some days, the answers are instant.

Other days, even before I've finished a prayer, the answer's already there.

Oftentimes, the answers come in a dream, and I'm supposed to piece it all together.

It didn't all come together until God made me born again last year.

Only then did I began to understand the Triune God:

God, the FATHER,
God, the SON, and 
God, the HOLY SPIRIT.

In the asking, was the giving.

7 Ask, and it shall be given you; 

seek, and ye shall find; 

knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

8 For every one that asketh receiveth; 

and he that seeketh findeth; 

and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

Matthew 7:7-8 (KJV)

God knew my heart, all the contents, the quality, or the lack of it.

But He saw the real desire to know Him, and I'm grateful Jesus -- through the Holy Spirit -- finally made things clear for me.

Now, I'm able to understand the Bible, letting it speak to me each time.

I honestly believe all you have to do to reach God, is to pray to Him however you know how.

Become childlike, and trusting in God.

Make time to listen.

God likes that very much!

Updated 21 January 2022

How God Wishes to be Loved

Exodus 20:1-5

King James Version

20 And God spake all these words, saying,

2 I am the Lord thy God, 

which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, 

out of the house of bondage.

3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, 

or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, 

or that is in the earth beneath, 

or that is in the water under the earth.

5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, 

nor serve them: 

for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, 

visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children 

unto the third and fourth generation 

of them that hate me;

How does one love God?

Well, let the CREATOR tell you how He wishes to be loved.

By having no other God, but Him.

On, and on, the Bible -- the WORD of God -- speaks of this commandment.

And yet, faithless, disloyal humanity have created "graven" images, in metal, wood, and even adored other humans, institutions, objects, rituals, and nature, in place of the LORD.

"Thou shalt have no other gods before me." was God's FIRST commandment.

It was not by accident.

EVERYTHING is by God's DESIGN.

Is man being foolish, foolhardy, and stubborn, in defying God?

Is he under the control of the enemy?

Or does he, too, wish to rule the world?

Possibly correct on all counts, if history and current-day reality be judged.

We have looked to everything for our supply, but God.

We have idolized money (mammon), and other humans, except God.

How God hates idolatry!

How can we profess to love God above all, when we are still idolizing objects, and humans?

We only need to look at the beautiful simplicity of JESUS, to know how to love the Father.

Jesus showed us the WAY.

His very life, His obedience, His sacrifice, are all testaments to His love for His FATHER.

The Son of God showed us how to love, worship, and pray to the Father.

Why is it so difficult?

Everything has been laid down in SCRIPTURE.

We only have to open our hearts to the Lord, ask for forgiveness, and get back on track -- just as Jesus showed us how.

What's stopping us from really loving God?

Why do people turn to idols, when Jesus already told us:  

John 4:24 

King James Verion

24 God is a Spirit: 

and they that worship him 

must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Even a child knows how to love God more.

A child loves simply, wonderfully, and trustingly.

Humans continue to defy God, not remembering that without God, we all wouldn't be here.

We get angry at God when He corrects us, through the lessons we learn in life.

Well, if we learned our lessons, perhaps, another painful lesson won't be forthcoming.

And perhaps, if we are grateful and repentant, God would like kindly upon our beleaguered souls.

God was angry when the people built a golden calf, and He told Moses: 

Exodus 32:10 

King James Verions

10 Now therefore let me alone, 

that my wrath may wax hot against them, 

and that I may consume them: 

and I will make of thee a great nation.

But Moses appealed to God, to spare His people, and sought to see their corruption himself. 

And this is what Moses witnessed:

Exodus 32:19-21 

King James Version

19 And it came to pass, 

as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, 

that he saw the calf, 

and the dancing: 

and Moses' anger waxed hot, 

and he cast the tables out of his hands, 

and brake them beneath the mount.

20 And he took the calf which they had made, 

and burnt it in the fire, 

and ground it to powder, 

and strawed it upon the water, 

and made the children of Israel drink of it.

21 And Moses said unto Aaron, 

What did this people unto thee, 

that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?

Now, Moses knew God's anger was supremely justified.

But men are men.

We forget easily.

And the world today continues to drown in idolatry.

What can save us now, before it's too late?

Only by the GRACE of God can we all be saved now.

Only by asking God to help us, and correct us, can the Holy SPIRIT of God come to shine His LIGHT upon us.

Only by becoming born again, can we see the kingdom of God.

Only by believing in Jesus, the SON of God, can we have eternal life.

Only by taking to heart the WORD of God -- Scripture -- can we be saved.

Only by being corrected by the Holy SPIRIT of God, can we understand EVERYTHING God wants us to know.

It was only when God made me born again, did I begin to understand how to love God, how to follow Jesus, and how to be taught by the Holy Spirit.

I must have been on the right path on 24 November 2018, when I started this blog you're reading now, wanting to know the "core" of my being.

Well, that CORE, is God.

God has always been the CORE of our being -- each one of us.

How can it not?

God created us all. 

Genesis 1:27 

King James Version

27 So God created man in his own image, 

in the image of God created he him; 

male and female created he them.

How can we not love the CREATOR?

How can we even think of having other gods, when we already HAVE God?

God is justified in His anger at our many erring ways, our faithlessness, our lack of gratitude, and at our evil ways.

After His SON -- the Lamb of God -- died on the cross, taking away our sins, we still continue to defy God.

And yet, God still gives us time to correct our ways.

Jesus taught us how to love the FATHER: 

Matthew 22:37-38 

King James Version

37 Jesus said unto him, 

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, 

and with all thy soul, 

and with all thy mind.

38 This is the first and great commandment.

There is really no more excuse not to.

Unless our father is the devil, and we are not of God.

By our own actions, we define ourselves.

True born agains can't wait for that day -- the RAPTURE -- hoping their families and friends, would also be part of it.

I love God, above all.

There was never any question about it.

My simple, childlike mind saw wisdom in it.

Loving God is the only way to be happy in this world.

Nothing could ever compare to that.

When man wakes up in his soul, through the HOLY SPIRIT of God, he will finally see the LIGHT of God.

I'm glad to have been awakened on time.

God works with what you have in your heart.

He knows if you TRULY love Him.


All verses from biblegateway.com 

"Flower Magnolia" image from Selma Biro

Updated 9 June 2023

The Adorable Jack-Jack

Straight to the heart.

That's how Jack-Jack made an impact on me when I first encountered him yesterday.

And I never never ever wish to recover.

This infant's innocence, laughter, and many funny, natural ways hit my heart right on-center.

I was Jack-Jack and he was me.

We're pure instincts, first base with stuff.

We both have many personalities that come forth depending on who or what we're with.

Different people and creatures elicit different reactions.

We're happily in our world, minding our own business, perpetually curious about most everything, and loving our families so.

We love huge chunks of cookies, our great "pacifier".

If you know anything about "Incredibles 2" you'd love this tiny guy, too.

That laughter, the character, and the innocence tickles your funny bone and touches your heart.

I hope he never grows up.

I thought I was five years old.

How wrong I was.

I'm much younger.

I'm Jack-Jack.

I'm just a baby.

We see things pretty much the same way.

We're good when we're with good people.

But boy, when we see bad people or injustice done, we get going.

Then our super powers come a-visitin'.

Too bad about the mistaken thief, the raccoon, though...

Don't you love to laugh?

Don't you love funny stuff?

True laughter is from the soul.

It springs from it.

Jack-Jack did that to me, like no other character -- real or cartoon -- ever did.

But I'm on the "happy baby" path, starting with the article I wrote on 14 June 2019. 

I thank God for reminding me of who I originally was.

I am Jack-Jack.

How To Make Wise Decisions

Do you have an easy time making decisions?

Or is life fraught with difficulty over making such decisions?

May we simplify it a bit for you?

Such as after reading an important chapter from a book I was studying, and giving myself a moment to let the new ideas sink in before going back to sleep, a "thought" came to write something about decisions.

The "thought" said there were only two (2) decisions to make anyway, so I let the idea simmer beautifully in my being for a moment, even as part of me wanted to go back to sleep.

It was but 3:30 in the morning and I especially savored the longer sleep on Sundays.

But no, when an idea takes hold, when an important "thought" is born, there can be no going back to bed for a writer like myself.

The "thought" said that if we wish to make decisions, there are really only two important things to consider:

1. Does it bring you towards God?
2. Does it take you away from God?

Decisions that bring us towards God mean our decisions feel good to us and truly benefit all concerned.

There is no ego, no greed, no manipulation, no schemes, no worldly stuff, nothing complicated, only things of the Spirit -- only God and Love.

That which takes us away from God when we make decisions keeps us awake at night for our soul says something's not quite right.

Good decisions have God in it.

There's always love, peace, joy, gentleness, and kindness.

With every decision you need to make, always make GOD your guide.

When He created us, He gave us the capacity to love and even gave us free will.

He gave us our intelligence, our talents, our bodies, and our hearts.

How we make use of those depends on our own soul's growth and not on our personalities.

There is always the free will to change for the better.

We always have the option to love or not to love.

If we chose the path to God, then it's automatic we become kinder, more loving, and compassionate.

Choosing the path away from him destroys our self for we do not choose His Light and Guidance.

Every decision is always a decision to reach up to God or to turn your back on Him.

But how can one turn your back on the One Who Created you?

Unless you don't remember or acknowledge that He created you.

Well, perhaps it's time to remember that we won't be on earth if He had not created us.

It's really that simple.

I chose to get up and follow that "thought" to write this post for it was important.

Even as I'm far from perfect, God gives me that opportunity each day I breathe and wake up to get closer to Him.

Every thought, every word, every deed is an opportunity to make a stand about my own path -- towards God or away from him.

As always, I choose HIM.

He was that "Thought".

He inspired me to write this and I'm most grateful.

Making decisions can really be easy.

God has simplified it.

We merely cloak it with worldly stuff and we lose our way.

Come back on the path, sail back to Him.

The world will not nourish nor sustain your soul.

Only God will.

Updated 21 January 2022

Something Good Surfaces All the Time

Do you believe that something good surfaces all the time, despite all the challenges in our lives?

I firmly believe that, for when it seems all is lost, something wonderful surfaces on its own.

And it seems that the key there is when you "trust and allow".

It always good to do your best but sometimes, you must ALLOW Heaven to help you.

Sometimes, you must step back and let God work His Miracles "through" you or "through" others.

After we pray and ask for help, we don't really know how the miracle will take place -- in what form, through which people, or how it will come through us.

But one thing for sure, Heaven never sleeps. God is always awake. The Angels are always on stand-by, waiting for God's Instructions.

There's only so much we humans can do and oftentimes, when we're all exhausted and depleted, not knowing what to do anymore, something wonderful surfaces and we say such things like:

"That was a miracle!"

"Where did that come from?"

And we gasp in awe at how things "seem" to have evolved on their own, without us even lifting a finger.

Another key to miracles is to keep believing.

Have faith that God is in charge and sees all we go through each day. 

There is nothing in Heaven that will not be for our good. It is all good. It is all God. We simply have to have faith that God is in charge, despite the seeming disorder and chaos in our lives and in this world.

Keep that grace.

Keep that faith.

Keep that love in your heart. 

You will love working with God.

If it feels good in your heart, then you know it's been a "prompt" from Heaven.

If it makes you cry as you set about that task, then you know it's from Heaven, for it touches your heart so.

If you do things without calling attention to yourself, but merely directing people back to the God, then you know it's from Heaven.

With help like that, how can one fail?

Updated 21 January 2022

The Man Who Liked Small, Enclosed Spaces

I don't feel so weird anymore.

For whatever strange reason, I found myself drawn to the late Isaac Asimov, a hugely prolific writer and thinker who liked working in small, enclosed spaces -- something I can relate to.

I was stunned at the many similarities we shared in manner and style, even as I'm a far cry from his scientific and writing career.

We both shuddered at the idea of dissecting alley cats, that's why I didn't pursue Medicine, even as I toyed around with that idea after Architecture. For his part, he was a Zoology major but later shifted to Chemistry, in deference to the poor cats.

The sight of blood and having to "study" frogs and cats took that idea right out of my head.

I often seem to "stumble" upon discoveries as I research and it's remarkable and a bit odd that in that Wikipedia material on him it also mentioned that his mother put his birthday at 7 September 1919.

Strangely, we share the same birthday, even as he was way ahead of me.

We discover later that his mother did that only so he'd go to school a year earlier.

This Russian genius' birthday would have been between 4 October 1919 and 2 January 1920. He passed on in 1992.

He wrote and edited over 500 books and 90,000 letters and postcards.

Apparently, we both like the paranormal as he was also founding member of a paranormal society. For my part, I do independent research and merely follow my instincts.

I write like crazy, but he's even crazier.

I'm no match for this outspoken genius.

You may want to click on this article which is of great importance:

Weird and lovely things happen when you're in sync.

Updated 21 January 2022