“to obey is better than sacrifice” (I Samuel 15:22-23)

As a child I got my share of chastisements (in personal circles I would be saying “whuppins’”). There were rules we were given to follow and I would often make a mistake or two. Not that I was a bad child but sometimes the street light would just catch me blocks away from home. However I realize that some children were malicious and intentionally disregarded the rules their parents established.

With this so-called holi-day season in full force I have again witnessed the numerous justifications by so-called followers of Christ to engage in an array of activities that the god of this world has authored, sanctioned, and promoted. Each year I hear/see a new layer of X*#&% added to the mix; with my all-time favorite being “He is the reason for the season”. They who promote this ideology probably do not even realize HOW what they are saying is so true. He IS the reason for this season: it is designed to blaspheme and corrupt Him and what He stands for.

Potential sheep of the fold, desperately looking for their Shepherd, cling to whatever their uneducated minds and hearts see.  This I understand as they do not know any better. However, those malicious purveyors of evil who are those wolves in sheep clothing are very active to make sure that those potential sheep stay as confused as possible, as the messengers of Truth go forth with the Light.

In spite of all the evidence, the scales are still tipped in favor of the cover-up. I know that the sheep are a little-flock and small in number. I expect the majority of so-called followers of Christ to be undercover devils. One-third of a myriad is a number too big for me to count (let he who hath an ear, hear). Yet  it still irritates me when I see it, hear it, smell it (this season has its own odor), and in a second handed way, taste it.

Why, for example, is it o.k. for businesses to fund Christmas Parties, forcing employees to participate, and not be called to task, for that “church-and-state” political line?  If Christ Mass is about Jesus Christ, it should be illegal for corporations to fund and promote such an activity. Yet the offices I have visited recently are adorned with vestiges of Satan Clause, as usual; no mangers, no wise men, definitely no baby Jesus but an occasional reindeer.  (Didn’t channel 5 news call Christmas a religious holiday in their story of a child in trouble who drew a picture of Jesus at their school?). Mixed signals, deception, chaos-confusion.

The best yet was an interview I heard yesterday on the radio of a Jewish mother telling the elaborate story of how she consoled her child who was concerned that Santa was not going to bring her desired toy. She had taught her that Santa comes to every house and Santa can do anything, so her very specific request was not too hard for Santa.

Well He who I serve has historically been mindful of the disobedience of His own. The world is not a part of this conversation. To those who call themselves a follower of Christ and who do not follow Christ, a sacrifice is definitely in your future. There is a lesson to be learned in the story of King Saul. The people wanted to have a king like the rest of the world. It did not matter that they already had a King, the King of Heaven, they wanted a man-king like the rest of the world. Saul was disobedient.

Remember the story of the prophet Noe. Once the rain started falling his disobedient neighbors definitely wanted to get in that Ark. No can do!

Then there is the description of the fate of the disobedient at the end of this age. I cannot begin to imagine what an eternity in a lake of fire burning with brimstone would be like; sharing it with Satan and his hierarchy and crew. Can you?

I was thinking the other day (something I do a lot of) on the word races, which continues to be an active part of peoples’ vocabularies.  I wonder if I am the only one who finds it strange to still be discussing the issue of races as we approach the year 2010. As a progressively thinking woman I dismissed the concept of multiple races many years ago when I seriously embraced my position of faith in ‘el (GOD).  One cannot believe in the Creation Story as a fact and at the same time accept the existence of multiple races. Yet, as I am familiar with “the works of the devil” to deceive and to escalate chaos and confusion, I realize that it is his nature to persuade such a divisive concept, by his tactic of redefining words. How else can someone rationalize that there is a black race, a white race, a brown race, a yellow race and simultaneously acknowledge that we are all human beings?

Even those who call themselves “followers of Christ” embrace this multiple races concept without even realizing (giving them the benefit of doubt) that they are giving place to the devil when they do so.  Just as other doctrinal facts have been rationalized away and allowed to evolve with the times, in accordance to the things of “this world”, the word races contradicts the singularity of a human condition;  merely separated by their spiritual proclivity. 

To accept the concept of races simultaneously denies the concept of singularity, and everything that forms from that root. Coincidentally, in the current disaster thriller 2012, one of the characters justifies a government decision as necessary for the “continuity of our species”. In that scene we see a white man speaking to a black man.  So, in a time of cataclysmic global danger mankind accepts the concept of a species when speaking of the inhabitants of this planet.

Mankind can accept seemingly bizarre concepts when the right person promotes it. For example, U.S. society, at the behest of the U.S. Secretary of Education, has determined the importance of educating the pre-pubescent mind to the behaviors (and acceptance) of an evolved sexual lifestyle, with its multiple expressions. I wonder how many citizens signed off on that one. However, society continues to cling to the myth of multiple races, which I would believe contradicts the opinion of the majority.  Nonetheless, schools continue to teach multiple races right along with teaching multiple sexual expressions. Maybe singularity, in general, is being erased; we shall see.

I guess it WILL take a global disaster to persuade the collective to admit that WE are the world, in spite of Michael Jackson’s efforts. Once that is accepted as the truth, and we are viewed as one human race, then I guess that people will realize that there really is something called “man’s inhumanity to man”. According to the thesaurus, that would include behaviors such as: cruelty, brutality, heartlessness, atrocity, callousness, sadism, unkindness.

See what believing in multiple races leads to?

So, instead of teaching the children how to perform assorted sexual acts, wouldn’t it be better for the planet to teach them that there is only one race: human. Then they can learn on their own about how to be effective sexually, after they learn what it means to love effectively;  it will come naturally – just as it was intended – between humans.

I was thinking the other day (and I do a lot of that) and I found myself stopping on the word sidetrack. I then consulted with Mr. Webster, who continues to be an authority on the definition of words (why I do not know) to find out what is the accepted perception of this word. He informed me that sidetrack can be both a noun AND a transitive verb; news to me. So, according to Mr. Webster, sidetrack means:

(NOUN)

1.   siding

2.  a position or a condition of secondary importance to which one may be diverted

(TRANSITIVE VERB)

1. to shunt aside

2a. to turn aside from a purpose; deflect

2b. to prevent action on by diversionary tactics;     i.e. Sidetrack  an issue

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sidetrack

So, sidetrack is both the place you end up, once diverted, AND, the action engaged to divert you to that place. Either way, you were on the road to a purpose and now you are on another road toward a different purpose.

O. K…With that being said, I was then reminded, by a TV commercial, that the communications-powers-that-be, are retelling the V series for the 2009-2010 audience. Being a V fan from back in the day, I remember how the Visitors sidetracked humanity by bringing their gifts of technology to the masses, while they appealed to the pride of a select few, recruiting cohorts, who gleefully locked-step to their agenda.

On a more personal and intimate level, think of the times you have been sidetracked by a so-called friend, an associate, a bully, who was able to convince you to go against what you believe to be right and to do something you believe to be wrong.

Once upon a time there was a popular slogan floating about: JUST SAY NO! You don’t hear much of that anymore as the majority lean more towards: if it feels good – DO IT! But the majority CAN be wrong, with a mere few representing the mind of wisdom/the right track.

The application of diversionary tactics, like any premeditated action, requires fore-thought and an agenda. For the purpose of deflection against a purpose, not only does the deflector need a plan but they must be persuasive enough to convince.  Unlike the train motorman who chooses to switch tracks and send the train in another direction, those who choose to divert and sidetrack others, places events in one’s path to send them in another direction. That takes a bit more finesse than throwing a few switches.

I am sure that we each can recall events in our lives that would be defined as sidetracks;  things that sent us in another direction than what we had purposed. Sidetracked, to stop one purpose for the sake of another purpose, of secondary importance.

Now multiply those experiences a gazillion-fold and envision the helter-skelter-mindset of a world off track.  Sounds like one big mess to me!

“I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life…”  Jesus Christ

I was thinking about the new movies I have seen and have heard of recently. Bio-technology keeps popping up in one form or another. Soon I will watch Surrogates which I am sure will take this subject to a whole- other- level, as it prepares mankind to accept the approaching alternate reality slowly unveiling itself. Life is being redefined right before our eyes and few really care that this is not how life was designed to be, as too many continue to doubt Creation as a reality.

Creation presupposes the existence of ‘el (GOD), the Supreme Creator, who has a design and a purpose for His creation. A greater number of the population of this planet seems to want a life without ‘el (GOD) and most of what He stands for. They want to have it their own way; their own design and their own purpose. We see individual’s design their own rules of what is right and what is wrong which, in the end, usually equates to everything is right and no-thing is wrong.

A world without accountability or consequence or consistency. 

But in school, where I study Business Management, we are required to study Ethics. We look at situations such as what occurred at Enron and WorldCom to illustrate the necessity of ethically based decision making. We discuss and sometimes argue the assorted principles, theories, perspectives and behaviors associated with Ethics. In the end, of course, it remains a matter of individual choice as to what is ethical. However, a decision is made as to what should be considered as a right action and what is a wrong action; indicating that right and wrong are necessary parameters in business. 

Similarly, ‘el (GOD) commands His people to make decisions between right and wrong actions. In the Bible, the word of ‘el (GOD), He states: Choose ye this day, who you will serve; indicating that there are choices to be made, day to day, and the choices made indicate whose servant you are. You decide by your choices how you determine/define life. 

Yet these choices you make may or may not align themselves with the parameters established by ‘el (GOD).  So what we are left with, in this world, is a state of chaos and confusion. The result of an environment with no benchmark: no universal right-no universal wrong. Every man (mankind) doing what seems right in their own eyes. 

Few realize that by their misguided contribution to this state of chaos and confusion, they are, by default, being a servant of Satan. Satan is described in the Bible as the god (little g) of THIS WORLD and the author of chaos and confusion. The more the majority align themselves with this state of chaos and confusion, the more they redefine the basic elements of life on this planet.  Life as created and designed by ‘el (GOD) is being redefined. 

As some of the more mature realize, the once good has become the bad and the once bad has become the good.  Everything has become relative. Life is becoming something else. 

I remember, back in the day, if two unmarried people lived together, enjoying the benefits of married life, without the blessed commitment, we called it shackin’ up. This label had a negative connotation and was equated with sinful living. But, since sin is being eroded from mankind’s thought processes, everything that goes with it is thrown out too. So now a “roommate” is a “fiancé”. Why is that? Why attach a term to a relationship that alludes to a marriage forthcoming? Why call your “roommate” your “fiancé”? 

Marriage-redefined; Life – redefined. 

Chaos and confusion marches on. Reflecting the dictates of he who you serve.

Tell the truth-shame the devil! 

People say they want a life without ‘el (GOD) and yet they desire His exquisite design of life for mankind, acknowledging that what He made is good. Marriage is one of the many concepts designed/created by ‘el (GOD) that are being redefined and incorporated into Satan’s state of chaos and confusion.  You want the blessings, without the Blessor.

Satan, the (little g) god of THIS WORLD,  realizes that if mankind knew the WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH SO HELP THEM, GOD, they would not go for his cracked-mirror-version he is feeding them. They would run to the real as fast as they could.

 And run they should, because the world clock is winding down and (the capital G) GOD, ‘el,  has determined a cut-off to this cracked-mirror-version of His reality of life. He is returning His Creation to His design and Life will reset to its real definition. 

Unlike the story of life popularized by the movie, The Matrix, where one’s perspective of life was reduced to taking a pill, in the true reality, you are offered the opportunity to remove yourself from this Matrix-like situation and live, by a choice of faith. It is written: choose ye this day who you will serve…without faith, it is impossible to please ‘el (GOD).

The life you save must be your own.

Time is running out.  

While in a moving car on the expressway the other day I had the opportunity to witness a panorama of clouds across the sky in front of me.  Such beauty and loveliness encouraged a feeling of humility as I reflected on the love that ‘el (GOD) has for His creation. The planet earth, and its skyline, given as a gift to humanity, for their enjoyment, pleasure and sustenance; wow! However, recognizing this display of love identified the flipside of hate.

First let me confess that I recognize that there are those of you who cling to the Lucifer-inspired concept of accidental formation. You who have been seduced to believe the earth and the solar system just happened by chance-that they stumbled together without a design-without order-or at least a design or an order that does not involve ‘el (GOD) as The Creator.  I have heard some espouse a creation thought (not a theory) that aliens (as in E.T.s) were involved in the “creation” of this planet and its parts. However, the question is still on the table: if that be so, then where did THESE creatures, qualified to do all this “creating” , come from-what is their origin-or were they an accident too?

It is written, in my book of basic instructions before leaving earth:  the FOOL says in his heart there is no ‘el (GOD). Unfortunately there are quite a few FOOLS on this planet. They control the schools, corporations, the infrastructures of cities, and households, to name a few spheres that they influence.  They choose not to love. It is because of them that commentaries like this become necessary. The humans that are unaware of the love relationship available to them need a periodic wake-up call; a consider-this message.

The fact remains that what we see is a beautiful planet, with its diverse and unique parts, humanity included, that resounds: “fearfully and wonderfully made”. With that being said, I return to my thoughts of that day on the expressway, enjoying the beautiful clouds and thinking (I do a lot of that) how heinous humanity has become. It is evolving into a something that ‘el (GOD) does not approve of.

Like in some science fiction movie, humanity continues to terra-form the earth into some ghastly environment harmful to our health (mind, body and spirit). While ‘el (GOD) continues to allow His rain, sunshine and air to fall on the just and the unjust, humanity continues to destroy His rain, sunshine and air, for the just and the unjust.  So ask yourself, what have you done for Him lately? A simple act of putting your trash in the receptacle on the corner instead of dropping it to the ground in the middle of the block would be a good start.  A change of mindset in one area can easily spread to other behaviors in your life that have negatively impacted this planet on which we all live.

It is written: love ye one another as I have loved you.  Consider how your actions impact so many others, as we are linked by design.

While ‘el (GOD) continues to love His creation, look around you and see that His creation (the human part that is) continues to hate Him in return. Yet one day, as we are told, His love will take a backseat to His wrath and His justice will have its day. The prophet Noah warned the people of his day that the rain was coming. You have heard how that worked out. So, in the words of the noted author James Baldwin: no more water, the fire next time.

May you take a moment to look up and enjoy the beauty of the clouds and look around you to all of nature, for one day they will be gone. Know that you were loved, whether you loved back or not. For those of us who loved back, well that’s a whole other story.

“the 21^st century is when everything changes and we’ve got to be ready”

Capt. Jack Harkness: TORCHWOOD

So true, everything is changing. But as most are going through their day-to-day lives, consumed by whatever it is that they do, they do not notice. Capt. Jack’s comment got me to thinking the other day (and I do a lot of that): what are some of “the changes” that have impacted the world over these past 9 years? As a citizen of the United States of America, (or should I say the Northern Union?), I look back on the Sept. 11 Incident first. One of those things that make you go hmmm…

Then, most recently, I reflected on the death (and possible murder) of entertainment icon Michael Jackson.

My short list also includes:

v Election of Barack Hussein Obama as president of the…

v The execution of Saddam Hussein

v The death of Pope John Paul II

v Y2K scare

v Pandemic scare

v Iraq war

v Virginia Tech massacre

v The European Union

v The EURO becoming the official currency of the European Union

v The economic crisis

v Hurricane Katrina

v The ongoing redefinition of words, concepts

That last one is of special significance in that it reflects the slow and steady alteration of LIFE as we once knew it. As words and concepts change, history is simultaneously restricted as the current and future generations SEE/PERCEIVE/UNDERSTAND the world and its events DIFFERENTLY than they actually occurred.

Another thing that I noticed while comprising this list is that there was no real positive event on it. Of course many will argue this point but at the root they will see that each of these events result in an overall negative reaction. Tell the truth, shame the devil.

Every positive event during the 21^st century that I thought about was one of a personal nature: a birth, an accomplishment, a trip or adventure, etc. But what has happened during these past 9 years to impact the world in a positive way???

Not to worry, self.  As a believer/follower/warrior of ‘el, I know that all things work together for MY good. No matter what happens in this world, I can guarantee MY place in the bigger picture by MY behavior. It is an individual thing. Choices-Changes-Consistency.

But the fact that the world is noticeably changing in this 21^st century makes me ask the question: are you ready?  A lot can happen before the year 2100.

I was sitting here thinking (I do a lot of that) and realized that a whole lot of people these days are saying that they love Jesus. Some have ascribed to what they believe to be his Hebrew name since Matthew, Mark, Luke , John and the rest of the crew did not call him Jesus. The intent is correct of course, as the right name is important to salvation (No other name …).

However, the point of paramount importance is obedience (which is better than sacrifice). Doing what He said to do is the point that seems to be lacking in this so-called love relationship. He said, IF YOU LOVE ME then keep My commandments. But what do you do: you argue as to what ARE His commandments. By the time you decide what is or what is not, you will lift up your eyes in a place you donot want to spend eternity in.

Some commandments (like those 10 you keep ignoring) are quite plain and simple to understand. Like the one about keeping the Sabbath. It has been the 7th day since creation but you have convinced yourself that somehow He changed it to Sunday (the 1st day of the week) but forgot to tell everybody.

If more effort was directed at the faith relationship that He teaches, the faith of a loving child to the words, will and wishes of a loving father, things around this planet would be quite different. Yet as we travel onward (and some also upward) we understand that the world is evolving, as scripture said it would. Perilous times have definitely come.

When you think back to that historic film made by Mr. Gibson that depicted the sufferings embraced by my savior on my behalf (I can only speak for me, although he did do it for everyone who is born) one can only be humbled and appreciative and joyful. The rememberance of that event is catalyst enough to stand against the wiles of the wicked one (and that would be the devil, Lucifer, Satan, Haylel). Yet far too many get spooked and cave in to their desires, encouraged by this devil, and still say that they love Jesus. Like the good book says: NO man can serve two masters-you MUST love one and hate the other. No tolerance here. The devil got to go.

So, you say you love you some Jeee-zus!

Then how come you do everything he says NOT to do?

…and I’ll see that prostrate cancer and raise you a 15% rise in HIV positive cases in Brooklyn!

Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha… 

So the conversation went at the weekly poker game between Demon #2 and Demon #3, as they sat at their posts outside the offices of…

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Sounds kinda’ funny to some of you, doesn’t it? Of course it does. I can hear you chuckling right now. I understand though. Fear will do that. It will make you laugh to cover the pain. Poor thing. All it takes is one sure step in the right direction and you could be home free. But you will make any kind of excuse to yourself as to why you should not, to the point that you convince yourself that you can not. 

As a wise one once told me,

you can take a horse to the water but you can’t make him drink-you can take a fool to school but you can’t make him think.

Amen!

 People have repeatedly said, “that can’t be”, “that cannot happen”, “that’s impossible”, when their circumstances do not conform to their understanding of TRUTH, as if their limited understanding is the end of it all. Pride stands in the way of acknowledging the infinite possibilities outside of their finite understanding. They find it so much easier to declare things as myth and go on their way. 

But, to those who are in the know, demons (fallen angels) are real and a force to be dealt with. As demons, they manipulate and maneuver the affairs of man, they rejoice in glee while forcing chaos, confusion and havoc in people’s lives. Those who are in the know, however, have weapons with which to back them up and to force the demons away. Using weapons of warfare that are not carnal, some people have stood their ground against these forces of darkness and enjoyed a victory that other people would refuse to believe can even exist. 

I am speaking of those principalities, powers, and spiritual wickedness in high places you may have heard about that are the unseen forces that hate humanity with a vengeance, as they perpetuate wars, famines, and pestilence. They, collectively, are on a mission to detour man’s adoration of the Most High ‘el, to the worship of another: the god of THIS world. Working desperately to circumvent the journey of hearts and minds along the true path to goodness and to send it barreling down to a place of despair, they ferociously block any attempt to reach the one place of safety given to mankind. 

In every area of the globe you find diverse cultures and yet within those cultures you find a cluster of people who have been awakened to a higher truth. These people recognize that there is power in The Name just like The Book says. They have tasted and have seen and now walk in a newness of life that transcends manmade religions (that unfortunately usurp The Name and its philosophy to confuse mankind).

 This information I impart is a testimony of a power in your midst that will not be around forever. This power has its season and its purpose. Unlike the sales announcements at your local mall, when we say, “going out of business on the 1^st, believe me, we will not be there on the 2^nd”. When time is up and the power is removed from this earth, there will no longer be a defense against those demons (that most of you say are a myth). Now is the acceptable time of salvation. 

I just wanted to be one of the ones to say, I TOLD YOU SO!  You will not be able to say you did not know- you will only be able to say “naw…that can’t be”.

As we begin Pesach, a time to remember, a bit of verse was brought forth. It reminds me of what a joy it is to be observant. I am part of a covenant of love.

An ode to Deuteronomy

A list of instructions I have been given,

 to help me as I keep on livin’ .

I have been shown what is right and wrong

to keep me singing a joyful song. 

Food I need to stay fit and strong

and live a healthy life that’ s long.

Look for fins and scales on the fish in the sea,

knowing Yah has provided them as food for me.

He also said “A beast that parts the hoof, that is cloven in two,

and who chews the cud, is food for you”.

But of the birds of prey and the scavengers,

do not touch!

There’s a list in Deuteronomy because there are much.

Last and not least, leave those winged insects alone too.

They are also harmful to you.

But that leaves me plenty of good things to eat;

fruits, veggies, herbs and assorted meats.

Remembering obedience is better than sacrifice;

when I am not sure, I take time to think twice.

Yet to be safer, when in doubt, 

choose something else and do without.

To be sure you are in His perfect will,

listen intently and keep still.

He will speak; show you the way.

So that you can live to see another day.

May you be blessed this Pesach season with joy!

I just watched Nick Cage’s latest film: KNOWING. The film opens with some interesting dialogue between a college

 professor (Cage) and his students. Without giving anything away from the movie, he ponders the randomness and

the order within the universe; coincidence or design. So the story begins.

In a world where scientists seek to have preeminence, they nurture order in the universe  in one hand, while

forcing randomnesswith the other. In what other discussions on earth can such a dichotomy occur

unchallenged? Can such exquisite order, harmony and replication occur from coincidence? Scientific rigor is

founded in replication.  It is the criteria on which truth is established. How many times did this event repeat

itself?

Question: For how many centuries have women given birth to humankind? In what generation did the male of the

species produce the offspring? When did the process change by which human life is created?

And, how about water: Has man ever made a drop? Don’t keep fooling yourselves people; that liquid you buy in

those plastic bottles is not water-it is merely a water-like beverage, produced in a laboratory.

(Remember, you’ve allowed the real water to be destroyed and have convinced yourselves that this enhanced liquid is better for you. Riiiight!)

Water continues to be that liquid that falls out of wherever, down to earth, on which our life is sustained, and

from which (some believe) we were created. Others say from the ooze we evolved??? Then let us drink ooze.

Scientists, GOD BLESS ‘EM, have been played (to use a street term). They know that if they were to have open,

non-restricted, discussion they would see things differently. Why is the mere acknowledgement of another

 possible causation of life, fighting words;  a reason to be expelled from school, from your job, from your

academic  community?

Now take a few moments to watch THE FOUR HORSEMEN; the film interview of Mr. Dawkins and his atheist crew

of experts.Listen and learn as they tell you why they believe what they believe. (I wonder if they could have

conducted that interview without the assorted liquid spirits around the table.) They profess to be scientists. Nick

Cage merely plays a scientist who trusts in the facts and when the facts contradict his opinion, he…  Anyway, Nick

Cage’s movie  is (in my opinion) more entertaining and it encourages you to think for yourself. 

Oh I forgot,  thinking,  like intelligence,  is not allowed.