The God of Knowledge.
It was an overwhelming day of conflict. When I sat at my desk this morning, I was staring at the names of God I had written in my notebook wondering which one I would pray about today. I needed much wisdom, so I chose El Deah, the God of Knowledge.
Wisdom comes from the Lord, so often I have found myself turning every where else but to him. It is hard to remember to do that... In my daily life with autism, seizures, and everything else, I'm trying to be a doctor, a biochemist, a culinary master of special diets, a teacher, a caregiver, a nurse. Let alone wife and mother to another son. Long gone spontaneous or the luxury of just being me. I've been at this cross-roads before and will no doubt be there again - where I once again must surrender to the knowledge only God possesses. The wisdom only he possesses.
I find great comfort in Romans 11:33-36
Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! "Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?" "Who has ever given to God, that God should repay him?" For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.
There is nothing for God to learn.
He is the God of knowledge. ALL knowledge. He knows all, sees all, is over all.
I thought about that all day.
The peace and comfort of knowing that I serve a God who knows all...
And who will hopefully share a few bits of that with me...
Like, soon.
(smile)
Friday, February 12, 2016
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Do you still not understand?
Day 71
Mark 1 - 8
The book of Mark...
It's definitely one for the action-packed "Superhero" in you. It's the "Fantastic Four of Faith" in how Jesus calms the storms, walks on water, dies, and comes back to life.
It is about remaining faithful no matter what the cost.
It is about persevering through trials and suffering as Jesus did.
And this day's reading....is about believing, and remembering. It is about in times when life, or in my case - "Life with Autism, Seizures, and a side of Trauma", gets hard and things go wrong to remember all the stories of when life was right. The moments in life with autism when it was fairly easygoing. These first pages of Mark are about Jesus driving out evil spirits, healing many, praying, healing, bring back to life, feeding many with little, and honoring the Sabbath. It's about gaining a deeper understanding from very simple parables of how we should use God's word...
It is about having the faith of a mustard seed.
It's about this simple line from Mark 5:36 where Jesus told the synagogue ruler, "Don't be afraid; just believe."
Mark 4:13
Then Jesus said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? The farmer sows the word. Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop -- thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what was sown."
I sit here renewed with the HOPEISM of how I want God's word to take hold in my life...
There is much to be amazed by in this days reading, but I think for me, what makes me laugh in amazement of my own --- shallowness of faith at times shall we say? --- is found here:
Mark 8:17-21 - of which I shall paraphrase the opening and ending line...
Aware of Michelle's doubting at times, Jesus asks her: "Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don't you remember? When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?"
"Twelve," they replied.
"And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?"
They answered, "Seven."
He said to Michelle, "Do you still not understand?"
No.....sadly at times this thick skull of mine still hasn't fully comprehended the extent of how God truly has my back in all things, and especially in all things life with autism.....
Mark 1 - 8
The book of Mark...
It's definitely one for the action-packed "Superhero" in you. It's the "Fantastic Four of Faith" in how Jesus calms the storms, walks on water, dies, and comes back to life.
It is about remaining faithful no matter what the cost.
It is about persevering through trials and suffering as Jesus did.
And this day's reading....is about believing, and remembering. It is about in times when life, or in my case - "Life with Autism, Seizures, and a side of Trauma", gets hard and things go wrong to remember all the stories of when life was right. The moments in life with autism when it was fairly easygoing. These first pages of Mark are about Jesus driving out evil spirits, healing many, praying, healing, bring back to life, feeding many with little, and honoring the Sabbath. It's about gaining a deeper understanding from very simple parables of how we should use God's word...
It is about having the faith of a mustard seed.
It's about this simple line from Mark 5:36 where Jesus told the synagogue ruler, "Don't be afraid; just believe."
Mark 4:13
Then Jesus said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? The farmer sows the word. Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop -- thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what was sown."
I sit here renewed with the HOPEISM of how I want God's word to take hold in my life...
There is much to be amazed by in this days reading, but I think for me, what makes me laugh in amazement of my own --- shallowness of faith at times shall we say? --- is found here:
Mark 8:17-21 - of which I shall paraphrase the opening and ending line...
Aware of Michelle's doubting at times, Jesus asks her: "Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don't you remember? When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?"
"Twelve," they replied.
"And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?"
They answered, "Seven."
He said to Michelle, "Do you still not understand?"
No.....sadly at times this thick skull of mine still hasn't fully comprehended the extent of how God truly has my back in all things, and especially in all things life with autism.....
Yahweh Nissi
The LORD my banner. The LORD who gives us victory in spiritual warfare.
When I sat down before Lent began to write out in my journal the 40 "Names of God" I wanted to use, this one wasn't listed for today. But, much like my "Life with Autism, Seizures, and a side of Trauma" doesn't follow any schedules or rules - neither did my Lent plan.
I woke up to the choking sounds of Brandon having a seizure, then another one, and then when I had a moment to check on our dogs, found that one of them has a cloudy patch on his eye, not to mention the cyst-like lump under his leg. Not that that's all it takes to rock my world - the other dog has a torn ligament that probably needs surgery if we could afford it, and the other dog just got over three rounds of some funky something with her eye. Then there's the relentless seizures, and the fact that it's only February 11th and I've spent a small fortune on out-of-pocket expenses in trying to deal with said seizures. These things may be merely "things" - but they are actually more than that. They are spiritual warfare satan uses to cause doubt and disappointment for the soul purpose of causing us to depart from our faith!
Yes, I'm sure for some, the thinking is, "Where's my violin to play you a sob-story." It's easy to think that, but unless you've been the Charlie Daniels band as we warrior parents are, and have had to constantly challenge the devil to duel, you might just put your "fiddle" down and walk away.
We battle every.single.day. Not one thing, but many things. We juggle more flaming swords than most could ever comprehend, and for longer than most could ever endure.
So that's why my thoughts this morning were to search out the name I had written down for "The LORD my banner."
Today is a day I need Yahweh Nissi.
So many battles. Health for my son and my dogs, finances to somehow cover it all, the spiritual warfare of not losing my HOPEISM through it all.
When you are a child of God, you are under His banner. His protection. My son who is in the military, gawd-forbid, if he should ever have to fight for our freedom, his fight will of course also be under God's banner, but also under the Navy flag - the Navy banner. He will fight under that flag for protection and he will celebrate victory under that flag.
I must remember that in this "Life with Autism" battle -- it is not under any other banner but God's that I fight it. Not a doctor's, not my own, not anything but under God's banner. No matter what the battle we are facing, we are fighting, we are weary of, -- we must fight it under God's banner because that is the only banner under which we will have true victory. God, is the only force strong enough to defeat autism, seizures, any battle we face, -- including satan.
Fighting under Yahweh Nissi makes us more than conquerors.
It makes us victorious.
And Team Guppy is sure hoping for a few victories.
I would love nothing more than to be like Moses in building an altar as a symbol of deliverance from this battle of seizures we are so weary of fighting. An altar that will symbolize how we faithfully fought under God's banner -- and were victorious.
To HOPEISM!
NDCQ
Now...I know you're thinking of the song "Devil went Down To Georgia" - so click here for link to watch the video!
When I sat down before Lent began to write out in my journal the 40 "Names of God" I wanted to use, this one wasn't listed for today. But, much like my "Life with Autism, Seizures, and a side of Trauma" doesn't follow any schedules or rules - neither did my Lent plan.
I woke up to the choking sounds of Brandon having a seizure, then another one, and then when I had a moment to check on our dogs, found that one of them has a cloudy patch on his eye, not to mention the cyst-like lump under his leg. Not that that's all it takes to rock my world - the other dog has a torn ligament that probably needs surgery if we could afford it, and the other dog just got over three rounds of some funky something with her eye. Then there's the relentless seizures, and the fact that it's only February 11th and I've spent a small fortune on out-of-pocket expenses in trying to deal with said seizures. These things may be merely "things" - but they are actually more than that. They are spiritual warfare satan uses to cause doubt and disappointment for the soul purpose of causing us to depart from our faith!
Yes, I'm sure for some, the thinking is, "Where's my violin to play you a sob-story." It's easy to think that, but unless you've been the Charlie Daniels band as we warrior parents are, and have had to constantly challenge the devil to duel, you might just put your "fiddle" down and walk away.
We battle every.single.day. Not one thing, but many things. We juggle more flaming swords than most could ever comprehend, and for longer than most could ever endure.
So that's why my thoughts this morning were to search out the name I had written down for "The LORD my banner."
Today is a day I need Yahweh Nissi.
So many battles. Health for my son and my dogs, finances to somehow cover it all, the spiritual warfare of not losing my HOPEISM through it all.
When you are a child of God, you are under His banner. His protection. My son who is in the military, gawd-forbid, if he should ever have to fight for our freedom, his fight will of course also be under God's banner, but also under the Navy flag - the Navy banner. He will fight under that flag for protection and he will celebrate victory under that flag.
I must remember that in this "Life with Autism" battle -- it is not under any other banner but God's that I fight it. Not a doctor's, not my own, not anything but under God's banner. No matter what the battle we are facing, we are fighting, we are weary of, -- we must fight it under God's banner because that is the only banner under which we will have true victory. God, is the only force strong enough to defeat autism, seizures, any battle we face, -- including satan.
Fighting under Yahweh Nissi makes us more than conquerors.
It makes us victorious.
And Team Guppy is sure hoping for a few victories.
I would love nothing more than to be like Moses in building an altar as a symbol of deliverance from this battle of seizures we are so weary of fighting. An altar that will symbolize how we faithfully fought under God's banner -- and were victorious.
To HOPEISM!
NDCQ
Now...I know you're thinking of the song "Devil went Down To Georgia" - so click here for link to watch the video!
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Elohim
The strong creator God. God, Mighty Creator.
I am praying the names of God for Lent...and sharing through this blog because I hope to go back each Lent and study these names more, learn more, and expand on these thoughts.
But for this Lent, this year....for the next 40 days (you do not count Sunday's during Lent) these Names of God are what I will pray about and these thoughts I will reflect on in how they apply to my daily life.
Elohim
The journey begins here. God created.
Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."
There is such muchness in that! In the world of unknowns I live in, I can rest assured that I know this... God created this world and all who inhabit it. I am not here by chance, because of an explosion, not from evolution, not by anything but God!
In my life of chaos, I find such peace and comfort in that.
I am praying the names of God for Lent...and sharing through this blog because I hope to go back each Lent and study these names more, learn more, and expand on these thoughts.
But for this Lent, this year....for the next 40 days (you do not count Sunday's during Lent) these Names of God are what I will pray about and these thoughts I will reflect on in how they apply to my daily life.
Elohim
The journey begins here. God created.
Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."
There is such muchness in that! In the world of unknowns I live in, I can rest assured that I know this... God created this world and all who inhabit it. I am not here by chance, because of an explosion, not from evolution, not by anything but God!
In my life of chaos, I find such peace and comfort in that.
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Failing better...
I was going to continue my "Journey through the Bible" readings --- that "The Bible in 90 Days" program I began two years ago... I'm on Day 71.
But I got distracted.
With the new movie out "War Room" and a need to revitalize my own personal prayer focus - I thought instead I would get out all my prayer devotionals and each day read that days prayer focus. Stacked them on my desk front and center with a vow to each morning before FB, go through the stack of that day's reading.
I began today.
And out of the stack of five books, two of today's readings were about failure.
Totally applicable today.
My son was to return to school today after 36 days home due to a broken clavicle from yet another seizure.
He couldn't.
Another seizure.
All those plans made today where I could totally enjoy freedom from my caregiving captivity - failed.
It seems of late with all the seizure setbacks - my prayers have been a failure too. I don't know how one can pray wrong unless you just don't pray, but obviously I feel that I am praying wrong. Not long enough, hard enough, often enough, sincere enough, etc.
I think satan likes it when I think that. Which is why I guess God nudged me to read today's readings, today.
One quote in one book's reading for today was:
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better."
That goes along with my motto NDCQ - stolen from the Navy SEAL who coined the term. NDCQ is a warrior mentality. An attitude that you can only be beaten in two ways: If you give up, or if you die. NDCQ is Not Dead Can't Quit. I embrace that motto so deeply because it doesn't guarantee you will win every battle. It just encourages you to continue the fight. And in that -- you will never lose. Dream! Dare! Do! NDCQ! Is another way they use that motto. I love it. It encourages me to keep dreaming of a seizure-free life for Brandon. It motivates me to continue to dare to defy defeat. It pushes me to keep doing all I can.
The other book for today's reading was titled, "Returning to your Failure." The opening scripture was from Luke 5:5.
But Simon answered and said to Him, "Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net."
The reading began with, "No one knows how to help you in your times of failure as Jesus does! He will give you victory in the midst of your failure."
Sometimes I feel like Peter in the illustration used. I have prayed so often for wisdom how to control Brandon's seizures, how to figure out what is triggering them so I could address that issue to hopefully heal him. I have cast my prayers over and over into the darkness of night, but time and time again, the net has come back empty. No fish, just more seizures.
I'm not sure I'll ever understand the "why's" in any of that. I suppose though, it's not my job too.
My job is to simply cast that net.
To dream, to dare, to do.
To Never Quit.
To know that whenever I cast my net in obedience to God's word, it will never come back empty of what it is I truly need.
And you know what?
It hasn't.
Ever.
I do need to work on failing better, (and perhaps with a few less curse words). But even more than that, I need to remember what it truly means to win.
NDCQ
But I got distracted.
With the new movie out "War Room" and a need to revitalize my own personal prayer focus - I thought instead I would get out all my prayer devotionals and each day read that days prayer focus. Stacked them on my desk front and center with a vow to each morning before FB, go through the stack of that day's reading.
I began today.
And out of the stack of five books, two of today's readings were about failure.
Totally applicable today.
My son was to return to school today after 36 days home due to a broken clavicle from yet another seizure.
He couldn't.
Another seizure.
All those plans made today where I could totally enjoy freedom from my caregiving captivity - failed.
It seems of late with all the seizure setbacks - my prayers have been a failure too. I don't know how one can pray wrong unless you just don't pray, but obviously I feel that I am praying wrong. Not long enough, hard enough, often enough, sincere enough, etc.
I think satan likes it when I think that. Which is why I guess God nudged me to read today's readings, today.
One quote in one book's reading for today was:
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better."
That goes along with my motto NDCQ - stolen from the Navy SEAL who coined the term. NDCQ is a warrior mentality. An attitude that you can only be beaten in two ways: If you give up, or if you die. NDCQ is Not Dead Can't Quit. I embrace that motto so deeply because it doesn't guarantee you will win every battle. It just encourages you to continue the fight. And in that -- you will never lose. Dream! Dare! Do! NDCQ! Is another way they use that motto. I love it. It encourages me to keep dreaming of a seizure-free life for Brandon. It motivates me to continue to dare to defy defeat. It pushes me to keep doing all I can.
The other book for today's reading was titled, "Returning to your Failure." The opening scripture was from Luke 5:5.
But Simon answered and said to Him, "Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net."
The reading began with, "No one knows how to help you in your times of failure as Jesus does! He will give you victory in the midst of your failure."
Sometimes I feel like Peter in the illustration used. I have prayed so often for wisdom how to control Brandon's seizures, how to figure out what is triggering them so I could address that issue to hopefully heal him. I have cast my prayers over and over into the darkness of night, but time and time again, the net has come back empty. No fish, just more seizures.
I'm not sure I'll ever understand the "why's" in any of that. I suppose though, it's not my job too.
My job is to simply cast that net.
To dream, to dare, to do.
To Never Quit.
To know that whenever I cast my net in obedience to God's word, it will never come back empty of what it is I truly need.
And you know what?
It hasn't.
Ever.
I do need to work on failing better, (and perhaps with a few less curse words). But even more than that, I need to remember what it truly means to win.
NDCQ
Friday, August 28, 2015
The Betrayal
Day 70
Matthew 18 - 28
Matthew 21:13 "It is written," he said to them, "My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it a 'den of robbers.'"
Matthew 25:35-40 "For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me. I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me."
Matthew 26:14 Then one of the Twelve --- the one called Judas Iscariot --- went to the chief priests and asked, "What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?" So they counted out for him thirty silver coins.
Matthew 26:24 But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.Matthew 26:39 "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will."
Matthew 26:42 "My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done."
Matthew 27:46 "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"__________
The above passages are titled "The betrayal" in my Bible.
We can all apply the title of those passages to our lives in some way....
The betrayal...
Of a spouse, a friend, a coworker, an industry.
For me, Pharma is that industry. The corporate greed of the vaccine industry has been my Judas Iscariot. The Pharmaceutical industry was supposed to be someone I trusted -- yet their vaccines betrayed my son for thirty silver coins. Or whatever their current annual profit off vaccines is.
It is so hard to fathom that type of blatant betrayal. I sit here and think about how Jesus sat and broke bread with the very man who would betray him, lead him to his death. How so many of us at one time or another have been betrayed by someone close to us. How Pharma, the government, the media -- look us in the eye and say without flinching, "vaccines are safe" and "vaccines save lives" -- knowing full well both have been proven false time and time again.
How do people do that? Is what they would gain so much more appealing than what they will lose in the process?
Sadly, as Judas found out....... no.
If not for having been betrayed myself in the harm done to my son, I could never even relate to such betrayal. But sadly, I can. Jesus was betrayed for thirty silver coins. My son's health was betrayed for the price of each vaccine. Truly, "woe to that vaccine industry who betrayed an innocent generation of children!"
There have been countless times in the years since living with our betrayal, where watching my son suffer on his cross I have looked to the heavens and and begged God to take that cup of autism from him! My situation so very different from Jesus' as he was nailed to the cross - yet still in our way, the pain so profound. I can so relate to that plea from son to Father, as this mother has pleaded with God so very often to take that cup of suffering away! And I struggle with the "God's will" part of what Jesus says..... With all that is in me, I do not believe vaccine injury was God's will - because now that I know the truth, I don't think vaccination ever had any part in HIS plan for our bodies. But I do believe in a Sovereign God who knows all things. He knows what happened, and I think the plan in all of this is that the truth be exposed. No more damage done. God can, but I feel it is up to us, to do. We did this, not God. We must fix it. We must go back to trusting in God's perfect design. In God's healing. To live the faith in God that we so often preach but do not practice.
I don't think God has forsaken us, we have forsaken the truth. And woe to those who have told such lies. I pray that I live to see the day of Congressional Hearings where their fraud is exposed and they wish not one of their vaccines had been created! Let alone proclaimed as safe, or life-saving.
And much how this day's reading ends, I think our great commission as warriors in this great vaccine debate is to be disciples of truth. All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to us as mothers, as parents of the children we gave birth to, love, - to do what we know is best for them. Not what Pharma wants us to believe or some politician wants to mandate for us - for thirty silver coins of profit, or thirty silver coins in a campaign contribution.
__________________
The Great Commission
Matthew 28:18 Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
Matthew 18 - 28
Matthew 21:13 "It is written," he said to them, "My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it a 'den of robbers.'"
Matthew 25:35-40 "For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me. I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me."
Matthew 26:14 Then one of the Twelve --- the one called Judas Iscariot --- went to the chief priests and asked, "What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?" So they counted out for him thirty silver coins.
Matthew 26:24 But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.Matthew 26:39 "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will."
Matthew 26:42 "My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done."
Matthew 27:46 "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"__________
The above passages are titled "The betrayal" in my Bible.
We can all apply the title of those passages to our lives in some way....
The betrayal...
Of a spouse, a friend, a coworker, an industry.
For me, Pharma is that industry. The corporate greed of the vaccine industry has been my Judas Iscariot. The Pharmaceutical industry was supposed to be someone I trusted -- yet their vaccines betrayed my son for thirty silver coins. Or whatever their current annual profit off vaccines is.
It is so hard to fathom that type of blatant betrayal. I sit here and think about how Jesus sat and broke bread with the very man who would betray him, lead him to his death. How so many of us at one time or another have been betrayed by someone close to us. How Pharma, the government, the media -- look us in the eye and say without flinching, "vaccines are safe" and "vaccines save lives" -- knowing full well both have been proven false time and time again.
How do people do that? Is what they would gain so much more appealing than what they will lose in the process?
Sadly, as Judas found out....... no.
If not for having been betrayed myself in the harm done to my son, I could never even relate to such betrayal. But sadly, I can. Jesus was betrayed for thirty silver coins. My son's health was betrayed for the price of each vaccine. Truly, "woe to that vaccine industry who betrayed an innocent generation of children!"
There have been countless times in the years since living with our betrayal, where watching my son suffer on his cross I have looked to the heavens and and begged God to take that cup of autism from him! My situation so very different from Jesus' as he was nailed to the cross - yet still in our way, the pain so profound. I can so relate to that plea from son to Father, as this mother has pleaded with God so very often to take that cup of suffering away! And I struggle with the "God's will" part of what Jesus says..... With all that is in me, I do not believe vaccine injury was God's will - because now that I know the truth, I don't think vaccination ever had any part in HIS plan for our bodies. But I do believe in a Sovereign God who knows all things. He knows what happened, and I think the plan in all of this is that the truth be exposed. No more damage done. God can, but I feel it is up to us, to do. We did this, not God. We must fix it. We must go back to trusting in God's perfect design. In God's healing. To live the faith in God that we so often preach but do not practice.
I don't think God has forsaken us, we have forsaken the truth. And woe to those who have told such lies. I pray that I live to see the day of Congressional Hearings where their fraud is exposed and they wish not one of their vaccines had been created! Let alone proclaimed as safe, or life-saving.
And much how this day's reading ends, I think our great commission as warriors in this great vaccine debate is to be disciples of truth. All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to us as mothers, as parents of the children we gave birth to, love, - to do what we know is best for them. Not what Pharma wants us to believe or some politician wants to mandate for us - for thirty silver coins of profit, or thirty silver coins in a campaign contribution.
__________________
The Great Commission
Matthew 28:18 Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
The City on the Hill
Day 69
Matthew 1 - 18
Matthew 1:23
The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel --- which means , "God with us."
I guess I should title this "Thoughts & Truths" --- as this days readings could be split up in many parts. Some simply favorite scriptures to hide in your heart, other verses leading to thoughts of personal application. Not really one story from this reading, but many.
In Matthew 4:1, one such story in temptation. "Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil." I can so relate to that as it seems I'm tempted quite often, and even more often feel I'm left in the desert! I guess that's where the next part of that verse comes in, with Matthew 4:4 saying, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" It is those times of temptation, or feeling lost and abandoned in the desert - that I must thirst most for God. Be fed by His Word. Every word of temptation or defeat, followed by a word of truth and victory. We may not be able to totally stop those temptations or defeats, but we can better react to them with knowing and speaking God's truths, of which there are so many good ones in this reading.
Matthew 4:19 "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men."
The Beatitudes....
Matthew 5:3-12
Matthew 1 - 18
Matthew 1:23
The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel --- which means , "God with us."
I guess I should title this "Thoughts & Truths" --- as this days readings could be split up in many parts. Some simply favorite scriptures to hide in your heart, other verses leading to thoughts of personal application. Not really one story from this reading, but many.
In Matthew 4:1, one such story in temptation. "Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil." I can so relate to that as it seems I'm tempted quite often, and even more often feel I'm left in the desert! I guess that's where the next part of that verse comes in, with Matthew 4:4 saying, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" It is those times of temptation, or feeling lost and abandoned in the desert - that I must thirst most for God. Be fed by His Word. Every word of temptation or defeat, followed by a word of truth and victory. We may not be able to totally stop those temptations or defeats, but we can better react to them with knowing and speaking God's truths, of which there are so many good ones in this reading.
Matthew 4:19 "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men."
The Beatitudes....
Matthew 5:3-12
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
Matthew 6:9
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
Matthew 6:19
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:33
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 7:7
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
Matthew 7:25
The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.
Matthew 8:23
Without warning, a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. The disciples went and woke him, saying, "Lord, save us! We're going t drown!" He replied, "You of little faith, why are you so afraid?"
Matthew 10:39
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Matthew 11:28
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."
Matthew 12:36
But I tell you that man will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by you words you will be condemned.
Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me."
Matthew 17:20
I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."
I'll focus on a few scriptures that really touched me in this days journey with regard to my "Life with Autism" ---
We are that city on the hill of vaccine corruption.
We will shine the light of truth.
We will not be hidden.
Oh how that gives me such great HOPEISM in the face of such great persecution!
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
Matthew 6:19
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:33
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 7:7
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
Matthew 7:25
The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.
Matthew 8:23
Without warning, a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. The disciples went and woke him, saying, "Lord, save us! We're going t drown!" He replied, "You of little faith, why are you so afraid?"
Matthew 10:39
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Matthew 11:28
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."
Matthew 12:36
But I tell you that man will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by you words you will be condemned.
Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me."
Matthew 17:20
I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."
I'll focus on a few scriptures that really touched me in this days journey with regard to my "Life with Autism" ---
I love Matthew 4:16 which says, "....the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned." Sometimes in my "Life with Autism" I do feel like we are living in the land of the shadow of death. In the typical life that vaccine injury has stolen, in the health seizures have eroded... Some cycles of seizures leave Brandon looking like he'll have permanent residence in that land. A time or two with seizures where he stopped breathing completely, our son was briefly in that shadow. Other times he should have been, but by the Grace of God was spared. But then light. It always dawns. Always. The darkness of the lies the vaccine industry has spoken and that our government has allowed to prevail can never be totally or permanently hidden from the light of truth. Matthew 5:14 says, "You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden." Our truth is that light. Our "city" of vaccine injury to an entire generation of children will no longer be hidden. To me that verse and the "Blessed are those who are persecuted" both reflect what we are going through now with our parental choice and religious rights being taken away because of the total corruption of the vaccine industry and the absolute ineffectiveness of the CDC in their newfound state of total loss of respect and believability. Our truth in all that is a light in the darkness of corruption. And once again, truth, whether we're talking about God or vaccine corruption -- cannot be hidden.
I have "seen the light" of God's salvation and will never return to believing the lies of satan.
We who have "seen the light" of vaccine truth, will never return to the darkness of believing the lies of Pharma.
I have "seen the light" of God's salvation and will never return to believing the lies of satan.
We who have "seen the light" of vaccine truth, will never return to the darkness of believing the lies of Pharma.
We are that city on the hill of vaccine corruption.
We will shine the light of truth.
We will not be hidden.
Oh how that gives me such great HOPEISM in the face of such great persecution!
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