FORGET the TERAs

 

Proverbs 23:4

King James Version

4 Labour not to be rich: 

cease from thine own wisdom.

For me to write, it must be fun.

That's why essays were easy.

Maybe GOD designed me for essays.

It's the easiest thing in the world for me.

Plus, I had this perpetual love for words.

Especially word play.

My mind dances with words.

I get tickled by words.

That's why SPIRIT and I created "WIRED for WORDS". 

GOD made me born again because He wanted me to write.

Being born again was necessary to complete my education.

He knew I had plenty of things to write about.

He wanted me to write about my own findings.

Even my own foolishness, and failures.

But He also wanted me to write about His FACTS.

He didn't want me to write about face, fame, and fortune.

And my Dad was right.

There's no money in Journalism.

Unless, of course, you worked for the rich, and they told you what to write.

Well, I couldn't do that.

So very not into that.

That's like making me write captions for clothes, all over again,

I had to write for a cause.

But what cause do I write about?

And for whom?

Well, GOD took care of all that.

On 6 September 2019, He made me born again.

After a five-month waiting period of whether He'll show up, or not.

Satisfied that I waited, and was true to my repentant heart, He finally showed up that day.

And led me to Bible prophecy right away.

Mercifully, He also gave His SPIRIT to teach me.

So I can start learning about JESUS.

GOD made it easy for me to understand the Bible.

He made His WORD sweet, clear, and easy, for me.

Because He purposed we create 113 blogs for His GLORY.

There was a time I could barely afford a computer.

But GOD led me to a thrift shop that sold a really cheap laptop.

The catch?

It had less than one gigabyte of memory.

Are you kidding, you'll probably ask me.

But I got it, and used it for some months.

Writing in the third person, here are some excerpts from our "BELOW 1 GIG" article of 9 November 2021:

"It was downright embarrassing.

Still, he got writing done with his laptop that only had less than one gigabyte of memory.

Your android’s got at least 32x his memory."

"But that’s how you test a writer’s determination.

One gig or less, you still get your gig done.

So, the dude wrote and wrote, and deleted and deleted.

Nah, he didn’t delete his work.

He had to delete files, as his laptop was cranking up, burping.

Occasionally complaining of indigestion.

He had to delete files, making sure he didn’t go below 50 megabytes."

We even made suggestions for would-be writers:

"But you’re no writer if you’re finicky.

You just write."

"You don’t have a computer?

Write on paper."

"You don’t have money? 

Write on paper."

"You have a bit of money?

Go to the internet café, and write for an hour."

"Write really fast, though.

Meter’s runnin’."

"That’s how real writers are crafted.

From real hardship."

In 2021, the Terabytes came.

My laptop had LESS than a Gigabyte.

A terabyte has 1,000 Gigabytes.

Still, SPIRIT and I wrote happily.

It was like an adventure of sorts.

Nothing stops the writing.

Especially it was for GOD's GLORY.

And I'm sure GOD looked amusedly on.

Knowing the persistent fish would keep writing.

Now, the world offers petabyte, and exabyte.

I still wouldn't bite.

I was content with less-than-1-gig then.

Until it finally conked out.

"Of course, one day, Spiff’s 1 gig died.

It simply couldn’t go on.

He had squeezed the life out of it.

It died an honorable death.

So, he gave it a decent burial."

For some years now, I've had an upgraded laptop.

Still not a tera, but who cares.

If SPIRIT helped me manage with less-than-1-gig, imagine what we can do with over-100-gig?

Just shows you don't need fancy gadgets, folks.

If your heart is right with the LORD, and He comes first, these verses apply:

Psalm 37:3-5

King James Version

3 Trust in the Lord, and do good; 

so shalt thou dwell in the land, 

and verily thou shalt be fed.

4 Delight thyself also in the Lord: 

and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

5 Commit thy way unto the Lord; 

trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

Isaiah 26:3

King James Version

3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, 

whose mind is stayed on thee: 

because he trusteth in thee.

Matthew 6:33

King James Version

33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, 

and his righteousness; 

and all these things shall be added unto you.

Luke 12:15

King James Version

15 And he said unto them, 

Take heed, and beware of covetousness: 

for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance 

of the things which he possesseth.

1 Corinthians 7:17

King James Version

17 But as God hath distributed to every man, 

as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. 

And so ordain I in all churches.

Philippians 4:11

King James Version

11 Not that I speak in respect of want: 

for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, 

therewith to be content.

Philippians 4:12-13

King James Version

12 I know both how to be abased, 

and I know how to abound: 

every where and in all things I am instructed 

both to be full and to be hungry, 

both to abound and to suffer need.

13 I can do all things through Christ 

which strengtheneth me.

1 Timothy 6:6-8

King James Version

6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.

7 For we brought nothing into this world, 

and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

8 And having food and raiment 

let us be therewith content.

Hebrews 13:5

King James Version

5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; 

and be content with such things as ye have: 

for he hath said, I will never leave thee, 

nor forsake thee.

I did say it's an adventure.

It's much more exciting to come up with something, from almost nothing.

You get creative, and resourceful.

You become patient, happy, and content.

The born again trusts in the LORD for "supply".

We don't look for what's not there.

We make do.

Glory doesn't belong to this workman.

Glory belongs to GOD alone.

Though He provides all the time, as needed for my work and fam.

Philippians 4:19

King James Version

19 But my God shall supply all your need 

according to his riches in glory 

by Christ Jesus.

Enough to keep the work going.

Enough to keep me humble.

Enough to keep me focused.

Knowing our work reaches all over the world.

And that the HOLY SPIRIT takes it where He will.

I write for GOD.

I'm not on anyone's writing payroll.

That keeps the work ideally pure, perfect, and precise.

Nothing dictates my work, except to honor GOD's will, ways, and laws.

As GOD would have it.

All in JESUS' Name.

Amen.

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"JUST WRITE WILL YA: The shortest little book on writing"

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It's the TRAIN I'm on

John 14:23

King James Version

23 Jesus answered and said unto him, 

If a man love me, he will keep my words: 

and my Father will love him, 

and we will come unto him, 

and make our abode with him.

Today, I thought I'd be writing OTHER articles.

"Other than" Trump.

Yeah, right.

First attempt -- failed.

Second attempt -- failed.

Third attempt -- we settled for Trump.

This one you're reading now.

As if to egg me on further, SPIRIT gives me two short videos.

All on exciting, new Trump directives:

Peter Doocy: This is a really big story

Trump Aims to Deport Hamas Supporters on Campus - Barred Jewish Columbia University Professor Reacts

Trump it is then.

After all, I've been reading about him, since the 90s.

That makes our "connection" at least 30 years already.

Apart from the fact, I've hopped on to the Trump train.

And it's not about to slow down one bit.

GOD gave this president a tough job.

To rehabilitate America.

Trump's doing that.

He's already signed over 300 executive orders.

He's gone to Davos, North Carolina, L.A., Vegas, and south Florida.

Making speeches, checking conditions, instituting reforms.

The other day, he arrived in Maryland from his Air Force One plane.

Only to walk a bit, and head for his Marine One helicopter.

Friendly media have declared he's done more in 100 hours, than Biden has in 100 days.

Others say he's done more in four days, than Biden has in four years.

Either way, we all agree.

Judging by the enviable "lightning" speed the 78-year-old president works.

Even his critics are demolished, and dumbfounded.

Sure, Trump wants to be in the spotlight.

And then again, when was he ever not?

He's a talker, a builder, a doer.

He's got big plans, great plans, mind-boggling plans.

Those are the gifts GOD gave him.

That's why, only Trump can rebuild America.

Through the LORD JESUS' help.

Yesterday, White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, had her first press conference.

Firm, but friendly.

Well received by the press corps, young as she was.

A refreshing change from the perpetually-impatient, and irritated, former press sec, Karine Jeane-Pierre.

First thing Leavitt debunked are the drones over NJ.

They're from the FAA.

Biden kept us wondering.

Trump informed us plainly.

That's the big difference between them.

Second, she told old media about NEW media.

The front row is now for the "new media".

Bloggers, podcasts, other types of emerging media are welcome.

Just get your "pass".

I don't need to be there.

I just wait for SPIRIT to tell me what stuff to write about Trump.

Five out of 22 presidential nominations have been confirmed.

Before Trump even sat at the Oval Office, he was already working.

Starting 2020, he's already "planned" his comeback.

He's laid out his plans.

He's chosen his people.

He knows the programs, and agencies to put in place.

He knows whom to fire; whom to keep.

It's all mapped out in his mind.

Now that he's president, not a day has gone by that he's resting.

His former butler says he slept but a mere three hours.

Momentarily taking a break from his golf game, he gets word the Colombian president doesn't want America's two C-17s to land with the deported criminal load.

Trump gets mad, and slaps the president with tariffs, and travel bans.

According to one observer, in six minutes, Colombia's president replies, allows, and even offers to send his private plane to collect the deportees.

That's Trump for you.

He gets things done.

Especially America's on a tight sked.

The vultures saw the weak Biden administration.

They were not prepared for the speed Trump swatted them like flies.

It's no joke being Trump.

It's no joke being Netanyahu.

America and Israel are being persecuted.

They're the main targets of Islamic terrorists.

Thus, GOD wants America fixed first.

And then America will help Israel.

America needs Israel.

She's the apple of GOD's eye.

By 4 February, both leaders will meet in Washington.

May GOD be in their midst.

That's why Trump works hard.

The blessing is upon his shoulders.

GOD knows his heart, and what he's up to.

He was born for this moment.

Whether he knows it, or not, I do.

I was tasked to write about him.

Even to watch over him.

Well, Trump it is then!

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SEARCHING for AUTHENTICITY

 1 Timothy 4:1

King James Version

4 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, 

that in the latter times 

some shall depart from the faith, 

giving heed to seducing spirits, 

and doctrines of devils;

I know you want to believe in something real.

I know you, too, search for authenticity.

You want to know who to trust.

And what to believe in.

That was the path I took, as well.

And I'm glad I did, and stuck to it.

I hope you do, too.

The journey will be worth it.

There was a time I got into new age.

That was in 1995 until mid-2019.

Only because I had been searching for truth.

I even had a shop, to explore and share my findings.

But I've always gravitated to books.

Preferring to do my own research.

I read all the books I can find, study, and buy.

But nothing really gave me ABSOLUTE truth.

There was always a part missing, remaining elusive.

Until such time there was no more money for books.

I searched self, trying to see what I wasn't getting right.

So, one day in April 2019, I stepped back from books, and sin.

I couldn't bear to sin anymore.

My soul had been in the wilderness since 1997.

That's 22 long years of going around in circles.

But I suppose, I was tenacious enough.

I just prayed, and waited.

Surrendering all answers to GOD.

What wasn't I seeing?

What was I doing wrong?

What was being withheld from me?

Why have funds dried up?

What work was I supposed to do?

FIVE months after, on 6 September 2019, I finally got an answer.

In the most unusual, and direct way.

GOD led me to Bible prophecy, specifically on America.

She was in GREAT danger, from her own willful ways.

That very day, GOD made me born again, and led me to Scripture.

Using the two Reagan videos on America as foundation.

By November, GOD's SPIRIT inspired me to write 22 books on spiritual warfare.

This, we did for a period of 36 days.

Strangely, there was no exhaustion at all.

Only a desire to finally share with you the decades-old dreams.

It had to be fictionalized, for the dreams were too strange.

It didn't matter if people bought my e-books on Amazon.

My "findings" simply had to be shared, and documented.

Strangely, everything matched what's happening to the world since the global health crisis.

I was given that 36-day "window period" to document my dreams.

And to fictionalize it, before the covid crisis hit in 2020.

Somehow, GOD prepared me for things to come.

We had much work to do.

Before 2019 ended, Dr. David R. Reagan, the very minister GOD led me to regarding Bible prophecy on America, surprisingly invited me to write my own testimony for their January to February 2020 edition of their long-running newsletter, "The Lamplighter".

As editor, Dr. Reagan introduced the "A Voice From the Philippines" article this way.

"Last September I received an email message from a young lady in the Philippines that really touched my heart. She was literally bubbling over with excitement because of her discovery of Bible prophecy through this ministry’s website. It was a discovery that quickly changed her life. She was born and raised in Baguio City, which is a resort city located in the mountains about 150 miles north of Manila. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture and has worked in many different professional capacities in both Baguio and Manila."

It took over four years before I rediscovered that 2020 article.

Did SPIRIT "plant" it upon my path?

As born again, you can be sure nothing is by accident.

Everything is always by GOD's design.

Apparently, I had saved it on Google Drive.

I had completely forgotten I even saved it.

Today is an opportune time to share that article with you.

Where there is a huge "Voice of America", I realized there was also a tiny "Voice from the Philippines" -- mine.

I asked Dr. Nathan E. Jones, Internet Evangelist of Lamb & Lion Ministries, if I may use the material, and he graciously said the material is mine to "republish", and there was no need to ask permission.

Dear friends, here is my testimony.

The path I took, the mistakes I made, the research I did, before GOD rescued me:

"I grew up in the Catholic Church surrounded by pious relatives, yet I could never seem to embrace their religious rituals. 

I have always been a person searching for knowledge, and I have always needed to test what I learned so it would become one with me. Otherwise, I’d feel it was counterfeit, and I would not share it with anyone. So I grew up yearning for authenticity. I was not one to rock the boat, so if I did not agree with people, I merely kept it to myself. 

My life-long search led me in 1997 to esoteric stuff. It was a time when my life had taken a nose-dive, and I was beginning to have heavy dreams. I began reading books on mysticism, healing, channeling, psychic phenomena and dreams. 

I had a close friend who was a pastor. He was a good Bible teacher, and he would gently question me about my blog posts based on these books. Every so often, he would share a Bible verse or two to enlighten my thinking. 

In my quest for knowledge, I learned about reiki (energy healing), crystals, channeling, angels, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shamanism, aromatherapy, herbs, aliens, incarnation and many other esoteric things, but I must admit I never fully embraced any of these compared to my friends and the customers at my book store. I was guilty of one big thing, though. I must have read and sold hundreds of books, but I never really touched the Bible. I knew it was supposed to be the “Ultimate Book,” but perhaps I was wary because I learned there were so many different versions. Also, I became cautious when I learned that something may have been “lost in the translation.” Furthermore, I didn't know whom to trust — the Catholics or the Protestants? 

On the deepest level, I knew the Bible was sacred, but I kept wondering if there were some books missing from it? Had the Catholic Church left out or added some writings? Had they perhaps distorted some truth in it? 

I began to ask myself questions about my Catholic background. I wondered why my church conducted itself the way it did, in what appeared to me to be arrogance over its wealth and influence. Christ was humble, but my church was hardly humble at all. It had great riches which it flaunted in magnificent buildings around the world. 

In the midst of all this confusion, I began to pay attention to my dreams because I started having beautiful dreams about Jesus. Never mind that my father had told me when I was a child, “Don't trust anyone, not even yourself!” To a child’s mind, or at least to my mind, that was confusing. If I couldn’t trust myself, who could I trust? 

When I started having those heavy dreams in 1997, I bought a dream book that I hoped would help me to better understand dreams. Little did I know that one book would lead me to more mystical books. 

Finally, something very unusual occurred on the 6th of September 2019. I got on the Internet to post some blogs, something I did often. But nothing materialized — another strange thing, for I write easily — so I decided to call it a day. 

Later, as I was coming home from the grocery store, I decided to take a cab, and before I could even close the door, the driver started talking about the Bible, Jesus and the supernatural. I hardly had time to pitch in a word or two through the 15-minute ride. Then, that very night as I was surfing the Internet, I was “led” to two videos created by Lamb & Lion Ministries featuring Dr. David Reagan speaking about Bible prophecy. Dr. Reagan’s teachings led me to many more videos of him and other teachers like Nathan Jones, Billy Crone, Jan Markell and Mike Gendron. I began thanking God for YouTube, something I didn’t normally touch because I was more into books. 

Oh! How these wonderful ministers opened my mind and heart to new Bible knowledge. They made sense, and they backed up everything they taught with the Scriptures. I began to realize how little I knew about God’s Word. 

When I was introduced to John 3:3, I realized that I must become “born again” because that was the only way to Christ. I was also convicted by the truth expressed in 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 where we are told “. . . that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.” 

This time, there was no turning down God’s invitation to accept His Son as my Lord and Savior and to spend my time reading His Book and drop ALL the other books I had gotten involved with. 

God had waited long enough for this erring child. Now, my focus is Jesus — knowing more about Him and becoming more like Him. 

I am so grateful to Lamb & Lion Ministries and Dr. Reagan for introducing me to Bible prophecy. I am also thankful for all the videos and articles that the ministry’s Internet Evangelist, Nathan Jones, has made available through their website at www.lamblion.com." ✜ 

-- "The Lamplighter"

January to February 2020

Suffice it to say, GOD allowed my new age research.

Which became contrasting material for my Bible studies.

From heavy dreams in 1997, I got into new age.

With the desire to understand my dreams.

Now, I know what to believe in.

Now, I know what the "other side" presented.

Now, I know only Scripture can be trusted.

Now, I truly feel authentic.

Now, I can share GOD's truth with you.

Never again do I need to read other books.

GOD's HOLY BIBLE suffices.

JESUS led me to GOD's TRUTH.

I stick by the LORD's side.

Until He calls me home.

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The PUZZLING phenomenon

 Revelation 17:7

King James Version

7 And the angel said unto me, 

Wherefore didst thou marvel? 

I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, 

and of the beast that carrieth her, 

which hath the seven heads and ten horns.

Honestly?

I can't figure it out.

How many people go crazy over entertainers.

How many pack themselves in concerts.

How many sell their soul, to get a ticket.

How many defy their parents, and spouses, to attend one.

On the claims of loving the music.

Enjoying the moment, the "camaraderie".

Buying every conceivable merchandise.

Imitating their idols.

Fighting over them, for them, alongside them.

Woe to anyone who questioned their obsession.

In the meantime, idols bask in their fans' adulation.

Feeling so high up in the world, and in people's minds.

Walking like entitled kings, queens, princes, and princesses.

Where other look in awe, I simply can't.

I just see them as people.

Maybe, just rich, famous, or lucky.

Or yes, even a phenomenon.

Many want the same thing for themselves.

I couldn't imagine such a life for myself.

I always knew it came with a price.

True enough, it did.

Face, fame, and fortune always had a price.

Despite the accolades, many remained unhappy.

It was tough remaining on top.

Loyalties were flimsy.

Many got old.

Many got tired.

Many fell from grace.

Many couldn't handle the success.

Many quit, life-wise, and work-wise.

Many got into numerous relationships.

Many got into self-destructive behavior.

Many were cheated by their managers.

Many got "unseated" by younger, fresh-looking ones.

Why else the "botox" phenomenon?

Why else the search for "youth"?

Why else the vanity?

Only twice, I attended a "concert".

And they were both mini-concerts.

Once, at a gym, during college.

Featuring two famous local singers.

Both went on to become super-performers.

The other, at a cool, cozy pub.

Only because I was writing for a band.

They decided it was time for me to attend their show.

Apart from that, you won't find me at concerts.

ESPECIALLY mega concerts.

I find it dangerous.

You know what happens with crowds.

There's rampage, hysteria, some kind of trouble.

What more, during a heightened state.

For both performers, and viewers.

Many take mind-altering substances.

Many drink, dance, and party.

Emotions run high.

People go crazy.

People unwind.

They let go.

Somehow, I just couldn't seem to get into that.

Never did, never will, never could.

I simply had no desire for that.

I like having my mind together.

I like to be able to think clearly -- all the time.

I didn't need an "escape".

I was pretty happy with my books.

Boring to some, but exquisite for me.

I was always learning something new.

Most of my life, you'd find me at your "boring" libraries.

Studying, studying, studying.

Reading, reading, reading.

Trying to figure something out.

I purposely kept out of trouble.

My parents need not have worried I'd follow the wrong people.

I was ALWAYS looking for the RIGHT people.

Even if my life was a bunch of hits, and misses.

Who do I listen to?

What could they teach?

Is their stuff reliable?

Are they "authorities" in their craft?

I was always searching for something trustworthy.

That's why it's a phenomenon to me.

How people could band together like that.

Through concerts, parties, festivities, and such.

It's also a phenomenon how I'm not interested in such "bonding".

I did not long for such things.

I always had some creative work to do.

While I look around, observing how people lose themselves in it.

They claim they're having fun, enjoying themselves.

For how long?

Until they search for a new thing to occupy themselves with?

A new concert?

A new artist?

A new trend?

Isn't that a form of "addiction"?

Always looking for something "new"?

And with social media, the frenzy surged.

I sure am a strange creature.

And now, I know why.

GOD purposed me for something.

He wanted all that research for a purpose.

He knew I was always curious about things.

That I mentally "filed" my "research".

Knowing it would come in handy some day.

Which it truly did.

And I'm glad I stuck on the "path".

Even when I was still a sinner.

Five days from now, I'd have been born again FIVE years already.

In all that time, this is my only true concern:

1 Corinthians 2:2

King James Version

2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, 

save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

And this is the approach I've embarked on:

1 Corinthians 2:4

King James Version

4 And my speech and my preaching 

was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, 

but in demonstration of the Spirit 

and of power:

While this is the thing I hope for you:

1 Corinthians 2:5

King James Version

5 That your faith should not stand 

in the wisdom of men, 

but in the power of God.

I've always liked simplicity.

GOD simplified my life further.

Through the example shown by His Son.

JESUS lived a perfectly simple life.

Worshiping GOD alone.

John 17:4

King James Version

4 I have glorified thee on the earth: 

I have finished the work 

which thou gavest me to do.

John 17:6

King James Version

6 I have manifested thy name 

unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: 

thine they were, and thou gavest them me; 

and they have kept thy word.

John 17:8

King James Version

8 For I have given unto them 

the words which thou gavest me; 

and they have received them, 

and have known surely that I came out from thee, 

and they have believed that thou didst send me.

We've written about Dion, and Swift.

Linking their lives with GOD's WORD.

Maybe, there'll be other entertainers we'll cover.

Or other personalities SPIRIT may want us to look into.

As always, I wait for His instructions.

SPIRIT makes me look where other's don't want to look.

Or maybe are not aware of.

But this much I know --

JESUS is the ONLY ONE that appeals to me.

Even as I did not know it then.

But today, I do.

That's why we write.

We have TONS of material.

I don't look for outside entertainment.

It's always a MEGA-concert in my heart.

My heart sings, and dances, with GOD's TRUTH.

Which I must get to you -- quickly.

And you don't even have to pay me for it.

LOVE is a GIFT.

Given freely from the heart.

As JESUS taught us*.

*P.S.:

Again, the HOLY SPIRIT surprises me.

The "love JESUS taught us" was written on 1 September 2021.

EXACTLY three years today, I share the link again.

How could I have known that would happen?

That's how it is to work with SPIRIT.

Prepare for AWESOME stuff.

NEVER coincidences.

ALWAYS by design.

Who needs concerts?

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1 Corinthians 15:40-41

King James Version

40 There are also celestial bodies, 

and bodies terrestrial: 

but the glory of the celestial is one, 

and the glory of the terrestrial is another.

41 There is one glory of the sun, 

and another glory of the moon, 

and another glory of the stars: 

for one star differeth from another star 

in glory.

That was a dream about 20 years ago.

Wherein I found myself at a hardware, in the market.

There was a cardboard cutout of the HOLY family.

And their "shed".

Like those Christmas cardboard ones we used to have.

Except this one was all dusty.

Hidden.

Forgotten.

Baby JESUS, Joseph, and Mary were in place.

I was "tasked" to hold up the star.

Now, why was that significant then?

FIRST, I wasn't even born again yet.

SECOND, what holiness have I got?

THIRD, what was GOD trying to tell me?

As with every other dream -- for there were many -- I took notes.

And set it aside, for a time, until I could review it.

The memories of the dream came up again this morning.

Of course, having been schooled by Catholic nuns, and priests, I knew that star.

The STAR of BETHLEHEM:

Matthew 2:1-12

King James Version

2 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea 

in the days of Herod the king, 

behold, 

there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

2 Saying, 

Where is he that is born King of the Jews? 

for we have seen his star in the east, 

and are come to worship him.

3 When Herod the king had heard these things, 

he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

4 And when he had gathered 

all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, 

he demanded of them where Christ should be born.

5 And they said unto him, 

In Bethlehem of Judaea: 

for thus it is written by the prophet,

6 And thou Bethlehem, 

in the land of Juda, 

art not the least among the princes of Juda: 

for out of thee shall come a Governor, 

that shall rule my people Israel.

7 Then Herod, 

when he had privily called the wise men, 

enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.

8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, 

Go and search diligently for the young child; 

and when ye have found him, bring me word again, 

that I may come and worship him also.

9 When they had heard the king, they departed; 

and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, 

went before them, till it came 

and stood over where the young child was.

10 When they saw the star, 

they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

11 And when they were come into the house, 

they saw the young child with Mary his mother, 

and fell down, and worshipped him: 

and when they had opened their treasures, 

they presented unto him gifts; 

gold, and frankincense and myrrh.

12 And being warned of God in a dream 

that they should not return to Herod, 

they departed into their own country 

another way.

From the verses above, we learn of "his star in the east".

The LORD's star.

And if you were a baby, you'd probably say the "lodestar".

Same idea, really.

JESUS was the STAR.

That lights our way.

Matthew 7:13-14

King James Version

13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: 

for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, 

that leadeth to destruction, 

and many there be which go in thereat:

14 Because strait is the gate, 

and narrow is the way, 

which leadeth unto life, 

and few there be that find it.

John 8:12

King James Version

12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, 

saying, 

I am the light of the world: 

he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, 

but shall have the light of life.

John 14:6

King James Version

6 Jesus saith unto him, 

I am the way, the truth, and the life: 

no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

JESUS was the prophesied STAR:

Numbers 24:17-19

King James Version

17 I shall see him, but not now: 

I shall behold him, but not nigh: 

there shall come a Star out of Jacob, 

and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, 

and shall smite the corners of Moab, 

and destroy all the children of Sheth.

18 And Edom shall be a possession, 

Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; 

and Israel shall do valiantly.

19 Out of Jacob shall come 

he that shall have dominion, 

and shall destroy him 

that remaineth of the city.

JESUS spoke of the "morning star", too.

Revelation 2:26-29

King James Version

26 And he that overcometh, 

and keepeth my works unto the end, 

to him will I give power over the nations:

27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; 

as the vessels of a potter 

shall they be broken to shivers: 

even as I received of my Father.

28 And I will give him the morning star.

29 He that hath an ear, 

let him hear what the Spirit saith 

unto the churches.

JESUS confirms He is that MORNING STAR.

Revelation 22:16

King James Version

16 I Jesus have sent mine angel 

to testify unto you these things in the churches. 

I am the root and the offspring of David, 

and the bright and morning star.

What have I got to do with the star?

Why was it manifested in my dream 20 years ago?

Why was I shown I had to "hold up" that drooping star in my dream?

In a hardware yet?

I was also searching for a light bulb in that dream.

An incandescent bulb, not today's LED.

Obviously, I had a job to do.

Then, I didn't know "what" yet.

It took a VERY LONG time to know.

All I knew was the dream was significant.

Now, I have an idea what it was all about.

I needed to get my own "house" in order.

And have the LIGHT of CHRIST shine upon my soul.

For it was in a very derelict state.

GOD made me born again over four years ago. 

Then, SPIRIT got me writing.

Searching, and studying Scripture.

Connecting the dots.

Non-stop.

Daily.

Night, and day.

Every moment SPIRIT alerts me to.

I am where I need to be.

Right where GOD re-planted me.

Back with my family.

Back with His family.

Honoring the STAR that is JESUS.

Holding up that light, through Scripture.

If you are born again, you will marvel at the life GOD will give you.

In complete service to the LORD.

With a usefulness that will never pale.

How can it?

We have the LIGHT of CHRIST to shine upon us.

We have SPIRIT to teach us.

We have GOD to love.

We have you to share the gospel with.

We have you to think about.

GOD merely gave me the dreams.

To wake me up.

To alert me.

To save me.

To get me to write.

To make me study the Bible.

To gather all my material.

To know, "It's time!"

To share the gospel.

To tell you about JESUS.

To tell you about the Rapture.

And to honor the LORD.

Every moment.

Of every day.

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