Saturday, April 30, 2011
God is not Mocked
"God is not mocked" is not a warning but a reassurance. God would be mocked if any of His creation lacked holiness. The creation is whole, and the mark of wholeness is holiness. ACIM
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Resurrection Sunday
Resurrection Sunday.
Celebrated by believers all over the world. Others celebrate today as Easter. People dress up in their Easter finery, some crowd into churches for their obligatory spring visit to the House of God, have a big family meal and then go back to their regular life the next day. To each his own. When I was attending church, I went all the time, not just Easter and New Year's Eve. To me, that was the height of hypocrisy. Even the Bible says, "so then because thou are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew (vomit) thee out of my mouth." Revelation 3:16. In other words, either be in all the way, all the time, or be out totally.
BTW: I am a believer and no matter how I try to count it, Friday to Sunday is NOT 3 DAYS. And besides, the Sabbath according to the Bible is Saturday so Jesus did not die on Friday and rise on Sunday. Mathematically impossible. I'm just saying.
Celebrated by believers all over the world. Others celebrate today as Easter. People dress up in their Easter finery, some crowd into churches for their obligatory spring visit to the House of God, have a big family meal and then go back to their regular life the next day. To each his own. When I was attending church, I went all the time, not just Easter and New Year's Eve. To me, that was the height of hypocrisy. Even the Bible says, "so then because thou are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew (vomit) thee out of my mouth." Revelation 3:16. In other words, either be in all the way, all the time, or be out totally.
BTW: I am a believer and no matter how I try to count it, Friday to Sunday is NOT 3 DAYS. And besides, the Sabbath according to the Bible is Saturday so Jesus did not die on Friday and rise on Sunday. Mathematically impossible. I'm just saying.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Can you see that God was there all the time?
Psalms 139:7, 8
You cannot get away from the love of God. Psalms 139 says, "if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou are there." I challenged God on that verse many years ago when I was in my own hell of unemployment, couldn't find a job, had no gas or electricity for several weeks, taking pennies to a supermarket that would accept them to buy canned soup that I could eat cold out of the can, one way carfare to job interviews in which I took my sneakers so I could walk 3 or 4 miles back home.
Do you see that God was there with me in that hell? Angrily I asked, "where are you, God? Where are you in this hell?" He was there all the time. With no electricity, I got up at daybreak so I could read and study the Word all day until it got too dark to read. Then I went to bed. I rolled pennies in brown paper and took them to the only place I knew that would accept them and bought 2 or 3 cans of soup and crackers because they were non perishable. Sometimes I bought a bag of ice so I would have cool water to drink. Can you see that God was there all the time?
I seemed to always find enough carfare to get to the job interview. I had to take my sneakers so I could walk home, sometimes from the east side of midtown back to the west side of Harlem. And many times I cried when I got home, from exhaustion and frustration. Can you see that God was there all the time?
I walked to and from church, a little over a mile a couple of times a week. Someone would take me out to eat between Sunday services. Little did they know that was the only meal I'd had or might have for a couple of days. Do you see that God was there all the time?
Romans 8:25, 38, 39
Not only did God meet me in my hell, but even that could not separate me from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus. Neither the distress or famine I was living could separate me from the love of Christ. Neither the place I was at - hell - nor the sometimes-angry-at-God person I was could separate me from His love.
Can you see He was there all the time.
You cannot get away from the love of God. Psalms 139 says, "if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou are there." I challenged God on that verse many years ago when I was in my own hell of unemployment, couldn't find a job, had no gas or electricity for several weeks, taking pennies to a supermarket that would accept them to buy canned soup that I could eat cold out of the can, one way carfare to job interviews in which I took my sneakers so I could walk 3 or 4 miles back home.
Do you see that God was there with me in that hell? Angrily I asked, "where are you, God? Where are you in this hell?" He was there all the time. With no electricity, I got up at daybreak so I could read and study the Word all day until it got too dark to read. Then I went to bed. I rolled pennies in brown paper and took them to the only place I knew that would accept them and bought 2 or 3 cans of soup and crackers because they were non perishable. Sometimes I bought a bag of ice so I would have cool water to drink. Can you see that God was there all the time?
I seemed to always find enough carfare to get to the job interview. I had to take my sneakers so I could walk home, sometimes from the east side of midtown back to the west side of Harlem. And many times I cried when I got home, from exhaustion and frustration. Can you see that God was there all the time?
I walked to and from church, a little over a mile a couple of times a week. Someone would take me out to eat between Sunday services. Little did they know that was the only meal I'd had or might have for a couple of days. Do you see that God was there all the time?
Romans 8:25, 38, 39
Not only did God meet me in my hell, but even that could not separate me from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus. Neither the distress or famine I was living could separate me from the love of Christ. Neither the place I was at - hell - nor the sometimes-angry-at-God person I was could separate me from His love.
Can you see He was there all the time.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Mocking the Word of God
OK Believers. When are you going to stop making a mockery of the Word of God?
The Bible says man's body is the temple or house of God, the very sanctuary of the Holy Spirit. I Corinthians 6:19 and II Corinthians 6:16. "For you are the temple of the living God, and you are not your own." And yet the church is the last place you will find health and wellness! Diabeties, high blood pressure, heart disease and other chronic illnesses are rampant in the church. How do I know? Same people asking for prayer every week, same people on the healing line every week, same OVERWEIGHT people in the same fast food restaurants every Sunday after service or at the church's food court. (Everyone knows church sisters know how to throw down in the kitchen.) And the same people dying of complications from the diseases listed above.
WHAT KIND OF TESTIMONY IS THAT???
So what are you going to do about it? It's time to get healthy, America. It's time for the Church to lead the way. It's time for believers to look the part of a triumphant Child of God. It's bad enough that believers don't portray the riches of the Kingdom, but that's another post. The world sees most believers as in need of health and wealth. In other words, sick and poor. And since many in the world are healthy and/or wealthy, why should they embrace your God? It's obvious He is not taking care of you - or at least that's how many think. Of course, we know that He is doing His part. It's you who are not lining up with the Word of God. That's an uninspiring testimony to say the least.
Stop living the lie. If you are overweight, diabetic, hypertensive, you are destroying the temple! Even if you are under weight. If you are not healthy, you are destroying the temple. Make the necessary changes to be that shining testimony of the Word of God. Remember, God is not mocked.
Contact me at Mysticdiva77@yahoo.com for addition information of getting and maintaining good health. Let's get healthy in 2010.
The Bible says man's body is the temple or house of God, the very sanctuary of the Holy Spirit. I Corinthians 6:19 and II Corinthians 6:16. "For you are the temple of the living God, and you are not your own." And yet the church is the last place you will find health and wellness! Diabeties, high blood pressure, heart disease and other chronic illnesses are rampant in the church. How do I know? Same people asking for prayer every week, same people on the healing line every week, same OVERWEIGHT people in the same fast food restaurants every Sunday after service or at the church's food court. (Everyone knows church sisters know how to throw down in the kitchen.) And the same people dying of complications from the diseases listed above.
WHAT KIND OF TESTIMONY IS THAT???
So what are you going to do about it? It's time to get healthy, America. It's time for the Church to lead the way. It's time for believers to look the part of a triumphant Child of God. It's bad enough that believers don't portray the riches of the Kingdom, but that's another post. The world sees most believers as in need of health and wealth. In other words, sick and poor. And since many in the world are healthy and/or wealthy, why should they embrace your God? It's obvious He is not taking care of you - or at least that's how many think. Of course, we know that He is doing His part. It's you who are not lining up with the Word of God. That's an uninspiring testimony to say the least.
Stop living the lie. If you are overweight, diabetic, hypertensive, you are destroying the temple! Even if you are under weight. If you are not healthy, you are destroying the temple. Make the necessary changes to be that shining testimony of the Word of God. Remember, God is not mocked.
Contact me at Mysticdiva77@yahoo.com for addition information of getting and maintaining good health. Let's get healthy in 2010.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Adam and Eve-not the first???
OK, what's going on in Genesis? There's Adam and Eve, right? Adam named his wife, Eve, because she was the mother of all living. Genesis 3:20. Then there is Cain and Abel, right? Now when Cain killed his brother, he was banished from the family, such as it was. The Lord said in Genesis 4:15, "therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengence shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him." Whosoever who??? (Sorry. I know that's incorrect English but making a point here.) I thought it was just Adam, Eve and Cain.
Even Cain said in Genesis 4:13-14, "my punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold---, I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth and it shall come to pass that every one that findeth me shall slay me." That's why the Lord set a mark upon him. Every one who???
Then there is the part about Cain's wife. Genesis 4:17, "And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch. v.19 And La'mech took unto him two wives."
Where are all these people coming from???
Even Cain said in Genesis 4:13-14, "my punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold---, I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth and it shall come to pass that every one that findeth me shall slay me." That's why the Lord set a mark upon him. Every one who???
Then there is the part about Cain's wife. Genesis 4:17, "And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch. v.19 And La'mech took unto him two wives."
Where are all these people coming from???
Sunday, October 11, 2009
What's going on?
There's something going on here, Lord. Probably not just with me but I can only speak for me. Common thread seems to be seeking to know You.
For me, it started with leaving one place of worship after about 20 years, then leaving another after less than a year, being on the "backside of the desert" like Moses and experiencing You like never before. For me, it's been acquiring and reading books that organized religion would frown on. Books by Christians (?) and non-Christians (?) alike. Define Christian for me, Lord because back in the day, it was a derogatory term. Sorry, I digress. Books about Mother/Father God, Buddha, Jesus, Christ (are they one and the same?), Kabbalah, Gnosticism, The Lost Bible, even my essay about being angry with you Lord. And books about leaving the church. Gasp!
Anybody else been there? Books like Leaving Church by Barbara Brown Taylor, The Shack by William Young, Gospel of Inclusion by Bishop Carlton Pearson and So You Don't Want to go to Church Anymore by Wayne Jacobsen and Dave Coleman.
Are you noticing a central theme here? I know You notice the theme, Lord. You designed it especially for me. I'm writing this for the readers who are feeling "something", feeling disquieted about their religious experience, beginning to ask, like I did, "why am I here?", what is my purpose, Lord?" or "why did You let that happen to me, Lord?"
OK, people, how is that working for you?
Romans 8:35, 38-39.
For me, it started with leaving one place of worship after about 20 years, then leaving another after less than a year, being on the "backside of the desert" like Moses and experiencing You like never before. For me, it's been acquiring and reading books that organized religion would frown on. Books by Christians (?) and non-Christians (?) alike. Define Christian for me, Lord because back in the day, it was a derogatory term. Sorry, I digress. Books about Mother/Father God, Buddha, Jesus, Christ (are they one and the same?), Kabbalah, Gnosticism, The Lost Bible, even my essay about being angry with you Lord. And books about leaving the church. Gasp!
Anybody else been there? Books like Leaving Church by Barbara Brown Taylor, The Shack by William Young, Gospel of Inclusion by Bishop Carlton Pearson and So You Don't Want to go to Church Anymore by Wayne Jacobsen and Dave Coleman.
Are you noticing a central theme here? I know You notice the theme, Lord. You designed it especially for me. I'm writing this for the readers who are feeling "something", feeling disquieted about their religious experience, beginning to ask, like I did, "why am I here?", what is my purpose, Lord?" or "why did You let that happen to me, Lord?"
OK, people, how is that working for you?
Romans 8:35, 38-39.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
God's image
We are created in God's image. Physical image? Mental image? Consciousness? If the latter, where did all this doubt, fear, anger and uncertainty come from?
Jesus showed emotion-anquish in the garden and anger. Father God showed anger in the Old Testament. The Holy Spirit can be grieved. If God showed these emotions and we're created in God's image, can we do any less? So if/when I attempt to solve a problem "on my own", am I truly (1)"on my own" since God will never leave or forsake me, (2) doing my own thing as in without God or (3) exercising my God given abilities and talents and being a co-creator with The Creator? And am I wrong if I display anger while solving this problem.
What part do our emotions play in our development as spiritual beings. Can we ever be angry with God? Why not? He certainly got angry with us many times.
Jesus showed emotion-anquish in the garden and anger. Father God showed anger in the Old Testament. The Holy Spirit can be grieved. If God showed these emotions and we're created in God's image, can we do any less? So if/when I attempt to solve a problem "on my own", am I truly (1)"on my own" since God will never leave or forsake me, (2) doing my own thing as in without God or (3) exercising my God given abilities and talents and being a co-creator with The Creator? And am I wrong if I display anger while solving this problem.
What part do our emotions play in our development as spiritual beings. Can we ever be angry with God? Why not? He certainly got angry with us many times.
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