It’s that time to write again so I thought I would just share a bit of what I’ve been working on for a while and it’s from the Book of John in the Bible. He was so expressive of his heart for Jesus and he knew that Jesus loved him. There was no question of their relationship if one reads this book.

So here goes:

Dear Father, I’m so glad that You love me eternally! I can never be worthy of that love but You just love me because You are Love!!! I thank you that I have life! I thank you that I have Light!!! Your Light shines through any darkness I may be experiencing, so never let go of my hand Lord. How could I navigate without You? I’d truly be a mess!

Truth came, and I’m so glad He did. Help me Lord to be a bearer of the Truth, Light and the Life-a real authentic witness of Him…You…I know Father that You really sent Your Son Jesus into this world, my dark world; personally. I’m so thankful! The Passion Translation says; “He is the living expression“; oh how I love that description of Jesus~He sure was and He sure is! He sure did express Your splendor and glory, mercy and truth; didn’t He? And it took a while for people to recognize the truth of “Who He was…”

Thank you Father that out of His fullness I can be filled and receive grace upon grace with tender mercies; You never run out. I thank you that through revelation I can truly learn who Your Son really is.

He has done so much for me, how can I ever repay Him? I really can’t…other than give Him my life in complete surrender 100%. Nothing else will do! And I have!

Oh that I might continue to believe every word You say! I never want to doubt those things You say~coming from Your heart. And get me off and out of the earth level of things as I get more and more, of a Heavenly perspective, and Your view of things as they really are; Oh Lord! Free me up from the tethered place, oh God! I live to comprehend Your ways and to understand the realms of Your Spirit more, the realms of Your glory!!! Wow!

Oh Lord, set me free also from spirits of tradition and religion that never set anyone free from anything; instead…keep all mankind in bondage. Thank you Lord that I am not a slave to that and I don’t have to walk a broken path. I have said “yes” to Your call and will continue to, for I know that You are Life~~and my very life comes from You; why go anywhere else? I also know that there’s no one greater than You! Really!!!

Ok fellow Family of Travelers….that’s just a sample but it’s my pleasure to be able to share just a bit of my writing project. It’s my desire and hope that somehow in this small offering to the glory of God, that you were blessed and uplifted in some way from My Book of Prayer.

Let me find an appropriate picture now or two….from Unsplash or on the internet that’s free….LOL!

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Alright; I think I did it….more from Unsplash.com Whoopee!!! So until next time my Family of Travelers…..

The Father says it’s time to release this….this vision that I saw 9-28-22.

I saw people gathering together in every Nation, gathering outside- in the streets, neighborhoods, cities; right downtown, in the parks, parking lots, stadiums, football and recreation fields fields–masses of people coming out of buildings, offices, homes; homeless areas-everywhere where they found space. I saw them gathering for UNITY. They were coming together for UNITY.

This was not planned by any man…The HOLY SPIRIT was drawing them the way He drew the animals to the Ark.

Everywhere I looked they had stopped what they were doing and found themselves coming together and they were wondering; “What am I doing here? Why am I here with all these people? How did I get here?”

It was supernatural; a supernatural drawing and they sensed it was good, nothing bad–so they came…from everywhere, in every city and town; almost like “Field of Dreams,” There was no harm coming to anybody. And I noticed, not even a dog barked. Families came with their children who were with them. They had just walked out of their houses, gathered in the streets and went where they were being led. Amazing! And all over the world!

Nobody was in a building, they were all outside and filling every empty spot and piece of ground where they could stand. I couldn’t even speculate as to “why” this was (?) For now, it’s a mystery but it’s going to happen all over the world in the “daytime”; in the light of day with “blue skies” everywhere. (whether that is a metaphor or not, I don’t know.)

I’m coming to the end of this vision and where it left off…but I perceived that these people came from every walk of life. They were from blue collar, white collar, every kind of worker; farmers, every kind of retail represented…old, young, rich and poor were in these gatherings. They were also in small and large groups as well; clumps of people coming together everywhere, and in UNITY of heart–only something God could do.

I’m putting this out there because He told me to. I don’t know why but I have an opinion but that’s not to be shared here; I just do what I’m told. Everything is a matter of prayer. Who knows but that He may show you something, so pray for discernment and wisdom. God loves to give it when one is sincere in their asking. If He should give me something more I will post that also but only if or when He says to.

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This is the closest picture I could find as a crowd…

Till next time…

Since I live in Phoenix AZ one can just about face West anywhere, and as long as there is nothing blocking ones view you will see some very spectacular sunsets; sometimes they fill the whole sky from West to East. If you watch long enough you can see the colors turn more and more until the skies become such beautiful hues of pastel that they can take your breath away!

Our Creator is such an Artist; brilliant in all He does! I just have to give Him the glory, for He never paints the same twice….here are some of His authentic paintings; brought to you by Unsplash Photos. I have my own but on another laptop and that’s in a box put away so I’m using my Notebook now.

Enjoy! Compliments by Glenn Horgan…

This is so beautiful!

A sunset view downtown

And here are more! A picture says more than 1,000 words!

Credit goes to Scott Major, Unsplash

Courtesy of Dulcey Lima, Unsplash…

Let’s see one more! This is short again this time. It’s the one I forgot to do on Bloganuary. Till next one….this is compliments of James Day, Unsplash!

Here’s a picture of the perfect Birthday Cake for me…

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Now, this is a group of them but I kind of like the middle cake and the one to our left when looking at this picture. My favorite of course is dark chocolate and the middle one just might be; my second would be the other one, especially if it has cocoanut on the frosting, looks like it does. And here is another one…

Oh YUMMY! Another photo by Unsplash by Umesh Soni

Lets have fun and do one more, shall we?

Of course, that’s my piece!!! LOL!!!

Ok; so ya’ll know, that’s my favorite kind of Birthday Cake, just in case somebody wants to make one for me this year…LOL!

Anyway, in keeping with Birthday cake and celebrating…I threw my own Birthday Party here in Phoenix years ago. Yup! And I invited all my friends at the church I was going to…to Mimi’s; one of my favorite spots. They were so nice in reserving a special room for my Party; and guess what….they all came and some with their families, it was so much fun!!! I didn’t ask for gifts but many brought them anyway….I will never forget it and it made up for the years of no birthday celebrations for me. So here’s a couple of things you didn’t know about me…LOL! Till my next post….If you are celebrating your Birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you!!! And have a piece of cake!!!

It’s not just one song, it’s two. I named my Daughters; Renaye and Rhonda after songs that I heard in the 60’s. Renaye was after the song; “Don’t Walk Away Renaye.” I don’t know if that was the spelling but I wanted my spelling to be different and unique and I think I pulled it off. For Rhonda; of course…it was a Beach Boys song! Remember, Help Me Rhonda? I bet most people remember that song, right? I just can’t remember who wrote the song with Renaye’s name but it was a catchey tune and it played in my head at that time.

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And…

This one really brings me back to the 60’s! Ok; till next time…told ya it would be short.

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This is one of my shorter missives; Let me tell you who this is and always will be. Among some of my favorites like Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Erle Stanley Gardner, Emily Bronte; they are just some of my favorites…but the best one is Elizabeth Peters who writes in the first person “mysteries” involving THE Amelia Peabody Emerson and her whole family; even the family Cat! Oh, she has such adventures as her family are Egyptologists and very much involved in Archeology in that country.

Every book she writes carries the reader through new adventures with such twists and turns that if one is an avid Mystery reader, they are not that easy to figure out. They are like watching a full color movie that just keeps one on the edge of their seats till the very end.

Here is a picture of one of her books…I highly recommend her books if you are a Mystery lover!

TEAL is the color that describes my personality.

In case one isn’t that familiar with this color, it’s a green-tinged blue. They are both cool colors and I see myself that way; I don’t tend to get all riled up easily so I’m pretty even tempered-takes a lot for me to feel angry depending on what’s going on and sometimes I feel misunderstood and may look like I don’t care but truth is I really do; I just don’t wear it. I believe my feelings run deep and can be gut wrenching…from really caring about someone or something and wanting to act on it.

These are also “water” colors and so I’m a pretty calm person as a rule. TEAL is close to Turquoise and according to its meaning; it symbolizes compassion, calmness, clarity and being able to communicate. (Maybe that’s why I love to write) This is a balanced stable color indicating stability. Yup, I think I’m like this but NOT perfect by any means.

It is my go-to splash of color whenever I want to brighten up my wardrobe or decor. Now I see why…it’s effects on me are positive, especially for concentration. But it speaks of growth, peace and empathy. It has its negative side which would be narcissism, stress, secrecy and boastfulness. Oh my! Lord, help me on that side of things, I sure don’t want to lean in that direction!

Just as a side note, this colors name is from the Eurasian Duck-how interesting!

For my information I site; http://www.color-meanings.com. For me it’s the biblical side of things. And the name TEAL means morality and renewal and that fits; oh yes, and I’m the creative type.

Just so you know. I don’t know how to make that pic. smaller as I wanted it to be. Not sure I did this correctly but hope someone comments and tells me how or shows me where to go. The tutorials on WP are so fast and I don’t understand this block stuff. I would like to go back to simple.

This is normally not my thing but this is what the Father gave me on New Years Eve. Something has changed on this format but I will do my best to put this out.

Hope everyone is doing good this year so far…we are half way through this month and I can hardly believe it; seems like the days have been cut in half. Well, here goes…

A Year for Me, Clutter Free ……………………………………….Stepping Into 23 …..……… ..A Year for You and Me, for Us To See……………….What’s Never Been Seen Before .A Year for You and ME…………………………………………………………….Finally With ME!.

A Year Like No Other, NO!!!…………………………………………..Not Like Any Other

….So…Believe… in… ME……………..Trust in ME………..Bend the Knee…For it’s the Safest Place to Be!

Oh People in the Land of the FREE- Look to ME!!!…………………………….

I AM—ALL THAT YOU NEED!…I AM THE WAY, THE ONLY WAY!…

I AM—THE TRUTH!…THERE IS NO OTHER TRUTH!...And

I AM—THE LIFE!…THE ONLY SOURCE OF TRUE LIFE!…

A Year for ME, A Year for You; KNOW THAT I WILL SEE YOU THROUGH! A Year for ME, A Year for You—2023!!!

Ok, I’ll try to find an appropriate picture from Unsplash, as it’s my favorite go to…

Until next time….and hopefully sooner than before!!!

Well, here I am again and sooner than I thought. Sometimes people just need a good word and so I got back here to hopefully encourage and help somebody.

It’s been a rough two years or so, hasn’t it? I don’t believe that anyone is the same in this whole world, do you? This has been good, bad, and ugly for sure and personally I feel like I’ve been the ball in the pin-ball game of life. How are you my friends and fellow travelers? How are you faring right now? Is this shaking bringing you into a better place overall or worse; or is it just not easy to evaluate at the moment?

One thing I believe this has done for me is to give me other perspectives on life that I never thought of before, how about you? Another is that I now want more “honest” answers to my questions and I’m running to my heavenly Father for those like never before.

I am not content to just suppose, assume or coast in life. I don’t think I can afford to do that in any sense of the word; life is too short to not want those truthful answers. So, as I had some moments to ponder on life in general this is what I began to hear, and I can’t say that I have thought like this before, but this is what I will share…you check it out and see if it makes sense to you and feel free to comment.

The Father says to His beloved; we don’t have to like what everyone else does, don’t have to go where everyone else goes, don’t have to do what everybody else does; our preferences are our own individual preferences, etc. Are everyone’s taste buds even the same? How about fingerprints? We are different and He likes it that way. He wants us free; right now from other’s expectations; what they think we ought to do, be, prefer, etc. He doesn’t want us living like that…this will be a great weight off of our shoulders if we can receive it.

Some of us have been wound up so tight in others perceived expectations that we have not been who we really are and so we are “off” in our own expectations and perceptions and our view of life in general has been skewed. He desires to correct this so we can walk in His truth. There is a certain conformity, but this is His view of it….”to be conformed to the image of His dear Son Jesus.” Be conformed this way and one can’t go wrong. He wants us to “be” who we are in Him. He made us with our individual tastes, preferences, proclivities and personalities, etc. He desires freedom in who He created us to be! For example, I’m one of a kind like everyone else is. There is no equal in how He created me. It’s not a matter of pride but of honor. It’s what is talked about in His word concerning “preferring one another more than oneself.” We don’t become nothing or less-than in Kingdom thinking, but we let one another shine and come forth as he created them; just like us. He has no favorites-man does. His desire is freedom from that old mind set because that’s the old man nature pushing others aside so that we can be the one in the (what we call) the lime-lite. That’s not how the Kingdom works!

He wants us to see that the worlds mindset produces pride, selfishness, envy and jealously and it’s for attention. One can watch this in little children. (His example, not mine) When a mature adult sees it they try to correct it. We call it when we see it and sometimes we say, “You have to learn to share!” The root of it is attention. It’s “look at me, look at what I got!” See it? The bent is there and it has to be curbed. Why? It will bring trouble in one form or another.

He says, “As your Father, I know this. I desire to correct it in My children. Do you see?” If this attitude is not corrected it will bring trouble, and on an adult scale. A child’s scale could be that another child gets wounded; literally and emotionally…depending on the child. That wound could go deep in one while another isn’t that bothered. I look at it all-I see it all. It is not My desire for my children to wound one another as all My children are equal in My eyes and important to Me. I desire all My children to shine as the stars in the heavens do. No one is greater than another in their creation but “positionally” they are or can be placed according to the design I gave them.” The examples are also in what I created. No star is the same and no snowflake-it doesn’t matter…for a star is a star and a snowflake is a snowflake and a snowflake will never be a star and vice-versa; and that’s not all. There are many examples of such creativity and design if one just looks.

“I have a point I’m making as your heavenly Father. I desire unity and harmony in My children but not conformity as the world system defines it. There is no need to walk in pride. For what do you have that I did not supply? No, there is no need to be selfish, envious or jealous of one another. These are attitudes in the world and in the “old man” of the flesh. I teach you to put off the old man and put on the new, so that you My children will not be wounded by one another anymore than you have been. My heart wants you healed and whole and walking free from the old mindsets. In the new man that I have made you to be through My Son’s sacrifice; you can! He has made it possible for you to walk in love and in the honor of the “new creation” man. You really can because I have given My Holy Spirit to help you. He has the fruit, all you have to be is willing to carry it and give it out in His power.”

Can you see that this is the better way to walk? Wow! It frees us up from guilt and feeling inferior or superior to someone else, right? What a relief that is! He was showing me that there really is no comparison because each of us are really different and unique and have value in His eyes, even identical twins. He went on to show me that His word says not to compare ourselves with one another because it’s not wise. I can see why, can’t you? And He also showed me that He has room in His heart and Kingdom for all. He said; “We do not compare.” Can you imagine that? No comparison, no judgement, no unhealthy measuring…I have a hard time imagining that, really.

Now I know this but it’s good to be reminded, that Jesus died for all mankind. And He said, “Do you fit that description?” Of course! “Well then, if you do, you qualify for all of Our love and attention!” How about that? No one is left out of the picture or out in the cold! He went on to say that His Holy Spirit is given to all who believe in His Son Jesus as Savior. There is equal access for all who would receive it; it is a choice. There is opportunity to grow in grace and in faith in His word and Spirit. What a conversation we had! He just kept talking and it was from His heart…I can still feel this as I write! And He said…

“I know how to bring My children along. Thus all of you are in different stages of growth and in this knowledge learn to walk. Let the fruit of the Holy Spirit manifest in you, not the old works of the flesh. Can you see how this leads to peace–and yes, even a unity in spirit and truth?”

So then He ended this lovely time with Him this way; this is what He is after. He desires to see this and in abundance…right now and in this world. For us to walk in love and in unity of the faith, and we will have such peace, harmony and fruitfulness-and the world will see it and will know that His Son Jesus really came and by His presence and glory within us, that He came for their salvation too. He said to live the word and live in the word and They (talking about the God-head) will be glorified. Wow, wow, wow!!! What beautiful words of truth; it encourages me to really be “me” and appreciate the way He designed me to be. That just lifts my spirit, soul and body!!!

Well, I really hope that this really encouraged you and in some way you feel better about who “you” are in Christ and we are in this journey together even if we are in separate lanes. So let me find the appropriate picture here or maybe two; I just like to do that…till next post…there is plenty of scripture hiding in this word, see if you can find it.