Dec 28/2023 To Do or Not To Do

       The question is... is there free will? Some people think it's predestination others free will. I believe it to be the latter.

       I believe God is in all things, it's  awareness it's very being. He is the observer. I believe he stands pat waiting to be called upon to render help. If you do not ask, he will not give assistance usually. So when I get in trouble I will ask for help. One instance. It was an hour past dusk. I slid on some ice on a small hill going down to a stop sign. I steered my pickup into a 2 ft snow bank. So I wouldn't enter the intersection. I knew it was going to take time to dig it out and I needed to be somewhere. I only had a metal dust pan and a very small shovel. I started digging. Then I thought wait I'll ask divine spirit for help. I did and a stranger came in 2 minutes offering to help. I gave him the dust pan. With his help I got out in 15 minutes and made my appointment. Thank-you God. Always say thank-you.

       Some people use their free will for greed and power. All it takes is for one person with a strong will to do alot of damage. God sees it. He gives us the tools to use against it. Hitler was one evil character. Some people say if there is a God, why didn't he put a stop to it. Well that's easy.  Because we have free will. You don't like what's going on then do something about it. So many people acted like sheep in the axis power. Fear became their God and they acted accordingly. They collectively incured karma for those actions.  Nations that were governed by laws that were a benefit for their people rose up to confront this evil.  A little late though. If you don't nip it in the bud there will be a bigger cost to bear.  As happened during the years 1936 to 1945. That delay in action by the allies cost millions and millions of people to die before their time.  It's a good thing that the allies took action because if the axis won. It would have been 1984 (Orwell's book)  but a thousand times worse. Hitler a person that used rhetoric to vilify his perceived  enemies. Used them to promote his hateful agenda. And the people said yeah it makes sense to me. I'll vote this guy in. After he got in, he burnt down the Reichstag. That was their main governmental building. Elections were dispensed with. Then the brown shirts patrolled the streets. And fear ratcheted up. From then on people kept their mouths and eyes shut as well as their minds. When shown the death camps, they said we didn't know. Their excuse so feeble.

       So if more people call on divine spirit or God and see what happens, maybe it will make for a more happier person. When they see the benefits of this simple action, they will become secure in what God has in mind. No matter how bad it gets there will always be divine spirit waiting in the wings available to any who call upon it. Invite divine spirit into your decision making process and see for yourself.  It doesn't have to be a big thing. Like me in a snow bank. If I didn't ask I would've had to do it myself. It was far better with that help. So many times, so many times I've gotten God's lending hand. You can too.  I actually should ask more of it. My way of thinking was I got to do it myself.  Now, that is a bad habit to break. This is my number one goal to break this habit. Ask for the help and do your due diligence. Use your free will!

Dec/25/2023. God's messengers

       Jesus was born on this date 2,024 years ago. He came to deliver a message. That message was do unto others as you would have them  do  onto you. It gets to the point nicely. Have faith in your father. And all will be rendered on to you. So if you ask and do your due diligence you shall have it. This ask should come from your heart. In my father's house there are many mansions. This may refer to there being many forms of existence. These places enable soul( which is you )to learn life's lessons. That lesson is to be more loving. Earth is a hard place to learn lessons. Learning lessons here pushes soul forward briskly. People come here for that very reason. When you learn a lesson it usually comes from a hard earned experience. When you are tested again in the future, you will see if you truly learned that experience. When you pass that test. Then it's on to the next one. Tests can be small, medium and big.

      One of my asks was if there is karma ( goes around  comes around) let's see it. Well the next couple days it started. One bad thing after another for like 6 months. I said ok thats enough and then it let up. It took many months to get settled down and deal with my new reality. Painful but one thing for sure I know karma is for real. No more asking about that. People put themselves in a predicament for a reason. It's an opportunity for them to learn a lesson that they need for their soul development. They will attempt to figure that out. Their hard won efforts will give them confidence in how they perceive themselves in a self sufficient manner. That lesson is priceless. This is what you take with you when you return to the other side. Hard lessons here translate to great rewards there. You will also benefit here as well.

       Always look for the lesson, it's  there in everything. If the experience is negative look at it from a positive position. The harder you look you just might see something that you didn't expect. Be kind in word & deed always. No matter what. The more you do this the more relaxed you will become. This is giving love.

       I told this story before. A pastor sees his teenage daughter go out at night with her bad influential friends in a big city. He tries to pass his knowledge to her so as to keep her safe. He'd stay up til she got home around 3 am. He didn't like it one bit. For a couple years it wasn't working his lectures. So he asks why isn't it working? The answer comes in his head try giving love. He said I do by my words. He thought about it alot. Friday night comes, the daughter is in her way out the door it's  8 pm. The father says love you Karen. She responds in kind. At 3 am she's back. He gets out of his easy chair and says love you Karen and good night. One day he noticed she came in 2:30 am. He would always say the same thing to her. After months and months she was coming at midnight. Love you Karen. One day she said to her father I'm tired of my friends and I'm going to get new ones. Wow said the pastor to himself. Love works miracles. We can use this in our own lives to have the bigger piece of the pie. Our car squeaks, so we lube up the chassis. So if we're squeaking at home just use love instead.  It will all sort itself out. 

Merry Christmas 

Dec 11/2023 Am I My Brother's Keeper

       Read about article about a daughter  who was upset about her mother's unclear thinking.  Growing up the mother didn't take the kids to doctors too often. The kids did get their shots though. The daughter did have to take care of some health issue when she became an adult. If it was treated when she was younger she wouldn't have to contend with it today.  Now, the mother won't get her RSV shot eventhough she has asthma.  This upsets the daughter because of covid and lung virus that could kill the mother. The mother who has her covid shots then says when queried if she got the newest booster. She said she is not getting it. The daughter can't get her to reason. The mother is entrenched in conspiratorial platforms. The daughter can't make any headway with her. The advice she is given is you can still mention it to her but there is not much to be done unless she eventually is ruled to be her guardian.

       Very sad to see this happen to a loved one. Very painful.  In my family once, my mother said to my father I'm done with the doctors. My father tried to get her to change her mind. It didn't work. Four days later he says to her ok, ok then it's settled I too will no longer go to doctors as well. My mother thought about this for 61 seconds and said I will make an appointment to see the doctor.  Pop had the brain alright. Love in action. Another contentious problem solved. Good on you pop.

Dec 9/2023 Do What You Can

        I read this story about a young woman who had to go back to waiting tables in her late 30s. She was worried about if she could keep up to the grind. In 6 weeks she was comfortable in the job. She liked being of service to people. Trying to make them happy by giving good service. She liked the feeling she got seeing happy people enjoying their lives. She liked being around that environment. It fed her soul. A couple in their 50s came in  one day. They ordered  salad and bread. They said delay the main meal order. So she did. The main dinner was pasta and sauce.  It was a quick put together. Another server brought the plates over,  since she was busy. Well , that couple became enraged that the food was brought too early in their opinion. They caused a fuss. The manager had to come over and they demanded free future meal voucher. Manager said  not going to happen. So, the customer is not always right.

       So you do the best you can. Don't let the ingratitude affect  your demeanor. There are people out there who have no empathy and cannot see themselves. We have a choice to let their perceived upsettment get under our skin or not. Some people rerun the scenario through their brains trying to see what was wrong with them or their own actions. These people can rent space in your head. Your mental health is like a garden to you. You take care of it. Nurture it. So if a weed (unkind person) blows in and sets root, it is our job to quickly uproot it. Put it in the compost bin a place for waste for future garden nourishment. This experience has made for a healthier garden and a stronger you. By being kind in word and deed we show the world a better way.

Dec1/2023 A little Blessing with a Punch

      Back in the late 90s I was going into the cellar. There was a rough opening through a block wall. You had to step up into it. This day I did and hit my head hard on a big shut off valve without a handle.  The valve was wrapped in cloth for protection. Didn't work. Hurt like the blazes. Got a hematoma from it on top of my head. The blood blister rose 1/4 inch. The hair hid it though. I knew the valve was there right in the middle of the walkway. I just forgot. So I had a reminder from that day every time I touched it. A big pimple.

      Two months ago I'm going down the staircase in my second home. The wall partition that is overhead is low clearance but not by much. Usually I don't hit it with my head. This time I hit but good. Bunch of profanity. It hurt like the blazes. I hit it right on top of the hematoma. No blood though. Couple days later I feel it with my finger and it seems lower. Now 2 months later it is definitely flatter. So it was a small blessing orchestrated by divine spirit. One hit caused it the other fixed it. 25 years later. The blessing was painful but worth it. Well you heard it said better to light a candle than curse the darkness. In my case it was ok to curse the darkness. Plastic surgery by divine spirit. Thank-you!

Nov /27/2023 Something Weird

  So I was at this woman's  house. She dropped a bowl of sugar on the floor and it broke. She said that wasc3rd time in 6 mos that she had some sort of sugar mishap. She said it must mean something. I thought to myself thats easy, lay off sugary foods. It's called a waking dream. It's  like an arrow pointing out a problem.

      Another female I knew got very, very upset when she came home and found her small dog dead by the garage. She had a large property that she had invisible fence installed so her 8 dogs could run around. It worked great. She wanted to know what stray dog did this horrible thing. I said ask divine spirit or God for the answer. I saw her a month later. So what did you see about this killer dog. She said it was ambigous. One day I saw an all black dog another day was all white. I said it was a black and white dog. Then I knew who the culprit was. I didn't  tell the woman. It was one of her own dogs. A black and white lab. So she asked God for the answer and he delivered it that way.  It's  our job to figure it out.

      Now it's my turn. Thanksgiving eating a store bought turkey. First I ate the whole turkey leg, which was good then I took half a breast. I'm chewing it and something feels off. I thought I broke another tooth. Nope it's looks like a silver metal 3 penny finishing nail without the head of the nail. What the.....It's about 3/4 inches long. A nail. What's it mean? I don't  know. But I will keep trying to figure it out. It does have a meaning. So when something weird happens pay attention there is a meaning there.

Nov 23/2023 Today is Thanksgiving

       It is a day to be grateful for the things we have learned during the course of the year. And the more we learn the better we become in all situations. Each and every year hopefully makes us stronger in all ways. We know we are succeeding when we look back and see if we are in a more happy state. Because when problems arise we know how to deal with them. If we get stuck in a situation we have divine spirit to lend a helping hand. We try to put in our lives the people and events that will make us feel good. So many things can be resolved with saying a kind word or doing a kind deed. By doing this we 'paint ' a brighter future for ourselves. So as we reflect there is indeed much to be thankful for. We do what we can for ourselves and our loved ones.