The Journey

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2 nkjv   I have always felt like a square peg in a round hole. In school I was too book-smart to be any good for anything else. In sports I didn't have the self confidence to succeed. In life I am too blunt, and I tend to offend people. Whatever the reason, I just don't fit. I used to seek my place in this world. It finally hit me (the renewing of my mind). After too many years of seeking, I now know why I fit into nature more than anything else. I am not a square peg in a round hole. I am a round peg in a square world.  Life is round. It's cylindrical, cyclical, it never ends. Nature is round; a round planet in a solar system that is revolutionary. Plants sprout, grow, produce, die, and then the seed carries on. To really get anywhere in the world you need something round....wheels come to m...

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. Proverbs 9:10 kjv I saw this verse posted along the road today, and, though I have read it many times and lately it's been speaking to me, it suddenly hit me what the key word is within this passage. People miss this simple concept, thinking fearing God is the whole shebang. The secret to understanding this verse is the word "beginning". Fearing God is only the beginning. It's the wake-up call we all receive. It's the basis of taking the journey to freedom. Fear can be crippling or it can be motivating, depending how we see it. To understand how it can be the beginning of anything great we have to understand what "fear" means.  This simple transitive verb means "in great reverence or awe", at least at the time of the writing. Modern terms have moved it to mean worry, dread, stress and other silly, crippling notions, but when this verse was t...

Evil takes two people to come to be. One to entertain the evil mind, and one to allow it to come to pass. Everyone has evil possibilities. In fact to God, everyone has evil in them, meaning everyone is capable of evil. To God, lying is evil, smoking is evil, cheating is evil, goading another to anger is evil. Quite honestly, everyone has committed at least one evil, and in every instance, someone else allowed it to happen. The evil of two. Evil cannot work alone and be successful. God has the power and might to be able to overcome ALL things on His own. Gee, I wonder which is more powerful.....Yes, that was rhetorical. I am snarky like that sometimes. This all powerful being, God, gave us freewill to choose the direction our journeys  should take. Why would God, who is all powerful and could simply will us into submission, allow us to choose? God is Love. Love encompasses all things. Love overcomes all things, and in Love is freedom. God doesn't want people, His masterpiece, ...

Today is my birthday. Yayyyyy!! I am really 45, but if anyone asks I say I am 29 and staying 29 until I get it right. I was told once that the best 20 years of a woman's life are between the ages of 29 and 30, and I fully intend to see if "they" are correct...so far it's been great! I love birthdays. Actually I love any reason to celebrate...even just celebrating Tuesdays. The only thing about my own birthday I don't enjoy is the fact that it makes me wonder, "Who am I?" In Psalm 115 we read about the idols men worship: Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands. 5  They have mouths, but they do not speak; Eyes they have, but they do not see; 6  They have ears, but they do not hear; Noses they have, but they do not smell; 7  They have hands, but they do not handle; Feet they have, but they do not walk; Nor do they mutter through their throat. 8  Those who make them are like them; So is everyone who trusts in them. Back then the ido...

One day many years ago, I was told I was God's Warrior Child. I had no idea at the time what that meant. I started praying and wondering, and then finally I started studying what it meant to be a warrior. According to Webster's Dictionary, a warrior is simply a person who fights battles and has unique skills. Further studying brought me to Einstein's definition of a warrior; someone who is genuine in everything they say and do. I believe a warrior is simply an individual; someone who thinks for themselves, brings reason to every situation and uses this reason to decide when to fight. A warrior is not destined to use the same logic to solve a problem as they used to create the problem. Life in America has become unstable. When I feel insecure in things I take to the books and study, hoping to learn why I am feeling so insecure. Albert Einstein is the closest person to a human hero I have. He believed that science and God should work together. He said something along the li...

1 Corinthians 12:20-25 (NKJV) But now indeed there are many members, yet one body.  Life is a journey. The destination is always the same, but the journey each takes is unique. I don't believe we are bodies with spirits or souls. I believe we are eternal souls with temporary bodies. What we choose to do on our journey through this life can be amazing! Or it can be horrible....the choice is ours to make. I was watching a garden video today by Navajopa on youtube. I love watching this man's videos; he's so down-to-earth and just says it how it is. He made a comment that tomato plants, when grown in flats or close to each other will grow and intertwine, and the weight of the individual plants will be supported by each other. They won't fall over, even though they are technically vines. Separate the plants and they will grow spindly and fall over with the weight of fruits. He mentioned how people can be like this. We were created to be together in groups. We're p...

Jeremiah 17:10 nkjv I, the Lord , search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.   Watch a stone as it hits the water. It makes ripples. Now toss two stones in at once, and then watch as the ripples cross and then merge together, making larger ripples covering more surface. The same can be true of our thinking. To change the world we have to change one life -- ours. We have to line our thinking up with God's thinking. We have to line our lives up with God's way for our lives. The beginning of this, the only way to do this is by learning from God. When we're young we're taught by our parents and extended family first. We're flawed when we're very young, by this alone. I am not faulting parents and families. I am a parent and have an AMAZING family, myself. But I am flawed, therefore I taught flawed premises to my own children, which they must learn to overcome one day.  Then as we get...