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"If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher.  As a nation of free men, we must live through all time, or die by suicide."  Abraham Lincoln

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Are you ready to face your lot?  

In 9 days we will go to the polls and cast our votes in the mid-term elections. 

So, what's on YOUR ballot?  How will YOU vote?  Will y

Psalm 23

Thank You, Good Shepherd

We could never be enough for One such as You

never

never

But You must have known something our frail souls could never understand, could never know

And You gave

There is nothing else I can add here.

This says it all.

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Jesus of Nazareth,  find us worthy of You.

Help us to know the seriousness of Your words.

These words will either wreck us or resurrect us.

Clear the fog from our eyes,  and the chattering clutter from our hearts.

Know me.

Know us.

I wonder so very often, as I gaze into uncertain eyes, what those eyes know -  from what they have seen.

And if those eyes are aching for a place called home.

I wonder about it, but honestly, I don't really want to fully know, because it can become for me, a weight far too heavy for my heart and frame to bear; 

I know me well enough to be quite certai

What is a miracle?

I have often thought on miracles, but honestly have never come to settle the matter within my soul.

Miracle (Mirari in Latin) - to wonder

Is a miracle a violation of the laws of nature?  If so, then why did Jesus of Nazareth tell His chosen disciples that they could do the works that He did, and even greater works than He did, if t

Cold-hearted and hardened Secularism

Those are such sad words. Wouldn't you agree?  But they are true.  Can you feel the icy chill in your nation and around the world.  Hearts growing colder by th

40 Days of Prayer and Fasting has returned for 2026, and oh wow, do we ever need this time to do just that!

I don't know about you, but there has been a constant tugging at my soul these past months,  forcing me to seek wisdom with understanding concerning the events blowing up all around us, in full view of the entire world ... includi

In Your silence, oh LORD of all of creation, You have spoken volumes into the ashes of our hearts and souls.

Speak to us again, in this time of warring and slaughter of all you have made Holy.

Breathe HOPE back into the souls of all that have the breath of Life.

Open the portals of heaven 

and pour out Your song

once more.

We need You, YHWH Elohim 

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If you have followed some of my posts, you reckon by now that I speak in written words that flow from the deep concerns of my soul.  Every word is fraught with internal visuals of the state of humankind, and all of creation.  I do not flip out over anyone's perspective of the choices I make to get my thoughts across.  Because I choose to follow Jesus of Nazareth/Yeshua the Messiah, I find freedom in posting certain songs or videos that assist me in the endeavor to awaken, bring to light, illumi

 Sukkot-Feast of Tabernacles

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Sundown Oct 6 - Sundown Oct 13

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Last Day of Sukkot:

Prayer for RAIN!

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Yom Kippur

(Day of Atonement)

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Sunset October 1

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Sunset October 2

 What is Yom Kippur?

 Celebrating Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur Fulfilled: 

Blow a trumpet in Zion;
    sound an alarm on my holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,
    for the day of the Lord is coming; it is near. (Joel 2:1)

Teshuvah means "return" or "repent". Yom Teruah (Day of the Trumpet Blast) begins the 10 days of repentance (some say the 10 days of Awe) leading up to the holiest day of the year for Jews all over the worl

Our Father - our Abba, You dwell in heavenly places our minds cannot begin to fathom.  

The throne from which You reign, is encircled by beings so unlike us, in manner, magnitude and countenance. They know, of You, what we can only imagine - holiness, perfection and lacking in absolutely nothing. 

 We long for Your Kingdom and Your desire to embrace our tiny planet, just as it does  Your heavenly dwelling.

You have provided our nourishment, day by day,

The Voice was strong and persistent; like a small flame in the darkest night, it flickered with hope and truth. 

It never gave up, no matter how hard the other voices attempted to stifle it,  and shut it down.  It knew what it was created to do, and so it moved with the Light, steadily navigating its way through the dark powers that tore into its flesh.

The Voice was courageous and fearless.  Although it had counted the cost of  the words it spoke - it spok

I was 14 years old when my siblings and I were, once again, separated from each other,  and placed into foster care (no fault of our own).  Fortunately, it would be the last orphan train stop for all of us, with the youngest having a lengthier stay.  During that time I was participating in a missions education group in my church,  known as  Acteens. Acteens challenged young girls ages 12 to 17 to reach beyond our personal small world, and step into the l

LORD, I meet you in my dwelling place, here in the silence of my heart. 

Torn away from this broken world's charade, I just desire to sit alone in the glorious light of Your great love, if but for a moment.

Is that ok?

Day folds into night, and night into day, yet nothing seems to change.  A love starved world stares out into an empty space, crying out for help and hope, met only by eyes grown dark with hate and vengeance.

Oh, we need You so very desperately.

Hi everyone!  It is time once again to gather as ONE community all over the world,  seeking our Mighty God, YHWH Elohim, in prayer and fasting on behalf of our nations.  

Unless you have severed your ties to breath, you realize the dark condition our nations remain in, gasping for air and hyperventilating, our heads barely above water - drowning.  It feels like a lifeless existe

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Could you forgive like Pastor Tan-Chi and his beautiful daughter Joy did?

Could I?

It is so easy, and sometimes self-righteous, to answer yes to this very serious question - when deep inside of our souls we harbor bitter unforgiveness.  

The fruit of unforgiveness sits slowly rotting and decaying at the root of our intentions.  

It

Please join us in prayer for the family of Jim Garlow as they both grieve and rejoice over the absence, in flesh, of their beloved Janie Garlow McGarity.  I did not know Janie, personally, nor have I met the Garlows, but what I do know is this; if Janie was any reflection of her dad, and what I have heard of her mother - whom Janie has now reunited with -  then she was a beautiful soul.  Her battle with cancer may have ended her existence in this tempora