ONLY God creates!

 I heard something profound while watching Cesar Millan, “The Dog Whisperer”. He said to one of his clients that his Grandfather told him to never go against Mother Nature”. He went on to explain to the client what that meant to him. He understood it as God created dogs to be dogs, and humans try to humanize them. So in order to understand dogs, we have to understand their nature. 

The first thing that came to my mind is the World goes against God’s nature ALL the time. In nature, you can’t plant an apple tree and then decide you want oranges to grow from it! It doesn’t work that way! 

God created me to be of brown skin and woolly hair, just like Jesus; however , the world (which is Satan’s domain) doesn’t understand or know God’s Word enough to know He created humans in all shapes, sizes and color! So instead of realizing God created me or you (if you are reading this) to be brown, white, tan, reddish (which is Indian color) or in between. God knows who we are and how he created us, it is the world who defies anything God created and daily oppresses His creations; striving to oppress, and destroy it by their inability to realize the more they think they are ending a life, God plants millions more elsewhere. He is the God of the Universe, not just the God  of America! God is the ONLY one who creates! Satan can’t create, he only destroys! 

Genesis 1:27 AMPC 

27 So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Life can be a struggle and there are things in life that seem insurmountable; and years of struggle take a toll on you! If it wasn’t for God and His Word that daily reminds me of His power and how I can Trust him to fight my battles and be victorious; it would not be worth standing tall and knowing the battle is not mine; but the Lord’s! 

John 16:21-33AMPC 

21 A woman, when she gives birth to a child, has grief (anguish, agony) because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she no longer remembers her pain (trouble, anguish) because she is so glad that a man (a child, a human being) has been born into the world.

22 So for the present you are also in sorrow (in distress and depressed); but I will see you again and [then] your hearts will rejoice, and no one can take from you your joy (gladness, delight).

23 And when that time comes, you will ask nothing of Me [you will need to ask Me no questions]. I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that My Father will grant you whatever you ask in My Name [as presenting all that I Am].

24 Up to this time you have not asked a [single] thing in My Name [as presenting all that I Am]; but now ask and keep on asking and you will receive, so that your joy (gladness, delight) may be full and complete.

To be honest it does seem like birth pains living in a world full of hate, oppression, color barriers, shame, and guilt, or as Cesar Millan describes, “Going against Mother Nature” - ones natural being! 

However, we are to count it all joy!

James 1:2-4 NKJV 

2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

You will look back and see how your trials brought you out better than you were before, and the legacy you left for those to also reap God’s goodness in many generations to come! 

What legacy would you want to leave for others who will come after you? 

Never give up or give in! 

"downs and UPS”!

We can’t continue to live as the unsaved! Wandering around in ditches, holes, and condemned houses- Literally! God lives in us, for those who are saved, and since our body is His dwelling place, we can no longer be slaves to sin. In other words, our sinful nature is still not yet free from suffering and pain that keeps us in bondage, even in our thoughts, words, and deeds - if we do revert back. 

Ephesians 4:17 AMPC  

So this I say and solemnly testify in [the name of] the Lord [as in His presence], that you must no longer live as the heathen (the Gentiles) do in their perverseness [in the folly, vanity, and emptiness of their souls and the futility] of their minds.

He took on His own body what we all accept in today's society, as a way of life! Think about, He took everything we suffer today, and gives us all the good He has, and we want the former more than that latter. Many of us do want it, but our words do not coincide with our actions. So be firm in your convictions and follow through with them, no matter what you have to give up to obtain good! It could be a wayward friend, eating fast food everyday, or even not getting enough rest.

I Peter2:24 AMPC 

“He personally bore our sins in His [own] body on the tree [as on an altar and offered Himself on it], that we might die (cease to exist) to sin and live to righteousness. By His wounds you have been healed.”

None of us are born righteous, but to be born again (Baptized) we are given a free gift many of us have not yet fully received. We throw it in a dumpster and pretty much our lifestyle is in that dumpster too. This should NOT be when God wants to do so much good in you and in your lives! All He wants you to do in Trust and Believe in Him! 

Romans 3:9-11

“Well then, are we [Jews] superior and better off than they? No, not at all. We have already charged that all men, both Jews and Greeks (Gentiles), are under sin [held down by and subject to its power and control].

10 As it is written, None is righteous, just and truthful and upright and conscientious, no, not one.

11 No one understands [no one intelligently discerns or comprehends]; no one seeks out God.”

I believe there are many who have committed themselves to God and do live a righteous life; but more have become aloof and complacent in their quiet time with Him, which does not keep their minds and hearts at rest. Over time, they become agitated, fearful, doubtful and many other negative emotions that can overtake them. It's imperative to daily be in God's Word; as well as communicating with Him in prayer. 

"To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing"

 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Hosea 4:1-11 AMPC 

Hear the word of the Lord, you children of Israel, for the Lord has a controversy (a pleading contention) with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no faithfulness, love, pity and mercy, or knowledge of God [from personal experience with Him] in the land.

2 There is nothing but [false] swearing and breaking faith and killing and stealing and committing adultery; they break out [into violence], one [deed of] bloodshed following close on another.

3 Therefore shall the land [continually] mourn, and all who dwell in it shall languish, together with the wild beasts of the open country and the birds of the heavens; yes, the fishes of the sea also shall [perish because of the drought] be collected and taken away.

4 Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove [another—do not waste your time in mutual recriminations], for with you is My contention, O priest.

5 And you shall stumble in the daytime, and the [false] prophet also shall stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother [the priestly nation].

6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you [the priestly nation] have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you that you shall be no priest to Me; seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

7 The more they increased and multiplied [in prosperity and power], the more they sinned against Me; I will change their glory into shame.

8 They feed on the sin of My people and set their heart on their iniquity.

9 And it shall be: Like people, like priest; I will punish them for their ways and repay them for their doings.

10 For they shall eat and not have enough; they shall play the harlot and beget no increase, because they have forsaken the Lord for harlotry;

11 Harlotry and wine and new wine take away the heart and the mind and the spiritual understanding.

How determined are you to obey and serve God?

It does a heart Merry!

Search me “Thoroughly “

 Psalms 139:23-24 AMPC 

“Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”

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How many of us are truly sincere about a heart change? Do we “really” want God to search us “thoroughly” and know our heart? I, personally do want to know; but I’m here to tell you, you won’t like it. We don’t see ourselves as arrogant, prideful, rude, angry, controlling, anxious, fearful, easily offended, unforgiving, quarrelsome, prejudice, or jealous. There’s more, but I’ll stop for now! These are just a few characteristics many of us have developed over the years from lack of a relationship with God. There is nothing else or no excuse that will uphold it! We look to our left and right (as the Bible puts it) instead of God for  the answer to our problems. I always say, we look horizontally instead of vertically- which is we look to people (whom God created) for answers, and we are all broken and some are shattered who are not wise enough to put all the pieces back together for themselves - how are they going to help you?

Look at us in this pandemic, we are all wandering in the wilderness (no path or direction) of what to do, how to proceed, and what will stop it! There is one answer, EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW and EVERY TONGUE CONFESS THAT JESUS IS LORD and repent and turn away from our wicked ways, and God will heal the land! 

SILENCE - does no one Justice!

I posted this September 25, 2016 on social media. I have added some things; but it still holds weight and value! God put this on my heart to repost, and almost 4 years later many are seeing what Dr. King meant in the 60’s! I am speaking of those who call themselves Christians and Pastors who are silent and have been for centuries! Jesus says in John 15:17-18 AMPC:


17 This is what I command you: that you love one another.
18 If the world hates you, know that it hated Me before it hated you.

Jesus also said:

John 15:10-16 AMPC

If you keep My commandments [if you continue to obey My instructions], you will abide in My love and live on in it, just as I have obeyed My Father's commandments and live on in His love.

I have told you these things, that My joy and delight may be in you, and that your joy and gladness may be of full measure and complete and overflowing.

This is My commandment: that you love one another [just] as I have loved you.

No one has greater love [no one has shown stronger affection] than to lay down (give up) his own life for his friends.

You are My friends if you keep on doing the things which I command you to do.

I do not call you servants (slaves) any longer, for the servant does not know what his master is doing (working out). But I have called you My friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from My Father. [I have revealed to you everything that I have learned from Him.] 

You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed you [I have planted you], that you might go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit may be lasting [that it may remain, abide], so that whatever you ask the Father in My Name [as presenting all that I AM], He may give it to you.

The Bible says we will know them by the fruit they produce. You do not have to have a large bank account to reach out to people, open your doors, get out in the community and serve, all you have to have is a "will to want to" and God will do the rest! As in Revelation 2 verses 1-7. The most powerful verse to me is 4, it reads, "But I have this [one charge to make] against you: that you have left (abandoned) the love that you had at first [you have deserted Me, your first love].

This is 1-7 of the assembly church in Ephesus:

1 TO THE angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him Who holds the seven stars [which are the messengers of the seven churches] in His right hand, Who goes about among the seven golden lampstands [which are the seven churches]:

2 I know your industry and activities, laborious toil and trouble, and your patient endurance, and how you cannot tolerate wicked [men] and have tested and critically appraised those who call [themselves] apostles (special messengers of Christ) and yet are not, and have found them to be impostors and liars.

3 I know you are enduring patiently and are bearing up for My name's sake, and you have not fainted or become exhausted or grown weary.

4 But I have this [one charge to make] against you: that you have left (abandoned) the love that you had at first [you have deserted Me, your first love].

5 Remember then from what heights you have fallen. Repent (change the inner man to meet God's will) and do the works you did previously [when first you knew the Lord], or else I will visit you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you change your mind and repent.

6 Yet you have this [in your favor and to your credit]: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans [what they are doing as corrupters of the people], which I Myself also detest.

7 He who is able to hear, let him listen to and give heed to what the Spirit says to the assemblies (churches). To him who overcomes (is victorious), I will grant to eat [of the fruit] of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God. [Gen. 2:9; 3:24.]

This all I have to say:

Will you protect me when I am being beat down, will you defend me when I know I am lied on, will the justice system give me a fair trial even when the facts prove my innocence? Walk a mile in the shoes of the oppressed before you make a dishonest judgment! Scripture says, "It is never glad about injustice, but rejoices whenever truth wins out"! (I Corinthians 13:6 TLB)

Forgive and Forget?

Constantly telling someone what they are not does not boost their morale, it lowers their self-esteem. That saying, “sticks and stones may break my bones; but names will never hurt me” - names do hurt and can go deep in our hearts that linger too long in most of us until we get to know Jesus! 

Sticks and stones do break your bones and can even kill you, but so do words - they don’t physically kill you; but they kill you emotionally and spiritually!

When we are a born again Christians, we die to self and are resurrected in Christ as a new creature that puts our broken spirit back together little by little, which translates from Glory to Glory! 

Wonders happen through small steps; not leaps and bounds!  (Words of Wisdom from The Holy Spirit)

Now I’m going to advise those who are reading this and are parents, assess your childhood and how your parents made you feel (Good or bad) and truly listen to your words when you correct your child and become angry with them! What was instilled in you comes out and it is a viscous cycle of more broken spirits and a low self esteem generation!

Now I am going to ask you to do what Jesus commands us to do and that is forgive those who hurt you and pray for those who curse you so that He can forgive you of your sins and you can live with a heart that is full of righteous doing, saying and living! Whereas, if you do not forgive, you are tied emotionally to that person from the hurt and pain. That’s why Jesus tells us to forgive so you have freedom from it and and you can show love instead of anger and resentment to others! 

Matthew 6:14-15 AMPC 

14 For if you forgive people their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins, leaving them, letting them go, and giving up resentment], your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

15 But if you do not forgive others their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins, leaving them, letting them go, and giving up resentment], neither will your Father forgive you your trespasses.

Forgiveness is healing and makes for a glad heart and a healthy being! 

The Circle of Life?

Our Wisdom comes from reading the Bible
Job is a good place to begin!

I haven’t been on in a while, my brothers and sisters in Christ! I pray all is well with everyone. Many of us are laying to rest our loved ones, many of us are fighting an illness, many of us are rejoicing a new life; whereas many of us are seeking a new life from the loss of a job and diligently seeking a new one! 

Is it really the circle of life or God’s way of letting us know that in this life we will have trials and tribulations, joy and sadness, success and failure. As it says in Ecclesiastes 3:1, “To everything there is a season, and a time for every matter or purpose under heaven”. 

We do toil, labor and seek only to satisfy our own hunger to no avail! As King Solomon, the wisest man ever to live (whom God said there will be no other created as wise as him) says: 

Ecclesiastes 4:4-8 AMPC 

4 Then I saw that all painful effort in labor and all skill in work comes from man’s rivalry with his neighbor. This is also vanity, a vain striving after the wind and a feeding on it.

5 The fool folds his hands together and eats his own flesh [destroying himself by indolence].

6 Better is a handful with quietness than both hands full with painful effort, a vain striving after the wind and a feeding on it.

7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun [in one of its peculiar forms].

8 Here is one alone—no one with him; he neither has child nor brother. Yet there is no end to all his labor, neither is his eye satisfied with riches, neither does he ask, For whom do I labor and deprive myself of good? This is also vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility); yes, it is a painful effort and an unhappy business.

You see, we seek things, money, and riches (meaning gold, silver, and diamonds) at the expense of killing animals and precious lives, including those who seek after theses things lives are lost as well. Because those who seek these things live well here on earth; but will they enter into Heaven where sin cannot reside?

Again, we are to work and receive money for our labor, but not at the expense of oppressing others and becoming arrogant and conceited in our riches and not share the wealth by helping those in need- without hesitation and contempt! 

Luke 6:24 AMPC 

24 But woe to (alas for) you who are rich (abounding in material resources), for you already are receiving your consolation (the solace and sense of strengthening and cheer that come from prosperity) and have taken and enjoyed your comfort in full [having nothing left to be awarded you].

I don’t understand why so many do not seek God, He is fun, loving, gentle, and compassionate! You have more to lose when you don’t seek God - the most important and set destination we ALL want to see, but sadly, many won’t, and that is Heaven! It’s a place of beauty where the sun shines everyday, it is peaceful and full of luscious greenery. It is also where no sickness, lack, anger, hate, or evil resides. And this is the best part; it is eternal! 

So our wealth is NOT in our money, our wealth is in our WISDOM that only comes from seeking a relationship with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! 

Proverbs 8:11-23 AMPC 

11 For skillful and godly Wisdom is better than rubies or pearls, and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

12 I, Wisdom [from God], make prudence my dwelling, and I find out knowledge and discretion.

13 The reverent fear and worshipful awe of the Lord [includes] the hatred of evil; pride, arrogance, the evil way, and perverted and twisted speech I hate.

14 I have counsel and sound knowledge, I have understanding, I have might and power.

15 By me kings reign and rulers decree justice.

16 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges and governors of the earth.

17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me early and diligently shall find me.

18 Riches and honor are with me, enduring wealth and righteousness (uprightness in every area and relation, and right standing with God).

19 My fruit is better than gold, yes, than refined gold, and my increase than choice silver.

20 I [Wisdom] walk in the way of righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation), in the midst of the paths of justice,

21 That I may cause those who love me to inherit [true] riches and that I may fill their treasuries.

22 The Lord formed and brought me [Wisdom] forth at the beginning of His way, before His acts of old.

23 I [Wisdom] was inaugurated and ordained from everlasting, from the beginning, before ever the earth existed.

Justice should not be Sacrificial - But it isn't!

Peaceful Protest for Justice - Indianapolis, IN 

There are so many post, outrages stories, and acts of hate, being published about racial inequalities it's debilitating. Some of it is necessary, but most of it is meant to ignite more separation and division to prove a point or just to cause a pushback. We can post things until we are blue in the face from anger on one side of the fence and green on the other! There is only one way and ONE being who can put an end to it all - BUT that’s where the true test will come!

Which of you are so righteous and just that you will pass over into to Heaven without first facing “Judgement”? Forgiving, Loving your neighbor as yourself, feeding the hungry, and striving to be Christ-like?

Which of you feel your unrighteous deeds have gone unnoticed, feel you are in the clear, God is pleased with you, and will forgive your iniquities - yes that is being hateful, murder, anger, idle talk (gossip) - basically being in opposition to God - following Satans ways?

Deception and manipulation does not come from God, it is from the adversary, Satan. Whereas, many are deceived and manipulated into believing it's God's will and purpose to oppress, hate, and mistreat others. It is not His will nor is it His intention that any should perish, but many will; especially those who are prideful, arrogant and believe their riches, color or race , and material gain matter to God! I pray many will turn away from their wicked ways, because this is what God says:

Jeremiah 9:22-24 AMPC

22 Speak, Thus says the Lord: The dead bodies of men shall fall like dung on the open field and like sheaves [of grain] behind the reaper, and none shall gather them.
23 Thus says the Lord: Let not the wise and skillful person glory and boast in his wisdom and skill; let not the mighty and powerful person glory and boast in his strength and power; let not the person who is rich [in physical gratification and earthly wealth] glory and boast in his [temporal satisfactions and earthly] riches;
24 But let him who glories glory in this: that he understands and knows Me [personally and practically, directly discerning and recognizing My character], that I am the Lord, Who practices loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth, for in these things I delight, says the Lord.

Satan is very smart; But his intelligence cannot compare to God’s Wisdom and Knowledge, yet many, not all, will never know the depth of God’s wisdom and Love for ALL people due to, again, the deception and focus on worldly things more than Spiritual and righteous things. It begins with reading the Bible that changes a lost and wandering soul. By reading the Bible, you will notice a change in you that will give you a heart of flesh instead of a heart of stone - and establish a relationship with God!

Ezekiel 36:22-32 AMPC

22 Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: I do not do this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for My holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations to which you went.
23 And I will vindicate the holiness of My great name and separate it for its holy purpose from all that defiles it—My name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them—and the nations will know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service], when I shall be set apart by you and My holiness vindicated in you before their eyes and yours.
24 For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all countries and bring you into your own land.
25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleanness; and from all your idols will I cleanse you.
26 A new heart will I give you and a new spirit will I put within you, and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
27 And I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you shall heed My ordinances and do them.
28 And you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and you shall be My people, and I will be your God.
29 I will also save you from all your uncleannesses, and I will call forth the grain and make it abundant and lay no famine on you.
30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field, that you may no more suffer the reproach and disgrace of famine among the nations.
31 Then you shall [earnestly] remember your own evil ways and your doings that were not good, and shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominable deeds.
32 Not for your sake do I do this, says the Lord God; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your [own] wicked ways, O house of Israel!

You see it’s not just being kind that changes anyone or anything it starts with a heart change that can ONLY be done through scripture!

Now my question is, “How many of you read and study God’s Word day and night?  This is where the change begins and this is how it will end inequality, racial dissension, and oppression of the poor and disabled! There is still hope and it's never too late to begin now!

Psalm 1

1 Blessed (happy, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather.
2 But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night.
3 And he shall be like a tree firmly planted [and tended] by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not fade or wither; and everything he does shall prosper [and come to maturity].
4 Not so the wicked [those disobedient and living without God are not so]. But they are like the chaff [worthless, dead, without substance] which the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the wicked [those disobedient and living without God] shall not stand [justified] in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous [those who are upright and in right standing with God].
6 For the Lord knows and is fully acquainted with the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly [those living outside God’s will] shall perish (end in ruin and come to nought).

God's Love is never glad about injustice, but rejoices whenever truth wins out! (I Corinthians 13:6 TLB)