Month: April 2024

How can I give Him glory? The Creator of the Universe. Is there anything I can do? He created me with a plan and purpose. He allows me to function to walk and talk. Testify about His miracles. These are old tents according to the Epistles of the Apostle Paul. We get one life to live. How do I tell others about Him? A stroke at age 45 then a year latter my stroke side which is the left side, I finally had feelings. Numbness and tingling was not normal for stroke recover after one year. CADASIL ranges from high to low functioning. Technically it was going to be a matter of time leaving the work force. Filed for disability in 2022 waited with the help of American Disability Advocates. Waited on God to have mercy on my family and the circumstance. In April 2024 the acceptance was approved. Ideally most people get to work till they are in their 60’s. God created me with a rare brain disease. What caused the stroke poor blood vessels to the brain which collapse and cause stroke like symptoms. Maintaining speech and mobility are miracle. The Great I AM is still doing miracles.

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Today is not promised. The lungs that work so I can breath comfortably on my own. Not too long ago we had a pandemic COVID-19. To be able to breath without going to the hospital to get help. So many people suffered or died. Life is a gift from God. He gives us life today. Tomorrow is not promised.

People were fearful of getting sick so there were those who didn’t want to work out of fear that coworkers were not complying with the rules of 6 feet distance in the public or the requirement of wearing a mask while on the job. Some jobs were staying at home with a laptop to do what were required. Tasks to work from home and keeping your phone line available at a moments notice. It was just a couple years ago.

A life with social distancing or not having income because jobs became less. The requirements to stay employed changed. Fast food and dining in became more take outs. Ordering food online versus eating at an establishment became normal.

Church attendance has changed with the new norm. Walk by faith not by sight. Practice what you preach. Preference and practicing humility became a practice. Giving preference to others by respecting their distance as some maintained their masks once the mandates ceased in some establishments.

These were the questions before I gave my life to Jesus. Going to church when I was in the military was because my friend invited me was because she was my friend. Going was a social reason and friendship. My parents had different views. My father married my mother but chose not to be married in a church. Both parents were raised Catholics yet didn’t speak about their reasoning for attending. My father was like Darth Vader talking about the dark side. Red rose, demonic occult nonsense and ghosts. One of my younger sisters actually played with a demonic board which was promoted as a game to kids. My younger sister asked “it” if I was going to get back with my boyfriend in the military. When she told me the announcement of “yes”. I decide that if the devil was interested I was not going back if it became true or not.

At the time, as I was teaching the junior higher Sunday School, the lesson was in the bible book of 1 Samuel chapter 28. The lesson was how King Saul consulted the medium to summon the dead prophet Nathaniel versus God directly.

Scripture reads:

⁸ So Saul disguised himself by wearing ordinary clothing instead of his royal robes. Then he went to the woman’s home at night, accompanied by two of his men.

“I have to talk to a man who has died,” he said. “Will you call up his spirit for me?”

⁹ “Are you trying to get me killed?” the woman demanded. “You know that Saul has outlawed all the mediums and all who consult the spirits of the dead. Why are you setting a trap for me?”

¹⁰ But Saul took an oath in the name of the Lord and promised, “As surely as the Lord lives, nothing bad will happen to you for doing this.”

This was about King Saul consulting a was an act of disobedience to God. The devil is real, heaven and hell are real. Mediums consult spirit world which is the demons from Hell.

It’s not religion. It’s relationship. That’s why the Son of God sent Jesus to die on the cross His son builds the gap between God and humanity. Salvation is for all humanity. God created people. Not evolution, we didn’t evolve from other animals. The bible book of Genesis is real. Are you saved? Saved from what you may ask? Saved from eternal death? Do you have eternal life? Are you going to heaven after your life on earth is terminated? Choose eternal life. Just believe that Jesus dies on the cross for your sins. Yes we are all sinners. We are human and we are not perfect. We make mistakes, lie, cheat, addictions, alcoholism, drugs, murder, abortions, etc..

Choose life I did. Don’t give in to the dark side, Star Wars is one of my favorite science fiction movies. Luke became a Jedi Warrior. I chose to become a Prayer Warrior interceding for others to keep walking by faith.

Relationship not religion.