Some of the things which puzzle me...

The seen world is all change

So why are we so wary of change?

Why is it that we cling to the seen world so strongly when Jesus says their is no future in the flesh? It is only the spirit which gives life. Even the mind of the flesh will die, even as the spirit continues. Is that right? We can only conclude that God, as the fountainhead of all existence, caused the universe to come into being by the design of His choosing. Enter those whom He spoke into existence who were given awareness of all things including good, and in particular, evil. These things we introduced into the entire mix, much of which quite a few blame God. This, despite our many transgressions that violated the sense of justice God placed in our hearts. It is better to depart this world and be with Jesus in the spirit says Paul.  Later....maybe I should not be thinking of these things. This might be where faith enters into the picture?  

My thoughts fashion my spirit....

Now we see thru a glass darkly
but soon face to face.

I speak of my thoughts rather than of my mind because I link my mind to the service of my flesh. But if I focus my thoughts on making sure I am in harmony with God's Spirit then I believe my spirit will be saved into existence for eternity. In that day I will have overcome all doubt and fear. This is important before the die has been cast and events roll otherwise.

All politics is gossip since it depends on hearsay

Instead of people said being of weak minds I would favor the  term ineffective reactionary talk, rather than weak minds. There is a place for personality but I prefer somewhat lightly on politics as an end game. Incidentally we seem to find everyone and their brother credited with the same universal quote. Origin, it seems, has very little to do with "people said."  

Anatomy of an epiphany...

A man with an experience

Arose from the dead

Is not at the mercy of 
Someone with a theory*

*John Bytheway

Who am I? A nobody! But if Moses, with his reputation, said God told him, Moses, something I should think anyone would listen. But then too if Moses said God Himself told him something, I would think anyone should take it on good authority. 

Stepping beyond that, if God says in the Bible, how He wants to be known forever throughout all generations, I have to believe anyone should take it to some note.....  unless of course... if they believe the Bible amounts to unbelievable myth, with believable meanings, or else they just do not want to believe it, if they do or did.

Reminds me of a Luke 16:31 parable where Abraham was told if someone went to them (his brothers) from the dead, and Abraham replied "If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone rises from the dead." Well, I am certainly not going to be the one to wrestle deeper into this issue.

Reaction...

...to the scholarly significance of "I am" 

Interesting reading my first I am commentary but it was somewhat dull and circular. Never figured out where it was going, so finally set it aside. It will take a lot of digging to discover what so many words mount up to in the conclusion, when one can get there. The silence, in my ears anyway, was deafening. So I am parking it for now. I have a more intriguing issue looming. 

God defines Himself

In Exodus 3 Moses, who is our authority in this matter, asked God who shall he say sent him?

God answered I am who I am and later in Chapter 15 said, This is my name forever, and this is My memorial-name to all generations.

I have been reviewing what the scholars say about this and will consider their general outlook and questions of validity. After my revelation, in time I recognized instantly I am who I am meant Existence. Therein lies the core reason for these blog entries. 

Jesus Talking

  "And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever: that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you, and will be with you.

"I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." John 14:16-18

In order to strengthen faith

Probably a well worn idea, but it occurs to me I could place my favorite verses on file cards. This would group my healing verses together. One never can tell when I might need to access them quickly.  

My second epiphany

 In Manna today I recount my second epiphany accepting the direction that saved me from drowning. I accepted it as one not thinking, but rather more like one watching a movie. I am hard pressed now to avoid the conclusion I had not yet learned to think. Even now I can wonder. After all, reverie is not exactly deep thinking. Much , if not all, of what I am doing here is trying to figure things out. 

Those who seek Me early...

...shall find Me

When did time come from so early?

From in the beginning until the end, time makes everything sad by the act of looking back on the present. So much time is now past looking back on it, all so quickly now, and yet I thought it was going to take such a long time. In an instant it is gone! Yet? God remains, and the future reflects, too wonderful to be fully contained in the present. 

How did we come to exist?

Questions of existence

Seems those somewhat pompous souls whose doubt, of whether Jesus ever existed or not, have gradually grown quiet in the choir in recent times.

We know they themselves existed via hearsay, and likely will continue to exist. But I am doubtful myself whether they will know their spirits will continue to exist, albeit outside knowledge of existence, since God is the fountainhead of all existence.

Words symbols of exchange

 There is an innate belief that words should be free. Whereas other means of exchange, like labor and risk, should be taxed. This means of exchange is money which is a commodity like all other commodities, enhanced by scarcity. 

Difference between gold
and paper is scarcity. 

Misunderstanding money causes all commodities to be scarce rather than money as an exchange. Words rather, are enhanced by expansion as opposed to scarcity. 

Poverty and misunderstandings are the result then of failure to understand money as an easily exchangeable  commodity.

Money could be in the form of gold or potatoes, as it has been, as well as gold. Trouble with words is that not everyone knows the words everyone else uses. However, in the unseen, words would very likely be superseded as symbols by precognitive experience instantly understood as it is exchanged.

It appears to me, as a consequence of all this, that words further force one to employ faith in decision making and all exchanges of ideas about belief via words. I expect therefore,  that God is at the root of this particular importance regarding faith since it is recognized that he is only pleased by faith.