I had a vision that I was in a basement and a great big tall man was holding a group of people hostage. The basement had portals or doors that you could try to walk through and every time you did it would just put you right back into another area of the basement. I saw guardians coming through from the other side to help but they would get stuck also. This big guy felt to be bad at first but as things happened it made me think that he was there to enforce laws or expectations from God. As the guardians came through they would try to leave with their people and help them out.
The tall man never said anything, never flinched or acted afraid. He just stood there holding his ground and looking around. As I watched this take place I began to notice little pictures along the top of the walls all around the room. Each of those were small snap shots of life and the actions of these people. I then heard the tall man say “sin does not always happen in big ways”. At that point, I realized that each of those pictures on the wall were what was holding these people back. Every time they had a negative thought, cursed, did something wrong, lied, cheated, stole or broke one of Gods commands it took a snap shot.
These people were guilty of all these small misdemeanors (for lack of a better term) and were being held hostage by their past issues. They had not made amends for these violations and were frustrated as to why no matter what they tried to do could be released. Then my uncle appeared and pointed at a picture and it was me and a time when I had done something small but mean in life. I cried out loud to the man “I am sory for my thoughts that day”. The picture vanished just as if it had never been there before. I went around the room and looked for my pictures of trangressions and made amends one by one.
As these cleared the air got lighter, the room got brighter and I found that releasing myself of these sins was the way to get out of the basement. As I went around looking for my own pictures and we all bumped into one another trying to clear the pictures some just stood there and tried to fight their way out. Some yelled at the tall man and begged the guardians to release them. Some became violent and attacked others. Some just curled up in the corner and covered their heads in shame. While others one by one cleared their past by truly asking for forgiveness for each and every trangression.
This vision showed me the state of humanity and myself. I was a vision of what will happen when the Lord comes back and people will be faced with the reality of addressing their sins or refusing and burning in the basement. I cleared my sins and the door opened for me to walk up the steps and into the light. As I stepped out of that dungy, wet, hot basement I heard people yelling for help and crying out to everyone that could not save them. I yelled for them to go to the pictures and make amends and my guardian grabbed me and we went into a tunnel and I woke up.
After digesting this dream/vision during the day I came to realize that each and every thing we do will have an impact on our eternity. I realized that we must truly make amends to the Lord when we fall short and know that he will save us in the end. Nothing on earth, no service, no job, no money, no fame will get us clear of the old dirty basement. We must do that ourselves and continue to do so. We fall short everyday in life of Gods laws. We must amend for that and do better. I must amend for that and do better.
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I saw myself waling down a dark dirt road. On each side of the road were these beastly half man half animals that were hissing and growling at me. They reached into the road for me but could not reach me as I was walking right in the middle of the road and keeping a straight path as I could to avoid them. They were whispering in a language I had never heard but seemed to understand. They were saying “join us”, “leave the light”, “use your powers to be rich” and a few other things I do not want to type.
I looked down the road and I saw thousands of them and they were all the same. Growling, hissing and grabbing anyone that came close to them. A group of people came past me and as they did the savages told them to push me to them. One of the guys tried to push me but I stood my ground and pushed him away and he fell towards the side of the road and they grabbed him. He was eaten alive limb by limb and I watched his soul leave his body and be taken away by a dark spirit straight into a giant hole of fire.
As he entered the fire they celebrated, hissed and growled an awful sound that was gut wrenching. I felt bad that the guy got killed but understood that he had fallen for the savages and their lies. He had no place on the road of life and instead was doomed or had doomed himself to the road of savages. I kept walking and watched hundreds of people be eaten alive and taken to the fire hole where the devil collected their soul. As we got several miles down the road it became very dark where you could barely see the white lines in the middle of the road. d
Then an amazing light shined down from Heaven and light orbs settled in beside me and the others walking the road and they lit the way for us to make it to safety. We walked all day and night. When light came in the morning the beastly creatures went into the woods, into the fire holes or just ran away. I woke up and heard the words “you are safe with me”. That is Biblical and those words came from God. The current situation in the world is savages versus Christians. They are spreading filth, lies, and tormenting anyone that is for God.
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In my backyard stands a grand pecan tree. The tree is estimated to be 200-250 years old, maybe even older than that. It is rooted very deep into the ground and has roots going out into the yard 12 to 15 feet. This tree is about twelve feet around at the base and splits off four ways and provides perfect shade, climbing and rope swinging. During hot summer days it offers a place to rest, relax and get away from life. During the fall it lays heavy with leaf’s and tasty pecans that my family and the critters outside enjoy eating.
The tree has huge twelve to fifteen inch limbs that stick out thirty to forty feet and offer the best shade on a hot summer day. I like to stop underneath it and just sit there when I am mowing to feel the cool breeze, recharge and talk to God. It has a rope swing, a climbing ladder and limbs that can take you way up in the air if you are a risk taker. Below it hangs a nice hammock to lie in and chill out and enjoy the view at night with a nice fire pit for late fall and spring time chilling. What I am describing is not made up, it really is that cool of a tree and place to hang out.
I loved climbing trees as a child and wish I would have had this one when I was younger. I dare not swing on it now or try to climb as my bones do not heal like they used to back in the day. I also hit the ground much harder now and cannot shake it off like I could back in the 1970’s. I write about this tree because it is rooted so deep and strong enough to take on very high wind storms. It has survived many wind storms in the past and stands as a symbol of strength and stature.
I was reading today about God being the tree of life. God is that solid foundation we need to establish roots in, like that giant pecan tree. Roots that will withstand all of life’s storms and stand tall through hard times. We must commit to God’s word, attain his wisdom and instruction and place our roots in the ground. He wants us to attach to his tree of life and take root. We grow in spirit like a limb grows off of that huge pecan tree and at times fall to the ground like the pecans do in late fall.
We must set down our roots, and grow over time to be strong, tough and solid in our Christian faith. God anchors us down and leads us with his wisdom, knowledge and love. Take root into God’s word and set your feet on a solid foundation to walk with God in life. God, how great your wisdom is, You are the tree of life, giving us the foundation to set our feet on solid ground and grow spiritually with you. You are the tree we need to plant, expand and grow as true believers of your grace, mercy and strength.
Daniel 4:26 The command to leave the stump of the tree with its roots means that your kingdom will be restored to you when you acknowledge that Heaven rules.
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My dad was a very skilled professional police officer that made the rank of sergeant before he retired after 30 years. He was also a very skilled tradesman, something that I wish I would have learned more from him about. Dad would work 8-12 hour shifts patrolling town and as he went around to different communities and neighborhoods he would hear about the plight of the less fortunate and their needs. He had a soft spot for older people and loved everyone regardless of who they were, how they looked or acted.
He would make a list of mostly elderly people that needed things like their washer dryer, electrical, plumbing, carpet, flooring and other household things fixed. Most of these people were very poor and didn’t have the money to pay someone to fix things. As he discovered these needs he would run by their homes later and fix things for them. My dad kept two things in his trunk and that was his service shotgun and a tool box. He had an old red tool box with wrenches, pipe fittings, screws, tools and other things he gathered to patch up people’s problems. We hear alot about police officers because of the few bad ones, but folks don’t like to talk about all the good they do for people while on and off the job.
I remember being small and going back out with dad to peoples houses to watch him fix things. I or my brothers were the tool go getters. Man we would be in some bad areas and it was never an issue. I was never worried because back then the police were respected mostly and people wanted them in the neighborhood. I remember playing with kids in town of all colors, genders and backgrounds at times and that helped me to understand the value of all human lives. Dad taught me so many life lessons and it was all by his actions.
He would work on pipes, floors, cars, trucks, mini bikes and everything else to try and fix it. His only return was a thank you as he refused to take any money. You see, he was a christian man and that was the right thing to do. Think about it, a police officer making maybe $500-$700.00 a month spending his off time for others. He was amazing, committed to making the world a better place and took care of the lowest poverty ridden people he could. He would later start and run a carpet service installing flooring, tile and carpet at night and on weekends. My brothers and I learned the value of hard work from him all of those nights and weekends.
Our pay was food, shelter and protection from loving parents that raised us to give to others, love others and work hard to attain your goals and dreams. I can see my “big daddy” dad getting his tool box out of the trunk of the car and walking into a home to fix what was broken.
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My wife is awesome and I am sure most of you feel that your spouse or significant other is the same. God gives us a woman to keep us straight, take care of us (baby us tough guys) when we have a boo boo and handle family business. My wife is my equal, my partner and rock. I know there are varying views out there about it, but my view is that God loved women and I did some reading and found these things in the bible for you.
There are promises I gathered from the bible about women.
1- You are be loved
2- You are to be accepted
3- You are wonderfully made
4- You are free
5- You are God’s
6- You are Chosen
Women serve so many roles as home makers, professionals, workers, house keepers, mothers, sisters, daughters, friends, volunteers, teachers, mentors and so many other capacities too numerous to mention. My wonderful wife is a great spouse, mom, mentor, leader, helper, fixer, healer, talker, worker, yard mower, house cleaner, dog watcher, babysitter and so many things I fail to mention. Most importantly is that she is a Christian woman with a great set of values that she has taught my children.
She is strong, capable, tough and loving at the same time. She can do 3-4 things at once and get it done, while I am lucky to finish one thing at a time. Men often make light of our spouses and joke about things, but we all know that they are special in God’s eyes which makes them special to us. God created them to keep us straight men and they do a very good job of it. To all my female family and friends, we honor you and thank you for being so giving, loving and committed to us and God.
Proverbs 31:30, Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
Proverbs 31:10, An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.
Ephesians 5:25, Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
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We all have some type of scar on our bodies. Some have many more than others. I made a list of the scars I have and they were plentiful. I got most of them while I was a young boy and teenager growing up climbing trees, riding bikes, playing in the woods and rough housing with my friends, cousins and brothers. Those scars are mostly from stitches, cuts, bruises and broken bones obtained while doing or attempting to do something I should not have been involved in. Thinking about those scars brings back many memories, some of which were not so pleasant.
Like the time or two or three I went over the handlebars of my bike after jumping a homemade ramp at Grandma’s house. Or maybe the scars from stitches on my hands from running too fast down the road and not paying attention to what I was doing, man pavement does not give to human skin. Sliding down the giant hill when it snowed and crashing into trees, other people and even bridges. The human body is not designed to bounce off of wood, metal and other man made things designed to stop vehicles.
How about the time me and my cousins decided we would run across the pasture to the other side and see if the neighbors old bull could catch us before we jumped over the electric fence and into the creek for safety. Well that electric fence we had to get across with those prickly pieces of wire was rough on the human body, not to mention the shock from the fence itself as we tried to jump it and missed. Once I remember one of my cousins hanging upside down pleading for help as we ran to get away from that big bull. He was all tangled up and we knew he was getting a shock, but we were not about to stop and save him.
How about the numerous times we played tackle football in the yard. Man, we hit each other hard and there was no protective gear. Many bumps, bruises and breaks came from those games for my brothers, cousins, friends and I. If you had the ball, you had best run real fast because a big hit was coming and you would pay even if you fumbled the ball or tossed it away. Swinging from the tree on a rope was one of our favorite things to do and that resulted in several falls, man we are lucky we survived. Being young, flexible and having good bones is a plus that helped us overcome being young and dumb at the time.
Fast forward to my 50’s and those scars do not heal so fast. Our bones take longer to heal, we twist an ankle and it is miserable for weeks. We have surgery and it takes a lot longer to heal. We break a bone and are out of work for weeks at a time. Obviously, I would not attempt many of those things I wrote earlier because, well, I kind of like not breaking things or tempting fate. I have found that the older I get the longer it takes to heal those scars.
My most recent scar is my biggest reminder of all. I had blockages in my heart and they had to go in and fix me. I had several severe blockages that had to be fixed instantly, within days of being found. I wrote about a miracle that led me to going to the doctor, them finding my problems and fixing me up. Millions of people have had these fixed and many have died from them. I recently heard a song called “Scars” by the group I Am They. I had never heard it and it brought me to tears. I was sitting there looking at my wrist and that little itty bitty scar about the size of a lead in #2 pencils.
I had been reading the bible about seeking God’s grace, mercy and wisdom in our lives. In the reading it spoke about God and his power to heal our physical and spiritual wounds. As I was thinking about how close I came to dying, that song came on and as I said, it brought instant tears. For I suddenly was reminded that God loves us, has a plan for our lives.
It made me think about being more grateful for life and how God had spared me to continue working for him. That itty bitty scar on my wrist is a symbol of God’s love, his grace, mercy and forgiveness for sinners like me and you. I am thankful for that scar, and it helped me realize just who you are. If things get tough, I just glance down and take a quick peek at that scar. It is a symbol of hope, love and my future. It tells me that Jesus loves me more than I know and gives us small reminders about our past, present and future with him.
Galatians 6:17, From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.
Isaiah 53:5, But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed.
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I prayed before going to sleep for guidance and anything that I could share with the world about things going on from my spirit guides, angels and God. I fell asleep and suddenly was so relaxed and sleeping deep. I was transported into my spirit tunnel and was enjoyoing the wornderful lights and awesomeness of God when I was pushed into a large city where I saw a huge building that looked like the White House. I was driving by it on a large boat because the grounds were flooded everywhere. I saw the White House and it had Chinese writing all over it and I saw Chinese leaders standing on the front steps waving at everyone.
The Chinese had taken over the White House and were controlling everything in the world. The New World Order had finally happened and I was alarmed and scared. I looked to the Heavens and asked God what to do. A calming voice came over me and said “Praise Him, Praise Him”. I heard an Angelic choir begin to sing this magnificant song. I joined in and the greatest calm came over me I have ever felt. I truly felt the spirit of light and God come over me. I looked back and suddenly the White House began to fall apart.
The calming voice then said “praise him, praise him and stand strong”. One of my favorite scriptures is to be strong and courageous so that fit perfect. I continued to ride the ship and sing along with the heavenly choir. God soothed me and let me know that no matter what things look like, we must be strong of faith and continue to praise him at all times. The light will win over the darkness. God is supreme and commands all things spirit, earthly, heavenly and physically.
Amen
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For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might
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Several times this week I have been given the number 111. This is how Angels communicate with me and others like me. Angels are letting me know that my transformation into the light worker is getting stronger and stronger. I had felt different this week picking up on spiritual beings and physical changes to myself. Many people beleive that the recent Cern Hydro collider has caused a shift in time and dimensions. They theory that this shift in time and dimensions has created a higher frequency for those that can experience spirit by touch, vision or hearing.
I think personally that God is moving in the world and is overcoming the darkness now and has awakened the light workers and taken us to a higher plain to prepare for spiritual warfare. The dark has had its run on earth and is beginning to lose its grip on millions of people. God is giving me messages nightly through his Angels with numbers, code and pictures. He gives me visions also and they are not always pleasant because they show the bad side of mankind and what is to come. The number 111 is very positive and should be respected as it is a sign of God working in our lives. It signifies several things listed below.
1.111 is a siymbol of manifestation and spiritual growth.
2. 111 is a sign of changes in spiritual ability and plains
3. 111 is a request from Angels to become more self aware and seek the guidance of the eternal spirit
4. 111 is the gateway to a higher being and ability to do things you did not think you could do.
I have been praying for guidance this week and prior to now and the number 111 has given me encouragement and expectations.
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Today I went to a funeral where I observed my son-in-law have to bury his mother and sitting there watching him grieve brought back so many memories of doing just that when I buired my parents and in-laws. Those services are designed to be a celebration of life while also being a final goodbye to the human body that is now lying dorment empty of the spirit that God puts in all of us. I sat and cried as I watched him suffer along with his family members. His mom was a wonderful lady that welcomed my daughter into her family and treated her so well. It was an honor to attend this goodbye but it also was hard to watch in the same moment.
I really struggled when my dad passed in 2009 suddenly and remember being in the stages of grief during that long process. I layed in bed and cried every night once it hit me that he was really gone and I would not see him again until I myself make it to Heaven. Then my mom left this world suddenly in 2017. I was going to take her to the doctor and found her in her recliner. She had passed shortly before I got there and I struggled with that for many years. I thought I could have changed it or saved her. Then I worked through the grief process and figured it out. It is not about our time, it is about Gods timing. We are born and we die. Below is the process I used to work through grief.
This is the first reaction of denial. We deny that it has actually happened and somehow hope that what we are facing is actually not real. This is a tough time and a rush of quick emotion hits you like a train suddenly. Your world is turned upside down and inside out. Realizing that you are in denial helps us move to the next phase of the grieving process.
We get angry because something or someone we love has been suddenly torn away or taken from us. When I lost my parents I was so angry and wanted God to take me instead. In this process I never accused God of being bad but I was angry for a bit. I had to get through this and understand that things are not about me but about a plan. Not my plan, but Gods. Moving past the anger and resentment takes you to the stage of bargaining.
We then want to bargain with God. We say things like take me instead or why didn’t you take me. We are directly questioning that process of nature and how things work. In the Bible it tells us we are born and we die. What we do in between is up to us. We are asking God to change the course of history and do a special favor. Only person ever brought back was Jesus and he was supernatural. We are not to bargain with God when someone dies.
We then hit the depression stage where we just are wore out, tired and kind of dead spiritually for awhile. That is when we have to find our biggest amount of strength and faith and overcome. Depression is real and it wrecks families, marriages and relationships if we do not face it and overcome. When you are depressed you have to find a way to get back into the light and away from the darkness. The Devil wants us to turn from God and place blame on him and be in a state of depression. Look up and know everything will be alright.
The last stage or phase is acceptance. This comes many times when we bury that loved on or attend the service. At that point we have been through the emotional roller coaster of death and grief. Not everybody heals that quick as we have a spot in our heart gone with the loss of that person. With time and acceptance we can then truly begin the process of forgiveness and getting over the loss. It takes time and patience. Most importantly it takes faith!
You will not forsake me. You are constant. You are my light in the darkness. You are the ultimate promise. You will stand by what you claim. You see my heart and my pain.
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I see so many people on the internet, news and in public that are so against God and the concept of who he is and what he means to those that believe in him. I wonder what happened to them along the way that made them so angry, hositle, and against the light of God. I will never deny God and will go to my grave knowing how special his spirit is and what he has done for my family and myself. Below are what God is to me.
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it
Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
I pray for a revival in the world. I pray for peace and understanding of the true light of Gods will in your life before it is too late. I pray for the lost, the struggling, the angry, the resentful and all others that need the light in their lives. Thank you God for every breath, every minute, every moment and my family.
Amen
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Last night I went to sleep and while I was in deep sleep a demon attacked me and tried to drown me. I was lying in bed and suddenly I felt a very strong female demon spirit step into the bedroom. We have had a bunch of visitors this week and evidently one of them has a female demon trailing them and it picked up on me and came after me last night. I was sleeping and it grabbed my arms and pulled them behind my back forcing me backwards into a pool of water.
The bed turned into a pool of water and she used that to try and drown me. As she was pulling me back and into the water my head went under a few times and I was struggling to get my breath. I physically fought the demon but she was old and strong. So I began to recite the Lord’s Prayer and that made the demon madder. She slapped me on the back and left a mark and continued to pull me down into the bed of water. I continued to say the prayer and recited some bible verses and she screamed and let go. Demons cannot overcome scripture and once they sense you are strong and of the light they will go away.
I banished her away and back to hell in the name of God and Jesus. As she let go and went away she screamed bloody murder at me and let go and vanished from the room. My wife was watching me and woke me up. She said I was struggling with something and acted like I couldn’t breath. I told her what had happened and she was scared for me. I have been attacked about 10 times now and I always dispatch them. God is making a major move in the light and universe and it has things out of whack.
The devil has had his due and God is taking over now. Watch what happens the next few years and see how the devil and demons will truly show in people that are lost. It is happening all over the earth already. When preachers and christians confront a possessed person they will turn away, scream, try to assault them and show fear in Gods word. The truth will win so be careful what you are messing with and who you are mingling with.
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Today I am writing about positive words that begin with the letter D that are inspirational, motivational and can be used daily to guide you in life. There are a bunch of words that can be applied to this posting and used as a tool for daily your inner motivation, inspiration and what it takes to trigger your drive to become more successful in life. As a coach and teacher I have used these five D words for many seasons as part of my plan for success. They all are traits and habits that can drive success by understanding the definition of each and how it can be applied to each individual, the team and the staff. We cannot simply just go through life without motivation and drive or mediocracy is the result.
Getting out of bed daily and working towards goals in family, career and routine life require us to focus on how we will achieve these goals, what we have to do to accomplish them and finding that motivation to stretch ourselves, grow and overcome challenges. These words are in my classroom at school all over the walls. I want my students to see positive images, words, statements that reinforce good character, hard work, and a drive to be the best they can. Getting up everyday and saying to yourself the following will help you become a better person, deliver better results and take small steps towards your ultimate goals.
Dedication- Committed to a task or purpose
Determination- Resolve to work towards something with vigor
Discipline- A system of behavior, conduct and activity that leads to better results
Devotion- Enthusiasm, staying the course, overcoming, never quitting
Dynamic- Positive energy, consistent, active, leadership, out front of others
Below are some sentences you could post around the room, on a mirror, on the refrigerator or wherever you need a positive note. Make your own list that applies to you using whatever letter from A-Z . Post it, look at it everyday and repeat it until it becomes part of your daily routine and a mindset. Give it a try for a few weeks and see what happens. Find that motivation and inspiration to make changes, work smarter, work harder and accomplish your life goals.
I will Dedicate to getting better today!
I am Determined to overcome challenges today!
I will focus on being Disciplined towards my goals!
I am Devoted to being the best I can!
I am a Dynamic person that can do anything I want to!
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I am continuing my series of alphabet words that best describe great leaders, coaches, teachers, mentors, business and family leaders. I talk about leadership alot but it has a special place in my heart and has been engrained in me since I was a child. I grew up watching my dad be a man that led in the community on the job, as a volunteer and as the bread winner of my family. My dad had all of these qualities and I often say that if I can become half the man, father, friend and community leader my dad was then I will live a great life. My dad and mom worked hard to provide for my brothers and I and set the example for us as adults and how we manage out lives.
My dad always seemed to be composed. He stayed calm when things went south or got shaky. He kept his mind and focus on the problem and did not let them see him sweat. My dad was committed to his family, friends, job and community. Even after he retired and lost his vision and could barely walk using a cane he still served the community with meals on wheels, the Lions Club and at the local high school. He was committed to the causes that were important to him. My dad was generally a quiet man, but when he did speak he communicated his words well. He could get his point across and make people understand what he wanted, was saying and he meant business.
When we talk consistency, I am going to switch over to my mom. Dad was consistent, but my mom was always right on task, on track and on top of things. She treated everyone the same, loved them took care of them and was a great mentor to myself and my friends. That consistency was one of the traits that made her so loved and a second mom to so many people. Charisma is a trait that both my parents had, but I would say my mom in her later years became more charismatic in her thoughts, actions and behaviors. Both of them were charming, fun to be around and devoted to living a great life full of service, helping others and would stand up and take action when needed.
Now let’s finish with confidence. As parents it was important to my folks to make sure they raised well rounded, confident children that could go out and tackle life. As a teacher, coach, mentor and parent my goal is to make sure I am giving those I impact the tools and knowledge to be a confident person. Coaches and leaders that win are confident in their ability to lead, put a plan in action and see it to the finish. There are other words that could be placed here to replace those I used and I will leave that up to you. But these are my words that I feel are important when describing leaders and the kind of people, family and friends I want to be around. I like a composed, charming, committed, consistent, charismatic and confident person that can communicate their vision to an organization, family, team, school staff and other groups of people.
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Today in my mini series of successful words that describe great coaches, leaders and people in general I am using the letter “B”. The other day I posted words on the letter “A” if you would like to go back and read that posting. There are all kinds of words that start with B that help describe or define a person that is dynamic and a super leader of people. A person does not have to be a coach, teacher, business owner or leader of an organization to possess these traits. However, I am focusing this series on coaching, leading, mentoring, guiding and helping people become better than they are and how they are built up by these leaders.
I have worked with all kinds of people and most would get many of these B words as a descriptive to define their personality, behavior, actions and results. While a few, well lets just say would be defined with other B words that are not so nice. I choose personally to set a standard of being defined by positive words through my actions and behaviors (though sometimes I fall short). Below are your B words for the day so try to think about which applies to you as you work to become better today than you are right now.
1- Leaders believe in themselves, their people and their goals and dreams.
2- Leaders are brave. They take risks that others are not willing to take to accomplish their dreams and goals.
3- Leaders know how to balance work, home life, family and other obligations. They have to maintain some form of normalcy to keep up with the daily grind of all the obligations set before them.
4- Leaders are often the best at what they do. They shine, they outwork people, they utilize their skill set better others and it helps them be on top of their game.
5- Leaders are bright. They are sharp minded, quick witted, smart, and use their experience, background, education and training to better others around them.
6-Leaders are beautiful people. I am not talking about looks, I am referring to personality, energy, excitement, shining light, bubbly and so many other ways. People want to be around them, work and play for them.
You can put together your own list of B words that describe you or others around you. I hope those are positive words because we all know there could be some “b” words used to describe a person and their actions that are not so nice. So lets be positive and keep it clean!
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Today we continue a series of blog post I have been writing using the alphabet to define successful people. These words often are mentioned when we look at successful, well rounded people that we know. Not just your run of the mill person, but people that stand out from the crowd. Amazing people that set themselves apart from others at work, in sports and in life. Have you ever met a person that just attracts talented people and lights up a room when they walk in? You may be that person or certainly have the potential to be that person as well. As I tell my students and athletes weekly, life is what you make of it and you will get out of what you put into it.
In my career I have coached with peers that met many or all of these characteristics. I have been fortunate to coach a few guys also that had most of these traits and they went on to play high level sports, own businesses and make huge differences in their community. I encourage you to find you letter of success. You ask, coach what is my letter of success? My answer is to find a letter that represents who you are as person and build goals and set a plan in place to attain those words. I have always been a D guy and have used positive words that start with a D to define who I am and how I operate my classroom and teams. You can see that post from a while back by checking my blog. You could use a variety of words as well, but I have found it positive, encouraging and found success building a sports program around those positive principles.
Attitude- determines how we react to adversity, grow as a person and live our lives. You either see the glass half full or half empty.
Appreciative- being appreciative of the success you have had in life is important. You can never forget where you came from and must appreciate the people around you and their sacrifice that has helped you be successful.
Action- taking action daily on your goals and objectives is part of being successful in life. Are you an action oriented person that tackles life and takes it by the horns.
Adaptable- being adaptable is a must in life, business and sports. Not being able to deal with change and adapt to the ever changing events we face in life will throw you off your game quickly.
Assertiveness- being assertive does not mean you have to be a butthead to people. I see assertiveness as a blessing when dealing with life, events and people. Assertive people step up, overcome and react in a way that enables them to overcome challenges.
Approachable- being approachable, especially as business leader, coach, or community leader is important to keeping the cohesiveness of the organization at a high level. Not being able to approach a coach, teacher, mentor, family member or friend is a road block to success.
Achievement- achievement is important to successful people and drives them often into higher levels of growth. Gaining achievement is not just about winning, being the best or gathering trophies. It is more about hitting the goals and pursuing the dreams you set in life, work and play.
Accomplishment- similar to achievement, accomplishing your goals, dreams and seeing them come to realization just feels good. Reaching a goal, hitting a higher level or accomplishment builds on success and sets the tone for future accomplishment.
Accountability- holding yourself and the people around you accountable is part of being successful. Accountability drives success and keeps people on track for gaining momentum towards all the A words listed above. Taking accountability for ones actions, beliefs, behaviors and results in life is a must.
Take a few of these words and build some goals to attain success in a few of these areas or even one at a time. Have a positive attitude, be appreciative, take action, adapt to change, assert yourself, be approachable, achieve goals, accomplish things, and hold yourself accountable for everything and you will be a great person, coach, mentor, leader or business owner that people will rally around!
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God will move in ways mankind cannot understand. He will show his full might and hold over all things living in 2023.
Nature will rear its ugly head in 2023 with some devastating weather patterns, record floods and the earth moving and shaking.
Famine will hit many parts of the world wear it has never been. Great countries will suffer for food due to shortages.
The great horn of Heaven will sound and it will ring across the world. It is a warning from God of things to come.
Millions of people will turn to God for refuge as things escalate in the world with war, famine. hunger, fighting and sinful behavior.
A new currency will roll out across the world. Paper money will no longer be in use and gold, silver and other rare minerals will be the backing of all money worldwide.
Governments will fall and some of the biggest leaders in the world will be removed from office, die mysteriously or resign in the face of corruptness and getting caught.
More moverments backed by destructive demons and global agencies will erupt in chaos in big cities across the world.
Internet, cable and phone services will be interrupted and at some point a black out will take place where people will no longer have the information highway.
Alien civilizations will be found and make themselves known to mankind on Earth.
Mars and other star system planets will be found to posssess the water and atmosphere to support life away from earth.
America will have a new President and a new constitution designed for the greater good of all people.
Civil wars will break out across the world and in some cases it will be citizen against a country or army. The people that are weak will suffer, die or become a ward of the country or state to be used as pawns and for cheap labor work camps.
Marshall law will be declared in many cities as the majority fight back agaisnt the groups bent on destroying cities, rioting and killing people.
Zombies will walk the earth as a new wave of the covid vaccine will bring people back to life after they pass away. They will be dangerous and hard to kill.
Civilizations in the ocean, far reaching mountains and rain forest will be found and these people will be from Ancient beings that have inhabited those areas for 10’s of thousands of years.
Mystical creatures such as dragons, big foot, sea creatures, and others will be proven to exist scientifically with medical dna evidence, pictures, encounters as mankind presses into their living space.
One world order will rise and fall quickly as the armed people of the world fight back to preserve freedom of thought, liberty and life.
Alliances will form with countries like Russia, America, China, England, France and Japan to be the stronghold that combats the takeover of many small countires by Islamic nations in the middle east.
Numerous attempts to takeover and destroy Isreal will fail as God is in charge and he will not let his people down.
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As coaches we all want to win. We want to win every game, every match, every set, every quarter, every period, every goal, everyday. We talk about winning with our teams and prepare them to do so. We set goals as a team and with the individuals on the team to accomplish the main goal of winning. Winning breeds confidence, hard work, dedication and discipline that can be applied to adult life the sports are done and gone. But winning at all cost like some coaches do has a much greater cost that impacts people, the organization and attitudes of those involved in the process. So how does a win at all cost attitude take away from the glory of winning?
1- Winning at all cost places a greater value on the outcome of the sporting event than it does the people playing the game.
2- Winning at all cost doesn’t care who gets trampled or used for their talent in the process. However, the people that get trampled or used will feel it for a long time.
3-Winning at all cost many times ends up a cluster because the ones that are doing the right things, showing up everyday and working hard often get overlooked for the win at all cost athletic kid who is a pain in the ass.
4- Winning at all cost often puts the safety of the team, coaches and players at risk because of the attitude of whatever it takes.
5- Winning at all cost often makes the best players decide that they are above the team, do not have to follow the rules or work as hard.
6- Winning at all cost can end up bad as grades, behavior, attitudes, community awareness and other negative things slowly creep into the system and tear it apart piece by piece.
I took the head coach job of a team one time that was very good, very athletic and the guys on the team had no discipline or thought of anyone but themselves. Once they left my goal was to be even better than they were, but do it in a positive way that represented the team, school and community in a positive light. I wanted the kids that wanted to work hard and sacrifice for the greater good. I wanted a winning program built on trust, hard work, effort, energy and discipline. I built that program with many average athletes that were willing to put in the work, focus on team goals, do the right things and that was better than any win at all cost team I had ever seen around.
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America has been taken over by the sinful nature of mankind. We live in a society that has been groomed to take evil over good. Sin over what is right and self righteous behaviors that are destroying the family and nation. God has sat and watched this take place for a while and has now taken control and showing America and the lost that he is still in control. Recent decisions being made that are overturning the evil practices and thoughts of people are taking back America. God has had enough and has opened the window for an enlightenment like noone has ever witnessed.
This change or shift in thought pattern to the good or “light” has the destructive demons torn up as they are losing grip on the hold of society. Teenagers and young people being bound up and taught about everything that is against God, Country, and Family has taken a major toll on politics, religion and family life. I have had many visions where I was told to be patient and stand strong in my faith. Standing strong was part of God’s plan all along. The weak minded fell for the lies, filth and total disregard for human life and are now suffering.
Just the other day at an abortion rally where people werre displaying sick signs and saying evil things about unborn kids you could see shadow figures running around the crowd. These demonic practices and demons are upset that God has called upon his people to stop the madness and bring faith, family and friends back into focus and live a life that is deserved of God’s grace and mercy. Those that continue to pursue the dark arts and fall for the deception of the devil will suffer like none other soon.
The change is happening now and those who get onboard will be spared. Those that do not will face times that are so testing they will falter, fail and crumble to the pressure. A plan has been in place behind the scenes and is now taking place. A new world, a new currency, a higher level of faith will be required. I saw this and wanted to write it and share. Things will be happening that will shoft the way folks think. Nature will show itself in ways noone can understand or talk about. Beings of light will take over and help guide us in the path to the light.
The Lord will be awesome against them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth, and to him shall bow down, each in its place, all the lands of the nations.
He will render to each one according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.
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I had a vision lastnight about the end of times. Before I went to bed I asked my spirit guides and God to give me a sign of things to come. As I went to sleep I was thinking about how things are going in the world right now and all the troubles we are facing as mankind. I went to sleep and my prayer was answered and I got a clear vision of several huge storms and a war that included the world. It starts with Russia/Ukraine and spreads to China/America and is all about balance of power and movement into other countries that American political fugures have huge amounts of $$ interest in.
I saw cities torn to pieces by clans of people hell bent on destroying towns. They broke into stores, burned down houses and stole whatever they wanted all in the name of an ideaology. I saw floods, dry rivers, and other biblical predicted things happening. I saw a dry river and four massive demon angels moving to the four corners of the earth and creating hysteria, plagues and ammassing armies of demonic people. I saw signs of the times with rude people, people divided, people loving themselves, people turning from God and following idols that were promoted by huge media outlets.
I saw world leaders standing and laughing at us all as we were foolish to fall for their lies, deception and false ideology. The main one had dark eyes and was the American leader. He smuggly smiled and lauged as he witnessed the destruction of mankind. He had made a deal with the Devil and his reward was time as a world leader (his only goal in life) and when it ended I saw one of the four Demons eat him whole in one swallow as he went from laughter to fear and regret for selling his soul for power, money and greed.
I woke up and wrote these things down and instantly went to 2nd Timothy and read those versus again. Folks it is coming, a one world rule. A time of hard ships for the faithful. A time when the true believers will be tested but rewarded in the long run. A time when common people with common interest will prevail over world rule and those that sought after sin will move into a time that is unlike anything they can imagine. It will be hell on earth for them literally as they watch people starve, kill one another and fall apart. Some will repent and seek help from the light side while hundreds of millions will live to regret their lost ways and anti-God speak and thought process.
“For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.” Does this sound familiar with all the lying, cheating, murder, crime, idolotry, and greed ruining the world. Our leaders are part of this as they call it the great reset. A plague upon the people (covid) and the shots that were given out to make people sick and kill off certain parts of the world population.
Climate alarmist spreading lies after lies about things. Political leaders deciding for us who can have shots, gas, electricity, cars, guns and freedom. Wake up people and prepare now for the end is coming and those not prepared physically, spiritually and mentally will perish so fast and suffer the consequences of choice and personal decisions. This is the word of God for the people of God.
Amen
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When I was about eight or nine years old my dad wrote this quote in my baseball glove. He was a winner and I never once saw him give up, give in or quit and that rubbed off on me and my brothers. You know that quitting is easy to do. Quitting is easy to do and when life gets you down that is when doubt creeps on and says just give up. Just quit and take the easy way out. I wore that glove playing baseball until I was 16 years old and one Saturday morning I was outside playing with my friends and we lived in an old dirt road. If you have ever fallen on a dirt road running wide open then you know the pain I felt when I crashed into that ground with those little shards of rock and gravel tearing into my skin. I had a ball game that night and it was for all the marbles. My teammates and I had made it to the county championships and I was scheduled to pitch that day.
I stood up and looked down and saw that my hand was torn open and it was obvious I needed stitches. So my mom took me the doctor and he put five stitches in my glove hand. He told me I didn’t need to play because I might tear the stitches out and have to do them again or do worse damage. My team was counting on me so I had the doctor tape my hand up. My dad cut a piece of padding out and inserted it into my old glove right under the slogan he had wrote several years ago. I was on a roll and had lead the team as the #1 pitcher all season and it was my time to seal the deal. I couldn’t quit on the team now, it was for all the marbles. So I showed up and played. Every time the catcher threw the ball back to me it hurt worse and worse. My dad and another coach wanted to take me out but I refused and pushed through it.
We were different back then and didn’t quit or stand down over a few stitches, a head ache, an ankle sprain or soreness. We balled out and gave it all we had. Quitting was not an option that day and nor was stepping aside either. I suffered through the best game of my young baseball career throwing a no hitter with about 10 strikeouts in seven innings. I hit a three run homer also during that game and we went on to take the title as county champions with a dominating 16-0 win. I was thinking about that old glove today and how sometime life gets to you. Life beats us up and pushes us to want to quit. But I always think about my dad and what he wrote in my glove. Winners never quit and quitters never win. Keep that in mind next time it gets tough and you want to give up.
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Growing up in the 1960’s and 70’s we played with 12 inch GI joes, Big Jim, Hot Wheels, Tonka Trucks and even sticks. Give me a set of hot wheels or Tonka trucks and a dirt pile and I would play for hours. When I see kids playing with them it makes me smile and think back on easier times when I was a kid and just liked to play with toys. Some toys never go out of style and the ones listed above are for sure classic toys that you can still buy today for your kids. My girl cousins had Barbie’s and I remember them playing right along with us boys and our GI Joes. Barbie loves a tough guy and who is tougher than Eagle Eye GI Joe or a Big Jim doll.
This past weekend I went to a birthday party for my great niece and over in the corner sat four little kids maybe 3-5 years old and they had a pile of WWE wrestling figures, Barbie Dolls and trucks and were playing hard. It was good to see kids just being kids and playing with toys. Those toys make memories for us as we grow up and take us back to our childhood. I wish more kids would get outside, find a mud hole, dirt pile or creek and just play. I hardly ever see kids on bikes anymore and growing up if you went somewhere it was on your bike.
We would jump on our bikes and ride for hours, getting chased by every dog down the road. We knew those dogs were coming at us and it was the thrill and challenge to see how fast you could go before it took off after you and eventually gave up at the end of their yard. The dog didn’t want to bite nobody, it just wanted to run and growl and scare you to death. I wrecked more than once, wiped out over the handle bars and ended up in the ditch a time or two and survived it. Getting your kids outside doing activity will eventually result in bumps, bruises, cuts and an occasional break.
But is will also teach them to be tough, live life, experience things and take on challenges like that old barking dog with vigor. Playing with cars, dolls, trucks, toys and other items teaches kids social skill interaction. It teaches them to share, play nice, get along with others and use their imaginations. Those things will come in handy when they become an adult. So go buy your kids some trucks, toys, action figures, games, a bike and other stuff you will end up stepping on in the kitchen floor. Hold your tongue and know that it is good for them and the temporary pain and frustration of stepping on the Hot Wheel or Lego block will quickly go away.
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Being a positive person is hard for some people while most can just make it happen daily. We can all look at life two ways that will guide us and how we live life. We can look at everything as a pessimist (person who finds the negative or problem in everything) or we can be the eternal optimist (a person that sees opportunity and good in all things). I chose to be an optimist about life, my future, family, career, coaching, teaching, retirement, money, and faith. It all starts with being positive and surrounding yourself with positive people. Negative people suck the life out of others (energy vampires) and can set your day off or back being around them.
We see everyone’s business, attitudes, pictures, comments, and life on display at work, on social media, at home and in the community. I think everyone knows a person or two that are just a negative boo boo that do their best to complain, gripe, and bring others into their dismal views. I get away from those people quickly because I am an empath and I pick up and absorb all their negativity. I surround myself with positive family, coworkers, friends and others that see life as good and live it with vigor. To be goal oriented, positive about life and driven to be a winner you cannot be negative.
Recently I have been saying to people around me when I hear them gripe or make negative comments that “in our biggest moments of weakness, we find out greatest strength”. You can find that by being around positive people and drawing strength from their light and amazing energy. Below are five reasons to be around positive people.
Happiness is contagious to others. Being positive and having a great energy of “happy” rubs off on others and lifts them up. It gives them hope that a better day is ahead. They may ask you why you are always so happy and if they do tell them your story and lift them up.
Laughter is a cure for the bad times. Being around people that make you laugh is important. Laughing at yourself is also important. Just this week I went to trim my eyebrows and realized after I started on the right one that my wife had removed the guard. Yes, I shaved about 90% of my eyebrow off and all I could do was laugh about it. And of course when my family saw it they laughed along with me and it was fun and made me feel better.
Less complaining is always a good thing. Lets be real here, most people really do not want to hear all the negativity from friends, family and co-workers about their poor pitiful life and the events that most of them bring on themselves. Do not be a complainer, instead be a person that is grateful for what you have. Complaining only complicates things and solves nothing.
Learn some coping strategies. Learn to cope with anxiety, stress and negativity by finding ways to get away from it. I personally walk away, go get to a quiet place or just go outside. I do not want to complain to others or hear their pitiful story. I love everyone, but I have my own things to stress about and deal with. I will listen, but once I have heard it over and over, over and over I just have to get away.
We become like those that are around us. I tell my kids at school “if you want to become a successful person then hang around successful people”. “Hang around five drunks, drug addicts or criminals and you will likely become the 6th”. Your life is shaped by those that influence you including friends, family, pastors, coaches, mentors and even strangers you may never meet. Be around the positive and learn from them. Use their strengths as a way to grow and attack a positive life.
Lastly, being happy just makes the day better. Being happy spreads love, mercy, faith and hope to others. Being happy is good. Being happy begins and ends the day on a positive note. Being happy and having inner peace is a gift from God that we should cherish and model for others. Go be happy, play some happy music, think happy thoughts, find your happy place and just be Happy!
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We all know a few people that just lack motivation in life. Motivation to get out of bed, work, take care of obligations, care for others, take care of the family and generally just be a lump of coal in society. What drives a person to become that unmotivated about living life is the big question? How do we lose our motivation to become what we can and to overcome life’s hurdles and obstacles. How do we find ourselves unmotivated to be a good father, mother, friend, worker or person. In reading up on it and reading some Bible verses today I found a few things that hit home and I can see some of these things in people I encounter, work with, know or coach.
Not having motivation is having no plan. It is a direct correlation to a lack of success in life. That lack of success breeds issues, laziness, self doubt and many other inner conditions humans face. First I will address some common causes of lack of motivation and what may cause it in people.
1- They have emotional baggage holding them back.
2- They are not goal oriented people.
3- They play the blame game.
4- They want things done for them (welcome to the new world).
5- They make excuses for their lack of motivation. (sick, tired, unhealthy, not popular, not smart, people do not like them, blah, blah, blah).
6- They have suffered some significant setbacks and just gave up on life.
There are many other things that describe what may have happened to a person that shows a lack of motivation. Now lets talk about how they can come out of this “motivational funk” and move forward in life, work, family and play.
1- Get off your butt and do something.
2- Quit blaming others and point the finger at yourself.
3- Get over yourself (pity party) and take action to change your life.
4- Set goals, think about your dreams and visions and apply yourself daily.
5- Look at setbacks, pitfalls, disappointments and other unwanted life events as opportunity.
6- Change your routine, start the day earlier, drop bad habits, sleep more, eat better.
Lastly, to overcome a lack of motivation no one can do it for you. I can write down 10,000 ways to beat a lack of motivation, but you have to be the one to do it. No one owes you anything in life. Quit being a victim and start being productive. Quit expecting a handout and get a job. Stop blaming mom, dad, family, mistakes, the police, the neighbor, the person that looks different from you and look in the mirror. Attack your day with vigor, pride and work hard. Hard work can beat anything life throws at you!
Proverbs 14:23; In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.
1st Corinthians 15:58; Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
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Ever reach that point in life where you are not reaping the product you are desiring. Not getting the results you wanted to achieve? Many times in life we find ourselves cultivating our dreams, goals, desires and visions in a field of thorns. In the bible Gods word tells us; that we often reap what we sew. In Jeremiah 4:3; it states that we should “Plow up the hard ground of your hearts! Do not waste your good seed among thorns”. Addictions, self loathing, deceit, anger, resentment, sexual desires, self doubt, crime, hate and so many things often get in the way of what people want or desire. I am preparing for another wrestling season and as I was reviewing some notes I had my guys send me about what the wanted to accomplish this season it made me think about a wrestler I had several years back and his plight.
This young man came out as a freshman and like most typical first year kids he was learning the ropes of the sport. That involved building a base of basic moves, counters, and take downs that he could use to try and win as much as possible. He worked his tail off in practice but was just a little heavy for his class so he had to wrestle bigger, stronger and older guys. That frustrated him but he never quit, kept working and understood the value of gaining experience whether it was a win or a loss. Every second in the practice room and every second on the mat during a match made the difference and could help him close the gap. His 9th grade goal was lofty and it was to have a winning season. Well, he fell short of that goal and had a record of 6-14 overall. He finished the season with a couple of good wins and knew his one main weakness was strength and being on his feet in what wrestlers call a “neutral position”.
Along comes off season workouts and camps and “Bobby” decides he will have a winning season his 10th grade year so he kept working on moves and getting better but didn’t focus on his glaring weakness which was strength and neutral position. For those not familiar with the sport, when you are neutral you and the opponent are on your feet and both have no advantage and can score a take down. Takedowns was Bobbies weakness. He did not have the confidence to go for it and didn’t work at it because of that lack of confidence. 10th grade year comes along and now Bobby is 10 pounds heavier and moves up a weight class. Many of his opponents were once again bigger, stronger and older and his year goes against his plan. He keeps working hard and wrestling hard and gets much better. However, his failure to attack his weaknesses in the off season come back to bite him once again. Bobby finishes his 10th grade season with an improved record of 13-18 overall.
Junior season is now on the horizon and he is really frustrated so I sat him down and explained to him where he was falling short and gave him some ideas to improve in that area. If Bobby was a better neutral wrestler he probably would have been 18-13 instead of 13-18 as a 10th grader. He had spent two years getting better at everything other than his weakness of strength and neutral wrestling. Bobby had been sowing his seeds into the bushes and briar patches and was reaping a limited crop because of it. I gave him some specific workouts to do at home, took him to a great local summer camp, got him to summer football weight training and off season workouts. Now Bobby is working on his area of weakness which was his strength and feet movement. Bobby came to workouts, lifted weights, ran and went to a summer camp to learn more moves.
11th grade season comes along and Bobby grew a few inches and is now a 215 pound kid that was a skinny 160 as a 9th grader. He is in a class where the boys are big and strong and can weigh up to 220 pounds. Bobby set his goal of getting his weight down to 195 so he could wrestle in that class. As football season is coming near an end Bobby starts what I call Sunday running. That is going out on Sunday afternoon and running five to ten miles to shape, strengthen and make the body lean and ready for wrestling. Bobby has a good football season but at 5’9 215 he was limited to what he could do with that so he turned his focus on wrestling and his new goal. That new goal was not to have a winning season, but to actually make the regional and state tournament. Big goal in a tough class in our area. Bobby ran, did body weight exercises and cut out all sugary drinks.
11th grade wrestling season comes and Bobby has been on a three week running binge, doing body weight exercises and eating right and now he is a lean and mean 192 pounds at weigh in. Bobby also found time to pull his teammates and friends over to roll around in the yard or wherever they could find a place to get better. Bobby has a great 11th grade season with a winning record of 35-7. Bobby also met his main goal of placing in regions and making the state tournament. He finished 3rd in regions and 8th in states. He was disappointed by that last lost in what we call “blood rounds” in the wrestling world. Once you lose once you then have to battle all the way back to the medal rounds without losing an match. Bobby battled all the way back to the consolation semi-finals and lost in overtime 6-5 to the eventual 3rd place state finisher; Bobby like most people was highly upset and distraught over losing out. I coached him up, told him to be proud and use that feeling to inspire him going into his senior season.
Bobby did just that and he kept plowing “unplowed” ground learning new moves, technique and built his ability as a neutral wrestler to his advantage. He refused to keep going back to that infertile briar patch and instead choose to sow good seeds in fruitful producing land. Along comes 12th grade and wrestling season comes along. Bobby comes out of the gate 5-0 the first week of competition and in the process beat a real good kid from a higher division in the 220 pound bracket. Bobby now stands 6’0 tall and weighs every ounce of 220 pounds. He is strong, agile on his feet and loved to attack the other wrestler. All that work, time, patience and energy was now paying off. Fast forward to the end of the season and Bobby is on a tear with a record of 41-0 and has whipped everyone he wrestled. He had become very dominant and a great wrestler on his feet in neutral position.
Bobby won every tournament we entered, became a conference and regional champion and a 2X state qualifier. Difference is this time he was regional champ and went into the state tournament 44-0. Bobby wrestled well and worked his way through the field in route to the state title match. He was now 47-0 and sitting right at the verge of that goal he had set way back when he was a 9th grader. His opponent was a stud also with a 51-0 record and was the defending state champion. Bobby and this kid beat on each other for three rounds for a tie at 1-1 each. This kid was just as big and strong and great on his feet also. Here comes overtime and the first person to score wins. The referee blows the whistle and they go after each other. They are wore out, sweating, breathing hard but still attacking one another. Bobby now a confident take down wrestler attacks that other kid and goes for a take down and as they get close the out of bounds line the other kid counters Bobbies move and finds a way to score two points winning the match 3-1.
Bobby was heart broken but what a great year he had. He had a great career and is now part of history and did something through sowing good seed and working hard that few can accomplish. As I said above, if we sow good seeds in good ground we will reap a healthy, happy and prosperous crop in life. Those that choose to sow the same seeds over and over with addictions, poor decisions, bad behavior, crime, hate, anger, resentment will continue to get limited crops until they change over to the unplowed ground. There is so much potential in that unplowed ground just sitting there waiting to be plowed, sewn, cared for and reaped.
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As a father, teacher, coach and mentor of young folks, I see one downfall that is getting in the way of their adult lifes once they graduate school. That one thing is discipline or a lack of. Over the last 20 years schools have changed, kids have changed and society has softened it overall stance on how a child should be disciplined. Some people beleive the old way of giving them a good butt whooping every now and then. Before someone gets all upset let me clarify. I am not talking about old school hickory switches or belts. I am talking about a good pop on the tail to let them know what they are doing is not acceptable.
Others beleive in counting to three and putting kids in timeout. I personally am more old school and think timeout has created unmanageble people because they did not learn a lesson from mom or dad saying “1, 2, 3, I am warning you little bobby”. When I grew up if my mom or dad got past one it was on and somebody was getting their tail tore up and feelings adjusted. Finding a way to discipline your child is key to their success and the familiy success. Who hasn’t been in a store and saw some brat kid showing out and the parents just sit there and apologize. People who have no say also are getting involved. It is amazing the softness that has become prevelant in our society and now we are seeing the results.
Teenagers and young adults that refuse to listen, work, behave or follow the laws. They were allowed to do as they wanted growing up because mom and dad wanted to be best friends instead of parents. Then they grow up have kids and repeat the process. My advice is do not let some crazy person without kids try to tel you how to raise yours. I have raised three of my own and taught or coached thousands of others. Along the way I have seen the change in society and the softness setting in. Not giving discipline to your child or teenager will set them up for a tough learning as a young adult.
Discipline teaches kids/teengars about the consequences of bad decisions.
Discipline gives kids/teenagers a solid base by which they can handle the stress and anxiety of adult life.
Discilpine teaches responsibility for actions.
Discipline helps your children become more successful as adults.
God expects us to be disciplined and we should do the same for our kids.
Proverbs 22:15; Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Proverbs 29:17; Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.
Proverbs 10:17; Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who rejects reproof leads others astray.
“Discilpine is the bridge between Goals and Accomplishments” Jim Rohn
“Motivation Gets You Going, But Discipline Keeps You Growing” John C Maxwell
“Discipline is learned in the school of adversity” Gandhi
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Nature, woods, creeks, ponds, trees, plants, animals and all of Gods bounty are important to me. I have to get into the woods on occasion to reset, release, and re-energize my mind, body and soul. I just got back from a week lond trip in the mountains and man was it refreshing. Sitting on the deck and watching the river run by. Laying in the bed and listening to the birds, crickets and rain water as it pounded the roof was so relaxing. I love nature and as a light worker I am connected to nature. I love rocks, water, trees and animals. All of these things are connected to one another and us as humans.
God made the birds and the bees for our pleasure and enjoyment. He gave them to us to take care of and to be master over. It is our obligation to manage nature and keep it going the best we can. We should do what we can to protect it and keep it safe and clean for future generations. Get into nature soon and just relax and enjoy what God has provided. It can be the best and cheapest therapy ever. Doesn’t cost much to go for a hike, take a walk, go to a park or just sit on your deck and listen to nature.
Nature is good for your mind, body and soul. This is very true and taking time to get into nature is crucial for me and my family.
Taking a walk in nature helps reduce stress and anxiety levels. The quietness and view sooth the mind, body and soul.
Nature makes you happy. There is nothing like a lake, pond, creek, trees, flowers or a park to settle you down and make you happy.
Nature nutures you and helps you heal. As a medium I rely on nature to cleanse with running water in creeks and rivers. The stones and rocks help me tranfer positive energy into my system and eliminate negative energy.
Nature helps you concentrate. Go to a park and sit down and write your next book, blog or article. Go to a park and study for a class test. Go to a park and make your to do list for the coming week. It helps you focus because it is quiet and relaxing.
Getting into nature hiking, walking, swimming, biking, etc helps you heal physically and lose or maintain weight. Nothing like a nice hike to a waterfall.
Spending time outside in the yard, at a park, the beach or wherever gives your body vitamen D. Vitamen D is crucial to your body function and we all need the warmth of the sun on our face at times.
Nature brightens your mood. It is a proven way to feel better, relax and get away from work, life, kids, and the stress of everyday activity.
Nature is beautiful and God made it for us. Nature is one of the best things God created and it is designed to help us live a healthier and better existence.
Nature will teach your children life skills. Kids will fall out of trees. Kids will get scratched and bruised up. Kids will learn about plants, animals and water. Kids will learn that nature is important.
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I was in the backyard of the house and was walking around enjoying the outside and I looked into the woods and I saw eye shine about seven to eight feet off of the ground. I knew it had to be either an owl or what I refer to as the Big Hairy Man. I have seen him or a few of them on more than one occassion in my lifetime. Many people will say there is no such thing as a big foot and I was seeing a bear. As I moved towards the eye shine in the heavy brush it suddenly moved about ten feet to the left. When it moved I caught a clear view of what was nothing but the big hairy man. He has shown himself to me in a dream. In fact I have seen him and his mate whom is much shorter and a female.
In that dream I had caught eye shine and heard a scream that was not an owl, wild cat or anything else I know of and I am a seasoned person of the woods. I grew up hunting, fishing and playing in the woods and know everything around here and how it moves, looks, smells and acts. When I saw them in a dream I had heard them that night and I spoke to it and said I do not mean harm or want to intrude on your existence. The woods beside our house are old Indian woods once home to the Catawba Indians.
The Catawba Indians left cave paintings and oral hsitory of the man of the woods. They respected the hairy man and traded with him in the local area. As you can see I do lots of research on the topic and as a light worker that is in tune with the Earth, Woods, Stars and Spirit Realm I sense things others cannot. I found a bird feather near the wood line when I saw him standing there so I took it over the woods and placed it in a tree about six feet off the ground along with some pecans I had picked from the yard. I left these as a symbol of peace and wanted the big man to know I was not interested in messing with him.
I went inside and as I walked in I heard Coyotes hollering and running something down in the woods along the creek. I then heard a massive yell that I have heard before and the Coyotes got quiet real Quick. The woods went quiet with not even the crickets chirping as if the boss had walked into the office. The next day I went to the tree and the feather and pecans were gone and a small pebble from the creek was in its place. From time to time we ride four wheelers in those woods and I am always on the lookout.
I have no fear it will hurt us as I have let it know that we are harmless to it and want to co-exist. Those woods are the home of old Indian spirits and the hairy man. It is his realm and he is a mystical creature that can show himself, hide or be gone in the blink of eye. Big Foot is a creature that is advanced and wants to be left alone. On occasion I will put a gift in that same split tree about six-seven feet off the ground when we ride to let him and the Indian spirits know we are co-exisiting. When I leave an apple or some nuts it typically gets gone and I have yet to catch anything on the trail cams.
I will find pressed in ground (foot prints), snapped branches 7-8 feet in the air and sense a smell like rotting meat at times. When the Big Guy wants to reveal himself then he will. If not, then he will dissapear just as fast as he came. The big guy is ancient, powerful, mystical and special. He is to be left alone unless he lets you see him and shows himself to you.
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I fell asleep and instantly transported to my grandmothers house where I spent all my Sundays and many of my summers when I was growing up. My family would always gather there after church on Sunday and eat, play outside and watch NFL football games. Grandma Smith always cooked a load of food on Sunday for the whole family. My grandmother, grandfather, mom, dad and several uncles and aunts are now all together in heaven. I see all of them on occasion in my dreams and in this one they were all there.
I walked up the concrete porch steps to her house and walked in and sitting on the couch was one of my moms brothers, two of her great uncles, and several of my moms siblings. I was surprised to see all of them and they appeared to just sitting around as they would have many years ago watching a little TV and talking about stuff. My family was very close knit and we always hung out every opportunity we had to do so. Spending time together was a family matter. It was important to us and part of what made me who I am today.
As I walked into the living room I saw all of them gathered as if they were there to support me in my journey as a medium. My mom smiled at me, my dad sat and looked at me rubbing his beard and my grandmother smiled at me. It made me feel very good to know they are so close to me and watching over me. I need their support from heaven and the spiritual guidance they offer me as well as the protection. Guardians and Angels protect you and are around you all the time in a supporting role as you walk through life. They have made watching over me and my family a family matter and I am so apprecciative of everything they taught me, showed and do for me in heaven now.
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Lately my dreams have become more real than ever before. I know that I am in the dream and struggle to come out of it. It is like I am living in a scyfy movie and the graphics and scenery are amazing. I literally feel the emotional, physical and spiritual events that take place. Lastnight I dreamed I was fighting like a super hero and all around me were the most colorful heros and villians. None of these were the common heros or villians that I love to read about or watch at the movies.
These were all very different suits and powers that were made up by my mind. My powers were being able to run very fast like Flash and super strength like Super Man. I battled various villians during the dream that all started with a concert by Adell at a small bar near my home town in NC. She was playing and singing to Kareoke and about a hundred people were present watching her sing and play. She had no makeup on and was just having fun because she was on a tour of America and had stopped at the local small bar to grab some food and relax.
As she was playing a fight broke out in the parking lot and one of the guys in the fight turned into a villian and another turned into a super hero. Then others began to turn and soon hundreds of heros and villians were fighting one another in this small town tearing it to shreds. I was trying to protect the folks remaining in the small bar and had to fight off several villians. The first one had a huge rock fist that could slam anything and break it into pieces. He punched me numerous times, once sending me flying though the air over a mile. The second one I fought had the ability to appear at will and when I tried to attack she could dissapear and reappear at will. The third one I fought could shoot fire and water out of his hands at people.
The fourth one I fought was very strong and could crush you by squeezing you to death. I fought all of these and eventually beat them and held them off using my super strength. I was like super man for a night and it was amazing. I woke up tired and battered as if I had been in a car crash. My wife told me she was concerned because she had never seen me fight things so hard in and started to wake me up. She knows I have crazy dreams so she left me alone and monitored me. As the dream was ending I saw these people starting to dissapear and told them they were all in a dream and to wake up or they would be stuck in it forever.
A few of them told me I was crazy and to leave them alone. I saw a big rock on the ground and it had these small various lighted symbols each representing a person of super powers. As they left the dream scape and awoke the light would go off and they would be gone. If the light stayed on and started to blink then they were stuck forever. I told them all to leave now and woke up. I do not know how many got stuck in the dream and maybe I will learn to control it as I learn to control my dreams.
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I was meditating the other day in the mountains beside a beautiful creek that ran so wild and loud right beside my cabin I was staying in. I was asking my guides and Angels for help and praying and when I stood up I heard the numbers 313131. I immediately went and did some research on these numbers and came up with this understanding after meditating again and waiting for confirmation. The numbers 3 and 1 are significant in both the bible and angelic number wise. The number 313131 combines to show the person receiving it that they are on a clear path to be guided and find their life work and calling.
313131 shows me that I am being acknowledged for what I do and how I am proceeding in my spiritual journey. It shows me that I am becoming closer to the universe and finding my zeal and how I interact with nature. 313131 is enlightened, spiritual and signifies that the change in my direction spiritually is going in the right direction. 313131 is a green light for the soul to do the work of a light worker and help people become stronger spiritually, physically and mentally as I learn to use the gifts that God has given me.
3131 shows that my guardians and Angels are watching over me, giving encouragement and guidance and keeping me grounded. 3 signifies honesty, enlightenment and positive energy. 1 signifies power, spirit and growth in life. It is the basic number of life and very important to obtain prior to going any higher. Combining 31 to 313131 shows growth and a path of leadership and honor down the road.
Biblically 31 is important when it comes to faith and beleiving in God, the father and Son. It is part of the Holy Trinity 3:1 and serves as a response to pray that God has plans for me and my life that I am not yet aware of. I am to live life to its fullest, follow Gods word and be patient and wait for it to happen. As a Christian that is often the hardest thing to sit on and do it to wait. I will be still, wait and look forward to the still small voice that will lead and guide me.
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As I sat down to write today after eating a really yummy breakfast with my wonderful wife. I was finishing up my third cup of coffee (shhh, don’t tell my doctor) and talking to my wife about all the things we are blessed by and with. We talked about our family, our daughters, in-laws and all the people that bless and pray for us daily. So I decided to veer off of my typical posting today to write about these wonderful blessings.
I looked up the definition of blessing and it is to have Gods favor and protection in your life. That hit home for me because without that we can wander through life, fighting things, having troubles and not knowing why those things happen to us. As my wonderful mother used to say to me as a child “son, count your blessings” everyday. I take that serious and do my best to count them so I stay grounded and never forget where I came from and most importantly, where I want to go. I will not get there without the list below and Gods grace, mercy and guidance.
I to made a quick list of the things that are a blessing in our lives. I could write for days, but these are the highlights and top items. I challenge you to make a list of the top five people, things, blessings that God have bestowed upon you. It will give you a start to the day, a restart to a tough day and bring you back down to the reality that regardless of the situation you are facing, you are blessed!
1- I am blessed to have such a wonderful, forgiving and loving God in my life.
2- I am blessed to have the most wonderful wife, mother of my children and life partner. We are ride or die and walk through this life hand in hand.
3- I am blessed to have two beautiful daughters that are so hard working, family oriented and will do anything for their mom and dad.
4- I am blessed with the best group of extended family, friends and co-workers that are so supportive and would drop what they have going at the drop of a hat.
5- Lastly, I am blessed to have awesome spiritual guides, angels and protectors that lead me as I continue to grow my faith, spiritual health, physical health and outlook on life.
I want to thank everyone that reads my blog posts, gives me feedback, likes it, dislikes it, etc. We live, learn and love life and know that God has a plan to constantly bless us as we do those things.
Numbers 6: 24-26, The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
God Bless! Coach B
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Today we are talking about standing for right and not hiding your light. What light am I talking about, you may ask? I am referring to the light of Jesus Christ which is in all of us and only shows if we have chosen him over darkness. I remember growing up and singing the song “This Little Light of Mine, I’m Going to Let it Shine” in Sunday school and during youth concerts. Last night I was listening to the bible on audio and it was talking about being a light for good and fighting darkness in our lives. The challenge in today’s world is to try and hide your light for fear that you may be tagged as a Christian or a believer. America has become so comfortable with sin that millions are refusing to do the right thing and show their light.
Matthew 5:16, states that “In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven”. We are called to be warriors for God and to spread his word, love others and care for people. As we approach the end times we are beginning to see the changes predicted in the bible as people are now turning away from God in favor of sin. This new culture of “me” and what I want is breeding chaos, corruption, violence, death and fear among those that are of the light.
John 8:12, states that Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” As I heard this it made me think of the chaos that has ensued in America lately with riots, looting, violence, murder and destruction of towns and cities all in the name of ideology. These activities are driven by sin and include the things God sees as an abomination and a path that eventually will led people to destroying their own lives, their family and communities. I refuse to hide my light and I refuse to give into that type of immoral behavior that is sinful in nature and only serves the purpose of evil and Satan.
To let our light shine the brightest and best, we must feel comfortable with our relationship with God. We must nourish that relationship with God and fight for what is right. I say what is right and mean what is biblical. I am not talking about human wants or needs, but a much deeper purpose of showing others through your actions, beliefs and behaviors that they too can show Gods light to the world. Do not sabotage your opportunity to shine for others by falling prey to the devil and his sinful human pleasures. Becoming a light for others and not hiding it takes dedication, discipline and determination to be different from those that choose sin.
1- How is your light working, does it need new batteries and a recharge?
2- How can you show your family, friends, co-workers and strangers that your light is based on love, kindness and other biblical based principles?
3- Will you stand for right and shine your light or cower to sin and human nature?
James 4:8, “Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded”.
Matthew 5: 14-16, “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven”.
Lord, draw me near to you that my light of Christ will shine for all to see. Let them see in me a light of hope, love and kindness. Cleanse me of my sin and allow me to show others how to seek your salvation. Amen
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Today I am writing about seven things that I look back on that I should have done a bit different when I was twenty. Thirty four years later I have learned many lessons in life and am grateful for those lessons. Setbacks, disappointments, tragedies, and unexpected life events allow us to grow and become who we are. These events give us wisdom to share with our children and the next generation. These events make us tough skinned and give us direction to overcome obstacles. I am mostly satisfied with the way things have worked out so far, but looking back I now see doing these may have opened doors for me, my family and prepared me for life as an adult.
1- Get rid of toxic people- We all have family, friends and co-workers that we know are energy vampires. We do not look forward to being around them or hanging out with them. These negative people drain you and will hold you back with their poor pitiful me routine. Get rid of them, see them less often or whatever it takes to keep them from draining you. See number two for who to hang around.
2- Surround Yourself With Winners- Hang around family, friends and co-workers that are motivated, grounded and have a good moral code. Find people that are goal oriented, set goals, career training and educationally motivated. People that work hard, play hard and have fun in life.
3- Go to bed and rest- Do not create a habit of staying out or staying up all hours of the night. Know when to put the video game or phone down. Set a reasonable time to go to bed and make it a habit. As you get into your higher 20’s and 30’s and begin a family, you will find out that resting, sleeping and relaxing is very important.
4- Be an early riser- The old saying “the early bird gets the worm” still has meaning today. Be an early riser. get out of bed, eat breakfast, take a run, meditate, think, drink coffee or whatever it is that gets you going. Make this a habit and it will bode well for you in life. Be the first to arrive and the last to leave at work. Be different from others and watch the dividends pay off later in life.
5- Take care of yourself physically and spiritually- Be active, go to the gym (you do not have to be a gym rat) to stay fit. Walk, go on hikes, ride a bike or just go jog for a few minutes to clear your head and move your body. As you get older, get married and have children things will tend to get in the way of that routine so make a habit of being fit in your early twenties. Create a habit of exercising and taking care of yourself. Watch the carb heavy foods, beer and alcohol. Limit yourself on those things and do not binge drink or binge eat. It will eventually catch up with you.
6- Work on your relationship with God- Pray everyday for guidance, do not stray away from the faith you may have created as a youth. If you do not have faith, work to find it (however that suits you). Be faithful and know that a higher power has a plan for you. One that does not include tons of sinful behavior. Seek his guidance, grace and mercy and enjoy the fruits of positive, healthy living.
7- Save, Save and Save more- Do not blow your Friday paycheck every week at bars, on trips and stuff you do not need. Get into a solid pattern of saving money for emergencies, retirement, homes, cars and all the other stuff you want in life. Do not wait until you are fifty and decide it is time to invest in your future. Manage your money with discipline and dedication to long term goals and you will have a great life after 40-50.
Lastly, have fun in your twenties, but do so with intention. You are not invincible as many think they are at that age. Love people, work hard, play hard and have faith that life will be mostly good. Push through the tough times and know that “no-one”, absolutely “no-one” owes you nothing. You will get out of life what you put into it!
God Bless! Coach B
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On June 5th, my wife and I will celebrate 29 years of marriage. I know couples that have been married seventy years and some that couldn’t make it one year. My parents got married in 1956 were together to the day my dad passed in 2009. That is a long time to be together, get on one anothers nerves and battle through lifes ups and downs. One thing I can say about my mom and dad is I never saw them argue. They had their share of them like any couple would but it was always behind closed doors and quiet as possible. What I did see in them as an example for me was love, compassion, support and they stood together against all obstacles.
Both of them had cancer and they stood strong and beat it together. Both of them worked fulltime and were parents and they always made time for us boys and the family. My dad was a big strong man with a strong will and tremendous work ethic. My mom was short in stature but was the rock that held us all together. She worked hard, taught us life skills and was always there to show support at our events, ballgames and stuff. My mom and dad were what my wife and I call ride or die mentality. We are in this thing together until the Lord decides it is time for one of us to go.
My wife and I love songs that represent us. Jack and Dianne, Living on a Prayer and others are athems that we love. Hard work, time, patience and faith are the underlying foundation of a great marriage, life and relationship. Commit to it and stand strong. Never turn your back on your spouse and keep your eyes, ears and mind off of other peoples spouses. If things get tough running away or walking out may not fix it. I know people that have been married 3-5 times and everytime it ends in divorce and bitter. As the great Michael Jackson says, start by “looking at the man in the mirror” when things get hard. You may find that the problem lies within yourself and not your partner.
1- Make time with one another and spend quality time. It is not about quantity, but quality. My wife and I have similiar interests and activities we share so doing that is important. I like scyfy and super hero movies and my wife loves those tear jerk movies. We watch them together and enjoy the moment.
2- Little things count. The small things you do count. The occasional tap on the butt, the quick kiss, telling them you love them, a quick text and random acts of kindness build trust and strength in a marriage.
3- Focus on one another while also maintaining a strong look at yourself. A strong marriage requires you to be selfless but it also needs time for each individual to be themselves and enjoy some alone time.
4- Faithful living is huge in a marriage. I do not know how any couple makes it through the things life throws at us without faith. Faith in God is huge for my wife and I and we honor the commitment we made almost 30 years ago on June 5, 1993 when we joined hands and made the commitment in Gods house to love, honor, encourage and take care of each other.
5- Look at examples around you. My parents, in-laws and grand parents are huge examples of a strong marriage that stood the test of time. Some of them were married for over seventy years. What I saw was two people working as one to accomplish life goals, dreams and make love a reality.
Stay strong, be faithful, love one another, hold tight, battle through things, build a solid rock foundation and keep God in sight and your marriage will blossom and be prosperous. Thus says the Lord and Me.
Genesis 2:24; Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Ephesians 5:21; Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Romans 12:2; Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
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Today we are talking about basic life skills that we need to be teaching our pre-teen and teenage children that will assist them in being a productive young adult once they leave the safe confines of mom and dads house. They will no longer have mom and dad to take care of their clothes, make sure the oil is changed in the car, things are clean and organized and all the other stuff we do for and with our children. As a high school teacher that specializes in working with kids with intellectual and behavior disabilities one of my main focus points all school year is growing the basic life skills of my students. As a coach I also assign certain duties to the team so they can learn how to do laundry, clean and keep the locker room neat and orderly. Our children do not need to grow up having everything handed to them or done for them.
Our goal as adults, parents, grandparents, teachers, mentors, aunts and uncles should always be to help our kiddos learn to live, work and play the best they can once they are grown and can no longer depend on us for everything. With this said, I have put together a list of ten things kids need to be able to do before they leave your home and venture into the world wide eyed and bushy tailed to take it on. My parents taught me valuable lessons like cooking, cleaning, doing chores, working outside, gardening, fixing things, and most importantly to be able to depend on myself to get things done. My dad could fix anything and was very good with his hands. I tried to learn that but am not the most mechanical person so even in my 50’s I continue to tackle that task and get better at fixing things around the house. I assure you, my wife would likely hire someone else to do it versus allowing me to do it as I am not the best at reading directions.
My mom taught my brothers and I how to clean, shop, cook, take care of chores and be respectful to women, family, friends and neighbors. Both taught us the value of hard work, family, faith and being able to conquer lives challenges. Below is the top ten things I would like to see teenagers and emerging young adults be able to handle in life and these can be taught as they are growing up in your house. Take a few minutes and involve them in these things and watch them learn and grow into productive adults.
1- Laundry- Kids need to be able to do laundry. My brothers and I rotated helping my mom with laundry growing up. Did you know there are certain ways to fold certain things. I drive my wife nuts not folding underwear and tee shirts the ways she prefers (hee hee hee), got to get her someway right guys. Keeping clean, orderly, properly folded and hung clothing is an important part of life. Why spend the time rushing before work to press and get clothes wrinkle free when they could be hung properly so you can grab and go. When they go off to college, move out and begin life they need to be able to take care of clothes. Clothes are expensive and should be handled with care.
2- Shopping for groceries is another skill they need to have. I am not talking about running in and buying milk and eggs for mom real quick. Can they make a list of the items needed for the pantry, to make a recipe or prepare for a holiday meal. Do they understand pricing per ounce, what is the best buy and the difference in generic and name brand foods. Shopping can get very expensive if done randomly and without a process to maximize savings while getting every item needed. Teach them how to shop, ask them to do the math and compare prices for the best deal.
3- Teenagers need to know how to cook. I am not talking about just boiling macaroni and cheese. Can they prepare a meal that has the basic parts needed like a meat, protein and veggies. Can they measure out ingredients and properly season a meal. My mom taught me how to cook and I still love to cook to this day for my family. Taking a one semester class in school about foods and nutrition is pretty standard, but as parents and guardians we need to teach our kids to prepare foods, cook it and serve it to people.
4- Teenagers need to know how to manage money. Most kids take a basic class in school about finances or in business classes but can they actually manage money, make and count change, identify bills, coins and know how to save money. A piggy bank is not saving money so open an account with them not for them. When they get all that birthday money take them to the bank and have them save 50% of it in a checking account. Teach them how to write a check, make a debit card transaction and how using credit can ruin them early on as young adults if not managed properly.
5- Teenagers must learn to stay organized and not be so cluttered. They live a life on the go and one that involves the use of technology. Teach them how to stay organized, neat and clean in life. Do you allow their room to be cluttered with stuff laying all over the place. If they rely on you to help them stay organized and find stuff then hold them accountable and the next time they miss a deadline on a project then they get the grade they get. Teach them about organization at home, work and in life. They will need this skill later on to function as an adult.
6- Teach them how to manage time. As a teenager I grew up in a different time but kids are not that much different now from back then. They stay busy, on the go and are constantly looking for the next thing to do. However, they must learn as they grow up that managing time is important. Teach them to be on time, be early to events, manage the time they have between homework, sports and other activity. If you as a parent are always late getting them to school, going out the door and trying to manage life. Then it is time to sit back, reexamine you schedule and make positive changes so you can teach your kids the value of managing time.
7- Teach them how and when to communicate with people. Dealing with adults, at church and other events is not the same as talking to their friends on the phone or at school. Our kids are growing up in a technology age where everything is bam and done. They have 25 apps on their phones that they chat with, send pictures and share things with their group of friends. The question I have is do they know how to properly communicate with adults, teachers, parents, school personnel and the community as a whole. Do they know that street language, bad language and slang terms are not appropriate at work, church, in the community and at social events. I tell my students daily there is a time and place for certain ways to talk and communicate. I do not respond to my student/athletes saying “yo”, “hey”, “bro”, “what”, “dude” or any of that other street lingo.
8- This one may surprise you but it is very important. Do your kids know how to swim, tread water or survive or help if someone is drowning. My kids love to swim and grew up in a pool all summer, in the lakes near the house and learned how to swim. Water is a killer and knowing how to swim, tread water and survive is important. Take them to the YNCA, a lake or a local river and have them learn how to swim. You may think, is this really a life skill they need and I respond by saying what will they do “if” Oneday they see someone, maybe even their own family or child struggling. Are they going to stand there and watch the person drown or take action and try to save that life. Think about it!
9- How to do basic car maintenance. How many times have a I heard a mom or dad say that little tommy ran the car out of gas, out of oil or broke the tire off. Teenagers need to know how to get the oil changed in a car, to check the tires for air pressure before taking trips, check fluid levels and add fluids as needed. They need to be able to change a tire on a car. Yes they will call mom and dad or a friend, but they need to know where the spare tire is, where the jack is and how to use it. What if they are an hour away somewhere, they could have it changed or fixed before you get there. Do they know that the temperature gauge goes over a certain point or they smell fluids burning to pull over and call for help. I worked with a football coach years ago that actually took his players to the parking lot and with parental permission would have them change tires, rotate the tires, and check fluids in every car.
10- Teenagers need to know the value of hard work and what it takes to be successful. Are you teaching them that everything will be handed to them on a silver platter or are you teaching the values of work ethic, dedication, discipline and how to get ahead in life. Teenagers need to work a part time job if they can, especially in the summer time. It will give them the opportunity to actually put into practice the thing on this list we talked about. They will learn to make money, save money, work hard, take car of the car, live on a schedule, manage time and stay organized on their studies and life.
Lastly I beg of you to please teach your children what I call the Barney Principles of life. These are basic life skills that will enable them to find, keep and be productive on the job, in life and how they play. Please, Thank You, Yes Mam, No Mam, Yes Sir, No Sir, Your Welcome, No Thanks, Bless You and all those other sweet sayings that make people feel warm inside, shows respect for people and allows them to properly communicate with peers, family and friends. As a teacher I address my students with these kind words an sayings and expect it in return. As a parent, guardian, teacher, guide, mentor, aunt, uncle or coach we should raise the expectations of our youth, teach them these life skills and allow them to grow into wonderful productive adults they can be!
God Bless!
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I am going on record to state that I began this blog to talk about faith, family and how God can enable us to live a better life. I have been a Christian since my early teenage years and like many have strayed at times, got real close at times, been part time, went to church, did not go to church and everything in between, However, through all of that I never lost faith or wavered from my belief that God is real and Jesus is my savior. With this said and the recent events that have occurred in my life I now plan to get back to Gods word, do his will in my life and share his word to inspire, motivate and hopefully offer my readers hope of Gods grace, mercy and will to be in our daily life’s. This blog is called Heavenly Notices because of a miracle I received in September of 2020.
I was a dead man walking and my mom came to me in a dream and told me things I needed to go get checked and was 100 percent correct. That was not coincidental or made up. It was a true miracle and I talk about it in a previous blog titled Miracle on Old Town Road. You can read it by browsing my blog. That event, miracle and heavenly notice completely set me on a new path in life, saved a dying man and opened up things for me spiritually I never could imagine.
Today I am beginning a series of blog post about faith, God word and how it can give us strength and guidance in life. As I was doing my research and reading about failure and setbacks that people face and how they overcome them. I read the bible verse at the bottom of todays post from Romans and it tells us that failure makes us stronger, failure makes us tougher and failure is part of the process. What we do with these setbacks, failures, issues, health problems, financial problems, relationship problems and work issues defines us as either a quitter or an overcomer.
I have seen it many times in people I know, in my students, family, friends and strangers. We all can go one of two ways when life knocks us down and beats us up a bit. We can face it head on, attack with all out energy and overcome. On the flipside we can roll over, give up and just quit. Quitting is becoming an issue with our younger generation when it gets tough on them. I see all these college athletes quitting programs and moving to another because they are sitting on the bench, are a backup, do not like the coach and all the other excuses they make.
I see kids quit school because it is not always easy. I see people walk away from long time relationships because things got tough or are not as good as they used to be. I see people quit on their family and friends because things are not hunky dory at the time. I see people just plain rollover and give up after getting hooked on dope, sex, criminal activity and other sinful activity. God wants us to be able to endure tough times in life and be an overcomer. He wants us to have faith, hope and battle through the issues thrown at us as humans. I honestly think that many people give up because it is either a learned habit, the easy way out or they just do not have the faith to continue the fight. This verse in the bible has so many motivational words that we need to cling to when things get bad.
First of all, we need to know that God is with us through these events and we should rejoice that he offers us strength and grace during these times as well as the good times. We must know that suffering makes us stronger and builds our character. How we react to life events often defines who we are as a person. We must have hope in tough times and not be shamed. Lastly, we must know that God loves us more than anyone or anything ever could. He has the best planned for us and knew us before we were born. When things get hard, get tough and start whooping us around we must fight back and not quit. We must remember always that God promised that he would pour love, grace, mercy and forgiveness into our hearts and we must return it by accepting his gifts and using them as fuel to be an overcomer when it gets hard.
You get knocked down, you get back up. You get sucker punched by life, you stand your ground. You hit your back, you fight off of it. You feel like your done, you look inside yourself and find the energy to keep battling. God battles for us and we have to battle for him. God battles with us, so we have to battle with him. I pray Gods grace, mercy and strength for you now and forever.
God Bless!
Romans 5:3-5, More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
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Playing some form of organized sports is like a right of passage for many of us. I grew up in a large family where every boy played football. All of my brothers, and boy cousins played football at some point in their life. Most of my girl cousins played basketball and softball in school, but they also played football on Sunday afternoons at my Grandma’s house. These games were brutal with heavy hitting, tackling, blocking and running. We all got cuts, bumps, bruises, stitches and a few broken bones at some point in our childhood and teenage life. Through these injuries and tough hits, we learned things about life that later propelled us to become productive adults, parents and friends.
Learning life skills is an important part of the process of growing up and as a coach and teacher one of main focus points is to teach my kids the valuable life skills that can help them lead a good life. A life that allows them to work, live, play and do what they want to do. A life that is an example to others around them. Life skills are defined as having the ability for adaptive and positive behavior that enable individuals to deal with the daily stress and demands of everyday life.
Coaches, leaders, parents, mentors, pastors, family leaders and others want their people to learn these top ten life skills that will help them be great in life and give them the tools to empower others around them. These are learned over time, through experiences and develop as we get older and make good decisions and bad ones along the way. Sports teaches these life skills to people if they are focused on the right concepts and keep in mind the end goal of making our young men and women the best possible adults we can. We want to produce student athletes and children that become good parents that will in turn continue the line of successful adults by teaching their kids life skills.
1- Self Awareness- Teach self awareness and how important it is to know who you are and be an individual.
2- Empathy- As a nation we are much less empathetic than we once were. Empathy is needed so you know how others feel when things are bad or not going so well.
3- Critical Thinking- Being able to critically think is very important. Too many people are growing up on google now and do not know how to look at things from a critical stand point and make a good logical decision using that information.
4- Creative Thinking- Can a person use creativity in situations at home, work and play. Working in a professional job often requires someone to be creative even if they are not artistic. Some of the best inventions of all time came from someone using creative thinking in their garage or basement.
5- Decision Making- Being able to make a valid decision and using information and data is important in life. We make some huge decisions like buying homes, cars, investments, having children and others that impact our current and future life.
6- Problem Solving- Can you solve a problem when you have to. Coaches and parents are constantly solving problems. We fix one and another comes up. Being effective at problem solving is a needed skill to avoid frustration and stress associated with it.
7- Effective Communication- Are they effective at communicating their needs, wants and desires in a professional and educated way. Learning time and place is important in this process. I tell my students there is always a time and place for different types of communication. They will not be able to speak slang or street lingo at a job or in an office. Save that for hanging out with friends and know when and where to use it.
8- Emotional Management- You might say what is this? It is being able to manage feelings, emotions, reactions, behavior and actions when dealing with people. It is also about limiting emotional baggage which is one of the biggest things that destroys relationships and job potential. Otherwise known as being “Cray Cray”.
There are all kinds of life skills needed to be a mature, productive adult that lives a great life. Work on developing these skills and use them to your advantage. Then teach them to your children so we continue to produce good people that will love other people and make the world a better place.
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Growing up my dad and brothers loved to go fishing. We would gather up a bunch of worms, get a few cans of corn, load up a bunch of fishing poles and go to a creek, a pond, the beach or anywhere we could wet a hook. We did it for sport and rarely ever had to keep anything we caught, we used the proper equipment to be able to catch and release. Just as many of my friends hunted with their dads, we instead choose to fish. We fished in the fall and spring mostly when the weather was good and it wasn’t so hot or cold.
One main life lesson I learned from my good old dad was patience. I remember going to a pond and my dad would bait his hook, cast the line in and just sit and wait. Sometimes for hours until something bit the line, took off and bent that pole. He might reel it in on occasion to check the bait and make sure it was still good since the little “bait stealers” which are small fish that just nip at the bait until it falls off would eventually leave you with an empty hook. My brothers and I would try every jig in the tackle box and change out rods every so often. We would walk around the pond trying to find that perfect fish or hole. Dad would just chill and sit there and wait.
Dad just sat there and waited for the right moment, the right fish and then he would secure it and reel it in. We would watch him catch fish and we just couldn’t keep up with him on how many we caught. Every now and then we would get lucky and out fish dad, but very rarely did that happen. You see my dad was a patient man that had a goal that was to relax, enjoy fishing and reap the benefits of catching the big ones. That is what we all want in life is to catch the big one right. I also think he just wanted to spend time with his boys and teach us life lessons along the way.
In the bible Luke talks about the fishermen that had toiled all night and had no luck. They were tired and weary and came to shore frustrated like my brothers and I would be after a long day at the lake. I do not know for sure, but my guess is that they put the nets in, pulled them out, moved around and repeated the process trying to secure that big fish. All to no avail and then Jesus tells them to go cast into deep water, have faith and wait.
They get a boat load of fish to feed everyone, so many that it started to tear the nets. This story from the bible is kind of how it was going with my dad. As I said my brothers and I would walk, cast, change baits, change poles, chase the fish we could see swimming and we would get a few here and there. My dad would cast his line into the deepest part of the pond, river or creek and wham a while later there was that big bass, trout or catfish on his pole. He showed that patience and faith in the process worked and that we do not have to chase everything in life, sometimes we have to let it come to us.
I am much more patient now as I had reached mid life and am so grateful for my dad and his example of being patient and waiting for something good to happen. Jesus taught us that also, cast your nets into the deep and wait for it. My dad was a great man that loved helping people and serving his community. He wanted to make fishers of men as Jesus instructed us to do in the bible.
My dad had faith, patience and an understanding that we did not have as youngsters. He taught us to wait, sit tight and see what happened. I wish my dad was here to go fishing one more time, but I can take his example and spirit with me on my next trip to a pond, river, lake or creek. I can hope that I can be a fisher of men as well and help people to know that God is the ultimate cast, catch and big one we need to haul in!
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We all are given 86,400 seconds, 1440 minutes or a total of 24 hours per day. Every second, minute and hour is a true blessing we receive from God. We are given this time here on Earth as an opportunity to spend it how we choose to. God made us in his image and has high expectations of our conduct, behavior and actions. We choose how to use that time, spend that time and the impact we will have on our family, friends, co-workers and community. We can choose to be kind, compassionate, caring, loving, supportive, engaging, friendly, helpful, honorable in our actions, behaviors, thoughts and conduct.
We also have the option to be rude, selfish, mean, unsupportive, unloving, cowardly, bad, ill, sorry, lazy and all the other words that are negative in our lives. God gave us the option of choice and that is where we fall short so often. Human nature tends to lead us to react to, behave and treat others the way we are feeling at the time. Those choices have consequences either good or bad for everyone involved. I am asking that we all take those 86,400 seconds, 1440 minutes, 24 hours to be the most positive, loving and wonderful person you can be to your family, friends, co-workers and community. God Bless you and yours.
Coach B
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I was walking up a dirt road that led up hill. As I looked to my left I saw a huge tree that had been cut at the base and on that was an old timey blue rocking chair. In that chair was a dark skeleton that was on fire. It looked at me as if I was in some kind of horror movie and stared as I walked by. There were no words or communication but I could feel its spirit of disguist, fear and anger. It was suffering and the fire was never ending. I kept walking and noticed that everything on that side of the road was also dead. The vegataion was dead, the grass was brown and the trees were broken and tatteterd as if a storm or a severe fire had come through the area.
On my right I saw a huge Oak tree about 10 feet wide at the base. Below that tree was a nice newer looking rocking chair. In that chair was a light being that I felt to be a good spirit of the Heavens. It was rocking and just relaxing as if life was grand. All of the trees, grass and surroundings were beautiful green, yellow and other colors like a great fall time looks in the mountains. That side of the road was heaven and everything there was wonderful, bright, and happy. I continued to walk along the road observing things and the scenery stayed the same on each side.
It hit me that this was a road to good and bad. We all walk the road of life and have to make choices and those decisions to go to the light or to the bad. The bad side was horrible and the good side was beautiful. Choose wisely and be careful because you may get what you “do” or “do not” want.
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I had a dream last night and it was shocking and woke me up. I dreamed I saw an old friend named Mark and then looked at my watch and it was 3:25. I had been praying for my community, North Carolina and America to turn away from evil influences and seek God. I write all my dreams down and have a journal that is 97 pages long as of today with dreams, visions. Heavenly notices and other information I receive while asleep. I recorded it and began to do some research on it and wrote down my notes for later. That is how it works for me when I get messages. I write it down, analyze it and do some research. Well it hit me later as I was thinking about it that I had failed to put the Mark and 3:25 together. I saw my watch in the dream and it specifically said 3:25.
I had been praying for peace, understanding and patience as I have observed a quick decent into darkness in the world. Millions have become addicted to drugs, porn, sex, alcohol and other things that destroy the family and faith of people. Add in all the self loathing, depression, anger, resentment and fear mongering the media is using and we are now a divided nation. We now live in a society where if you disagree with someone you get cancelled. If you are religious and believe in God you get cancelled. A clear and present message has been sent to me on more than one occasion and that message is that the world better turn its eyes from evil and find God.
A divided nation cannot stand against evil. A divided nation cannot survive the onslaught of brain washing going on in the world. A divided nation will eventually fall at the hands of evil. Sin and its products mentioned above. Agree or disagree with me is fine, but I turn my eyes to God and refuse to watch the world and my country fall at the hands of evil, sin and self loathing behavior.
God bless America, its people, its leaders and most importantly the lost generation we are now witnessing.
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I saw three Angels. Each dressed in different gowns with very bright colors and odd shaped jewelry. The first one had long silver hair and was the oldest of the three. She wore a bright green and gold gown and was an old Angel. She was holding a horn and when she blew it the music was deafening and you could feel it pushing into your chest. It was beautiful but a little scary as well. It was a warning sound that things that have been predicted to happen in the past are beginning to take place. She showed me a huge battle all over the world between good and evil. Her horn was the calling signal for the good to battle the bad.
The second Angel was shorter and much younger. She was a teenager and she was carrying a bow and arrow. She fired the bow and arrow into the clouds and a rain of biblical proportions began to fall all across the land. She was wearing a purple and gold gown that had shiny diamonds all over it. She fired another arrow into the skies and locust began to fall over the earth. she fired a third arrow into the heavens and legions of Angels swept down onto the earth to fight demons that were killing people and taking their souls.
The third Angel was in her mid 40’s and she was holding a giant staff. It was made of gold and silver and she struck it on the earth and massive caves and holes opened up and began to flow lava all over the earth. Lakes were filled with lava and the temperature was extreme. She was wearing a gown made of white and blue. It was beautiful and she was standing strong holding her staff. Every time she struck the earth more holes opened. Soon the demons that were inhabiting the earth began to be pushed into these holes along with the people that had fallen for sin, greed and sexual desires of the flesh.
These three Angels were cleansing the earth of wasted souls and pushing the battle to the devil and his legion. This went on for one thousand years before it stopped abruptly. The Angels joined hands and flew into the Heavens opening up the most beautiful city in the sky. A city made of gold and silver. A city that sang the praises of God. A city that was the new earth and was surrounded by the heavens.
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We are at a point in mankind’s journey where the things that were written to come to pass are now happening. These things are prevalent in society and across the world. A Godlessness had taken hold of the human race. Like a plague that has infected millions of people and turned them into what is described in this bible verse. It was predicted that man would be its own vessel of failure due to being able to find that sin is more comforting than living a Christian life. Drugs, sexual immorality, violence, disrespect of adults, greed, self loathing and slander are now the norm of millions of people. This is all about choice and the end result may not be as comforting for those following this path of self destruction.
I am far from perfect but I do understand that there are certain things (decent things) that can help us all be better people and global citizens. These are simple things that cost nothing but some effort daily. These things can be the catalyst for change that so many seek to get back to as we are slipping farther and farther away from God and giving the devil his due. In the end the light will win and millions will suffer at the loss of their soul due to immoral behavior.
But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, 4 treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. 6 For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, 7 always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith. 9 But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.
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I have been thinking about lots of things and how the world has changed so much so fast. I see social media and major news outlets leading the way to this destructive destination that we are heading down as a human civilization. The politicians, special interest groups, world leaders and others have captured social media and use it daily as a way to influence how we think, act, react and live our lives. In this process we have begun to lose sight of solid human morals that once made America a great place.
As I study on this and write about it I went and did some research on the Bible to see what it had to say about the airwaves and the influence that it can have on a nation and our world. Below are some verses that I pulled and it was amazing that something written thousands of years ago applies to today and it ties to how we as mankind are losing our mind. The Devil is influencing people at a higher rate than ever and it is time for the people to take a stand for morality and look to God and not at sinful practices. People publicly stating they want to murder babies nine months old. People accusing anyone that is Christian of being a terrorist. People feeding filth in the schools to children about sexual orientation. People destroying cities in the name of social change and for career criminals. I could go on and on and all of this is fed to people via social media and news platforms.
Below are examples from the word of God that shows how the Bible applies to what is going on. You cannot look at any social media sight without seeing filth, nasty behavior and poor decisions. It has become common to be rude, disrespectful, and down right nasty to people. It has become acceptable to hurt people, fight, destroy property and all the other things coming at us daily. I plan to take a time away from social media as the politics of a new election season arise all over social platforms. I do not care to see the Anti-God, Anti-American, Anti-Family and other socially driven attitudes from lost individuals that now crave a “I will do what I want” lifestyle over sound moral and Biblical principles.
Democratic Party of the United States- In which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
Anti-God- In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
Presidents/World Leaders- Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.”
Politicians- You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Seek truth, real justice and behave like humans should and not like animals ripping one another apart in the name of sin and unholy actions.
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There is a plan out there that has been in place for many generations to destroy America and its biggest allies. This plan was put together by a select group of the most powerful business leaders and political operatives in the world. It is designed to take the world to it knees and give complete power to those behind this plan. It is a piece by piece plan of destruction that is already taking place in many countries. Below are the ways this plan is put in place and as I write you will be able to see just what these plans are doing in your country.
Mobilize a group of the most powerful politicians and business leaders in the world. This group would mostly consist of Presidents and Billionaires with unlimited funds.
By the worlds largest media outlets and produce mis-information designed to create doubt, division and fear among the worlds population.
Create unexpected disasters and problematic issues one after another designed to create chaos, scare people and make them dependent on those billionaires and politicians for assistance and security.
Destroy any political movement or opposition that is getting in the way of the plan. MAGA is an example in America. Create news stories, lies, video and other things to make people that want safety, security, and freedom look like enemy.
Create massive changes among the belief systems of people by forcing anti-god speak, talk and policies on the people. This eventually becomes the norm and creates “sheep” which are people that will fall for the lies and deception.
Reduce the availability of goods, food, gas and other vital things people need to live on. Gas shortages, food shortages, buying farmland, forcing inflation up and other measures to break an economy.
Break world economy by restricting things, putting tariffs in place and limiting opportunity for people to make a living.
Create a world wide pandemic “Covid”, “monkeypox”, and other viruses designed to reduce the population of the elderly and sickly.
Push war across the globe and feed those countries billions of dollars in aid instead of helping the citizens of the country of money origin. America is funneling hundreds of billions to Ukraine a very corrupt country instead of helping its own people live a better life.
Put politicians in place that are deceived and led by secret operatives to make bad decisions and policy. Bad national and international policy destroys economies and creates division.
Force people to take shots, chips and other things to be able to have basic needs. These shots are poison and are slowly taking people out to reduce the population.
Force a civil war and civil disobedience among the nations. People fighting one another, dividing, killing, burning down cities.
Change the currency from cash and credit to a much more volatile and harder to obtain system. Cryptocurrency and it is already showing to be a problem in America.
Sit back and watch the plan destroy the major countries from the inside out and then the elite come to the rescue.
All this is driven by evil people that hate God and anything good. These people are violent, greedy and corrupt to the core. It is time for the people to look at rising up and standing for what is right. Time for “We the people” to mean something again and less reliance on the governments and politicians that are corrupt and making billions off of all the division and this stupid Great Reset attempt. Do not be fooled and know that good will win and those that love God will prevail.
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I saw a huge building that was a transportation hub like a train station. There were hundreds of thousands of people walking around and standing in two lines. One line was on the right and the other on the left. A huge star ship dropped down from the sky and settled onto the lawn in front of the hub. This ship was a half mile long and about 300 feet tall. It was bigger than some battle ships and much bigger than a large cargo ship. At the beginning of each line were two soldiers dressed in black operations gear with strange looking weapons.
They were there to keep the peace and make sure the lines were straight and quiet. Anyone that broke in line or was out of control were removed by other beings soldiers and took away. As the giant ship landed a huge screen came online and a message was announced from it. The message said “Do not be afraid citizens of the world. We come in peace and are here to help you become a higher purpose and being. Stay inline and we will begin the uploading process very soon. If you are not chipped you will not be uploaded”.
I was watching this from the air as If I was flying and seeing this take place. The ship landed and a massive door opened up that was about 50 feet tall and wide. Five very strange looking and tall beings walked out onto the ramp. The one in the middle was probably 12 feet tall and the others were shorter but way over 10 feet tall. They walked down the ramp and the two shortest stopped at the top of the ramp and turned inside facing one another. The next two tallest escorted the tall one to the bottom of the ramp and stopped turning inside and facing one another.
The four guards then transformed into the same looking soldiers that were holding the lines back. They had advanced weapons I had never seen before and the suits seemed to be almost invincible. The tall one was the boss and he walked off the ramp and came towards the lines. Fences were up to hold people back and I noticed another tall man in black camo walk out of the fence and the tall one and him joined foreheads as a sign of greeting. When they touched heads colorful balls of light shot out everywhere in green, blue, yellow and purple. The tall one spoke in an unknown language and the guards opened the fence and began to check for chips.
Those that were chipped had a chip in their right hand just below the thumb. A scanner would scan them and if the scanner turned one of those four colors they were released to walk towards and onto the ship. The four tall guards made sure it was an orderly entry single file and quiet. If someone ran towards the ship or got out of line the four guards would fire a single laser shot at them and they would immediately fall and begin to suffer an awful death. One by one, hundreds and thousands of people were scanned and either taken to the ship or to another location behind the fence.
Inside the ship it seemed to be very bright, nice and calm. Lots of green trees, a waterfall and birds flying around I had never seen. The ship filled up and the doors were closed. A huge siren alarm then went off and the ship powered up to leave. The folks left began to run for the ship and try to get on it or grab at it. As they did lasers would fire at them and they were instantly gone like they had never existed. The ship took flight and went up about a mile in the air and then shot off towards the moon so fast it was gone within a few seconds.
As it disappeared I then saw hundreds more like it taking flight from all over the world and all of them were going into a portal many miles above the earth. Then a fleet of smaller war ships came down and began to assault the Earth shooting lasers at the buildings and the people remaining. It was complete chaos and very scary. People were running and hiding and scared. I awoke sweating and shaken as I had witnessed something fantastic but scary in the same sentence. I wrote down what I had seen and started thinking about all the news I am seeing about people needing chips to get food, medicine and money in the future.
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My daughter is moving and I have been over at her house helping her pack up things and move them. The house she is selling is located on a small mountain that is millions of years old and was once inhabited by Native Americans. The property is ancient, rocky and very pretty. It has some huge rocks with lots of energy coming out of them. I love rocks and can feel the energy coming from them. I also have the ability to feel vibrations and am often led to certain rock formations, crystals and other natural formations. I was walking towards my truck to go home and saw this red rock on the ground near a tree.
I bent down to look at the rock and realized it was granite with some red jade in it. It was a nice rock so I picked it up and put it in my pocket to take home and clean up. Jade has some nice healing properties and I had told my daughter I wanted to grab a rock or two from her yard for my collection to keep from her property she was selling. I always felt at ease there so I grabbed the red jade rock. Beside the red rock was just a point sticking out of the ground. I was curious so I dug it out and what I found was an arrowhead.
The arrowhead was about six inches long and nicely shaped into a good point. It was very old and had been there a long time. I have some arrowheads in my rock collection so I put it in my pocket and went home. Later that night I was asleep and that is when I am typically visited by spirits. I felt a female crawl on to of me and she pinned my arms down. I sensed that it was a medicine woman spirit and she was not happy with me. She grabbed my mouth and held it open with her fingers and I could taste the dirt in her fingernails. I tried to fight her and make her let go.
As I fought her I tried to wake my wife but she kept sleeping even though I was tapping on her. The the medicine woman fooled me by making me think my wife had gotten up and went into the bathroom. I realized later that the whole time my wife had been laying beside me and I thought I had been trying to wake her but my arms were pinned down. I bit her fingers and one of them fell off into my mouth and it was choking me. She was saying some kind of incantation over me and obviously trying to kill me.
I started praying to God and my spirit guides and suddenly my mom was laying beside me hugging me. I could see her hair and body and she was holding me in a tight brace as to protect me. I told the woman to leave me alone and asked her what she wanted. I saw a rock above my head and realized that he was after the arrowhead and the red rock I had brought home. I should have never removed those rocks as they were attached to the land and the Indian spirits that still dwell on the property.
The medicine woman left me as fast as she came and my mom went back to Heaven. I awoke grasping for breath and my wife woke up to see what was going on. I asked her if she heard or seen anything and she told me she didn’t. I asked her if she went to the bathroom and she replied no. That is when I knew the spirit had fooled me to think I was alone and she knew that would stress me and make me even more desperate for help. I got up, took a bath and went straight to my daughters old house and placed the red rock and the arrowhead back into the spots I found them.
I walked the property, sat on a huge rock and said a prayer of confirmation and spoke to the spirits to let them know I was sorry, wanted peace and had returned the red rock and arrowhead. I felt a sense of calm and the rock beneath me was vibrating signals to let me know the earth and spirits had heard me. I left the property never to return again. This is my second issue with American Indian spirits that are ancient and attached to the ground, rocks, trees and surroundings where they lived. I have learned a lesson that it is not a good idea to mess with things that are ancient and they are best left alone.
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I had a dream where my life long best friend and I were at a ballgame. I was down at the bottom of the bleachers in a gigantic stadium bigger than any I have ever seen in the world. The top row of the bleachers was probably about 2000 feet off the ground way up in the sky. I saw my best friends brother down at the bottom and asked him if his brother was at the game and he pointed to the very tip top corner and said he is way up there. I am not a fan of heights and knew it would take a long time to walk that far so I began to make the climb. As I walked very slowly towards the top I saw people I knew from the past and many of them were passed and gone.
I made it to the top and there sat my buddy all by himself just looking out across the scenary behind the stadium. The railing was missing so I asked him why he was sitting way up here and he looked at me and said “I love it up here, the view is awesome”. I didn’t want to look out over the ledge but he was correct, the view was phenomenal and breathtaking. All you could see was water, palm trees and beuatiful blue skies for miles and miles. The water was crystal clear and the palms just swayed in the wind as the breeze blew across the water. My buddy loves the beach and has spent alot of time there.
This beach was different and unlike anything on earth. It was beyond beautiful and you couldn’t help but look at it and be in awe. I had been worrying about my best friend awhile now as he has struggled with somethings recently and just has not been himself. I told him it was awesome and I could see why he was sitting there watching the game and looking out at the view. He told me he needed the peace and I agreed. Then I saw his mom and she told me that she was with him always guarding over him and for him to fight to regain his power back.
My bud is a great big guy with a great big heart and it has been broken, messed up or bent. I know he can do it and the message I got was that he needed peace and understanding in his life. He will win this struggle with things. I woke up and wrote everything down and sent him a text. I told him I loved him and that I spoke with him in my dreams. I told him his mom who passed a few years ago was with him and rooting for him. He told me he was trying so please if you read this say a prayer for my friend so we can get him back on track as the man we all know he can be. Thanks and God Bless!
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I had a very graphic dream about a very tall older man in his early 60’s. He was obviously a powerful man that represented the most powerful organization on earth. He was tall, good looking, well spoken and rich. There was a certain charm about him that was almost too much to overlook. His charisma made you want to follow him, be drawn to him. My intuition told me something different though, there was just a sick feeling I had in my stomach.
He had a certain feel about him that was bad, like he represented all things deceptive and evil. He had many followers with him. These people were his top staffers and they also were charismatic, good looking and completely did as he told them to do. It was scary how loyal they were and he had control of their minds, body and spirit as if he owned them.
All of them wore a dark cross with metal wrapped around it. It was a nice looking cross, but was different from the Christian cross. His followers were responsible for getting people to follow him and you had to buy one of those dark crosses and wear it day and night. This was your commitment to the deceiver. The necklace was advertised as the way to life and well being. Millions of people were following him and purchasing the crosses all over the world. I was at some type of gathering, cannot say what but lots of people were there. He walked in with his group of followers and it was like a movie star entered the room. I made eye contact with him and he looked away from me quickly.
He was quickly surrounded by followers, mostly women getting in line to touch, feel and talk to him. He had a power over them and the men with him were like security. The women with him were very beautiful and were being used to attract men into his fray or followers. He later made eye contact with me and acknowledged me like most guys do by doing the little head bob thing to say hi. He motioned for me to come to him but I was confused and didn’t go over to him.
He motioned for one of his followers to talk to me and the guy came over with a very attractive lady. I immediately noticed their eyes were dark, like night and scary. They seemed to be void of life and light. The guy grabbed my shoulder to talk to me, but instantly let go. He backed away and told me I needed to get rid of my golden cross necklace hanging from my neck.
I saw his reaction and it really made him mad. The lady with him turned away when she saw the necklace as well. My golden cross was a tribute to God and I have been wearing it almost thirty years. I asked the man why I needed to get rid of mine and he told me to be one with them, I had to wear the dark necklace and commit to their ways. They wanted me to tear mine off and join the leaders cult of followers.
I was very confused, but sensed that something really bad would happen if I took my necklace off. Hundreds of them surrounded me and taunted me saying “follow him, take it off”, “be one with him, take it off”. It was overwhelming and I began to panic since I was surrounded by all of these dark eyed creepy people going at me, trying to get me to do something I did not want to do.
I grabbed my necklace and pulled it away from my neck to look at it and when I did the people looked away and made terrible sounds, demonic sounds that were frightening. The leader put his hands up over his face and stepped towards me demanding I take it off now or pay the price of my life. That is when it hit me that my necklace was anointed and was hurting them all. They were demonic people and he was the great deceiver. It finally made sense, as described above he had all the things going for him that we as humans desire to be.
He was powerful, attractive, rich and had anything he wanted. His following was growing, but I knew I could not join that and was willing to pay the price. There was a huge line of people buying the necklaces. That is when heavenly angels stepped in and surrounded me with open wings and told me to stand strong, be with God and not give into the desires of the human flesh.
I had been tested once again and the devil (The Great Deceiver) was planning to take my soul and get me to follow him. With one swoop of their wings all the demons were gone and I was seeing a great light, one so powerful that I couldn’t look upon it. It was God’s grace, mercy and forgiveness. It was the light of Christ and I had made the right decision. This battle is not over, in fact, I feel it is just the beginning for me and millions of other people. We now live in a world of deception, instant gratification, greed, hatred and human desire.
People are losing the light of Christ and falling for the deception of evil ideas and earthly things. God wrote the true law and supplied it to us in the bible. In that word there are clear and direct statements of what being a Christlike person is. We have our human rules, laws and thoughts but they do not match up with what God wants for us. He expects much more and wants us to be kind, have humility, care for other people and most importantly be with him, not the deceiver.
Instead we are divided by our own thoughts and fighting over it. People are looting, robbing, destroying cities and killing in the name of an ideology. Drugs, violence and sexual addictions are rampant. The great deception is happening now and the dream showed me that those who turn away from the evil influences and keep their eyes upon God will flourish. It will be a hard time, one of uncertainty involving attacks on morality, christianity, and individual belief that is against the mainstream.
These things that are occurring now are just underlying factors that will begin to expand into much larger factors eventually leading to millions being deceived and losing their souls. All lost in the name of ideology, idolatry and hate. The Devil breeds hate and feeds off of it. It is the tool he uses to destroy individuals, families and countries. Division is what he created when he decided to go against God.
Do not be deceived folks, earthly ways are not what God wants. Following the lost and wicked is setting you up for pain, terror, and agony beyond comparison. Turn your eyes to God, ask him for help and guidance. Step away from your evil influencer (The Great Deceiver), because in no way is it, he, she great in any positive way. The dream made me really consider where I am right now and I immediately awoke and prayed for God’s help and support moving forward.
I see the personal attacks coming my way. People saying I am crazy, bending my words and disagreeing with me over ideology. Attacking me for being a Christian and wanting to feel Gods light in my life. I disagree with any ungodly act that harms humans, creates hate and division. This dream confirms, I will follow God, his word and his teachings. I will do that with imperfections of humanity until I leave this earth. Knowing that I will gain the ultimate prize in heaven and hope for others not to be deceived by The Great Deception is my goal. I write this as a warning of things to come, be careful what you ask for and who you follow.
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