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Spirit Chronicles: The Lady In Purple

I was laying in bed a few nights ago half asleep and I felt someone standing beside the bed. I looked up and there stood a woman in a purple robe. She was older probably in her 70’s of medium built. She had shoulder length gray hair and a nice skin tone.

She was standing over me looking down at me. She didn’t say anything just stood there and looked at me. Like most spirits I see when I looked away and back at her she was gone. I am thinking she may be the woman that lives in our house. A few other people have seen her around the house and she has spoken to myself, wife and daughters.

Her name is Martha and she lives on the land in an old house in the early to middle 1950’s. It may not be her but after thinking about it I got the sense that whomever she was is somehow connected to the land and property we live on.

I looked away and she was gone as fast as she showed up. Maybe she will be back soon and will tell me who she was and what she wants. As I am typing this spirit Chronicle I feel someone standing beside me rubbing my head trying to get my attention.

Faith: Spending Time With God

Today I am writing about spending time with God and growing our spiritual connection with him. He seeks us out and we need to seek him in return.

Do you ever just stop and spend time with God?  I try to pray three times per day morning, noon and night to make sure I speak with God.  Sometimes I fail at that goal because life can get in the way.  The quantity of prayer in my opinion is not greater than the quality.  Doing ti three times a day allows me to focus on the things I need guidance on.  

Our spiritual needs can change in a minute, an hour or a day.  Give those to Fod and know that he has heard those and will action them for you.  God wants us to spend time with him, seeking his guidance for our lives, relationships and jobs. My favorite way to seek time with God is to go out behind my house and sit near a huge tree in the shade and talk to God.  

Maybe you have have your “quiet time” or devotional time or whatever we call it to seek guidance.  When you do seek God do it with conviction, with an open heart, mind and soul.  Do not half heartedly pray for things that are wants , but go after your needs.  Allow Hod to work through those and lead you to a finalization with them.  

Maybe you do not seek to speak with God daily, opting to only seek or call on him when we need him.  I am guilty of that myself, and work hard to avoid doing that.  God seeks us constantly and is consistent in sending us a still small voice. A dear friend of mine that is very spiritual and gifted once told me that “God shows us signs in small ways, doing small things as the day goes on”.  

With this I say we all look for God in our daily lives through small but meaningful events.  Could be emotional, physical or spiritual movements.  Might be someon holding the door for you or someone allowing you to pull into dead locked traffic.  Or it could be in a big way as well.  Seek him out as he seeks you and look, listen and learn how to connect to God in spirit.  

Deep down inside we desperately desire to connect with our Creator. And He wants to connect with us. Figuring out how to do that seems complicated, but it easier than we think. We have to get quiet and pray to God. After all, God is huge, mysterious and greater than us. He’s everywhere around us, yet we cannot see him.  

You may sit down with your friends and have a cup of coffee most days.  Do that with God, grab yourself daily brew, sit down and talk to God as you enjoy that warm cup of coffee.  Grab your lunch, go to a nice park and eat and think about God.  He thinks about us and loves us to come to him spoken and unspoken. 

Spending time with God daily allows us to tap into his wisdom, mercy and grace.  In return we get his love, guidance and direction in our daily lives.  That is how we see our lives change in ways that can seem hard to believe. We become more like God’s children as we spend time with him.  

Here are a few ways to spend time with God daily:

1- Schedule a set time and add an alarm in your calendar.  Do not avoid it, silence it or skip it.  Make God a priority. 

Would God silence or put you off?

2- Be consistent in those prayers and be open to building that relationship.  Just as your spouse, children and friends matter, so should God.

God is consistent, will you be?

3- Set goals for spiritual growth.  What do you want to accomplish with God.

You set goals for work, health, marriages, etc.  Don’t you think setting a goal for God is just as important?

4- Be hopeful and faithful in your time with God.  

Christ often went to solitary places to pray (see Matthew 14:23; Mark 1:35; Luke 6:12). Christ was the most powerful person to ever walk the earth, he was born of God and still sought him out.  Be like Christ and seek time with God, grow in spirit and abound with life.

Lord, I pray that you help me to find time for you. Quality time that is important and a priority. Seek me as I sell you and let’s connect at a higher level than ever before. Amen!

Faith: Finding Inspiration in Gods Words

Finding Inspiration in God’s Word

Finding inspiration in our lives at times can be very hard. Being inspired to pursue our goals and accomplish them is not an easy task. Many things will get in the way and set us back as we seek to inspire others as well. God inspires people, his believers and followers by giving us words of inspiration in the bible.

He declares his word to be true and offers us the most inspirational event in human history as proof. God gave us his only son Jesus Christ as a gift to inspire us to be more like him. What more inspiration do we need to see that God is perfect and holds the key to all our success.

We have to never give up on our dreams, goals and visions for ourselves.  You must be unstoppable and believe you are going to accomplish your goals.  We inspire others by acting, behaving, leading and guiding people in a positive manner that shines God’s light into the world.  

God inspires through his acts of mercy, grace and kindness.  As you seek to inspire and be inspired, surround yourself with people that inspire you.  More importantly, seek God’s leadership to inspire you to be a better person, better Christian, better husband, father, mother, brother, wife and all the other things you seek to be.

  1. Are you willing to be inspired by God’s words?
  2. Are you willing to ask God to inspire you and grow your inner spirit?

Isaiah 40:31, But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

John 16:13, When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

God, I pray that you inspire me to be better everyday at all the things I seek to accomplish. I know that I can do this with you by my side, inspiring me to inspire others. Amen

Faith: Do Not Lose Hope

Do Not Lose Hope

As I lay in a hospital bed awaiting another procedure on my heart and writing this blog. I face a reality check that my life has changed for good and I may never be the same physically. After my first procedure I felt better and began rehab and things were going well. Suddenly yesterday, a severe pain hit me in my chest and I went to the hospital. It was a setback and I started to doubt things.

I felt hopeless for just a short period of time. I was scared and confused. That can create doubt and take your hope away. I prayed about it and have no option other than to fight this and know that God is in control. I have to keep hope and not be fearful of the unknown. As I prepare for surgery, I added to this post as it was appropriate and perfect timing.

Today we talk about hope and what it means to have it in your life. Hope offers us a way to feel like something we want to desire will happen. Hope can often become a huge disappointment in our lives as well. Often we hope for things that are not available or viable for us. A person may hope to find the perfect spouse as they envision in their minds. However, the perfect spouse may be completely different.

How is your hope? Does it bounce back after taking a big hit or disappointment?  Does it cause you to struggle with finding and maintaining a  positive thought process to get where you can?  When you are facing the testing of your faith can you see the light at the end of the tunnel?  Do you trust in God and his word to allow you to find hope in people, relationships and your faith.  

When you need words of encouragement to renew your spirit and restore your soul, turn your eyes to God and seek his guidance, grace and mercy. According to these scriptures from the Old and New Testaments we can find hope and encouragement in his words.

Everyone needs to be reminded from time to time of the hope that God, Jesus and the Bible offer to us in our daily lives. We can find that by reading, praying and being faithful in the process. Holding out hope for a solution to your prayers is a must for you to have and maintain hope.

Romans 15:13, May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

1st Corinthians 13:13, So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

God, walk with me in my faith journey. Give me hope that all things are of you, by you and for you. Help me to be Hopeful and seek your wisdom when times are hard and I feel hopeless. Amen

Travel: A Day in God’s Country- Molded Like Clay

Cindy and I spent the day riding in the North Carolina mountains enjoying the cool mountain air and the awesome scenery of the Blue Ridge Parkway. We were looking for great pictures opportunities and waterfalls to get some updated pictures for the family. We love to travel together and find waterfalls.

On our trip back down the mountain, we stopped in stopped at one of our favorite places that we took pictures at five years ago to get some updated pictures. We have both been working on our health and losing weight so it was a perfect time to get updated pictures. It would also show how we have changed the last five years. And we got some great pictures, especially of Cindy. She takes a much better picture than I do.

As I was snapping an awesome picture of my beautiful wife. She told me about growing up and flying with her dad over the mountains. Cindys dad Red was a pilot who loved to fly his Cessna 182 all over the state. Cindy flew with him frequently and their favorite trip was crossing the mountains. She told me it was if God had reached down with his hands and molded those mountains like clay. That comment from my wonderful wife made me begin to think.

When we stopped for the pictures, I noticed the scenery of that location had changed some as well. The trees had grown taller and the mountains were harder to see. The tree we loved five years ago was still there, waiting for us to get new pictures. The trip felt like a renewal of sorts. Getting into the high country always seems to set us straight and bring us back to an understanding of how wonderful Gods creations are. It calms and smooths us so we can relieve stress and re-energize.

I had prayed this morning about a topic to blog about, looking for something to write about today. I had thought about taking the weekend off and not writing today. It was getting later in the day and I told Cindy I wait until Monday. Those plans changed when Cindy told me about her dad and how God had molded those mountains like clay. Proof positive that our plans often may not be what God wants for us.

Her comments and memories triggered me to think about how God molds us like clay. We are a work of art, a special production made by him. A one of a kind priceless in his eyes. He uses his grace, mercy and guidance to mold us into what he wants us to be. Just like those mountains that have formed over millions of years. Carved into something wonderful. Something that brings joy to the world and a peace to the soul.

God is the great Potter and we are the pottery clay. I thank God for his messages and how he sends them to us in such a still small voice. I thank him for my awesome wife who prompted me to write today with such an insightful memory of her and her Dad Red.

Lord, thank you for this message, thank you for my wonderful, loving and super smart wife. I pray for your guidance for us as we go forward in life. Thank you for being my potter and helping me be the clay that can be molded into something special in your eyes.

God Bless! KB

Spirit Chronicles: The Great Deception

The Great Deception

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.