It would be so easy to be able to give the excuse, “the devil made me do it,” every time we sin, in doing wrong. I could imagine going to God on judgement day begging not to be thrown into hell, cause it’s not my fault, lol.

From the beginning of creation man was given the freedom of choice, according to biblical teachings. It is in our obedience that our freedom of choice work for the good of us all. You don’t have to be religious to understand what is good and what is bad. We can all agree religious or not, killing someone, stealing, cheating on your lover, is bad (wrong), and the lists goes on. We have man made laws we all must follow. But look how lucky we are to have a God and His laws so many of us has the choice to follow or not. We don’t even have to believe in Him, choice!

I was once told, “no God, then there’s no devil.” I replied, “God and the devil doesn’t come together hand and hand, like two lovers. God created him as well as us, and all things. There are too many things in our world and the entire universe that no amount of our intelligence we can’t create, explains, begin to understand or even know the reason for its existence. As for the devil I see him, he’s real, because I refuse to believe that humans can be so cruel and evil to one other. I blame the devil and his temptation and possessive powers of influences over us.

We are the ones who go together hand and hand concerning the devil, “no man, no devil to be fighting.” If we look at it from a biblical perspective when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit. It was the man and the devil thrown out of the garden of Eden. In Genesis 3:15 God spoke about putting enmity between the devil seed and the woman’s. Never once was it mentioned that the devil and man was going to be best of friends. Enmity mean: (Merriam-webster definition) positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will. Some how after time the devil was still able to continue to lead us away from God.

We personify God as man and the devil as a beast, but we are ever so wrong. God is a spirit and the devil is also, but an evil spirit, a fallen angel. If we look at it like this, positive and negative energy, God is both after all He’s God if you know what I mean, and the devil negative. The devil is a tempter, with powers to influence.

John 3: 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Jesus came to earth for our salvation. Through His life, death, resurrection and the gift of the Holy Spirit (the other comforter, spirit of truth) John 14:16. Now through faith in Him, we can all overcome every temptations and powers of influence by the devil, if we just believe. Once again, “our choice, and the devil has nothing to do with it.”

Luke 23:34 (NIV) Jesus said, “Father, forgive them,for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.

“Yes, that’s right back then, they truly didn’t know what they were doing, I believe, but then Jesus came! Today I am sorry, there’s no excuse. I just don’t get it, it’s like too much information has us stupid?” Matthew 7:1-6 We are not to judge others! But this is not a judgement, I am having a very difficult time believing people today really don’t know what they are doing. It’s one thing that the worldly people may have problems, but the faithful Christians? Then there’s definitely a glitch in the system of the WORD.

If Jesus didn’t come to judge or condemn, who do we think we are to do it to others? Yet claim to be following him. Jesus final instructions to his disciples before ascending to heaven was to make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit, Matthew 28:19. Acts 1:8 But you will recieve power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. No where is it written that Jesus commissioned any of his disciples to be judge, jury and persecutors to all nations. When that time comes I am pretty sure God is well capable.

I don’t expect the world or people of God to be all good and perfect, this is not heaven, I get it. But we have to check ourselves as to what’s in our minds and hearts, because it is the vulnerable part of us that is easily lead to temptation. It’s enough that we have to be wrestling with the flesh, and the world and it’s desires. Spiritual discipline begins with a strong relationship with the Lord. “Don’t fool yourselves, no one but the Lord can help you with that, so start asking as scriptures delcares, “ask, and it shall be given you,” Matthew 7:7

I pray for us all who can’t see the errors of our ways and may the Lord enlightened us that we do. We came to far to turn back now. All hatred, jealousy, racism; any evil intent towards each other has to stop.

First it was Blade and the came Black Panther, and it changed the world as we know it. Chosen Chadwick Boseman! Chosen by God, to play that believable role as a super hero, because you are a hero, to me. Selfless, that’s who you are. I thank you for being so authentic and true to yourself. Every acalaid you receive you’re deserving. I can’t believe you were battling cancer for four years and no one who worked so closely with you knew. Not even one tabloid report, says a lot about your character. You weren’t looking for pity from anyone for you having cancer or indulging in it concerning yourself. You are an awesome human being, to see you were still smiling, giving interviews, standing your grounds and pressing on forward to your destiny regardless. I saw you moving surrounded by angels and now I understand the reason. They were waiting to guide you home to the Father.

Everyone should take noticed, on how you were able to be in the world and not of it, according to the Bible. Not everything concerning our lives we have to share with the world, somethings we must keep between God and our selves. In our world today it seems like everyone deems it necessary to expose everything in there personal lives especially on social media. Thank God for those who hold on to their some call old fashion values by keeping their personal lives private. And like you not have it controlled by the expectations of the world.

Thank God for your presence in our world. Rest in peace God’s Prince and my brother! “You are ever loved and missed.”

August 22, 2020 almost four months since the passing of my dad. With Covid-19 I was finally allowed to gather with a few family members for my dad’s funeral. One week after his funeral I went to clean up all his belongings and it broke my heart. To think what’s your treasure in life, when you die it becomes garbage to others. My dad had a lot of things to get the rid of, and as I was almost three quarters of the way cleaning up his belongs, just as I reached the bedroom door mopping I saw in my peripheral vision my dad sitting on the bed. I stop what I was doing and ran to the front of the house it tears. I heard a voice saying,” don’t be afraid” I said I’m not afraid, I wasn’t ready, yet.”

An epiphany hit me as much as I love my dad, like my heavenly Father I have to be prepared and will to meet Him. He’s watching over me and as long as I am in this world, in this body (flesh) it’s hard for me to see and connect with the spirit. It take the Holy spirit to fall on me to not be fearful, but ready to except the presence of the spirit by being always ready, without preparation.

Lord, I alway want to be read to be in your presence, without fears or doubts. I welcome the Holy spirit to fill me till your will be done in and through me. Amen!

The year is 2020 and it began with such enthusiasm for a year of new beginnings and blessings. None of us could’ve envisioned a pandemic taking so much lives, and locking down of the entire world. All nations, regardless of race or religions, are affected. But in the midst of it all, videos of blacks people being killed innocently has been so disturbing. The pandemic itself was “reported” to be taking the lives, mostly of black people. What was not reported is the fact that they don’t have Medicare and live in very poor conditions. Poverty is the number one cause for their death and rumored neglect in the hospital.

I’d like to believe that we are living in the enlightening times. All that is in the dark has come to light. Nothing is hidden, from the existence of God, science, technology and life after death, etc. We are forever being documented, photographed and videotaped. But this mystery of the blatant killing of black people is yet to be revealed.

Today, August 30, 2020, I was speaking to my daughter about how saddened I felt to hear the young man, Chadwick Boseman, who played Black Panther died of cancer. I told her I knew he wasn’t looking well and something was wrong, but I just couldn’t put my finger on it. I thought maybe he lost all the weight from building up his body for the acting role of Black Panther. To me every time I saw a report of him, he kept on looking thinner and thinner. My daughter explained he was battling cancer for four years and still managed to finish filming both the first and second Black Panther movie. I told her, I felt so sad in my heart for him and his family. I’ve watched him played one of my favorite singers as a child, James Brown. I felt so proud to see a good looking black young man, who reminded me of a young Sidney Poitier. To be cut off right in his prime. But God knows especially with all the unrest with Black lives matter! “So sad,” I repeated. My daughter replied, “it’s very sad. It’s like this was a year that hit Black people really hard, but may we be able to overcome and continue to bring awareness that the pandemic brought about.”

Something touched my soul and exploded in my spirit and I found myself revelating. I started off by saying to my daughter, “so far all the questions about this life we’re living God has answered a few of its mysteries for me, except why it is black people keeps on suffering? Did we do something wrong against  God? Are we the real chosen ones, are we Abel’s?

The Jews will never see another Holocaust and all other people who had suffered cruelties. But why are Black people still living in bondage with their lives and being killed? I don’t get it! We are not truly free. We have a form of freedom, but there’s something definitely wrong. I am praying every day and asking God to reveal the truth before I ever die.

To think of it, I thought to myself, there’s something more to us than we ourselves can’t perceive or understand. We are like Jesus being crucified for no reason. Maybe that’s it! A truth that is being hidden somehow is being exposed. We are the last to be free, because our freedom is the Lord’s kingdom come here on earth. To be ruled by our strong unmovable faith. No one does church like Black people. I remember people being poor, but they will give there all for God. Look at how we worship and praise the Lord. Always looking and doing our best when it comes to our faith in God, look at our church.

I’ve always believe something happened to Black people when Simon of Cyrene the only black man mentioned in the bible ever getting close to Jesus, who was ordered to help Jesus carry his cross when he fell on the way to Calvary. None of his disciples was there to help Jesus, except this poor random black man. Maybe while he was carrying Jesus’s cross, Jesus give him something special, a touch more than that of his faithful disciples and followers who fled at his capture and judgements. Simon of Cyrene was chosen and mentioned for a reason, Matthew 27:37, Mark 15:21 and Luke 23:26. There was no other mention of Simon after Jesus got to the cross.

It’s so ironic that Jesus was crucified by the police officers of those time, the Roman centurion. They were wicked back then to prisoners as they are today. Let us not forget, it was also the leaders of governments who give the judgments for the crucifixions and the people manipulated by the haters (pharisees and scribes) of Jesus, who cried out to crucify him and let a murderer go free, by the name Barabbas, Luke 23:18-42.

Could it be possible that history has continually been repeating itself in this circumstance even today with the police. Man has yet to learned that in everything we do we must do in the Lord by love, other wise the devil takes over. To be a police is to serve and protect, not by evil, but good. Lord have mercy on us!!!

 

Though Jesus was immaculate conceived by the Holy spirit, he was very disciplined in his humanity, something we ourselves should be. I believe for this reason the years of his life was not documented until it was time for him to do the will of the Father, using his spirituality. We got glimpse of his preparations like when he was lost at the age of twelve and Mary and Joseph found him in the Temple and he said, “I must be about my Father’s business” Luke 2:49. Mary his mother requested of him  wine at the wedding at Cana, John 2:1-11.

Matthew 16:24-26 “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me…” ESV. Everyone who knows about Jesus and goodness (miracles and helping others) and wants very much to emulate it. We all love the thought of having Jesus’s power, to do the things he was cable of doing. Some of us haven’t mastered the discipline of the flesh (humanity) to attain such power.

I am tired of those who pretends to be like Christ, but yet possesses none of his characteristics. The characteristics of Christ is love, compassion, forgiveness, peace and not war, understanding, selflessness, trustworthy, respectful, caring, etc.  Jesus doesn’t hurt humans, just the devil and his demons. Can we truly say we are like him, especially if we would hurt one another?

I could never understand, with all the wisdom, knowledge, and understanding available to edified humanity about God, the world, our nature, the universe throughout generations and now into the millennium. With technology giving us information on anything educational at a click of a button. Why we are still so ignorant to the fact that God created the world with many diversity, including us humans. From the color of our skin, languages we speak, faiths practices, geographic locations, food we eat, clothing we wear and the lists goes on.

To me it would seem like God created us like a beautiful garden with its many colors. The earth itself being so beautiful, shows, God, like us, loves beauty. From an airplane view at a certain altitude, we can see the beauty in all of God’s creation, and the diversity of it all, when we look down on the earth as it ascend. The mountains, rivers, valleys and the sea. Like a bouquet of flowers, God has created the world with diversity, big, small, high, low and many colors. The world like our bodies according to 1Corinthinians 12:12-22, one body with many members. The earth has, East, West, North and south. It doesn’t mean any one section should be more superior, when together it makes up the one world, in which, God has created for us all.

The thing that we all keeps over looking is sin, which brought us all together to live here under this one roof called the Earth. We must stop trying to do God’s work by separating what we believe is right and wrong. God is the Judge, jury and persecutor. He may have given us freedom of our own will, but don’t mess with His. Let’s not get it twisted, free will is about individual, not God’s, or others.

The killing of blacks by the police has to stop. I just can’t get over the fact the second fatal world wide recognition shooting of another black man caught on camera in America after the death of George Floyd. Jacob Blake was shot several times in the presence of his you children in the vehicle. Why was it necessary? It seems like either some police officers are just blatant unafraid of consequences, at that particular moment had a psychological break down, was trained to handle the situation as such, wants publicity, a racist, I could only pray it isn’t so. Could these senseless shooting be fear motivated, something psychological? “Lord have mercy.” I can only pray whatever the reason, it will be resolved in Jesus name.

The number one problem along side the pandemic, shooting of blacks in America by the police, and big protests all around because of it. Enough is enough already, something’s got to give, in Jesus name.

Are you hearing the voice of the Lord? How you can truly hear the voice of God is not always audible. He speaks also in signs and wonders. What didn’t kill you only made you stronger. Look back to where you’ve been, to where you are right now. One footsteps forward is better than to not have moved at all. That’s why is said those who have ears to hear, let them hear, eyes to see, let them see and an heart to perceive, Matthew 13:9-16.

God is speaking to us, even through others. Yes, there are great men and women of God that are wonderful prophets and shepherds who are encouraging us to stand firm in our faith. But the one thing that captivates me is the men and women who are considered regularly people, with no titles the Lord uses either on social media or on the street, in a grocery store etc, to spread His word and will.

With this pandemic, covid-19 and everything else going on in the world, God voice is loud and clear, He’s in control. If we can just be still, try not listening to the noises of our own creation, and all distractions. Surely drawing nearer to God in prayer, fasting, meditation and the readying of His word, definitely will enable you to hear the voice of the Lord.

Numbers 20:1-13 The Israelites complained about not having water and gathered in opposition against Moses and Aaron. They quarreled with Moses and Moses went before the Lord about it. The Lord said to Moses, takes his staff and SPEAK to the rock before him, and it will bring forth water. Instead Moses was so angry at the Israelite people, he raised his arm and STRUCK the rock with his staff. For this reason both Aaron and Moses was not allowed to go to the promise land. NIV

Moses actions is a definition of operating in your own power. He did do what he was commanded in verse 9 when he gathered the assembly together in front of the rock as he was told by the Lord. By Moses not controling his emotions (natural self) in the midst of the Lord’s power he struck the rock instead of speaking to it. Moses some how allowed the negativity around him by the complaints and quarreling of the Israelites to give into his natural self instead of his spiritual.

How many of us like Moses, give into our natural self (own power) in being a servant of the Lord? Just because we are given the power, doesn’t mean the good Lord would take it away if we are not able to take control of our natural self by being discipline in surrendering to the Lord’s power (spiritual self). Scriptures declare the Lord is a spirit and we must worship him in spirit and in truth, John 4:24

All sorts of negative emotions, especially for some, fear, doubts, frustration and anger, rules in the natural self. But when operating in the spiritual self, nothing but the Lord, creator of heaven and earth, who’s in control and makes the impossible possible becomes oneness with you, to enable you to do great things and to be positive and good. For this reason any true servant with wisdom, knowledge, and understanding of the Lord, takes no accolade from other nor find themselves taking the credit for the Lord working through them. They know to acknowledge, it was the Lord doing.

It isn’t always about obedience, sometimes when you’d think of it!