The Death of a Child

Today, I just learned some very tragic news. A little 2 year old boy, Carter, was declared dead by the medical profession at a local children's hospital in my area, after drowning on Saturday night.  They believe he had been in the water for at least 35 minutes and possibly up to 45. He was with some family at a pond when the young child wondered back up the house where he was later found in the pool.

I heard of the event through a text.  It came as a desperate prayer request and I spread the word like fire to all my praying friends to cry out to the Lord for a miracle; that Carter would live on this earth and not go home yet to heaven. 

When we face these hard events in life, usually our minds get flooded with questions; and most of these questions are about where was God and how could a loving God let this happen and so on.  Most people land in the "why" series of questions.  I have ministered to people for many years, as I have walked with God most my life, actively choosing His ways and purposing to follow His blueprint, His outline even when hard things happen.

These hard things in life can shipwreck our walk with the Lord, but I would like to share with you a couple of pieces the Lord has taught me through various people and circumstances to help me hold my footing when the "cares of life" are crashing in on me.  There are two questions found in the book of Acts that I would like to explore with you. Let's start with the back story leading up to it.

In Acts 2, we find the apostles all together, in one place, in the upper room.  They had been "waiting" as Jesus instructed when he left (ascended back up to heaven) just a few days earlier. It says that SUDDENLY, a noise came from heaven and there was a violent, rushing wind and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.  It goes on to say that there appeared to them tongues as a fire (think of a fire pit and how the long blades of fire reach up into the sky) - this was what they saw filling the room.  This "fire" distributed on them, and rested on each one of them.  They were "filled with the Holy Spirit" and they began to speak with in other audible languages as the "Spirit" gave them utterance.

It goes on to say that there were Jews, living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven.  When the "sound" occurred, the crowd came together, and they were bewildered because EACH ONE OF THEM was hearing the disciples speaking their languages.  They were amazed and astonished, even saying, how can these Galileans be speaking our languages? In Acts 2:9-11, fifteen languages are referenced being heard.  There was great amazement and perplexity over this event.

Here is where we read the first question, Verse 12 says: ... "what does this mean?  When I find myself in a place of crises, confusion, need, accusation... I ask this question to the Lord, "Father, what is this?" I wait on Him to show me what is really going on. He wants to have fellowship with us.  He loves us!

If we read on, we find that Peter starts to preach telling them these men are not drunk, but this was what was spoken of through the prophet Joel.  He goes into the teaching about the "last days" and how God would pour out His spirit on ALL of mankind.  After Peter finishes sharing from Joel, he goes on to talk about who Jesus had performed miracles and signs yet they nailed Him to a cross and put Him to death.  He goes on to say how God raised Him from the dead and how He is seated at God's right hand. Peter goes on to talk about David and the significance of what Jesus had just done for all of mankind.

When he finished his amazing message, you need to read it: Acts 2:14-36, the people's hearts are pierced and they ask Peter the second question; "what shall we do?"  See, they understand they are in a "situation", and they need the Lord.

We also need to ask this second question when trouble comes, Lord, what shall we do?

This family who has lost their son will have a LOT of questions, they need to cry, sob, mourn, wail, and grieve, BUT they also need to be asking THESE two questions more than any other.  A week ago, they had NO IDEA that they were in the last week of their little boy's life here on earth. We say so many times that we need to "savor the moments" and we think we do, but we are really never ready to say goodbye.  We are just not wired to bury our children. It goes against everything in us.  I personally believe that this is one of the hardest trials we as humans walk through.  I have watched and walked people through many hard things, but the depth of pain a grieving parent has a whole new level of sadness, hardship and even anger and pain.  A very HIGH percentage of marriages fail after walking through this type of storm.

One parent can blame the other for "not watching" the child or for allowing a grandparent or relative or friend watch the child when the accident happened.  Go back to the Garden of Eden; blame was the first response.  It's in our sin nature to do this.  Then we are faced with forgiving and that can be even a larger hurtle to get over. The list can be long of issues, followed by anger and bitterness; all destructive. Satan's sole purpose is to "kill, steal, and to destroy" and he never stops doing that. The death of a child is just the beginning of a very long and hard road and the devil would love to keep on destroying as many people and as much as he can.

Years ago, my husband lost a sister in an auto accident.  She was 8.5 months pregnant and both of them died at the scene.  The pain was so difficult for many people including her husband; he not only lost his wife but his unborn child, his family was taken out.  It was difficult for my husband's parents as they lost a daughter and the unborn grandson and then there were the adult siblings, one of whom was not yet married. Everyone was in a tailspin and if someone wasn't reaching out to you,  holding you up, you were very vulnerable to crashing too.

These siblings from this drowning above will need much comfort and care and honestly, the parents may not have the capacity to help them.  The parents may have days where they may not want to get out of bed as they grieve and so others will need to be there, to help the living children who are also suffering a great loss.

Again, the loss of a child is such a big trial, and we, as the body of Christ need to be near those who grieve, to help shoulder them through their storm.

Today, I am praying for this family and I am praying that the Lord will find them in the middle of this very dark and difficult storm.  Jesus come!

WAKE UP AMERICA - the hour is near

WAKE UP AMERICA - Our nation is under attack and we have ENEMIES among us (and they have been elected by many people who even call themselves "Christians") but these evil people (some of them even say they pray - but they do NOT pray to the God of the Bible) are in power for their OWN PURPOSES or for their EVIL god - to destroy this nation, to destroy YOU! They are lying to us, and because of fear (watch the doctor below), we are giving up our rights, we are listening to the media's lies and we are hiding because of FEAR!

Many people want to "judge" the White House but are you willing to judge your own house?

We have a president who wanted to prosper America, create jobs, create wealth and who had helped more people gain employment. He created the STRONGEST ECONOMY EVER SEEN IN AMERICA in just 3 years but even before he took office these evil voices were calling for his impeachment and were working against our Elected President because of their hate. The evil media fueled the narrative. We, as Americans have to WAKE UP and see who the real enemy is.

A stimulus package was set up to send money TO YOU, but THESE CORRUPT leaders wouldn't vote for it because they wanted $2 TRILLION DOLLARS to go to the JFK Center for the Performing Arts (among other things). WHY??? THESE LYING LEADERS DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU, they want to destroy America... Father, wake up your sleeping church - even people who call themselves Christians are believing these lies. Why? Because our churches have been watered down from teaching Truth (Jesus is the Truth), seeker-friendly places, places we go to hear what we want to hear. The bible calls this "tickling our ears". 2 Timothy 4:3 addresses these people who don't want sound doctrine, they want to hear what they want to hear. They will choose teachers who teach according to their own desires. In verse 4 it goes on to say, they will turn their ears from truth and they will wander off, believing myths. Yes, these are the days we are living. We have a watered-down, lukewarm church that has produced weak believers.

We clearly are seeing who is for our nation and who is not. The truth will be revealed very soon - our nation will rise or it will fall; read your history books, nations come and nations go, but we are living a crossroad in history. God gave us a president who LOVES AMERICA but many of you speak evil against him. He has been working for FREE - do you work for free? Does your congress work for free? Well, no, Congress votes themselves pay raises. They have voted so that their children do not have to pay back their college student loans, their staffers family members also are exempt from having to pay back student loans, they can retire at full pay after only ONE TERM. Members of Congress have exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed for you and me (like, they are exempt from prosecution for sexual harassment - you are not. Let that sink in. This is why Sleepy Joe can and has done what he has), they have exempted themselves from Healthcare Reform in all of its aspects of the reform...NOT FOR YOU AND ME though.

To my Christian friends, it's TIME to wake up! Start by repenting for falling asleep while on duty. We need to turn from our selfish, old way of thinking/actions, and we need to pray. God is looking for an Army... searching over THOUSANDS for the ONES who will pray (this is how we fight our battles) for His ways to come, His will to be done; LORD SAVE US - from ourselves first and then these evil leaders who are controlling some of the highest offices in our nation, in our land, in our states, in our cities; the congress, the judges, the governors, all the way down to the committees!

For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. You have done a foolish thing, and from now on, you will be at war. - 2 Chronicles 16:9

If you are interested in seeing a change in our nation and you are willing to commit yourself to prayer for our nation, please feel free to message me. I will let you know of prayer movements going on throughout the nation and even some smaller groups, where you will know the people you are praying with because we are the family of God! Jesus come!

Out of Shadows - Mike Smith

I want you to know that I am praying for you and that I have been seeking the

Lord over so many things unfolding in our world; big things happening, almost daily. These are amazing days to be alive for sure!

I am really feeling the Lord pressing on me to "release His message of the Kingdom into our lost and dying world". These pages reach the nations, not just my personal friend list, so I come to write here and not just on social media. All that to say, I just feel the Lord is doing something new. We are about to step into a new place in history. In the future, our grandchildren will read about this "transition in time" and so I am writing this down – for the future generations to have access to what was going on in Texas, USA, during the days of the Coronavirus shut-in. Jesus come!

There is a lot of darkness in our world too right now as well. If you haven't put language to the situation (in your own words), we are fighting a very dark, spiritual war – this is more than just a worldwide shutdown. There are powers in play that, I believe, were assigned to take out our nation and fold us into a one-world government. Any of the past presidents we had would have gladly "sold us out"... but not Trump. He is our Cyrus. God has put him in his position of leadership for such a day, a time, and an hour as this. Jesus come!

With that, I have a link I want to share. This "battle" we are fighting is much bigger than just "China" and "Coronavirus" and "Communism" - as if those by themselves are not more than enough to deal with, but this battle is against the government of hell itself; Luciferianism.

To the pure all things are pure (Titus 1:15), so many Christians can't even wrap their brains around the idea of people actually serving our Father's arch-enemy (Lucifer); but, unfortunately, these people who do are “all in”, whole-heartedly, and unashamedly, opposing our Exalted Jehovah God. Father!

Monday a friend shared this movie, Out of Shadows with me and I finally took some time last night to watch it. Have you ever wondered why, whenever you look down the "rabbit hole" you always find the same swamp-dwelling creatures living there? I HIGHLY encourage you to watch this movie about Hollywood, Mainstream Media, our Government, and the CIA. Jesus help us!

Mike Smith (who created this documentary) has worked for the past 28 years in Hollywood as a professional stunt performer, fight and stunt coordinator, and as an executive director, just to name a few of his accomplishments. You have seen him perform if you watched Batman Forever, James Bond movies, or the new Spiderman movies... and he has been in countless other films. He knows and has worked with some of the biggest names in Hollywood. He is the guy doing the "hard" stunts behind those big Hollywood names. He makes them look amazing. He has some interesting things to share in this documentary as he reveals the "illusion" we all have bought into, and it is not just in Hollywood, but in our television shows, entertainment industry, news outlets, and even in our government.

There are some very disturbing clips and information that he will be lifting the mask on and pulling the covers off. Things that are hard to hear, but the depravity of man has yielded to forces that are evil and many of these evils have been Hidden in Plain Sight (yep, just like the movie title said).

THIS WILL BE HARD TO WATCH and you may find yourself talking to yourself saying, "no, this can't be real", but the hard reality is that these atrocities ARE true! We have all watched our nation as it has been dying over the last month. See, God, who sees all, is NOT pleased with what He knows that has been happening and He knows the details of the atrocities, and the names of the people conducting these evils and HE CARES! I saw the Lord "standing up" in a word He gave me when all of this coronavirus stuff started happening a month

ago. I saw Him "standing" and I knew He was getting up to "deal" with something. I wrote about part of what I saw when I shared with you all that the Lord told me not to pray against the "fear" but He told me to "pray that people would encounter Him". I knew in my spirit that verse in Hebrews 10:31 that says, "it is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God." How long can the Lord watch the shedding of innocent blood and the torturous activities that are happening to children, all for the sexual gratification of the elite, and their self-indulgence and pleasure, and all the demonic ritual sacrifices they are participating in? These acts are happening right under our noses. The media have even reported on some of it like Jeffrey Epstein and his Island of torture. Why are we not DEMANDING to know the names of those involved? Why are we

not crying out on the streets to know the truth about these cover-ups and lies? Many Christians are not even voting (look at the statistics). We have become dull and numb and dare I say, asleep in the light? FATHER, FORGIVE US! We have blood on our hands! Jesus, show us what we need to do!! It's time to wake-up, church! There is EVIL among us. Many of these people who are doing these acts against God are in both political parties, they are movie stars that we pay money to watch, they are entertainers that we pay to hear in concerts. I could go on and on. We need to wake-up and get involved. That starts with voting! Vote out the swamp. Get over your political bias. Pick people who are Godly and if there is no one to vote for that is worth voting for, then maybe YOU should run for that office!

Mike Smith (the author) had a wake-up call and began asking the HARD questions on his journey to the truth.

Truth. We say we love Jesus (the way, the TRUTH, and the life) but honestly, people don't like hearing the truth. Believe me. I know. Many times, I am the only one speaking up in a "room full of Christians". SMH. Father, forgive us. Do we really want to know the truth or do we want to "fit in"? Most people don't want to hear or speak the truth, they want to be popular. Things are about to get hotter folks. Jesus! We need you!

The Significance of the Number 40 in these Days, this Hour

We just came out of Passover and I did a brief study on the plagues of Egypt (posted earlier this month).  You may want to go back and read it. Over the past few weeks, the number forth kept rolling around in my head and then I saw some post on social media bout "40" and so I thought I would explore this number in a more exhaustive way on my own.

You would have to be living under a rock not to know that most of the world has been shut-down or in quarantine for the past few months in some parts of the world.  Let’s start this discussion with that word, quarantine. The word quarantine comes from the Venetian dialect of the Italian word, quaranta giorni meaning 40 days. The Latin word, quaranta, means 40. This was the period of time that ships were required to be isolated before passengers and crew could go ashore during the Black Death Plague.

In the Hebrew Bible, forty is often used for time periods, forty days and forty years, which separate “two distinct epochs” so we see that forty is a significant number in the Hebrew scripture. Highly significant events occur in timespans of 40 days or years so let’s look at the ones I found.

NOAH:

·       The rain fell for 40 days and 40 nights during flood. Genesis 7:4.

·       Noah waited 40 days after the tops of mountains were seen after the flood, before releasing a raven. Genesis 8:5-7.

MOSES:

·       Moses spent 40 years exiled in Kush (Sudan? Ethiopia?). Exodus 2:11-22, Acts 7:23, and Acts 7:30.

·       Moses’ life is divided into three 40-year segments; separated by his growing to adulthood, fleeing from Egypt, and his return to lead his people out. Acts 7:23, 30, 36.

·       Moses sent out spies (scouts) to explore the land of Canaan (promised land) for 40 days. Numbers 13:2, 25.

·       Moses and the Israelites wandered 40 years in the wilderness outside the Promised Land; one year for each of the 40 days the spies (scouts) explored the land of Canaan because they grumbled and sinned against God. The entire generation died (we see this period of years 40 year again) that represents the time it takes for a new generation to arise. Numbers 14:33-34, Numbers 32:13, and Joshua 5:6

1.     Caleb was the only scout who trusts in YHWH and he was 40 years old when he enters Canaan. His life alone is spared by God.

·       Moses spent three consecutive periods of 40 days and 40 nights on Mount Sinai with God.

1.     Moses fasted and prayed and received the 10 Commandments of the law on the first time. Exodus 24:18. He went up on the seventh day of Sivan, after God gave the Torah to the Jewish people, in order to learn the Torah from God, and came down on the seventeenth time of Tammuz.  He had been fasting and praying and the Lord wrote with his finger on the tablet and gave Moses the 10 Commandments.  When Moses saw the people worshiping the Golden Calf, he broke the tablets. Deuteronomy 9:11, Exodus 32:19.

2.     He went up on the eighteenth day of Tammuz to beg forgiveness for the people's sin and came down without God's atonement on the twenty-ninth day of Av. Deuteronomy 9:25. Moses fasted for another 40 days and 40 nights when God had written the Law a second time.  Exodus 34:28.

3.     He went up on the first day of Elul and came down on the tenth day of Tishrei, (first Yom Kippur), with God's atonement; whole-hearted forgiveness and reconciliation with the people of Israel.  Elul serves as the “month of divine mercy and forgiveness”. Deuteronomy 10:10

ISAAC:

• Isaac was 40 years old when he married Rebekah. Genesis 25:20
• Isaac’s son Esau was 40 years old when he marries Judith and Basemath. Genesis 26:34

EZEKIEL:

• God commands Ezekiel to lie on his right side for 40 days to bear the sins of Israel. Ezekiel 4:6
• Ezekiel prophesies that Egypt shall be desolate for 40 years. Ezekiel 29:12

HEBREW LEADERS:

·       Several early Hebrew leaders and kings ruled for 40 years in Israel, again, a generation. 

1.     Eli (the final judge to rule) in 1 Samuel 4:18

2.     Saul in Acts 13:21

3.     King David in 2 Samuel 5:4, and

4.     King Solomon in 1 Kings 11:42

• The land has peace for a period of 40 years under these judges:
1. Othniel in Judges 3:11
2. Deborah in Judges 5:31
3. Gideon in Judges 8:31

OTHER OLD TESTAMENT ACCOUNTS of FORTY:

• The embalming of Israel (Jacob) takes 40 days. Genesis 50:3
• God punishes Israel by allowing the Philistines to defeat them for 40 years (the epoch of Samson).  Judges 13:1

• The Philistine army stands against Saul’s army sending out Goliath twice a day for 40 days until David slays Goliath. I Samuel 17:16
• Elijah fasted and traveled 40 days to the Mountain of God (Mount Horeb aka Mount Sinai; where God gave Moses the 10 commandments). I Kings 19:8

·       Jonah prophesies that Nineveh will be overthrown in 40 days. Jonah 3:4

·       40 days for a woman to rest after giving birth to a son (80 for a girl). Leviticus 12:1-8

·       A mikvah consists of 40 se’ah of water.  A measurement.

NEW TESTAMENT ACCOUNTS of FORTY:

·       Jesus fasted for 40 days and 40 nights in the Judean dessert. Matthew 4:2, Mark 1:13, and Luke 4:2. (This is also described as the commemoration of Lent in some Christian traditions.)

·       The Sanhedrin used 40 lashes as one of the punishments listed in Deuteronomy 25:3; even though in actual practice only 39 lashes were administered as it was said, 40 would kill a man.  Jesus took 39 lashes.

·       There were 40 days from the resurrection of Jesus that he appeared on earth to His ascension in heaven. Acts 1:3.

OTHER FORTY’s:

·       A human being grows in the mother’s womb to produce a living body in 40 weeks.

·       The temperature, -40 on the Fahrenheit scale and -40 on the Celsius scales correspond together.  It is the same, minus forty or forty below on either measuring system.

·       This year is 2020 contains 20+20 and that = 40.

·       2020 is a census year; Jesus Christ was born during a census.

·       2020 is a year of “vision”. (Perfect vision is 2010.)  We need to ask the Lord what to see this year.

Finally, I have read that a group of theologians believe the number 40 represents "change”. It is the time of preparing a person, or people, to make a fundamental change.

In the last month, we certainly have seen changes in our world. God is all about rest, as even He rested on the 7^th day – the Sabbath; so maybe this “forced” rest our world has experienced has to do with our lack of taking a Sabbath. I remember in the early 1970’s when stores closed at a reasonable hour at night and most places were closed on Sundays. Could it be God is demanding His Sabbath from our nation?

Many people have been taking this time of being “shut-in” to truly find the Lord and turn their hearts with purpose, back to the Lord. They are repenting, seeking God, finding Him, but I feel as though there are many, dare I say even many Christians that are NOT using this time to seek the Lord, to repent of “their wicked ways” (because most of us think we are right, ya know?) and to truly encounter what the Spirit of the Lord is saying to the churches.  When we truly bow the knee, and repent, and turn, THEN we will hear from heaven and God will heal our land. 2 Chronicles 7:14

Something is brooding in my spirit as the Lord is highlighting “signs and seasons”.  We just came through a very significant time in history; the world had another, real-time Passover. Just as the plague of the angel of death was going over Egypt 3333 years ago, we too, needed the Lord to cover us, so that the coronavirus would Passover our homes.  Even the entire nation of Israel was “shut in” (a curfew was imposed over everyone), for the first time since Moses led his people out at the Exodus. God is a very intentional God so we need to be paying attention to these signs, watching and waiting.  Jesus died on Passover and then He rose again on First Fruits.  And after Jesus rose, he came back to live on the earth, walking with his disciples on the earth again, for 40 days. Read about it in Acts 1.

After Jesus rose from the dead but before He ascended up to heaven, He instructed His about the coming Holy Spirit (Acts 1:5) and He told them to wait in the upper room (after He ascended) for the Holy Spirit to come, and Jesus said, He was “mightier than I”.  The disciples again, were shut-in for 10 days in the upper room (Acts 2:1) when the Holy Spirit came and filled the room like a rushing, mighty wind, baptizing them with fire.  Matthew 3:11. This is what the church calls Pentecost and it where the Old Testament period of the law was concluded and the new era of the church began.  This “church”, those who believe in Jesus as Messiah are now part of the body (or bride) of Christ.  The church age began at Pentecost and will conclude when Christ comes back.  (This is where understanding a Galilean wedding betrothal/ceremony would be helpful to understand.  I may write about that in the near future.)

We just experienced a fresh world-wide Passover, and I am expecting, that 40 days from that event (plug the 10 days they were shut-in waiting in the upper room), we will experience a FRESH world-wide Pentecost!

I have heard some prophetic voices saying things like we are nearing the end of this “church” age and we will be stepping into the “Kingdom Age” after we come out of this coronavirus quarantine; that we will be stepping into a whole new way of living; life will be different.  I agree.  We are shifting from one period of time in history into a distinctively new period with particular characteristics marked by this notable event called the coronavirus.  Watch; we are living the history books of tomorrow.

The number 40 is an indicator, that there is about to be a "change".  Hiding and watching, waiting for the Fire of God to fall fresh and new upon us… Maranatha.

ADDENDUM:  I just heard that the official day of the Wuhan Virus shutdown in the United States was March 23rd, 2020.  The official day for the reopening of the United States is May 1st, 2020 - or EXACTLY 40 days!

Pentecost is celebrated 40 days after the resurrection of Jesus from the grave.  There was an outpouring of the Holy Spirit that shifted the disciples from people of great fear (hiding and denying) to people of great faith!  Could we have another great outpouring of His Spirit, a great awakening coming upon us?  May 31st, 2020, is Pentecost and Shavuot begins May 28th.  Shavuot comes from the meaning "weeks" celebrates the early barley harvest and the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai.  It is also called the "Feast of the Harvest".  Hmmm - is there going to be a GREAT HARVEST coming as the Fire of God falls again on the earth?  I have heard many Christians feeling that we are about to step into the Third Great Awakening... yes Lord. Jesus Come!

Bill Gates and His Foundation

This is supposed to be a funny MEME but there is a lot stated here, think about it. When people show you who they are - believe them!

In an interview with the BBC in February 2016, Bill Gates said, "I have hacked school PCs to meet girls students". - hmmmm.  That should be an indicator of his ethics.  Breaking into the school computer to help him meet girls.  Tells us a bit about his character.

It is said he personally choose not to vaccinate his own children but currently, his vaccine empire, is under fire with a pending lawsuit as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is being investigated by the India Supreme Court for illegally testing tribal children with vaccines. (The death of girls who were part of the Human Papilloma Virus vaccine trial that was funded by the Gates Foundation brought a stop to the trial. Three trial doses had already been administered to 30,000 participants, mostly tribal girls aged between 9 and 14.)

Where is the outcry?

Where are the women organizations crying foul?

National Organization for Women? ....crickets.

Pay attention.

COVID-19 and the Dangerous Media

I saw this post on facebook and thought it was worth sharing.  There seems to be some confusion and misinformation out there, mainly from the Media, and here is a current summary of the findings.  Again, thanks go to the media misinformation:

THE RULES:

1. Basically, you can't leave the house for any reason, but if you have to, then you can.

2. Masks are useless, but maybe you have to wear one, it can save you, it is useless, but maybe it is mandatory as well.

3. Stores are closed, except those that are open.

4. You should not go to hospitals unless you have to go there. Same applies to doctors, you should only go there in case of emergency, provided you are not too sick.

5. This virus is deadly but still not too scary, except that sometimes it actually leads to a global disaster.

6. Gloves won't help, but they can still help.

7. Everyone needs to stay HOME, but it's important to GO OUT.

8. There is no shortage of groceries in the supermarket, but there are many things missing when you go there in the evening, but not in the morning. Sometimes.

9. The virus has no effect on children except those it affects.

10. Animals are not affected, but there is still a cat that tested positive in Belgium in February when no one had been tested, plus a few tigers here and there…

11. You will have many symptoms when you are sick, but you can also get sick without symptoms, have symptoms without being sick, or be contagious without having symptoms. Oh, my..

12. In order not to get sick, you have to eat well and exercise, but eat whatever you have on hand and it's better not to go out, well, but no…

13. It's better to get some fresh air, but you get looked at very wrong when you get some fresh air, and most importantly, you don't go to parks or walk. But don’t sit down, except that you can do that now if you are old, but not for too long or if you are pregnant (but not too old).

14. You can't go to retirement homes, but you have to take care of the elderly and bring food and medication.

15. If you are sick, you can't go out, but you can go to the pharmacy.

16. You can get restaurant food delivered to the house, which may have been prepared by people who didn't wear masks or gloves. But you have to have your groceries decontaminated outside for 3 hours. Pizza too?

17. Every disturbing article or disturbing interview starts with " I don't want to trigger panic, but…"

18. You can't see your older mother or grandmother, but you can take a taxi and meet an older taxi driver.

19. You can walk around with a friend but not with your family if they don't live under the same roof.

20. You are safe if you maintain the appropriate social distance, but you can’t go out with friends or strangers at the safe social distance.

21. The virus remains active on different surfaces for two hours, no, four, no, six, no, we didn't say hours, maybe days? But it takes a damp environment. Oh no, not necessarily.

22. The virus stays in the air - well no, or yes, maybe, especially in a closed room, in one hour a sick person can infect ten, so if it falls, all our children were already infected at school before it was closed. But remember, if you stay at the recommended social distance, however in certain circumstances you should maintain a greater distance, which, studies show, the virus can travel further, maybe.

23. We count the number of deaths but we don't know how many people are infected as we have only tested so far those who were "almost dead" to find out if that's what they will die of…

24. We have no treatment, except that there may be one that apparently is not dangerous unless you take too much (which is the case with all medications). Orange man bad.

25. We should stay locked up until the virus disappears, but it will only disappear if we achieve collective immunity, so when it circulates… but we must no longer be locked up for that?

I thought this was funny too, BUT yet, it struck something in me.  We may think this is all funny but our entire nation has shut-down and millions are out of work and what are we doing about it?

My parents met after World War II (my dad literally bombed my mom’s homeland during the war and then was stationed there after the war). My mom was a young girl when Hitler rose to power. She was required to join the Hitler Youth, life was hard to say the least, and she even had a sister who was arrested and sent to a concentration camp for helping German men desert from the fighting.  My mom lived through a living hell that most people have only read about.

I share this because I remember asking her when I was a child, “Mom, why didn’t people leave when they heard what was starting to happen? Surely they heard of the terrible things going on."She said to me, “Suzanne, you don’t leave everything you own because of a rumor.”My takeaway, look how people have changed in just the last 75 years; again, this was my mom's reality, not a grandmother or some unknown person who wrote into a history book. We have shut everything down, on a rumor, a rumor of fear.

We, as a people, have become very compliant; good “sheep” today, aren’t we?  We are allowing the government (states and national level) to shut down our private businesses, all of our schools, our hair salons, nail salons, restaurants, fitness centers, entertainment, ... (all of this in the land of the free and the home of the brave); everything that someone decided was "non-essential".  Even our doctors and dentists can't do "non-emergency" procedures.  Not very free and I certainly don't call this brave. Everything shut down.  Why?  Because of rumors of people dying.

Mind you, we call our rumors other things; we use fancy words like projections, mathematical models, curves, but they were all based on information, we mainly got from a government (China) that lies about it's people and to it's people and even kills the "whistle-blowers" who possibly could have created and/or released this virus  in the first place and then, don't forget, we receive most of this information filtered through a media (who are all owned by six foreign owned companies) who hates our current president and our nation.  Sure. Makes perfect sense, just like the list above about the "rules" we should live by.

Fear is a powerful ruler.Father, may we find you in these days being “shut in”. Speak to us. May we have ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. What are we to do?  Let's start with, 2 Chronicles 7:14.  Repent. Turn from our wicked ways. God heals our land.  March 18th, 2020 was the last normal day in America... and then things began to shift.  Today is the 28th day of this "lock-down" - do you think people are ready to repent?

Lord, we don't need revival; we need reformation.

The Innocent Blood is Crying Out

If we could see what God sees happening in our world, maybe you would understand why He has disrupted our lives. He is wanting us to see that we need to change and turn from our evil ways. HE IS CALLING FOR A CHANGE. We have to turn from our wickedness. He is a good Father and He hears the cries of His children; even the children still nestled in what should be the safest place on earth, the womb.

In 1970, according to Wikipedia, there were 193,491 abortions performed in the United States. The next year that number jumped to 485,816 and has steadily increased until 1982 with 1,303,980. Throughout the 1980s the numbers hovered around 1,300,000 topping out at an all-time high of 1,429,247 in 1990. The numbers dropped below 1 million after 1998 and have been steadily falling (but are still outrageous) with numbers down to 623,471 in 2016. That is the size of the entire city of Louisville, Kentucky in 2018. I hardly feel like 600+ lives stuffed out is "down". Father forgive us! These numbers above total 46,413,319 lives.

To give these numbers some understanding to you, our most populated state is California and the entire population of California is 39,512,223 as of today. Second is Texas, having 28,995,881. The third most populous state is Florida at 21,477,737 and fourth is New York at only 19,453,561. Since 1970, abortion has taken the lives of more than the entire population of the state of California.  Let that sink in. Father, forgive us!

This has to stop and if EVERY CHRISTIAN would VOTE PRO-LIFE it would stop! It’s not just about saving the babies anymore; it’s about saving all lives!

This innocent blood is crying out for justice - and God is listening! It will be avenged! God will not be mocked!

A friend posted and said, "Since this started (the lockdown) I have kept hearing pray against a mocking spirit; which 1) denies Jesus and 2) mocks God. When there is no belief you reap what you sow! We have sown the innocent blood of babies and the virus is taking the blood (the life) of (mainly) the elderly; this is not a coincidence."

God is not a God of "coincidence". It is time to repent of our sinful ways and to ask God for the healing of the nation.

Pray. Pray. Pray.

NOTE: These images are VERY disturbing... hopefully they will sicken us to repent! JESUS! You can never say again that you "didn't know". 😭I will not be silent.

Social Distancing Enforcement Drones Arrive in US

This happened last week in New Jersey as reported by the New York Intelligencer magazine, Social Distancing Enforcement Drones Arrive in the U.S.

Fear is a powerful weapon and "the government" (in New Jersey) is using it. Why are we as American's ok with losing our liberties? I will tell you - FEAR! This is nothing new, using fear to get people to comply. What is amazing to me is how afraid we American's have become. Even Christians (who should know that God has not given us a spirit of fear) are bowing down to it.

We have a virus (nothing new as far as sickness and disease goes), an unseen enemy, causing us to retreat; we have closed up our businesses, shut our churches, given up our entertainment, closed our schools, sheltered at home... and the government keeps taking, more and more and more... and we let them.

WHAT? "Proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free." - really? "Land of the free, home of the brave." - well, except during a pandemic, then we give up our freedoms and are not very brave, we run and hide.

Sorry folks but my dad flew his bomber, WITH THE SAME CREW, into enemy territory on 42 missions (a miracle) so I could be free. Was he afraid? I am sure he was, but the alternative was a greater fear and motivated him and his fellow airman to answer the call. He helped to liberate his future wife, who was held captive by a leader who was even killing his own citizens. (My aunt was in a concentration camp - these things did happen!)

He would have turned 102 yesterday and I am thankful he is not here to see what a sorry state we are in; just handing over our freedoms. He was BORN during the "pandemic" of the 1918 flu - he lived it. People died. Terrible, but life can be hard and real men understand that. Life is full of risks (as of January 1, 2020, to April 1, 2020, worldwide, 46, 438 people have died from COVID-19 yet 121, 993 have died from the seasonal flu and 338,715 people have died in traffic accidents but we still drive!) - Time to wake up and choose to live. I will not live in fear.

When will these people living under these tyrannical leaders say no? Lansing, Michigan, is pressing back and people are gathering in Austin, Texas, too. It's time to get back to work, America!

It's also time to vote out these mayors, governors, representatives, and senators who tried to create a police state during this crisis, those who encouraged spying on neighbors (even rewarding it), those who are using drones, and those ticketing people for having church in a drive-in style setting... and any of the other of the power grabs. I want America back. #MAGA2020

A Darkness That Can Be Touched

Then Hashem (God) said to Moshe (Moses), "Hold out your arm toward the sky that there may be darkness upon the land of Egypt, a darkness that can be touched." Exodus 10:21 (the Israel Bible).  Moses was 80 years old.

The LORD said to Moses, "I will harden Pharaoh's heart that I may multiply MY signs and MY wonders in the land of Egypt." Exodus 7:3.  To get a better understanding of here is a short movie, The Plagues of Egypt.  Just reading about these plagues doesn't quite give the full impact, in my opinion, so watching this will give you some greater understanding of the judgement Pharaoh was under.  Just ONE of these plagues would be difficult to endure; yet alone to suffer all 10 of them. This too gives us a picture of the stubbornness and hardness of Pharaoh.  Whenever we read scriptures, we need to stop and pause and ask the Lord if WE too, would need correction.  Is there stubbornness in our own hearts?  Jesus, come and heal our hearts too!

Here are the plagues in the order the Lord sent them.

1. Nile River into Blood
2. Frogs
3. Gnats (Lice)
4. Flies
5. Death of Livestock
6. Boils
7. Hail
8. Locusts
9. Darkness
9. Death of Firstborn

After the final angel of death was unleashed on ALL of the Egyptians, with the final plague resulting in the death of Pharaoh's first-born son, Pharaoh finally let the Israelites go.  There is much more to read about in this historical event, but for now, I want to focus on this; they wandered in the desert for the next 40 years (Numbers 14: 33-34 and 32:13).  Moses died at the end of those 40 years - just being allowed to see into the promised land when he was 120 years old (Deuteronomy 34:7).  I am a sharing this to give you an outline of the timeline; based on these numbers, we know that ALL of these plagues had to have happened in under a year.

We can even narrow this time down even more by looking at a few more things.  The first three plagues were against ALL the people in the land, including the Jews and we know the duration of these plagues.  In Exodus 7:25 it says the blood turned to blood for 7 days.  In Exodus 10:21-23 we also know the 9th plague lasted for 3 days and finally, according to Exodus 12:29-31 the 10th plague lasted for one night, beginning at midnight.

I haven't found any information on the length of the other plagues but I would think that they couldn't be much longer than these listed; they would have been too much to endure.  I have read that it only takes a few days for a swarm of locust (like the 8th plague) to destroy every bit of green vegetation in sight.  This being said, doing the math, if each plague were to have lasted 4 days, that would be a total of 40 days.

Forty seems to be a reoccurring number for God when dealing with punishment.  As we have read above, the Israelites wondered in the dessert for 40 years. Remember it rained for 40 days in Noah's flood.  Goliath tormented Israel for 40 days before God helped David kill him and finally, God gave Nineveh 40 days to repent or be destroyed.

A final thought is that we know the final plague came at Passover, on the14th day of Nissan.  He again is moving, and just like back then, when God moves, He moves swiftly. 

We too are being "shut in" in this season of Passover.  Coincidence?  I think not. Seek the Lord while He may be found.  This is a time of repentance and cleaning of our hearts.  Shalom.