I just deleted Threads and Telegram from my phone. Oh, and before removing telegram I got off of all the unnecessary and distracting channels.
Call me old but I think it was good for me to be decisive from what’s been going on my mind as of late. I’ve been realizing that it’s far easier for me to tune out the hype and the noise now than ever.
I’m realizing that I am not my perspective, nor am I my wants and desires. When I thought more about the latter it actually got me to evaluate and consequently remove any cravings that are obsolete and/or detrimental.
I’m literally experiencing transformation by the renewing of my mind – or maybe I just have more ease in communicating what I’ve been doing for a while now.
It’s simple, really – anything in this world and in this reality is temporal and finite, and therefore inferior to what we’re realizing ought to take priority: That’s our reconciliation to the eternal and the infinite, by no less than Christ and His finished work.
By His birth, death, resurrection and ascension we’ve been made righteous and therefore so close to our Creator, that we call Him our Father; So close, that the infinite and the eternal has taken priority as our reality, over what our senses perceive, and ultimately over all contained within time and space.
And I sincerely believe that we don’t arrive to this reasoning (which is likely to be dismissed as ridiculous by the rest of the world) on our own efforts, volition and/or intention… no, sure as Christ is the Author and Finisher of our Faith, so the Holy Spirit is the One who brings us to this consideration – and it just so happens that I’m seeing all of it this way.
Clearly, there’s so much more to the salvation we have in Christ, than just a ticket to heaven when we die.
This is all probably why I don’t have a strong sense of urgency. Well, at least not as strong as my mom’s urge to talk about the rapture before the end of September.
September 20, 2025
9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.2 Corinthians 12:9-10
Did it have to come to this, for me to just cry out to the Lord, and to fall into His arms?
Did it have to come to me coming to the realization of all I’ve squandered and wasted for the years and decades past – That, through it all, I see how much of a low-value person I am?
Did it have to come to a point that I see clear and present danger happening to those so close to my heart – my own family?
I mean, I’m sharing ALL the vulnerability that comes to my mind right now, and all I have to show for it is not MY faith, but God’s grace, and the hope that the power of Christ rests upon me, regardless of how low I feel right here and now.
I’ve been reduced to a shell of a person, crying out to the Lord whenever I can, however I can, with no guarantees of a better tomorrow, only the hope that God hears us, and that He not only hears us, but is listening to us, and that He is not only listening to us, but is interested in us and attentive to our voice and our words.
Oh, that He would help me, here and now! I’ve never felt this low for the longest time. I’ve never felt this weak, not for a long time.
…and yet, here I’m claiming the promise of His word – When I am weak, then I am strong. It’s in these weaknesses, these insults I hear from others and these insults I fling upon myself; It’s in these hardships, in these persecutions, and in these calamities, current and upcoming, that all I have to say for myself is, ‘I need God all the more’.
Help me, Lord! Sure as You are my Salvation, so I also make the claim and declaration that You are my health – You are OUR Health, my own, and my family’s health! And not only are You OUR health inasmuch as our physical bodies are concerned, inside and out, but You are OUR FULL and complete health, mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually, in all aspect of our beings.
You redeemed ALL of us – meaning (1) You were born, You died, You rose again, and You ascended to heave for ALL of us that whosoever believes shall not perish, and (2) we who believe shall not perish but have EVERLASTING Life – that is, a Life that covers us and all aspects of our being fully and completely.
And, here and now, sure as we are redeemed, sure as we are saved, so we are forgiven, and so we are healed and restored. I claim this and declare this here and now, for myself and for my family – for you too, dear reader – that the Lord would be glorified to the maximum, no matter what conditions we see for ourselves and our loved ones.
You saved us, so You healed us! And in all of it, be glorified, Lord! Amen!
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