Where the Road Leads… A Spiritual Journey of Faith and the Heart of God
Come and hear… all you that honor God… and I will declare what He has done for my soul... Psalm 66:16
It appears to be we all have a unique role in life, when we look at the history of humans as a whole. We seem to be searching for answers on both a Conscious or unconscious level as to whom we are, and why we live this short existence here... wondering if we each have a destiny and if so... why and what will our part be? In our Conscious search, some of us reach out to God's Spirit ... to our Creator … the ultimate Source of all that is… for His truth and receive it with a knowing no man can take away!
Having done so, for many years I have been urged both to write down and to tell all who care to listen, aspects of my spiritual journey of faith... revealing, through a Divine Presence ... Spirit active in our lives and from within…. through a spiritual union with the Holy Spirit of God … a fulfillment of a Prophecy/Promise to us through Jesus the Christ... the awareness and messages I have received. It is said the writing down of my memoirs will bring hope, faith, healing and encouragement. They will bring insight and clarity to many unanswered questions for those who are seeking… inner peace and truth about the reality of God and His love ... to know our Creators heart, mind, wisdom, mysteries and mysterious ways intimately ... our spiritual union and potential … the spiritual realm and how all of this can affect who we become eternally and in each present moment internally and more.
Following a series of deep internal impressions I received in 1989, with regard to my life and future global events, confirmed to be Prophetic ... I have experienced supernatural occurrences with an inner knowing a Divinely ordained Eternal Plan is indeed unfolding before my and my husbands eyes and in our life. The fulfillments of these impressions continue, putting me in a position to write about them with an ever increasing faith and sense of predestination. Where to begin is my question … having heard Father’s call to write and hoping to receive the Holy Spirit’s Anointing in the stepping out.
Considering what I have come to discern as God’s perfect timing, and the fulfillment of some of the inner visions I have received; in particular Sept 11, 2001, the first of many global Dominoes which will fall, ultimately bringing about the greatest Spiritual Renaissance, Spiritual Awakening and Inner Transformation since Pentecost eventually manifesting mature Sons and Daughters of the Most High, who will live in His Kingdom on earth now... as it already is in Heaven… it seems to be important to start with my own background which led up to my unique intimate encounters with the Creator of Heaven, Earth, and all which Exists, the One I choose to speak of in this moment as Almighty God our Heavenly Father.
Although attending a church was not a part of our lifestyle, as a child born in America, in 1949, I came to believe in a Being Who created us, Who Prophetically sent His Son to be our Savior and to reconcile us to HimSelf as our Father and more. As I grew up, I tried to live a life, according to what I believed would please my Maker, His Son and my Parents. Eventually I was convicted; I wanted everyone to be happy and through a false sense of responsibility, become a people pleaser and classic enabler. This way of thinking and being planted seeds of confusion and imbalance, hindering my Soul's ability to live according to my Conscience rising up from within.
My tender Conscience was partially influenced by being raised with fairly decent morals, firm parental discipline and my very limited understanding of the laws of love, justice and faith and a right standing with God, which were ultimately offered to humanity, through the spiritual teachings and messages shared through Jesus the Christ... and before Him Moses and other Prophets sent according to Father’s intentions and the timing of HIS ever unfolding Eternal Plan. Teachings, some of which I had heard about as I grew up but had not searched out for myself until I left home… and more so, after I was married and began to have a family.
In 1978, when I was 29 years old, my thoughts turned towards God Almighty in a way which was more open and sincere than any other season in my life and I began to ask many detailed questions.... expecting an answer, if this were possible. I spoke to the Spirit of God ... in simple conversations, like a child would speak to their Dad... a Father, whose loving authority was respected and feared
Life had taught me, there was both good and evil, which motivated me, much I did not understand, and even though I was able to make choices.... I was not always the one in control, as I wanted to be, or had thought I was supposed to be. Sometimes I was disappointed in the way my life was going... and in whom I seemed to be becoming, within and without. I desired a better life for us all... especially those who suffer, and asked Almighty God to bless us.
Although we were seeking to live the American dream, our life had not turned out like my husband and I had imagined it would. We had not been able to control our lives... and had lost sight of our hopes and dreams... which ultimately affected the love we shared in a negative way. It seemed whatever I did to get or keep our life in order, to please others only made matters worst. It was not just about the sowing and reaping of our wise or foolish, selfless or selfish choices, some phases had been out of our control... like the unexpected conception of our of twins who died during the birth process at 6 months and the war in Vietnam, which interrupted our future plans.
In retrospect, I can see often, we were weak in Character through inexperience, false notions, inherited traits, or simply because we had little will to do otherwise, being unaware we are born of a dual nature ... spirit and flesh … which led to unrest or peace. Occasionally, conditions and others who were a part of our reality affected us in ways which were beyond our ability to control; even when we set goals and took responsibility for our own choices and set out to do what we believed was right consciously. Most of the time, we were unconscious of the possibility that we were the cause of our own or another's suffering or blessing, brought about through the situations we each created through judgments or choices we made unconsciously rejecting or embracing a deeper truth our Conscience was seeking to transmit ... in hindsight it seemed like we were as yet, on auto pilot, unaware.
Life happens to us. The century, families, DNA and cultures we are born into, preconditioning we experience and its contrast to others we read about or meet along the way, affect our choices, depending upon how we interpret life and who had the dominate personality, or the most knowledge or experience at the moment, and the like. These contrasts tested the values we were raised to believe, causing us to reap what we sowed as we did, sometimes for the better, sometimes not.... based upon whether we believed a truth or a lie and how easily we learned or could be manipulated and how deeply rooted the false concept was imbedded. Yet, it was obvious there was order within chaos when things worked out and blessings ensued... and I occasionally thought about how God fit into it all.
Perhaps
it is needless to say I, like other’s I have met, did not always feel good
about myself or about how life was turning out for me or others. I was surprised
at some of my own choices. I knew if there was a God Who wanted to relate with
us intimately through goodness... and He was not simply an imagined Being based
upon superstition or myth as some have said... I was ashamed of my behavior and
attitudes at times when I thought of His being aware of whom and how I am
being... but apologizing and trying again... and again... to change myself to no
avail was not enough to bring me comfort and internal peace for long. Sometimes
I would feel condemned for all of eternity through my thoughts or other’s
words, rather than convicted and forgiven with hope of a fresh beginning, as
shame attempted to overcome me, pressing me down, challenging me to give up with
a smirk… shame sought to convince me there is no hope, I will always be like
this, so why repent. I seemed to be powerless to live consistently according to
my Conscience and this grieved me, causing me to cry out to my Savior for
release. Would I always just be a
sinner saved by grace, with no overcoming power … Am I destined to live in a
cycle of condemnation and conviction, with no lasting change in this lifetime, I
pondered before Him?
Although, I did not necessarily always understand or agree with His methods or His desires, my finite concept of God’s Spirit was... Our Omni- Heavenly Father is good and wise and just and wants us to be an expression of His Spirit in this lifetime and beyond... and according to the writings in the New Testament of the Bible... Jesus says Father God loves us and has made a merciful Covenant founded on Grace and not law with His Creation. He says, Almighty God is Almighty God and life is a sovereign gift from Him to His children, and we can live it with a clear Conscience and pure heart; with an awareness of His Loving Presence and Gracious Power in our daily life, in this lifetime, if we choose to believe such is possible ... with El; All Mighty God nothing is impossible.
I was grateful for the opportunity to have lived, no matter how difficult, painful, or disappointing I or the present might be on occasion and I prayed to our Heavenly Father every day. A desire to have a clear conscience… to be at peace within… with God and man was drawing me with increasing passion. My thoughts turned toward Almighty God more and more as each new day passed; as a desire to please Him and abide in HIS love increased as well. I did not want Jesus to have suffered and died for our redemption in vain. I desired for His Kingdom to come on earth as it already was in Heaven, in our lifetime… not just in the afterlife.
Yes,
I have knowingly taken advantage of God's goodness... I remember being strong
willed, needing to do my own thing without always considering the
consequences... temporarily turning a blind eye or deaf ear to His ways, His
wisdom and truth... as I ignored my Conscience.
When my Conscience convicted me of the error of my way, I repented with
awareness through Jesus Christ as an intermediary; I could reach out for the
promise of forgiveness and a fresh start. I believed I had the right to call
upon His mercy, this offer of grace without shame. I condemned myself for this
continual need to do so, regretting my
inability to stop ‘being bad’ and 'giving into temptation' … I felt there
was something missing in me or which didn’t need to be there, which kept me in
this cycle… I hated to be simply a sinner saved by Grace… I wanted to be an
overcomer, so Christ would not have been sent in vain. I wanted evidence His
goodness had triumphed over evil. Even
though I gave up on myself… I had a hope deep within, Father would not give up
on me as His child. But saying I was
sorry… trying to change my ways of being again in my own strength, only to
fail miserably, feeling like I was disappointing God and not just myself once
again, was a burden which was becoming to heavy to carry … a burden I did not
know how to release. Surely there had to be more than this, my heart
continually cried out to My Savior and Heavenly Father. If so… show me …
change me! Until alas I gave up.... with a silent plea of Help!
Love Manifested ~ A Living Vision
Through
my very imperfect understanding and experience of God's Spirit and His ways and
thoughts... and not wanting to spend eternity separated from Almighty God’s
goodness in hell as a condemned sinner, one night while soaking in the tub, I
reminded Him of a conversation I had a few days earlier... one which led to my
introduction to the Holy Spirit.
Someone
had said, “I’ve noticed you smoke Pot sometimes, and I was wondering why you
would want to do that?"
I
told them the various reasons to include because my husband and a few friends do
and we enjoy it together... ending with the most important reason, "Over
the years, I have tried to read the Bible... but because of an inability to
concentrate and my weak comprehension skills in reading, I have a hard time
understanding it. The words seem like gobble goop to me... it does not make
sense. However, I have discovered, I look forward to reading it under the
influence of Marijuana, because my mind quiets down enough that I am able to
focus and really listen and think about what I am reading. It is as though the
words are alive... and God is speaking directly to me through them."
Their
reaction was one of alarm... "You don't need Pot to understand the Bible...
all you need is God's Holy Spirit! His Spirit will be your Teacher if you
ask."
Surprised
and delighted, my heart responded, “I’ve heard when a person is Baptized;
this is all done in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Other
than that, the word, Holy Spirit has no meaning to me. Tell me… Who is the
Holy Spirit? I want to know all you know!”
With
a gentle expression and tone to match, she responded comparable to this,
"Jesus said, 'After His death and resurrection, Father God would send His
Holy Spirit in His name... to live in us and through us, giving us the power to
live a new life, through a new nature, God’s Holy nature. His Holy Spirit will
help us understand the Bible and God... it will lead us into all truth... and
purify our hearts and renew the Spirit of our mind with the power of Gods Word
… through giving us a new heart and a new mind… the heart of God and the
mind of Christ. It will teach us and cause us to be good and not evil through
God’s nature awakened from within'. She watched the expression on my face a
minute, before adding, "We only need to choose to believe.... Father God
will do the rest."
I
was amazed at her words and wondered about them ... perhaps she took advantage
of my silence by asking, “Have you ever heard the expression, to be Born
Again?"
I
replied, "Yes, but I do not really understand what that means."
She
smiled and leaned forward in her chair and as she spoke Father imparted the
revelation of this, "Jesus said... 'We cannot come to truly know Father
God's Spirit and come to recognize the Spirit Realm, until we are born both of
the flesh as well as of His Spirit; man is created in His Image… with a soul.
Father sent His Son Jesus as a living Testimony of this, offering us restoration
and redemption of our soul. Father’s Spirit awakens our soul to His Spirit of
truth and love and holiness within... to the Spirit Realm, through the Born
Again experience. The Holy Spirit teaches us Spiritual Truths, empowering us to
discern His Truth and Spiritually Discern the Bible. This Spirit, through our
union, will bring Scriptures to remembrance once revealed, especially when we
need them the most. That is why it is important to read and meditate on
Scriptures found in the Bible. The Holy Spirit awakening us to the Spirit Realm
will lead us through circumstances, which God will ordain as we choose to follow
and surrender to His revealed will. He will enable us to overcome sin in our
hearts... by convicting us of our sin, and giving us the faith to be different
through God's overcoming power ... Spiritual Nature having become our own. We
won’t have to depend upon our own natural strength and understanding anymore;
we are powerless without His Nature overcoming through us. His Nature of love
and truth and holiness will come forth as evidence that He lives in us. We will
become humble... patient and kind... generous and hospitable... tolerant and
self sacrificing, peaceful and faithful, joyful and good, loving and forgiving,
merciful and willfully obedient to Father's desires through our ever increasing
union with His Spirit and will as we grow up Spiritually."
Her
words held my attention, because like I’ve said, my soul felt condemned and
powerless, because I seemed to be unable to be consistently good … my heart
did not always want His will. I had been brought to the place where I definitely
wanted to live according to Almighty God's will for my life, but I was not
always sure what that is.. I wanted
to understand the Bible because I had heard, in it were words our Heavenly
Father had inspired and given to Humanity through Prophets of old, so we could
come to know Him, His hidden Spiritual mysteries and His ways.
Although
I only barely understood the depth of her words, and she has no memory of having
told me all of this under the anointing...
I vividly remember her continuing... as if Almighty God were speaking to me
personally through her, "When we ask and Jesus' Holy Spirit, which
originated with His Father, births the Spirit of God within; it is part of
Father's plan through the gift of His Spirit to present additional spiritual
gifts, such as miracles, healings, prophecy, words of knowledge, wisdom and
revelation. One of those gifts is the gift of prayer, evidenced by a prayer
language, where the Spirit of the Lord intercedes through us with a perfect
prayer. One of the purposes of these various gifts and this prayer language will
be so there can be a manifestation… a sign, to the unbeliever of the reality
of God's Spirit ... among us and within the Family of God .... those called out
to be unique among the world."
After
she continued speaking of the different spiritual gifts and other blessings
which come with the gift of the Holy Spirit, my mind wondered back to the early
70's, when I had met a coworker who prayed in a prayer language known as
speaking in an unknown tongue. She was one of the most loving and humble people
I knew. Her heart seemed to be pure and her life seemed to be one of excellence.
She was a good friend to my sister's Boss... a kind Army Major, who also spoke
in tongues and was well respected by those under his Command.
I
had been warned to stay away from them... by people who were of a different
Christian Denomination than theirs. I was told they were going to hell...
because they were deceived by Satan. The proof of their deception was that they
spoke in tongues, which made them Holy Rollers whatever that was. I myself could
only imagine.
Those
warning me, insisted, speaking in tongues was only for the early Believers and
such gifts… such power died with the early church. They maintained those who
did such in our present were receiving a counterfeit from Satan and must be
avoided, no matter how loving and kind they were. This did not ring true within
my own soul... but who was I to tell them
they were wrong, since I had not been raised in church and had less knowledge of
the Bible, I thought.
Because
of the contrast in the lifestyle and ways of being of these two people and the
ones who were speaking against them, I did not make a final judgment. Instead, I
placed all of this information on a shelf in the back of my mind.... and decided
to wait and see what else I might discover in my search for truth about God.
Believing in HIM and hearing about Him
was not enough for me by that stage of my life.
In
the early 70's after leaving home at the age of 21... I began visiting
As
I visited each Denomination, the common pattern I found, was... all Christian's
Denominations taught that Jesus died in our place as a sinner ... offering His
sinless nature for our own was taught by most. After that, they each had, what
seemed to me to be another piece to a huge puzzle... a Divine Mystery of
sorts... that the other did not always have. Some seemed to think or more often
than not were taught, their one piece was the perfect piece needed to make them
a good Christian or they had the greatest revelation ... causing them to be the
Denomination most sanctioned by HIM. Fellowship with Believers of another
persuasion was discouraged … one’s safety was in the Church one belonged to
and not in God's Keeping, through Jesus being the author and finisher of our
faith, was the underlying message more than a few imparted.
Eventually
I became frustrated and confused by this pattern and the divisions among some
who called themselves Christian, so I stopped visiting Churches altogether...
and decided to do my best alone with God. I found comfort in the knowledge at
least I was diligently seeking and trying to do my best along the way. I was
sure, since God loves us... HE was considering that.
Even
though some Church goers said I was not going to Heaven because I didn't go to
Church, I began meeting a lot more people who did not go to Church, but called
themselves Christian who said this was not true. They said we are saved by
Jesus, not by going to Church … that God is with us all of the time, not just
on Sunday’s or in official gatherings and Meeting Houses.
I
wasn't sure what to believe, doubt and confusion made me wonder and seek the
mind of God for His truth of the matter. It was during such times as I prayed, I
believed God impressed upon my Being... the day would come when I would see the
coming together of His Body.... with Jesus Christ as our head, and we would all
walk in the same spirit of love and truth as ONE mind... the mind of Christ
manifested through mature sons and daughters. I sensed I would see the walls of
Denominationalism... come down and the separations between us would cease to
exist as we fellowship as one spiritual family... the family of God, whenever
and where ever we met. This is a promise ... revelation ... which is still alive
in me and seems to be coming to pass. More and more believers are meeting in
Spirit and in Truth... through co-incidences they are aware Father has brought
about.... through the course of events in their every day lives, in places, and
moments least expected.
I
did try to be good, and asked for His forgiveness daily, and prayed that He
might meet the needs of others, and tried to help when I could, I only talked to
God about serious matters of my own or on a more intimate level occasionally.
This bothered me, because I felt as if I was using God ... for emergencies only.
It was then that I would try to read
the scriptures... but like I have said, it made little sense to me and I would
lay it aside frustrated. I was not taught to ask for His help in understanding
it … or to ask Him to speak to me through it.
Even
so, I thought about God a lot, and wondered, not only about those, these
Christians were condemning to Hell... but also about all of the rest of the
people in the world, who believed in God, but were not of the Christian
faith.... wondering, was one of the ways I prayed. In between I would put the
information I was continuing to gather about God, in the back of my mind to be
shelved until a later date. I was learning a lot 'about' God... but was not
really coming to know Him very intimately on a personal level, and this bothered
me.... more and more I wondered, if such was really possible.
On
this evening, several years later.... all of these 'wonderings' and these two
people, I had been warned against, who spoke in an unknown tongue, were being
taken down off the shelf of my mind to be reexamined. I was seeing them in a new
and brighter light … a light I believed God was bringing, as an answer to my
anguished heart.
My
mind was brought back to the present, when I heard the name of another friend
being mentioned, she had recently begun speaking in this spiritual prayer
language as well. This surprised me. It was then, the person speaking to me told
me they too prayed in this special language. I was shocked... and very
curious... so I asked them, if I could hear it.
While
soaking in the tub one night a few days later, after thinking intensely about
her words, I decided to reach out to Almighty God in Jesus' Name with every
fiber of my being and a repentant heart. After mentioning things I was not sure
were sin or not but which left me with feelings of discomfort, making sure I
covered all of the bases, I asked for His forgiveness and asked to be set free
of my sin nature. Since I was not
sure if smoking pot was a sin or not... I decided not to smoke pot. I began by
reminding Father of all which my sister said and continued with something like
this, "If what I have heard is true, if your answering my prayer... please
give me the Holy Spirit so I can overcome sin in my life and understand the
Bible. Please, please reveal
Yourself to me in such a way I will no longer doubt Your existence and so I can
come to know You more intimately, if that is possible. If the Bible is true... I
am sure there is more to what I have heard and have come to understand.
Doesn't the Bible say somewhere, that on a great day of judgment for all of
mankind, Jesus will say to some, 'Why call me Lord, Lord and do not what I
say... depart from me you wicked one... for I knew you not...' and 'If our
earthly Father wants to give us good gifts... how much more would our Heavenly
Father want to do so?' You heard what my sister said. I want You to teach me....
I want Your will to be mine. I want Your Spirit to lead me into all truth?
Please come into me and give me a born again experience. Please give me the same
Holy Spirit Jesus Christ promised He would ask You to send to His early
disciples and followers after His death, if we can still receive it today? I
want to follow You and be a Disciple of Jesus... someone like the
Apostles."
I
soon realized I was in a mind battle... I was fearful! I was afraid that maybe I
was being deceived.... by Satan... who I have heard was God's Arch Enemy and
wanted to keep everyone in deception, so we would serve him blindly, rather than
come to be who Father wanted me to be... so I began to plead to the Spirit of
God, "I am trusting You not to let me be deceived by Satan, because if Your
real, then that means Satan must be real too, right? Please, please protect me
from him, set me free from his lies with Your truth. I am trusting You with
every fiber of my Being. I have tried hard to be good, and have failed over and
over... I am so sorry... Is there more to life with You than just saying I am
sorry and doing it again? I am giving You complete control of my life in the
hopes of finding out. Will you give me the power to overcome sin ... the sin
Nature? I want to become who You created me to become, when you first conceived
me in Your mind. I want to love you with all my heart and to know You as much as
it is possible in this lifetime and beyond. Please, please overcome Satan in my
life and set me free from the power of sin. Please do all which is in the Bible
that You have promised humanity. I want to please You and not
myself..........” when I realized I was repeating myself... I stopped.
I
reminded the Spirit of the Lord, "I was told that one of the immediate
evidences that You dwell in me and You are real is that Your power will come
through me... You will intercede through me... with a language I do not know. It
was suggested that I begin by speaking babbling words... words I do not know...
like a baby attempting to talk... and You will take over and cause Your language
of prayer to flow. I am going to try this... but please, please protect me from
Satan or from deceiving myself."
I
started by saying, 'ga ga goo goo'... when suddenly.... the most beautiful
language I had ever heard came forth from my own mouth... I was shocked... I
stopped it at will!
Concerned
that this was me and not God’s Spirit I reached out to the Spirit of the Lord
once again, "Jesus… Father... I am afraid that I want Your will to be
real so badly, that I have conjured up this language... hysterically in my
mind... so I am going to try again. I am trusting You that You will not allow it
to happen if it is not from You.... I am trusting You, and in Your will with all
of my Being."
Before
I could consider helping Him along with another babble... this language
returned.... and it flowed and flowed and flowed and as it did, it was then I
entered into what I can only suppose was a living vision …. Whether I was in
my body or out of it in another place I do not know … when I read similar
words of Apostle Paul at a later date in Scripture, describing his own
experience in a vision, I was delighted, such a confirmation added to my joy.
Although
my body was still in the tub, I found a part of me ... my Soul, being lifted
ever higher into another place. It was as if the real me was enveloped inside of
a thick cloud of light, love and truth, so thick, I wondered if it could be cut
with a knife. All around me was a bright essence... energy of sorts. I was aware
I was in the Presence of God, and I was receiving part of His mind. I understood
much ... I knew that I knew.... that I knew truth.... that the Spirit of God and
the Spirit Realm is real... that Almighty God is good... and loving and He
desires an intimate Spiritual Relationship with us as His family. I knew He was
revealing Himself ... the Spirit of His Mind ... to me, that HE had been drawing
me, convicting me of that which caused me to shy away or resist His best for me
... and I was responding as He answered and soothed my anguished heart... I was
aware I had truly humbled myself... repented…. and was completely surrendering
my rebellious will and dual nature to Him to do as HE willed.
As
God's Spirit alive within flooded me... I heard myself continuing to pray in a
beautiful language... an ancient tongue ... a tongue unknown to my conscious
mind. I understood clearly the heart of its message through internal
impressions. God's Spirit revealed much deep within as He filled me. I
knew I had nothing to fear... There was already prepared a wonderful place for
me... and my life with Him would continue for all of eternity … that God loves
each of us and offers such and the purity of Who He is to all. I knew
no matter what, that NOTHING I do will ever destroy that love... nor cause it to
be increased.... because it could not be earned.... it simply is and always was.
I knew every sin ... I ever committed and ever would commit was forgiven and
always would be. Shame and condemnation left as I received total forgiveness and
the power to overcome the sin nature I desired ... all desire to willfully
sin was gone as I saw my sin nature brought to death through my union with
Christ at
Deep
within my Spirit, it was burned within me that I was spiritually crucified with
Jesus at
I
saw myself as one returning love with a deep love I had not previously known. I
was impressed I was in an eternal moment; we were of One Spirit through love and
truth. My new understanding of our
role as the Body and Bride of Christ brought much joy and peace. I was
given a gift, of knowing the Spirit of God as the Lover of our Soul, as our
Creator and an understanding of our unity with Him... with others as an aspect
of HIM, being a part of the Spiritual Family of God.... not just when we died,
but with an awareness given more fully
each day.
I
was made aware we all were within Jesus when Jesus died and was resurrected as a
representative figure of humanity in time and eternity, (at the foundations of
the world) so we could all receive life and it more abundantly ... those who are
awakened to this truth become Spiritual Beings of Faith and Truth and are aware
they are children of the Living God. Such who embrace this truth as their own,
receive eternal life now ... manifesting to those in need of knowing, God's
Kingdom is being established on earth and within... one person at a time
right now, from generation to generation ... each having heard God's voice
within their Conscience and answered His call, His wooing ... this is one of the
reasons we are born again. As Eternal
Spiritual Beings, we are walking out the manifestation of what has already taken
place since the foundations of the world and appropriating aspects of it in our
lives daily, as we do.
I
knew, deep within, through a level of identification words alone cannot express,
my nature and Jesus' had become one… answering on one level Jesus’ Prayer in
John 17. I was given the power to
think His thoughts, to hear clearly enabling me to learn and grow through the
power of the mind of Christ revealing Fathers word and will. Jesus had
taken my sin nature into Himself and I had received His Holy Spirit with the
mind of Christ as my ruling thoughts… ultimately translating me out of the
Kingdom of Darkness into His Kingdom of Light, I was to discover later through
my study of Scripture. I would be
awakened to this awareness... the
reality of His Spirit being resurrected within me through this union I was
experiencing now as a new born infant and in the days to come as my Spirit
grew…. and my spirit and soul became one through His indwelling Spirit. I came
to understand each day my new nature would take off the old releasing me of...
my old thinking... my limited concepts... my old lower ways of being and
preconditioning which had influenced and tainted me for many years. Thus I was
daily transformed as a new creation, a holy eternal Spiritual being.... of a
higher nature, through the process ... as these revelations became a part of me
experientially, this gave me ever increasing peace and spiritual understanding I
needed to walk it out in the years to come.
I
felt myself being cleansed deep within.... as I continued to be lifted higher
and higher... into this cloud of light.... swallowed up in His Presence, God's
Essence, and the truth of HIS love for each of us, and our ability to surrender
and love selflessly through our Spiritual union with His Nature... One which
transforms our own. It was as if the words I was praying through this new tongue
and the thoughts I was receiving were washing me clean....
renewing the Spirit of my mind, yet nothing was registering for long,
except the magnitude of love He has for us as our Father. This and the
revelation of my daily death to all which would attempt to separate me from His
love… His purity… from God our Father ... Jesus as the fulfillment of our
promised Messiah, myself as an aspect of Jesus' Spiritual Bride and Body, He
being the Lover of our Soul, Father God's Holy Spirit of Truth birthed within
sanctioning and leading me into all truth... our intimate Spiritual relationship
has remained, bringing forth much healing and inner transformation… for myself
and others. I understood my life would never be the same, my desires... my
mind... my nature had indeed changed... and thus so had I. My eyes had
been opened to the Spirit Realm, to the Living God of all that is … and
through such I was given the power to see and understand through His eyes of
eternity.
Suddenly,
I was back in the bathtub.... where I had begun my prayer.... I realized I was
naked before God.... I covered my breasts in embarrassment. As I did, I heard an
audible voice, it laughed... I heard a clear thought... It said, "I have
seen you before.... you have just never seen Me...."
He
has been speaking to me clearly ever since.... in ever increasing ways. Now when
someone says… ‘God told me’ … I listen with ears to hear and a level of
spiritual understanding only experience can impart.
When
I woke up the next morning with great faith I was even more aware I would never
be the same again. I understood that through Father a good work had begun in me
and that His Spirit would complete it, working my will whatsoever way He wills
it... as His eternal plan unfolds bringing about the goodness intended. As a
Spiritual infant I began to experience the fact that I had nothing to fear of my
loving Father. He assured me HE
would provide what is needed and be in control, even when I doubted it. I was to
continue to ask to seek to learn to obey to trust in His continual love and
guidance…. as He led me and taught me… as He raised me in the way I am to
go… as He revealed His ways, Who He is and His Presence with me daily, in ways
I could not imagine. I marveled as I watched the faith and love and spiritual
gifts I had been given grow and mature through His loving care and ever present
power to keep me.
I
am humbled in the saying, much has been revealed to me which I have grown to
understand layer by layer.... through experience and observing the inner changes
as they come forth. Much, I sometimes forget... which is brought to remembrance
when needed… as I grow and mature spiritually and Father's Spirit sets me from
from my limited natural understanding and distorted thinking replacing it with
His own, through the words He speaks and experience’s He creates for my
spiritual growth. I have received the mind of Christ and seek to have a
listening heart as He requested. It seemed to me God's Spiritual DNA ...
His… Jesus’ life blood flows through me now. A new passion motivates
me and keeps me in His abiding love and truth.
I
can only compare all of this to a bud.... which has the hopes of becoming the
rose He would open in due season. I have come to understand, if I try to open
the rose, I will only tear the delicate leaves of my life... and it is best to
surrender ALL to His manifested will, moment to moment, through faith in Who He
is revealing Himself to Be and decrees I am… we are to Be as His inheritance.
The
gift of faith I was given is a simple faith. I have received abiding peace
and joy in the knowing ... I don't have to understand... my part is to choose to
seek, ask, listen, obey, overcome and stand in faith, receive, love,
commune............ trust in Who He
is and reveals HimSelf to Be with signs and wonders, not only in my life but in
the lives of those the resurrected Spirit of Christ intercedes for according to
Fathers sovereign ways, manifested will and the timing of His unfolding eternal
Majestic Plan.