Stars and Stripes

Carving reality from the otherwise invisible realm seems impossible, especially when the lines are blurred.  sw

How vast are the signs God has hung in the heavens that will also shine forth in order to convey something much greater that's yet to be fully realized and as such because of who it is that gave them their cause to shine. sw

Ps 148:3-6
Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars . Praise him, you highest heavens and you waters above the skies. Let them praise the name of the LORD, for he commanded and they were created. He set them in place for ever and ever; he gave a decree that will never pass away. NIV

Why is it not the responsibility of others that are also truly outside of ourselves to keep our own hearts ablaze? And that while claiming we're truthfully considering the  persona (Love) of Christ also said to reside "Within"?

Why do some blame others for the results of their own feelings? Some might suggest it's due to their being human and I would agree, yet do they also not also prove God to be exactly right!.

Is this type of behavior a large part of what God suggest is "Impossible with men"? As if this behavior is somehow in direct opposition to all that God says IS "Possible" with Him?

The apostle Paul does not only suggest being strong to be the ONLY way does He? What if someone's view of being strong has also been misguided?

No instead Paul speaks of a type of weakness that only the spirit of God can support. A true believer in Christ must remember how broad the stage is God has designed as well a more precise picture of who the viewing audience truly consist of.

1 Cor 1:27
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong .
NIV

What is it that leads anyone to the "Results" of any emotional tendency in any given moment? 

Those same moments whenever we fail to remember "Why" we would "Normally" in turn respond as we've historically done all along? Where is the wisdom in these moments which should be speaking louder than our well known history does?

Where does what we suggest we've also learned (as if we do understand) disappear to in these moments as well why the immediate need to know "Why" they do seem to disappear?

Much of the said 'Why" that is behind the scene and in full swing where people do what they do is NOT being righteously aligned with the "Source" that truly influences their being in the moment.

And who is that observes these type of things and then gets to innocently inquire, "What is it that makes any man to be considered "evil" in the sight of God?

Many are willing to roll the proverbial dice of life, yet this same sort is "UNWILLING:" to assume the said "stripes" of the criminal. Those same stripes which should convey ones "Guilt" guilt whenever the eyes of another behold the truth that should speak to their history.

Yet who has accurately told of the true making of "His-story" (Christ) and "Why"?

Exactly what is a "Self" fulfilling prophecy?

Who has understood the role of a mans "belly"? Who has investigated the true meaning of the things God has said reside in the bowls of man (humanity)? Is it the same belly that craves food or the belly from which rivers of "Living water will come forth"?

Exactly why is it so many can spend their entire life time trying to figure out exactly when is the right time to trust their own "Gut"? Why are many of the instincts mere men trust in NOT derived from the well where living water is also "Drawn"?

Who are those who discourage being "More" spiritual than they presently are?

Lofty maybe, yet truly what have these sorts not only missed but thoroughly understood so poorly? Seeing to it not only are they "Spiritually" unrecognizable, but what they are failing to see is their owned influence upon others that is otherwise simply put "NOT true".

Is it that they've NOT received a New spirit given of God OR is that some are willing to starve out the ONLY type of food the spirit that truly is of God also understands (realizes) to be "From God" (His words)?

Is it because few are truthfully considering exactly where (source) this same type of spirit truly comes from? And as such in ANY given moment?

Is backsliding ONLY a moment of weakness or is its continuation also the result of the after thoughts that trail behind in an effort to defend poor decisions "Already Made" (created)?

Exactly how long is the season of any man that looks to prove himself to be consistently faithful unto God? Not to mention the value then found once having been truly restored to the confidence of God?

Exactly what is any confidence that has been said "Placed in God" if that confidence has NOT been derived from the "Wisdom of God made known""?

Who is it that "CLAIMS" the wisdom of God has been hidden and it is only for HIM to know beyond doubt? What then does that same do with the additional wisdom that is from God that says it is His spirit that testifies with the spirit he placed in man?

James 1:5-8
If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God (pause)...at what point does man first come to know the wisdom of God)?

Prov 15:33
The fear of the LORD  teaches a man wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
NIV

Prov 19:23
The fear of the LORD  leads to life: Then one rests content, untouched by trouble.
NIV

Prov 23:17
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the LORD .
NIV

Isa 33:6
He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge;
the fear of the LORD  is the key to this treasure.  
NIV

Ps 19:9-13

The fear of the LORD  is pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of the LORD are sure and altogether righteous. They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey,
than honey from the comb.

By them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.

Who can discern his errors? Forgive my hidden faults. Keep your servant also from willful sins;
may they not rule over me.

Then will I be blameless, innocent of great transgression.
NIV

Acts 9:31
Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria enjoyed a time of peace. It was strengthened; and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it grew in numbers, living in the fear of the Lord .
NIV

(.....continue James 1: -->) who (God) gives generously to all without finding fault , and it will be given to him.

But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.
NIV

John 7:38-39
Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive.
NIV

Exactly why does the counsel of God suggest that it is "Better to Give than to receive"? And who is the man that suggest that he has given if that same man did NOT also receive from God all he does give away?

Maintaining the "Love of God" is something humanity is failing miserably at, yet it is NOT without due course unless man also forgets what the "Absence" of the Love of God will one day begin to look like when Love does in fact "Grow Cold"!

And what is that defines the man that suggest he (man) does know right from wrong yet ONLY to find that it more often requires that the "Law" that has to point out what is wrong with him? Wherein does the dominion of the spirit of God come into focus?

Not to mention something that's NOT in those who've yet to gladly receive it's in dwelling in terms of "Conception" (receiving)?

How many would rather insist they have received the spirit of God as did "Mary" when God came to her, yet that while inwardly (privately) doubting whether they have in all truth been born again and that of God?

Who is that can righteously (spiritually) claim to be "With Child"? And that child since being the on board passenger better known to God as the spirit of Christ that is within?

Who is the type of believer who then goes on to "Mother" the mere believe they are "Now" with child?

How many get caught up in whether or NOT God does provide any said "Given moment of time"?

Many find it easy to condemn the said "Pharisee's" of this world for the MORE obvious things they do and/or do NOT do, yet why do we give ourselves a pass when we too fail at maintaining certain things such as keeping the Love of God alive as He directs?

If you do believe to story told of Mary then surely an angel (messenger) of God descended upon her, yet what is an Angel if not also a messenger sent of God?

Surely God has seen the need of humanity, yet even more surely He also willing to give generously to ALL without finding fault if ONLY man will believe He (God) has sent his one and only True image of His person?

Luke 11:42
"Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God
NIV

1 John 3:17-19
If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?

Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence
NIV

Have you ever truly stopped and considered that if others truly could make you or I "Feel, Say or Do " anything as if opposed to our own will, why would hostility or anger ever be the emotion (passion) that gets dredged from within?

What  what type of "Mother (with child) also looks to be angered and divisive within in terms of who she now shares her own life blood with?

Titus 3:3-7

At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. 

But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. 

He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.

NIV

Is there a difference between the "Mercy" of God and the "Grace" of God? 

I believe many have tried through the years to see both as if One as if one and the same consideration? 

If the latter only comes by way of (faith) first coming to know and believe in (experiencing) the Mercy of God only then can any greater expectation be seen as fitting to then be placed at the feet of God in terms of what anyone believes to be "True" about His person (Character).

As only one of the believers in Christ examples, the apostle Paul spoke as if he delighted in making some of his said "Brethren" jealous , yet jealous of what? As if somehow to hopefully spurn SOME of them on to seek the Glory of God?

How is it possible to come to know of the Glory of God without having "First" acknowledged the "Mercy of God"? How does a person come to acknowledge "Gods" mercy He has shown? Especially when that specific mercy has been expressed through "One" specific "Being" namely His (Gods) Christ sent?

Is there truly a reason God has said, "He despise the divisive brother"? And who is a brother if someone is NOT from the same womb?

Why is there NO divine birth right (expectation) having come forth from the womb of a woman and/or the loins of mankind? Could it be that "Flesh" has NO inheritance from God? How important does being born (again) of God then become it terms of His (Gods) word which then somehow becomes (indwells) flesh which in turn then dwells among humanity?

One first needs to understand the objective of God, yet who can find the time in order to remember at all times any "One" objective in this life?

Sometimes when we suggest we're exploring all the facts before we go on to "Make" the so called sound decisions we do, why is it we rarely consider the net results first and that because we DO in fact "Know" ourselves better than others often do and "Why those who suggest they believe in Christ Do know better"?

Why is it more often the case where we weigh what we think others will in turn go and do with whatever it is we freely give them? Will they invest what they've been freely given wisely? Will they somehow go and invest and realize a 10 fold return on the resources (investment) we've chosen to make in them and/or give to them?

Does man in fact truly "Know" himself better than he (man) knows his God (creator)?

I often wonder why so few opinions rarely ask themselves, "Does God love Himself"?

Stop and think about the counsel He (God) sets before humanity? Does God not say, "The Man that Loves Himself will also Love His wife as He Loves himself"?

Does man take a vow to love everyone the same way he (man) actually does show and express a specific type of Love towards his estranged "Wife"?

The same husband or wife betrothed at the "Alter" in the said "Sight of God"?

Gen 3:20
Adam named his wife Eve , because she would become the mother of all the living.
NIV

The same God also said of a man many years later (Abraham) that He would be the Father of many, yet how does the naked mind reconcile these two statements about two people who never physically saw (realized) each other?

And who are those God considers to "Be alive"?

Can those who resist believing in the spirit of Christ only now ask such a question of those who are here OR does this question take on a life that has been owned when this same question gets asked in another day beyond a day of reckoning?

And what is Sin if it also also such a thing each individual must find the way unto its "Mastery"?

Gen 4:6-8
Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? 7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it."

Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
NIV

Many may have given themselves a free pass because of what they've physically NOT done, yet how many are spiritual killers with the type of speech that does NOT show forth what the Glory of God looks like according to the one through whom He (god) also depicts same?

And who does any created being TODAY also suggest he NOW suffers "For"?

Eph 3:10-13
His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, according to his eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.

In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence. I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
NIV

Apply only as needed

How many times have we each heard the phrase, "Coming to terms"?

It might sound profound and/or as something that gets said for mutual edification, yet under a much "Closer" examination what does it mean?

How hard is to interpret any mans circumstances without also knowing the will of God?

Exactly how far is man willing to carry the weight of what God has said? Such things as the underlying comforting affect of things He's said such as, "Let God be True and every man a liar"?

How does one find rest for his soul while in the seemingly midst of nothing but mere "Men" (humanity)? And that without first discovering the deeper benefits of first finding out the TRUE value of all that the true Mercy "That is of God" can usher in?

What happens when one does find it impossible to somehow weigh what men are saying versus what God has said? What type of a walk might might either posture suggest? What do those who have been humbled of God look like? You or I or everyone who merely claims such a status?

Who are the actors that belong to this world and who are those God Truly has graciously reminded in the moment to be bold enough to speak His words despite what this world has managed to allow themselves to see? What does the man who walks by faith look like and who is that decides whose likeness any man is of at any given moment?

Is not man the ones who must decide who the likeness of God is here in the earth?

Do we see a man burdened with an over bearing load on his back and mind? If so, who placed it there?

Is the lack of knowledge of Christ or one who remains ill due to being "Misinformed' in the truest of sense(s)?

Or do we see a man whose mind has been freed so that he (man) can see "why" he doesn't' have to carry a heavy load in order to be found "Pleasing to God"?

How can any man find the deepest of value in the type of words (of God) that have been found not only in the book of James: 1, but even further the book of James that are also BELIEVED to be inspired by the mutual edification (sound of the voice of God) that has been presented by way of His (Gods) most Holy Spirit?

James 1:2-8
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.

Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.
NIV

Why is any load considered to be "Too" heavy for any One man?

Is it only because he (man who also ONLY looks upon himself in entirety as a man) can't see anything or anyone besides himself carrying the proverbial (spiritual) "Weight" that does agree with type of Load God says is otherwise "Lite"?

Or is it more accurately being perceived that he (man) has lost sight of everything that is "Possible With God" and that because of the ALL that He (God) truly is and is MORE than capable of?

The question for many remains "Is He (God) willing to perform for the sake of what any individual has personally justified AND believes to be the absolute TRUTH that CAN reach beyond the boundaries of doubt? That is to suggest EVERYTHING that does have to do with the accurate depiction of His (Gods) person?

Under the terms of what God considers to be "Evil", is it even possible to determine beyond doubt exactly what the differences are that will also proceed far ENOUGH into the future in order to prove anything said or done to be the "lessor of any TWO evils?

And as such while trying to persuade surrounding individuals (also assumed to be ALIVE in Christ) how to destroy what God considers to BE "Evil" while NOT destroying all that God considers to BE "Good"?

I can only hope to help bring "closure to such thoughts, yet even that still requires "One Thing" and that is that you too choose to "Believe" what I am saying. "Beyond doubt that also surpasses the greatness of everything Believing in Christ can otherwise prevent

Is any of the above even remotely possible until and/or unless the souls of men have been made "FULLY aware of one "Need" that should be held as if under "Terms" held in common?

Is it the vessel or the Cargo men have concerned themselves with? Is it truly more about the messenger or the "Message"?

Why is that God can't BE as simple (possible) as everything He (God) has Said? Who is that complicates what He has said?

Is it the fact that He (God) is spirit and can't be seen with physical eye's or the truth that everything that does define a carnally minded individual also believes that it is somehow "Possible" for a man that has NOT been regenerated by the spirit of God to then be considered as ....TOO spiritual and that in the sight of the One True God?

What gets in the proverbial "Way" of such a higher calling (thought)? Is all that God has said is only "AS the individual has Deemed "As needed"?

If "Yes" doesn't that thought still require what any man perceives what his (mans) "Needs" truly are?

It's easy to suggest someone needs Christ, yet if they don't already own Him as their One God that is also always True in what He does have to say, how is it possible without the intervention of God that they do come to Know Him (God) as their God that also OWNS the entirety of their personage here on earth?

As if the inherent spiritual NEED be in ALL that He (God) Has said that He is? Who is it that the One true God has declared that He is? The Great I Am?

Why does God have to be complicated in ANYTHING He has also already said is True?

Truly how do any two or more people "Agree to disagree" while at the same time find the way in order to accomplish everything that's also "Possible" with God?

If anything is not possible then why NOT?

Truly what "Lie(s)" continue to stand in the way of such a glorious manifestation of His presence? Does God intend for man to forever remain in question of His person, OR does God clearly state that He has made himself know to ALL men so that NO man has a excuse that will also be ultimatley be judged by Him to be a Righteous "Excuse"?

Truthfully, exactly who is that determines who will walk on streets paved with "Gold"?

Exactly who is that will also determine those who will spend the remainder of "Eternity"  in what's been depicted by ONE and the same (mutual) creator as "Outer Darkness"? (a place reserved and described ONLY for those who eventually do go on to also find themselves there)

That is to suggest what to do with the very essence of what fundamentally prevents further progress being made under the "Terms of being brought (drawn) deeper into spiritual Maturity?

Has the meaning of the word "Impasse' become more like an address where two or more arrive, where each party agrees no one there truly desires to be "Present"? Instead why doesn't the word "Tolerate" more accurately dominate this type of setting?

In terms of talking point(s) why isn't anyone asking the more pointed question that literally does point precisely towards (like a compass) exactly "Whose" terms are any two or more people "Trying" arrive at?

Especially when the topic has ONLY to "Do" with the potential of mutual edification that goes on to suggest "When we ALL get to heaven"?

Hell has not been "Prepared" only so that is does remain "Empty".

Some have a destiny there yet when God is believed it will ONLY be those who've chased the desires of their own hearts that do NOT agree with the desires God hopes all men will hunger and thirst for that Only He can transplant. God truly is the ONLY heart surgeon man Needs to Know...


1 John 3:19-24
This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts , and he knows everything.

Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him.

And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.
NIV

His Story

Exactly how does an otherwise invisible God somehow "Make" himself "Known"?

What is the sinful nature of man really all about?

What it is about the retelling of any mans life that will also go on to promote "Good Reason"?

The type of History that's being revealed for everything it has refused to "Become"?

A specific "History" that has everything to do with what most try to express as if "Common Sense" that has been thoroughly exercised.

Exactly what is the reality (mortality rate) of this combined sense of awareness that seems to be rapidly declining? Declining to mean its inability to prove how "Just" the Goodness of God within truly is?

After all these years of its existence the said  "Science(s)" continue to strain in their attempts  to emphasize the importance of mans 5 senses, yet does that "Righteously" explain "Why"?

Mans being also defined as not only the summation where most have been made aware of these 5 physical senses, but as such that have been righteously employed.

A combined awareness where all of his 5 senses have remained intact and weighed in on his (mans) conclusions "Drawn" (scripted).

Tools most definitely needed in order for him (man) to somehow successfully navigate his own "Way" while in this world?

In terms of conveying a "Divine" thought how useless are these 5 senses without good (Sound) judgement? Exactly how much faith has man attempted to apply as he then tries to interpret all that his 5 physical senses inform him of?

That to suggest their "True" combined meaning that is without the "Spirit of God" as their navigator?

All one has to do in order to put this thought to the test is to then try and apply the type of common sense most seem to rely on? The spirit of words such as, "If it feels Good do it" or how about "Don't ask and don't tell"? Here's one that came directly from pit of Hell, "What's done in Vegas stays in Vegas"? Really?

In a politically correct world, is it too far fetched to over look the possibility men too often "Misinterpret" thoughts that truly are his (mans) own thoughts?

Is there good reasoning also found in any thoughts that do not somehow go on to prove the Goodness of God in some form an/or capacity?

Not only does man misinterpret the entirety of "Himself" in terms of Gods intentions, but thoughts that are without a home because God has not ordained (pronounced over him) such thoughts that are for "Him"?

The same "Will of God" that is in heaven that somehow found itself to"Be" the will of those same words being exercised down here.

In terms of manifestation, justly think upon Godliness in that God spoke the right words yet it required Jesus to "Become" those words here on earth by way of exercising His own "Will".

John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. NIV

Think of something as simple as the word "History"?

Now add to that "Unbelief" in the story told of humanity God lays out?

Without God being the teacher who also holds the "Red Marker" that corrects any supposedly scripted "Biography", who CAN pass such a test in and of themselves as if the "Teacher"?

Is there more to the title of Teacher or Rabbi than men have been willing to examine?

How can one find "His Story" without the framework of God delivering this greater "Reality" few today are willing to "Truthfully" examine?

At what point is enough truly "Enough" in the eyes of God who is also the one believed to be the "Giver" of life?

Without there being a giver of life is it even possible to truly "Weigh" the thoughts of someone who "Takes" a life?

What otherwise could be placed on the scales that also "Measures" any life that's also suggested to have been "Lived"?

One of the least quoted books of the Bible (Jude) might also contain THE most potent advice (directives) handed down by God, yet does the fact it is the least quoted ever find opportunity to weigh in on mans conclusions?

Exactly how old is this man Enoch? How precise do facts have to prove themselves to be where someone who does understand why it's worth being mentioned that Enoch was the "Seventh From Adam"? How applicable and wise does "wisdom" have to NOW prove itself to be TODAY?

Jude 14-16
Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men: "See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones to judge everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of all the ungodly acts they have done in the ungodly way, and of all the harsh words ungodly sinners have spoken against him."

These men are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage. NIV

Do we (seers) only find "Faultfinders" in a church setting or do does the church setting only qualify and help define the "Hypocrites" found in any given span (epoch) of life?

Exactly how far back in time does the author (Jude) reach in terms of the equality of mans lineage while advising the more current version of humanity of the equality of God "Judgement" also understood to be far off somewhere in the distance and depth of the "Future"?

Is Jesus only thought to be a "Ruler" who rules over something (Kingdom) or is He truthfully considered to be the "Ruler" who goes on in order to somehow rule over everything by way of "Measuring" everything that is NOT....."Of God"?

How wise are the simplest of words which suggest to Judge yourself so that you will NOT be judged?

Are we only discussing eating & breathing in order to merely "Exist" and find self gratification or does "Life Lived" include a much greater purpose and future? And what is it that would go on to more accurately define the "Heathen" or Gentile when given "Enough Time" in order to prove who they "Truly" are?

Luke 13:6-9
Then he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree, planted in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any. 

So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, 'For three years now I've been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?' 

"'Sir,' the man replied, 'leave it alone for one more year, and I'll dig around it and fertilize it. If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.'"
NIV

What does a "New" opportunity look like when it does come. sw

What are the expectations of the man that examines himself in the light that reveals everything that does not the reflect the likeness of God and exactly who is it that can cast such a light. sw

What is it about the mind of Christ that would cause the wisdom found there to be "Considered" not only remotely relevent but also applicable. sw 

Who is it that has honestly weighed the sinful nature of man enough to find himself guilty at every turning point found within the confines of time. sw