Grace to Love

What do we know of men is visible, but how does God (Yahovah) see us?  We are Spirit (Ruwach;Pneuma) - Soul (Nephesh;Psuche) - Body (Soma) - the vessel which house our Soul & Spirit). Until we come to know we are also Spirit, we continue in life in the Flesh (sarx) other wise known as a Carnal man. When we become aware that we are also Spirit, we then realize that we have the Spirit/Breath of God in us. We then understand the Spiritual man.

I t’s been a very strange week. The world is in great turmoil. Yet people are the same. When we are untouched by what goes on around us, we become harden in our hearts. This week, the death of a beloved son and brother, a country devastated by nature struggling for life, a birthday, a proud father, a man honored for his service, a loss of a friend now calling me names, these are brought to my attention as the week ends. I rejoice for the good things in life and I am saddened by the bad. Some of these things touch me personally and others are far beyond my reach. This week a friend of 15 years has made me her enemy. I thought of the word friend and what it means. According to the Dictionary: Friend: A person whom one knows, likes and trusts. A person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard. One with whom one is allied in a struggle or cause. Root: pri-to love, beloved, belonging to the loved one not in bondage but freely. I think this well describes who friends...

I woke up this morning from a bad dream. Most people won’t understand how it was a bad dream. After spending almost 20 years as a Jehovah’s Witness (JW) in an abusive marriage any logical person would think I was crazy to do so, except my devotion in the religion and as a wife is a matter of the heart. Who I am, more importantly, whom God made me to be! I’ve dreamt similar dreams in the past few months, only to wake up disturbed. The Dream: I am back in the congregation amongst many I knew before listening to some talk about how JW are separate and better than others for no other reason than they have aligned themselves with a body of men that say they have “The Truth” (about God). All JW’s are to believe the One truth about God without question. To question or to believe anything different means disloyalty and something is wrong with YOU. As I sat listening to words that were untrue and harsh concerning people outside of their realm, I stood up, threw down my bible toward the...

A friend that I had met on the internet a few years ago, declared that she had become an atheist/agnostic recently. I had noticed how she for years went from one line of thinking to another....usually following some ones way of thinking until she came to state that God created all evil, the spirit is active force, the dead are in a soul-sleep. Many things I had believed until I came to know God. Men have blamed God for all sorts of horrible deeds in the name of religion. When a man becomes dissatisfied with their religion again they blame God. Her words were this..." I became an agnostic or atheist. I woke up one morning and I just didn't believe in god anymore. I found a couple of discussion forums for atheists and also open forums on religion. The more I study christianity the more sickened I am by the bible and what type of people religion seems to bring into its fold. Well, I won't bore you anymore with my new found unreligion." I w...