9/29/2025
"The very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Matthew 10:30
This is where I have to quote my friend Winnie the Pooh again, "What to do!" I woke up with a start this morning after dreaming about cake crumbs in my shower. What is that all about anyway?! I usually hear Alex outside the window, or hanging from the screen on the side door, or doing something pathetic and obnoxious, but although he came to eat his food, he never stayed for a visit. And today is one of the rare days when it hasn't been raining all night. So once more, "What to do!" I immediately opted for going about my day, as usual, as Alex eventually turns up when his belly is empty or someone is unkind to him, and he needs a hug from mama. I have him trained, or is it the other way around?
Yesterday I took a breather and fasted - I fasted social media, emails, people, and I focused on watching my silly movie and laughing, for no reason other than I could, and I needed to. Did it help? Well, maybe for awhile, but then there is always the stark reminders of a new day with added lessons to learn and world news. I don't really keep up with local news, and I don't follow elections. I do my research, pray, vote Biblically, pray more and wait. I do that with most everything. I no longer flit here and there, listen to this person and that, and I certainly don't seek out a prophet to tell me what I already know from reading the Word of God and from asking Him to come and sit awhile. I am becoming exhausted from requests to join this or that conference, or to go here or there, all related to prayer sessions, but things have become too complicated, and prayer should not be so. If I'm wrong, then I pray God will set me straight with my musings.
Yesterday was the 7th Day of the 10 Days of Awe preceding the Day of Atonement. The topic was Partner with God, and the Focus City was N'Djamen'na, Chad, 110 Cities Region: West & Central Africa. Burkina Faso and Nigeria are included in this area, and I have already spoken about the atrocities and horrors going on in the nation of Nigeria against the Christians. I pray that the government will wake up and end this brutality, and that God will arise and scatter Nigeria's enemies. How long, O Lord, how long!
Today is the 8th Day of the 10 Days of Awe. Yes and Amen is the focus, and Gaziantep, Turkey is the focus city. The location Europe/Eurasia. Interesting. There has been so much turmoil in the European streets with antisemitism attacks and mobs, but since Charlie's death, there has been revival and young people going to church, most for the first time. These are indeed turbulent and fascinating times!
“But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.” For the Son of God, Jesus
Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silas and Timothy—was not “Yes” and
“No,” but in him it has always been “Yes.” For no matter how many promises God has made, they
are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God. Now it is God
who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and
put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.”
2 Corinthians 1:18-22
So many things are happening so fast that I honestly do not now what to consider as I feverishly attempt to get my thoughts down on paper. A fast perusal of my emails, and I am fried mentally and emotionally before I begin the day properly. And that happens every day. Likewise, with every teaching I receive, mixed with my own personal study and devotional time, I receive even more information popping up in my feeds. I seem to find out what is happening before the larger prayer ministries do, and often before the White House Prayer team sends the updates. I feel as if I am failing to write fast enough, and even if I were able to write at the speed of light, what would it matter?! Motives, again...always checking my hat at the door of my heart.
This morning in our morning prayer we considered the meeting between President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu. They met quietly and mapped out the final plan for the end of the war in Gaza, release of the hostages, and other strategic moves against the enemy Hamas. Nothing has been formalized, and the wait is on for Hamas to agree or disagree. Hopefully, it won't be long, but Hamas has a history of prolonging things. Needless to say, Hamas' actions are wearing thin in the eyes of the other Middle Eastern leaders. One would think that since all of Hamas' leaders have been neutralized, that there is no real leadership, yet the torture, psychological warfare, and holding on to the hostages and setting booby traps, and on and on, continue. It is my prayer that at last something will force their hands. But then there is the question of the sovereignty of Israel. Everyone seems to want to tell Israel what they should or should not do. Had this happened in the United States or elsewhere, perhaps there would be more understanding. I am so grateful that we have a President who does understand much of what I am trying to relay, but there is much more about the Biblical history that makes Israel unique.
But, as usual, the time is late, and I have lingered over this blog too long. Hopefully, by tomorrow I will have my mind sorted out a bit more. I won't be taking a day of fun for awhile, or at least not to extent I did yesterday. So, we may see more of Winnie the Pooh quotations, okay!
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