Day 274 Face to Face

 

10/1/2025 

 “I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand
on the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh
I will see God; I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not
another. How my heart yearns within me!”  

Job 19:25-27 

 

I am reminded of the faithfulness of Job when sorely tested by the devil questioning his mettle should calamity strike. God allowed the challenge, and Job rose victoriously, in spite of receiving a little help from his "friends." That's quite the overstatement! His friends were not friends, but I think in the long run they each learned a valuable lesson from the Almighty. Job knew that he had favor in God's eyes, and he did. Even the enemy knew that, so he wanted to see if he could make Job's faith fail. He failed! God rewarded Job with double of all he lost, and He had the three friends repent, then Job prayed for them. I wonder what they thought when they heard the voice of God speaking to Job? Imagine how powerful it must have been. 

Today is Day 10 of the 10 Days of Awe and our Focus is Face to Face. The focus city is Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, and the 110 cities region is North American and the Caribbean. Other key cities in this region are: New York City, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Boston, and Miami. Canadian cities: Toronto, and Vancouver.  I think it is fitting that we conclude these 10 days by praying for the unreached in America, where turmoil increases daily. Senseless murders, vicious antisemitism are reaching unexpected areas, where normally such crimes would be unheard of. It almost seems unbelievable that a modern day city like Dallas/Fort Worth could be a focus city. But, recently, I read an article about the Muslim population of an area close to this vicinity attempting to build their own city due to the numbers of people moving there, but it was stopped by the Governor in fear of the threat of shiria law being imposed. It seems that there have been similar things happening in Michigan, New Jersey, and quite possibly New York City will gain a Muslim mayor in the new election. Only God knows what's next for our nation, as we wait. Today the government shut down, because Congress could not find common ground on the budget. It saddens me - I use that phrase a lot lately - knowing that the division grows increasingly worse daily regardless of what gains have been made by a moral administration. God is in control, yes! But He expects us to do our part, just as He expected King Jehoshaphat to do his part in 2 Chronicles 20. I'll leave you to research that story. It's a good lesson to learn about trust and obedience, humbly seeking God and standing our ground in faith. We must do better!

The word says that if we overcome we have the promise of seeing our Savior, the One who died for us, and that makes me excited. 

 "And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into
his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” 
2 Corinthians 3:18 

 

Oh, that we would have the heart of a child, lost in the wonder of His love, arms uplifted, waiting to be embraced by our Abba Father, Daddy God.

 

"Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me."

Matthew 18:3-5

  

 

 "Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise; be thankful unto Him, and bless His name."

Psalm 100:4

"Our of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, because of Your enemies, that You may silence the enemy and the avenger."

Psalm 8:2  

 

While in one area of the world politicians are battling over the budget, the corrupt trying to force the hand of others through fear, while the world watches, weakening the strength of a unified government, there is revival breaking forth in the land. Regardless of villages being burned, loved ones brutalized, terrified, and savagely cut to pieces by machetes, the survivors remain faithful to the One True God, and they will never renounce their faith or the name of Jesus, not even if they die in the worse possible way. Such love. Children and young adults are leading the way all over the world, as Bible sales are up and churches are being filled by younger generations seeking answers, wanting to know the God Charlie Kirk served and died praising. I pray for rain, fresh revival waters to pour down and drench us, for the fire of heaven to fall down burning off every thing that is not of Him. Purified. Cleansed. 

 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death."

Revelation 12:11 

 

Day 273 Return of the King

 

9/30/2025

 "For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly
wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ"
Philippians 3:20 

 

A dear friend called me tonight after receiving two phone calls from me. She lives in the southwest, so I don't get to see her as much. In fact I haven't seen her in almost four years, and we don't seem to be able to connect by phone as often. During that time much has happened, for each of us. When she called back she was frantic, on her last nerve, and I could tell she was at the point of implosion as she couldn't relax, was speaking rapidly, hardly taking a breath between sentences, which I can understand after talking with her. The last time we had spoken she was much calmer, but life has a way of swimming up and taking a big bite. People often don't do what they say they will do, even when it comes to medical care for our aged family members. Or, perhaps, facilities paint a much prettier picture than what actually happens on a daily basis. This seems to be a contagious disease within the whole of society, and leadership within these facilities are not holding those in supervisory positions responsible or accountable. In other words, they are not performing the duties of their job descriptions. Years ago I worked for State in the Department of Mental Health and Retardation. We were shown videos of certain mental health hospitals being investigated for abuse of patients. I was appalled at this when I was 20, so imagine as I fast forward to now, and I realize that some things may be worse. My son and I used to have movie night, and on his night to choose a movie, he chose One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest with Jack Nicholson. I had heard of lobotomies, but I never realized how debilitating they were. In the movie, Jack's character received one at the hands of an evil nurse who had it out for Jack when he stood up to her repetitive mistreatment of others at the facility. No one knows what goes on behind closed doors, drawn shades, and dark rooms. Fortunately, the problem cited by my friend was not this bad, or who really knows in an Alzheimer's ward?!

Aside from that adventure...I'm still trying to play catch up after my "day off," In spite of the fact that I was busy running errands today, I did get some things done here on the home front. I wrote more in my journal this morning, although I was slower to rise after having more crazy dreams. I tried writing them down, but the dreams  were so "busy" that I could only remember snatches here and there. I've been trying to sort out some personal matters, so sitting alone in the quiet helps to still my mind, and I can listen a bit more intently. I remind the reader that I have "noises" in my head from the last trauma sustained in 2016, so quiet and stillness is sometimes difficult to achieve. Even so, over the years of my life I have grown accustomed to making such challenges "normal," so I can cope successfully without pulling my hair out or tossing the cat across the room. Although it has never come to that point...yet!...adapting to chronic pain, stabbing sensations through my temple, eye, and top of head down into the eye, can be troubling. Disconcerting is my standby word for such descriptions, but my life goes way beyond a single word.  

It's getting late again, as I try to gather my thoughts, but hopefully I won't fall asleep. It seems as if the days move so quickly, and other things, equally important, distract or get in the way totally. I've been receiving more phone calls recently for advice, and I don't give advice. I just say "thus saith the Lord." Works for me!

Today marks Day 9 of the 10 Days of Awe, and our focus is the Return of the King. The focus city is Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the 110 Cities Region is Central and South America. Tomorrow will be our last day as we enter into Yom Kippur, the day of Atonement, in the evening. This is the highest holy day of the Jewish year, a day of repentance, a day of fasting, and rest. It was the only time the high priest was allowed to enter into the Holy of Holies to seek repentance for the sins of the nation. He was only allowed entrance by first repenting of his own sins. A rope was tied around his leg in the event his repentance was insincere, so that he could be pulled out, because if anyone else went in, they would instantly be consumed. But God...! In Hebrews we are told about the new covenant with Jesus as our High Priest who made atonement for our sins by sacrificing Himself as a Substitute for our sins. He left Heaven, to be born of woman, lived a sinless life, in order to become our Passover Lamb. This is why He was born - to do the works of the Father. When He was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, prior to His betrayal and crucifixion, He asked the Father if possible to remove the cup of suffering, then quickly added, not My will but Yours be done:

"Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me;

nevertheless, not My will, but Yours, be done."

Luke 22:42

Scripture speaks of His blood as the better blood sacrifice, because His sacrifice was a once only sacrifice, not annually, as before. He died once for all mankind. All we have to do is to accept the free gift of salvation through faith in and acceptance of Jesus. God gives us His grace and mercy, but many don't receive, and, sadly, many won't. God is a Holy God, Yahweh is His Name. Because He is pure and holy, He cannot coexist with sin. This is why Jesus came, because man in his selfishness continued to reject God's laws. All God desires of us is relationship. He wants to dwell with us, but many oppose that. Just like they oppose the moral laws of our government, established by our founding fathers on godly principles. America was birthed as One Nation Under God, yet people oppose this idea. The minds of so many people have been twisted and turned, people coerced and manipulated. It's is difficult to watch it happen, and yet it has happened since the beginning. I pray that things change.

I had to remind a friend the other day that God showed His mercy and grace on America one more time by putting our President in office and by selecting the right people for the administration and cabinet. This was a divine appointment for this time in history. When God works supernaturally, it is a wonder to behold. God loves America, but our nation needs to return to Him. Time gets shorter each day, and time is running out for the day of the Gentiles may end soon. Romans 11 gives us, as well as any non-Jewish believer in Christ, a description of our purpose and his plan in this chapter. Yet it is not taught in colleges, seminaries or being preached from the pulpit in many churches. Hebrews 13:8 states that Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever. So do we believe it? Then why do we twist the words to make them line up to what we want, rather than the way it should as "Thus says the LORD?" 

Pretty soon the King will return for His bride, the church, and we shall be caught up together with Him in the air. It's just too wonderful to think about. I can imagine quite a LOT, as I have a creative mind, and I am a dreamer. But mostly I dream of Heaven, seeing Jesus. The one thousand year reign with Jesus is something I don't linger thinking about. I'm just waiting and watching! Come, LORD Jesus, Come!