Drive-By God Givers

Drive-by: an action done in a cursory manner.

While making an investment transaction today, the gentleman asked me, ‘How did you hear about us?’

I explained to him that I was on my way to Indianapolis to patron another vendor and took a detour to consider, yet, another vendor. On my way to my original destination, I drove-by their establishment and inspected every asset they had. I proceeded to tell him that after consulting with two well-respected individuals, this was the place I had to make my transaction.

He yelled across the hallway, “Hey Moses, DRIVE-BY!” Moses wasn’t surprised, as he has gotten used to drive-bys. They explained that they do not spend a great amount of funds in advertising, but something is drawing people to them.

As I considered this conversation, the Holy Spirit has affirmed that “Drive-by Givers” are headed in my direction. They are sent by YAH! I don’t have to advertise my need or even look like I have a need. Drive-by Givers do what they do BEcause THEY have a DESIRE to do something. And, they desire to do it QUICK and in a HURRY. SELAH.

Quick and in a hurry isn’t always about rushing and not having a well-thought out action. For this is true: most, if not all, drive-by shootings are strategically planned. So shall it BE with these Drive-by Givers unto me. They have a strategic plan to give to me QUICK and in a HURRY! And, they will know I Am the one when they pass by, BEcause they are also God’s Givers. SELAH!

Weighted Blanket Therapy

Mar24

“Weighted Blanket Therapy is a type of therapy that reduces transitional anxiety, and other induced anxieties. It is also used to treat those with sensory processing disorder, preventing emotional meltdowns.

This is a, if not the, reason that babies are wrapped or swaddled when entering this side of living from the womb side of living. Their thoughts, unknown to us, are already processing something is different, unfamiliar. Their neurological system starts to alter at the onset of their transition, thus the reaction of crying. Although, some babies reaction is whimpering while some others is nothing and they have to BE resuscitated to this terrestrial realm. SELAH!

The swaddling. SELAH! Have you ever pondered why the LORD Yeshua was wrapped in swaddling clothes? Preservation and Prevention. Swaddling relaxes not just the body, but also the mind. It eases the adaption process; improves focus by hearing, seeing, and by touch. And, it also helps you to sleep better with a sense – key word – of safety.

These therapy blankets are instrumental for those of us who experience a lack of harmony with our sensory processing. This neurological deficit cannot BE properly recalibrated, restored back to normal, by medicinal practices. The right touch is so important! And, woe unto those who abuses it by the lack thereof or by the inappropriate use of.

So then, who are you IN touch with today? What are you wrapped up, tied up, tangled up in? Personally, I’ve touched hope today. I’ve swaddled myself with my measure of faith, and I AM comforted, safe, and at ease. SELAH. Without these healing touches, that will reintegrate us back to our “in the beginning” state, we create cavities in the soul. SELAH! Oh to BE swaddled, once again” (Smith, Angela M. 2016).

Increase My Capacity!

Feb11

Increase my capacity! Increase my capacity to receive!

In several moments of my life, and I’ve probably said it once or twice, I’ve heard that you have to ‘get’ rid of this (whatever this is) in order to receive. Once more this morning, the Holy Spirit refreshed me again in that receiving is not gotten by ‘getting’ or “getting rid of.” Rather, it is gotten by giving. SELAH! As this chant (Increase my capacity! Increase my capacity to receive!) lived in my soul at daylight, I heard my spirit self, my true self, searching for ways to give so that my capacity to receive is increased.

These thoughts elicited an exaltation of thankfulness. A gratefulness that I couldn’t utter with words. Keenly, I heard the voice of the LORD riding and abiding (walking in the garden). A humble praise welled up in me and erupted. I! I worship (respect and love) Elohim. Him, Whom I BElieve in. The sheer thought of “giving” resulted in a freedom in my soul, sown in tears of humility.

Many names scrolled across my face as I declared into the air, concerning them: “INCREASE THEIR CAPACITY TO RECEIVE!”

In essence, this means that they must give. If we stop giving, we compress our capacity to receive. Receiving and giving are flowing through the same veins. If our blood stops flowing, it will begin to clot. What was liquidly flowing, smooth and fluent, is now lumpy. Something within has stopped giving, stopped circulating in our life, resulting in something within not receiving.

Don’t clot your capacity to receive! SELAH!

You may ask, “Give what?” And I say to you, give thanks, give a hug, give someone a meal, give them a job, give someone your undivided attention; give a compliment, give honor and respect, give compassion, give mercy and kindness, give cheerfully, give Pure Divine Love. Give yourself!

It’s been said that a man (meaning a human) can’t make you happy. That is an absolute untruth. If that were true, a man can’t, on the same scope, make you sad or angry or mad. The truth is, and I can guarantee you, that the moment a man “gives” cheerfully to you something you’ve desired, gives you a surprise, or gives you a gift that you didn’t expect you are happy! We should always give what will bring happiness.

As I fortify myself to remain a giver, I encourage you: LET us make daily decisions to give to everyone that we come in contact with. This manner of giving increases our capacity to receive everything that we ask for.

Better!

Jan27

While preparing for the days’ journey, i.e. picking my hair, praying for my family, my sons and daughters, my grandchildren, our gifts and talents, ideas and inspirations, visions and motivations, I asked my son what was the temperature and he said 26^o. Then I asked, “What is the “real feel?” He told me that the winds were at 9 miles per hour.

With that information, I knew the “real feel” was approximately 15^o. BEcause I have an obsession with being as precise as possible, I checked my weather app to see if it would display the information and it stated that it was indeed 26^o (sum of 8) and “real feel” 16^o (sum of 7). Straightaway when I saw that, I heard, like a fountain of water springing up,

“Your situation is 10 degrees better than what you feel that it is. Don’t BE moved by what you feel; BE moved by what you know. And know this, your situation IS BETTER!”

How? Just how do I know this IS the truth? Because the Spirit of Truth, WHO dwelleth with me and BE in me, guides me IN to all truth. Thus, my knowing.

Previously, I had written in my journal about the power of the number 10 (law and testimony). From a biblical reference, Genesis 1 is the first occurrence of a testimony. Ten times, this chapter testifies of YAH’s creative power by the expression “God said.” Each time those 2 words (union) were released into the atmosphere (into the darkness, the firmament, the waters, the earth, etc.), the atmosphere yielded itself to the power of what was said. What was spoken BEcame, and what BEcame still IS. It still exists.

Being swift to hear (both sensitive and acute), I understood that the testimony this morning wasn’t that my (your) situation is GOING TO GET or is IN THE PROCESS OF BEcoming better. Better already exists! The testimony is that my (your) situation IS (now, right now, here and now, without delay, this very moment, this present time, this day and age) BETTER! And it is that, by 10^o.

There is no preparation for IS to BE. However, we have to prepare ourselves to BE what IS. SELAH!

As for me and my household, we are rising up to what IS by BEing a doer of the word according to James 1 (KJV), and as expounded in my weblog “Doer of the Declaration.”

I ask of you my dear friends, “What it is?” It IS BETTER!

Doer of the Declaration

Jan14

Today, I attended another case conference to review and update the goals and plans of a teenager. In these case conferences, we work on three things: (1) we review past goals and successes/failures of those goals, as well as ask the teen questions about how they view their progress, (2) then, we update/establish new goals based upon the progress/regression of the child, as well as listen to and hear their objective on what they desire to achieve next, and last (3) we develop a plan to succeed the afresh established goals.

After the conference, I sat in my car and recapped all that was discussed and the words advocacy, declaration, and helper were paddling in my soul.

Goals and declarations, to me, are tantamount. Embodied in both words, a person is composing a confident statement by giving specific details of a plan. They are expressing something that they desire to have. In my area of expertise, and otherwise, I’ve watched many people inscribe declarations (goals) and that’s it. All they’ve done was state something over and over again. However, saying something without doing something will retard the emerging of the declaration. Thus, the never-ending saying, stating, talking, writing, and likewise the never-ending not doing.

By way of example: let’s say that one of my declarations (goals) is that Nataph Consulting will work with a retired NFL/MLB sportsperson providing executive director services for his foundation. My ideal work space is my home office, and I will travel, on occasion, as required to the site location. This is one of my declarations (goals). What is the most likely result of this declaration (goal) if I do not submit my required credentials? Will the person even know that I exist, that I’m qualified, that my KSA’s and work ethics are exemplary, and that I will represent his name with integrity? No. They will not know. I have to do something that will bring awareness to them to propel my declaration (goal) to live. SELAH! I must BE a doer!

To witness the “BE fruitful and multiply” results of our declaration (goal), we have to BE doers. Doers are people who “always” progress, improve, increase, get better, etc. They attract helpers (someone who works with them and their plan of action) who are dedicated to advocacy (actively supporting them; speaking in favor of them). These helpers read, they understand, and they implement the forthright declarations (goals) so that they (the declarations/goals) surely come. And, a team of helpers is a team of doers…and givers.

Remember, doers are people who “always” progress, improve, increase, get better, etc. Thus, helpers will “always” progress, improve, increase, get better, etc. SELAH! So then, if you don’t have a plan, an idea, a chart, a sketch, something for helpers to help you with, you can’t justly expect them to help you unto acquiring your declaration (goal).

What are you doing, not saying, that requires the help of a helper?

From this case conference, I, once more, realized that articulating a declaration and penning a goal is priority. For that reason, taking action to propel the declaration into existence cannot BE skirted. The teen in this case saw his declaration (goal) face-to-face today. It was a 3-month plan and he achieved exactly what he desired to achieve, and the reward was exactly what his team of helpers said it was.

He progressed to another level; a level that he declared to succeed. Now, although he has a team of helpers (a team of doers) advocating for him, he was encouraged to take part in his advocacy and BE his own helper; to BE a doer. Again, doers of the declaration (goal) “always” progress, improve, increase, and get better.

In such manner as this teenager, so it is with us parents, relatives, entrepreneurs, educators, athletes, business owners, etc. We must not only say and write or expound and exclaim, we must BE a doer of the declaration (goal). We must escape the sinful nature of chicanery to manipulate doers and givers into advocating for us because we have failed to advocate for ourselves. With great compassion, I compel us all to BEcome diligent doers of our own declarations (goals).

I dedicate this blog to my son, Jordan G. “TheArtistic” Hicks. We developed a plan, you worked the plan, your team of helpers advocated for you on the journey, and today you received exactly what you told me you wanted. Well done son! I love you!

The Law of Giving

Aug5

Today, once again, I was considering the truth regarding The Law of Giving. Admittedly, I can’t live without this principle as I fully love and enjoy giving. Why? Because I know the multiplied effects of unspeakable joy that it produces in the form of receiving. And, tis receiving isn’t a one-way reception. To mention, I fully love and enjoy receiving as well. Second Corinthians 9, amongst many other holy directives, is an excellent teacher on the law of giving. It directs us in a very methodical manner on how to give:

Verse 6: Soweth sparingly reap also sparingly; soweth bountifully reap also bountifully

Verse 7: Every man according as he purposeth in his heart; so LET him give; NOT grudgingly; Or of necessity; For God loveth a cheerful giver

A week ago, I reviewed the power of the Archaic suffix, and Greek tense word, ‘eth. Here we see it again in soweth, purposeth, and loveth; this meaning continual action of sowing and continual action of purpose. SELAH! Now, if for any reason (doubt, fear, skepticism, etc.) you think, believe, and feel that through your giving you are losing or that you might not receive, you are losing indeed. As it is true, according to this law, those reasons (and others like them) will not ever bring a positive increase. You can, of the sorts, become similar to the expression of Haggai 1:6 in that your giving was put into a bag with holes. There is no return. You are losing and have lost your ability to receive because you didn’t properly give.

The condition of the heart is very important when giving. This is why Paul said we are to LET every man give according as he purposeth in his heart. That meaning, LET him do it. We shouldn’t coerce man to give. The scriptures calls of us to LET him do it (give) according to the intent of his heart. I’ve witnessed many people give their time, their resources, their expertise, their financial support, etc. all so grudgingly. Why to you supposed people give in such manner? I offer a few reasons why:

1.) They’ve been repeatedly forced to give.

2.) They’ve been told if they don’t sow a seed (monetary) they will not BE blessed.

3.) They’ve been tricked and abused.

4.) They’ve been giving to “takers” and not other givers (who are actually receivers), expecting a return from takers and that will never happen.

5.) They’re selfish.

6.) They’re hurting and often feel justified by not giving, willingly or forced

Although these are legitimate reasons for one reason or another, we should always BE compelled to give by compassion and courtesy, hugs and flowers, or prayers and considerations; by paying a bill for someone, filling up their gas tank, or buying their groceries. If you see they need shoes, buy them. If you see they need a place to live, help them get it; or a warm hug and encouragement, give it to them. Although non-materialistic systems of giving are the most powerful, giving from a monetary perspective is also exceptionally helpful.

In some of our teachings of times past, it’s been implied that grudgingly only means reluctantly or unwilling. However, in 2 Corinthians 9:7 this word means lupe loo’-pay ; sadness, grievous, heaviness, sorrow. We are directed NOT to give under these conditions. In that same verse, we are told not to give OF necessity. This word (necessity) broke my attention because in the days not long ago, we were told to give out of our needs (something like that). In my mind, I would think that they were saying to me, e.g., if you need your rent paid give out of that (take from that since you don’t have it all anyways).

Then, I thought they were saying if you want to get out of a situation, a bind, a ditch, unclean tendencies and propensities, we should give (sow) our way out because sowing has a law of reciprocity that will not fail. And again, at times I don’t think people really understand what was meant. Necessity, means anagke an-ang-kay’; constraint; implication, distress:–distress, must needs, (of) necessity(-sary), needeth, needful. We are guided to NOT to give under these conditions or give out of your needs.

Nevertheless, by a measure of faith, faithful people would faithfully give a portion of their allocated food money, mortgage money, car maintenance money, or insurance money, etc. They’d double up on tithes and give 20%, and above that with their offerings. They wouldn’t hold back sowing bountifully into the lives of others, their households, their businesses, their product, their education, their gifts and their talents. By faith, they gave BEcause they BElieved they’d reap in the same way.

Then there is a cheerful giver. Cheerful, as used in the scripture, is the opposite of grudgingly and of necessity. It means hilaros hil-ar-os’; propitious or merry (“hilarious”), i.e. prompt or willing:–cheerful. Propitious is a very powerful word for a cheerful giver. SELAH! Cheerful givers are lively givers they are not sad, heavy, and full of sorrow. Thy don’t give for any other reason, to any person, organization, foundation, charity, event, project, or school, etc. other than the reason that God loveth a cheerful giver. They know that giving, in the right manner, produces increased results of God’s favour. And, they don’t give to be seen, noticed, applauded. Their liveliness is not about their outward display of hyperactivity and acceptance. Again, it is the condition (liveliness) of their heart purpose.

So then, knowing this truth and seeing how it effectively works in my life, I decree that: I and my household will continue to cuddle with giving day-in and day-out. We will continue to soweth bountifully and reap also bountifully. We will continue to give according as we have purposeth in our heart. We will BE cheerful givers, and will not give grudgingly OR of necessity. As I have decreed, so it is.

Now, while I was sitting here making my decree, a lady walks up to me and asks if I wanted to go to the baseball game tonight because she had extra tickets. Before I said yes, I begin to tell her about my evening last night. It was 8:35 p.m. (16 love) and I was on my way home from picking up the lads that we (my sons and I) watch over at night. When we got near the baseball park, I slowed downed and asked them if they had been to a baseball game yet. Gazing at the park through the window, they said no! I told them, “Well, we will have to make sure you get to go to one soon. You will love it!” Soon came in less than 24 hours later. At 11:24 a.m. (8 new beginning) this morning, I received 6 tickets to the game.

The Law of Giving works. We gave; we received. We soweth bountifully; we reap bountifully. I encourage you all to discover and grasp this nonstop free flowing action and response. It will change everything concerning the lack in your life. SELAH!

Within The 30-Minute Restoration

Jul31

This morning, I awakened to another migraine at 5:39 a.m. (17 victory), and here it was 5 hours later (favour) to the minute, 10:39 a.m. (13 lawlessness), that it is still speaking loudly with thumps of pain. At 8:13 a.m. (12 perfection), my Josue’ informed me that the internet wasn’t working so I checked my account and sure enough the payment I made two weeks ago was never debited. So, I called Comcast at 9:07 a.m. (16 love) to pay the bill, again, and the recording said, “Your service will BE restored WITHIN 30 minutes (30 The Blood of Christ)!”

In that moment, the very blink of an eye, I understood that this was the appointed day and time for the LORD’s affirmation to my prayers. At 9:26 a.m. (17 victory), my Josue’ says, “Mom, it’s working now.” That was 19 minutes (faith) after I called them.

From a biblical perspective, numbers have meaning, For a very long time now, more than 10 years, I’ve paid attention to the hour of revelation (the time that the Holy Spirit revealed something or spoke divine to me). At those specific times mentioned in the writing, they all bear a sum total number: 5:39 = 17. 17 means victory. The Spirit and Truth has been speaking to me like this for a long time. I never really understood the appointed hour and their significance until 2005 and have been listening to the LORD with sharpness every since.

The Holy Spirit even speaks to me in a different language in my dreams. I’ve had to wake up and research to make sure I knew what I heard was a real word and what it meant. I was also doing some verbal transcription and the recordings picked up two foreign languages in my dialect that I’ve never spoken or studied. I have to look up the words that came out of my mouth and OMGOSH, they were real words. This was my spirit self, my true self that was created in the beginning, in the image of US (Genesis 1:26) and in OUR likeness, speaking the languages of YAH. SELAH!

Within The 30-Minute Restoration: It’s Working NOW! What’s working now and how is it working?

Victory, divine perfection and authority, and pure divine love is all working for me and everything lawlessness (created by man and inspired by Satan) is overpowered by the redemption that I have through the blood of Christ shed. My faith worketh and fail me not because I don’t fail my faith. I AM has come to my household and all services (all things that are rightfully and duly mine) are restored!

So then, I thank You Father for this ‘Within 30-Minute Restoration’ on today.

Scientifically Spiritual

Jul8

Is it possible to scientifically explain a spiritual occurrence? I’m not sure where this thought came from, perhaps I was reading something. Right now, I’m not sure what I was reading at the time. (A few moments have passed) OKAY! Now I remember! I was studying EFT and TFT, which are Emotional Freedom Technique and Thought Field Therapy. EFT and TFT are alternative energy medicines like therapeutic touch, acupuncture, Reiki, etc. Then I had to work my recollection to answer, “What made me want to study that?” Well, yesterday I had starting reading an article on “Breaking the Psychologically Attachment to Illness.” Oh how so many of us need to detach ourselves from ourselves and BE made whole. SELAH!

All this week, I’ve been studying on thoughts and words and their importance to create, produce, activate, heal, etc. At one point, the thought arose that this is just mindless. Then I remembered that I took careful attention at how unfailing my midnight thoughts came to me as I BEgin to dose off. Reliable was Psalm 3:3 as I laid me down to sleep: “But thou, O LORD, art a Shield FOR me; MY Glory, and The Lifter Up of mine head.” This song took its place to awareness. As I measured this encouragement, my midday intercession sprung up in me, i.e., the LORD is MY naw-tsar’ (my protector, my shield).

Bringing the two thoughts together was like healing water to my bones. I could literally feel my bones being strengthened by flowing water. It made me giggle for a few seconds; I knew it was the Holy Spirit afresh. This morning, when I opened my eyes, Psalm 3:3-4 awakened with me. I started to pray MY protection a 70×70 mile radius; that wherever I am, I AM shields me. The LORD sustained me! Everything is perfectly complete. SELAH!

Nonetheless, I kept reading and studying EFT and TFT and came upon the faith of the First Church of Christ, Scientist based in Boston, MA. Not the cult, Church of Scientology! That’s an entirely different army, with compounds ALL over this world, which, by the way, is opposed to abortion but PROMOTES homosexual oral and anal penetrative sex as a form of birth control. I thought I was reading a Bourne Ultimatum script perusing information about this organization.

Anyways, back to the First Church of Christ, Scientist. I learned that the requirements to BE a member of this organization, per the by-laws, are that you pray daily and study the bible. You must subscribe to the organization’s periodicals IF YOU CAN AFFORD to, and pay an annual tax to the church of nothing less than $1.00. There are the basic requirements to BE a member. I personally like the idea that they have Reading Rooms at each sanctuary location that are OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Isn’t that awesome? It’s comparable to a library. How many of the ministry organizations in your neighborhood are OPEN TO THE PUBLIC on days besides the days they’ve calendared service?

In addition, I was captured by the answer that explains the question, “What is a Christian Science?” in particularly this answer:

“Christian Scientists come from all walks of life and are happy to talk about their faith when asked, but we don’t proselytize. For us, a life well lived is the best example of our beliefs.”

A life well lived is THE BEST example of our beliefs! This statement caused me to pause and ponder about what I see in other religious organizations. Do they too BElieve, unto living, that “a life well lived is THE BEST example?” Due to the fact that we all have tendency to yield to the great rhetoric of what we are accustomed to, when all things are considered, we systematically neglect knowing our neighbors who may actually have an acuter depth of spiritual insight.

This is a legitimate thought, and very likely a reliable truth, that if you think the religious organization that you belong to is THE ONLY organization that knows God (Creator, Love, Light, Spirit, and Truth) you are very likely under the influence of a persuasive deception. As many of us are aware, Massachusetts is the breeding ground for witchcraft. Sadly, witchcraft is practiced EVERYWHERE; even so, over the many altars that we fellowship in weekly. There is no slight here, just the unsullied truth.

So then, I take it upon myself to start reading Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.

“There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all. Spirit is immortal Truth; matter is mortal error. Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is God, and man is His image and likeness. Therefore man is not material; he is spiritual” (Eddy, Mary Baker (1910) Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 468).

I love this quote of Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science, from the New York Herald, 1 May 1901,

“Where vaccination is compulsory, let your children be vaccinated and see that your MIND is in such a state that BY YOUR PRAYERS vaccination will do the children no harm. So long as Christian Scientists obey the laws, I do not suppose their mental reservations will be thought to matter much.”

For some reason or another, all of this brought back to my attention, in an affirming manner, that what I’ve been saying for quite some time now is great truth. And that is, we need to BEcome our spirit selves in this realm, as this is our true self. We need to unBEcome who we are and BEcome who we were created. When we start living from this place (spiritually minded, taking on the attributes of Our Image, the Mind of Christ), then we will start experiencing life and peace on earth AS IT IS in heaven. I wholly BElieve John 6:63 (KJV),

“It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I SPEAK unto you, they ARE SPIRIT, and they ARE LIFE.

As I read more from the pages of this text, I thought I was reading my mind on paper. So many things I hear in my spirit, I’ve heard them again in this book. I thus recognize that these thoughts, which are coming to conscious, are arriving BEcause there are disciplines that I need to study. There are matters that I need to learn; there is wisdom to gain; and, there is understanding to get.

I study on…

Compassion, I AM!

May28

Today, life events from my youth woke up as I was meditating. I remember in my days of youth how I used to be tormented by princedoms, powers, rulers of the darkness of this world, and spiritual wickedness in high places (the soul). Even though my parents were praying parents, I, in my own assessment, didn’t know how to respond to this torment other than self-harm. As a child, I didn’t even know this word or what it meant. However, the tormenter that seeks to kill, steal, and destroy knew that word and had no respect of me being a child.

The most common practice of self-harming is a cutter, which is strongly suited with poisoning. I, on the other hand, wasn’t a cutter. I was a self-beater, both mentally and physically, with suicidal tendencies. My communication with myself was destructive! Consequently, my right knee tells a story of years of abuse. The abuse was first compulsive (driven by this inner force to do something), and then intentional (premediated, well thought out) because I saw the results of compassion that it yielded. Compassion!

In former times, my thinking lifestyle and life’s happenings led me to obsessive and compulsive behaviors. These behaviors stifled my life! My thoughts were hacked as I attempted to secure things from people who didn’t have what I needed. Behaviors that made me want to demand this, that, or the other from bankrupt resources and individuals who were not gifted to meet the demand. These thoughts were my responsibility. Even so, after gelling with how I had evolved considering my ways wasn’t a stress-free undertaking. Nonetheless, the onus was still on my shoulder to consider my ways. What did I do, or was not doing, that caused my life to BE what it was? My self-harming actions were, in reality, harming others

As I now breathe, before I BEcame whom I AM I had to BE healed of who I was. SELAH! Wisdom was a ray of light, schooling me in that I wasn’t created with these self-harming deficiencies. Yet, they were born. These shortcomings had to die! An abortion was requisite in order for me to cuddle with salvation, healing, and miracles. And die…they did! Not in one wave, but in many tides over the past 30 years. On this journey, I’ve discovered that confessing my faults concerning my thoughts dismantles the pallets of pride. .

Essentially, I had to break up with injury and cunning persuasions to collect compassion and learn how to BEcome the compassion (the Ruhamah) that I longed for. SELAH! In the here and now, for the past 2 years, I’ve been praying for that Ruhamah. My prayers were consistent in this manner, “LORD! I want to BE compassion and more compassionate. I yearn to BE that for and towards my children; for and towards the fortunate and fateful. LORD, LET me BE compassion!” As I set out to study what I wanted to BEcome, I learned that compassion doesn’t seek a return from others; it simply enjoys being what it is and doing what it does. Also, I’ve learned that it is an intensely powerful word that brings life. It has elements of mercy that runs deep to spring up like a rushing well of water. My study revealed to me that the word Ruhamah, which is Hebrew in origin, derives from the root-verb raham, meaning to love deeply/to have mercy. This kind of compassion is expressed in Exodus 33:19 and 2 Kings 13:23.

In order to BEcome the image of my Creator, I had to consider my ways and change my reasoning. To live, in the likeness of my YAH, I must continuously have the mind of Christ. My spirit self, meaning the real me, has to abound at all times lest I return to the foolishness of my natural self, i.e., the self-harming. Of this lot in life, I have fully BEcome whom I desired to BE and I covet no longer. I have long disowned self-harm, and I cleave to Pure Divine Love. I AM now, compassion!

The Presence of the LORD!

Aug16

The very first time that the presence of the LORD was mentioned or made known is in Genesis 3:8 i.e. and they HEARD the voice of the LORD WALKING in the garden; and they hid themselves from the PRESENCE of the LORD. A significant thing I noticed here is the VOICE of the LORD was WALKING. Adam and Eve HEARD His voice WALKING. This very thing reminds me of the scores of times that even though we don’t SEE our parents speaking the instructions they have pounded in to us time after time, we can still hear their words, their guidance, and their speech walking around in our heads. We see them not, but we do HEAR them toddling i.e. walking and treading about our minds; coming up to consciousness.

In this first take, the presence of the LORD was “heard” and “recognized.” Adam and Eve knew the LORD was there; they hid themselves. Today, it is intensely insinuated that we only know that the LORD is present BEcause we can FEEL His presence i.e. many worship leaders say phrases like, “Can’t You FEEL His presence? He is here!” Hardly ever, if at all, do they say, “Do you hear His voice? He is here!” SELAH! This is not to say that we are not able to feel His presence, but majority of the time we are not feeling the presence of the LORD, we are experiencing feelings or emotions from a situation. Adam and Eve FELT a certain way and had a particular emotion when they HEARD the voice of the LORD walking. That emotion was shame; thus, they hid themselves. IN the BEginning, hearing His voice indicated that He was present. Also, I do say, in this particular scripture, Genesis 3, that the atmosphere was conducive for the presence of the LORD.

Something was done for Him to make His presence known to them. What was it? In this instance, Adam and Eve yielded to the deception of the serpent. That yielding is what brought about what I call “The Interrogation and Sentencing” (Genesis 3:9-24). Adam and his wife were not worshipping the LORD when He made His presence known. They were disobeying Him. Even Jonah, when he HEARD the voice of the LORD, disobeyed and fled to a place the LORD did not send him. The scripture didn’t say Jonah felt the presence of the LORD and fled; he heard the voice. So, based upon this truth, worshiping the LORD is not the only way to invoke the presence of the LORD. Disobedience is a way too.

As Worship Leaders, those who lead the congregation into a posture of devotion unto the LORD, we can usher in i.e. announce, state, declare, decree, pronounce that the presence of the LORD is amongst us. This is also bringing an awareness i.e. “I hear the voice of the LORD…He is here!” SN: Often, when we do hear the voice of the LORD we will sing it. Others of us, who are minstrels will play it. And, there are others of us with a scribal anointing who will record it i.e. write it down and/or speak it. However, each individual parishioner is responsible for hearing His voice and KNOWING that the LORD is present amongst them. Not just BEcause we said He is, but BEcause they heard His voice.

We, Worship Leaders, are responsible for “leading” the people i.e. guiding them, teaching them, and showing them how to worship the LORD. Sadly, many worship leaders hassle the people i.e. “C’mon PRAISE the LORD! How dare you come in to the house of the LORD and not PRAISE Him! C’mon church; get with us. This ain’t no dead church. Look at your neighbor and say, “NEIGHBOR!” When we do those things, we’re not leading (teaching) the people, we are mostly harassing them.

Those of us who are “The True Worshippers” must and do worship the LORD in Spirit and in Truth. Any others who desire to BE the true worshippers have to BE taught, just like we were taught. I’ve heard many ministers say that “worship is a lifestyle.” If that BE true, and I BElieve that it is, then that lifestyle has to BE taught; it has to BE practiced. Likewise, I’ve heard some say, “Enter into the presence of the LORD.” However, entering into the presence of the LORD would BE very difficult to do if a person doesn’t know that the LORD is there i.e. they’ve not heard His voice or don’t even know what His voice sounds like.

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