Keep The Faith

A dawn‑tone reflection from the Unity Series Some messages arrive gently, and others arrive with the weight of truth. This one carries that weight. If you stay with it to the end, I believe the Holy Spirit will open something in you that may have been closed for years. This word will press on your heart, but if you endure to the end, light will break through. Bring before your mind the face of the one you cannot forgive — the one whose memory still burns like a wound that refuses to close. Now lift your eyes. The Spirit is taking you upward. You stand in the courts of heaven. The air is alive with joy. You see faces you have loved and lost — whole, radiant, laughing with a purity you have never seen on earth. Everywhere, clusters of people rejoice together, free from the shadows that once clung to them. Let your gaze move across the multitude… And then you see him — the one you swore you could never f...

Shame: When God Opens Our Eyes A Unity Series Post God Gave Us Emotions for a Reason God, the Creator, designed us with emotions. None of them are accidental. Each one serves a purpose in how we relate to Him, to others, and to our own hearts. Fear warns us. Joy strengthens us. Love binds us together. But shame—true, God-revealed shame—does something unique. It shows us the truth about our sin and awakens the desire to turn back to God. Shame is the only emotion that makes us wish we could go back and undo what we did. It is not self-generated. It is something God reveals when He opens the eyes of our heart. Shame in the Beginning Before the fall, Adam and Eve lived without shame: “Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.” ( Genesis 2:25 ) After they sinned, they felt fear—not shame. They hid from God and blamed one another, but Scripture never says they repented ( Genesis 3:1–13 ). The same pattern appears in the next generation...

“This Is Eternal Life”: How John 17:3 Opened My Eyes Sometimes the Lord slows us down in ways we don’t expect. What I thought would be a simple Bible study through the book of John has instead become a journey of re‑examining things I once believed without question. I’m sharing these thoughts not as doctrine, but as the path God has been walking me through. My cousin and I have been getting together for Bible study for quite a while now—usually once a week if we can. Lately we’ve been meeting on Mondays, and since today is Monday, we just finished up a little while ago. We agreed to work through the book of John, but we haven’t made much progress. Before my vision—the one I described in my post “ My Beliefs Have Changed ” —we probably would have been in great harmony in our beliefs and sailed right through John. The slow pace isn’t because of John; it’s because of my sidetracks. I used to fit into the “Once Saved, Always Saved” group, you might say. If you had to pl...

Where’s God? Have you ever wondered if God is only present when we call on Him—stepping aside at other times to leave us to our own paths? Or do you sometimes feel that He only intervenes after events unfold? I’ve thought about this too. I believe God is always at work, guiding us within His will—not just in the lives of those who believe, but also in the lives of those who don’t yet know Him. Everything that happens aligns with His purposes. When difficult times come, it’s often hard to understand how they fit into God’s will. But I don’t believe God brings hardships to harm us or to punish us for not being perfect. Our lives, as God sees them, have already been fully known, and within that understanding, He makes adjustments along our path, shaping circumstances to yield what’s best for us. How could that person happen to be there when you needed food, or a place to stay, or money at just the right time? How did someone so special enter your life fro...

A Vision That Changed My Questions There are moments in our walk with God that reshape us—not by giving answers, but by awakening deeper questions. This is one of those moments for me. What I experienced was unexpected, unsettling, and ultimately transforming. I share it here in the hope that it may speak to someone else who is wrestling with the mystery of God’s ways. The Vision In an earlier post, I mentioned a vision I had—not a dream, but something that happened during a conversation with Jesus. As I was speaking with Him in my mind, as I often do, I suddenly felt Jesus and the Holy Spirit get up and leave my presence without a word. It felt like standing before a group of people, speaking to them, and watching them all silently rise and walk away. I was stunned. How could Jesus leave without saying anything? I knew there was no point in continuing to talk, because no one was there anymore. Then I found myself standing in a completely desolate place. Imagine a ...