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...

I’ve been talking about how I believe that shame could actually be identified as hell. Let me see if I can explain my reasoning and what I believe God is revealing to me. First, God, the Creator, designed us with emotions. So, if He built us with emotions, there must be a reason for each one. There are a lot more emotions than what I first thought, however Wikipedia lists only six primary emotions; Love, Joy, Surprise, Anger, Sadness, and Fear. For reasons of trying to explain things here, I want to talk about the last two, the Shame part of Sadness and Fear. Wikipedia breaks down the primaries further. Primary emotion Secondary emotion Tertiary emotion Sadness Suffering Agony · Anguish · Hurt Sadness Depression · Despair · Gloom · Glumness · Unhappy · Grief · Sorrow · Woe · Misery · Melancholy ' Disappointment Dismay · Displeasure Shame Guilt · Regret · ...

My cousin and I have been getting together for Bible study for quite a while now; once a week if we can. We've been meeting on Mondays lately and since this is Monday, we just finished up a little while ago. We agreed to work in the book of John but we haven't been able to make much progress. Before my vision, the one I explained in my post "My beliefs have changed," we probably would be in great harmony in our beliefs and therefore been able to sail right through John and be done with it, not saying that John is the problem; it's been my sidetracks. I used to fit into the "Once saved always saved" group, I guess you might say. If you had to fit my cousin into a group, I believe He would agree that he fits this group right now because of his present beliefs. I hate to try and get into a discussion of trying to define this group because there are variations within this set of beliefs too. I guess, in a nutshell it is a belief that once you are in God...

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 ...