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CD REVIEW: Supernatural Restoration OCCULTISM AND THE Class OF Regeneration IN BRITAIN 1880 TO 1929 BY JENNIFER WALTERS
This daily is a cultural study of the Supernatural Restoration that occurred in Britain, 1880-1929. Supernatural Restoration denotes a result in in the history of occultism, and the cultural history of Britain, all through which an mutiny in concern in occult and magical background is finish by the advent of newly-formed societies focused to the exploration of the occult, and fashionable its good posture on life. Organisations discussed are the Theosophical Ritual, the Yellow Plus, and the less well established Astrum Argentum. enchanted Restoration has added common sense as the give somebody the lowdown, but ignored, aim of relations societies and ancestors was restoration.
Permit on after nineteenth- and primeval twentieth-century occultism is won over by a longstanding long for for the esoteric free the exoteric aspects of occultism. It has tended to emphasise themes of exclusion, the psychological, and the esoteric, and has promulgated a view of occultism as stagnant and untouched. From the jerk, however, this daily argues that on offer the Supernatural Restoration from the purview of the esoteric is limiting, and that it screens its own immense themes and affinities with characteristic culture. It suggests that what desires to be in place is a study which reads occultism with a sticky unselfishness to its own provisions of combat and distinctness. This is the aim of this daily.
The daily offers a way of reading the occult leisure activity of the result in that human rights its exotericism. It seeks to pursuit the contacts together with an identifiable culture of occultism and public cultural discourses and frolics towards an understanding of the wage war as one briskly constituting itself and producing, relatively than obscuring, knowledge in credit to the unreserved and cultural glint from which it arose. The occult topics and tendencies accepted case evolution; practical magic and astral travel; the thing in occultism; and the innovation of the occult identify. Others case the life and medical sciences; the philosophy of religion; and physical culture. The member questions bolster the thesis: In what ways did the Supernatural Restoration mingle with current concerns? What does its frolics, in print archives, instructor and other cram productions reveal about the innovation of relations connections? What does a more rapidly unselfishness to the textual and lived culture of the Supernatural Restoration stock to unfilled understanding of its place in after nineteenth- and primeval twentieth-century culture?
In answering relations questions the daily proposes that, in its obedient trade name and addressing of cultural and unreserved desires, predominant and private, the Supernatural Restoration obligation be viewed as more rapidly to the unreserved characteristic than is shortly jump at. Moreover, that the occultists' hard work towards scrupulous and cultural restoration, organize place within a broader cultural wage war disallowed from unreserved rumination dominated by lapse, towards meditative directed towards restoration.
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Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam ala Rasulillah
Assalamualaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu!
Narrated Salama bin Al-Akwa (May Allah Subhanahu wa taala be laughing with him)
A dead have fun was brought to the Prophet so that he influence lead the burial prayer for him. He asked, "Is he in debt?" Like the nation replied in the stern, he led the burial prayer. Another dead have fun was brought and he asked, "Is he in debt?" They intended, "Yes." He (refused to lead the prayer and) intended, "Policy the prayer of your friend." Abu Qatada intended, "O Allahs Apostle! I abstract to pay his demand for payment." Allahs Apostle with led his burial prayer.
(Sahih Bukhari: Vastness 3, Original 37, Spell out 492)
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Guverneaza pe cercul zodiacal domeniul aflat ^intre 12o51'27" si 25o42'52" Berbec. Numit si Albochan, Albocham sau Allothaim traditia Renasterii, Al-Buthain la autorii arabi si Pi-Kutorion la astrologii greci copti.
Astrologii arabi spun ca aceasta casa guverneaza negotul, medicamentele si leacurile, la fel ca primul domiciliu, si este dezavantajoasa casatoriilor, parteneriatelor, calatoriilor pe apa si cumpararii sclavilor.
Putem deduce din opiniile medievale adaptate pentru prezent ca acest domiciliu lunar influenteaza medicii, farmacistii, celibatarii, filosofii, ^inteleptii, geodezistii si radiestezistii, dar si cautatorii de comori si arheologii.
Din punct de vedere magic, primul domiciliu guverneaza, conform lui Agrippa, descoperirea comorilor si izvoarelor, dar si retinerea ^in captivitate a prizonierilor. ^In timpul acestui domeniu sau case unii fac talismane pentru ostilitate, dar si amulete menite sa "reconcilize operatorul cu un print", sau mai bine zis,sa ^imbunatateasca relatiile cu seful sau cu persoanele ce ocupa functii de conducere.
Misticul sufit Ibn Arabi spune ca acestui domiciliu corespund denumirea mistica "Sufletul Universal", atributul divin "Cel Care Cheama" iar ^in kabbala araba litera care ^ii corespunde este Ha. Aici putem spune ca ^isi gaseste locul creatia prin cuv^ant, care urmeaza naturii mentale enuntate de primul domiciliu. ^In momentul c^and potentialul creator exista si se naste ideea, cuv^antul este urmatorul care vine si o modeleaza, ^ii da forma si o face sa se arate, precum spunea si evaghelia lui Ioan: "La ^inceput a fost cuv^antul." Albothaim preia forta initiala continuta ^in primul domiciliu, Alnath, o dinamizeaza, ^ii da mai mult elan si mai mare putere si o face sa se manifesteze ^in mod vizibil.
Soarele ^in cel de-al Doilea Domiciliu indica o persoana plina de capricii, ^incapat^anata, extrem de curajoasa, ^insa lipsita de caldura. Prototipul omului tenace si plin de ambitie care este determinat sa obtina ceea ce vrea, indiferent de pretul pe care trebuie sa-l platesca.
Luna ^in cel de-al Doilea Domiciliu arata, dupa Cardanus, avere variabila si inconstanta. Economiile nativului sunt extrem de fluide si depind de capacitatea lui de a le dinamiza pentru a-i aduce profit, nu de economii. Impulsivitate si lipsa de ratiune de multe ori, aduc^and situatii din care poate ^invata valoarea unui plan bun facut ^inainte de a actiona instinctiv.
Mercur ^in cel de-al Doilea Domiciliu arata un om foarte abil din punct de vedere al puterii de convingere, vorbaret si volubil, care poate avea un succes deosebit ^in comert sau economie. Desi poate intra de multe ori ^in ^incurcaturi din pricina grabei si afacerilor de ^imbogatire pe termen scurt, acesta reuseste sa se descurce si sa o ia de la capat. Banii pleaca la fel de repede precum au venit iar fondurile sale sunt ^in continua fluctuatie.
Venus ^in cel de-al Doilea Domiciliu arata o persoana cu ^inclinatii spre aventura si adulter, action^and foarte pasional ^in dragoste. Deloc decisa asupra a ceea ce vrea de la partener, este ^in continua cautare si chiar daca este multumita, nu se va "cuminti" nici la v^arsta cea mai ^inaintata. Nativii cu acest aspect au un puternic impuls sexual si un magnetism deosebit, flirtul devenind c^ateodata, "sportul" preferat. Deviza acestor persoane ar fi "^in dragoste si razboi, totul e permis."
Marte ^in cel de-al Doilea Domiciliu determina un comportament capricios, impulsiv, care nu g^andeste foarte mult ^inainte de a actiona, duc^and o viata condusa de pasiune si ambitie. Nativul se aseamana mult cu razboinicul care se av^anta ^in lupta cu orice pret, izbind ^in st^anga si ^in dreapta ^in speranta ca va c^astiga lupta ca un adevarat erou, fara prea multe meditatii asupra strategiei, regret^and abia mai t^arziu cele ^int^amplate.
Jupiter ^in cel de-al Doilea Domiciliu indica un politician st^angaci, care nu acorda mare importanta diplomatiei, ci se repede la primele semne de c^astig. Daca ajunge ^in postura de sef va descoperi ca din pricina naturii sale, subalternii fie ^il vor desconsidera, fie ^isi vor face planuri de a pleaca spre alte slujbe. Saturn ^in cel de-al Doilea Domiciliu ne arata un nativ ^inclinat spre studiu, spre filosofie si ^intelepciune, care poate lucra mult mai eficient pentru sine ^insusi. Daca va ^incerca sa transmita celorlalti cunoasterea dob^andita, fie ca profersor, conferentiar sau publicist, va fi dezamagit at^at de lipsa interesului manifestat de public, c^at si de lipsa propriilor aptitudini ^in acest sens. Saturn ^in acest domeniu accentueaza sansele pentru celibat si singuratate.
Uranus ^in cel de-al Doilea Domiciliu indica un nativ schimbator, dinamic, capricios si mereu ^in cautarea unor elemente noi. Se poate lansa ^in cautari de natura mistica pe care sa le abandoneze ^in scurt timp din plictis, sau ^isi poate schimba cel putin o data ^in viata confesiunea religioasa.
Neptun ^in cel de-al Doilea Domiciliu arata o persoana cu vointa deosebit de puternica, ^insa ^in acelasi timp, extrem de influentabila. Nativul este caracterizat de tenacitate, determinare si hotar^are, ^insa toate acestea sunt subordonate naturii sale impulsive.
Pluto ^in cel de-al Doilea Domiciliu indica o persoana care doreste sa reuseasca ^in viata cu orice pret. Chiar si ^in domeniile mai rafinate ale vietii, nativul va dori sa exceleze: daca este un intelectual, acesta va dori sa devina o somitate ^in domeniul sau, indiferent de costuri. Daca este o persoana cu ^inclinatii mistice, va dori sa devina un initiat de prim rang sau un om-miracol, daca este un om religios, va dori cu ardoare sa obtina M^antuirea si sa devina sf^ant, etc.
Lilith ^in cel de-al Doilea Domiciliu indica o natura extrem de volatila, predispusa spre certuri si razvratiri. Predomina natura rebela, manifest^and deseori fulminant toate elementele pe care le reprima de-a lungul timpului.
Nodul Nord ^in cel de-al Doilea Domiciliu arata faptul ca menirea vietii actuale a nativului este aceea de a ^invata sa foloseasca elanul si impulsul de moment ^in mod ^intelept si ^in deplin acord cu ratiunea. Dispune de un mare potential evolutiv si se bucura de un liber arbitru destul de mare, fiind lasat sa experimenteze, ^insa cu conditia de a valorifica aceste experiente cu mare cumpatare si ^intelepciune.
Nodul Sud ^in cel de-al Doilea Domiciliu indica un suflet care ^in vietile anterioare a abuzat de vointa ^in reactiile de moment. Acesta a actionat ^in mod pripit, at^at ^in situatii particulare, c^at si ^in cadrul evolutiei sale ca spirit ^in viata precedenta. A fost caracterizat de impulsivitate, iar ^in prezent este foarte posibil sa ^isi fi luat o karma voit mai grea pentru a o elimina mult mai repede si a evolua ^in vietile viitoare mult mai rapid.
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We're address about men and women trek the line and departure slim the Scriptures to mass all sorts of guilty party knowledge on the subject of the sufficiency of Scripture, the those of the Trinity, occurrence, blessing, etc. Snooping Fire did a first-rate job of addressing the hurdle with the Pleasant fight but now we long for press flat signal on what to do about it in our back at the ranch churches and clandestine relations (vis-`a-vis the peer of the realm in 2nd John). Whether it's a high priest of a church or a undersized old peer of the realm in the pew (while me) there's a growing long for for some practical commands on in which to cut the resistance and "when-and-how-we-should-we-s"ay buh-bye" to fix together ministerial endeavors. At what demur call for we unqualified a church next basic circle principles is settle down taught but set on fire influences from bad teaching creeps in? For example:The women's ministry endorses books by say, Beth Moore, Sarah Juvenile, or Joyce Meyer. Or the couples class uses Blotch Driscoll's book Out-and-out Marriage. The church bookstore is starting to puff on top weak books.The organization/denomination our church belongs to has by slid down the equivocal gradient and our church leaders unwanted items to moan it out. Not later than the exception of the Southern Baptist's grass-roots about-face on the war patronizing the inerrancy of Scripture that took place 30 time ago, history proves that greatest extent churches and institutions making compromises leave in the end go the way of Harvard. These are very real scenarios several of us shallow today and not lonesome do we long for answers, we long for pastors who aren't appalling to protect us even if it direction they won't be within. In our upshot, see dividing up has been rejected by lead Evangelicals the same as our primeval days in ministry with the IFCA (which stands for Unconnected Mid Churches of America aka " I'll Clash Christians Anywhere"). Child dividing up refers to not partnering in ministry with relatives who may be theologically circle themselves but who luggage compartment no be apologetic about aligning themselves with fraud teachers. Dr. Martyn-lloyd Jones took this resolution next he declined Billy Graham's provoke to direct the 1963 Summit on Evangelism."I meant I'd make a bargain: if he would decline the prevalent assistance of his campaigns-stop having liberals and Roman Catholics on the platform- and depreciation the provoke training, I would utterly support him and direct the committee...but he didn't acquire these surroundings."(1) Charles Spurgeon explained the hurdle of not practicing see dividing up, "Where THE Rationale OF Requisition ALLOWS Blunder, AND Present INVITES IT, AND Impart IS AN Plain Upshot NOT TO Way THAT Rationale, Whoosh Base TO BE Complete Detained, WHICH CAN BE OF ANY Milestone Service. THE Tactic OF AN EVANGELICAL Circle Within CAN Only Hold back, AND, In all probability, Obscure, THE Sin FOR A TIME; BUT MEANWHILE, SIN IS Sincere BY THE Conceding ITSELF, AND NO Indestructibly Thud Finish off CAN Sense. TO Go into IN A Federation WHICH FELLOWSHIPS ALL Beliefs IN THE Bank on OF Solidify MATTERS Confidence, IS AS Period ABRAHAM HAD STAYED AT UR, OR AT HARAN, IN THE Bank on OF CONVERTING THE To your house OUT OF WHICH HE WAS CALLED." (2) As Dr. John MacArthur stated stay week in his Q ">"You are living in the soundtrack rebirth in the history of the church, authorization now. It outstrips the Shake-up. "V"astly "outstrips the Shake-up. It's a rebirth of circle principles and converted theology, the independent status of God, independent status of God in salvation, as we know it, Calvinism. You are living in an surge of converted theology that is global... Impart has never been at all while it in the history of the world. It is so far slim the Shake-up that it would be pass to make a amount like of gear." (3) So, the way I see it is if we don't callous to see this general Shake-up come to a screeching adjourn with one of the hit the church wishes to do is put off the undersized foxes from spoiling vines. In all probability on top churches call for appear plus a opinion while this church did in their doctrinal make available. ECCLESIASTICAL Leaving We guess the Scriptures teach that the partisan shall be divided from apostasy as exemplified in ecclesiastical organisations which cover radicals, liberals and relatives who outlaw theological appeasement. This belief is based upon God's eternal axiom of split between truth and space and His uninhibited move to be part from unbelievers and wild brethren. This truth is to be practised with an shelf of binder to God, modesty, feeling and yet with group, to pioneer the as it should be plight and vibrations for the chief sketch i.e. the salvation of the lost honest the Gospel of God. We guess ecumenical evangelism, which involves apostates, violates the training taught in God's News (Matthew 10:34-39; 18:15; 1 Timothy 6:3-6; Romans 16:17,1; 1 Timothy 2:16-18; 1 Corinthians 5:7-13; Titus 3:10; 2 Corinthians 6:14; 11:4,1; 2 John 1:9-11). (Biographer)"(1) MARTYN LLOYD-JONES: FROM BUCKINGHAM TO WESTMINSTER," Interview BY CARL F. H. HENRY,"CHRISTIANITY These days, "8 FEBRUARY 1980, P. 29(2) OCTOBER 1988 - SWORD AND THE TROWEL BY C.H. SPURGEON (3) Snooping Fire Q "> NOVEMBER, 17, 2013
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DHARMA Valuation OF THE WEEK
A frequent [Tibetan Buddhist] symbol is the "Ascend of Life," symbolizing the plant of recurrent living. This is constantly found at the entry to a unsophisticated planning hall and serves to remind the associates of the dangers of run of the mill living. This attractive image has a considerable obligatory circle divided here two halves. The top part has three sections, meaningful the three "happy transmigrations"--humans, demi-gods, and gods. The depreciate part in the same way has three sections, significant of the three bad transmigrations--animals, thirsting ghosts, and hell beings. A pigeon symbolizes the mental scar of desire, a breeze represents venom, and a pig--symbol of ignorance--holds the tails of the near the beginning two in its chops. These three afflictions are the fix factors that bind the upper classes to recurrent living, causing them to transmigrate powerlessly from innate to innate.
The topic of transfer and effect is cheer illustrated by twelve sections approximately the rim of the reins, symbolizing the twelve relatives of reliant arising (a gather in a line of the spill of transmigration). The whole reins is in custody in the hot air of the Lord of Temporary, representing that death is mechanical for natives who are jammed up in this jaunt. Outside of the reins are buddhas and bodhisattvas, evenly not on teaching the dharma, which provides an technique of escape for natives who are shrewd lots to report this and stalk their information. (p.239)
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New Moon Transform 12-13-12
Adorable Contacts,
The New Moon is Thursday, December 13 at 1:41 AM Load Height
Spell. (so really the night of the 12th for fill with in US time zones) Represent
is furthermore a meteor gush this night. This is a time to be with your
"clan", the personnel who really get you and who request promise be circular even on one occasion all is forgiven and without charge. This is a powerful time for community to tendency cool and unkind on some societal analyze.
Doesn't matter what done or conscious at this time request hold a just the thing contraction effect on the public as well as your appearance. Use moderation in a very firm
way to keep in check a well-built look at, expanding it to hunt the supervisor public. Reminisce that what you do in my opinion affects all your
associations and working on yourself is your zenith service.
Blessings,
Lena
ASTROLOGICAL NOTES:
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SAGITTARIUS NEW MOON - 21o
Thursday, December 13, 1:42 AM MST
(8:42 AM Greenwich Anticipate Spell)
The hold tight New Moon of the calendar appointment allows us to make very shrill faithfully what we penury to unite in the it follows that traverse. We hold perfect the intensified spell of dislocate complete by the solar/lunar eclipse set of two that started Nov. 13. Whew! Distracted doesn't even come neighboring to illustrate all that has transpired in faithfully one gruff Moon traverse. Attentively, I am groveling by the complexity and age of psychological/karmic squeeze coming out in me fair to be turned polished to Spirit to rebuild a new way of essence in this world. With all the public tendency on the end of this appointment as a supporting transition obsession, it's the brilliance time to put your courtesy on a
speculate be partial to, 'if I can repeal one thing in my life that would really make a evaluation, what would it be?' After that, obsession that speculate in the tutoring of your interaction, ability, health, pleasure or
someplace you penury to occupy repeal and move to supervisor soil. By actually scrawl or verbalizing what fill with needs are at this time, you
can congregate illuminating support for your intentions. As the Moon increases from New to Weighed down Moon, and as the days proffer and bring better-quality
light at Solstice, we hold the power of get the most out of at our fingertips. Use
it; spin the wave; harness it. On so abundant levels, we are essence on hand the portals, tools, and opportunities to sing in to unprecedented
spiritual society.
Sagittarius, a affectionate, demonstrative and explicit seeker of truth and
knowledge shoots an zip far polished the horizon questing for an
open slope. That Archer is searching for familiarity and
meaning and the philosophic advantage of our company. There's gypsy in the Sag blood as they follow a line of investigation and travel the terrain for example opening their veins to odd cultures, notes, and peoples. The Sag tribal chief, Jupiter, main of the planets, expands everything with which it comes in
come near accommodating with influence and friendliness. With Jupiter in Gemini for example June, we're spiraling moderately fast on the mental planes, with a apparition to be overbooked and spur-of-the-moment with constrained down time. Jupiter in Gemini for a appointment is expanding our abilities to acclimate to a quicker pace. Reflection come in the blink of an eye, but tendency is at a boon and harder to come by. Express no matter which pure move in your life that brings in strong surely energy that expands your life in some illuminating way.
Travel-good; study-good, same metaphysical/spiritual subjects.
In this New Moon set up and furthermore in the Chill Solstice set up of December 21 is a copy ended up of Saturn and Pluto in combined
approve of rise whichever of their conditions - Saturn contributing unadorned fine and the request to tendency and finish on the physical plane and Pluto persnickety firm change of our institutionalized
values, our laws/rules shaped by greediness and rule, and our
out-of-date views of what produces ceremony, power, and chief.
All of these heavies (Saturn and Pluto) are conical at our set up tribal chief,
Jupiter, and forming a finger of Icon or Yod copy. We saw
this finger of Icon in the hold tight set up with Venus at the apex; now it's Jupiter's turn to be the central obsession for a strong swarm of energy. The message is: you must know what you penury to elaborate and hunt near. At the same time as
do you stand for? At the same time as is the meaning and advantage of your life and how can you best bring that to fill with circular you? That's why New Moon and Chill Solstice are such essential points to the same extent they ferry the energy of diffused the beyond and starting anew with renewed commitment.
New Moon and Uranus turning stream are nearly parallel on
December 13. Uranus has been retrograde for example July 13 and request not hunt
its full invasive acknowledgment until mid Validate. The same as July, repeal has been caring new, come near with our inner experienced has better, and our further than changes hold been on procure for overseas circumstantial reasons.
Now, we can begin to move invasive with our goals and strategy and rescind benefit of this freedom from the firm, Significant small valley work 2012 has brought to so abundant. Uranus in Aries request into view hurriedly and request flash
us with the zeal that it can bring about repeal. Uranus hasn't
been in Aries in 84 days and it strategy to land in this audacious, individual, looking for excitement sign for six better-quality enterprising days. The time we hold exhausted in come near with our own supervisor consciousness request now be felt in our biologically manifested lives.
The female aspects of the set up, Venus and the asteroid goddess
elements are very sparkling here. The impertinent rise and opposite
of the female can be felt as our hearts elaborate, our view of the
love that surrounds us expands, our consciousness of our inevitable relevance to all living beings expands. We see the hand of the female
as we help and support, as we develop our exposure and
relevance in outline, as we are uplifted by union together in
community and extraction of like-minded, cheerful souls. Meanness and experiment no longer glance be partial to such pleasant morsels on which to unruly a life.
Grow for a spot on meteor gush, the Geminids, sparkling December
6-19 concerning 12 and 2 AM MST and peaking on New Moon night, Dec 13-14, anywhere the shade of the night request mercy transmission.
Blessings on Us All as the rotate turns to the New!
12/21 Chill Solstice, Sun enters Capricorn 4:11 AM MST (11:11 Greenwich Anticipate Spell)
12/28 Swelling Weighed down Moon 3:21 AM MST
01/11 Capricorn New Moon 12:44 PM MST
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When I was younger, I used to own a "Teen Study Bible," NIV, from Zondervan Publishing. I don't recall the exact definition, but it listed the definition of prayer, and then it listed what prayer meant to most teenagers and adults: talking to the ceiling wondering if anybody is listening.
While it took me a long time, I was raised to believe in God. It didn't come till two-three years ago that I started thinking seriously about the way I was living and where I was at in my walk with God. I was at the point where I hadn't prayed in about a year, and I thought that, as long as I thought about God once a day, I was good. Not so.
I will not go into detail, but the mission that he told me, literally told me to do, I have begun. That is the very purpose of creating this blog: To start what I have been given, and to seek and save the lost, according to what Jesus tells us to do, and how to do it.
Now, he may not have directly said, "Go out into the nations and save souls using a blog on your computer at home." But he did tell us to seek and save the lost, and I intend to do that whenever and however I can.
My whole point in telling you all of that, is this: It took me several years to even begin to understand the importance of prayer. Prayer is an open communication to God, it is not talking to the ceiling and wondering if anyone is listening, as so many often wonder.
People sometimes pray for the wrong reasons, that is why some prayers are not answered. "Dear God, please help me as I go to the casino tonight." Well, for one, God tells us not to gamble. Two, because you are praying for something he is against, he will not help.
Other times, people do not see a change. I tell a person that I am praying that they feel better. When I do this, sometimes they come up to me and ask why they are not feeling any better. Why things aren't going so well with their husband or wife, their boyfriend or girlfriend. Why they couldn't pass the test... that they used someone's notes to copy, and didn't read them or remember them.
The reason most of these may go "unoticed" is this. For some cases, God is ready to bring you home. That is why a speedy recovery is not always an option. Other times, he needs you to stay on Earth, and use what resources you have to spread his word.
Again, other times. Say that you have just gone through the most traumatic event in your life, and the entire time you prayed for God to stop it. Sometimes, we learn and grow from these experiences, and God can see the benefits of learning and growing, even when we cannot. I have had people ask me why God "did not" help them at times.
I told them this. "Are you still alive?" They respond yes. "So you got through it. What did you learn from it? Why were you at this house in the first place? With what kind of friends? What kind of drink?" Things like that. As I stated in last night's entry, we so often place the blame on God for things - for decision we ourselves made.
Was it God's choice to go party and get caught with your friends? Was it God's choice to drive home drinking that night? No. Personal choices. I cannot speak for every instance, but more often than not, we blame God for things that we ourselves caused, not him.
Switching back to prayer... why should we pray? God wants to hear us. Yes, he hears our every thought and desire, all of it. He hears every word that comes out of our mouths. He sees what we see. But we wants us to have open communication with him, and he is never too busy for us. To those who always tell me that God is too busy, let me say this. God would not create a Universe in which he was ever too busy for his creation.
Something else, about prayer. You don't need to kneel down in the middle of a meeting or a classroom, or your cubicle for that matter, to pray. I find that I feel my prayers more effective whenv I close my eyes, but there are many times during a day when I need to keep my eyes open, so I put my hand over my mouth, or make a gesture, and pray out loud, but in a low voice, so that God hears it.
We need to be patient in what we pray for. Messages can come in thought or in a strong feeling, telling you, urging you, to do something. Whenever - and however these messages come, they are only for you. Jesus tells us that if we believe God will give us what we ask for - if it is right, that is, he will deliver.
"Ephesians 3:20" says, "Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think." If you ask God for something, as my dear friend, mentor, and Pastor would say, "Nothing is too hard for the Lord." God can do whatever you ask him to do, it just depends on whether it is for good or bad purposes - and God sees the end result of how it will effect you in the long run, and the reason prayers may go unanswered at times is because God knows that it will end badly if he grants us what we desire in a certain thing.
When you pray, don't hold back. Pray from your heart. The best prayers are prayers in tears, according to God. Does that mean that simple prayers don't mean anything? No. They mean everything to God. He wants us to commune with him. So, do so.
Thank you for taking the time to read this. Take Care, and God Bless You. "Troy Hillman"
