Bad Example

JUNE 23 2026  Bad Example
He wants to set you free. By becoming his willing servant, by becoming submissive to his will, by surrendering, by admitting your weakness, your powerlessness, you are truly free. He gave you a higher life, a better life, a life filled with joy and peace. You were cleansed when you gave your life to Jesus. Let his miracle-working power continue to work in your life, and the touch of his Spirit will set you free from whatever binds you. You will never be the same again, for he whom the Son sets free is really free. Let it happen to you.
 
If you join your body and soul to those who worship the
darkness then your light is going to fight to stay alive.
Deut 7:1-6; Judg 14:1-3; I King 16:30-31, 21:25-26;
Neh 10:28-30, 13:23-27; Rom 2:28-29

    Solomon set a bad example for those who would follow him. He worshipped the gods of his heathen wives, even after he had built a magnificent temple for the true God. When the Bible says that God's people served idols, it infers that they did all the things the heathen did. They practiced witchcraft, fornication, adultery, uncleanness, child sacrifice, and all the other things demons will drive people to do. Materialism is demon worship, plain and simple. If you're worshipping a star, or money, or a piece of flesh, you're worshipping a material thing, and satan is the god of this material world, so you're worshipping satan and self.

   God made Solomon the richest and wisest man on earth. There was peace and prosperity in Israel. As soon as God had given Solomon and the people relief from war, and victory over their enemies, they turned and served idols. It's the same way today.
-- excerpt from my book Kingdom Reality P. 135

Taste and Experience

JUNE 22 2026 Taste and Experience

Yesterday was the beginning of summer and also the longest day of the year. Plus it was Father's Day. I remember Dad. He passed away 19 years ago. It doesn't seem like it's been that long. I remember I was about 3 years old and Dad took my brother and I to the root beer joint. A&W's. It was an old fashioned drive in restaurant. You parked your car under a wooden awning and the young waitress would come out to take your order. Allen and Wright. That's what the A&W stands for. I didn't know that until just now when I googled it. It started in Lodi, CA in 1919. One of the first franchise restaurants in America. Well during the summer of 1960 in Joliet, Illinois I tasted my first root beer. I have memories like that going back to childhood. Taste is one of our most powerful memory triggers, along with our sense of smell. To this day I don't believe I've ever tasted a drink or a flavor that has matched the deliciousness of that root beer that day. I suppose that's why it's remained such a powerful memory. I imagine it was the fact that it was a hot day and we were hungry and thirsty little boys and that the ice cold mug of root beer had probably been delivered fresh that day. Who knows? But that flavor has never quite been matched. At least not in my mind. So the mind has something to do with it doesn't it? I wanted my Dad to tell me that we could live off that root beer for the rest of our lives if we wanted to. Do you remember? What is it you remember? I also remember Dad taking me and my brother to the zoo in Brookfield, Illinois when we were about that same age. I think it might've been the next summer in 1961 when he took us to the zoo. We would've been 3 and 4 then. But on the way back to our home in Joliet, Dad stopped at a restaurant. Another drive in place. But I think Dad went into the restaurant to order and then brought out the goodies. It was a White Castle. White Castle was founded in Wichita, Kansas in 1921. So 40 years later, somewhere near Chicago, Illinois 2 young boys got their first taste of a slider. I'll never forget that hamburger either. I don't know what they put in their burgers back then, but I became an instant fan of White Castle. There's a verse that says taste and see that the Lord is good. Now how can you "see" a flavor? Because the word "see" in this context means to experience. We don't put our tongue on God. He's invisible and not made of any material substance. So "taste" in this sense would mean to try or to test. When we see an article of clothing we don't like we say "it's not to my taste." But why don't you try the Lord and see if he's to your liking? Hebrews says you not only have to know there's a God but you have to know that he's good. Taste and see that the Lord is good. He's a good God. I could've lived on root beer and hamburgers as a little boy, but it might not have been good for me. I had to have my vegetables and onions too. I was a growing boy. Mom and Dad didn't want me living on fat, salt, and sugar. It's what's called a balanced diet. I had to have things I didn't find delicious to balance out what my body needed to grow on. And in some way, eating those vegetables made the good stuff taste even better. Isn't life funny that way? Yin and Yang, good and evil, sweet and bitter. Light and darkness. I've had root beer and sliders since that first time, but it's never quite matched those first tastes that I remember. Like how that 1st cigarette hits you after not smoking for a week. By the time you've had your 5th cigarette it doesn't feel the same. I remember when I smoked that I was just smoking to relieve the craving for more nicotine. That's all. If you finally do what the bible says to do, and you taste of the Lord and you find out that he's good, you'll want more. I assure you. Nothing else quite compares to knowing that I'm going to heaven. I don't have to be afraid. I can have peace. In heaven I'm sure, I'm convinced that everything will taste like that first root beer and that first slider. And I'll be able to have both whenever I want them and never have to taste beans again. Throw in some ice cream and we'll have a feast at the marriage supper of the Lamb.

Real Soldier

JUNE 19 2026 Real Soldier

Today is Friday. On this day in history many years ago it was a Friday also. This is what happened (from my diary):

"Today our company split up into platoons and we went on a road march. It was supposed to be 7 miles but it was more like 9. I thought it was a lot of fun. We marched through woods and over hills and on roads. We were attacked with simulators and fake CS canisters. We walked and we double-timed. Everbody in the platoon was tired tonight. As I write this everyone else is asleep. Usually everybody talks and makes all kinds of noise even after lights out, but tonight everyone was quiet. The road march made me feel like a real soldier. Marching like that with your weapon makes you feel ready to be a fighting man. It's the first thing we did in basic that I actually enjoyed. When we finished the march the 2 male platoons took a break and waited for the 2 female platoons to catch up. We must have waited a half hour or more. When they finally caught up we made a company formation and all marched back together with our drummers."

There was no Juneteenth then so we didn't get the day off.

Suffering Will End

JUNE 17 2026 Suffering Will End
    We were not designed to suffer, which is why it is so abhorrent to us, and why we naturally seek to avoid it. God never intended we should suffer and he never arbitrarily commissions it. We permit it by our own sins and God allows it to be, so we might seek the life he wants us to have, which is why Jesus said suffering is not an evil thing. God is wise and he is good, and so all things work together for good to those who trust and love him. Suffering is not God's best for mankind, but because we live in a godless world, God uses it as a tool to benefit mankind. It pains God to see us suffer, but sometimes suffering is the only thing which will eventually relieve our pain. When his goodness won't bring us to him, perhaps suffering will. God is smarter than we are, so there's no use trying to figure out what God is up to. As soon as the believer accepts suffering, the grace is there to triumph over it.
    The man who fears God will come out of all suffering, because the man who fears the Lord will have the aid and help of the Creator to guide him in all his decisions. The man who fears the Lord can laugh at suffering. The man who knows God, knows God is greater than all the dark forces men fear. He has no need to be afraid, even in the face of pain and death. Once the Kingdom of God has arrived on the earth and the Eternal Empire of the Elect is here for all time, our suffering will be no more.  In the Kingdom of God, everything will be as it should be. Suffering will end, because believers won't be persecuted for their faith anymore, people won't be ignorant and cruel to others any more, and disease and pain will be eradicated once and for all. God conquers all, and even suffering will bow its' knee to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. 

 -- excerpt from my book Kingdom Chronicles P. 102

NO Regrets

JUNE 16 2026 NO Regrets

Come and rest with me. Matt 11:28-30

   In love he preserved us. He didn't have to, but he did anyway. We have felt the power of his mighty hand. We have seen the thunder and the lightning. In an instant, we could've been incinerated, never to see the light of day again. The Lord will go to extreme lengths to get us to listen to him, to get us to open our eyes, to get us to believe in his love. He will strike the earth with fire, and he will roar with his voice and shake the ground. He will turn the wind into a whirlwind, and make the waves rise in a tempest. His voice is loud and strong, and by his power and might he says, "Don't worry! Trust me!" We must not worry about what we want. We must not be anxious about our selfish desires. We must know that God loves us, that he has given us life, and that he will take care of us. And we must be reminded of these facts, until it becomes a way of life to live without worry. Trusting him has to be a way of life, if we expect to have the good things God promises us in his word. Love, joy, and peace come simply by trusting in him.
   If we spend our entire life worrying about what we can get for ourselves, our life will have been wasted and we will know the true meaning of regret. -- excerpt from my book Kingdom Reality P. 96

Ate Up

 JUNE 15 2026 Ate Up

The world is ate up with lust. The world is corrupted, like a rusty old bucket which cannot hold water and is good for nothing. Everything good in this world has been polluted by ungodliness. There is little clean water left, to refresh those weary of sin. Demons of lust are prevalent everywhere. They hover in the air around us. The atmosphere is so thick with lust, we can cut it with a knife. The most magnificent, crowning achievement of God's creation has been the one thing the devil and the world has corrupted the most. Intimate relations were meant to be thought about, engaged in, talked about, discovered, explored, and enjoyed in one place and one place only--the private chambers of a husband and a wife. And that's the truth. When a child is old enough to ask, the truth should be told, but now little children are given sex instruction in kindergarten. This world is engulfed in filth. The very airwaves are filled with corruption. Sex was to remain the most holy and sacred of knowledge for the very reason it was created; as the highest pleasure known to humanity. If sex is treated as recreation, then why aren't people happy all the time? The truth is that without the bond of love between a man and woman sex has little value and we are no different than the animals who lust as an instinct for survival and we are no happier for our passions. Is there any chance for anyone in this life to have an actual happy, fulfilling and proper relationship without it being tainted by the world? Is there any cleanness left in this wicked world?--excerpt from my book "Kingdom Reality" P. 90

Dreaming of Trees

JUNE 12 2026 Dreaming of Trees

Once in a dream or vision I saw those who were going before me. I've already written this down somewhere. This was several years ago when I lived in Arizona, but the vision was of Illinois. Doug, Mark and I were in the vision. We were walking the trail that I used to ride my bike on all the time when I lived in Moline. The trail starts in Colona just outside of Rock Island. I spent many hours on that trail. I was thrilled that I had just arrived for my new federal job. I stayed with my cousins Larry and Karen for a few days in Davenport. They call that area the quad cities. Davenport, Bettendorf, Rock Island, and East Moline. I found a small apartment in East Moline to live in and it was maybe 10-15 minutes to Colona where I used to ride my bike. My habit was after work to drive down to Colona and go for a ride every night. The first time I discovered that trail it was still winter. I got the job December 27, 2004. My last day of Govt work was December 6, 2019. 15 years later. But sometime in the winter of 2005 I discovered there was a trail and I remember walking there in my jacket. It was a cold day but the snow had melted enough where I could walk. From then on and especially in the warmer months I spent my evenings and weekends on that trail exercising and killing time. I made it through the year and a half I spent there riding on that trail. But after I got to Arizona I saw this vision and in the vision Mark and Doug were walking ahead of me on the trail just talking. We were on the part of the trail that was grass where there were evergreen trees lining the trail. I was behind them walking to catch up. When Doug and Mark both went home to be with the Lord, it was then I realized that it wasn't a dream of us all being retired. No. It was a dream that they were going on before me and I would follow sometime after. But I wasn't very far behind them. I'm still here. I also realize that in the millennium we will find that trail and the three of us will walk it. Together. Forever. With the Lord always there and watching over us. Ever green.

Know it All

JUNE 11 2026 Know it All

True faith rests on what you know for sure. One thing everyone knows for sure is what they themselves have chosen to believe. Whatever you've chosen to believe, will determine the results you receive. If you want to believe there is no God, then the logical result will be finding yourself alone in a pointless universe. If you want to find peace and harmony in nature, then believe in a natural religion. If you want to find satisfaction in material possessions, then worship the god of money. If you want to believe animals are more important than people, then go drive someone off their land and save the spotted owl. But if you want to rise from the dead, then Jesus is the only one to believe in. For your own sake, choose to believe that material things don't matter much to God. Things aren't all that important to God, because he can make whatever he wants to make. What matters to God is people. He wants people. People are important to God. What makes him happier than anything, is to love people and to be loved by people. God's word is founded on this truth. Without this divine Maker, there would be no God, there would be no Bible, and there would be no sense to the universe. Without a Creator there is no logical purpose for existence, and it matters not if we live or die, because nothing has any reason. So what's the point?
   No one knows everything there is to know about God, and none of us are as sure of as many things as we wish we were sure of, but of this you can be certain--you alone know what you have chosen to believe. Choose to believe the Bible is God's word and that God loves you simply because he is who he is and he has prepared a place for you simply because you've been born. His only requirement to obtain paradise is trust in his word. You and God can be buddies. 
--excerpt from my book "Kingdom Chronicles" P. 66

Free Will

JUNE 10 2026  Free Will

Thus the human race was created, placed in a perfect world, supplied with everything for their happiness, including the possibility of free choice. This perfect world was known as the garden of Eden. God, in his infinite wisdom, placed before man the choice between life, existence with him, and death, existence without him. Existence apart from God produces exactly what it can only produce--death. God is life. Any step away from God is death. Yet man, unwilling to trust God for their happiness, reached out in exercise of free will and chose death. Eve willingly disobeyed God in order to satisfy her own desire for knowledge and wisdom apart from God. Now, after thousands of years of rebellion against God, we find ourselves living in a corrupted world, awash in death, decay, weakness, disease, ignorance, poverty and hate. God warned Adam and Eve, and he continues to warn us of the consequences of disobedience. Yet we behave like we are going to be the first to get away with rebellion and not die. We have gone mad, truly insane! This is where the exercise of our free will apart from God has taken us. Why do we continue to choose not to trust or believe God's word? Do we think we are stronger than he?

God saw free will as good, so it must be good. We don't have any other God, or any other world to choose from. Can you even comprehend existence apart from the ability to think and choose? When Eve listened to satan, God suffered the hurt of a wounded heart, because he knew she would die. But since God is perfect, he already had a solution for the problem of death. He had already provided in the plan of creation for our possible disobedience.

-- excerpt from my book Kingdom Chronicles 

Only Just The Start

JUNE 9 2026  Only Just The Start
Believers have faced famines, floods, fires, trials, persecution, tests, even death, with equanimity and peace of mind and heart, because they knew none of these things truly mattered in the light of eternity. What matters to the believer in Christ, whose faith rests only in his goodness and mercy, is that Christ has promised to never leave us or forsake us. We have a friend who will keep us in every trial, and will bring us through every storm. We are safe in the midst of the valley of death, because our soul rests safely in the everlasting arms of God. Our light affliction is but for a moment, but the glory of eternal life goes on forever. The promise of eternal life makes us victorious in every situation we encounter in life. The more we contemplate eternity and what Christ has done for us in his work of redemption, the more our joy rises and our love increases. We could live every moment in the contemplation of eternity. It is what we were made for. It is what every human heart longs for, whether we believe in Jesus or not. No one wants life to end. This desire for eternal life was placed within us by our Creator. It is part of every human heart.
   Unbelievers do not like to contemplate death, which is only natural. We naturally abhor the thought of death, loss, and the end of life. We all want to live, and we want to live the best life we possibly can. This is why we are constantly seeking to improve the quality of our life. We are constantly seeking to find more fulfillment in life. We want everything out of life we can possibly get. We want to live life to the fullest. This is a basic desire of all human beings, and it was placed there by our Creator. It was placed there that we might seek after him. It was placed there that we might avoid the penalty of death. For unbelievers, death means the end of all that's good in life, but for the believer, death is a new beginning. -- excerpt from my book Kingdom Reality

 

Carefree Week

JUNE 5 2026 Carefree Week

The happiest week of my life. There were 8 of us. We were getting away from the Mom's. My parents and the parents of our best friends decided to let just the boys and the Dads go on vacation together for some father-son bonding time. The women would stay home with the girls. Whenever I think of it, I'm often surprised that the wives let us do it. Away from Mom for a week. Now that would be a vacation. Being that Dad was always at work and Mom was always at home, it was nice not to have Mom telling me and my brother what to do for an entire week. Dad didn't care. As long as us kids stayed out of his and Don's hair, he didn't care. And we knew it. We were pretty much free to run and roam and do as we please for a week. No baths, no fear we'd get our clothes dirty, no bedtime, etc. Kids today have no idea. They have no clue. It was different growing up in the sixties than it is in the new millennium. We had rules. We had very strict rules. All for our own good of course. But Mom's were the disciplinarians then. Not like today where everyone lets their kids do whatever they want, whenever they want, and however long they want. For this reason and many other reasons, it turned out to be the happiest week of my life. Even as a young boy going into 2nd grade, I knew this was the chance of a lifetime. To get away from the rules and just have fun. And our Dads were happy to let us. Once we got to the campsite and set up the tents we had the whole campground to ourselves. We camped, went fishing, boating on the river, explored, and Dad and Don made sure we didn't starve. They had a better time than we did I think. They got to drink all the beer they wanted whenever they wanted. I never heard either of the Dad's complain about anything all week long. The only thing that made it not a perfect paradise, was when I suffered with a headache for a couple hours and had to lay down and miss the fun. That was me as a kid. I suffered from headaches and nosebleeds occasionally. It was probably from not stopping long enough to catch my breath or from dehydration from not drinking enough water. But other than the headache the only other bad time was when Dad made me and my brother clean all the fish for everyone. Don didn't make his kids do it, so they were off doing something else while Mark and I got stuck cleaning the fish. Other than that, every memory of that week is bliss. I feel like I could write a book just about that week. What made it like paradise? What made it the happiest week of my life until this day? First of all it was the lack of care and concern. As a kid I didn't have many worries to begin with but that week I felt so carefree and I was with my friends. Being with my friends 24/7 that week was what brought the enjoyment I felt. No adults around telling us what to do. Just the freedom to play with our friends. Freedom, completely carefree, no responsibility, spending time with friends, no school, no schedule, no chores, no constant yelling and supervision from parents. It's what made that week so much fun. I missed my Mother's cooking, but that's all. I of course was happy to see her again, but I knew she'd be there when we got home. So I enjoyed just being with my Dad and my friends. A boy needs to spend time with his Dad. All guys and life seemed so uncomplicated that week. And the stuff we got to do and the things we got to see made it even better. I wish all of my life had always been like that week. But life can't always be a vacation in paradise, or nothing would get done in the world. Work is a curse, but a necessity. Why did Eve have to spoil everything for us?

Seize the Day

JUNE 4 2026 Seize the Day

Yep, that's me in the photo minus the dog. It seems that although we were born to die, we tend to avoid the subject most our life. I can still remember in first grade and onward how we studied various topics like life expectancy and many other things which held very little meaning to us children. Death was a taboo subject. Most mentions of death happened inside the funeral home, the hospital room, and the church walls. My Dad went to school in a small town and never lived more than 30 miles from where he was born, with the exception of a few years when he was overseas. Most his friends were people he had gone to school with. One day one of his friends, well he was more a friend to my Dad's brother than he was to my Dad, but his name was Jim. My Dad knew him and the family of course. We had a local diner in town which served a decent, cheap breakfast. They did a steady business from mostly locals. So Jim was in his 30's because I remember I was still in school and so he would've been around Dad's age. He was sitting eating his eggs before going to work one morning and his face fell over into his plate and he got egg on his face. He was dead. Heart attack. Just like that. It affected those who knew him, not so much because he died, but how young he was and how he died. He had kids of course. My Uncle's kids, my cousins, were good friends with his kids. They were younger than me. I remember hearing about it. People said there was nothing wrong with him. He wasn't sick or weak or showing any signs of problems. So the notion that he could suddenly die without warning hung in the air, knowing that if he went like that who among us could be guaranteed another day. So I've come to the simple conclusion that God took him as he saw fit and he'll do the same for me. Until then he's given me another day to enjoy life and so I should not complain or worry or fear. I should thank him for whatever the day brings and be happy. The wisest man that ever lived said the same thing in the book of Ecclesiastes. Enjoy life and be happy. That's the best any of us can do. And in the end make sure you fear God and keep his commandments, so you don't have to fear eternity. Imagine having a small town diner's eggs and bacon as your last meal. I wonder if he got the toast with it. Before the coffee was cold so was his body. Life is a vapor, but eternity never ends. Get God in your life and you'll enjoy his heaven, which is his ultimate divine will for your existence.

Too Lazy

June 3 2026  Too Lazy

I've noticed as I get older that even the smallest things seem to require more of an effort. Did you ever wonder why your metabolism drops off the older you get? I've thought that it doesn't take as much nutrition to keep the body functioning, so as in the olden days when people didn't have pensions or rely on savings or government programs in their old age they had to work less in order to acquire enough food to survive. Plus extended families were the norm and it was expected that the children and the parents and the grandparents would all provide support for each other and this is still the case in many countries and cultures. In America we abandoned the idea of caring for our own and have relied on the government to provide food, shelter, and care for those who are elderly. Covid really showed the dangers of trusting in a heartless system. Didn't they snuff out more than a few elders using Covid as a cover for their murderous actions? I had lots of ideas what I planned on doing once I retired. I'm glad I didn't wait until I was retired to do some traveling. For the longer I've been retired the less I want to do. I'm like the guy in Office Space who said when asked what he would do if he didn't have to work: "nothing."

I believe I've reached that point in my life. I've been everywhere I want or need to go, I've done all I could do when I had the money and time and now I'm content to sit down, relax, and watch as the world slowly implodes. I mean as one man I can't honestly change the world. What I can hope to do by writing and expressing my views is maybe help one person or maybe a couple people. But change the world? Even Trump can't do that. Nothing is as much fun as it used to be. People used to be nice. Traveling was fun. Even flying was enjoyable and they fed you real food. Everything's just gotten worse over time. Traveling is a joke. Everything is getting to be more expensive. I've done my part in serving the consumer economy for long enough. I just want a good meal once in a while and to be left alone. The one good thing I can say about the modern world is that the internet has given me the freedom to express my opinions openly without having to stand up on a soapbox and yell into a megaphone. And when there's not a good game on, I can always play some video game. I used to think about getting a dog when I retired because I always had a dog as a kid and loved having a dog. But now, it would just be more work and it costs too much to feed and take care of a dog. I still want the freedom to leave the house for a week and not have to worry about an animal, if I do want to go somewhere. I guess Peter is my spirit guide to retirement. Even putting a worm on a hook seems like work to me now. I used to love to go fishing. Loved it. Now I'd rather buy frozen fishsticks at Walmart and put their mediocre tartar sauce on it and call it a day. Then I can sit down and relax some more. Besides isn't the ozone layer so depleted that the sun is dangerous now? Aren't chemtrails just poisoning the air? Why even leave the house? But in spite of it all I do love the outdoors. I wonder how much longer we'll be able to enjoy just taking a walk? That's why I say come quickly Lord Jesus and take me away. This country isn't the country I was programmed to believe it was and nothing like what I experienced growing up. I'm living on a different planet and it's getting hard to breath. I'm a pilgrim and a stranger passing through to a better world. If they think they're doing me a disservice by wanting to kill off all the useless eaters, think again. I'll have the last laugh. Because Jesus said, "Be of good cheer. I have overcome the world." I'll die with a smile on my face.

Zoom Zoom

MAY 30 2026 Zoom Zoom

One more day and it's June. One more month and the years half over. Time isn't just flying it's zooming by. I had a thing to write about today but I forgot what it was. I have a gleaming crown, according to the Lord. It's on my head. I'm a king. I rule and I reign. I have dominion, both now and forever. That's what he said, not me. I'll take it. All the rest of my days are just time to simply Prepare Myself for the next phase of my life, which is the millennium where I'll be a king. I have to start acting like one now. I have to start acting like I believe fully that I know what my role and purpose will be once I receive my glorified everlasting body and can never die and never be harmed again in any way. I better start behaving in other words. If I'm going to lead the lost sheep and I'm going to teach the little children then I need to set an example today, so anyone who sees me now will not be able to point the finger or remember something harmful that I did. We try to live whether we live or die we try to live as if we're with the Lord already. Not waiting until we get to heaven or until we become perfect or everything here is perfect. No, we begin to live now the life we know we are to live. That gleaming crown should be shining bright in our lives today. We are not of this world. We don't have to let the world bring us down to their level of depravity and hate. We can be like the eagle and rise above all the turkeys down below. The hunter won't be able to reach us up in the sky. But he can shoot the turkeys who sleep on the branches down here. Wake up to righteousness and quit wondering why your life is going to pieces. Walk with God and never quit. Then you'll carry the crown with joy and gladness and not be bowed down with guilt and shame. Sometimes our lives get tarnished with the flesh and it's evil desires. But always, the spirit is there to help us get back on track and regain our authority. The devil flees when he sees us coming. I wonder sometimes what my purpose is here on earth as my days get shorter. Not only must we have a purpose here but we will have a purpose then also. All of our existence must be filled with purpose or we lose hope, direction, and motivation. We become lazy and slothful. We neglect the things we should do. The purpose I will ponder today is getting ready for my role after the judgment day. I will leave this word here for you to see and maybe you will be ready too when the trumpet blows and find fulfillment and purpose all your days. For me that day is coming soon, whether Jesus returns or not. I've already done most of what I'm ever going to do as far as activity or accomplishment is involved. What I need to do now is just prepare for that which lies ahead. For what lies ahead is infinitely greater than what lies behind me.

Deceive to Believe

MAY 29 2026 Deceive to Believe

If the Lord stood in front of you and said, “I'll see you in the rapture at my 2^nd coming,” would you believe him? Well that's what the bible teaches. Have you actually read your bible? Or do you just repeat what the preachers have said? How the myth of the rapture ever got started I don't know and I don't care. How the myth of modern marriage ever got accepted by the denominations I don't know and I don't care. How the myths of evolution and killing fetus' ever got ingrained in our society I have a good idea and I know it's the work of the devil himself. But get this. People only believe what they want to believe. If they didn't want to believe that there is no God and the universe and all this matter suddenly appeared by itself out of nowhere and created itself into a planet of humans, then they would never believe it. If people didn't want to believe that there were no consequences for killing babies then they wouldn't do it. But there is no such thing as a universe appearing out of nowhere and there are consequences for slaughtering innocent children. Marriage is a mockery. Yet the churches place their stamp of approval on this racket the lawyers invented. It's all lies. Lies that people in their greed and wickedness want to believe. They hate righteousness and truth and justice and fairness. So guess what? The consequences are coming swiftly and will fall heavily upon this generation of mankind. There is no rapture like they say. We are not going to disappear one day suddenly out of thin air at any given moment. There is a distinct and written and prophesied timeline of when the Lord will return and when he returns is when the rapture will take place. We will know down to the month and possibly the week of his return. When all the armies of the earth are gathered together to make war against the saints and the Lamb and the armies are gathered together in the valley of Armageddon, before the war is enacted the King of all Kings will split the sky open, every single eye will see him, and the church, the saints, the ones whose names are written in the book of life will be changed and rise to meet the armies of heaven in the clouds and forever we'll be with the Lord. But before the 2^nd coming, before we're changed, before we sudddenly disappear and appear in the clouds, before that the dead in Christ will rise and they will join us in the skies. The earth will shake, there will be fire, there will be slaughter, there will be blood, and not one saint will be harmed when the judgment and wrath of God falls fully upon the wicked who have taken the mark of the beast. We will be present, but we will be on the side that enacts the judgment, not the side who receives the judgment. For the saints are not appointed unto wrath, but the wicked and all those who oppose God will be cut off and cast into hell.

Elysium Rises

MAY 28 2026  Elysium Rises

People are hurting all over the world. I'm hurt. Others are hurt. I received the gift of the unholy internet on March 1997 or thereabouts. My first PC was an early version of windows and I haven't switched since. I like familiar. That's why I wonder why MS has to change every 2 years? I can only guess it's because they make lots of money everytime someone buys a new version of windows. It's always about money isn't it? I mean, how else could Bill Gates become a billionaire? And Paul Allen too. Don't forget Paul Allen. Of course he's dead now and I wonder who inherited his yacht and all his money. I didn't know the man and I can say honestly I never got a dime from him. I reckon by this time in my life that anyone who achieves billionaire status has been vetted thoroughly by TPTB or they don't get to stay billionaires for long. And speaking of billionaires and wicked rulers of the planet, how is it that Soros has lived to be 95? Is there a magic potion that these evil men take that makes them keep living? I know there's all kinds of rumors, like they drink blood, or they get fresh organs from unwilling organ donors, or they drink "Adrenochrome is a chemical compound produced by the oxidation of adrenaline (epinephrine)" From young men and women that they terrorize into releasing adrenaline. Who knows? The depths of depravity that these people are capable of is unfathomable. Just watch a few hollywood horror movies or slash movies from Japan and you'll see what they dream of. Elysium is what they dream of. The movie where all the cattle, the useless human eaters, live in squalor on earth and they live in a paradise in the sky. That's their wet dream. Which would only begin to scratch the surface of what evil they're capable of. As I've stated before, there's a substance or a weapon somewhere that already exists, which is easily capable of destroying all life on earth. They just haven't gotten that desperate yet, or achieved their goal of removing themselves from the planet yet in order to wipe out the earth. It was a James Bond movie. Octopussy? Where the bad guy had all the master genes on a spaceship like the ark and was going to repopulate the earth in his image. No, it was Moonraker. Well I was hurt. Others have been hurt and the hurt goes on. The beat goes on. The beatings will continue until morale improves or we all love big brother or we're all turned into soylent green. But of course, there is a God who is sitting in the heavens above and sees all that occurs on this planet and knows every move we make, every word we speak, and every thought we think. And No ONE, not anyone, no matter how wicked and depraved, is going to end the suffering until God says it's time to end it. Then the Elect will be saved and preserved and what a wonderful, loving, caring, bright world free of sin and suffering they will be able to inherit. God will be firmly in control of the affairs of mankind, through us his children, whom he has appointed to rule and reign in his stead over the sons of men. What a wonderful world it will be! I can't wait. I've already got all the ideas I need to straighten everything out. And Jesus will be my guide unto eternity. I will never again make a mistake or sin a sin against God or man. I'll be washed clean and made perfect in his sight and given the gift of perfection. Ultimate perfection and complete understanding. How wonderful it will be to understand the real meaning of life. To see clearly the path I should take and have the power to take it. The willingness to follow the right path will always be mine and forever will I rule and reign justly, rightly, perfectly, and happily. And the unholy internet will be no more. The libraries will be cleansed of all filth and all corrupt books and writings will be used to fuel homes. The only book needed will be our Bibles and the only word heeded and proclaimed around the world will be the Word of the Lord. It'll be bright, light, and happy. What a day that will be!

Speed Thrills

MAY 27 2026  Speed Thrills

It is a Wednesday. I forget where we supposedly got the names of the days of the week. Somewhere in Rome I think. Of Latin origin, correct? God made the heavens on a zero day. Remember? It says he formed the universe and it was without organization. So finally he said “let there be light” and there suddenly magically amazingly light appeared. That was Sunday. We recognize Sunday as the very first day of the week. When the Holy Spirit spoke, through the mighty angels, through the cloud and fire that appeared on Mount Sion, through the thunder and lightening, Moses managed to record the words he heard. And the evening and the morning were the first day. And there was light. God created it all and he divided the times and seasons into days and weeks and months and years. And we have further divided the days into hours, minutes, and seconds. I read somewhere in a Superman comic book many years ago when I was but a wee lad that the human eye can only see movement up to 1/24^th of a second. If something moves faster than that you can't detect it. So they started flashing brief glimpses of popcorn on the movie screens at the drive ins so you would subconsciously get hungry for buttery, mouthwatering popcorn cooked in peanut oil. But Superman could move faster than the speed of light so he could actually appear to be in 2 places at once. I remember the comic book. You could see two of him and maybe what the comic was portraying (it is difficult to remember because it was a very long time ago if you measure time in years) is that he could appear as Clark Kent and Superman all at the same time in the same place so no one could guess his secret identity as Superman. Well, that's pretty fast. I remember experiencing something along the lines of subliminal messaging in movies when VHS came out. Scenes that flashed momentarily I would attempt to freeze in the video tape player. I remember catching a scene like that in a movie. And in the movie maker's diseased mind a scene of a blood covered and blood spattered man appeared for just a second. Gross right? Ok. So let's take God. If he created light and he did, then surely he's more powerful than light. He can move faster than light, he can move faster than Superman, so basically this can be one explanation as to why He's invisible to the human eye. God to me is a spirit. I say that not only because the bible says that, but because that's how he communicates to me. By the spirit. I can't see him or hear him, but I can see him and hear him inside me, in my invisible spirit which is the force, the energy that keeps my heart pumping and my body alive. God is pure energy. That's how I envision him. Pure constant all powerful indescribable energy. Life. The life force of all creation. Greater than the sun, the moon, gravity, electricity, light, heat, fire, sound, strength, and anything else that we know of. And greater than anything we don't know of. He is the ALL mighty God. So take it and run with it and let him be God and forget about trying to run your own show, because if it doesn't line up with God's plan, you're going to find out you wasted your entire life on vanity and regret. God is invisible to the human eye but that doesn't mean he's not there. It just means you can't see him. Can you see “love” or “hate” or “fear” or “anger”? But they're real aren't they? They really have effects in the real world don't they? So slow down and listen and incline your ear and let the invisible sound waves of God's word sink down into your heart. There's still time left. We still have time. I know TPTB are trying to speed up everything so we don't have time to be still and listen. I know the cellphones are a mind altering brainwashing device that allow us to entertain ourselves nonstop to the point that our brain loses itself in cyberspace and we lose our souls to MTV and advertising and propaganda and so called information which we feel is vitally important to our existence when in reality it's all useless, valueless noise. Go plant a seed. Watch it grow. Allow God to plant his word in your spirit and become one with him. Don't turn back and don't let go. Seek God and you will find him. I try to talk to God whenever I have the chance. I know the pull of the electronic world is strong. It's very powerful and alluring. It makes my flesh comfortable. But sometimes I just need to shut down and shut it off and listen. I hope I'm able to listen more. I hope I can resist the pull of the electrons whirling through space and across time and the lines of juice that carries itself to my home and my devices. Someday, one day this will fail us. And then what will you do? Where will you go? Who will you turn to? All TPTB have to do is flip a switch and you're dead in the water. A big target. And they want you for the meat grinder and their soylent green. Just don't put your hope in man and if you take the time now to know God, he'll see you through anything and everything that evil men can conceive of to kill us and harm us and hurt us. Fear not those who kill the body or destroy lives, but fear him who controls your eternity in the life after this one. Get to know him and find peace for your soul and rest for your mind and growth and health for your body. Actually, speed kills, movement kills. Because time keeps moving and we can't slow it down. While we move through this time we seek for thrills. Once we become pure energy like God, we'll be moving fast as light and the thrills will never stop. That's groovy baby! Get right and become pure light!

The Avenger

MAY 22 2026 The Avenger
Every life has a purpose. God's purpose is perfect.
1 Sam 26:24 Behold, as your life was precious this day in my sight, so may my life be precious in the sight of the Lord, and may he deliver me out of all tribulation
Jer 1:5 Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born I consecrated you

    How many babies must die, before this slaughter ends? We, the extension of God's arm, his Body, the voice of the Master in the world, we must petition our God. We must fall upon our face for our sins and stand in the gap for our country. The Lord caused you to be conceived in your mother's womb: not just another girl, not just another boy, but you. He knew your composition, before you were born. He knew the color of your eyes, the shape of your ears, the formation of your teeth, the size of your stature, the number of hairs on your head, and he planned it so. So you were brought into this world. You were not slain, but you were given the chance to live. So you grew up, and then you were born again. You had been spiritually dead through sin. Thank the Father God and the Lord Jesus Christ, he came to you, and life eternal was born in your spirit. Once his Spirit joined yours, a new creature was conceived. Once God brings to life, he bears to birth. God doesn't believe in aborting his children. Once he births, he promises to bring to full stature. The new creation you have become shall grow up to be exactly like Jesus, when at last you shall reach your home in Heaven...Satan has always tried to destroy children. They slew the Hebrew children in Egypt and the wicked still slay children today. Through the violence of abortion, many have perished. But evildoers not only seek to kill the body; they try to kill the soul through the vile filth which is portrayed by our media and taught by our educational system. This shall come to an end. -- excerpt from my book Kingdom Chronicles

The reason the world will be judged is clear. God is the avenger of innocent blood and the seas will turn to blood before the great and terrible day of the Lord appears. Have no doubt. Evil will be judged. Only God's remarkable grace and patience has held back the flood. But because men refuse to repent that day draws ever nearer, when the wicked will be consumed by the fire of his breath.

More Than Conquerors

May 21 2026  More Than Conquerors

"The Kingdom of Christ, being spiritual, is stronger than any physical, material power, and thus it has the capacity to conquer the world. The Kingdom of God is, has always been, and always will be greater than any power known to man. Jesus demonstrated this power while he lived with us on earth and when he left, he commanded us to continue doing the same works he had done.
The task of all believers is to establish the Kingdom of God in the earth today, so the reality of his Kingdom may be seen by all. Because the Kingdom of God is invisible and is present only in the hearts of those who believe in Christ, then how shall we show this Kingdom to the world? By trusting in God's word that's how. If there is one thing Jesus has shown us by his example, if we have learned anything from his life at all, it is that we can completely trust in God's word. God's word can be trusted! If we know nothing else, this alone will be enough to make us victorious in every situation, both now and forever. God can do what his word says he can do, and he is what his word says he is, and God requires us to trust his word, if we are to fulfill our mission of proclaiming the Kingdom of God to the world." -- excerpt from my book Kingdom Reality

My Bible reading today was Psalm 44 "Yet for your sake we are killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered." Romans references this Psalm saying "No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." So when life turns tough and seems sour it's when the devil is turning up the heat, then we must rest in the Lord. Our faith is being tested daily while we walk this planet. Is anyone yet Perfect? Have I seen the face of our Lord? Have you? What can we do but walk by faith? Meaning, that whatever happens we will not lose our faith in Jesus' goodness and love. It's love we crave. It's love we need. When I wake up each morning I need a refilling of God's love. I don't want to get out of bed and face another day if I have to do it on my own. I want God's help in everything I do each minute of the day and that's how I get through my days here on earth. It's not going to last forever. All things on this earth will fade away and be demolished and forever be no more. All things. Even the president. Even the ants. Even the cockroaches. Everything gone. All gone. No more. So take yourself to the Lord each day and trust that your Creator has already seen everything you will face today and tomorrow and the next day and so on, and don't be afraid, and don't worry. Every single thing will be all right. If only you trust in Jesus.

Road Trip

May 20 2026  Road Trip

So on this day many years ago (it was a Friday) I drove from Needles, CA to Macon, MO nonstop. According to maps it's roughly 1600 miles and about 22-23 hours. I think I made it in about 25-26 hours. The sun was rising in Kansas City on a Saturday morning when I reached Missouri. I left early in the morning from Needles and it began to turn dark somewhere in Texas I believe and then it didn't get light until I hit Kansas City. I don't know if I could make that trip today at my age and I don't want to try. What I can say is that there was a whole lot less traffic in that year than you see today. The drive was smooth and uneventful because the roads were clear. I have pictures of the drive coming from Arizona and you only see a few cars in the pictures. Times have changed. Tempo Cambia. I used to enjoy driving. I used to love traveling. I used to do a lot of things I don't do anymore. I was young once. Priorities change as our minds and bodies change. According to my best guess, my best calculations, I have about 20% of my life span left to live God willing. I've lived approximately 80% of my life already. That's if Jesus takes his time getting here. That's if God's grace keeps me healthy and alive and breathing. That's if TPTB don't start WW3. or society completely collapses. etc, because these are NOT normal times we live in. They are times that have never existed before in the history of mankind and our universe. Never before has man had the potential to destroy every living, breathing creature on this planet, but they do now. You know they do now. Whether they admit or not, they do. And as a result, it could happen any day. That's if we don't first get hit by an asteroid that is big enough to create an extinction level event. But I can tell you that's not going to happen. I'd stake my life on it. I can tell you this too. The extinction level virus or chemical or weapon will never be released either. God has a different plan for mankind than to allow us to eradicate ourselves. The Samson Option will always be only an option. It will never come into play. The Lord will return with all his saints, all his holy angels, all the heavenly hosts, all the armies of heaven will return on the great and terrible day of the Lord and we shall be changed. And the wicked and those who took the mark and those whose name is not in the book of life will all be turned into hell. They will become dust under our feet. Amen.

ETS

May 19 2026 ETS

Many years ago today I threw my boots over the wire, packed my duffel bag, looked at the entrance sign to Fort Ord in my rearview mirror and left Monterey and headed home. It was a Thursday when my ETS date (Expiration of Term in Service) arrived. It was one of the happiest days of my young life. It was the day I had been counting down to for 2 years. I had completed my active duty in the US Army and was a PFC again. I was a literal PFC in rank when I left. But in the case of my ETS, I was a PFC (Proud Frickin Civilian) again. I immediately headed east to Salinas and drove south through the valley, past vineyards, down highway 5 past Bakersfield, then east past Edwards AFB, Barstow, and highway 40 took me to Needles where I spent the night in a cheap motel. The next morning I got up early and drove straight through Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and as the sun rose over Kansas City, I entered Missouri and drove all the way to my mom's to a small town not very far from Hannibal, Missouri. I was tired but happy to finally see home again after those long 2 years. It was the morning of May 21st, a Saturday. All I remember of that long drive was seeing all the scenery of the desert and plains of the parts of the country I had never seen before. The few days I spent at my Mother's were spent relaxing and going fishing with my 2 little sisters. Then I got in my car and headed to Illinois to my Dad's house in a small town south of Joliet. And that's where I spent my 1st year going to college, living with Dad and attending Joliet Junior College. It was good to see him and gramma again. Gramma, who always lived in the same small house in the same small town where I had grown up and always meant home to me. It was good to be free. The years that have passed since that day have been hard on me. I've had good and bad times. Many good memories and many long years of grief and hardships. Life was never what I imagined or dreamed it would be. But I made it. And here I am. God's grace carried me through each and every day. Since I first arrived in this world, to my exit from the Army, to my college and working days, to now. And Now is My Salvation Closer than when I first Believed.

Fort Ord is gone now. The Army closed the base down years ago. There's a college there now where my Army home used to be. I haven't been back there in many, many years. Not since the day I left. Maybe someday before I pass away from this earthly realm, I'll get a chance to see that sign again and reminiscence of all the goodness God has granted me. 

The picture I chose for this post hung on my college apartment wall, on loan from the local library in Champaign, Illinois. It still moves me.

Road to Hell

MAY 18 2026  Road to Hell

  Don't blame God. The Father has provided solutions, answers, assistance, deliverance, help, and a way out of all sorrows, troubles, and afflictions. The help comes from him; for every good gift comes down from the Father of light and with him there is no evil or harm. But in our pride, we go our own way, disregard his commands, and then when something terrible happens we blame God, and when something wonderful happens we take the credit. Pride deceives. We refuse to admit our own faults, and we refuse to acknowledge God for all the good he does. Pride is another word for stupidity, folly, and foolishness. The road to hell is paved with pride. We are too proud to admit that God knows what he's talking about. We can save ourselves, we think. We can provide for ourselves, we think. We can live without God, we think. We think we know best how to run our lives. We're so smart, so selfish, so full of ourselves. We're headed for disaster, because pride leads to destruction.

   When we trust in God, we believe in what we don't see and what we do see we don't trust. What is this life, but an infinitesimally short span of time, as compared to the endless ages of eternity? What we see in the world, what is presented to our senses, the sins, the lust, and such, is what the world believes is the only reality. They believe only the senses can satisfy and make them happy. They believe sin is the spice of life. They believe that if you can't touch, taste, see, hear, or feel something with your physical senses then it must not be real. The world has misplaced faith. Those who have faith in material things are deceived by their senses. They continually deceive themselves, and end up believing in a lie. The deceitfulness of sensual pleasure is such, that the more they indulge in the flesh, the less they are satisfied with the flesh. Like a dog chasing its' tail, they get trapped in a vicious cycle of sin, ever seeking but never finding. But this is all they know to do. There is no other reality for them. But once we find the true God, the God of love, our heart is filled with joy and the more of God we get, the more happy and satisfied we are. This ends our search for the truth. So what we see, we don't believe, and what we can't see, this we honestly believe in.  -- excerpt from my book Kingdom Reality

Passage of Time

 May 15 2026 Passage of Time

If you give up, you'll never get there. Heb 10:36

    There has to be a better way to live. When will this life be over and done? What is there to live for here? Sometimes life seems to be a waste of time. But God put us here, it was his call, so what can we do about it? This is what we've got to do about it. We've got to be happy. We've got to be free. We've got to be who we were meant to be. We were created by God and he doesn't make any junk. We're not hairless, evolutionary dogs walking on two legs. Others might act like they are, but not us. You came out of the mind of God. Sure, your parents had something to do with it, but you were only one of the endless possibilities which could have arisen out of their union. Think about the patience of God. Since Adam and Eve, God's been waiting for you. He had a plan for you since time began. You were not an accident waiting to happen. From your first two parents, you've had a long line of ancestors who had to come into being so you could be here today. Think of the value of a life to God. Think of the wars, famines, diseases, and other trials your ancestors had to survive for you to be here today. Let your mind ponder for a moment the mighty acts of God. You couldn't be a mistake. The odds are too great against you being here, for you to be a chance happening. So what is your life on earth, but a vapor and then a returning home to the Creator?

    God's been waiting on you. He's waiting on you to do something with your life. You won't go home or leave this place, until you do something about God's will. You thought you were waiting on God. You thought all these years you had something coming to you. The Lord and the world owed you something. All your life you've been waiting on him to do something for you, while all the time he's been waiting on you to do what he told you to do. Are you tired of waiting for what you want to happen, to happen? Are you tired of living your dream? How about living God's dream for you? --excerpt from my book Kingdom Chronicles.

Destiny Awaits

May 14 2026 Destiny Awaits

    We have to somehow convince people that God really loves them and has a much better life for them; both now and in eternity. We were destined to be ambassadors for Christ. As we continue our journey down the path the Lord has laid out for us, all the places it will take us we can't say, but where it will eventually lead us, we know for sure. It will lead us to the everlasting arms of a loving God, and an endless existence filled with joy. This is our destiny and this is where we're going, and the world isn't going to stop us. Jesus is the one wearing the white hat, and he's coming with the cavalry to set his people free. We're going back to Mayberry, only this time we will never have to leave, for we're headed for The Eternal Empire of The Elect, where everything will be just as it should be. It will be exactly like we always wished it would be, where we're free to be anything we want to be, even if that's to be Opie in Mayberry for all eternity.

We have a reason to sing. Psa 96:1-2

    Think about Heaven. Or forget about it, if you like. Think about Heaven. When's the last time you did that? There are too many other things to think about, right? Life's too overwhelming to have time to think about Heaven, right? But the Lord wants us to think about Heaven. What are we supposed to think about it? Remember this one thing: the Lord wants you to be happy every single day because you know you're going to Heaven. -- excerpt from my book Kingdom Reality

Out of Nowhere

May 13 2026 Out of Nowhere

God poured out his Spirit freely for all and now he's ours. We were filled with his Spirit and received the power to dream dreams. Not make-believe dreams, but real dreams. Dreams which are not present, but rather, future realities. Through the Spirit, we live in a dream world which is no mere fantasy. This dream world is more real than the world in which we now live, because this dream world will last forever, whereas this waking world is disappearing. We have dreamed God's dreams. We are mortal. We are flesh and doomed to decay. Our flesh will rot along with the rest of the dead. We see our glaring imperfections staring at us every day. Every time our eyes open to see the light of another day, we know the world is not a perfect place because we're still in it, but we shall have peace and we have peace now, simply because in our heart we know we will be like Jesus someday.

   To be like Jesus is the impossible dream for us. Just as impossible as it is for us to raise the dead. Just as impossible as it is for us to know everything there is to know. Just as impossible as it is for us to accomplish all the things we've ever dreamed of doing. Ten lifetimes wouldn't be enough to do all the things we've dreamed of doing. That's the wonderful thing about dreams. We never have to do any work in a dream. We just picture it and it appears. That's the way the Spirit is. He makes things appear out of nowhere. -- excerpt from my book Kingdom Chronicles

A Perfect World

May 12 2026 A Perfect World

The human race was created, placed in a perfect world, supplied with everything for their happiness, including the possibility of free choice. This perfect world was known as the garden of Eden. God, in his infinite wisdom, placed before man the choice between life, existence with him, and death, existence without him. Existence apart from God produces exactly what it can only produce--death. God is life. Any step away from God is death. Yet man, unwilling to trust God for their happiness, reached out in exercise of free will and chose death. Eve willingly disobeyed God in order to satisfy her own desire for knowledge and wisdom apart from God. Now, after thousands of years of rebellion against God, we find ourselves living in a corrupted world, awash in death, decay, weakness, disease, ignorance, poverty and hate. God warned Adam and Eve, and he continues to warn us of the consequences of disobedience. Yet we behave like we are going to be the first to get away with rebellion and not die. We have gone mad, truly insane! This is where the exercise of our free will apart from God has taken us. Why do we continue to choose not to trust or believe God's word? Do we think we are stronger than he?
God saw free will as good, so it must be good. We don't have any other God, or any other world to choose from. Can you even comprehend existence apart from the ability to think and choose? When Eve listened to satan, God suffered the hurt of a wounded heart, because he knew she would die. But since God is perfect, he already had a solution for the problem of death. He had already provided in the plan of creation for our possible disobedience. Now, what does that tell us? What it should tell you, and what you must come to realize, is that God is bigger, stronger, wiser, and tougher than any sin or problem mankind could ever face, even death. God's ideal for us was shattered by our walking away from him, but his plan was never changed. His plan remained, and still is the same--he and us living in a perfect world together forever. -- excerpt from my book Kingdom Chronicles