June 3, 2009 from 2 Cor 4:8We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we
are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but
not destroyed
....
16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is
perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. 17 For our light affliction,
which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight
of glory,
sound familiar??
for *whatever reason* the Lord has slowed me down... He knows I'm an eager beaver,
who always likes to be doing something... going, going, going!.... and that I used
to consider it pure punishment to have to "sit still" for long.....
anyway, my phys.
body is taking somewhat of a beating.... I've bounced around from doctor to doctor...
next up:
My rt. leg & left arm have weird symptoms... can't explain well... but *pain*
that just won't go away... burning, tingling, pain that moves around, feels like
a permanent bruise. At first, I suspected neuropathy, but TBH, now I somewhat suspect
cancer.... , gasp, the "big c".... now I don't know that to be sure yet, but it is
def. under my radar screen of suspicion. Perhaps if I would have followed my own
advice & not eaten all the poisonous chemicals & corn which I’m extremely allergic
to, then I wouldn’t be in this situation today…. who’s to say….?!!
Then, to top things
off... hahah {sometimes I think if I didn't find humor in things, I'd cry.... in
fact, I DID cry when this happened yesterday}..... I was at my chiropractor's office
& a totally freak accident happened: when he was lowering the table, my finger on
my rt. hand got smashed in the heavy steel mechanism thingie.... as in MAJOR, MAJOR
ouch!!! ... he felt HORRIBLE about it (but not nearly as badly as *I* felt ... hah!)
... it bled from the front and out the back, it didn't break it, but it's all blown
up like a tulip bulb -- red, black, blue, swollen, and hurts like the dickens....
just when you thought your *pinky* wasn't important!! ! 
not only did my eyes tear
up from the intense pain (in fact, if it woulda' been a torture chamber, I woulda'
been blabbing secrets all over the place!... 
but the entire 2 weeks' of satan's
attacks came crashing down on me!! .... a "when it rains, it pours kind of thing"!!....
did
I just say satan? bit ago, I said it was God Who was slowing me down, huh?
well,
regardless ... even though I don't know Whom/whom to contribute it to... {well, yes,
I do, but even so, like in Job's case, God allowed it}and it IS slowing me down,
and I'm not on top of my game so to speak. 't even keep up the house very well! 't
do diddly squat......and I sure hate that....
I'm stubborn.... I intend to keep on
praising the Lord ANYWAY!!
Would be nice if I rec'd supernaturally healing though!
so, with pain attacking me from one end to the other, with concerns of cancer, with
a throbbing finger... I will remember that this is light affliction and in view of
eternity, lasts but only for a moment!! {5 years from now this ain't gonna' matter!!}
, the rapture will come far, far before then anyway....
Thanks for reading & praying!
Reva
P.S. though it's hard to type even with throbbing finger & ouch, ouch, ouch every time I hit the keyboard.... but wanted to put my 2 c worth in... that I think the Lord may well come before July 11th!!...which is the "rest day" for you know who!! ..& IMO, many good reasons to believe Jesus will call for us this very month.Don't forget about analog TV switching over to digital on June 11th.... how easy it would be for the AC to take control of the media at that point & have his mug on ALL TV's across the world!! Plus, Pres. O is on his way to the MidEast … subject: M.E. PEACE!!!
June 6, 2009 Jesus is coming and He is coming OH SO SOON!!!! He was, He is, and He remains our blessed hope! I know many are like me ~ vexed in your spirits day & night over hearing and seeing all the unrighteousness that literally surrounds us. And when, finally I get tired of feeling this way,...dirty, dragged thru’ muck & mire, vexed day & night, then I ask myself, “why art thou cast down, oh my soul?”... because God is in heaven LAUGHING at all these people, the evildoers, the world leaders who think they are going to come out ahead of Him!
And we who are called, chosen, AND FAITHFUL to Him are going to be gathered together with Him sooner than soon.
Listen to Revelation on tape, if you get a chance. Try to IMAGINE all those colors of heaven when Rev. 21 describes it. Or go to www.BibleGateway.com and read it there. Then look up those colors on your fav. Search engine. They are, ~ “ah, too cool”!! Try to imagine them!
No matter what image we come up with… heaven is going to top it!! We may want the rapture for different reasons, but most of all, most of all, most of all ~ just to be WITH JESUS!! Forever & ever, & away from the gritty, grimy sin-infested world! … to be IN PARADISE SOON — with The One Who gave His life for us!!
We are not to “think it strange concerning the fiery trial we are going through” [my paraphrase] and if you’re like any other Christian I know, then right now – you may be going through something that’s not too pleasant! Anyone who bothers opening the pages of a Bible will realize that God does not like unbalanced scales… whatever the subject is, He WILL settle the score! [unless it’s been repented of…] I don’t care if it’s the size of a mountain or a tiny infraction – there is not one thing that happens on earth that will pass His ever-scanning Eyes!
"Vengeance is Mine sayeth the Lord”.... I used to think that was an oddly silly verse for my mother to repeat so often -- some how it stuck in her head, like it was her mantra or something.But the more I see of these constant injustices makes me take heart in that Scripture as well -- to know that the Lord is going to repay any & all people for the deeds they have done ~ good OR bad!! He WILL settle the score; again, there is not one thing that can happen on earth that goes unnoticed BY Him!! He is even aware when a little sparrow falls.{We thank You, Lord, for that!}
One thing about it, once we get to heaven, we will get our heavenly work “assignments” there, but it will be minus all the hub-bub of constantly challenging life & worry of working-for-a-living entanglements that we have “down here”…. Which is all part of what we must endure down here in our earthly, not-yet-glorified state. We will at that time, have entered into our eternal Sabbath rest (see Heb. 4) with the Lord.
Friend, God has you on His mind & ALL your cares & concerns are His cares & concerns!!SeePeter 5:7
is a tough, tough, TOUGH world we live in right now!!Not easy for anyone -- least of all GOD'S CHILDREN!!!!!
on... 'round the bend will be the end, then we'll get our glorified bodies & we will be living GLORIOUSLY!!!I expect we may get crowns for being steadfast, faithful, and obedient to the Lord.... not to mention, for sure, a crown just merely for watching for Him!That seems to be THEE easiest crown of all to get... and yet, look at how many people are not interested in THAT one!
It’s my opinion that it’s far, far too late to “turn this country around” because society is at a low & no one wants to be righteous any more. People have ALREADY chosen sides!! To be quite honest, I'm even tired of praying {interceding for those who have no desire whatsoever to turn to the Lord}… although I will continue to anyway (as the Lord leads).... my heart cry is that we go Home soon!!.... Do you feel like a foreigner in this world, too?
I hope so, because for those who live for & long for the Lord, this world is not our home!
I mention July 11th… because that is when a certain ahem, “antichrist candidate” claims he will “rest”…..; but don’t forget that in less than a week, TV signals all mandatory switch from analog to digital…. Could the AntiChrist quickly seize control of all media that way when his time has come? Seems very likely! Current events are SO perfectly aligned with Biblical prophecy. Regardless of my “Christian” friends who look at me like I’ve got 2 heads (for mentioning the rapture—that might just “interrupt” their life plans….?) yet, I know with my whole being that Jesus’ coming is right at the doors!! Could be 2 weeks or 2 years, but His coming IS soon!
What Todd Strandberg said: Whatever scenario we're facing, it will soon play out before our eyes. I ask all my fellow believers to take an inventory of their lives by asking if you have a mindset that is focused on being ready for our Lord's return. …..TOTALLY FOCUSED HERE!! Reva
P.S.: inviting the Iranians OVER HERE??? For July 4th hot dogs..?? They don’t even EAT hot dogs!! And why, pray tell would they WANT to come visit “the great satan”??!! I don’t believe any fiction author could have come up with such a twisted, diabolical plot as the one we’re seeing play out before our eyes…. What strange, weird, thing will happen next?? Hoping the joke will be on the world!!
Because some day very, very soon now, people are going to go missing! …. Boy, are we gonna’ make the AntiChrist sizzling mad!! ~ for messing up his plans...he’d like us all to be little miniature AntiChrist-loving robots. He’ll cuss us out for dwelling where “he” would like to be, which is in heaven! Revelation 13:6 Not to worry though — he will never attain heaven. He has ALREADY CHOSEN whom he will serve and it’s definitely not the Lord.