We have just passed the entryway of 2021, and the Great Battle for America still rages. It is in the spirit; it is upon the land; it is in the culture; it is in our institutions, among the people and in every political decision and action being made.
In the third movie of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, there is elf-to-elf telepathy between Lady Galadriel and Lord Elrond in which Galadriel states “The quest stands on a knife’s edge – stray but a little, and all is lost…the Ring knows it is close, so very close, to achieving its goal.” The ring’s goal, of course, was to be reunited with its evil host, Sauron, manifesting a conquering evil that would subdue all of Middle Earth and its people under its foot of tyranny.
I feel like we, as a nation, are enduring that “knife’s edge” stretch of tension as we await the final curtain call on the 2020 election while the “ring” of socialist power has nearly reached its goal.
For nearly two months, post-election voting statistics have been compiled, re-compiled, re-organized, re-charted, re-explained; irregular-state-by-irregular state have had lawsuits brought forward only to be dismissed by varying courts not on substance, but on technicalities – technicalities about which there is disagreement, yet no lawsuits brought to determine if the technicality itself is being appropriately applied. Then there are the facts and statistics about the middle-of-the-night spikes of vote downloads that shifted numbers from President Trump to challenger Joe Biden.
The primary media outlets have chosen to label ongoing regularities “a false narrative.” There is only one narrative about which there is widespread media agreement – Joe Biden won the election. Two-plus-two is no longer four. It is whatever number the report wishes to make it, depending on a variety of factors. The courts – even the Supreme Court, in a stunning abrogation of responsibility – chose to dismiss a multi-state lawsuit on a technicality. Re-attempts for the Supreme Court to hear the data supporting the case — re-dismissal on more technicalities.
Never have I seen such days as these. Evil is always ever-present – but this, this evil that overarches and encompasses an entire country with the intent of smothering and strangling out all dissent – this is a fraud of nuclear-attack proportions. Many foreign countries are rumored to have worked together to accomplish the task; but this is shared only by multiple small, non-standard information outlets. Confirmed as foreign players in our election interference are China, Russia, Ukraine, Iran. There are likely more that yet remain unnamed, possibly undiscovered.
News and information that should create giant-font front-page headlines over and over again is dismissed: more “false narrative.” The facts, which bear themselves out plainly, are ignored by every governmental venue utilized by our American Republic in settling and deciding such issues.
“But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph through Christ, and through us reveals the fragrance of the knowledge of Him in every place.” ( 2 Cor. 2:14)
With increasing regularity, the Christian prophetic community has been stepping forward and pointing people towards the unfailing faithfulness, wisdom, goodness and love of God for the people of the nations and, specifically, the people of America. In one voice they have repeatedly confirmed….God is not closing the door on His divine plans and destiny for America.
They are revealing the fragrance of Him in every place.
As one prophetic voice stated regarding God’s stance, “I am not extending a hand of judgment, but of mercy.” (Hank Kunneman 12/20)
We wait, we pray, for all that we are seeing in the natural world is not as it appears. Twenty days until the ring is connected to its evil master. We wait for the moment of His leading us in triumph as He reclaims the country that He founded.
It’s a sit-and-watch-the-snow-melt kind of Saturday. Cold, windy, semi-cloudy, outside conditions giving no incentive to step out of the “shelter at home” walls that surround me.
What a day of opportunity to engage with Him and in our hearts and actions, assist in the “clear smooth arrival” of His provisions and revelations in our lives.
Today is the first day of Spring. As buckets of snow pour down from the sky, it looks much more like the first day of winter than the heralding of seasonal flowers-and-butterflies.
the light seems small and far away. Caves are dark, tension easily runs high, fear of scarcity or being discovered, always at the forefront of your thoughts.
The cave is where your mettle gets tested, your maturity gets revealed, your heart gets exposed!” He adds, “If Jesus got ‘cave-time,’ the cave won’t be optional for you.”
and ask His participation in bringing me to those steps, that growth, training, discipline and focus necessary to “being transformed into the same image from glory to glory.” (2 Cor. 3:18)
I like that phrase, “new day of destiny.” As 2020 starts, we actually face a new decade of destiny.
I was carefully setting up this year’s Nativity display on the wooden shelf by the fireplace. I meticulously turned individual pieces in incremental degrees until each one faced Baby Jesus in a stance that reflected wonder and adoration.
Instead of all attention focused towards Jesus, I saw Joseph, Mary, all three kings and even the shepherd, all facing one another in a circle of earnest conversation. Their circle was closed and turned away from the Messiah. He and the manger had been positioned at the opposite end of the shelf…alone, except for the company of a glass donkey and lamb.
But God is never static and never distant. “The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.” (I John 3:8) One of my favorite Old Testament verses is Habakkuk 1:5 – “Look among the nations! Observe! Be astonished! Wonder! For I am doing something in your days – you would not believe it even if you were told!”
The essence of “The Christmas Story” is not diminished even towards those nations whose cultures and calendars forbid its acknowledgement or celebration. God is always seeking His lost sheep, His captured children held deep inside satanic fortresses. As the grace of the Holy Spirit is poured out on those who seek it, so it is also poured out on those who are standing with their backs turned away from Him.
It’s December 1, and my first post in a fairly long time. I have missed the act of sharing small insights the Lord has shared with me, with you and others.
This California-Arizona sunshine girl is thoroughy enjoying what heat can creep through a midweight sweatshirt and sweatpants on this wonderful bright afternoon.
much birdseed remains in the feeder before moving on to nearby pine branches.
And the garden sign is wrapped with Christmas lights, not greenery. But no matter. Even without glorious blooms and bright colors, this remains a garden. Dormant roots rest before vigorously pursuing their production again in a few months. Each brown stalk reminds me of a green one yet to come. My snow-covered containers are tubs filled with a hopeful future, each one waiting for its season to transform anew into an object of beauty.
Jesus always sees our snow-covered brown stalks as promises of the next season to come, of new life and new vigor, new glory and new strength.