My heart became sick last week at the things I've researched and uncovered about supposed "christian" leaders around the world. Sick to tears. Weeping before God and begging for this revelation to end. The sins against the innocent run deep. The demons of evil deeds are alive and well on planet earth. Lucifer's dominion is seeping with pure evil. The Luciferians are many and their hands are dripping in the blood of our children. Don't be fooled....to these Luciferians, abortion is nothing more than one more child sacrifice. The Lord will seek retribution. God will not be mocked. 

The only 2 words that set me on a path forward for truth were "spirit cooking". I'm not going to say more...you can begin to dig for yourself. Nothing really measures to much unless we do the work ourselves. Pray and discern. 

2 Thessalonians 2 gives us warnings about the man of lawlessness. These acts of lawlessness and crime go beyond the imagination of what my innocent mind could even conjure. 

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evil doers!'" Matthew 7:21-23

Mark 13:5 "Watch out that no one deceives you."

The entire chapter of Mark 13 warns us to "WATCH"! Be on guard! Your enemy the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. But stand firm in your faith, act like a man and be strong.

​Remember...stay ready, so you don't have to get ready!

I Thess 5:19 "Do no put out the Spirit's fire; do not treat prophecies with contempt. Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil."

My sadness is that the "church" is going to be found sleeping. The "church" is worried about the color of carpet. The "church" is fighting about which programs to have and who will be in charge. The "church" is taking attendance. The "church" is dying. It is asleep. 

President Donald J Trump has signed a proclamation making September, Preparedness Month. You might wonder what you need to be prepared for....only God knows...but perhaps...

• Hurricanes
• Floods
• Fires
• Tornadoes
• Unemployment
• Any Disaster-manmade or natural
• Civil Unrest
• Marshall Law
• War
• Pestilence
• Famine​

I tell you, a time is coming, but has not yet been made known when it may appear that the end is near, but don't be deceived and don't fear....pray for a spirit of discernment, ask for eyes to see and ears to hear. Press into the WORD OF TRUTH!

We've entered a time of what may appear to be political victories. President Trump was elected to fulfill promises made....and he has. The economy is booming. The stock market is soaring. People are back to work. He's undone a lot of the socialistic policies that President Obama enacted. He's undone executive orders set forth to destroy our country. 

As God's Spirit prophesied to a sister, so His Spirit spoke similar words to mine. Don't despair when the "sickle of divine justice and judgement shall fly across this nation. As my Spirit of truth, righteousness and the fear of The Lord comes like a sharp sickle moving swiftly, severely and suddenly up the heads of the wicked. Listen! For the sound of righteous retribution will be heard going forth across the land, Watch and pray beloved, for those who have violated my laws and my statutes and those who have killed the unborn and those who have bowed down to the idol of Baal in this nation will now be gathered up like ripe grapes on the vine and they shall be trodden under foot, watch as the sharp sickle of my justice and judgement now flys forth across the Nation of America." Prophecy by Veronica West 9-17-18. 

The Harvest of the Earth Revelations 14
…18Still another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.” 19So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth, and he threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath.

Recently Holy Spirit has opened my eyes to see the evils that are surrounding our nation and the truth surrounding us as believers in Jesus Christ. Evils that I'd rather not of known about. Evils that I could of died in "peace" not knowing about. Evils that will bring this nation to destruction. This is a spiritual war we live in. Make sure you put on your armor daily!

• Helmet of Salvation
• Breastplate of Righteousness
• Belt of TRUTH
• Shoes of the Gospel of Peace
• Shield of The Spirit
• Sword of Faith...The Word

If you aren't ready for this revelation, then read no further...trust in the Lord...pray for discernment...BUT STOP HERE.
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​Habakkuk 2:3 "For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay."

• The Lord says to get ready. (repeated theme) Matthew 25:1-13, Revelation 16:15
• The Lord says do not fear. Matthew 6:25-34
• The Lord says PRAY! Prov 15:8, John 17:15

"Though a thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand. You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked." Psalm 91:7-8 

It may appear that all hell is breaking loose and frankly it is. The top will soon be blown off. The dominos will fall.

I have seen evidence of the sheer evils that rule this land. The satanic worship that is taking place in high places. The human sacrifice of our children on the altars of satan. (think human trafficking, abortion...do your homework...do your own research...don't just believe me....dig for yourself...it will make you sick.)

"A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly." Proverbs 15:14

I've recently come to see a revelation that America is The Great Babylon in prophecy. I've questioned it with notes in my Bible in the past, but not had a clear revelation. I'm learning again to trust when Holy Spirit speaks to me.

​Revelations 18 speaks of the fall of Babylon. Read it for yourself. 
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"Come out of her, my people, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues; for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes." Rev 18:4-5

Study Matthew 25 and The Parable of the Ten Virgins. Don't wait to get ready. Get ready now...stay ready.  

verse 13 ​"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know that day or the hour."

Ironically, President Trump has signed a proclamation making September National Preparedness Month. ...get ready...stay ready. Whatever you do...do not fear....do not panic...stay ready and pray.

Leviticus 23:23-25

"The Lord said to Moses, 'Say to the Israelites; 'On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts. Do no regular work, but present an offering made to the Lord by fire.'"

Rosh Hashanah will arrive at an unexpected hour when the first sliver of the moon is detected. Then the trumpets will sound.

​This year, The Feast of Trumpets will arrive sometime on September 10 and be commemorated until sunset on September 11. 

Saints, be ready for the day of the Lord is near. Don't fear what is happening around us, keep your eyes on Jesus. 
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As we go to worship tomorrow...the first day of The Feast of Trumpets....
"IN A LOUD VOICE THEY SANG:
WORTHY IS THE LAMB, WHO WAS SLAIN,
TO RECEIVE POWER AND WEALTH AND 
WISDOM AND STRENGTH
AND HONOR AND GLORY
AND PRAISE."
Revelation 5:12
If you ever witness me in worship....I will never sit when we sing this Scripture.
I will stand in the assembly even if it means, I stand alone.
Frankly...I believe I should be flat on my face, prostrate before The King of Kings.

Remember...."Stay ready, to keep from having to get ready"...Chuck Swindle

"If you confess me before men....I will confess you before my Father."
​Jesus

It's so much easier to write anonymously...but I'm known personally by many of you. 

You know most if not all my flaws, my blemishes, my sins.

If there is one thing most of you know...I'm unashamed...I'm bold...and I'm fearless...to the point at times of being controversial, in your face or opinionated. (silent laughter...inside family  joke!)

What you don't know, is what it took to form this heart in me. 

It took years in the desert. Years of being voiceless. Years of fear. 

I sit here in the quiet of this morning...alone. The Hired Hand has run an errand...and I can blare my worship music...and listen as God speaks to my heart. I can sit here and let The Holy Spirit have his way with my fingers.  

Have you ever felt like you are dwelling in "the valley of dry bones"? As I'm writing this...I'm reminded what God told his man of old...Speak to those dry bones! Tell them to come alive!!! Be bold. Speak truth.

I believe as we proclaim truth, the liar must flea. 

Friends...I do believe our time is short. I believe the church of Christ will be snatched up like a thief in the night. He's coming to remove us from this world. It's time to get your hearts ready..."Stay ready so you don't have to get ready." Chuck Swindoll

The Lord has been showing me things...things that are not for the weak of heart...things that will cause despair, fear and turmoil. Don't wait. Get your heart ready....NOW.

This morning before I even got out of bed or dusted the sleep from my eyes, I was reading Gwen Smith's post "I'm Needy When It Comes To Love". 

How many of us aren't....needy for love.

I surely am. 

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The part of this Scripture that hit me right smack in my heart in my wee hours of waking up was.....to KNOW this love that surpasses knowledge....THAT YOU MAY BE FILLED TO THE MEASURE OF ALL THE FULLNESS OF GOD!!!!!

WOW!!! That blew me away....Filled to the Measure of the Fullness of God!!! 

That's enough for me to chew on for weeks if not months! 

If I'm filled with that measure then my need for any other affirmation will be diminished. It won't be that I don't need to know others love me, it's just that I KNOW this measure of the fullness of God....that will be enough to keep me safe, warm, needed, loved. 

If this text isn't enough....the following verses are the jet fuel of my Spiritual Life! His power at work within me.

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II Chronicles 15:15b
"They sought God EAGERLY, and he was found by them.
​So the Lord gave them rest on every side."

Have you ever wanted something so badly that it brought you to tears? And I don't mean something material....I mean, a relationship repaired, a loved one saved, a sick one healed.

In Sunday School we've been studying the power of a prayerful life. I can honestly say that for the last 20 years of my life, I've lived a prayerful life. I wish I could say that for the past 46 years of walking as a Jesus follower that I sought after Him with a prayerful life, but I did not. I'm not even sure I knew how. 

"Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." Philippians 3:12-14

Every New Year I begin with a word or a phrase that I have been especially prayerful over. One that would shape my life in this New Year. A word that defines my life. 

This was my 2016 Vision Board. 2016 was a TOUGH year!!! But EVERY step was bathed in prayer. Bob and I didn't take one step that we hadn't prayed over.....we didn't want a life of regrets we wanted God's best. Oh, there were tears and some passionate feelings involved....hey what can I say, I'm a Strong Hearted Woman!

Looking at that Vision Board brings tears to my eyes....not one thing on it didn't come to pass. It hangs in our closet to remind me of God's faithfulness to us when we choose Him and His will above our own. 

This years 2018 board has been made very clear to me by God. I'm still gathering words and pictures from magazines....and my daughter smacks her head over my stacks of magazines. LOL! 

We've lived in Texas for 1 year now. We've adjusted well to retirement and being together 24/7/365...in fact, we love being together. We like one another's company....I'd choose to spend time with Bob over anyone else, hands down....well, except for maybe the 2 little guys in the photos. My heart explodes when I see them. No one could EVER of prepared me for being a Nana! 

I have spent 15 months asking God repeatedly....WHY here? Why this little poor rural area of East Texas??? WHY Grapeland Texas?

I'm starting to see it....I'm starting to understand my calling in "retirement".  For 46 years of walking with Jesus I have had a heart for the poor. It could be that He made that a part of me because my family went through some very very very difficult financial and personal times when I was in High School. But my heart aches for the poor and the homeless, the sick and the dying. I know what it is to live in poverty. I know what it is to have parents addicted to alcohol. I know what rage and abuse look like from a front row seat. BUT I also know that God does restore the years lost to the locust!!!

Grapeland Texas has moved up from being the poorest county in Texas to being 8th! 

I have no doubt that God uses all of our life experiences to form us and make us into His workmanship. 

Ephesians 2:10 "For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."

​I'm sure that's why I had a heart to go to India twice and love on all those little orphan boys...I'd go back in a heart beat, but I truly don't believe God is calling me there. God was preparing me for the works He had prepared in advance for ME to do....right here in Grapeland Texas. Of course you'll never see my name in the papers or the headline news...God forbid that. I just want to make a difference, even if it's in the life of just in 1 child. I've started by volunteering once a week just listening to children at the Grapeland Elementary read. 

Our Sunday School teacher is the President of the School Board and he told us that the Texas prison system determines how many prisons to build by whether a child can read by the 3rd grade. I about broke into tears...my heart broke...I failed 3rd grade...I was one of those statistics! I told him right then and there that when they started up the reading program, I'd be there! There isn't a Tuesday that goes by that I don't sit there with those kids and say in my mind...will it be you. And I vow to not let it be on my watch.

I walk a couple miles about 4 days a week and I listen to Audible books....that way I can get more done! You know, multi-tasking! Two miles and 1 or 2 chapters! 

A few weeks ago I started a book I bought years ago....Own Your Life: Living with deep intention, bold faith, and generous love.  Yep, that about sums it up! That sums up what my heart has been telling me. 

My 2018 Vision Board will be Own Your Life or Intentionality...however that word has been way over used in the last few years...but it still applies. I have many things I'm praying about and all of them will go on the board. You'll see dining tables, you'll see children, you'll see art, you'll see gardens....God can and will use anything in our lives if we offer it to Him as a sweet sacrifice. Nothing is wasted with God. Nothing.

I am very excited to see how God chooses to use me in 2018 as I Own My Life!