Cindykay's Weblog

Do “They” Think They’re Smarter?

cindykay — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:43:18 +0000

Just some rambling thoughts, here, that I need to get down. So many brought out of the Babylonian Church system have followed with rapt attention the news of the past few years. We’ve watched events line up, which seem to align with the end time expectations of the Corporate or Mainline Church system… Israel, Iraq, NWO, Police State, etc. I’d like to throw out something that I hope will provide an impetus for further prayer and study. The powers controlling world events are not stupid. Further the “discovery” by those coming out of the false church system of dark manipulations behind the scenes is probably not accidental. It was in all likelihood strategically planned and developed in detail. OF COURSE ‘they’ know what the “sheep” are looking for, and it’s being provided to them on a silver platter. ” Oh look!”, the people cry, “they’re dividing up Jerusalem! That’s in prophecy!”. Perhaps. In all likelihood, “they” sit back, assured in the knowledge that the events they’re manipulating are being lapped up by the sheep. Are they smarter? Smarter than The Lord? I know they are not. The Lord is moving quickly and with great determination to the fulfillment of His Word in the spiritual realm… the realm unseen. The spiritual games played by the elite, consorting with evil are abominations, soon to be swept away. WE are called, however, to sit in heavenly places, in spiritual places. In other words, we are in this world, but not of it, and we must keep our spiritual as well as terrestrial eyes open, lest we miss the actual fulfillment of prophecy The Lord has laid out for us. For example, the division of Jerusalem is indeed something to be carefully noted. But, what is the spiritual fulfillment? The fulfillment Our Lord expects us to understand with spiritual eyes? I imagine it is the division we now see in the church… the division of a spiritual Jerusalem. Further examples? Many have studied Noah’s story carefully, looking for clues we are told will be there. With a dreaded fascination, we’ve followed the stories of gene manipulation, and the possibilities of human/animal integration. This would seem to repeat the account of giants of Noah’s generation. Can we dig out the spiritual parallel of these scientific experimentations? Perhaps. John Hagee last year announced before a Jewish audience the belief that Jesus did not come to the Jews as the Messiah, at His first advent. He further announced the awakening “Spiritual Giant” of Christian Zionism. Are those called out by The Lord to contend in the future with this giant? Is Christian Zionism now linked with the belief system Hagee puts forth. I pray not. Jesus came to ALL men, and without him, we have no hope. And, as I’ve no doubt upset many, allow me to throw this out. God has sent his witness, his John the Baptist, as The Holy Spirit to The Body of believers, calling them out of Babylon, into the wilderness they now occupy. Should we not expect The dark one to send out a witness, as well? His “own” John. Have we already seen him at work?

The Death of Jeremiah

cindykay — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:08:35 +0000

I have very dear friends that are this week memorializing the death of their precious first born son. Their son was taken while just barely out of his teens. I cannot, still to this day, imagine the pain these wonderful parents have endured. Indeed, when I think about it, my mind invariable wanders to my own two sons, and my tears begin to flow at the very thought that they might one day die before me. I have known this couple for some twenty years. My husband and I met them at a church we no longer attend. Of all the gifts we were given while members of this congregation… spiritual growth, Biblical teaching, and fellowship with others. I do believe the most precious of all were the bonds of friendship forged while we were raising our young children. I recall talking with them about the day our oldest children might take to the roads, behind the wheel of a powerful automobile engine. Ken quipped that he’d find the biggest, ugliest car he could find, and attach tires to both sides. He all laughed at the image he painted. The message behind it, though, was clear to me. They loved their son, and they’d do whatever they could, for as long as they could, to shield him from the harm our world can and will inflict. I do believe that the love they had for their son while he was growing up was special. The love they still show him after his death sends a powerful message to us all. While it would certainly be expected for them to curl up in grief, they haven’t. Jeremiah’s mom meets several times a week with other Moms dealing with difficult choices their children are making. She is there to inspire them, pray with them, and council them. They know they can count on her to be honest, because they know she has faced the very worse. It’s easy, you see, to walk that faith path when things are going well, and The Lord has blessed. We find out, though, just how much faith we have when we must travel through that ‘valley of the shadow of death’. Do we have enough faith to make it, knowing we must totally depend upon The Lord? I hope that I will never be challenged with the agony they faced. I am grateful for the courage they’ve shown. It is a powerful witness to us all. I know Jeremiah is proud, too.

Our Kids… Our World

cindykay — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:46:51 +0000

I am indeed fortunate that my three children ( Ages 27, 22, 17 ) and I have a mutual adoration for each other. I just simply never assumed that there would be a time when the relationship would break down. I recall parents telling me when I had the first two to enjoy their baby hood, as their teen years would be just… well, the descriptions were demoralizing. I loved each stage, never looking backward or forward. I always enjoyed what I had right, at the time. I am so very grateful for the relationships we’ve built. As I watch the country I grew up in melt down, and the fabric of our values shred, I remain hopeful. I’m not hopeful that this nation will remain. Surely, The Lord must judge it soon. Neither am I hopeful that somehow Christians will repent, and turn. There is no longer a recognition among the religious for repentance. So, you ask, what am I hopeful for? I know that The God I have placed my trust in, will lead them safely into His arms. Time after time, His protection and love for them has prevailed. Last evening, my son and a friend of his from school spent some time with me. They are both crushed and angry that their coach and mentor was discovered to be carrying on a relationship with a 14 year old girl. This man was able to train himself to behave and act in a Christian manner, while in secret, abase everything that relationship is supposed to represent. I am so grateful that they want to talk about it, and were protected. You see, The Beast kingdom has now engulfed us. Not only has our society adopted it, The “Church” in our country is so engulfed in it’s values, that it’s no longer recognized as evil. Further, hours and hours each day are spent by many in “The Church” worshiping the very image of the beast. What? Worshiping an idol? Let’s see… what must John have thought, as he looked out over our world, and saw household after household sitting in front of their television sets for hours on end. The picture beaming back the very “image” of our society, The Beast. What else could he have surmised? If I were to go to a “backward” nation, and observe natives sitting in front of a stone or wood pillar for hours on end, neither talking to each other, or taking their focus off the object, I’d come to the conclusion that they were worshiping! I beg you. Turn it off. Disconnect your mind and your spirit from the poison that is being poured out daily. Instead, give your time over to study and prayer. I promise you, you will not be disappointed. Time, my dear ones is so very short. The final darkness is about to swallow this nation. You cannot leave, I understand… not in the natural, anyway. However, you can, right now, choose to leave spiritually. Decide this day, which path will you choose. Your life depends upon it. The lives of your children hang in the balance. It is your prayers that protect them. It is your walk that leads them. It is the light of God’s word working through you that will shield them.

Finish The Course

cindykay — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:46:50 +0000

Go ahead, use your search engine and type in ‘rapture’. Or, how about ‘end of the world’. ‘Famine… war… pestilence’, the list is endless here. You’ll behold infinite opportunities to browse sites, and in all likelihood, you’ll find one that perfectly aligns with the future you see playing out. Confused yet? You will be. The future in store for us is one ONLY the mind of God can plan out. Oh, here’s one. Type in NWO (for New World Order), and pair it up with whatever comes to mind. Here’s a few to get you started: Concentration Camps, Bush, Skull and Bones, UFO’s, Famine, Bildebergers, Operation Paper Clip, and, if you’re really brave, pair NWO with behead or guillotines. Still with me? Pat yourself on the back. I cannot imagine anyone reading further. My point here isn’t to give you weeks of sleepless night, though if you persue the due diligence here, you’ll no doubt have ‘em. Rather, I want to leave you with this. NOBODY KNOWS. Get it? NOBODY. We ALL ,”see through a glass darkly”. The most prayerful, diligent saints of God see only pieces of our future. The reason? God WANTS us to just keep digging. Keep looking. Keep praying. Above all, He wants us to examine ourselves and our relationship with Him. The time we have right now is a gift God has given us to prepare for whatever lies ahead. If we go into the wilderness, we’ll have the faith to keep ourselves dependent upon Him. If Our God is merciful beyond what we deserve, and we find ourselves in His very presence, we won’t have the regrets, of what we could have done with the time. So, this is the message. The more you learn about what is happening all around you, the more discouraged you may become. Don’t. Opening up your eyes is a gift The Lord has given you. Use the time you now have to build up your faith, pray for your loved ones, and become more dependent on The Lord. I have a feeling that strengthening your walk now will… literally… save your life later. Keep going. Finish the course. God Bless.

The Sheep and the Goats

cindykay — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:42:55 +0000

So, how many times have you pictured the group the Word refers to as the sheep and the goats? None? O.K., maybe I’m a little weird. Ever since I was a small child, I would picture in my mind this large group, being led into a large green field, with The Good Shepard dividing them up… sheep to the right, goats to the left. I just simply saw them all bunched together, waiting for the day when their final rest was decided. However, in the seven years we’ve traveled since the horror of September 11, 2001, I find myself digging deeper for the message. No doubt many of you already know this, but I was unaware of the picture represented here. You see, the goats were used. They were used to LEAD the flock of sheep to their ultimate slaughter. The goats then, represent the religious leadership. I have no doubt that many are leading their flock to good pasture, to wisdom. No doubt, though, many have been and continue to lead people dependent upon them to an uncertain future. And so I urge this. If you are in leadership, be sure of what you are teaching. If you’re uncertain, admit it. Dig into The Word WITH your congregation, assuming nothing. Allow yourself to be taught again. If you are a member of a church, don’t rely upon your Pastor to explain the Word to you. Get into it, yourself. I highly recommend a tool you’ll find online, called the ‘Blue letter Bible’. Amos Ridley, (who in obedience to The Lord, podcasts an excellent program called Truth Stream Oasis) recommended this tool to his listeners. I took advantage of his recommendation. I am so very grateful this tool is at our disposal. Dig deep, and once you’re sure you know the meaning of the scripture, dig some more. You won’t, I assure you, be disappointed.

The Claifornia Homeschool Nightmare

cindykay — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:19:14 +0000

If you have not yet made yourself familiar with the “Home School Situation” that exists in Germany right now, may I suggest that you do. It may be the pattern that California and the rest of the U.S. follows. There are several excellent articles archived at the World Net Daily site. Not only is the idea of home schooling frowned upon there, and the act itself illegal, parents who have insisted upon education at home are now fleeing Germany. Once caught, families have not faced a fine, or court appearance there. Rather they’ve seen their children taken and forcibly put into psychiatric institutions, in order to assess the “damage” the parents may have done. A friend of mine recently shared a story that drove home to me the German thinking here, and how it truly does pervade the society. It seems that they opened their home to a German exchange student. This exchange student attended High School with my friend’s older children. However, this Christian family home schooled the younger children. The exchange student lectured my friend repeatedly on the damage she was doing to the younger children. Finally, the German returned home, too upset to continue her own education here. You must consider this. Parents in California, including many that had no religious affiliations, made the decision to home school. They felt that they had no choice, as the recent changes in the curriculum went, as they say, “beyond the pale”. Children were encouraged to ‘identify with their gender’… and I do not necessarily mean the one they were born with. Further, the homosexual lifestyle was not only introduced, it was taught as a viable responsible and valid life style. Whatever your personal values, certainly this should not take up classroom time. An Appellate Court in California recently ruled that a parent may legally home school only if said parent is certified to teach in the school system. So, what will the parents of California do? In all likelihood, some will capitulate. Some will continue to teach at home, hoping to fly ‘under the radar’, and others will move out of state. The situation is chilling. The parents should NOT have to decide between any of the aforementioned. I wish I had a solution to offer, I truly do. I don’t. I hope the good people of California will denounce this, and insist upon redress. Meanwhile, watch carefully for this outrage to cross state lines. Stop it at once.

Gathering In The Wheat

cindykay — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:11:24 +0000

The news articles tell us we have a few short months of abundance, before our shortages of wheat, corn and rice catch up with world wide consumption. No doubt, the shortages we face will serve to deepen our questions and beliefs. Even so, I would throw this out to you. The shortages we face are not necessarily the grains so necessary to our life, but rather the bread of life our Lord begs us to take in. The horror of September ll, 2001 served, through God’s grace, to wake up many. We have had these past seven years the opportunity to learn, gather information, connect with others for support, and most importantly, feed on God’s Word. It will be The Word, and our relationship with our Savior that will keep us in the trials ahead. Indeed, we see in the life of Joseph, who fed Egypt during its great famine, shadows of our present course. Joseph was given the wisdom to use seven years of plenty to gather in grain, and prepare a nation for the seven years of famine he knew would follow. The body of Christ, awaken by the events of 911, and the subsequent unraveling of our very national fiber, knows now that the seven years we were allotted were for this period of preparation. I don’t think we knew it at first, but as this drama has played out, it has become apparent. The only security we can count on will be the relationship we have fashioned with Our Lord, Jesus (Yeshua). During the time left, I would encourage you to invest as much of yourself as possible in digging out the truths you will find in God’s Word. Make prayer not just a daily part of your life, but rather a moment by moment connection as you walk through each day. Make yourself aware of the connection God desires with you, and the connection you have with the Body of Christ. Pray daily for the Body. Pray moment by moment to those in service to the Body… those who are searching out God’s word, hoping to bring teaching to The Body, while the time is given. If you don’t have time to read, download podcasts and listen to them daily. I highly recommend the Revelations Radio Network. As you learn, and want to share, you can then recommend this site to others. Time is short. You know it.

And the Gates of Hell…

cindykay — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:39:38 +0000

I awoke this morning to some ideas that are no doubt strange to, as Yogi would have said, “the average bear”. If this quote is unfamiliar, ignore it. If you know, well, we’re from the same generation. Where was I? Oh yeah, my first thoughts. The gates of Hell. Who wakes up thinking this? Welcome to my world. Through my bed making, and tripping over two dogs demanding breakfast, and all the rituals we negotiate each day, I kept wondering why this idiom was demanding my time. An article on page twelve of my local paper was instrumental in ending my mental gymnastics. It would seem that another torturous verbal sparring between Mr. Obama and Mr. McCain ensued yesterday, and this very passage was used. In the bantering back and forth about Iraq, al-Qaida, and our role in that sphere, Mr Obama quiped that, “There was no such thing as ‘al-Qaida in Iraq’ until George Bush and John McCain decided to invade Iraq”. Later, Mr Obama took the opportunity to press home his notions. As Mr. McCain is partial to using this very phrase in front of his enthusiastic crowds, saying that he would follow Osama bin Laden to the, “gates of hell” to catch him, Obama asserted to his new converts that, “All he has done is to follow George Bush into a misguided war in Iraq.” And so, in my mind, the connection was made. Iraq. Hell. Jesus used this phrase. In addressing Peter, he stated, “…I will build my Church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it”. (Matthew 16:18) Jesus, we are told, was referring to Hades or Orcus, the Greek netherworld of disembodied spirits, ruled by the god Pluto. I am convinced That Jesus was not speaking in the metaphoric sense. He knew that the prison containing these evil lesser gods and contained spirits would press against their confinement, and seek to break free, in order to war against his own. It is believed that this area of our world may just be the home of gates to another dimension, a portal if you will. The builders of the legendary Tower of Babel (located in what is now Iraq) were pressing into this wicked expanse when God stopped their designs. And now, we find the focus of the world on this very area. This unseen region, I believe, may in some way contain these dark spirits. Perhaps our confusion about the focus of this war is rooted in our refusal to dig a little deeper. Understand this… every word a politician utters has been carefully weighed and is then maneuvered in such a way as to elicit a certain response. I am convinced of this. And so, as the phrase has been liberally bandied about, it is for a reason. Was a message sent? Are we there, in a ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ mad scenario to find this portal, and make use of the inhabitants contained therein? Perhaps. In reflecting last week on the strange phrases our Commander in Chief has used, I looked up the speech he made aboard the ship Abraham Lincoln, in his announcement of our, “Mission Accomplished”. Remember that? At the very tail of the speech, he put this out, ” To the captives, come out! and to those in darkness, Be free!” This is taken from Isaiah 49. The prophet is speaking of a time when The Lord himself shall fulfill the established covenant with his people. The Biblical text on either side of Bush’s words reveal God’s intent. Mr. Bush, however, selected only the command. He chose to cut out the surrounding promises. I must therefore ask myself, to who or what was he addressing himself? He may not have been addressing himself to God’s covenant people. Remember my rule for interpreting the speech of politicians? If they said it, it was said with specific intent. No extra words need be used, and every word used is with purpose. Might he then have been literally commanding, from these gates, these portals, something else? Dear Lord, I pray not.

So, Where DO I Begin?

cindykay — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:47:22 +0000

A very wise man once said that God has given each one of us a “mind print”. This unique gift allows us to connect the world around us in such a way that each mind, just like each finger print is singular. I’m not sure just why my mind connects things the way it does, only that it does, and I just don’t question it, anymore. My darling husband of over 30 years has acclimated himself to the metaphoric ropes I throw out daily, connecting one seemingly non-related item to another. And so, I shall put these thoughts down. This is in part, a means of the preservation of my own musings. Once a thought has entered and banged around my mind awhile… bumping into my experiences, conversations, prayers and studies, I find that it will shortly fly out again, and I seem helpless to snatch it back. In fact, once I decided, at the urging of a friend, to establish this blog/ diary/ prayer log… (o.k., o.k., I don’t know what the heck this will turn out to be), ideas came fast and furious. I was, actually, paralyzed by the overwhelming pick I had of just what I wanted to say, first. My mistake was, of course, to wait these three days to begin. And now, my witty, succinct and amazing insights of the past seventy two hours are gone. Noooo they probably weren’t all that witty, succinct OR amazing, but it’s much kinder for me to think I lost something valuable, than to imagine that I spent the last seventy two hours thinking of the events around me, and having nothing to share with another making this journey with me. Whether my accounts are read or not, I shall have the satisfaction of knowing that I have recorded my mentations, and I shall be able to retrieve them.

The Bride

cindykay — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:35:39 +0000

I have, in the past few weeks, taken to separating in my mind, for some reason, the concepts of The Bride and The Church. Why, or for what purpose, I could not for the life of me tell you. I simply allowed the separation to exist, and my prayers for the two entities, to go out. It was during this time that I also looked deeper into the initial concept of a bride. This took me back to Genesis, and the miracle God performed in Adam’s life. We’re told that Jesus ( Named, actually, Joshua, or Yeshua ) was the second Adam. As such, he fulfilled the intents God has for our world. I read and reread the account of Adam’s miracle. Genesis 2:21 – 24 recounts this event. God put Adam into a deep sleep, and from his side took one of his ribs. He then fashioned out of Adam, his bride, Eve. Could it be, possibly, that while all who have put their faith in the redeeming work of Jesus are part of His Church, that His Bride is a separate group of saints? I am still mulling that over. So many parallels do seem to exist. Adam was asleep, and out of that slumber, his wife emerged. Through the ages, we have seen the Church that Christ ordained fall asleep, and then emerge from its nap every so often… once to proclaim that the Word must be available to all… and then again to separate itself from the Babylonian captivity of the Universal Church… yet again to send out missionaries with the Good News of God, in the place of a corrupted political hierarchy mad with power. In each instance, Gods seems to have drawn from that slumbering body a group of people unwilling to compromise their faith or their God. Again and again throughout God’s Word we find the phrase, “Wake up!” And now, with each brother or sister I engage, we invariably find ourselves commenting that the events of 9-11, “woke us up”. We were shaken out of our comfortable slumber to the reality of the world we now must inhabit. I can no longer think of myself living in this evil place. I’ve shaken the cobwebs from my eyes, and discovered that I am, like Abraham, “A stranger in a strange land”. Once again, God has whispered, nudged, and then finally, with the horrors of 9-ll, commanded his people to, “wake up”. The perplexing situation many believers now find is the peaceful slumber of other followers. “Wake up”, we repeat. “Don’t you see it?”, we implore. And the confused, bewildered responses tell us, “Leave me alone. I must rest”. Is God pulling out of this sleeping body a portion set aside as his Bride? I don’t know. I really don’t. This I do know. Every bridegroom wishes for his bride to be eagerly anticipating her wedding. Every bridegroom wants the adoration and commitment of his wife. And may I throw this out… no bridegroom, waiting for his wife to join him at his side to take their vows, would want to look to the back of the church and see her comfortably napping, blissfully unaware of the day.