Life Happen Fast

 Life Happens Fast

Thursday, 23 October, 2025

7:40 AM

Almost a week ago I ended up in the hospital out of nowhere.  This would be my third stay in a hospital in 71 years.  First was a cesarean section birth in 1980 with Chris.  Second was a meningioma tumor in 2018.  Now 2025 is a heart issue.  My heart is in Atrial Fibrillation or A-Fib.  It is not beating correctly and therefore caused me breathing issues.  I am now on a blood thinner, two high blood pressure medicines, high cholesterol medicine and potassium.  I went from zero prescriptions to five!

 

It looks like I caused all of this with the way I have eaten whatever I wanted.  I lead a sedate lifestyle without any exercise.  I did not care about my weight and let it go.  My poor heart was just forgotten about.  Now all of me is suffering.  Until I have an echocardiogram I will not know just what I have done to my heart.  Than will not happen for 2 more weeks.  Doctor's offices are filled with sick people and appointments are days in coming.  An appointment with a cardiologist to review the echocardiogram is scheduled for January 6, 2026, over 2 months away.

 

In the meantime all I can do is eat better to try to get my cholesterol down.  I can try to get my blood pressure down.  I am in a weak state so any exercise will have to wait.

 

I can pray for mercy from the Lord! 

 

An Echocardiogram was done on October 30th and the results were as expected but they were unable to get a good one for some reason.  The report was listed fair to poor and they were unable to capture good pictures and diagnostics.  It still was good enough to say I have congestive heart failure due to Atrium Fibrillation of my heart which was caused by high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity and lack of exercise. Now I wait for an appointment with my new primary care provider on November 18th so she can go over the echo and talk with me about a plan with her and a cardiologist. 

 

I am in the arms of God each moment of the day and for how many days he gives me.

 

The Split of the Twelve Tribes

The Split of the Twelve Tribes

Monday, 6 October, 2025

1:37 PM

 

Do you ever wonder if the Twelve Tribes of Israel ever thought they would split and become enemies?  I doubt when they were held slaves by Pharoah they thought about it.  I doubt when they were going through the Red Sea they thought about it.  I doubt during the wandering in the desert for 40 years they were thinking about it.  Even when they were fighting to take the Promised Land they were fighting for the land that God the Father had promised Abraham.

 

But sure enough after centuries of being blood relatives and worshipping the One True God they divided into Judah (2 tribes) and Israel (10 tribes).  Israel was the first to be conquered and scattered then about a century and a half later the tribes of Judah were conquered and scattered.  Satan with his idolatrous way had destroyed the family that God had made.  He is still doing it today.

 

Fast forward a couple thousand years plus and you see the people in America dividing in much the same way. The idol worship of 'self' has taken so many away into a life away from God.  The people on one side have morals, integrity, values, and focus on others.  The people on the other side are mostly looking out for themselves first and then maybe there is a little room for others.

 

So is the split for America coming soon?  It does look like America is going that same direction.  It is almost a repeat of what happened for the original Hebrew tribes.  Little by little the evils of the world lead many away from God.  God the Father and creator of all things.  People in America worship their money, their possessions, their looks, and their fame.  The most elite of the tribes of Israel were led astray by the same things. 

 

God has always know the heart of mankind is hard hearted and very selfish but he repeatedly tries to woo his children back to him.  His love is everlasting but can his patience for the horrific things people do to one another continue?  I don't think so and I think that was probably why the twelve tribes split back around 750 BC and 590 BC.  Instead of destroying the people he scattered them all over the world so they could chase after other gods and lose the blessings he had once offered them if they would worship him alone.  It is really one of the saddest stories ever told.

 

America was once a Christian nation.  A nation that followed after God and worshiped him for the most part. There are always the rebellious just like Lucifer but 400 years ago on the shores of America they were few and far between.  Not so today in 2025!  Satan and Self worship go hand in hand in America today.

 

The American split is coming.  It could come very fast or it could take several hundred more years.  I pray not but humans never seem to learn lessons the easy way, only the hard way.  All I can do is pray that those in my linage never walk away from the face of God.  The one true God who loves us, created us and wants to be a Father to us.

In the Image of God

In The Image of God

Saturday, 4 October, 2025

6:56 AM

We read in Genesis that we were created in the image of God.  In my mind that means we look like him.  Though we each have our own personality and our own mind the outside of us looks like him. 

 

When I think of my children I can see some of me in them.  The freckles.  The white skin.  Even some of the mannerisms are there but those can be formed by them living with me from their early childhood until early adulthood.  The same with characteristics.  It's always entertaining to hear some of my words come out of them in the later years of life just as when I make statement that my own mother used to make.

 

These are all human traits but what about the spirit of each of us?  My children were raised from the beginning to believe in a God, the One who loves them and gave them life.  They were raised in a Christian home with Bible teachings.  They were not raised in a Jewish home, an Islamic home, a Buddhist home or any other religion.  Many children are born to homes that practice no religion whatsoever.  They are brought up in the image of what their parents put into them.  They develop the same morals, character and beliefs of their parents.  Sometimes later in life a person will seek their own identity and not that of their parents and find their own version of God. 

 

In 2025 we live in a world of instant information.  If you have a question you can find an answer.  The answer can come from many different versions of intelligence.  Artificial intelligence is just starting to take hold but even artificial intelligence was placed by human knowledge so there could be many answers.  Which one is the truth? How does a human speak of the knowledge of spirituality if they are not a spiritual person?  How does a person who has no relationship with God define the Spirit of God or the image of God? 

 

Scienfitic truths are the facts, but as technology changes and advances those facts can also change and therefore that scientific truth changes.  Is that the same with spiritual truth?  Can a Creator God open the eyes of the blind through the power of His Spirit? Can we be changed and molded into more of a reflection of who He is? I believe we can.  Personally as my knowledge of my God changes and grows my spirit also changes and grows.  I know only the one true God.  I know only his son Jesus Christ.  I know only the Holy Spirit who lives and dwells with me.  I study the Holy Bible and then I let the power of God's Holy Spirit open my eyes of understanding.  I seek knowledge.  I seek only his truth and as the years have passed I find my truth and his truth become one and the same.  I want and desire to be like my Father.

 

I pray a lot.  I want my children, grandchildren and great grandchildren to have God in them and be transformed into his image.  As I write this they all know the same God that I do. They all confess that Jesus is the Son of God who came to pay the price for sin.  My heart is filled with love and thankfulness of this! I cannot express my gratitude for God's image being in my family and those who carry my blood in them!  What a miracle that we are considered chosen and called by the Creator of the Universe!  

 

When I look in a mirror I see my old blue eyes, my freckled white skin and now white hair that used to be reddish, I see a twinkle of God the Father in me.  In that reflection is my earthly father who had the blue eyes, his mother who had the red hair and freckles but also of my heavenly Father whose spirit lives in me.  This makes me smile!