Be WARY of TECH

 

1 John 2:16

King James Version

16 For all that is in the world, 

the lust of the flesh, 

and the lust of the eyes, 

and the pride of life, 

is not of the Father, 

but is of the world.

Is it wise to rely fully on online purchases of most everything?

Is it smart to go full digital?

This article was triggered by this short, eight-minute video reporting about 15,000 stores closing in America.

Brick-and-mortar stores like CVS, Walgreens, Macy's, are closing, as reported by a UK news agency.

People reason it's because there's giant Amazon, founded  in 1994, which sells most everything online.

In my country, people have gone nuts over Singapore-founded Shopee, which existed since 2015.

There was a time Alibaba was hot, founded in 1999, but it seems China clipped Jack Ma's wings.

You know how billionaires momentarily disappear in China, for "re-education".

The covid crisis did it.

All this change on people's buying habits.

For, let's face it, the world is founded on "commerce".

All planned to prime, and prepare us, for the elite's greater agenda.

People were scared to go out, and get infected.

Thus, e-commerce came on strong.

Corollary industries were born.

Logistics, most of all.

How to deliver?

Vans and motorcycles.

There are more motorcycles in the Philippines now, where decades ago, I only noticed lots of them in Thailand, and India.

Now, delivery is big business.

In my city alone, there are little stores where people can pick up, and drop off goods sold online.

Buying of goods has become impersonal now.

All you need is your phone, your app, payment methods, and you're off!

People delight in receiving goods at home, no matter how tiny, or inconsequential the item may be.

It's the delight in receiving, and paying cheaply for it.

People like to shop online now.

Either people are tired, lazy, curious, excited, smart, moneyed, indifferent, or prefer to be anonymous.

Slowly, the human element 

is being scrapped out of this world system.

Thing is, certain bombs can paralyze electronic systems.

Imagine how that will affect military, governments, transportation, businesses, and medical establishments.

So, why are people so addicted to electronic systems?

It won't be surprising -- after the Rapture of believers -- that the world will fully embrace what Satan has planned for them.

And that's when they'll see how wrong they were about relying on full digitalization.

By then, it's too late to back out.

Revelation 13:16-17

King James Version

16 And he causeth all, 

both small and great, 

rich and poor, 

free and bond, 

to receive a mark 

in their right hand, 

or in their foreheads:

17 And that no man might buy or sell, 

save he that had the mark, 

or the name of the beast, 

or the number of his name.

Today, mom-and-pop stores, brick-and-mortar stores, are endangered.

But I doubt if they'll fully disappear.

They said that about "paper" before.

We still have paper.

That's why they thought of "climate change".

"Save the trees!"

Yeah, but people still wanted things "on paper".

Now, they want plastic out, and back to paper bags.

Those can't quite hold frozen stuff.

We're wasting more paper than ever.

Who's insane here?

But that's for another story.

But that's the agenda.

FULL digitalization.

FULL reliance on electronic systems.

FULL control of you, and me.

Now, it's all "convenience".

And something hip, trendy, and cool.

Something that would appeal to the young ones.

Robotics, for one.

Transhumanism, for another.

That's why the "planners", mostly the woke left, couldn't care less what gender we prefer to have for ourselves.

The stranger, the better.

After all, Satan wants humans wiped out.

He likes us steeped in sin, and perversions.

But not after, he's fished our brain, for the intelligence GOD gave us.

Oh, I tell you -- Satan is mighty jealous of JESUS, and of man.

He hates everything GOD loves.

We've told you that again, and again.

People have gone "app" crazy.

The young are especially susceptible to it.

Baby boomers have aged.

Elites want us out of the game.

Latest targets are young folks now.

In case you haven't noticed, observe how schools teach, and how kids are so hooked on their apps, and gadgets.

Here are some useful articles the HOLY SPIRIT and I wrote since 2022, to protect, and inform, the young:

EMBRACE GOD, not technology

Because YOU are the NEXT generation

KEEPING you self-absorbed

REAL life zombies

LIFESAVING vital information

On GLORIFYING GOD

GIFTS young people can BRING

EQUIPPING the youth

A SWIFT destruction

WEF has really primed the world for this mega-change.

Founded in 1971 by German engineer, Klaus Schwab, it's all about "efficiency" and "agenda".

Engineers are known for their methodical thinking on "efficiency".

As early as the 1980s, I've known that about German engineers, and production, and I must admit I've avoided them, to a point.

I once worked for a factory in an export processing zone, and this engineer had a Taiwanese wife.

You can imagine such rigid combination regarding "efficiency".

My gentle, artist's heart got the shock of its life.

I left soon afterwards, when I saw the "assembly line".

It was definitely not for friendships, nor small talk.

Nor to enjoy the work you do.

You worked like a machine.

But that factory literally fell after the terrible 16 July 1990 earthquake -- a 7.8 one -- which devastated our city.

By that time, I was already in the big city, working for the expat community, as managing editor, and photojournalist.

As born again workman, this is what I've noticed about technology, thus, SPIRIT and I created the 55th blog then, explaining things this way.

This we wrote on 11 September 2022:

"...GOD always plucks me out, RIGHT before technology hits my studies, or work.

Seems He wanted me untarnished by trends.

For, I was to be workman, and observer, documenting the times.

And I'm here to make you aware, through Scripture, that we must only worship GOD.

We must not worship technology.

We must not worship inventors of technology.

We are not to have any other gods, but GOD.

We're all fallible humans.

We don't have the vision, and wisdom GOD has.

Wherein He knows the heart of man.

I'm no prophet.

But GOD led me to Bible prophecy three years ago.

JESUS specifically led me to look into the RAPTURE.

And He gave me many telling dreams.

Most of it can be found, written as spiritual warfare fiction, through this link.

All I do, is pay attention to everything.

The pieces of the puzzle are beginning to fit.

I merely follow the prompts SPIRIT leads me to.

Each moment.

Today, He guided me to look into technology.

Unless we are born again, guided by the SPIRIT of GOD, we won't know how to use technology for good.

Now, we have the means to destroy ourselves.

If our lives are not governed by GOD, we shall surely do that.

Let GOD govern, then!"

-- electronic ARMAGEDDON

I could be a techie, but I choose not to be.

Sure, I understand tech, but I am not beholden to it.

As always, I've kept a wary, and watchful eye over it.

I merely obey what the LORD JESUS commanded:

Matthew 10:16

King James Version

16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep 

in the midst of wolves: 

be ye therefore wise as serpents, 

and harmless as doves.

As CHRIST's soldier, I do not want to solder.

I serve the LIVING GOD, whose WORD is TRUTH.

I follow JESUS, the Lord of Lord, and King of Kings.

There is no other GOD, but GOD.

I do not serve any other gods.

That's the greatest danger you can be in.

Use tech for convenience, but don't get carried away.

Keep a wary eye on ey-ay.

As SPIRIT and I keep reminding people:

Colossians 3:1-2

King James Version

3 If ye then be risen with Christ, 

seek those things which are above, 

where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

2 Set your affection on things above, 

not on things on the earth.

JESUS did remind us:

John 15:5

King James Version

5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: 

He that abideth in me, and I in him, 

the same bringeth forth much fruit: 

for without me ye can do nothing.

Lastly, we add:

2 Corinthians 3:5

King James Version

5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves 

to think any thing as of ourselves; 

but our sufficiency is of God;

Citizens of heaven need only look to JESUS, the SON of GOD.

In Him lies our peace, safety, security, and salvation.

Philippians 3:20-21

Christian Standard Bible

20 Our citizenship is in heaven, 

and we eagerly wait for a Savior from there, 

the Lord Jesus Christ. 

21 He will transform 

the body of our humble condition 

into the likeness of his glorious body, 

by the power that enables him 

to subject everything to himself.

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DAVID and Gaza

 

1 Samuel 17:26

King James Version

26 And David spake to the men 

that stood by him, saying, 

What shall be done to the man 

that killeth this Philistine, 

and taketh away the reproach from Israel? 

for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, 

that he should defy the armies of the living God?

Oh, the things GOD makes me discover!

All because I am a watchman, and I love His WORD.

Do you know that Gazans have an ancient lineage?

And that Hamas is not surprisingly blood-thirsty?

First, GOD's SPIRIT leads me to a 41-minute video, which affirms the Bible prophecy we already featured on 13 March 2025:

"PROPHECY on GAZA"

Then, He specifically leads me back to that verse regarding the Gazans:

Zephaniah 2:5

King James Version

5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, 

the nation of the Cherethites! 

the word of the Lord is against you; 

O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, 

I will even destroy thee, 

that there shall be no inhabitant.

Following SPIRIT's lead, we look into the "Cherethites", and this we discover:

"The Cherethites and the Pelethites were David’s bodyguards. David employed them as elite mercenaries, some of whom acted as his bodyguards, and others as part of his army (1 Samuel 30:14; 2 Samuel 8:18; 20:7, 23; 23:23)."

-- Christian Answers

Whoa!

They were once king David's bodyguards?

Why have they turned against his nation now?

As "elite mercenaries", the Cherethites have that war-like blood in them.

Well, they did serve GOD's "man of war" -- David, the Goliath-slayer.

Goliath was a Philistine, too.

And you know his fate, at shepherd boy-David's hands.

Even then, young David was a warrior.

David became a great king, with JESUS, the "King of Kings, and Lord of Lords", coming from that line of "Juda".

David was such a feared, and respected king, for the strength and power GOD gave him.

1 Chronicles 28:1-3

King James Version

28 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, 

the princes of the tribes, 

and the captains of the companies 

that ministered to the king by course, 

and the captains over the thousands, 

and captains over the hundreds, 

and the stewards over all the substance 

and possession of the king, 

and of his sons, 

with the officers, 

and with the mighty men, 

and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.

2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, 

and said, 

Hear me, my brethren, 

and my people: 

As for me, I had in mine heart 

to build an house of rest 

for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, 

and for the footstool of our God, 

and had made ready for the building:

3 But God said unto me, 

Thou shalt not build an house for my name, 

because thou hast been a man of war, 

and hast shed blood.

You can then imagine the fighting force that was David, and his men.

Cherethites are also known as "executioners".

"Others called the Cherethim “executioners,” who were ready to execute the king’s sentence of death (Genesis 37:36, marginal note; 1 Kings 2:25)."

-- Christian Answers

But that's man.

Shifting loyalties.

Mercenaries have always fought for "pay".

Where they served a great king, now they fight his nation.

Which happens to be GOD's holy nation.

What's to become of the Cherethites now?

Well, their fate, and that of the Philistines, and Canaanites have been sealed.

Ezekiel 25:15-17

King James Version

15 Thus saith the Lord God; 

Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, 

and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, 

to destroy it for the old hatred;

16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; 

Behold, 

I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, 

and I will cut off the Cherethims, 

and destroy the remnant of the sea coast.

17 And I will execute great vengeance upon them 

with furious rebukes; 

and they shall know that I am the Lord, 

when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.

Zechariah 14:21

King James Version

21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah 

shall be holiness unto the Lord of hosts: 

and all they that sacrifice shall come 

and take of them, and seethe therein: 

and in that day 

there shall be no more the Canaanite 

in the house of the Lord of hosts.

There's no use going against Israel.

She is loved, and chosen by GOD.

He already told all of us His love for Israel:

Genesis 12:3

King James Version

3 And I will bless them that bless thee, 

and curse him that curseth thee: 

and in thee shall all families of the earth 

be blessed.

Wake up, Gazans!

Surrender now, Hamas!

Quit your proxying, Iran!

Turn to JESUS now.

Cease from oppressing Israel.

It's a lost cause.

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GET OFF the money HORSE

 

Proverbs 13:11

King James Version

11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: 

but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

JESUS rode a donkey.

He didn't have a flashy horse.

He was not garbed in expensive raiment.

The Bible didn't talk about how He changed clothes often, depending on the occasion.

And yet, He happens to be Lord of Lords, King of Kings, and the SON of GOD.

Leading by example, He wanted us to focus on the FATHER alone.

John 17:3

King James Version

3 And this is life eternal, 

that they might know thee the only true God, 

and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

He gave up His life, that we may live.

He got really mad when people made His Father's house, a marketplace.

Now, you'd see vendors right outside churches.

Whether it's raising money for the church, for her scholars, or simply to give vendors a chance to sell.

Many pastors sell their books, to raise funds.

As if the Bible doesn't suffice in its perfection.

Shall we have our own version of GOD's WORD?

Or our own interpretation?

I have no business competing with perfection.

I've gotten off the money horse since GOD made me born again in 2019.

After having repented of my sins, being shamed by it, not being able to bear to sin anymore, that must have pleased GOD.

He showed up after five months, anointing me with His SPIRIT, and leading me to Bible prophecy.

He made sure I lost my addiction over money.

He withheld money from me since 2001.

That made me come home to my roots.

And what a wise decision it was, even if I struggled to go back to the big city, and try to recoup my losses.

But GOD would have none of that.

He didn't give me any money, so I'd stay home with my Mom and siblings.

True enough, He had plans for me with the family.

Two have passed on within a span of four years.

Mom initially had her own health problems.

GOD kept me healthy so I can tend to Him, you, and the family.

Money-making was set aside.

He gave what I needed, but no more.

My previous preoccupation with money was forgotten.

Now, all that matters is JESUS.

Why?

Because at any given moment, the Rapture could occur.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

King James Version

16 For the Lord himself 

shall descend from heaven 

with a shout, 

with the voice of the archangel, 

and with the trump of God: 

and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

17 Then we which are alive and remain 

shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, 

to meet the Lord in the air: 

and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

What good is all that stash when JESUS makes the faithful meet Him up in the air?

Will your wealth, and goods, go with you?

On the contrary, it will be a deterrent.

You will be like Lazarus and the rich man.

Every soul is a garden.

It needs tending.

My soul right now still has weeds.

Satan has planted those weeds, so it will choke the thriving plants.

SPIRIT and Scripture teach me how to weed properly.

I want it a fresh garden for CHRIST.

Where there's no bank, no bonds, no bills, no fear.

Just a perfect BOND with Him.

I don't want to be caught up in a money-crazed world.

1 John 2:16

King James Version

16 For all that is in the world, 

the lust of the flesh, 

and the lust of the eyes, 

and the pride of life, 

is not of the Father, 

but is of the world.

I don't ever want to lose my focus on JESUS.

I want my eyes, and heart, focused on Him alone.

I want to be ready when the shout, and trumpet, sound.

Colossians 3:1-2

King James Version

3 If ye then be risen with Christ, 

seek those things which are above, 

where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

2 Set your affection on things above, 

not on things on the earth.

Admit it, everything in the world speaks of money.

Without this obsession with money, many institutions won't exist.

Many jobs won't be born.

Many titles would be useless.

Many rich people won't thrive.

Many famous people can't boast.

It's all vanity, this love for acquisition.

Covetousness is idolatry.

A great sin against GOD.

Sure, we have to eat.

We have to live.

We have to work.

We have to provide for our families.

Just don't go crazy about it.

If you must work, pray to serve the LORD.

Ask what He wants you do to.

How does He want you to serve?

Don't even think how much you'll earn.

Depending on what GOD predestined you for, all will be made clear.

But JESUS made it clear early on.

You can only serve ONE Master.

Matthew 6:24

King James Version

24 No man can serve two masters: 

for either he will hate the one, and love the other; 

or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. 

Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Money is useful in this money-crazed world.

But don't let it consume you.

My focus is on a pain-free world, with JESUS.

Revelation 21:1-7

King James Version

21 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: 

for the first heaven and the first earth 

were passed away; and there was no more sea.

2 And I John saw the holy city, 

new Jerusalem, 

coming down from God out of heaven, 

prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, 

Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men,

 and he will dwell with them, 

and they shall be his people, 

and God himself shall be with them, 

and be their God.

4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; 

and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, 

nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: 

for the former things are passed away.

5 And he that sat upon the throne said, 

Behold, I make all things new. 

And he said unto me, 

Write: for these words are true and faithful.

6 And he said unto me, It is done. 

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. 

I will give unto him that is athirst 

of the fountain of the water of life freely.

7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; 

and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

If you panic, you do not have faith.

A true born again trusts GOD alone.

He provides judiciously.

GOD knows what you need,.

Before you even need it.

Matthew 6:7-8

King James Version

7 But when ye pray, 

use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: 

for they think that they shall be heard 

for their much speaking.

8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: 

for your Father knoweth 

what things ye have need of, 

before ye ask him.

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COMMON sense CALIFORNIA

 Proverbs 29:2

King James Version

2 When the righteous are in authority, 

the people rejoice: 

but when the wicked beareth rule, 

the people mourn.

What would you rather have?

Solar farms supplied by China?

Or real farms for the American people?

That's the reality of California, being offered to the Chinese.

Run by ultra-left Dems who continue to defy Trump.

Well, Steve Hilton has had enough of that.

He may have that British accent, because he was born in Hungary, eventually ending up in Britain.

But has been living in California since 2012.

By no means is he a newcomer in politics, and policies.

He has served as director of strategy under British PM David Cameron from 2010 to 2012.

He'd like to be known as a potential governor who will work with president Trump; not against him.

He did endorse Trump in the latter's first bid for presidency in 2016.

You can imagine the healthy dynamics between Trump and Hilton, should the people of California want real change.

It's time CA worked with the president.

California has had her fires.

She is also one of the three "mismanaged" states.

We all know the resistance Trump got from mayor Bass.

We also know the posturing of CA governor Newsom, to be president.

Hmm...that will be a stretch, considering he has failed California in her hour of dire need, fires, and all.

So, I ask the American people.

You want more of the same?

Or you want change for the better?

A fresh, new face, with interest in promoting life, for the unborn.

That alone seals the deal for me.

Too bad, I can't vote in the next gubernatorial elections this November, for I am not American.

The fact pastor Jack Hibbs, well-versed in GOD's WORD, and Washington politics, interviewed Hilton, says a lot.

Click the link below to listen to their informative 43-minute exchange:

California In Crisis

Sure, there are other candidates, too.

We wrote about them here:

On CALIFORNIA governorship

This once golden state cannot go the way Maui was forced to deal with her fires in 2023.

Where the rich started buying up land, and the wearied landowners were left to deal with their losses.

Another brush fire on 17 June 2025 occurred in Maui -- again?

How very convenient.

May CA not go that route.

At least, not under Trump, and Hilton's watch.

Wake up, Californians!

If you love your home, protect it.

If you love your state, fight for it.

If you love GOD, follow Him.

Enough of sly agendas, from officials who don't care for you.

GOD be with you as you give Republicans Sheriff Chad Bianco or Steve Hilton a chance!

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What Hamas MUST do

JESUS reminds us:

Mark 7:20-23

King James Version

20 And he said, 

That which cometh out of the man, 

that defileth the man.

21 For from within, out of the heart of men, 

proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, 

fornications, murders,

22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, 

lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, 

pride, foolishness:

23 All these evil things come from within, 

and defile the man.

Pride always gets in the way.

Same with greed, and covetousness.

Not to mention hatred.

All these cause wars.

No thanks to Satan fomenting such.

What is the world thinking?

That it can defeat Israel?

That it can destroy her statehood?

That it can decimate her people?

How Israel is hated by Satan.

Simply because GOD loves her.

By now, we all know what GOD loves, the enemy hates.

As we are in the end times, the battle is strongest.

And harshest.

Everyone's ganging up on tiny Israel now.

If people were born again, they'd heed GOD's WORD.

Israel is His chosen nation.

Jerusalem is His holy city.

The Jews will have a remnant.

Nothing anyone can ever do will destroy the Jews.

Don't expect Israel to capitulate.

Netanyahu will not capitulate.

There can be no friendship with the Palestinians.

They have given their loyalty to Hamas.

Now, Israel must have Gaza once more.

Hamas must surrender.

They must give back all the hostages.

Both dead, and alive.

And allow the families to stop grieving now.

Let the dead have a proper burial.

IDF has gone this far.

They're not about to quit.

They have to honor the men they've lost, in pursuit of getting the hostages back.

There will be no let up on Israel's defense of her tiny nation.

GOD has equipped her for the job.

Not in size, but in His might.

Woe to anyone who manipulates her to give up her land.

SPIRIT and Scripture did reveal Israel's territory.

Israel doesn't care what the world thinks of her.

She's got a mission, and she's on it.

They've tied her hands too long.

She's going to finish her mission.

Hamas and the world have no idea GOD's wrath.

Be very afraid, mind you.

Hebrews 10:31

King James Version

31 It is a fearful thing to fall 

into the hands of the living God.

In February, we wrote a post, "JESUS warns Hamas".

This unapologetic terrorist group is under GOD's judgment.

They have defiled the Jewish people, and nation.

Everyone who supports their activities, and ideology, are also under GOD's judgment.

You know not Who you fight.

You know not what you are doing.

If it is to wipe out, and humiliate GOD's people, you will not succeed.

You have no idea GOD's power.

You need to tremble in your very bones.

When GOD acts, regret is too late.

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CHRONICLER of events

 

2 Corinthians 3:2-4

King James Version

2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, 

known and read of all men:

3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared 

to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, 

written not with ink, 

but with the Spirit of the living God; 

not in tables of stone, 

but in fleshy tables of the heart.

4 And such trust have we 

through Christ to God-ward:

It's quite a path, when GOD decides it's time for you to be born again.

Especially if you are truly repentant of your sins.

First thing He did?

He led me to Bible prophecy right away.

Pointing out America's errors.

Then, over the years, He led me to Israel's plight.

After which, America's rehab, through Trump.

And so many other world stuff in between.

I know many stories.

Comes from listening, and trying to understand.

And just plain interest in what people have to say.

And a thirst for learning.

Especially regarding ABSOLUTE TRUTH.

When such is your path, prepare for hits, and misses.

How else will you learn, unless you know both sides to the equation?

Focus on listening, and you'll encounter a rich bed of stories.

If you're a writer, you'll never run out of things to write.

Every person has a story to tell.

All I have to do is sit, right where I am, and the stories reveal themselves.

My 32 days at the hospital, as "watcher", has given me enough stories for a book.

The family member I watched over is a rich source of his own story.

As such, I honor his life, work, success, and struggle.

The medical establishment is a rich bed of stories, too.

As are the patients who bore through their pain, and suffering.

Not to mention the families who watched over them.

July 6 marked my 70 months as born again watchman.

Now, it's the 10th, and as I grieve, I marvel, too.

I grieve, for reasons only known to GOD, myself, and my family.

But I also marvel, because TONS of stories revealed itself.

Where GOD initially took me globally, now he took me right home -- locally.

Right where our beloved family member was.

GOD has made me "chronicler" of events.

Where people like the bottom line, I like the details.

I love paying attention to details.

It's the only way I can get to the core of things.

You can't get to the bottom line, unless you have the details.

Details tell the story.

I have no interest in controversy.

I just tell stories as they are, just as people tell me.

Just as events happened.

I merely sit back, and let the story weave itself, through SPIRIT.

He's the One putting order in chaos.

All I do is connect the dots He allows me to connect.

Depending on the clues He gives.

He guides me to tie the strings.

And lets me put the pieces of the puzzle together.

He makes me connect it with GOD's WORD.

And it becomes a cohesive whole.

GOD gave me sharp ears, so I'll hear a cry.

He doesn't want me to miss a beat.

Because I don't want to, either.

He knows I care about people.

I care what happens to them.

Especially the ones others "discard", or forget.

I am particularly drawn to the "forgotten" ones.

The ones whose cries are faintest, almost imperceptible.

I'd want to be the first one to hear that.

Isn't that how JESUS would want us to be?

I am not the judge of who, and what is important.

Only JESUS is.

SPIRIT does the sieving.

I do the chronicling.

EXACTLY as He guides me to.

By myself, I won't know the organization to it.

If you've never been born again, now is the time to be.

If you've never been workman, or watchman, you have no idea what you're missing.

If you've never worked with SPIRIT before, you have no idea The REAL Power.

So, I continue to keep my ears to SPIRIT's heart.

Because I don't want to miss a call, a cry, a command, or a beat.

I want to be where SPIRIT is.

Because that's where JESUS is.

Hebrews 2:1

King James Version

2 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed 

to the things which we have heard, 

lest at any time we should let them slip.

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Why there are NO mirrors at ICU

 Psalm 119:37

King James Version

37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; 

and quicken thou me in thy way.

Vanity has possessed our world.

But not so at ICU.

The infamous, and necessary intensive care unit.

Where a family member and I had been "billeted" for at least two weeks now.

The common bathroom did not have a mirror.

Can you imagine that?

So, me being a perpetually curious journalist, and born again watchman, I feed my mind all sorts of theories.

Why no mirror at ICU?

In a vain world, this is the first time I see no mirror.

Methinks it's because people don't want to see how all that abuse, and neglect have taken a toll on face and body.

Yeah, but what about their "watchers"?

You know, the people tasked to do some caregiving, apart from hospital staff.

Well, they're not the ones confined, so no arguing there.

They're not the main characters in the "play".

The sick are.

JESUS did say:

Matthew 9:12

King James Version

12 But when Jesus heard that, 

he said unto them, 

They that be whole need not a physician, 

but they that are sick.

Those confined, probably cannot walk.

They don't have time to primp, when doubled in pain.

They would not want to have a look, seeing how disease has ravaged their bodies.

Most probably, they'd be afraid to look in the mirror.

Stressed faces are hardly pretty.

Strained features are hardly desirable.

Sunken spirits are down in the dumps, and have no desire for vanity.

There are also the lagging spirits, from too much "spirits".

Alcohol does that.

I think I've roamed the ICU, and shared rooms enough, to form an opinion.

If not an official consensus.

Excessive alcohol intake makes you turn yellow, brown, or gray.

You lose muscle mass, and mind.

You shout into the night, startling all.

You become a pain, from your pain.

Of course, you will resent mirrors.

They will reveal your years of neglect, and abuse.

This workman has heard many stories of families' suffering from their father and husband's choice of beverage.

Then, there's the dialysis symphony.

Expect at least a trio or a whole orchestra of it.

With their machines curiously answering each other.

Like one orchestra, with no conductor, but just random music playing itself.

With everyone sitting, or lying down woefully, intent on refurbished blood doing its deed.

If you do want a mirror, you would want it to your face only.

Please don't have a torso-high mirror which will reflect the hard lumps of skin on your arm.

Ain't pretty, for sure.

ICU's will not have mirrors.

Except a good-sized one where the nurses keep their meds, and supplies.

On the pretext of getting ice packs for my "patient", I give the mirror a quick look.

I haven't scared myself lately.

Mirrors were meant for those unafraid of self.

Or those accepting of reality.

But sometimes, mirrors get afraid of you.

Too much mirroring.

ICU's are kind.

They free you from vanity.

They don't want to scare your sensitive senses.

They want you to think of yesteryears.

When life was young.

When you were lighthearted.

With nary a care in the world.

I wonder how many board meetings decided that.

"No mirrors at ICU!"

For obvious reasons.

Keeping the peace.

And healthy profits.

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