Tonight this verse convicted me a slew........1 Kings 18:21 "And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word."

Update 1/12/2024 Just got back from Lowe's this is the plant I bought today 😁 On sale so only $4...........well there's one dead and one dieing leaf on this plant............you want to know why??? It's because it's outgrown the pot it's in. Ya. That's it. That's the big reason it's on sale for $4. At this point if you buy a plant in this scenario you have 2 options oftentimes, I can either plant this plant in a larger pot...........or...............and this is the option I'm choosing...........break this plant into 2 plants. 

2 plants 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

(my latest painting, I would light shabbat candles myself cause I like the idea of it, I like the idea of acknowledging the sabbath day as holy via this jewish tradition -------- but it does appear very much to be jewish law, and I'm staying away from the law -------- cause my parents they done nagged me most my life telling me if I heeded one bit of the law I'd be guilty of all of it --------- I need to stay in the "grace of god" bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) So this painting will have to be enough for me!..........it's pretty good!

Tonight this verse convicted me a slew........1 Kings 18:21 "And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word." So many days I think like the world a bit, I think to myself "oh, I'll go on you tube watch some makeup tutorials figure out how to use this glitter or whatever"...........it's kinda of glitter flecks of glitter in a primer item I got recently.
THE WORLDS OPINION IS WEAR MAKEUP IT'S FUN, NO HARM IN THAT! 
GO DANCING NO HARM IN THAT!
ETC. ETC.
 The world has a real "opinion" that is very real, I think many of us all to often likely without even knowing it ARE SOMETIMES HALTING BETWEEN TWO OPINIONS!
 And what does "halt" mean ya it means we are stuck, unable to be of use to god!!!!!!!!!!!!
2 Timothy 2:20-22 "But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work."

Are you halting between two opinions today?

Lately I've thought much about the jews (I am of jewish heritage myself) they went after other gods............gods of silver or gold of earthly things, maybe gods of honour, of pride - they went after the things they saw people going after around them in the bible Deuteronomy 8:19 "And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish."

 Luke 6:49 "But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great."

I want to live!

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I don't want to talk out loud about the "tribulations" I am currently going through, but to say that I can see how they ARE VALUABLE 2 Corinthians 4:17 "For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;"

Update 1/11/2024 you all will go through "much tribulation" to follow jesus! Acts 14:22
"Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God." It is what it is. 

  What I've learned try and make the best of everyday - basically what everyone does!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

my hair is like 2 tones right now but I am about to fix that, maybe later tonight. So that it is all blonde again 😁 And then later this week, I'm entirelly changing up my hairstyle, because this ponytail pulls to much on my head...............my hair is thinning, when you have thinned out hair, you don't want tight pulled greately type hairstyles. 

(My latest painting, surfing the "trending" of tumblr one day - bored - came across a painting of a light bulb super real, so I decided that was the thing to paint next a light bulb - course mine isn't super real, my "style" seeped out on this piece, but I like it : )

I don't want to talk out loud about the "tribulations" I am currently going through, but to say that I can see how they ARE VALUABLE 2 Corinthians 4:17 "For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;" (I view tribulation and affiction as basically the same thing, pretty sure it's the same thing bible says............Acts 14:22 "Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God." affliction and tribulation wait maybe I go look that up in the dictionary both is grief causing stuffs.............pretty sure near identical definition to those two words ---------- though I guess maybe affliction is something that you feel and maybe isn't indicative of something happening to you in that event then I'm talking about tribulation but it's also affliction to me at the same time - double whammy!) I don't know what sort of tribulation you'd go through that you wouldn't be afflicted???????????????????? I quote myself from this post http://givingittogod.blogspot.com/2011/05/i-pray-for-smiths-friends.html 

you got beaten it's disturbing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  There is a tribulation in particular that has been exceedingly pressing upon my soul recently (that I completely don't want to talk about) what I'd like to say is ----------

it is light

2 Corinthians 4:17 "For our light affliction.............."

It's not only light it's immensely RIDICULOUSLY...........".......................which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory"

  If you all heard what this "affliction" is it's actually so light you all might bust out laughing at me..............you might chuckle and be like "that's it" "that's whats weighing on your soul big time?"

 ----------------------- Though it's weighing on my soul big time, I'm weary by now, oh I've prayed about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 It is in reality light, and it will only last for a moment......here's the whole bit of verses.............
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 "For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal."

  I hope for this blog post to not be um depressing or whatever, but like undepressing, our afflictions are light and but for a moment (..............if the word of god says our afflictions are light they must be light, there must be a point where god would end a life if a disease advanced to far --------------  I choose to trust god and His word) We all will be put through "tribulations" much tribulations the bible says Acts 14:22 it's for a reason, it's for a purpose,".........worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory" I mean to be encouraging basically. 

  Stuffs can work together for our good in many ways Romans 8:28 "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."

  If something bad were to happen to any of us, you could realize the staff at the hospitals care, people around me care..................that is some potentially working together for the good. 

  If your homeless and someone gives you a meal, the praise to god you could have in your heart potentially IS A FANTASTICALLY GOOD THING! 

  There's many things that could happen to us following jesus that could work together for our good according the bible "all things work together for good to them that love god"

ALL THINGS!

Hope you all have a great week earth! 

LOVE

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