I want to "delight myself in the lord" Isaiah 58:14 I TAKE TO MUCH DELIGHT IN SELFIES SOMEDAYS IN HAVING MY HAIR DID GOOD ETC. SOMEDAYS.........................

Update 5/19/2024 you want to be successful you got to be willing to pay the pricetag! 

And in this world looks are important!

in this world health is important

I'm saying diet and/or excersize

and "selfies" 

can be vain

but sometimes

they are just a means of "promoting" oneself in a looks obsessed health obsessed society

always in classrooms there the kid with their hand barely up

and then there's kids raising their hands jumping out their seats eager to answer the question

usually

it's the eager kids that get picked 

I'm saying 

let's hate other less

and love each other more 👍

Mark 12:29-31

King James Version

29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

(the painting I painted today)

(the reference photo I took of a pitcher on exhibit at the portland art museum)

I want to "delight myself in the lord" Isaiah 58:14 I TAKE TO MUCH DELIGHT IN SELFIES SOMEDAYS IN HAVING MY HAIR DID GOOD ETC. SOMEDAYS! To the pure all things are pure, so I do not deem looking nice as bad. But what I want is for what I truelly enjoy to not be about worldly fluff items (though I am a marilyn monroe look alike and I do believe I'm supposed to use that for jesus)............................
Isaiah 58:13-14 "If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it."

  I don't want to be no fake christian basically. There are people out there and I've been there myself, were you can say the right things, even do the right things ------------- and be far from god in your heart!!!!!!!!!! Matthew 15:8 "This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me."

  Now I happen to work on the sabbath, but my work plays christian music all the time, and I'm surely not "finding thine own pleasure" or "speaking thine own words"..............able to greately keep the sabbath at my work 1 day is a volunteer day at my work and so it's actually working for me....................I battle keeping the sabbath most saturday morning actually....................with much zeal and fire I am determined to keep the sabbath the whole thing!!!!!!!!!!!!

  I desire to "ride upon the high places of the earth" I tell you all, one christmas I went to a millionaire's house for a christmas dinner (it was some their friends, and family there) it was nice! They had someone take your jackets at the door, they had a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig tree and everyone got to pick a gift underneath it. And they had caterer's and tiered things of snacks, people were actually wanting to hear my jokes (can you imagine that) IT HAPPENED ONE CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  I had fun! I had some rich friends in jr. high/high school to, one friend whose house had servants, and a snack bar by her pool - that was nice. 

   But anyways, I'm getting deterred here cause well tons of wealth pastors and their popularity is in my head. I've heard so many prosperity pastors I'VE STARTED THINKING LIKE THEM.

  Well it ain't a great plan to think to yourself ---------- ahhhhhhhhh I'm going to stay poor. No ------------ be zealous to keep god's sabbath holy so that you can ride "the high places of the earth"

  And so that you ain't one of those people that only worship god with your lips on sunday Matthew 15:8 but that you actually Isaiah 58:14 "delight thyself in the Lord"

  HECK YA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  I don't want to delight myself in pretty pictures that I post on the instagram ------------------------------- THAT'S STUPIDNESS AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

  (safe to say insta  pics are going to keep happening but for jesus's sake, not for my joy, I don't want that to be for any delight for myself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

   And I know it seems to simple............what I just keep the sabbath day holy and then I'm going to delight myself in the lord I know it sounds ridiculously simple to easy even, but it's the word of god the word of god is true it can be trusted.

   You can be blessed................I can be blessed................god still is in the blessing buisiness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

I don't know about you all but I'm fixing to get to go to another goooooooooooooood christmas shin dig........hopefully soon!

one them one where my jokes is in demand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH YA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have a great week earth! 

LOVE

Arrows - they can be either good or bad..............which kind of arrows are you shooting?.........................

I'm not ok.......and I believe this statement is more empowering then to pretend everything is ok! 

69% of usa is obese..................

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/obesity-prevention-source/obesity-rates-worldwide/#:~:text=Roughly%20two%20out%20of%20three,are%20obese%20(36%20percent).

(I'm trying to get good at painting water......pry got a ways to go still, but it's still a nice painting)

Arrows - they can be either good or bad..............which kind of arrows are you shooting?.........................
Someone shot a arrow at me yesterday, a arrow I deem a "good arrow" to nudge me closer to jesus. I've decided there are two kinds of arrows out there, some are bad, some are good, bible mentions how it's good to have.......Psalm 127:4-5 "As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate." You don't have to have lots of kids to have a quiver of arrows, I think we all could have a great deal of arrows whole quivers in our hands plenty of ammo - the good kind aka the word of god : )
  Bad arrows exist to................Isaiah 54:17 "No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord." (bad arrows also I think is gossiping, "evil speakings" verse 31 here but I like this whole section so much : )...............Ephesians 4:30-32 "And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."
good arrow activity.............
be ye kind one to another
tenderhearted
forgiving one another
even as god for christ's sake hath forgiven you
exhorting one another Hebrews 3:13 "But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin."
 We need to exhort one another! Be active! Shoot some exhortation good arrows out there!
  We wage a war not against flesh and blood but against pricipalities of darkness etc. we always need to be armed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

 Ephesians 6:13-15 "Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;"

   Isaiah 2:4 "And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords intoplowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." Thank god for Isaiah 2:4...........................I feel like I'm in the hunger games somedays for reals! DON'T SHOOT I LOVES EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have a great week earth!

(I ended up redoing the above painting, by adding a batman fidget spinner................and glitter : ) it was a dud painting and I knew it, I still got a ways to go before I'm mega good at painting water)

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Don't be afraid to use your talents for god/jesus..............................

Update 5/10/2024........................sweating FOR MY LIFE....................

 (painting I painted tonight of a pot????????)

(reference picture I took at the portland art museum recently)

Use your talents for god/jesus....................everyone has talents this is a fact, and we are all supposed to use our talents,it's in the bible. I told my brother in a e-mail recently that if he so much as said "thank god" while talking about his cars, which I am sure he has..................that that's a use of his "talents". (my brother is a college auto shop professor, who also restores old classic cars)

  Even being a marilyn monroe look alike, there's nothing god can't use ------------- though I haven't completely figured that out yet?????????????? The how's of how god would use that??????????????
   People think of "talent" as singing and art, but it is so much more then that!!!!!!!!!!! Matthew 25:14-16 "For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents."
   It is a talent to take a good photo!!!!!!!! Even if you are the one being photographed, that is a talent a real talent!!!!!!!!!! I would know for every selfie I put up often on my insta there's 10 that aren't making the cut. (many of them are also good, but they aren't making the cut)
  And you might think, well saying thank god that can't do to much, this whole country is christian................this whole country "looks" to be christian.
  Everything counts.............god took a bit of bread and fish, and fed a army!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Matthew 15:36-38 "And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full. And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children."
  I know people some them are afraid to use their talents, it even makes sense, I look at the mainstream preachers for example but even local pastors How often they are critisized given some "flak" of some sort or another.......while using their talents. At my church so many people disparaged the worship team that my pastor preached about it!!!!!!!!! 

 ------- ya my churches worship team that's very hard at work using the talents god gave them!
   Matthew 25:25-29 "And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath."

   That saying is so true --------- if you don't use it you loose it. 

  I wouldn't want any of my blog readers to loose what they have, that's why I'm posting this. And now drum roll hahahahahhahahahahahahah................adding a marilyn monroe esque selfie, I have not much idea how god will use my looking like marilyn monroe, I'm just convinced god's going to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Have a great week!

LOVE

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