NSA, NSA, NSA--EVEN STEALING RELIGION! CELEBRATE LOVE! EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE A LOVER! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE . . . HOW WONDERFUL! ONE WEEK UNTIL VALENTINE'S DAY! KISSES, LOVES, HUGS, BUNDLES OF ROSES! JESUS LOVES ME! HE MAY BE THE ONLY ONE, BUT, HELL THAT'S A START! LOL! GREAT CHURCH THIS MORNING . . . "OPEN BIBLE CHURCH" . . . I GOT TO RIDE IN A VAN, THAT PICKED US UP AT THE SHELTER, BILLINGS, AND 5 OF THE 9 RIDERS GOT BAPTIZED TODAY! WELCOME TO THE COMMUNITY OF GOD, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST! THAT REMINDED ME, NOT ONLY OF MY OWN BAPTISM, AT AGE 8, BUT IT TOOK ME TO THE RIVER JORDAN, WHERE JOHN THE BAPTIST, BAPTIZED CHRIST, BY IMMERSION, AS THE PASTOR DID THIS MORNING, TO FULFILL ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THE LAW! THE OLD MAN OR WOMAN, IS BURIED IN THE WATER, SYMBOLIC OF THE GRAVE, AND THE NEW MAN OR WOMAN COMES OUT OF THE WATER, LIKE THE RESURRECTION OR THE NEW PERSON, BEING CLEANSED IN THE RIVER OR THE WATER, CLEAN AND PURE, TO A NEW LIFE! HOW REFRESHING! THE GIFT OF GRACE . . . HIS GRACE IS ENOUGH, IS ENOUGH FOR ME! AMAZING GRACE, HOW SWEET IT IS! GOD IS ON THE MOVE,ON THE MOVE HALLELUJAH, IN MANY MIGHTY WAYS, ON THE MOVE TODAY! 300 PLUMBERS, FROM ACROSS MICHIGAN, WENT DOWN TO FLINT, MICHIGAN, AND INSTALLED WATER FILTERS, ON ALL THE HOMES OF THE FLINT CITY RESIDENTS--MOST LIVING UNDER THE POVERTY LINE, WHO HAVE BEEN DRINKING LEAD FILLED WATER! NOW THAT IS FUCKING COOL! GOD IS ON THE MOVE, IN MANY MIGHTY WAYS! CELEBRATE LOVE! THAT STORY REMINDS ME OF THE LOCAL PLUMBER'S TRUCK, THAT I SAW IN BILLINGS, MONTANA, ONLY IN MONTANA . . . THERE IS A PICTURE, THAT TYPIFIES ALL THE JOKES ABOUT PLUMBERS BUTT'S AND PLUMBER'S CRACKS, AS THEY WORK ON YOUR SINK AND PLUMBING! THE GUY IN THE TRUCK PICTURE HAS A TIE-DIE COLORFUL HIPPIE T-SHIRT, THAT EXPOSES, THE TRICKS AND TRAITS OF THE TRADE! LOL! FUN TRUCK, GREAT MEN, WHO WENT TO FLINT! KISSES, LOVE . . .

Preaching Without a License!

Like I have always said, everything is symbolic!  I wanted to go to church today, but I was too lazy and there was a bit of a wind, so I opted to stay warm and inside, for the day, and read, this book, called, And Nothing But the Truth: Real-life Stories of Americans Defending Their Faith and Protecting Their Families, by Jay Sekulow and Keith Fournier, of the American Center for Law and Justice, the public interest law and education law firm, funded and supported by Pat Robertson, and connected with his college . . . I had finished reading the HOLY BIBLE, placed by The Gideons, with a reading list, of about four pages of scriptures, dealing with: (1) help in time of need; (2) historical highlights in the Bible; (3) spiritual standards; (4) dynamic doctrines; and (5) practical precepts . . . and by the time, I was done reading, the list of scriptures, I had done a pretty good, refresher course on the Bible, and it was fast, fun, and I loved checking off the reading list, and it was much faster, than reading the Bible, slogging through it, one verse at a time, which would have taken me months!  But about 10:30 A.M., Martha, came downstairs, all dressed to kill or really get baptized, but I didn’t know, she was killing or laying to rest her old self, so she could become a new person.  I asked her if she was going to church and she said, yes, a van is suppose to pick me up any minute now.  And as promised it did and I hitched a ride . . . and I am so glad I did, talk about a spiritual feast, as all churches are to me, it was highly symbolic, of where I am in life, what I feel, inclined through the spirit to do, basically, Open the Bible--Open Bible Church, being a new person, in Christ, or at least trying to be, and perhaps, exposing some of my reading audience, to a church without walls, a church without borders, a church without nations . . . moving toward, a HEAVENLY WORLD!

I was raised reading the King James Version of the Bible, so I was unfamiliar with the terminology, of a HEAVENLY WORLD, but in light of all the things, I have been pushing in this blog, that of peace, love, humanity, seeing all nations, people, religions, creeds, and mankind, as just brothers and sisters, all children of one loving and great God, regardless of what you call him/her, being saved by a savior, the literal son of God, and if you want, you can see him as a great teacher; however, in full and fair disclosure, I see him, as the mighty counselor, the great I AM, the savior of the world, and the hope for all of us, whether in Russia, Libya, Nigeria, Australia, Britain the Congo, China, etc.  I was struck, as I read some of the recommended scriptures, and part of the reason, I am doing this, while not ordained, not anointed, not trained in the ministry, without a degree, without purse or script, just going, straight from where I am, basically, a sinner, sharing some of the insights, I have learned and found, as I have taken the journey to knowing my savior, who literally, in the last few years, said to me: “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.”  Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.  Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake.  For when I am weak, then I am strong.  II Corinthians 12: 9, 10.

We Are Too Much With the World

What would a Heavenly world look like?  The scriptures clearly tell us, from the words of Jesus:

• I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
• That they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
• I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.
• O righteous Father!  The world, has not known You, but I have known You, and these have known that You sent Me.
• And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.

When I read these words, knowing that Jesus himself, said these, I can also, say, that because I have known God, and have felt his love, and want them or you, to know, that you also can know his love for you, as an individual, as he has known me, and hopefully, give you some insights, into some of the reasons, I have learned, just how much he has loved me, tolerates, me screaming, swearing, yelling at him, getting pissed off, that he doesn’t violate the laws of nature, or his own, laws, and take away my enemies, free agency, and destroy them, for me, if he is the one to bring vengeance on them, why not now!?  LOL!  And like a loving father, he says, through this word:

• Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.  Ouch!
• Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble.  Do not be wise in your own opinion.  Are you serious?
• Repay no one evil for evil.  Have regard for good things in the sight of all men.  That’s ridiculous, and no fun.
• If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men.  Okay, I’ll try.
• Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, says the Lord.  Could you get with it?  LOL!
• Therefore, If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.  Now that is more like it!  LOL!
• Do not be overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good.  Maybe, I can do that.

More Advice for the World . . . We Are All In This Together . . . We Are All Guilty!

• Do not love the world or the things in the world.  If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
• For all that is in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--is not of the Father but is of the world.
• And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
• In flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power.

I could not find the scripture, that will really put the fear of God in you . . . something about it is a terrible thing, and God is one to fear . . . but, obviously, God wanted me to let you see, that first he loves you, and if he can use me and loves me, then there is hope for everyone.

Course of Study . . . Holy Bible by The Gideons

Now, where can you get a hold of one of these Bibles . . . well, the Gideons, place Bibles in almost every hotel and motel room, and I would assume, they intend that you take these, rather than the towels, and swanky hotel, monogrammed bathrobes!  LOL!  We will get to the 10 COMMANDMENTS, but, as far as I know, and you might want to ask the hotel or motel clerk, if it is okay if you take one of these Bibles, I believe the Gideons, hand them out for free, and it is their goal to get a Bible in the hands of every person, they can.  And, as an added bonus, they are, commemorating more than 100 Years of Bible distribution.  If you desire to contact Gideons in this area or in your area, please consult the local telephone directory.  I learned about the Gideon’s mission, through a Gideon, who came and preached, handing out, free Bibles, at the Butte Rescue Mission.  The Gideon International, P.O. Box 140800, Nashville, TN  37214-0800 or www.gideons.org.  Let’s make this 100 year a celebration year, and contact these fine folks, and get a great, free Bible . . . and I would imagine, for those who do not dare steal one from your next vacation, or work travel junket, you might be able to get it through your local book store?

Every person, I talked to, and showed them the list of scripture readings and breakdowns, that I read in three days, tried to dissuade me, from, studying the Bible this way?  I don’t know why, I would think, that God is just glad to have me, Opening the Bible, regardless of which version of the Bible, I read, or which study guide I follow?  Like I said, or rather Jesus said, we are too much with the world, and that goes for even reading the Bible . . . just be happy, people are getting into the word, that is what saves them, not the preacher, not the church, not the version of scriptures, but the word of God, through his son, Jesus Christ, as he taught and lived by his living, breathing example, and through the words of his chosen disciples.  Who gives a rat’s ass, if we go from “0” to even a “5” in our scripture reading, that was “5” more than I did last year!  LOL!  And, I would guess, that would go for the rest of you.  This is basically, going to be, Bible Study 101 . . . and for those of you, who don’t want to be confused with the technical names of the books in the Old and mainly the New Testament, because Jesus came, not to fulfill the law, but to do way with the Law of Moses, with Moses, serving as symbolic prototype of Christ, leading the Children of Israel to the Promised Land . . . hopefully with the good graces of God, I can take you one step closer, to understanding God’s love your his children, even the more difficult ones . . . and he chastens those he loves, so take it like a loved son or daughter, with a parent, who cares about your eternal salvation!

I Do Not Support One Church Over Another!

I would recommend, that if you don’t have a church, you are currently attending, because, this stuff that I am doing, is not to replace any church, ever, never, keep going . . . this is more for those of you, who really don’t know God at all, nor, understand the love Jesus Christ has for you, and I have found, like the words from the song we sang for worship this morning . . . Your love never fails, you never give up, never give up on me . . . he has started a work in you, and he intends to finish it!  I have felt the spirit in every church I have ever gone to, unless, I personally, have not been willing or open to the spirit.  Christ says, I stand at the door and knock . . . and it is you who has to open the door and let him in your life.  One thing you might consider, is going to your neighborhood church, where you find people who are from the same neighborhood as you, and who can be a support to you and to your family.  Or, if you were raised in one faith, and one religion, you might try attending the church or your youth.  Or, bloom where you are planted, I generally, attend the church, that picks me up at some mission or shelter, and they have all been great, hell, I was bawling my eyes out, singing the first one, and the message was absolutely great, and really was, right where I am, dealing with the Apostle Paul the greatest missionary who ever lived, a lawyer, a Roman citizen, and ego maniac, human as you can get, formerly persecuted Christians, even had them killed, was at the stoning of Stephen!  I have always loved his writing and he goes right to the heart of what we need to do, and he warns us, through his letters, not to use legalese, in our path to God, we don’t need, some things, religions and churches like to use, dogma, liturgy and such, these are just traditions of man, not, necessary for salvation from God . . . Paul cuts to the chase, and doesn’t mince words, and I dig the hell out of the guy, always have, always will, and now that I am a lawyer, dig him more than ever!

Crazy Telling Dream Last Night . . . Very  Symbolic!

Like I said, never underestimate the power of dreams, the influence of the spirit, making intercession through your dreams, revealing what it is God wants you to either know, understand, or the paths he wants you to take.  Okay, so yesterday, I spent all day, either reading the Bible, or reading the book on the United States Supreme Court, rulings, on issues regarding, Freedom of Religion or the lack thereof . . . and I have been contemplating, entering a religious training program through the Montana Rescue Mission, going to class 7 to 8 hours a day, learning and studying the scriptures and then, seeing how that applies to my life and what impact, the word, has on worldly affairs and current events, even politics.  So with that in mind, I lay my head down for restful slumber, until about 1:00 A.M.

Straight is the Path and Narrow is the Way, That Leads to Eternal Life!

In this dream, I was at a movie theater, and as I approached the refreshment stand, my cousin, Edward Southwick, was getting a soda, and I actually turned one down, so what I am going in real life showed up in my dream, good job, JoAnn, and he said hello, and we have not seen each other for a while, and it appeared that he wanted me to join him, in the movie.  Of course, I told him, I had to go to the bathroom, whether I need to or not, it is psychological, because, I don’t want to get in the movie and then miss the good parts, having to leave, and find the bathroom.  So, I go to the bathroom, but there is no stalls, nor toilets, but there is red carpet, I would say, symbolic of Hollywood, and I just peed all over it!  I thought that was out of character, and strange, and I guess that means, after looking at the whole dream, that, like I said in other blogs, the devious maids, were swapped for the celebrity, and they were given stardom, from my good deeds and works, while they have held me a slave, giving no choice but to hang out with the humble and throw off the things of the world!  So that is the first, of three segments . . .

When I came out of the bathroom, I was standing on a very narrow, walkway of some sort, making think, of the scriptures dealing with, the narrow pathway to God, to salvation, and only by and through Jesus Christ, can we be saved and few there be that find it.  On, both sides of me, there was this very steep, decline, kind of in a circle, appearing, that, anything, but where I was standing, was a movement down, or in decline, so, in my normal, impetuous way, I chose the right hand, as in the right hand of God, no, I wasn’t thinking, anything religious in the dream, but, I actually had to slide on my butt, down this first, red carpet, then, it turned to linoleum, making it very slippery, so I just sat down.  At the bottom, I came out into this, kind of like, outside, bowl, of sagebrush, or Brigham grass, as it is called in some parts of Utah, and it is all over the west side of Utah, very remenicent of the Utah desert.  There were people running for cover under trees, that surrounded this bowl-like open space, with sagebrush, and running at people, trying to head but them, was this sheep or lamb . . . but it was not a clean lamb, but it was dripping with black oil!

Edward, who was dressed in a very nice, light blue dress shirt, and gray dress pants, simply stepped aside, and I danced back and forth, trying to avoid contact with the wild, dirty lamb or sheep, as did everyone else, but, I seemed to have more difficulty, dodging the animal; however, my brother, Richard, who allegedly died, back 10 to 15 years ago, was wearing Levi’s and a button down, shirt, and he did the exact opposite of the rest of us, and he dove right on top of the sheep or lamb, and took it to the ground, much like a bull dogger in the rodeo would do, landing on it and containing it.  Now the interesting thing about this is that, Edward, took his name off the records of the Mormon Church, shortly after his Mormon mission, he was the first of about 36 Southwick cousins, I was excommunicated, and rebaptised, later, to only ask again to have my name removed from the records of the church, which never happened, and I would say, I have had a much harder time, disavowing the religion of my youth than Edward.  But the fact that the lamb was dirty, and with oil, the Mormon church entanglement with the Bushes, through the law enforcement community, with the church becoming more like a political organization, than a church, at least in my world of law, in Utah, and in my cases, given Mitt Romney . . . of all my brothers and sisters, Richard, epitomizes, Mormon Church the most, he was employed by the church . . . had 10 kids, most likely to get into fringe doctrine, damnit, the library is closing.

The last segment, there was a dark haired movie star, then a blur, then a blonde with very short hair, and for some reason, I thought of Lady Gaga, wearing a blonde, short wig, and then it went blurred again, and then, some figures, looking like small children, emerged, looking naked at first, then, in focus, looked to be wearing swimming suits and running through sprinklers in the backyard . . . I would say, the movie, is about as coherent as, all this made up bull shit, with the alleged, movie, version, or Hollywood version of my life, with sisters and others playing me!  And for FBI or whomever, to figure out what is going on, or to fill in the gaps, they have to go back, literally to my childhood, and see, my brothers and sisters, to find me again, buried.  Anyway, got to go!