I realize with time my relationship with God has changed as well it should; change is God, change is good.

Like loose coins in our pocket we jingle in this journey of life. Never settling down, always passing through hands, always on a pilgrimage from one bank to another. From one story to another, exchanging thoughts, words, actions. We change, the Word encourages flawless change…and life is good. Change is good.

The Word changes in meaning, shape, form depending on the place we are at, our growth, our maturity, the wisdom God has given us. Our great Creator, whatever name He has given you according to your relationship with Him. I used to be afraid to share God with others, but now I real eyes just how silly that is, because we all have the breath of life within us. I also realize that we are all on our independent journey. A journey that is so intimate no one can tell another what is right or what is wrong, although we can exchange our coins with one another.

Some of us carry really polished coins. God has been working with us. We start out as pennies, a bit rough around the edges, and somewhere along the line we graduate to nickels and dimes. Woo hoo! We think the dross is gone, we’ve made it. But not yet, not yet. We must still press in, so we may experience what it is like to become, why, the silver dollar! Imagine that.

Of course I am speaking in nonsense to all of you straight laced believers. Perhaps it would help if I broke it down like this.

Life is about change, flow with it. We are like water rushing down a river, moving at a pace so fast we find our breath hard to catch and yet as long as we inhale, why there it is. God is always sitting with us, we simply don’t always recognize the shape He will take. We don’t always recognize the message when He gives it to us.

Perhaps it is because it doesn’t come in the pretty package we wanted. Or it didn’t meet our expectation of what we thought God was supposed to be. But that is what is so beautiful about the Word, which is the living God. It is dressed up in so many different ways. If you don’t like what you see, the answer is simple. Pray for another way to express the Word, and see what God does with it. Wait and see.

Maybe He will give you a thesaurus to better interpret the Words he has showered on you as blessings for the day. And that is my rant and rave for today. Prays The Word, that is the living light always with us, in one way or another.

Have you ever taken a look at Ecclesiastes 9:11? It popped open the other day after a horn honked at me continuously, and it so happened I realized horns had been honking at me for some time. Initially I thought, are horns a sign to pay attention? Are they are warning? Do I need to avoid something? Ah, the paranoia of life!

On asking what this meant, I got ECC 9:11. Here is what it says:

I  have observed something else under the sun. The fastest runner doesn’t always win the race, and the strongest warrior doesn’t always win the battle. The wise sometimes go hungry, and the skillful are not necessarily wealthy. And those who are educated don’t always lead successful lives. It is all decided by chance, by being in the right place at the right time.

What does that mean? It means I am happy to be a long distance runner for faith, and not necessarily the fastest in the pack.

Sometimes unpredictable events happen in life. Today, like on many days when I start worrying about this or that, I got the “Honk Honk” from God. This is the universal message He sends to me as a warning when He wants me to pay attenton to something.

A lady that lives in the apartment complex below me seemed to have “disappeared” for a few months now. My neighbor and I inquired about it, and learned she has been in the hospital. Her spleen and several other organs were either removed or shut down. She is in kidney failure. I had no idea her health was that bad. Was it chance? Luck? Bad timing? The will of God? Was she just in the wrong place at the wrong time, snared by the net of Satan, because her soul wasn’t cared for properly?

I remember often she commented on feeling her soul was in torment. What could prevent that? Close communion with God. Communion each and every day. Sitting in the presence of God, and trusting that God will take care of us. For, without that trust, we cannot rest, much like the people of God forced to wander in the desert 40 years. Without trust and faith, there is no rest. 

Mind your souls, because you never know if you will be in the wrong place and the wrong time, or if calamity will hit. If you find yourself standing before your Lord and Savior, you want to be sure you are in good shape. My recommendation? Be a long distance runner for faith. Stand tall and proud, and give God the glory He deserves for all the things going well in your life. Then, you’ll have nothing to worry about! Life is God…

Welcome to Plateea Ministries. It’s Tuesday night, what are you up to?

Tonight I look over at the “Word” and it says…

“Her enemies looked at her, and laughed at her destruction…”

Now, that is funny. The other day I found myself in an interesting situation. I am attempting the ridiculous. Going to grad school as a single parent, with no family in town, no grandparents, not so much as a companion nearby that can really help with my (did I mention) 4, 5, and 6 year old.

I know, it’s crazy. And, the other night, I do believe my enemies looked at me, and attempted to laugh as they secretly plotted my destruction. Something that, in the past might have caused me “bitter anguish” as lamentations might “lament”. ha ha!

Here are some examples of actual things I heard from students during the last few days:

• “Going to school as a single parent is simply not possible; you are supposed to put your life on hold for 15 years, or didn’t you know that?”
• “I thought I told all you I was going to submit that paper, why didn’t you listen to me or we wouldn’t have got in trouble 2day? Now, P is going to do the next part, got it? Or did you hear that part?” (names withheld to protect the innocent)…
• “If you don’t do this right now, I am going to wipe your name from our membership. You better respond or else!!”