Stepping Out of Glory

*STEPPING OUT OF GLORY* IS HERE. ITS AN OPEN BOOK TO ALL RESIDENTS OF THE GLOBE WHO DECIDE TO LOOK INTO LIFE, A BIT DEEPER, FROM AN ANGLE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT. (ITS A VERY OLD WAY OF SEEING LIFE), BUT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN A 'CHOICE.' WHEN WE COME TO THE 'Y'S IN OUR PATHS WE CAN CHOOSE AS TO WHICH WAY TO GO... DO WE GO LEFT? DO WE GO RIGHT? THE LEFT TAKES US DOWN THE NORMAL 'LETS USE OUR MINDS FOR ALL OUR DIRECTIVES TOTALLY'. THE RIGHT TURN TAKES US DOWN THE PATH OF: 'THERE IS A HIGHER POWER WHO TELLS US: 'MY THOUGHTS ARE HIGHER THAN YOURS, AND MY WAYS ARE HIGHER THAN YOURS' AND 'HE WHO WALKS IN MY LIGHT, WALKS NOT IN DARKNESS BUT HAS THE LIGHT OF LIFE' AND 'I WILL NEVER LEAVE THEE OR FORSAKE THEE'-- (ALL WORDS OF JESUS).

OK-LETS ASSUME AT THIS PLACE IN MY LIFE I DECIDE TO MAKE THAT CHOICE: WHERE DO I LOOK TO ACQUIRE ACCESS TO GIVE ME THE REAL ANSWERS? BOOKS, WILL GIVE US INFO. IF, WE BEGAN LOOKING DEEP INTO IT. .

AT THE LIBRARY, YOU WILL FIND MILLIONS OF BOOKS WRITTEN TO ASSIST YOU IN 'WHAT PATH TO TAKE'. THESE BOOKS, VERY WELL COULD HAVE WRITTEN WITH 'THE HELP OF THE **SPIRITUAL DIVINE** FORMING THE THOUGHTS AND MOVING THE PEN OR PENCIL. (WE NEVER KNOW WHEN ONE LEVEL OF THINKING, READING OR EXPERIENCE, CAN BE THE NEXT 'ELEVATOR' TO SEVERAL UPPER LEVELS, RESULTING IN A 'SPIRITUAL OUTCOME' OF THIS SEARCH. WHEN THIS SEARCH IS DONE DILIGENTLY AND SINCERELY A 'LIGHT' WILL SHINE INTO YOUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE FOUND THE THREAD THAT YOU WERE SEARCHING FOR. NOW, YOU FULLY REALIZE THAT IT IS OR MAY BE, ONLY A 'THREAD'. YOU ALSO KNOW THE NATURE OF PULLING ON ONE THREAD OF A BALL YOU STRING. THAT THREAD MAY UNRAVEL AND AND DISCLOSE MORE AS YOUR SEARCH GOES ON. “(A SMALL MIND TALKS ABOUT PEOPLE, A MEDIUM MIND TALKS ABOUT EVENTS AND A VERY LARGE MIND TALKS ABOUT IDEAS.” WHEN YOU GET AN *IDEA* ABOUT 'WHAT PATH TO TAKE, SEARCH YOUR ENTIRE BEING. WHERE DO I WANT THIS PATH TO TAKE ME? TO WEALTH?? TO PEACE? TO FULFILLMENT, TO SOCIAL EXTREMITIES? TO QUIETNESS? TO STILLNESS? TO NEW PEOPLE? TO OLD FRIENDS? TO BRIGHTER DAYS THAN YOU HAVE KNOWN IN THE PAST? WHO YOU REALLY ARE DEEP INSIDE? THE SEARCH HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN, SO LET IT UNFOLD SLOWLY--NO NEED TO RUSH, OR OVER-CONTROL IT, LET IT HAPPEN.

BY THE WAY, ALL LIBRARIES HAVE: BIBLES -- I HAVE A HEART TO LOOK AT IT LIKE THIS: SPIRITS/MINDS/HEARTS OF OLD HAD DEEP/WIDE THINGS GOING FOR THEM. WE, WITH COMPUTERS AND SCIENCE ON OUR SIDE, STILL CANNOT COME UP WITH HOW IN THE WORLD THESE CONSTRUCTION MEN/WOMEN BUILT THOSE STRUCTURES, USING ROCKS WEIGHING THOUSANDS OF POUNDS? THEY SIMPLY KNEW THINGS WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND, KNOW ABOUT OR HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED.MY TENDENCY IS TO LOOK INTO THE OLD.

BY THE SAME TOKEN, THE ANOINTED SPIRITUAL MEN/WOMEN OF GOD, REALIZED SOME CONCEPTS WE HAVE A HARD TIME GRASPING. THEY KNEW/LEARNED SOME THINGS THAT *RING* TRUE, HOWEVER, WE CANNOT SEEM TO SEE THEM NOR CAN WE DENY THE REALITY OF THEM.

PETER WAS REBUKED BY OUR LORD WHEN, IN HIS MIND, HE TOLD JESUS THAT HE WAS IN ERROR ABOUT HIS COMING-SUFFERING, PAIN, REJECTION AND DEATH. (MARK 8:31) PETER JUST COULD NOT ACCEPT THE FACT THAT 'THE SON OF MAN', IN ALL HIS HONOR, EXALTATION AND BEING REGARDED IN THE HIGHEST WAY (THE COMING MESSIAH) COULD EVER, OR WOULD EVER BE SPIT UPON AND PUT TO DEATH.

JESUS REBUKED HIM BECAUSE PETER WAS USING 'HIS MINDS UNDERSTANDING' TO TELL JESUS IT WAS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN THAT WAY (AND OF COURSE IT DID HAPPEN THAT WAY!)

FOR ME, AT 27 YEARS OLD I CHOOSE THE BIBLE AS MY MAJOR READING MATERIAL. AFTER 18 YEARS OF 'BEING AT HOME', GOING TO CHURCH 2-3 TIMES WEEKLY, SITTING IN ON MULTIPLE PRAYER (COTTAGE) MEETINGS - ONE WOULD THINK 'I REALLY MUST HAVE 'GOT' IT'!! WRONG! I HAD PARTS OF IT MY HEAD BUT A SMALL PERCENTAGE EVER MADE IT TO MY HEART. THEN, AT 27, I HAD A MAJOR EXPERIENCE THAT INCLUDED A 'HEALING', A 'NEW THOUGHT PROCESS' AND, AS THE APOSTLE PAUL PUT IT: OLD THINGS HAD PASSED AWAY, ALL THINGS BECOME NEW. <---at least="" that="" door="" was="" opened="" and="" i="" entered,="" but="" at="" 73,="" i="" realize="" more="" than="" ever,="" my="" life="" has="" been="" on="" a="" constant="" learning="" and="" new="" things="" are="" surfacing="" all="" the="" time.="" they="" do="" not="" come="" from="" my="" mind.="" however,="" they="" come="" from="" a="" deep/higher="" place="" that="" i="" cannot="" take="" credit="" for,="" other="" than="" the="" fact,="" that="" "i="" pick="" up="" my="" pen,="" get="" my="" tablet'="" when="" the="" spirit="" says="" to="" me:="" "write="" this="" down"...="" so="" i="">

AT THE AGE OF 16, MY DAD, AS I LAY IN BED, TAUGHT ME HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR. HE TAUGHT ME MANY OF THE OLD GOSPEL SONGS I STILL DO TODAY. NEW YORK CITY AFTER THE TOWERS WENT DOWN, THE GOLF COAST AFTER KATRINA HIT, OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING WERE SOME PLACES I WENT. I WOULD SIMPLY GO OUT 'ON MY OWN' TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS AND LET THEM KNOW THOSE OLD SONGS UNDERSTAND THEIR FEELINGS. ALONG WITH THE OLD GOSPEL SONGS, I LEARNED SOME OF 'ELVIS, JOHNNY CASH, VENTURES, BUDDY HOLLY AND MORE, BUT MAINLY MY DAD HEARD SONGS OF THE GOSPEL HE TAUGHT ME. (IT WAS NO SECRET THAT ELVIS/JOHNNY HAD MANY OLD BEAUTIFUL GOSPEL SONGS THEY DID WELL ALSO AND THAT NEEDS TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED)

I’M A VERY - UN-FANATIC PERSON. MY WORDS ARE VERY FEW (EXCEPT IF I GIVEN A PEN AND PAPER) SOME WOULD LABEL IT 'A BRIDLED TONGUE', BUT THE TONGUE IS LIKE A SHIPS RUDDER - ONE SMALL MOVE CAN TURN A HUGE SHIP INTO DANGEROUS WATERS- (I AM NOT A THEOLOGIAN, PUBLIC SPEAKER OR A PASTOR OF ANY CHURCH-I AM JUST 'ME')