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Amazingly I thought I had lost this writing.  I thought I had typed in and printed out a short book but I could never find it.  Well this year, 2026 I moved and when I was going through all my writinga and paintings, this showed up wedged between other papers.  It was in my handwriting so I never typed it up like I thought I did.  No wonder I couldn't find it.  But more importantly, it wasn't mean to be released until God's perfect timing, which is now!  Here goes!!!

We've got to get America back to God.  So many people are walking blindly down the road, so caught up in every day life that the forget to see the simple beauty and goodness of God.  God gave us beautiful things to enjoy and remind us of the beauty to come in the next life.  His beautiful and unique creation also serves to give us examples of Him and how He would like us to be.  When Jesus came speaking in Parables God did that so that a non-believing person would not understand, but a believer would know, for sure, that that Word came from God.  God doesn't just
spoon feed" us His information, He expects us to seek and look for His existence and Glory.  This is True faith!

These real life examples also serve as  a bit of prophecy and over time, if you look and listen and document what you hear, it will come to pass.  As time goes on you begin to experience hurt, pain, or disappointments, and it is easy to want to hide the love God gave you.  But it important not to do that because God is a God of love.  He loves to love us and wants us to share that love with others.  So it is iportant to let the Holy Spirit guide you so that you don't have experiences caused by the enemy to dampen your love and cause you not to care about people anymore.  That is the enemies tactic, to get you numb, to get you not to care.  We need to overcome that at all costs and show Satan that God loves us o matter what.  Unconditional Love!!!  

Just keep Jesus in your hearts and He will protect your love.  He loves us so much that He died for us, in our place, so we didn't have to suffer real pain, eternal pain, but He gave us an opportunity for eternal life and eternal love.  Wow!  Which is better?  Yes, eternal life with God in a place we can't even imagine how beautiful it will be, but Jesus says in Heaven there are many mansions and I have prepared a place for you, if it were not so I would have told you.  

Remember the Bible is God's promises and God's Truth so He's giving us "double proof".  The fact that it is His Word and that is written.  What more can we ask for?

"Delight in the Lord and He will give you all the desires of your heart".  God wants us to have nice things and be happy and loving and kind.  What a wonderful God He is!

Let the Liberty Bell ring again - accept His Truth and let's start ringing our own bells.  Announce to the Lord "I accept Your Truth".  If you do, you will see more power and cohesiveness that we've ever seen in the USA!  Keep praying that the bells ring again.  Joy Bells ringing in our Souls!

God loves to surprise and delight us with His power and goodness.  He wants us to get to know Hie heart by giving us parables and examples of Him.  I would like to now open up the door and show you some of the fun parables God has shown me.  The message is consistent from God, "I love you and I want you to trust Me and I will show you the Way".  With God Nothing is impossible!!!

Picture the wonderment of Job when he realized how really awesome God is.  He thought he "had it all" but he was astounded when God brought him to the truth.  He will bring you there too if you let him by listening and obeying His Word.

One morning my son Justin was asking about the morning glory vine and how it knows how to wrap around things.  I've often wondered that myself.  If you ask yourself these questions God will answer you.  He explained that He created the vine as an example to us of our dependency on Him we we believe in Him.  He guides us and directs us in which way to go.  We don't always see His power but we can be assured it is there.

One of my favorite birds is the hummingbird.  I also wrote a small book on the Hummingbird and how they are an example of our walk with Jesus.  Hummingbirds are great!  The are cute, busy little birds that work tirelessly for their families.  God says this is how He wants us to be.  Te hummingbird is constantly looking for nectar to keep him going and also to provide food for it's family.  This is what parents need to do, they need to fill ourselves with the Word of God and pass it on to our children by teaching them and being a Godly example of how they should be.  "Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it".  This is one of the most important scriptures in the Bible because we are handing down to future generations what the Lord has given us to do.  

Remember, how do you want to report to God when your day comes to go home?  Do you want to say I set a good example for my children by showing them wisdom and understanding imparted to us from God?  Or will you say that we were too busy with works that w thought God wanted us to do and there was not enough time for our childdren?  It is impotant to examine ourselves and see if what we are doing is pleasing to God.         If you're not sure, ask Him!  He will let you know, because He is all knowing and He wants to save you from trouble.  He also wants you to spend time in the right areas.  "Trust in the Lord with all your heart commit yourselves to Him and He will direct your patns". 

God is available to use at all times through Jesus to help us and answer our questions.  We can learn by many things just i our home around us.  God shows us what we need to know in every day life.  God sends us unique examples to observe and learn from.  If we look around us and seek God's counsel He will show us in gentle ways so we can manage a situation before it gets too late. God is a loving God and He wants us to learn HIS way, the best way!!!

Proverbs 5:1-2 tells us to get wisdom and understanding.  Proverbs 8:18-21 Tells us that with God and riches and honor, wealth and prosperity.  However, God expects us to walk in the way of righteousness and along the paths of justice.  Jesus became the proptitiation for our sins and He is our righteousness, but God doesn't honor cheap grace.  Love the Lord with all your heart and all your mind and don't lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge HIM and HE will direct your paths.

How many times has God shown His love for you?  It's like Romeo and Juliet "God, how do I love thee, let me count the ways".  But it's important to love God at ALL times, and not just when things are going well. When things aren't going your way is the time to see God's love and miracles at work.  He loves you and wants to be in the center of your life so He can help you and guide you. 

That's when He can just scoop us in His hands and say "let Me show you the way".  Our God is so kind and loving and always wanting to help us individually.  Here's a miracle, did you ever wonder how God hears all of our prayers at once?  Did you every wonder how He answers all of our prayers at once?  And He does answer our prayers if we believe.  He does not answer every prayer "yes" or every prayer right away, but He is faithful to show us the way and His way is always best!  It is a good thought to remember, if you believe, you are in the hands of a loving, caring God.  How do you know He loves you?  John 3:16

An interesting animal we can learn from is the Armadillo.  This animal is fascinating.  They have been around for millions of years, since prehistoric days.  And how they survived so long?  They wear their Armor daily!  The full armor of God!  It is interesting that Armadillos California, Texas, and Florida, three of the hottest states in the U.S.  Not only in terms of temperature but in terms of morality.  These states have always been known as wealthy state where money is king.  It's interesting how God places things in just the right place and time to set an example.  We need to be like the Armadillo and always keep on our full armor of God and commit our work to God and keep working even when it is hot around us.

No excuses, and no complaining!!!  You never heard of an Armadillo complaining before , did you?

The idea that inspired this book one day was when a Pastor was talking about their annual meeting in Philadelphia.  He mentioned passing the Liberty Bell and said "I don't see why people get so excited about this bell.  It's just an old cracked bell laying there".  That statement bothered me and got me to thinking.  Do you remember back when people were excited about the Liberty Bell?  People would travel there and be so excited that they got to see the Liberty Bell.  This is what has happened to our country.  One ring of the bell and it cracked and just got laid to rest instead of crafting a new one.

I always think how sad it is for Jesus to watch our country and see that most people do not take time out for Him.  They may go to church and pray once in a while, but that's it.  Otherwise they are following their own desires.  We need to become more like Jesus and see His face in ALL things. He loves us so much, we should love Him too!  

Another animal that is interesting to watch are ants. They stop at nothing to do their duty to their Queen.  They work constantly bringing food into the nest to feed the Queen and themselves.  They help each other.  They tirelessly work day in and day out, committed to their task.  We should be working that way for Jesus who gave His life for us!  How much happier would we be than to serve one cause, God's cause, and work together as a team.

Jesus always gives us insights to things when we are connected to Him, it's just up to us to believe and act on what we hear from the Holy Spirit.   Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and not just what we see.  

I was praying for a girl at work one time that was seeking another job.  God told me what to tell her and she kept saying no to what He was suggesting.  I went back to my desk and later all of the sudden she came back to me asking me to pray for the application she sent in.  Later another girl came up and showed her an even better opportunity more pay that was with the company she was at now!  I've learned over the years not to say No to the the suggestions of God because it is probably the very thing you will be doing and it is always best to leave open a possibility for God to do His work.  God loves to show His Glory to us!  He loves us to acknowledge His marvels all the time.

We can sometimes be like a bowling game.  Our sins are represented by bowling pins.  As we bowl it is like we try to clear those sins on our own.  If we have a strike, it is because we followed Jesus.  The ball goes down the lane, swerving until it hits the pins.  When the lane is cleared out the pins remaining are like lingering sins.  It takes God to push away the sins.  Then they set the pins back up and we start all over again.  Aren't you looking forward to a scratch game?  Not until we get to Heaven but we should always strive towards perfection!

Life is also like a golf game.  It's the good shots that keep you coming back to play.  "Self-talk" is so important.  I find I can be my best cheerleader or my worst enemy.  I find that the more I encourage others the more routinely my "self-talk" becomes encouraging to me.  For some reason the average person, Christian or not, cannot take a compliment.  They always throw in something negative or a put down, just to look "humble".  This discourages the compliment giver and the praise gets lost. So I have started trying to give compliments to people in a way that only a positive reaction can be given.  When a positive response is returned, all who listen are edified.  We should all learn to do that with one another.  Eliminate the "buts" from our conversation and just learn to say thank you!  Encourage one another and build each other up is one of my favorite scriptures.  We need more of that in this world, especially now!!!  We need love and support from one another, so don't be quiet or shy, give praise where praise is due.  Be an encourager!  We can all do it!  What does our Pastor do?  What does God do?  They encourage.  Yes, they may come down on us for a while but they can come back with a scriptured word of encouragement or hope.

Remember that Jesus already won the battle, so why even fight?  Win the game by not playing.  Take every though captive to Christ.  By being kind to your enemy you will heap burning coals on their head!  Overcome!  Rejoice that your Name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life!  Remember that why you are tired and think you don't have any energy to be encouraging or excited for someone, if you do, you will find a new jolt of energy.   God's power will flow into your veins and send your heart into a joyful state.  Go ahead, do it!  You can make two choices when you wake up in the morning, One, to have a good day, or two, to have a bad day.  Which one do you want to have?  I want a good day every day!!!!!

It's so nice when people say to me "oh you make me feel so good when I talk to you".  That's Jesus in me!  That is Him knowing their needs and speaking to them through us by the Holy Spirit.  That is Him showing His love.  He is so wonderful!  the love of Jesus can conquer all the world.  Love covers over a multitude of sins.  It would be great to have a world full of love, and someday those have their Names in the Lamb's Book of Life will have that.  Won't that be great!  No more tears, no more crying, just love!

There is a time for every season and God knows our seasons and by listening to our Shepherd's voice though the Holy Spirit we can move lives in ways they have never been moved before.  In my CPA study class one day, a teacher, who knows that I am a believer, kept talking about being blessed when he sneezed in front of the class.  Later he started talking about prayer.  I made some comments of encouragement and he started getting so excited!  The whole class got involved and here is a teacher leading a very secular life I gathered, all excited being about to talk about God!  After class I was really able to share some of my testimony.  Using carefully chosen words that God gave me to say.  He mentioned to me that he was going to a party that night and I prayed for him that he would see the Truth and realize some people are shallow and self loving and he would want to come to know Jesus.  I sill hold that same prayer.

God does work in amazing ways!  Even my ex-husband, who would never even mention the Name of Jesus  agreed with me that Jesus is the Answer and that He can help through all situations!  I was able to lead him in a salvation prayer at another time when things looked desperate in his life.  Sometimes God has to send someone to the bottom of the pickle barrel to get their attention.  God is remarkable  when it is our season and we have to be alert and responsive and speak freely about Jesus to all who want to listen.  It's not our choice, let God lead the way through the Holy Spirit.

I used to play tennis and one day I lost track of the score and my opponent said "The game is Love".  Yes, God's favorite word in the Bible is also LOVE>  Isn't that the Truth.  For God so LOVED the World, He sent His only Son as a propitiation for our sins and His Holy Spirit to lead and guide us.  God tells us to love our neighbors as ourselves.  I have learned in my many years of walking with God when someone comes against me, I just pray that they get saved.  Salvation is open to anyone alive on this planet.  There are no exceptions.  I always weep when I read the scripture of Jesus on the cross with the two thieves and the one who said "You are the Christ" reaped his reward right then and there!  Jesus responded "today you will be with Me in Paradise".  That's true love!!!!  I led my father to Jesus three days before He passed away.  It's never too late!!!

Another of my favorite scriptures is "Encourage one another and build each other up."  If only people would do that today the world would be a better place.  I've seen a lot of jealousy in churches and people trying to steal the anointing instead of getting their own.  That's why God says guard what has been entrusted to your care.  Jesus told the story of the ten virgins,  five were wise and 5 were foolish.  The five wise virgins kept their lamps filled in obedience  to God and went from Glory to Glory.  The foolish virgins did not keep their lamps full and when they ran out, they went to get some from the five wise virgins.   But it was too late!   Jesus came to get His bride and the weren't about to miss it!  We don't know the day or hour when Jesus comes back and we don't know when we will die and face Jesus.  So keeping your lamps full of oil is not only crucial , it is life!!!!   Obedience is better than sacrifice!!!

When I am feeling sad or upset, I think about all the amazing things God has done in my life and think about the glorious future that He has in store for me.  I try not to dwell on the bad memories or attacks I have had because of my faith in Jesus Christ and there have been many!  But I continues to press on towards the mark of the high calling that God has for me!!!  One memory that makes me chuckle is when my son, Justin, was 6 and he had a friend over for dinner.  His friend called me 'Mom" and then say opps when he realized that.  Justin said "don't worry, I call her that all the time."  Nowadays his adult friends do call me Mom and I love it!  They are family to me!

God wants to fellowship with His family too and call you His own!  JOY is Jesus Owns You, so when you receive Jesus as your Lord and Savior and get filled with the Holy Spirit, you get access to God, just like Adam and Eve in the garden.  God enjoys peaceful times with us one on one and also in corporate worship.  He doesn't want us to get so busy that we have no time for Him.  There are people in church who are so "busy" doing things they think will please God and the reality is by GRACE we are saved, through faith, and not of ourselves, it is a gift from God and a very precious gift!  God loves quiet time with Him in His presence.  Sometimes I get so relaxed in His presence I dose off and it is so sweet.  I'm not asking for anything, He already knows my needs anyway, but just enjoying peaceful fellowship with Him.

There is an old school song called Joy Bells Keep Ringing in my Soul!  I pray that America experiences a major revival and that the joy bells will  ring in everyone's soul!  When the bell rings and Jesus is coming and it will be soon and very soon!!!!! I can hardly wait!  He actually is here now, we just can't see Him.  He's here now to heal, save, deliver, and bless.  Later will be the judgement and He will come with a shout and people will see him.  He's coming as a thief in the night, so keep your oil in your lamps and joy bells in your soul!!!!!!!!