1972 Christian Music, Love Song - 'Love Song' ~ Full Album: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66DlLkh6o4Q)
Both Holland & I need to lose weight. Serious weight loss.
The inhalers are the culprit; but until our healings come through 🙏, our lungs need them 😟
I woke up thinking the other day that the only way this would be possible was to stop eating for a few days - Holland apparently has the same inspiration, because as soon as the sleepy cobwebs were cleared from his thoughts, he said, "I'm thinking about going on a 72 hour Fast".
BINGO! 👍
Confirmation.
I readily agreed 😁
I chose Monday thru Wednesday … so, that is how I started off this week: and I did it. Holland didn't think I could - but, I have fasted before, and I knew I could do it. I honestly did not feel hungry during that entire length of time: when I set my mind to do something, it is s.e.t. 😉
Holland, because he is taking medications, needs to eat something light during his days, so the medications don't chew his stomach lining up: and that's okay - fasting can be personalized; and people fast for different reasons 👌
Weight loss is the main thrust for our fasting period.
But, I am also going to be seeking spiritual insights. I want continual peace in our home - and that will only occur when Yeshua reigns in our Home 🕊️
The main thing Holland keeps carping about is religion - we both have pretty strong opinions concerning what we believe. Personally I have come to the conclusion that Holland was literally born into a cultic religious atmosphere 👺, and never really had his own personal {come to Jesus moment}; every time he starts talking about the redmill religion 🤪, my conclusion 🧐 is reaffirmed anew.
Holland was raised in a familial family that read the Bible - and could quote Scripture like a scribe, but the way he was taught was lopsided … a weird Heinz 57 familial beliefs that runs through the family tree on both sides of the familial root stock, that believes they could pick and choose what was "inspired" & was was questionable; "backsliding" was common, and a ready excuse to do whatever - and let the chips fall where they will. There was no Biblical accountability. And because there was no actual relationship with Elohim, or concrete belief in Yeshua, disasters seriously eroded familial relationships, & sin led to deaths without the saving knowledge of eternal Life 😢
It is sad - fatally sad - when people live a religious life void of Yeshua. Grace does not overlook outright sin 😈👹
That was the way he has lived his life to date: he does not like hearing 🤬 that he is living apart from Elohim's grace.
His family still lives that way 😳🤔
I am not stretching the truth when I say that 95% of all of the arguments between Holland and I stem from Holland's twisted religiology.
I, on the other hand, "came to Jesus" in the Winter of 1964 while hearing a sermon in Grand Rapids-MN, on the love of God … and knew I wanted that: I gave my heart to Jesus right then and there; and was water baptized at Bible Summer Camp in the summer of 1965. I knew what I was doing - no one else in my family were Christians, so I was not influenced, coerced, or birthed into a religious home atmosphere. My salvation was purely the real deal.
I was the only Christian in my familial family. When I decided at 8 years old to get saved, baptized at 9 years old, and live the rest of my life as Yeshua's willing bondservant - and the Temple of the Ruach HaKo'desh.
I took what the Bible said to heart: it was the Word of Almighty God; unquestionable.
I still live this way.
I am not perfect by a long shot, and I am a continual work in progress - but I do not deviate from Truth ✝️ when it is brought to my attention by the Ruach HaKo'desh.
Most of our personal, & relationship issues, are based around Holland saying, "Well I don't agree with that - we'll agree to disagree." And me responding by saying, "Well, Holland, it doesn't matter whether you agree or not … facts are facts. Scripture is not arguable; what Elohim says is set in concrete - and if, as you claim, you are a Christian - then you have got to accept e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g. Yeshua set forth as unquestionable; you can't just pick and choose to accept the things you're comfortable with - and disregard the things that make you uncomfortable; or things you don't understand." That makes him angry 😤 And he withdraws, ending the convo with a ticking cheek muscle.
Holland has a respect for Elohim & Yeshua; but he doesn't have a full understanding of either because he balks at getting spirit filled - he needs to be in control … and giving himself over to the full control of the Ruach HaKo'desh, frankly scares him - he doesn't want to look foolish. He truly believes that he can save himself, by himself; doing good works. Having met most of his family members, it's safe to state that he, like the rest of his familial family tree [leaves], have never really submitted to the Lordship of Yeshua - they know about Him … but, they don't intimately know Him. A spirit moves them - but not the Holy One.
Randy Stonehill - 'Counterfeit King' song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luCPgVjLojE
BUT, Yeshua & I, both, intend to get Holland into Heaven 🤝😉
This promise is a reminder that Elohim has the power to transform individuals and communities, offering the possibility of a new life in Him.
This Covenant promises a deeper relationship with God, where His Laws are not merely external … but internalized within the hearts of Believers.
The "stone heart" represents a heart hardened by sin and rebellion, impervious to Elohim's (Father God) grace.
The "flesh heart" signifies a heart that is sensitive, compassionate, and responsive to Yeshua's (Jesus) love.
The "new heart" symbolizes a radical shift in one's inner being, characterized by a renewed desire for Yeshua and a willingness to follow His ways.
The "new spirit" refers to the indwelling of Elohim's Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKo'desh), empowering believers to live a life pleasing to Him.
The baptism of the Ruach HaKo'desh is a core part of Elohim's Plan for spiritual restoration and renewal of Life; a promise that completes a full transformation of the heart - a spiritual move from a state of sinful rebellion and self-centered hardness of obedience and love.
We will both woo his soul with a love song - and the Ruach HaKo'desh will be softly singing it 💗
