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Fishing 🎣 Report #10 of 10
November 30, 2021
Today, begins my final day from my three-month journey, primarily reading, the seven Church epistles, since September 1st, 2021. This began as something I have wanted to do for many years. Its benefits were to experience:
I did with some detail, share my event of quitting smoking, but rather than list the many others things which happened to me and for others I had been praying for during these times, just let me say, do the things I have shared in these “fishing reports” and you will have your own signs, miracles and wonders. You can have and should have your own power. You should and could have your own answers to prayer! 🙏 It is better to read the Word on your own and allow God to work in you to do of His good will and pleasure than to ever teach experiences! Besides, what God does for me and can can do for me, may be different for you.
But in previous reports, I did realize that the only way I could have been even more blessed over these past three months would have been, to spend more quantity and quality time in this pursuit. And I have decided to for now, to repeat this annually, every September. It’s kind of funny, I did not miss the negatives news much, I got more accomplished, had less stress and am a much happier person. I don’t even mind so much, being around me. 🤣
This was not planned, but I did end up reading Romans, I & II Corinthians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, I & II Thessalonians, at least 8 times and the entire book of Acts, one time.
During this 3 month period, I also purchased an audible and digital New Testament of the King James Version of the Bible. Sometimes I would listen to it rather than read, but most of the time it was running in my truck while traveling and especially every time Lady dog 🐶 and I went for a walk, at least six times each week. It was great having Darth Vader, a.ka. Anaken Skywalker, Luke’s Skywalker’s father, a.k.a. James Earl Jones read to me! 🤣🤣🤣
Today, my last day, I read all of the Church Epistles, I & II Timothy, and the last section of true chapter 8 of the book of Acts from 19:21-28:31, as many times as I could today, either reading or having them read to me by Darth I mean Earl. 😂
The last thing I read before closing out this 3 month journey was to read, Psalm 119, every verse. Every verse mentions God word in the following ways
Law, Testimonies, Commandment, Commandments, Judgements, Righteous Judgments, Ways, Precepts, Statutes, Thy Word, Thy Judgements, Thy Way, Thy Fear [respect/reverence], Thy Salvation, Thy Righteousness, merciful unto those that love Thy Name, Thy Word, Thy Words, The Truth, The Testimony of Thy Mouth, Thy Faithfulness, Ordinances, Thy Commandment, Surety [a sure thing] and Loving Kindness
Some of my favorites from Psalm 119:
“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.”
vs. 11
“How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!”
vs. 103
“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”
vs. 105
“Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.”
vs. 133
“Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.”
vs. 160
“I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.”
vs. 162
This completes our 3 month fishing for Truth and on the Cusp of Spiritual Renewal and Revolution.
Coming Soon! A brand new subject. Something you may not know, but should and something I just recently saw from the scriptures. You Don’t want to miss this!!
Who is? What is? Don’t Miss This!!!!
Gone fishing, catch you later 🙂
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Fishing 🎣 Report #8 of 10
November 10th, 2021
Today, leaves 20 days left until my 3 month reading goal ends on the December 1, 2021, since starting on September 1st, 2021.
Initially, the reading was simply to read the Seven Church Epistles, Romans, I & II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and I & II Thessalonians, as many times as possible.
To this I add (highlighted and emphasized), to think on whether the epistle by order and by nature was doctrine, reproof, or correction and the differences as I could see them while reading them.
To this I added (I highlighted and emphasized), ‘The Seven Things God Does Not Want Us to Be Ignorant Of,’ but to rather- ‘Aim Towards The Goal of… while reading them in the epistles and where they appear.
Once completely reading through all the the seven church epistles, to this I added first Timothy which shows the early church and it’s rise in an expansion and follow this by second Timothy which shows the church and it’s fall even as the apostle Paul Was under house arrest in Rome until the end of his life. but there he wrote the seven churches pistols, Which according to the Word of God “fulfilled the Word of God! I wanted to focus on first and second Timothy because they are basically written to church leadership I wanted to see and understand more clearly, the characteristics of leading the church not necessarily that I would be a leader, but that I could recognize what leadership is supposed to do.
Having been taught that the book of acts which appears in most translations has 28 chapters, was really marked by God, by figures of speech, which conclude each section or true chapter, in unique ways and in eight ways. So, After reading the entire seven church epistles, and then first and second Timothy I would go to the book of acts and read the section which was finalized and it’s unique concluding verses. Truly and technically the book of acts should only have eight sections or eight true chapters.
As of today, November 10, 2021 I have read all the above, five complete times and as of today, I begin my sixth reading.
It is now obvious to me that I am trying to get through this reading journey eight times from September 1st, until the end of this month, triumphant on December 1, 2021. I have now, only 2O more days to read and complete this goal, three more times.
Gone fishing, catch you later 🙂
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November 16th, 2021
Today, begins my eighth and last time reading primarily, the seven Church epistles, since September 1st, 2021. This was not planned, but with just 14 days left with this three month journey, It does look like I will have completed this reading schedule eight times. An eighth, biblically to notice the number of a new beginning. I have thought about this often and especially yesterday. Today I’ve decided to repeat this annually, once every year in September through November to read the seven church epistles.
Fishing 🎣 Report #9 of 10
November 10th, 2021
Today, leaves 20 days left until my 3 month reading goal ends on the December 1, 2021, since starting on September 1st, 2021.
Initially, the reading was simply to read the Seven Church Epistles, Romans, I & II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and I & II Thessalonians, as many times as possible.
To this I add (highlighted and emphasized), to think on whether the epistle by order and by nature was doctrine, reproof, or correction and the differences as I could see them while reading them.
To this I added (I highlighted and emphasized), ‘The Seven Things God Does Not Want Us to Be Ignorant Of,’ but to rather- ‘Aim Towards The Goal of… while reading them in the epistles and where they appear.
Once completely reading through all the the seven church epistles, to this I added first Timothy which shows the early church and it’s rise in an expansion and follow this by second Timothy which shows the church and it’s fall even as the apostle Paul Was under house arrest in Rome until the end of his life. but there he wrote the seven churches pistols, Which according to the Word of God “fulfilled the Word of God! I wanted to focus on first and second Timothy because they are basically written to church leadership I wanted to see and understand more clearly, the characteristics of leading the church not necessarily that I would be a leader, but that I could recognize what leadership is supposed to do.
Having been taught that the book of acts which appears in most translations has 28 chapters, was really marked by God, by figures of speech, which conclude each section or true chapter, in unique ways and in eight ways. So, After reading the entire seven church epistles, and then first and second Timothy I would go to the book of acts and read the section which was finalized and it’s unique concluding verses. Truly and technically the book of acts should only have eight sections or eight true chapters.
As of today, November 10, 2021 I have read all the above, five complete times and as of today, I begin my sixth reading.
It is now obvious to me that I am trying to get through this reading journey eight times from September 1st, until the end of this month, triumphant on December 1, 2021. I have now, only 2O more days to read and complete this goal, three more times.
Gone fishing, catch you later 🙂
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Fishing 🎣 Report #7 of 10
October 29th, 2021
Would you desire any of the following?
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”
Galatians 5:22,23 King James Version (KJV)
The fruit of the spirit comes by operation or manifestation (free will exercising), of the spirit which is to speak in tongues (S.I.T.), and operate the other eight manifestations.
For example: would you desire to believe more? S.I.T.
Note the first word in this group is “love”. Love activates “joy” (number 2 to establish – inside deal-hope), and believing (number 7 spiritual perfection).
Fishing 🎣 Report #7 of 10
November 10th, 2021
Today, leaves 20 days left until my 3 month reading goal ends on the December 1, 2021, since starting on September 1st, 2021.
Initially, the reading was simply to read the Seven Church Epistles, Romans, I & II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and I & II Thessalonians, as many times as possible.
To this I add (highlighted and emphasized), to think on whether the epistle by order and by nature was doctrine, reproof, or correction and the differences as I could see them while reading them.
To this I added (I highlighted and emphasized), ‘The Seven Things God Does Not Want Us to Be Ignorant Of,’ but to rather- ‘Aim Towards The Goal of… while reading them in the epistles and where they appear.
Once completely reading through all the the seven church epistles, to this I added first Timothy which shows the early church and it’s rise in an expansion and follow this by second Timothy which shows the church and it’s fall even as the apostle Paul Was under house arrest in Rome until the end of his life. but there he wrote the seven churches pistols, Which according to the Word of God “fulfilled the Word of God! I wanted to focus on first and second Timothy because they are basically written to church leadership I wanted to see and understand more clearly, the characteristics of leading the church not necessarily that I would be a leader, but that I could recognize what leadership is supposed to do.
Having been taught that the book of acts which appears in most translations has 28 chapters, was really marked by God, by figures of speech, which conclude each section or true chapter, in unique ways and in eight ways. So, After reading the entire seven church epistles, and then first and second Timothy I would go to the book of acts and read the section which was finalized and it’s unique concluding verses. Truly and technically the book of acts should only have eight sections or eight true chapters.
As of today, November 10, 2021 I have read all the above, five complete times and as of today, I begin my sixth reading.
It is now obvious to me that I am trying to get through this reading journey eight times from September 1st, until the end of this month, triumphant on December 1, 2021. I have now, only 2O more days to read and complete this goal, three more times.
October 25th, 2021
By nature, there are people in our lives we seem to connect with better, faster than others and it’s not that they may be more important than others it’s more ab out an order, a priority. But when anyone takes precedence over God or becomes a priority over God first, that becomes a problem, especially in concentration and focus in returning to the Word.
There are times when I am just really into reading the Word and it just seems like time stands still. So, I thought to praise Him in my enlightening and to praise Him when my mind is dull, unresponsive, unruly and just has difficulty in concentrating and reading. In whatever state I am in, it is well, praise the Lord.
In reading the first couple of chapters of II Corinthians, I noted that there are two of the seven things that God does not want us to be ignorant of. In II Corinthians chapter 1:8 it’s not ignorant of the trouble that came to Paul and others, but to aim towards avoiding those that cause trouble, particularly leaders that teach other doctrines. Another is seen in the second chapter of II Corinthians, 2:11 not letting Satan take advantage of us, not being ignorant of his devices, but aiming towards the goal of not being tempted.
By nature, when people do us wrong we want to avoid them or avenge ourselves and seek revenge or to somehow get back at them and yet in this section of scripture, Paul is saying to comfort and forgive those that cause the troubles that he is receiving, which if they receive will benefit them and it (the troubles borne), shows to others that have eyes to see and ears to hear, how much love he has for them that cause the trouble and that we should do the same and this is how we avoid temptation and understand of not being ignorant of, the devices of Satan.
Very interesting analogies- clothing, nakedness, tabernacle, veil and blindness and it is directly caused by Satan and the will of mind to reject God. The veil upon the face of Moses, upon the heart- Israel’s blindness and the Gentiles receiving this grace also.
Twice in these first couple of chapters of second Corinthians the word “earnest” of the spirit (token), is used. And I found this extremely interesting that of all the greatness of all the manifestations of the spirit and walking in the love of God in the renewed mind and manifestation, which we just read about in I Corinthians chapter 12,13, and 14, and then talking about the resurrection and the gathering together in chapter 15, it is just a “token” of all the things that God has prepared for them (us), who love him when Jesus Christ returns!
In all the universe above, below and within the bounds of all the heavens, the spirit of God, His gift to us and in us is, but a “token” of what he has prepared for us and all that love his appearing (re-appearing)!
Gone fishing, catch you later 🙂
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Fishing 🎣 Report #6 of 10
October 25th, 2021
By nature, there are people in our lives we seem to connect with better, faster than others and it’s not that they may be more important than others it’s more ab out an order, a priority. But when anyone takes precedence over God or becomes a priority over God first, that becomes a problem, especially in concentration and focus in returning to the Word.
There are times when I am just really into reading the Word and it just seems like time stands still. So, I thought to praise Him in my enlightening and to praise Him when my mind is dull, unresponsive, unruly and just has difficulty in concentrating and reading. In whatever state I am in, it is well, praise the Lord.
In reading the first couple of chapters of II Corinthians, I noted that there are two of the seven things that God does not want us to be ignorant of. In II Corinthians chapter 1:8 it’s not ignorant of the trouble that came to Paul and others, but to aim towards avoiding those that cause trouble, particularly leaders that teach other doctrines. Another is seen in the second chapter of II Corinthians, 2:11 not letting Satan take advantage of us, not being ignorant of his devices, but aiming towards the goal of not being tempted.
By nature, when people do us wrong we want to avoid them or avenge ourselves and seek revenge or to somehow get back at them and yet in this section of scripture, Paul is saying to comfort and forgive those that cause the troubles that he is receiving, which if they receive will benefit them and it (the troubles borne), shows to others that have eyes to see and ears to hear, how much love he has for them that cause the trouble and that we should do the same and this is how we avoid temptation and understand of not being ignorant of, the devices of Satan.
Very interesting analogies- clothing, nakedness, tabernacle, veil and blindness and it is directly caused by Satan and the will of mind to reject God. The veil upon the face of Moses, upon the heart- Israel’s blindness and the Gentiles receiving this grace also.
Twice in these first couple of chapters of second Corinthians the word “earnest” of the spirit (token), is used. And I found this extremely interesting that of all the greatness of all the manifestations of the spirit and walking in the love of God in the renewed mind and manifestation, which we just read about in I Corinthians chapter 12,13, and 14, and then talking about the resurrection and the gathering together in chapter 15, it is just a “token” of all the things that God has prepared for them (us), who love him when Jesus Christ returns!
In all the universe above, below and within the bounds of all the heavens, the spirit of God, His gift to us and in us is, but a “token” of what he has prepared for us and all that love his appearing (re-appearing)!
Gone fishing, catch you later 🙂
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Fishing 🎣 Report #5 of 10
At the end of this past September (9/30/2021), I decided it would be my last day of smoking. I was preparing for this time back in June. But 9/30/2021 was the evening I stopped. At around 7 pm I ran out of cigarettes purposefully and intentionally only buying one out of two packs I usually smoke each day. In New York State this is a lot of money as it works out to me, to be $25 a day.
You might think 🤔 making up your mind to stop smoking 🚬 is hard? To me that’s the easy part! It takes only 24 hours to get your physical need of nicotine out of your body. If like me, your withdrawal symptoms may be pretty mild, like sleeping a lot as your body is in repair and I just figured as long as I’m sleeping, I’m not smoking. So, as much as I could sleep day one that was fine with me.
Sleep is a wonderful lesson learned from our cat 🐱 Bella and our dog 🐶 Lady. They are survivors. They do whatever they need to do to not only survive, but to thrive. They sleep or nap, not so much because they are bored, but are about sustainability. They are not liberal or progressive, they merely conserve their energy stores. And as I already mentioned, sleep mode is repair mode. Nicotine and other chemicals have built up in my body and done their damage for years. Sleeping for as much as possible during the next 24 hours to detoxify and purge nicotine from my system, is certainly a pretty mild withdrawal symptom or side-effect to me.
A Story of Deliverance
Now if you knew my reason to stop smoking, you might find it a little strange? It wasn’t about my health, saving money, my wife’s repeated encouragement to stop because, she wants me to stick around a while longer. I did not stop because my chest was wheezing and sounded like a screen door opening and closing with hinges needing oiling.😂 No, none of those and there were really, no other ‘good’ reasons. No, for me, it was just as simple as the two fingers on my right hand that held the cigarettes, for whatever reason at this time in my life, developed nicotine staining and it even was in the index finger of my nail bed. So, I made up my mind to stop because, those two fingers were just ugly to me!!! What is the right phrase to stick up here, ‘Whatever it takes’!
The hard part, are the triggers that caused me to smoke in the first place, the addictive behavior, my personal habit, my 67 year old made and formed personality and nearly lifelong experience. Now if you want to count these as benefits, nicotine can make you feel calm or help pick you up and it is also an appetite suppressant of sorts. Not wanting to gain weight and pick up some other bad habit by replacing one with another, and not merely wanting to steel my will and deprive myself of one thing, for something else, I wanted deliverance!!! Something had to be greater than any perceived loss. I had to want something more, than I wanted to smoke!
Now believe it or not, my biggest and greatest motivation was, I wanted to make myself a better tabernacle in which for God to dwell.
I was trying to find something positive to replace this with and some pain and pleasure if you will, with something to keep me motivated, disciplined and able to resist the temptation. All I had to do is just not smoke for the first 24 hours, but then, the emotional and mental habit would rear it’s ugly head. Then what?
Many years ago, I used to be the lead singer in my hometown rock band, we called ‘Mad Dog.’ I and my best friend then, Arlan, wrote all of our original songs. I wrote lyrics or hummed a melody and he would work out the music on guitar. Our keyboard guy was a classical music trained pianist. In fact, everyone in our band could play instruments, but me. I wanted us to really do something with music, but the leader of the band was mostly interested in this as a hobby or just something to do at the time. Everybody else in the band, except for me, knew how to play an instrument, could read and write musical notation.
The only thing I ever took in school for a short period of time, was drum lessons. I had a set of drum sticks and a raised wooden pad with a rubber piece on it. I’m sorry, but that’s nothing like real drums to me and I lost interest very quickly.
I don’t know why, but I just wasn’t interested in playing music growing up or taking classes except for voice training, in junior high school. Our family loved music, at least listening to it, singing to it and even dancing to it. We just were never encouraged so to speak, to learn to play. Our father learned to play the trumpet or bugle, probably during his time in the Navy. Our brother had and learned to play a trumpet. But frustrated that I had no musical or artistic control in our little band, I quickly found out that any instrument I could put in my hands on or into my mouth I could play, but still, without being able to read or write music. And I could not, play anything you knew. 😂
A guitar was my first choice. I picked up a band member’s when they weren’t around, then a used one for myself, along with a guitar chord book with pictures of where to place my fingers on the frets and I learnt’ me myself, 😂 as best as I could. But nothing I did really mattered to real musicians. And over the years of my life, I’ve had several guitars and some of them quite expensive including, a Martin guitar. At some point, someone would ask me if they could play my guitar and I obliged them. When I heard them play so effortlessly and so beautifully, I knew there was nothing I could ever do that well so, I gave away all my guitars. What was the point anyway, my efforts to influence our band went nowhere.
There was a time when I lived in a community of about 20 families on all about 200 acres. The land had been deeded down through many presidents, including Abraham Lincoln. What likely was one huge plantation (yes with slaves), of 5,000 acres at one time, ended up being around 200, but it was in vincity of and technically within, the jurisdiction of Kansas City, Missouri. But Kansas City did not know what to do with this area and they did not want to be responsible for it. They left it up to the county seat to administer, in Liberty, Missouri, about 13 miles away.
Behind this property was what is known as ‘Worlds of Fun’, an amusement park. The only way to get to our community was if you lived there or followed someone there. On a map, it just looks like a bunch of trees in an area that most people did not know existed. But if you accidentally stumbled onto this location by foot or in your car, there would be people out in the middle of the street that would recognize just the sound of your engine that you did not belong. I guess it was a great thing if you had children in the neighborhood, a private security force?😂
But everybody in this community had to have a community-centered job. My next-door neighbor’s job was the weekend bonfires. I was the only one in the community that had a guitar so, my responsibility was entertainment. 😂 I would play background music. I’d write up my own songs complete with lyrics. Just don’t ask me to play something you knew because, I couldn’t. But I remember a line from one of the songs that I wrote. The line went like this— “Way down yonder in the country, right smack dab in the city.” That’s they way it went because, that’s what it was like, living there.
I mentioned this previous experience because, I recounted it all the way back in June of this year to a man who ran a music store, about 15-20 minutes from me. His store had been in operation for over 30 years. I was in his shop over two years ago, looking for a specific type of guitar, which was a classic guitar, with nylon strings. I really did not want to build up callouses on my left hand from the steel acoustic strings. I have never been interested in playing an electric myself, but love its sounds. And I was looking for a particular brand which is called, Alvarez. I have wanted one for over 30 years, but even after playing it, I just could not afford it. But I told him that I would be back. In the world of sales, ‘Be—Back’s, seldom ever come back! But I did come back, even if it took me over two years. 😂
But I told my story to the owner of this music store and he looked at me and he said to me, “Isn’t it time that you kept your own guitar!” So with his words and encouragement, this became part of my plan. When I finally quit smoking, I would replace it with playing music, writing songs and singing them along with playing them on my guitar.
Remember I said I could write songs with my guitar, original songs? It has taken me 67 years to figure out that of all the instruments that I have ever sat down to play, it is only a guitar with which I can turn my poems into lyrics or just write lyrics for songs! I am slow to learn. 🤣
There was a particular type of Alvarez guitar I was looking to play, to see if I liked the sound and it’s all about the sound! In developing their new Classical and Flamenco guitars, Alvarez began a journey in Cádiz, Spain the beautiful most southern province in Andalusia and the home of the Classical guitar. Their aim was to learn more about the history, the music and construction of these amazing instruments before embarking on research and development of their own. They started in the small hilltop town of Vejer de la Frontera, just south of the city of Cádiz where they met, talked with and worked with local luthiers (makers of stringed instruments), and players in the Cádiz area.
It was called the Cádiz from the area in Spain where the Spanish guitar or classic guitar, as it’s mostly known as, and where the flamenco guitar originated. So Alvarez sent it’s people to work with Spaniards made this new series of guitars. I was very excited to try it, but there was none in inventory, but one was coming in. It was long on back order. I gave my information and they would let me know when it came in. That call never came. I called back several times with the same answer, NO! On October 5th, 2021, I called and got an automatic voice saying the store, after 30 years, had been been permanently closed, with no further information available. In fifteen days the store had completely closed. Transportation issues and inventory could not allow them to continue. I have since learned that due to Covid-19 and cargo ships not being unloaded, if one were to place an order with Alvarez as of this writing in December of 2021, it may not be available until summer or later of 2022. This is primarily why the longtime dealer in Webster, NY, ‘The Music Store’ closed his business, in just under 15 days, after 30 years!
But Alvarez gave me the name and phone number of another store, ‘The Music Lover’s Shop’, about 45 minutes away from my home. I called and spoke with Jimmy, either the store’s manager, owner or both? He was getting ready to go to their Buffalo, New York store. I explained to him my situation and that it was not a matter of money, but that I wanted to try this guitar, the Alvarez Cádiz and if I liked its sound, I wanted to buy it, but I couldn’t do it for 60 days. Six weeks is the longest time I ever went from not smoking. I wanted to beat the record and make it two months. In the state of New York, two months of smoking two packs a day, seven days a week, is equal to about $1500. The Alvarez Cádiz guitar I was looking at was considerably less than that, but Jimmy said of his two stores, they only had the one I was looking for, in their Rochester, NY store. Yes, they had one and only one and it was on a first come, first serve basis. I asked him if he would make an arrangement with me to put a certain amount of money down and hold it for me until I paid it off in 60 days. And he agreed to do this, but I had to have a package value of about $1,000.00 and I had to put 25% down or at least $250.00, which I was more than happy to do. I made arrangements to come over and he promised he would not sell this guitar until I arrived, had a chance to play it and if satisfied, put the required deposit down.
I was excited driving over. It was like anticipating getting my driver’s license for the first time at age sixteen or hoping to kiss a girl I had just met! 🤣 Remember my saying that sometimes smoking can kind of pick you up or calm you down? I was so excited driving over that morning to the store to try out this guitar, when I arrived, I reached across the center console between the front seats of my truck, for a cigarette to calm me down before I entered the store. There were none there. 😂
October 6, 2021, I played the Alvarez Cádiz, asked many questions and put down the required deposit. About a month later, November 5, 2021 I called the store and I asked if I could come in and “play my guitar” and I put down another 25% so I could.😂 I started to become a local phenom, as the guy that quit smoking, to buy a guitar. 😃
The plan was that I could not have ownership until completing 60 days of no smoking. And if I smoked within those 60 days, I would lose any and all deposits! I had several witnesses to keep me honest. Besides them, I suck at lying to the guy in the mirror, myself. I also made the agreement that if I smoked after buying the guitar in 60 days, I would give this guitar, it’s case and all, all away for FREE. I had witnesses for this as well.
So this was my plan of hope, to replace one habit with a newer habit of playing guitar, writing songs and singing again— having something that was worth more than anything that I lost, but also having some pain involved if I screwed up before or after I purchased it. And just so we all understand, guitar or not, if I had continued to smoke, I would have burnt up in smoke, $1500 in two months, with nothing to show for it. As a surprise to my wife, I secreted out and took her guitar (an acoustic), had it cleaned up, restrung with new strings, bought her new case and some other things. All total, I spent $300 less than I would have spent smoking up and burning up my money in two months, anyway. So hey, I was saving money too and would have “something to show for it!”
Every story has an ending and this one ends really well! I believe I’ve been delivered and on November 30, 2021. On this date, I picked up and now own my own Alvarez Cádiz, classical guitar! And I’m keeping it! I have not smoked since and I really don’t think I will EVER allow anyone other than myself, to play it.
There is much thanks to go around . I thank all the folks at ‘The Music Lovers Shop’ that helped me make this possible.
https://musicloversshoppe.us/ – website
https://www.facebook.com/MusicLoversShoppe/ – Facebook page
I thank my beloved wife Susan, my sister Carol Lee, her husband Lenny, and a few other friends and family that knew what I was doing— my Cheery-oes (cheery + heroes), who were my unsung and silent confidants and who encouraged me. And I mostly thank God, for not just that I could steel my will to not smoke, 🚬 ever again but delivering me from this lifelong; horrible addiction and replacing it with something far better.
If the whole church is the Temple of God (and it is), I desired to become a much better tabernacle, for God to dwell in! As the Holy of Holies, the tabernacle of God was in the Temple of God, it was only there that the high priest was allowed only once a year to enter in. When Jesus Christ died, he was the High Priest and he entered into the Holy of Holies and the middle wall of partition between the Jew and the gentiles was broken down, the separation between men and women was ended, and the veil of the Temple was torn from top to bottom allowing anyone who would will to come, come directly to God. The Holy of Holies represented the place of God. It contained the tablets of Moses. But the temple was too small to hold the God of Heaven and Earth. The scriptures said there be no temples made with hands. But it was the tabernacle (tabernacles), where God was to dwell and we, the Church of God in Christ are the Temple of God, each a tabernacle, wherein the Holy of Holies (God), dwells!
“Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink (as the parchments, the written Word of God), but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.”
II Corinthians 3:3 (KJV)
Let me then, make a joyful noise…
“Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.”
Psalm 95:2 (KJV)
“And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.”
II Samuel 6:5 (KJV)
Gone fishing, catch you later 🙂
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© 2021
Fishing 🎣 Report #4 of 10
Gone fishing, catch you later 🙂
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Fishing 🎣 Report #3 of 10
September 29, 2021
In reading through the 7 Church epistles, Romans-II Thessalonians, I am trying to also focus on with a further view to recall them, are the seven things God does not want us to be “ignorant of!” This is like not hitting the mark or missing the mark. The mark is skopeó in Greek and it’s equivalent is to hit center of a target 🎯 or a bullseye. So not wanting us to be ignorant (miss the mark), God wants us to aim towards hitting the mark. These 7 things are as follows:
1. Not ignorant of others watching over us, but aim towards watching over others
2. Not ignorant of the mystery, but aim towards things not seen
3. Not ignorant of O.T. believers and their walk, but aim towards to goal of believers in Christ in their walk
4. Not ignorant of spiritual matters, but aim towards the goal of light in our walk, not darkness
5. Not ignorant of our trouble, but aim towards the goal of marking and avoiding those that cause divisions and teach other doctrines
6. Not ignorant of Satan’s devices, but aim towards the goal of not being tempted
7. Not ignorant concerning those that sleep (have died), but aim towards the prize of the high calling
For these seven, I have given the scriptures in Fishing 🎣 Report I. But what I saw for the first time is where these seven things appear.
By order, there are doctrinal, reproof, and correction epistles. Romans begins the first doctrinal epistle. Doctrine is how to believe rightly. Roman is followed by first and second Corinthians which is reproof. It corrects the practical error for failing to adhere to the revelation given in the book of Romans. Corinthians is followed by Galatians which is correction. It corrects the doctrinal error for failing to adhere to the revelation given in the book of Romans. This form is a trio or the number three is the number for completeness.
This order is repeated in the next book, Ephesians. Ephesians is a doctrinal epistle. It is followed by Philippians which corrects the practical error for failing to adhere to the revelation given in the book of Ephesians. Philippians is followed by Colossians which is, correction. Colossians corrects the doctrinal error for failing to adhere to the revelation given in the book of Ephesians. This form is the second trio, and number two is the number for establishment. 3×2 is six which is the number for a man or men or men and women, it is the height that mere mortals could possibly ascend to. Something is still lacking and that which is lacking is God 6+1 = 7 and seven is the number for spiritual perfection. First and second Thessalonians is a doctrinal epistle. But it has no corresponding reproof or correction! Why, because Christ returns for his saints, his church, the body of Christ, and then shall we be like him and forever be with him as he is, so shall we be quickening spirits. The dead shall first arise and then they which are alive at his return.
So, it is interesting that’s the first two things that God does not want us to be ignorant of, are found in the book of Romans a doctrinal epistle. The next four, are all found in the books of first and second Corinthians, a reproof epistle. And the last thing that God does not want us to be ignorant of, number seven, the number for spiritual perfection, is found in the epistle of Thessalonians, the final doctrinal epistle with no corresponding reproof or correction!
Gone fishing, catch you later 🙂
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Fishing 🎣 Report #2 of 10
Special Note: November 30th, 2021 ended my three-month quest which I began on September 1st, 2021 and called it, ‘Gone Fishing’ (for truth and to make myself a better tabernacle in which, for God to dwell). During this time, I made notes about what I saw and what I was learning; what was happening to me. Those I called ‘Fishing Reports’ and today is, the second of a total of ten such reports. So, beginning today (December 1st, 2021), I will post these reports, for the next several days until they are completed. Then, we will look into something I am perhaps more excited about than anything I’ve seen from the scriptures, in a very long, long time!!! It is my hope this will be enlightening to you as well! Have a Happy first day of December! 😀
D
September 27, 2021
It has come to my attention that:
“If I make time for the superfluous deed, then I have time to read!”
-Dahni-
Being on track to have read the seven church epistles 8 times and the 8 true chapters or sections of the book of Acts (essentially once), all from September 1st – November 30, 2021, may seem like a lot on this three month journey, but how much more could be accomplished if I would eliminate most other if not all other forms of information/entertainment, and read more of God’s Word, during this period.
Is not the purposes of this 3 month pursuit to:
Further prove to myself that God says what He means and means what He says, to have some power, get some answers to prayer and see some signs, miracles, and wonders? Yes!
How can I be acceptable to Him (II Timothy 2:15), If I am studying the news, social media, movies, the Internet and other non-essentials, more than or even equal to, studying His Word?
How am I to get myself free from the distractions and entanglements of this world, if I am entangling myself still, with them, even though unintentionally?
The competition raging between my carnal mind and having the “mind of Christ,” is already intense enough! Why then, would I want to give more weight to the things of this world, rather than the things of God? The latter is my intention and not the former.
It is not the quantity of scripture read during this 3 month journey, how many books I repeat or how many pages read per day, but the quality of my reading! How much am I reading without distraction? How much am I willingly allowing to sink in? Without these distractions, a greater quantity of scriptures will be read hereafter and there is certainly nothing wrong with that.
Still, the key to all of this seems to me, to read without distraction. Even my mind wanders at times while reading and I have to recognize this, stop and re-read at the place when my mind wandered off, all over and even all over again and again until, I can read without distraction and allow God’s Word to settle in to where it needs to be and should be- in me.
God does His God thing, but I have a part in this as well. I have to do my part. My part is to read and read without distraction.
It has also come to my attention that there are times when it is a pure delight to just sit quietly and read God’s Word without outside distraction. But there are also times when I am not “into it” and just going through the mechanics and the motions of reading, just to keep some goal I have set for myself, for these three months. In this I have decided, so what? So what? So what, whatever and how much or how little I am reading from God’s Word, I am reading it and if slowly, sooner or later my mind will get used to this and I will still benefit. Beyond this, it is important to me to be faithful. Starting over and re-reading when my mind wanders off is one example. I have missed reading daily once or twice this month of September already, and no amount of reading more the next day can make up for it, but rather than put myself down or condemn myself, I just picked myself up and started again. This is to me also, an example of faithfulness or being faithful.
“Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.”
I Corinthians 4:2 KJV (King James Version)
A steward is a trusted (and faithful), member or servant of a household entrusted with and to be responsible for those things their master, lord, God or Father had given them.
So I am resolved to more frequently, tune out more of the world and give my mind more quantity of God’s Word, by tuning into it more often, and allow my mind to absorb it more.
In ‘reading’ forward’ it is not a preset goal for how much more I will from this day until the end of November 30th, 2021, but I will neither read less or the same, but more.
Gone fishing, catch you later 🙂
Pentecost 