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A few weeks ago, I mentioned that the “blog subscription” widget on my site suddenly and mysteriously disappeared. It hasn’t come back and I still don’t know where it went. I have, however, found a replacement for it. The new widget/plugin seems to work OK, but there are some concerns. First, none of my old subscribers were migrated to the new program so, if you had subscribed before, you will have to re-subscribe with the new system. Second, the notifications are going straight to the spam folders – even the notifications to me. I can’t seem to correct that on my end – I’m not great at even simple tech. If you have tried to subscribe, please check your spam folder – also, try to make your own adjustments to allow my notifications to get directly to your in-box. At this time, and for the foreseeable future, the only notices you’ll get from me are announcements of new posts. At some point, I might make other announcements – but nothing too ponderous to read. Third, I have no idea how long this widget will keep working.

If you prefer not to subscribe, perhaps you’ll consider bookmarking my page and checking in now and then. Since the start of the year, I have been consistently posting every week and I hope to continue that practice.

What comes to mind, for me, regarding this situation, is a comment frequently made by spiritual teachers. They often use phrases such as “when one door closes, another door opens” or “losing something makes room to find something better” or “everything that happens to you, happens for a good reason.”

I won’t say these are false teachings; they are, however, naïve and misleading.

Certainly, good things happen to good people: but so, also, do bad things. And good things even happen to bad people.

Really, for the most part, things just happen. God notices every sparrow that falls, but God doesn’t stop every sparrow from falling. Things are going to happen to us in the world – how we react to things happening is the important part for each of us, individually.

Sometimes when a door closes, we find ourselves locked in a room with no way out. There’s nothing wrong with hoping for something good to happen and actively looking for ways to make good things happen. There’s nothing wrong with having faith that whatever happens, we will be able to make the best of it. The problem revolves around the EXPECTATION that somehow a new door will magically appear without any effort on our part. We must each take action to create our own good.

Another popular saying comes to mind: “God helps those who help themselves.” We must open ourselves up to possibility and be ready to seize opportunities as they appear – or appear to appear. And if another door opens, step through it quickly before it shuts again. The real doors we should be seeking are the ones the open up within us.

So, will losing my old widget lead to something better? I don’t know. I’m just going to keep trudging along with these posts and hope people enjoy reading them. Sometime in the future I might invest in some service that handles widgets and upgrades and all that for me.

Maybe.

For now, I’ll continue doing what I do.

I might not be anyone’s open door, but maybe I can be a small crack in the wall that lets a few people peep out at the mystic world.

New Year 2021

Happy New Year!

2021 will be the start of a whole new cycle – yet the troubles of 2020 will not be left behind. More hardships await us. Those who claim rulership of the world are now more confident then ever that pandemics are a workable tool in controlling the masses. They will certainly use this and more offensive methods to achieve their goals in the days to come.

And what, exactly, are their goals?

Surely, not sex, money and earthly power – these they have in abundance.

What can they be after?

Their goals are not merely physical. They are Meta Physical – SPIRITUAL.

In the novel 1984, the hapless protagonist is told that Big Brother, the supreme leader, desires more than mere acceptance of his authority – he wants LOVE. It is not enough to OBEY Big Brother: you must LOVE Big Brother. He demands the love of his victims even as they squirm under his boot.

What kind of “love” is this that our plutocratic, globalist, elitist overlords demand? Certainly not anything like the human love you and I might understand. This is a dark, fearful, sick sort of love only demoniacs can appreciate.

The good news is that the overlords have exposed themselves in 2020 more than ever before. We can be on our guard in 2021 to the tools of propaganda, violence, poverty and pestilence they use to manipulate and squeeze out of their victims the bitter, salty excretions they label “love.”

We can resist. But it won’t be easy and the consequences of our resistance will become more and more extreme. We must stay strong.

Ephesians 6:11 – 18 provides a blueprint for how to remain steadfast against the adversity to come.

11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the high places. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to remain standing. 14 Stand firm then, with the Belt of Truth buckled around your waist, with the Breastplate of Righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the Gospel of Peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the Shield of Faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the Helmet of Salvation and the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.

18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. 

Be alert, stay strong and keep the faith.

Wake up! Wake yourself up any way you can. Wake up and then wake up everyone else.

Love and Blessings and all good wishes for Peace Profound in the coming year.

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