The Organisation and Religion to Re-unite All Religions

 

Katherine’s Kabitzing

Newsletter for August 2004

 

Dear Friends,

Just thought I’d share a few things just in case something might be helpful for where you are at in life at the moment. As far as needing a job at the present time, I’ve practically worked all my life at various jobs eve since I left High School and up through 25 years having done secretarial work, warehouse, house-cleaning, security type of jobs, costume character at one state’s Six Flags sites and at Billy Bob’s restaurants; I’ve worked in fast food, and then at temp jobs too. I even had the figure once upon a time to sell roses in nightclubs in one state I lived in years ago, boy, you talk about a mission field there, dears! And I’ve even helped out in different departments of the churches I’ve attended over the years as well from the nursery to children’s church to kitchen help and serving the folks at church banquets, so I figured I’ve served my time and paid my dues, not that I’m adverse at all to what God might have me do in the future at all.

But ever since God called me to this part of the country where I now reside, the “official” job openings became less and less and the doors began to constantly close on me no matter where or how often I applied towards them so that I finally threw up my arms in frustration declaring “Alright, already, God, just what is it that YOU would have me do in life?!” And for right now that is to write and design artwork and play go-for for various family members living hereabouts in the general area as I DO just so happen to have the “time” to do so for the time being. I am on the loose to be able to not have the usual commitments so that I am able to keep an eye on situations close hand and pray over them as needed proclaiming the Word of God, the Scriptures that would be applicable to any situations that should arise in family members’, friends’ or strangers lives as the need may be.

I’ve learned that with some situations that – well friends and church and prayer lines are great and excellent, but sometimes in the middle of the night with the attacks of satan come, you don’t always have access to these or other lifelines, so you’d better learn fast how to call upon the Name of Jesus and stand upon His Word for the crisis at hand and KNOW that you CAN expect immediate results right away in the dead of night.

And when you talk about the stresses that can befuddle and split your mind’s thinking processes and emotions twelve million different ways when the crisis’ come, it’s just not those who have fun times with their families, spouses, kids, ex’s as the case may be and other relatives, there are job related stresses and all sorts of lovely temptations out on the streets of life there just a waiting to trip you up. Some of my own “fun” stress times used to be at fast food jobs during the daily lunch rush hours with half the employees four-lettering the job, each other, and even the customers – and the front line freezers breaking down, and you just received the call that the main office supervisors inspectors are on their way and of course the place is the worst mess it could possibly be in – all on the same day! That’s when you learn to count to ten a million times real fast, and try to get away with as many rest room breaks as you can just so you can have the privacy to take however much time you NEED to make your mind CALM down and come against these problems by declaring the Word of God over them in the NAME OF JESUS over everything and everyone in the building!

And when you come out of the rest room, the dinning room has been miraculously cleaned up in five minutes flat, the employees are being genuinely sweet and actually helpful to each other, the business has slowed down to where the few workers who actually did bother to show up that day can handle it efficiently and the supervisor inspectors give you the four star ratings for the sixth month in a row! Phew! THANK YOU, LORD! Amen!

Friends, we all have all various albatrosses hanging around our necks, stresses in life, but as Christians get to have what the secular world doesn’t – CHOICES! Whom will “we” serve this day, - will we “serve” the kids screaming and fighting all around us all day long? Some folks think one or two child’s birthday parties or rather wild animal menageries that only last a few hours is a nightmare and migraine headache time. Try working birthday parties on Saturdays at Billy Bob’s with a whole room full of screaming brats running hither and yon, parents nowhere in sight (half of them just drop their kids off at some other kid’s b-day party and expect the party host/hostesses to watch them for them, AGH!) not just ONE party going on, but sometimes up to the parties at a time every single half hour all day long! You’d better have your gifts of  long-suffering and patience turned on full volume those days for sure!

Many’s the time I almost caved in and kow-towed to such pressures and more and have had to fight my way up from the bottom of such spiritual and emotional wells. But the thing that kept me going AND “lovin’ it!” every step of the way was that My GOD has said: “I am with you, My rod and My staff they comfort you (Psalms 23) ….   “ And I will keep you in perfect peace whose mind is stayed [cemented, secured, focused in on to the exclusion of all else, the spirit man zoned in on the atmosphere and presence of God when all heck is breaking loose all around you] upon ME! (Isaiah 26:3)

And that takes work, stubbornness, decisiveness of will and just plain bull-headedness to stick to your guns and rely upon Jesus in the face of all opposition to your peace of mind in Him! I AM going to cling and adhere to the Word of Almighty God, I AM going to MAKE THE TIME to study and pray His Word, I AM going to BELIEVE and trust in Him above all else, all those other harassing and condemning “voices” of this world whether I “feel” like it or not! “ (Joshua1:8) And I am still working at keeping my own temper under control – (Ephesians 4:29)

But I finally learned that “I” get to CHOOSE whom I will “serve” this day –  I get to serve PEACE and tranquility and the CALM assurance that my God, MY GOD WILL some through for me and KEEP His Promises and break forth with the answers and the miracles right on time the very second that I need them if I just keep on pounding that into that thick head of mine day in and day out: The Word of God Works! The WORD of GOD Works! The Word of God WORKS! On time and every time – Amen! God Himself is my life and my career first, first thing in the morning, first thing at night, first thing when I rise up and when I sit down and when I walk among men, above all else! AND THEN the circumstances come what may WILL be turned around to “serve” me in HIM to my favor, benefit, and advantage! It only takes ONE Word spoken in Faith to CHANGE the outcome of the entire Day! Psalms 91, Psalms 1, Romans 8:28, Philippians 4:13, Ephesians 1, Matthew 21:22

Before computers, I would hand write these and other scriptures over and over and over and over hundreds of times, then with old royal manual typewriters and later electric ones, I’d still type them over and over and over and over until it finally became an inseparable part of my being, Ephesians 1:18-19, Isaiah 11:2-5

And although many of us have legitimate busy schedules, some with jobs and careers, kids, spouses, etc; eventually we all will have to sit down and think about whether we should continue using the world’s methods or our own usual methods of problem solving or GOD’S naïve believe in faith and trust in Him alone – methods to get the job done and the prayers answered right the first time around.

I finally became totally convinced to the fact that God really loves me “just as I am” faults and all, that HE made me this way, and with prayer and continued prayer and communion with Him the desired changes in myself would come about eventually as He means them to be. I learned to accept myself as “perfect” in His Sight and to acknowledge that as of course there is always room for improvement that I am beautiful or handsome and winsome as I am in the “NOW” present time of life. And that He means for me to fully live in the “Year of Jubilee” all the days of my life in Him! That Christ IS come! HE is risen and He lives in you and me and in His Eyes I AM worthy and special and chosen and accepted in the Beloved: me in my own uniqueness and faults and you in your uniqueness and different personality where you are at this moment of time in your life. All peoples’ differences are needed and cherished by God for each our specific callings and missions in life. HE accepts me, so I’d better accept myself and go from there. My ABBA “Daddy” loves me, so phooey! on anyone else’s opinions at all.

Thus if it’s written anywhere’s in the Bible at all then it’s something that I can claim for myself in this lifetime to be the best “servant of God” the best possible “fully equipped in the saints” witness to the power and blessings of walking with the Lord.

Soooo, I CAN too, lay claim to the silliest requests like long luxurious thick hair, never falling out and never turning gray and that I am too, “a youth with no blemish” (Daniel 1) no matter what earthly age I am at any given time. Don’t you know us women count our ages backwards after a certain milestone has been reached – But NOT ME! I’m proud to have attained the age that I am now because it only goes to prove the longevity of life guaranteed to those who seek after and serve the Lord, our God.

But although some say gray hair is a sign of wisdom in one’s old age, others say that gray hair is caused by different stresses in life (mine is still at it’s natural shade at my over 50 age of the moment (I’m still not telling what it really is anyways! Na! Na!) still) So another way to never get “gray hairs” besides praying the Word of God over yourself is to learn to slow down and reduce the stresses of life. It’s easier and harder than you think because it requires discipline and singleness of mind and learning one of the most fun “Fruits of the Holy Spirit” Self-Control! Ta-Da! Ouch! Which is not just letting your emotions and your imaginations and anxieties run away with you, it’s learning to relax and go by the old Christian adage prayer poem of "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."

I started working on myself was to make myself “see” others as God sees us, forgiven and set free. So took Amy Grant’s Song – My Father’s Eyes (http://www.lyricscafe.com/g/grant_amy/135.htm) and turned it into a daily prayer for myself. I have to; I can’t judge my sisters and my brothers in Christ and in the general family of man at large by this present world’s standards at all. Everyone would be found wanting then. What does our Father see when He looks at us His precious children but beautiful potential guaranteed successes in life (3^rd John 2) depending on whether or not we are ready and willing to follow Him all the days of our lives. So what must I therefore “see” when I look at others around me on this earth, but beautiful peoples of all races and colors, the family of God altogether.

Oh boy, is retraining my own human mind to rise up to these standards ever such fun! (sarcastically she said) It’s hard work alright as I still have folks I in myself would prefer to clobber on sight rather that forgive and forget as our Father in Heaven decrees that we should. Tough luck, kiddo, me, I want to be the perfect little CHRIST-ian, His little anointed one – hands extended on the earth than I have to buffet my mind and my heart and my soul in to submission to Him in all things. NOT to “men” or women, mind you, but unto what His Word is telling me in my own heart in the quiet times of communion with Him. Sometimes that means flowing with the guidelines of other ministries and sometimes that means wiping the dust off your feet and going out to do what God has called you to do instead. Which still means putting “doing the time” in the prayer closet, in study and research, and in memorizing the Scriptures in the Bible for yourself and not depending on what other’s have to say or teach about the living Word of God (John 1) except as confirmation to what God is already revealing to you in your own spirit and soul.

Spending the time With HIM continuously and seriously seeking Him until it BE comes a “state of mind” so inseparable from our own thinking processes that at the first sign of troubles or problems we can instantly tap into His Wisdom and provisions no matter where we are in life or in the world without having to be in that physical “proverbial” prayer closet at all anymore. Well some days I CAN do that and some days I STILL want to punch somebody’s lights out! Oh vell! PBPWMGINFWMY! Haven’t heard that one yet? Its short for “Please Be Patient With Me, God Is Not Finished With Me Yet! And YOU should be having that same attitude towards your neighbor as well, please be patient with THEM, God is NOT finished with THEM as yet either, oh ye of little faith!

So if I want to BE all that I can be in God’s Army, I have to treat His summons to the prayer closet like a COMMAND PERFORMANCE, a non-issue verbatim, get in there and get in there NOW! He must be first place in all things and in all areas of our lives. Subject closed!

Norman Vincent Peale put out an excellent small pamphlet size book on easy ways to relax your muscles with a few isometrics and concentrating on Jesus our Peace, Jehovah-Shalom, at the same time. You get to learn that you do have spiritual control and “authority” over the very processes of your own being as well as “over all the spiritual wickedness in high places” (Ephesians 6)

In fact, my human 2-bits opinion is that you need to do what it takes to grow in Christ for yourself first thus enabling your self to be able to minister in the best possible ways to all others after this. For how can we reach out to others with the freeing message of Christ when we ourselves are confused and in doubt over some things we hear about Him. How can I share with others the stress free living available 24/7 in Him that in the midst of our worst crisis’s He WILL turn this around to our benefit (Romans 8:31) if I haven’t learned to SELF control my entire being, spirit, soul and body - under His Lordship myself as yet? Thank God for 1^st John 1:9! Amen to that!

It starts out by a deliberate act of our will and a decision to BELIEVE God by Faith even when our own minds are a maelstrom of conflicting emotions and doubts, but it WILL eventually become a solid anchored trusting foundation if we stick at this with persistence and patience that we can finally say to that ole slue foot – that pesky “nothing” of a devil who thinks he can throw another useless weapon of some nonsensical crisis against me today? NOT! Hasn’t he learned by now, that I won’t be falling for any more of his lies: “they’re foreclosing on the house today and we’ll all be thrown out into the street with no where to go” ----- “ Five bills are due today and not a dime in the bank” ---- the doctor is claiming you have inoperable cancer and only six months to live! ---- _________!!!! You fill in the blank with whatever troubles have hit you as of late!

But MY GOD is bigger than any mountain that I can or cannot see! MY GOD is a – johnny on the spot – miracle worker, in season in time of need! MY GOD has filled me with His confidence and assurance and PROMISES that HE HAS made a way where there seems to be no way, He DOES heal the sick and raise the dead and set the captives free. He HAS delivered us from all the snares of the fowler every single time we call upon His Name. So I’m NOT even going to waste my time getting anxious, worried, or all bent out of shape or even bat an eye at the latest crisis satan thinks he can slap me with today. I get to stay CALM, cool and collected when all around me seem to have lost their heads. ‘Cause MY GOD has already shown me the end results – I WIN – in the back of His Book. Na! Na! No buts about it, no questions or doubts need apply, for NOW faith is (Hebrews 11:1) and I know He reveal all in our quiet times of communion together. He says in the book of James in the New Testament that if any one lacks wisdom, let him ask and He WILL answer him!

So though we might have been mind-blinded at one time, we can now have that spirit “knowing” in our gut to BOLDLY go where we have never gone before into the exciting realm of all our new tomorrows fully expecting each day to be more and more God-filled with the peace and serenity and the confidence of all our prayers answered and all our needs met (Scripture reference – for our God has supplied) and all crisis averted or even totally stopped to begin with (Psalms 91) before they are ever formed against us having that confidence that our “Dad” and all His Heavenly Hosts are arraigned behind us (Romans 8:37) all the way! Hey slue foot, my Dad’s bigger and more powerful than yours any day of the week – attitude in life! Nyah! (stick out tongue!) So there! I can’t hear you, I can’t hear your lies (covering hands over ears) (John 10) I hear the voice of my Father God, and the voice of a stranger I cannot hear at all!

There IS peace in my house today! Peace is the Gift that God offers, that no man or circumstance can take away! There IS money in the bank to meet the bills! There IS food on the table! There IS healing for the Children of God. ♫ I don’t go by what I see, I only go by what the Word tells me, Word came to life, came to me! I’m a Covenant Woman (or man) ♫ [song by Jany Grine] I have set my mind like flint and I refuse to budge it and I WILL to practice this and practice this and practice this and practice this and practice this – day in and day out, night in and night out until it does become a living reality of the King in my life and “frankly my dear” to all others opinions, both good and bad, about me and mine and our situations. I have placed my trust in Him, I have set my confidence in Him – (read the entire book of 1^st John) and I refuse to accept anything else contrary to His Word to me. Period and Amen!

You too, can step out your own front door with this winning attitude every single morning and watch all the crisis’ and circumstances and situations just bow their knee to the Name of Christ for you. It takes work, all you effort and guts that no matter what may come you way there WILL come days also of utter complete smooth sailing in life that WILL get exponentially consistent and continuous all the days of your life EVERY day of your life the deeper you get IN HIM. All the answers you ever need ARE in Him, consistent with the amount of “time” that you spend with Him, - cause vs. effect – some 30-fold, some 60-fold, some actually 100 FOLD return and more!

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth but thou shalt meditate [devour, study, research, and memorize] upon it day and night and observe [watch, listen, copy and imitate] to do according to all that is written therein, [thus you WILL] that thou SHALL make thy [own] way prosperous [healthy, satisfied with life and content therein and all thy needs supplied to the fullest degree] and then thou shalt have good success [harmony, favorable outcomes all the days of thy life] (Joshua 1:8 [kd’s version]

 

Templar (sister in Christ) Karalee David

July 30^th 2004

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