Understanding God’s Call: Chosen vs. Invited

Posted on 2026/02/03 by JimR, Chaplain

I don’t exactly know how to start this.  So, I’ll start this way.  Decades ago, I asked God to help me develop a prayer life that would be deep and meaningful.  Oh, it’s not to say I didn’t pray.  I prefer to call prayer “conversation”.  I made this request in a meeting with other leadership in training.  One particular member of the class spoke up that God would make it so.  The one thing I’ve learned since then was brought to my attention.  I’ve talked to God since I was about twelve years old. 

My first memory was lying in my bed at night.  God spoke to me on one of those evenings.  He said that I was to be an evangelist.  I thought of it as nothing extraordinary.  I thought this was normal to hear God speak.  As I have learned over the years, I put upon others the expectation that they should automatically know what I know.  It has come to me that they don’t.  I found myself many nights after that conversation preaching hellfire and damnation to a darkened ceiling in my dimly lit room.  My preaching would be as fervent as if it would cause a person under conviction to find themselves all but feeling the flames of hell if they did not respond immediately.  That was how I had heard it done in the Baptist church I grew up in. 

Then, on another occasion, I was sitting in church when God gave me a vision.  I was thirteen or fourteen.  I could see the people sitting in the church service, but only a small few of them stood out.  God asked me whether I saw this.  I said yes, but questioned Him about its meaning.  God said not all the people in the congregation were His people.  The only people that stood out to me were His.  My heart was hurt because the number of people who were His was small compared to the total number of attendees at the service.  God spoke that He had people in every church.  The situation in all those other churches was the same.  In later years, I learned that many are called, but few are chosen.

Matthew 22:14 – For many are called, but few are chosen.

To make it clear, there are designations in this area.

 Four designations

  • The call (calling) or invitation
    • The actual call or invitation of God (to receive a worldly purpose, or to receive salvation)
  • The called or invited
    • Those who have received the call or invitation
  • The chosen
    • Those who have heard the call or invitation and have chosen to accept it
  • The elect or elected
    • Those who have been selected by God for something
  •  The first point deals with God’s call (invitation) klesis. 

Romans 11:29 – For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

For years, I wondered about that statement.  The “repentance” part made me curious to know what it meant.  Then, when word study became my method of understanding scripture, I found the proper word for that is “irrevocable”.  The calling cannot be reneged on.  God said it, and He will not take it back, which shows the reliability of God’s promise in saying what He says.  God doesn’t dangle a carrot only to pull it back. 

  • Then the called (invited).  This deals with the ones that are invited.  Again, I refer to the verse:

Matthew 22:14 – For many are called, . . .

The invitation for salvation is sent to the called.  The Greek word kletos translates to those who are invited to be saved/ made holy/to belong to Jesus.  All are called to a purpose. 

Most sermons in decades past dealt with getting people to recognize they needed salvation to keep them from dying without a Savior and “going to hell”.  They were encouraged to commit right then to ensure their citizenship would translate from the realm of darkness to the realm of light.  Many were threatened to get them to commit.  I’ve found in the years since that if you have to scare them to the altar, you have to continue this vein of psychological thought to keep them “saved.” 

I have an alternative thought.  Yes, I agree we should let people know that living in sin will have detrimental consequences, but above all, we must let you know something more valuable.  The called are those who are invited to a purposeful future.  Purpose in life gives hope.  Hope builds faith.  Out of faith comes grace and mercy from the believer.  This is all coming from correctly understanding that God wants us to be of value and worth.  We all need to humble ourselves and listen to and for the call of God.  We are invited to repent from our old stinking thinking and trust in Him to receive salvation unto a purpose in moving forward.

3. Chosen (eklektos).  This word is an adjective describing a people that has been chosen.  The chosen are the invited who have presently accepted the invitation.  Back to the verse:

 Matthew 22:14 – For many are called, but few are chosen

The responsibility we have is to hear and accept the call. Should we obey the call, God makes the choice to choose you. Your being chosen is based on His choice.

In my understanding of the line of thought, is that the “many” that are invited, not all are “chosen”.  What qualifies the chosen is that they have humbled themselves and obeyed through their faith in the gospel.  God sees this faith and will choose those faithful that follows His commandments taught in the gospel.

So now I get understanding of what God showed me those many years ago sitting in church during a service.  Many were called.  All that sat in the service were called.  I can only imagine that most did acknowledge the invitation to salvation.  My biggest fear is that the souls that were called would stand before God in the time of judgment, will not be allowed into the kingdom.

Matthew 7:21-23 – Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.  Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? And in thy name done many wonderful works?  And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Then come those who labored in faith for their master, and it is said:

Matthew 25:23 – . . . Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

This answers any question about the vision God gave me all those years ago.

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Prophetic Word

Posted on 2026/01/28 by JimR, Chaplain

Back around November 8th, 2025 I received this word on my way home. I hesitate to consider myself a prophet. I heard God tell me when I was twelve that I would be an Evangelist. I lived on that word to me all my life. One evening, I was doing something, and I heard or read about a college offering certification as a Chaplain. God spoke to me to take the course of study. I was already an ordained minister. This certification solidified where I stood in the calling of God. Being a Chaplain, I found the definition to be that of an Evangelist. That convinced me of what God told me as a young man in my early teens. I have also heard that my son has the calling of a prophet. I remind him from time to time.

So, below is the word that God gave me for the church I am a member of.

God spoke to me on Saturday morning as I was driving home from town, and I broke down and cried.  God does talk to me daily, but this was different.

He said this: I, God, come to you, the church, to tell you it’s time to step to another level.  Up to now, we have lived in our earthen vessels as though it was dirt.  It’s not a bad thing to say dirt.  It’s a picture of where we start.  I have hidden precious materials of silver and gold in the dirt.  It’s time to get your shovels out and begin to dig in the dirt.  Winnow away the needless things in life (the dirt).  Take yourself a pan and fill it with dirt, and then swish it in the stream of water, my Spirit, and pan out the dirt to find the silver and gold.  You must know your salvation is the silver, and the gold is the nature of God, for you to obtain.  Ensure your salvation is true.  Ensure your salvation is ongoing.  Ensure you aim for it to be a finished work in the end.  In the pursuance of your ongoing salvation, you will be putting on My Mind, says God.  This is the growth I wish you to have.  To be like Me as my offspring in fellowship with Me.

It’s time to take it to a new level.  It’s time to get closer to Me, says God.  Don’t let the world be your focus.  Let Me be your focus.  Consider me, your father, who takes care of you.  The world is what it chooses to be, but you need to choose Me, and those worries of the world will cease.  Worry not.  Want not, because I will take care of my church.  You are under my wing.  You are hidden from the evil of the world. 

So, take a new step to a deeper realm with Me, says God.  Talk to me more.  Learn more and become more by and from what you see of Me.  I will make you rulers in the coming world.  It’s up to you to do your diligent best to obtain.  It can be done.  I call you to that realm now, today, and from this day on.  Let not a day go by that this Word be fresh in your mind to spur you on. 

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Warfare – Spiritual vs Physical

Posted on 2026/01/27 by JimR, Chaplain

Jesus asked Saul, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” (Acts 9:4), revealing a profound theological truth: persecution of Christians is persecution of Christ Himself. Don Lemon may have found favor with the courts, but not Jesus. Fear for this man’s life. He has touched God’s anointed.

Although the following speaks of the OT anointed of God, don’t you think of Jesus as the supreme one that should not be touched?

‘Touch not Mine anointed ones and do My prophets no harm.’ Psalms 105:15

Psalm 105:15 and 1 Chronicles 16:22 state, “Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!” This divine command underscores the sacred protection God grants to those He has set apart for His purposes.

Divine Retribution: The Bible records severe consequences for those who harm God’s anointed.

Pharaoh was struck with plagues for attempting to take Abraham’s wife Sarah (Genesis 12:17; 20:3–7).

Abimelech was warned in a dream that he would die unless he restored Sarah, as Abraham was a prophet (Genesis 20:6–7).

Korah and 250 rebels were swallowed by the earth for challenging Moses and Aaron (Numbers 16:31–35).

42 youths who mocked Elisha were mauled by bears (2 Kings 2:23–24).

The Amalekite who claimed to have killed King Saul was executed by David, who declared, “Your blood is on your own head… for you have said, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed'” (2 Samuel 1:14–16).

Spiritual Principle: The command extends beyond physical harm to include slander, ridicule, or spiritual attack.

David refused to harm Saul, recognizing that only God could judge the anointed (1 Samuel 24:6; 26:9).

The above reference is what I’ve been asking God how I should approach the present world situations.

Jesus equated attacking His messengers with attacking Him: “Whoever receives you receives Me” (Matthew 10:40).

Saul’s persecution of Christians was seen as persecution of Christ Himself (Acts 9:4).

Modern Application: While the term “anointed” historically refers to prophets, kings, and patriarchs, many interpret it today as applying to all believers, especially those in ministry.

Gossip, disrespect, or violence toward God’s servants is seen as violating divine protection.

God’s justice is sovereign—He promises to defend His own, whether through direct intervention or long-term consequences (Romans 12:19).

In summary: The punishment for touching God’s anointed is not limited to physical death but includes divine judgment, spiritual consequences, and divine retribution. The command is a solemn warning: harm to God’s chosen is harm to God Himself.

Therefore, my decision to cease comments on today’s hot news items and deferred judgement to God has been made. It’s simply my position to submit to God and pray for our country.

I have to remember one thing.

According to Ephesians 6:12 – For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

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Military Law vs Civilian Law

Posted on 2026/01/23 by JimR, Chaplain

I’m not a lawyer. However, I was a legal clerk as part of my duties in the military. I was responsible for research and preparing everything from Article 15’s to discharges of whatever nature were recommended by the command. That was not easy since it was back in the 70’s before computers. I had bookcases full of binders with AR’s I had to go through to do my research.

In Civil Service, I qualified as a legal assistant to apply for a position under the hospital’s JAG officer. Wrangling in the ranks bumped me from getting the position. I did learn the multi-levels of Navy and DoD regulations were ridiculously redundant with only minor differences.

On to the question that arose in my thinking this morning, when I heard a person say something about what would have happened to him if he’d done something he was commenting on.

People have their opinions. I have mine, and I’m not going to say what I think. I wasn’t there. I don’t know all the details. Let a jury settle that issue.

Safe to say this one thing. You can’t judge civilian law with military law thought processes. These are two different animals. So, I wanted to clarify that. My research below is copy/pasted from what I found.

Military Law and Civilian Law are distinct legal systems with different purposes, jurisdictions, and procedures.

Jurisdiction: Military law applies to all members of the armed forces—active duty, reservists, National Guard, and retirees—under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). Civilians are generally not subject to military law, even on military bases, unless they are federal employees or contractors. Conversely, military members must comply with civilian laws wherever they are, and can face prosecution in both systems for the same act (e.g., a DUI), which is not double jeopardy.

Core Purpose: Military law emphasizes discipline, good order, and military readiness. It includes unique offenses like desertion, insubordination, and failure to obey a lawful order. Civilian law focuses on public safety, justice, and individual rights, with laws based on local, state, and federal statutes.

Legal Proceedings:

Court-martials are the military equivalent of criminal trials. They are conducted by military judges and panels of service members, not civilians.

Jury composition differs significantly: military juries (panels) are selected from active-duty personnel and do not require a unanimous verdict—typically three-fourths agreement is sufficient, except in death penalty cases.

Pre-trial and trial procedures are more streamlined to accommodate military operations and timelines.

Punishments:

Military penalties include reduction in rank, forfeiture of pay, confinement to quarters, and dishonorable discharge—consequences that can permanently affect a service member’s career and benefits.

Civilian courts use fines, probation, and imprisonment, but lack military-specific sanctions.

Appeals: The military has a separate appellate structure—service-specific Courts of Criminal Appeals and the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces—with automatic review for severe punishments (e.g., death, dishonorable discharge, or long confinement). Civilian appeals go through state or federal appellate courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.

Legal Representation: Service members have access to free legal defense by Judge Advocates (JAGs), who are both military officers and lawyers. They may also hire civilian attorneys at their own expense.

In summary, while both systems uphold justice, military law is designed to maintain discipline within a hierarchical, operational force, whereas civilian law protects individual rights within a democratic society.

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Overcoming Fear of Public Speaking

Posted on 2025/12/31 by JimR, Chaplain

Here’s a statement that I take to be true. My wife says I talk too much sometimes. I tell too much, too. My contention is that in sharing what I feel, I reveal myself in a way that connects with others who may be experiencing similar thoughts and situations. It’s to let others know they are not alone in their daily motions. As a Chaplain, I’ve learned how easily it is to talk to people. When I was growing up, I was very shy until I got to know someone.

In an earlier time in school, my class had a play that involved singing. I was asked to sing a song to my girlfriend at the time. It was the 7th grade. There was no way I was going to do that. It really hurt me that another guy in the class did it in my place. Fear of crowds was not something I would overcome for several more years.

I failed U.S. History and English in high school because I was deathly afraid of standing in front of a class and giving an oral report from an assignment in history class. Mr. Ragland graded them for content. Then he turned all the oral reports over to the English teacher, most likely Mrs. Galloway. She graded them for composition. Since I didn’t write the report, I failed on both counts.

Moving on to my late 20s, I knew I was to become a minister. I was asked to minister one Sunday evening. I was determined to do it, but fear was prevalent. Before the service, I was in the prayer room with others. While praying, God spoke to me. He stated to me that He knew I was good in one-on-one conversations. I had to agree that it was so. He then said something that made me laugh. He said when I go out there and stand in front of everyone, that I should remember that all those people comprise the body of Christ as one man. In essence, I was in a one-on-one conversation. From that statement, I walked into the sanctuary and ministered for almost an hour. The title of my message was God Is Building a House. I’ll never forget it. I’ve never been afraid of standing in front of people since that night.

Perhaps this may help someone, perhaps not. Just know that something paralyzing to me may be something someone else can overcome, from what I learned. I think a good bit of my fear was lost by knowing that when God speaks to me it gives me the boldness to repeat it to others. It matters not if it’s one person or a hundred people.

I’ve had people tell me after I have spoken at times that I should have said it this way or that or added something that sparked in them. The point is it doesn’t matter. What they are telling me is that they saw another facet or God spoke to them personally about something I said that was meant for them to consider for themselves. That is the endpoint of my having said what I said. Then I know someone was listening and got an expansion on what they heard. Good for them. Now I have no fear to speak. Now I understand.

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A Dream

Posted on 2025/12/25 by JimR, Chaplain

I dream like many others. Sometimes I remember them. Sometimes I don’t. This morning was a “remembering” morning.

I got up. I went to my recliner and leaned back. I prayed with sadness. I was dreaming about a family that once was. The husband is gone from this earth. The wife is not well. Of that, I’m sure, although I have no direct knowledge of her status. I know many years ago, a healthy, younger woman she was injured in a horrendous accident that disfigured her and left her with brain damage that followed her from then on. They had two sons and a daughter. They faced overwhelming challenges, and they never overcame them. They gradually sank into the background of life, at least from the church family that once lauded them.

I saw them only once after their exile. At that time, they still held themselves together despite all that happened. In the time since I realized they were not totally at fault for their fall. Those who shunned them hold part of the blame.

I’m not into bashing. Life doesn’t always deal a good hand. They got a bad hand.

As for me, I cannot put myself above the fray. I fell from grace as well. I went into darkness for a period of time. God brought me out of it and put me back on solid ground, and I will never let that experience pull me back down. I don’t know what would have happened had I not been surrounded by all my new friends and my second wife. I firmly believe that had I not had this happen, I would have been gone a long time ago myself. God gave me a new future with a renewed calling. I only wish this could have been their portion as well.

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Racism

Posted on 2025/12/08 by JimR, Chaplain

When I was young, I lived in a small area of the county that was not near any towns, except the small town nearby. Everyone knew everyone, and most were related in some sort of way.

The Ku Klux Klan was a big organization, and all of the members were Democrats. I saw crosses burning in yards. I went to KKK rallies where they burned crosses as big as power poles with a large number of attendees. I remember standing in a group of men, including my dad. I told them I could not wait to join the Klan. They all would pat me on the back and tell me I could when I got old enough. At that time, it felt good.

Democrats have always tried to control the black population, and they still do. They just changed their tactics. Back then, in the 60s, it was fielded with such names as governors George Wallace, Orvil Faubus, and others. They were determined to maintain segregation. Controlling this group of people with fancy programs was the Democrats’ way of conjuring up votes so they could maintain power. Democrats are a new breed today, but they still maintain the same principle of gaining control, no matter the method.

Now it is illegal aliens. and people from other countries who have no intent to assimilate into our ways. These imported illegals (some naturalized, but have violated their oath of citizenship, which should earn a revocation and deportation) are only here to bolster Democratic power. These are Democrats in name only. Their proper name should be Democratic Socialist commonly known as Communists.

If this nation does not stand up now and front a program of deportation and destruction of the Communist ideology, we will no longer be a nation much longer. The common citizens of this country needs to wake up and gather together to form a more perfect union, or there will no longer be a union to gather to.

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Prostate Biospy

Posted on 2025/11/11 by JimR, Chaplain

Biopsies. It’s a simple word. But behind that word comes a story of something happening in the body that doctors want to be more definitive about. It can be ominous or it can be benign. Have you ever had one?

I did today. My third prostate biopsy was performed early this morning. I’ve had two others. The first one was negative for cancer. Then the summer of 2024 I had a TURP done. That’s a term for rotor rooting the prostate to allow for better urine flow. Why would I share such a thing? Well, it is something I’m open about because I worked in a military hospital for almost thirty years and I saw a lot. In all that time I found a lot of people were not knowledgeable about their bodies and what happens when medical intervention is required. So, I will use myself as an example.

After the TURP the prostate tissue was examined and found to have cancer in it. That was over a year ago now. The doc told me on a scale of one to five this type of cancer is a one. It is the type that can take up to ten years to develop into something serious. So for the time being in lieu of treatment he felt nothing more that monitoring was the best course to take. So today was my third biopsy.

They prepping required an enema before going in for the procedure and I was to take two Valium two hours prior and one hour prior and then they would administer a local. The local consisted of lidocaine. It is uncomfortable to say the least, but not so much painful. It was done in a matter of minutes and I was released without complications back to normal daily functions.

With it being Veteran’s Day my wife and I went to IHOP for breakfast since I had not eaten. Veteran’s and their wives got a free breakfast with a short stack of pancakes. The only thing I had to pay for was our coffee. We enjoyed it and went about our way to go home. The procedure was done in another town 38 miles away and I was not fit to drive, so I laid my head back and went in and out of a nap. We were home in no time it seems. However, when we got home the lidocaine was wearing off and my backside was starting to hurt. I was still kind of out of it from the meds, so I went directly to bed and slept for about an hour, but the pain woke me up. I went to my recliner and rejoined my nap and when I woke up this time the pain was subsiding. The previous two times I’d had this done I don’t remember this kind of reaction.

So here I sit now, relatively in little pain. I am still quite drained from the meds early on, so I’m ready for bed. I have an early start in the morning. Fortunately, I work about three hours at a time in the morning and afternoon, so I will get to come home and rest some in between till the afternoon when I go back for about another three hours. I drive a school bus. This procedure was the worst of the three I’ve had done. I don’t think I will like the idea of it being done again in another year, but it’s a necessity to keep things in check.

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Posted on 2025/10/13 by JimR, Chaplain

There will not be a perfect “government” till the Kingdom of God is fully established. Understand something. It’s a Kingdom, not a democratic republic, dictatorial or any other form of government.

It will be when the subjects have fully committed their lives to the King. The selfish nature of man will have to die and align with the mind of Christ. It will have to become a “want to”, not a “have to”. Every day that I wake up, I become more accustomed to the idea that God is above all and knows what’s best for me, and I have crossed a line from my selfish self to allowing God to take over because I have begun to realize He knows what’s best for me. That, my friends, takes a load off of me trying to figure out how to forge ahead on my own steam.

I look back at all He has done for me over my lifetime and realize He’s been orchestrating every turn I’ve made despite myself. So why should I fight against His will for me? If we all come to this point and surrender entirely to His will for us and let Him take the helm, we will see evil disappear. It is really happening on Earth now. The major news networks don’t see this happening. His coming is in motion even now. I see it. Do you? Even as evil raises its head, God raises His even more.

Friends, as Acts 1:10-11 states: They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.” I don’t know when, nor do I predict. I just know He is already here in spirit and also coming again physically, as the scripture states. There’s nothing secret about it.

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Are You Really Saved?

Posted on 2025/10/05 by JimR, Chaplain

This is a long post, but worth reading to those with questions about their salvation.

The pastor posed a statement this morning at the end of his message that simply saying the sinner’s prayer and saying you’re saved doesn’t necessarily equate to a defining moment in one’s salvation. I have to agree. I know God woos people by the Holy Ghost to draw them near to Him. Not everyone who claims to be saved is indeed saved. I would urgently request of that everyone who professes their salvation take a look inside themselves and examine their intentions and hopefully change (repentance). There will be fruit in your life that shows change.

Now, as for the fact of having experienced salvation, search yourself for what motivated you to make this confession. I remember at the age of 13, God started working on me to come to Him. Many times over the next three years, I felt that calling to the depths of my soul. I even fought against it, because I feared taking that step out of my pew to walk to the altar, because of what people may think. I also feared I would not be able to live up to the standards that I heard the Baptist preacher speak from the pulpit.

But at the age of sixteen, during a revival on a Friday evening in June 1967, the power of God calling me was so strong I made that step from my pew, and I only remember the first step. I think I floated the rest of the way to the altar, where I found myself in front of the evangelist. I remember him asking me why I was there. I said I wanted to be saved. That was a life-changing moment for me that indelibly marked my life from that very day. I also remember asking God that night from my bed as I looked out the window, begging God to come that night, because I knew I was going to fail Him. What a long way I have come from that night.

I managed to attend church until I was drafted at nineteen into the Army. The Army was demanding and I believe I attended Chapel one Sunday during my entire enlistment. I came home and did not set foot in the doorway of a church again until God started reminding me I was called according to His purpose and He wanted me back from the worldly nature I had become accustomed to. By that time I was married and had two sons. I was suffering from depression, although I did not know this was the problem until I was in my sixties, looking back. But the calling of God overtook my depression and I said to God I wanted to return.

One evening in a service I was attending and an altar call was given for salvation. I started to step out, but God stopped me with a question. “Didn’t I save you when you were sixteen? There is no need to do this.” He had something better for me.

He then put a hunger in me to test the waters to further my walk. I had been attending an Assemblies of God church and the Baptism of the Holy Ghost with speaking in tongues was available to my walk, so I asked God if this was real I wanted it. Then on March 13th around two o’clock in the morning after I had ceased crying before God, I looked up and I heard words I did not know start to coming out of my mouth and I was astounded. It was real.

I called my pastor the next morning to report my nightly encounter with the Holy Ghost and he was overjoyed and came over immediately to sit with me and share what had happened to me.

I know beyond all shadow of doubt that I was saved and sixteen and baptized in the Holy Ghost at twenty-seven years old. Then came a whole new level of understanding when I would study the Bible. I could barely get through a verse without it expanding on me.

Then came the testing of God to perfect me and mold my way of thinking to have the mind of Christ. Believe me I have not matured to the level of perfection, but I strive to do so. In the latter years since Libby and I have been married I find she has giftings that have helped me so much to calm myself and I feel she was instrumental in helping me understand one important thing, that being unconditional love. I can still be a totally difficult person, but she still looks at me with that love and it melts my heart. I then realize God loves me all the more.

God has truly saved me. God has baptized me in the Holy Ghost and the blessing of God have never been more evident in my life as in the last sixteen years. I can’t be everything to everyone, but I can be my best. I can’t attend every church service, but I still love all those God has placed me amongst. There are still trials. I’m still being perfected (matured), so bear with me.

If you doubt your salvation I adjure you to exam yourself and talk with God. It’s more than a simple statement of faith. It’s a life-long endeavor to the end. Anyone who is studious will find salvation is a starting point with a continuing progression ending only when you take your last breath.

At my age now I have a fascination of what I will be doing in the eternal realm. I feel God told me. Call me crazy, but I’m going to be a musician in the coming life. I’m not sure, but some of you may have just lost me, but count me crazy.

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