I’ve been away a while. It’s not because I have not been thinking about things. I have. I do not write these thoughts down because I work a regular job that is quite an energy drain. I can’t seem to think with clarity. I have a couple of weeks to write something during the holiday break.

I actually have been seeing things come together in my Christian walk that has revealed some things that bring into focus what God’s plan is really about. It really is as He has described in scripture. Salvation is real. It is needed. I’ve listened to so many confused people of late. They present themselves with questions that are simple enough to answer, however they don’t listen to God speak to them.

When salvation comes to a person their soul is saved but not saved. The initial event of salvation is to restore communication with the Father. When we invite Jesus into our being it’s what brings the reconnection with God that was lost in the fall of man. When the spirit of man is regenerated the communication with God is restored and the result is the beginning of salvation for the soul. Salvation is the initial start with an ongoing salvation with an eventual ending salvation at the end of this life. From there eternal life begins. So to put it simple one is saved, is being saved and shall be saved.

The last sentence of the previous paragraph is something I’ve heard for forty years but did not come into focus until recently. During the ongoing salvation, we are tested or better yet put into training the soul. I would put it in another term. That being the taming of the soul. My first pastor called the soul a wild ass. Those who fight the training by the spirit are untamed, hence that term. I read a small pamphlet many years ago describing it as training a horse with a bridle.

Now that I’ve gotten much older I see in my own life the effects of that training. I’ve finally relinquished the anxiety that came with bucking against life. I didn’t like the bridle, but now I see the bridle as the Holy Spirit, which directs me in the direction God wants me to follow. I took a lot of side trips along the way, but His leading has always brought me back to the main purpose He has for me. The spirit within me being reborn when I accepted Him as my savior restarted the communication that was dormant since the first Adam. The Last Adam (Jesus) has given me life.