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[tyme]

I get a yearly promise every New Year. My promise for this year is "I will case thee to ride upon the high places of the earth". I've got it on my work desk to refer to all the time (Is 58: 14). What was your reading today? @Realness 

[tyme]

You're always special to us all and always welcome here @Appleblossom 🙂

Lovely to have you!

[Realness]

Hi @tyme ,

I was reading John 11 today. Jesus raises Lazarus.

I had a look at Isaiah 58:14 in the NIV: "I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights of the land"

The Message is even better: "Oh, I'll make you ride high and soar above it all."

May you be soaring above it all in life.

[tyme]

Thank you so much for that @Realness . I really needed it today. 

Hope the same for you too. 

[ENKELI]

@AuntGlow I am up and down, still grieving I think. Dad's passing has brought about some unwanted feelings. 

It's also stinky hot in the 'Vegas- 41 today.

Hope your week is treating you well xo

[Appleblossom]

Thank you @tyme and @AuntGlow 

I am also grateful for @heartathome @DownMoreThanUp and

@heartathome for your thoughtful post directly to me. Hugs, and to @ENKELI 

I often lie on my couch as my back and neck are not great for sitting.  I am much better up and moving and doing exercises and gardening.

Congrats on starting the course Realness.  Yep, we have to be practical about what we study.  I have thought of doing a course, but tired of accruing HECS debtsm without good reason. I am pretty busy at the moment, with lots of different projects.

[heartathome]

Sounds like mowing the back lawn is high energy work! I wonder if the lawn feed would be better to put down in the winter when the lawn doesn't grow much. I have no idea about lawns! 

Are the first five books of the Bible called the Torah? I think some of the Jewish community still follow the Torah. Is that right? $50 10 subjects Is that $500 for the course? That's still expensive to me. I love the idea of studying an overview of the Bible. There is a book (of the Bible) in novel form called the Book of God. I've read it before. It helped me a lot to understand the storyline. 

Thanks @Realness I'm anxious and excited about meeting up with them! It's so spur of the moment! My friend booked a motel for me, and I've organised lifts, buses and trains to get there and back. That in itself was a huge effort. I've never done anything like this before so it's a bit nerve racking. I get nervous when I leave home. It doesn't show on the outside but inside I'm paddling hard. 😁💚

[tyme]

Hugs @ENKELI . Thinking of you at this time. 

Sending warm prayers.

[Realness]

@Appleblossom , @heartathome ,

Thanks for the interest and encouragement re the study. This theology subject is $50 total. There are I think 16 other subjects. I will probably do another one after this. Just need to make sure I finish this one within the six months.

[DownMoreThanUp]

@AuntGlow @ENKELI @Realness @tyme @Appleblossom @heartathome 

Thanks friends for dropping in. Mood wise i did well today. That is why we decided we go out. My mood changed taking meds yesterday afternoon down deepest, and has been good ever since. 👍

 Sorry for not being around today. i've had a busy day. First thing this morning demanded had my computer demand i give it attention, and after that my wife and me went out for a river hike. We had a wonderful river walk, although it was hot for our doing at 31 C. Afterwards we had lunch together. A lovely pint o locally brewed beer with some chips and garlic bread.😍

Anyhow my progress. i have had enormous change of heart over the3 last 2 weeks. From being apart in spirit, ways and purpose, i'm uniting to any want, including worshiping The Lord.

Things have changed dramatically. For where i was once accused 24/7 depressed, i now find Jesus on the bottom of my 'bad' life, to be my life, to my utter amazement. To be honest more often than not i do not even call my past bad life bad any more. For in Jesus what was crooked becomes straight, and what was up becomes down, and amazing reality to live.

i'm beginning to veer away of understanding myself in alters, and more and more just me. That is the first major change.

The second major change is that underneath my rage was my hurting self. The self in me who always copped it, and where i suffered all my bad times. The self where i was rejected and despised. The self in me scorned, mocked and hated, even within myself by myself. Yet in Jesus innocent of wrong, and chosen by God to have Eternal life in and with Jesus. While my accuser and mockers burn my Victory, looking on gnashing their teeth at me, not able not to hate me. i know such life is doomed in me.

The third major change is no more psychosis, voice or hallucinations, nor anxiety! This has been such a welcome change in my life. i still getting used to. Ever since Jesus came and delivered me from the lies ruling, i have had no more psychotic episodes. Not even a little bit. Even without meds i have now seen. That is amazing! And has me thanking Jesus from the bottom of my heart for deliverance from evil!

Fourthly i have increased my sleep by a minimum of two hours a day, and have even made 6 hours in one sleep. And have been doing 'productive/meaningful' things again. Like fixing things and doing tiongs i have not been doing.

And finally but not at least lastly. My relationship with my wife and family has been improving as a consequence of my raging alter out of the way. My wife and me have had the most triggers between us with me in this alter. i have done the most wrongs to Jesus, myself and my loved ones in this alter. i have caused myself untold harm. Yet Jesus has had accepted in love and even thankfulness. Not only my wife, but also my older son, and now our older daughter are responding to the change. (the other two are not around.)  Almost as if something which still upset them seeing me, no longer to upsets them seeing me, though neither know what has happened the last 5 months or so. A very interesting development indeed.

A lot more i could share. To many chances to retell really. My life has been upside down in every way imaginable.