TEST of leadership

 Lamentations 3:40

King James Version

40 Let us search and try our ways, 

and turn again to the Lord.

No wonder GOD wanted me to keep writing about Trump.

Which I did yesterday.

The 10-day-old leadership of president Trump was to be tested.

As well as the five-day-old leadership of Pete Hegseth, the new defense secretary.

Not to mention the day-old leadership of Sean Duffy, the new transportation secretary.

A commercial plane and military helicopter collided yesterday.

The airliner carried 64 on board; the chopper, three.

At least 28 bodies were recovered.

Many believe no one could have survived the impact and explosion in mid-air.

Neither the freezing, choppy waters of the Potomac.

CBN News reports the water temperature was at least 35 degrees F.

35 °F is equal to 1.67 °C

-- Inch Calculator

We commiserate with the families of all who may have lost their lives.

It's especially poignant, considering their plane was already preparing to land.

Something that happened a month ago, with the south Korean incident.

Should people be afraid to fly now?

No -- our lives are in GOD's hand alone.

Job 12:9-10

King James Version

9 Who knoweth not in all these 

that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?

10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, 

and the breath of all mankind.

A true tragedy in the early throes of the renewed Trump administration.

Reminding me of a tragedy that faced my own Philippine president, Benigno Aquino III, after he just sat in office on 30 June 2010.

Barely two months in office, he, too, got a "baptism of fire".

A disgruntled police officer took 25 hostages in a bus, 20 of whom were tourists.

"The Philippine and Hong Kong governments conducted separate investigations into the incident. Both inquiries concluded that the Philippine officials' poor handling of the situation caused the eight hostages' deaths."

-- Wikipedia

The first thing that came to mind?

President Aquino was being tested for his "leadership".

Now, it's happening with president Trump, and his two newly-confirmed cabinet members.

I mean, what are the chances that he, and his two men (relevant to the incident), would be tested so early on?

In any major leadership, crucial "tests" are given.

Somehow, I know how Trump would handle it.

With heart, firmness, and common sense.

Strangely, the American Airline incident directly involved the  Federal Aviation Administration, too.

Trump's press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, just mentioned the FAA in her FIRST press briefing two days ago.

That was her opening at the briefing, talking about the "drones" over New Jersey, silencing all qualms, and conspiracy theories.

As if by GOD's design, we also just mentioned the FAA in our article yesterday.

This will test Leavitt's leadership, too, for she will be busy addressing questions from hereon.

Even as the president already did today.

All these, I was made to "witness".

THANKS to the HOLY SPIRIT.

Who keeps leading me, inspiring me, and teaching me.

I really must keep writing about Trump.

It's the assignment GOD had given me.

Is GOD keeping us all "sharp"?

That, I am wont to believe.

Now, Hegseth, and Duffy's, will look into their departments.

Yesterday, president Trump blamed air traffic control.

Today, the DEI issue came up.

Expect Trump to be rid of that, completely.

Trump said he made reforms after Obama's presidency.

But Biden reformed his reforms.

And now, Trump reformed it again three days ago,

Knowing the president, he will make sure an incident such as this never happens again.

GOD-willing, it won't.

The air space in D.C. is very busy.

Trump, in his usual common sense, questioned why the plane, and helicopter, were on the same level, and direction.

Arthur Rosenberg, an aviation attorney and former pilot, felt the same way, too.

As the president gave his initial statement last night, I thought to myself he won't let this pass, without an uproar.

He cannot bear lives lost, because of ineptness.

After all, who could be the busiest "flier" than Trump?

He has his own TRUMP plane.

Now, he's got back his Air Force One presidential plane.

Not to mention his Marine One helicopter.

Of course, I expected his critics to forget that.

They sure did, as they "attacked" him at the presscon.

To know more, here are THREE relevant, short videos:

Trump fires back at press over DEI, DC plane crash: 'Not a very smart question'

'This is not rocket science': Former pilot gives straightforward analysis on DC plane crash

Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth remarks on deadly crash of passenger plane and Army helicopter

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Be VERY sure

 

Proverbs 25:2

King James Version

2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: 

but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.

Be not hasty.

To do as others do.

To get into the fray, and get frayed.

To be carried away by mass consciousness.

To express hatred, for something you don't understand.

There is mob mentality, and there is evil intent.

These are surely NOT of GOD.

These are troubling times.

And yet, the born again heart probes deeper.

Praying to JESUS for absolute answers.

Waiting for guidance from SPIRIT.

Waiting on the LORD's word.

Are things really as they seem to be?

Have people become bolder?

Because now, they have digital platforms to speak from?

Do people really know what they're espousing?

Have they been paid to do so?

Do people check with Scripture?

Do we know GOD's laws?

Do we know GOD's plans?

If only people would turn to GOD.

If only they'd seek GOD.

If only they'd pray to know.

If only they'd turn from their sins.

If only they'd drop their pride.

If only they'd admit total ignorance.

If only they'd do right by GOD.

If only they'd become born again.

If people did all that, they'd begin to know.

And really understand what's happening each day.

Whether they be in campuses, or governments.

SPIRIT will explain everything.

All have been prophesied.

GOD knows man's nature.

Nothing is hidden from GOD's eyes.

His WORD answers everything.

The enemy fuels your passions.

Taking you for a fool.

He drives us to violence.

Violent thoughts lead to violent words.

Then to violent actions.

Have NOTHING to do with Satan.

Have NOTHING to do with his ploys.

Have NOTHING to do with violence.

Don't be enticed to do something you will regret.

JESUS said:

Matthew 26:52

King James Version

52 Then said Jesus unto him, 

Put up again thy sword into his place: 

for all they that take the sword 

shall perish with the sword.

Have NO fellowship with darkness.

Ephesians 5:11-12

King James Version

11 And have no fellowship 

with the unfruitful works of darkness, 

but rather reprove them.

12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things 

which are done of them in secret.

Instead, HAVE fellowship with CHRIST:

1 John 1:7

King James Version

7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, 

we have fellowship one with another, 

and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son 

cleanseth us from all sin.

In these seemingly confusing times, focus on JESUS alone:

Colossians 3:1-2

King James Version

3 If ye then be risen with Christ, 

seek those things which are above, 

where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

2 Set your affection on things above, 

not on things on the earth.

A sure Companion for these dark days.

Wherein Satan gloats at people's gullibility.

Hoping they'd remain that way.

Ignorant of the LORD's ways.

Aim to be awake, aware, and alert.

These are curious times.

Not for those asleep at the wheel.

Or the uncaring.

CARE to KNOW.

CARE about others.

Find COMFORT from these verses:

Psalm 37:1-2

King James Version

37 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, 

neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, 

and wither as the green herb.

Psalm 37:3

King James Version

3 Trust in the Lord, and do good; 

so shalt thou dwell in the land, 

and verily thou shalt be fed.

Psalm 37:4

King James Version

4 Delight thyself also in the Lord: 

and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Psalm 37:5-6

King James Version

5 Commit thy way unto the Lord; 

trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, 

and thy judgment as the noonday.

Psalm 37:7

King James Version

7 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: 

fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, 

because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

Psalm 37:8-9

King James Version

8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: 

fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

9 For evildoers shall be cut off: 

but those that wait upon the Lord, 

they shall inherit the earth.

Psalm 37:10

King James Version

10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: 

yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, 

and it shall not be.

Psalm 37:11

King James Version

11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; 

and shall delight themselves 

in the abundance of peace.

Psalm 37:12-13

King James Version

12 The wicked plotteth against the just, 

and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

13 The Lord shall laugh at him: 

for he seeth that his day is coming.

Psalm 37:14-15

King James Version

14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, 

and have bent their bow, 

to cast down the poor and needy, 

and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, 

and their bows shall be broken.

Lastly:

Philippians 4:8

King James Version

8 Finally, brethren, 

whatsoever things are true, 

whatsoever things are honest, 

whatsoever things are just, 

whatsoever things are pure, 

whatsoever things are lovely, 

whatsoever things are of good report; 

if there be any virtue, 

and if there be any praise, 

think on these things.

If you are born again, all is clear.

If you're not, all is confusing.

And detrimental to all.

Creating delusion in many.

EXACTLY as Satan wants -- total chaos.

To make a statement, you only need to let GOD speak.

By ourselves, we don't see the whole picture.

ONLY GOD's WORD must prevail.

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SKETCHING the EYES

 1 Samuel 16:7

King James Version

7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, 

Look not on his countenance, 

or on the height of his stature; 

because I have refused him: 

for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; 

for man looketh on the outward appearance, 

but the Lord looketh on the heart.

It's been decades since I last sketched.

I would normally sketch eyes, effortlessly.

As if there was something about eyes, that beheld me.

But I would normally sketch lovely women's eyes.

Enjoying the curve of the eyebrows, the slant to the eyes, the long lashes, the light-colored gaze, the grace to it all.

Taking up architecture seemed to have dislodged all that.

Probably because structure replaced "freehand".

It was only today -- 44 years after -- that I held pencil and sketched again.

But this time, I sketched a face, outlining the features, and the background first.

And this time, I skirted around sketching the eyes.

It was a stranger who coaxed me into sketching him at a park.

A small group of people gathered, waiting, and watching.

I remember that stranger's beard, hair, and eyes.

And I sketched everything, BUT the eyes.

I left it for last.

Those round, black eyes.

The mirrors to the soul were to be last.

I seemed to be sketching for hours.

Prodding myself to finally take to the eyes.

But somehow, it didn't get done.

Strangest of all?

It was a dream.

I had been sketching a stranger in my dream.

A man I never saw in my whole life.

Another poignant thing is that GOD woke me up at EXACTLY 4:44 a.m.

It took me 44 years to finally sketch another face.

What is it about the number "4"?

Ed f. Vallowe's "Keys to Scripture Numerics" says the number 4 stands for:

CREATION....WORLD

Interesting...

Something to think about, for a future time.

But those eyes were forever imprinted in my mind.

Only because I didn't get to sketch it.

And I sure don't want to lose the memory.

You know how dreams are.

They could be strange.

You know the motions you do.

You know how you egg yourself to act on things.

You even know your movements.

What was SPIRIT making me see?

Why did I leave the eyes for last?

Why had I not finished the sketch?

I was about to do the finishing touches.

Such as darkening the hair, for contrast.

That the face may stand out "among the trees".

And last of all, the eyes, which would complete the face.

Everyone waited patiently on.

Including myself.

But I never got to doing the eyes.

Those round, black eyes that my hand wanted to faithfully sketch.

For I was like a copying machine when I'd sketch.

I wanted to capture ALL the details.

I wanted to capture the EXACT image.

I wanted to capture EXACT proportions.

But I never got to finish those eyes.

It's not a disturbing dream.

Just an intriguing one.

Before GOD made me born again over 50 months ago, I had no trouble sketching eyes.

It served as "doodle" for me.

Now that I'm born again, it was the last I could touch.

Perhaps, because the eyes are sacred?

Very strange, indeed.

Leaves room for thought.

But I leave everything to GOD.

Only He sees the soul anyway.

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A PURE eye

 

Luke 11:34

King James Version

34 The light of the body is the eye: 

therefore when thine eye is single, 

thy whole body also is full of light; 

but when thine eye is evil, 

thy body also is full of darkness.

This is how the HOLY SPIRIT taught me.

To present to you WORD study.

By taking it a word, or a phrase at a time.

This time, we look at "when thine eye is single".

What does that mean?

Let's turn to other Bible versions, for verification.

Luke 11:34

Amplified Bible

34 The eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is clear [spiritually perceptive, focused on God], your whole body also is full of light [benefiting from God’s precepts]. But when it is bad [spiritually blind], your body also is full of darkness [devoid of God’s word].

Luke 11:34

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

34 Your eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye ([a]your conscience) is sound and fulfilling its office, your whole body is full of light; but when it is not sound and is not fulfilling its office, your body is full of darkness.

Luke 11:34

Christian Standard Bible

34 Your eye is the lamp of the body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is also full of light. But when it is bad, your body is also full of darkness.

Luke 11:34

Complete Jewish Bible

34 The lamp of your body is the eye. When you have a ‘good eye,’ [that is, when you are generous,] your whole body is full of light; but when you have an ‘evil eye,’ [when you are stingy,] your body is full of darkness.

Luke 11:34

Darby Translation

34 The lamp of the body is thine eye: when thine eye is simple, thy whole body also is light; but when it is wicked, thy body also is dark.

Luke 11:34

Easy-to-Read Version

34 The only source of light for the body is the eye. When you look at people and want to help them, you are full of light. But when you look at people in a selfish way, you are full of darkness.

Luke 11:34

Evangelical Heritage Version

34 Your eye is the lamp of the body. When your eye is good, your whole body is full of light. But when it is bad, your body is full of darkness.

Luke 11:34

GOD’S WORD Translation

34 “Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is unclouded, your whole body is full of light. But when your eye is evil, your body is full of darkness.

Luke 11:34

Jubilee Bible 2000

34 The lamp of the body is the eye; therefore when thine eye is sincere, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.

Luke 11:34

Living Bible

34 Your eyes light up your inward being. A pure eye lets sunshine into your soul. A lustful eye shuts out the light and plunges you into darkness.

Luke 11:34

New Life Version

34 The eye is the light of the body. When your eye is good, your whole body is full of light. When your eye is sinful, your whole body is full of darkness.

Luke 11:34

New Testament for Everyone

34 ‘Your eye is the lamp of your body. If your eye is focused, your whole body is full of light. But if it’s evil, your body is in darkness.

Lukas 11:34

Orthodox Jewish Bible

34 The menorah of the basar is your ayin (eye). When your ayin is sound, then your entire basar is full of ohr. But when it is rah, then your basar is full of choshech.

Luke 11:34

Revised Geneva Translation

34 “The light of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is sound, then your whole body is light. But if your eye is evil, then your body is dark.

Luke 11:34

The Voice

34 Listen, your eye, your outlook, the way you see is your lamp. If your way of seeing is functioning well, then your whole life will be enlightened. But if your way of seeing is darkened, then your life will be a dark, dark place.

Luke 11:34

Worldwide English (New Testament)

34 Your body gets its light through your eyes. When you have good eyes, all your body has light. But when your eyes are bad, your body is in darkness.

In SUMMARY, "when thine eye is single", means:

When your eye is clear [spiritually perceptive, focused on God]

when your eye ([a]your conscience) is sound and fulfilling its office

When your eye is healthy

When you have a ‘good eye,’ [that is, when you are generous,]

when thine eye is simple

When you look at people and want to help them

When your eye is good

When your eye is unclouded

when thine eye is sincere

A pure eye

When your eye is good

 If your eye is focused

When your ayin is sound

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The WIND that WALLOPED my back

 

1 Peter 5:10

King James Version

10 But the God of all grace, 

who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, 

after that ye have suffered a while, 

make you perfect, 

stablish, 

strengthen, 

settle you.

I once loved stuff.

Antiques.

Beautiful objects.

Collectibles.

I was once in business.

Selling these stuff.

Keeping a lot for myself, too.

I once kept moving house.

Moving from the small city, to the big city.

From the big city, to a tiny home in the province.

From the province, back to the big city.

All the while, keeping my favorite antiques.

Things that pleased me, but not the LORD.

He let me do that, for a while.

But one day, on a high unit above the street, God did something.

Of course, then, I thought it wasn't God who did that.

That day, sitting with my back to the window, I got a wallop.

Yup, my long Indian material, fashioned as a curtain, suddenly hit me right smack on the left side of my back.

As if an invisible hand wielded it.

The shock to my system, caused me pain.

For a WHOLE month.

How could that have happened?

How could a wind have appeared from nowhere?

How could a wind appear in an airless air well?

You see, my rented cubicle (more that, than an apartment), faced an air well.

It rose a third of the way up, for it was a 20 or 27-storey building.

That curtain whipped against that side of my back, and I was in pain for a month.

There was no wind that day.

Or ever.

As far back as I can remember.

I blamed it on the enemy.

A dear friend took pity on me one day.

She was an energy healer.

She's seen me through my many adventures, and misadventures.

One morning, she decided to help me, as I worked in the open air, selling my usual antiques.

"Looking" with her heart, she murmured something about my not having "love" in my heart -- thus, the pain in that area.

Her hand felt warm on my back, as she stood behind me, while I continued to sell at my table at the organic market.

It must have taken a lot from her, judging by the beads of perspiration she had on her upper lip.

All I know is that for the FIRST time in a MONTH, I was FREE of pain.

Oh, to be FREE of pain!

What I was not to know -- just yet -- is that GOD was alerting me to something.

Surely, many things.

Now that I've been His for the past 28 months, as born again, as student of SPIRIT, as workman, I've come to know why the wind walloped my back that day.

To wake me up to the fact that:

1. I was ensconced in the material world.

2. I was not living up to His will.

3. I needed to wake up to His truth.

4. I needed to wake up from my wickedness.

5. I did not have love in my heart.

6. I needed to plain WAKE up.

It took another three years (slow learner that I am), to REALLY WAKE UP.

By that time, I had nothing.

I still wanted to remain in the big city, giving it another shot.

Thing is, GOD had shot down all my puny plans.

He had a plan for me.

So, He sent me dreams.

I even dreamt my late father was in a red top-down Cadillac, intent on picking me up from my last abode, with the objective of bringing me back home.

Where was home?

My earth home was the small city I grew up in.

I resisted the dream with all my might.

As if that had any effect upon GOD.

Within that same year, in 2001, I found myself back home.

What does one do, when one has nothing left?

You go back home.

Back to your folks.

Humbling, but it had to be done.

That's GOD's way.

No amount of resistance, can stop the LORD.

Jeremiah 29:11-12

King James Version

11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, 

saith the Lord, 

thoughts of peace, 

and not of evil, 

to give you an expected end.

12 Then shall ye call upon me, 

and ye shall go and pray unto me, 

and I will hearken unto you.

SPIRIT gave me that necessary wallop.

Without which, I'd have thought I was invincible.

There was a time, everything I touched, seemed to turn to "gold".

I'm able to sell easily.

I'm able to make money easily.

Until God took away all that.

And directed me to His purpose.

To come home, be with family, and work for Him.

I can't complain I haven't tasted earthly comforts, even as heavenly things needed to be attended to.

When He made me born again, JESUS began instructing me, through the HOLY SPIRIT.

I began to see THEIR connection.

I began to really see things.

I began to understand all the dreams, images, and prompts, from decades past, through SCRIPTURE.

Everything was now based on the WORD of GOD.

And I understood WHO the wind was.

The ONE that walloped my back.

Waking me up.

To the truth of GOD.

To the truth of my being.

To the work that needed to be done.

To the teachings of JESUS.

To the power of the HOLY SPIRIT.

It's all GOD.

Nahum 1:3

King James Version

3 The Lord is slow to anger, 

and great in power, 

and will not at all acquit the wicked: 

the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, 

and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

John 3:8

King James Version

8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, 

and thou hearest the sound thereof, 

but canst not tell whence it cometh, 

and whither it goeth: 

so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

Oh, how I LOVE the LORD!

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STRANGE MOON

 

Genesis 1:14

King James Version

14 And God said, 

Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven 

to divide the day from the night; 

and let them be for signs, 

and for seasons, 

and for days, 

and years:

I was awakened by a yellow light outside my window, around 11:30 p.m last night.

I thought it may be a neighbor's house light, or something.

So, I continued to ignore it.

Until such time, sleep evaded, and I finally got up past midnight.

Looking outside my window, that bright yellow light turned out to be the moon.

A half moon.

Upside down.

Not like the photo above.

Reverse it.

And make it mustard-colored.

STRANGE moon, I tell ya.

Never saw that before.

Not in a perfect inverted half.

Not in that color.

Not that large.

Tried looking for an image to depict it.

Nothing showed up.

Why didn't I take a picture of it?

My phone isn't pixel perfect.

I'd just end up with a hazy bright glow.

Many times in the past, the moon's light wakes me up.

And I get up to gaze at it for a moment.

Observing its beauty, light, and form.

But today, that moon made me lose sleep completely.

So, I researched a bit, watching a prophecy video I noted yesterday.

Double-checked the Scripture verses.

Did more research.

Nah.

Had to let the HOLY SPIRIT guide me.

I'm not new to "seeing" things.

Thus, this blog "tendenSEE".

Here, let me give you a couple of clues from these matching verses I encountered today:

Joel 2:30

King James Version

30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens 

and in the earth, 

blood, 

and fire, 

and pillars of smoke.

Acts 2:19

King James Version

19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, 

and signs in the earth beneath; 

blood, 

and fire, 

and vapour of smoke:

FIRST clue:

I saw that weird, upside down yellow moon (wonder in the heavens) this morning.

SECOND clue:

I saw thin pillars/vapors of smoke (wonder in the earth) yesterday, in broad daylight.

I've documented some of my dreams (and visions?) in the 22 books on spiritual warfare SPIRIT and I wrote in 24 November 2019.

I've seen, and dreamt, too many things since I was a kid.

Wrote them all.

Memorized them all.

Took note of all the details.

Only when I became born again 26 months ago, did everything make sense.

Because I began to test everything through what the BIBLE says.

The WORD of GOD is my ONLY reference.

JESUS led me to Bible prophecy.

He led me to preparing people about the RAPTURE.

I've learned to take it a moment at a time.

GOD can decide to send His SON ANY MOMENT.

We must be ready.

We must watch, and pray.

We must become born again.

We must believe in JESUS.

We must repent, and believe the GOSPEL.

Mark 1:15

King James Version

15 And saying, 

The time is fulfilled, 

and the kingdom of God is at hand: 

repent ye, 

and believe the gospel.

If I'm imagining things, fine.

But the Bible gave lots of prophecies.

Plus, why does the Vatican have an observatory?

What are they waiting for?

What signs are they looking out for?

Methinks the WORD of GOD suffices.

Everything I need to know, the BIBLE supplies.

For JESUS is the WORD of GOD.

Revelation 19:13

King James Version

13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: 

and his name is called The Word of God.

He is who we should be looking out for.

Colossians 3:1-2

King James Version

3 If ye then be risen with Christ, 

seek those things which are above, 

where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

2 Set your affection on things above, 

not on things on the earth.

If it's any source of comfort, know this:

You can't possibly miss the RETURN of JESUS, if you are His.

2 Timothy 2:19

King James Version

19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, 

having this seal, 

The Lord knoweth them that are his. 

And, 

let every one that nameth the name of Christ 

depart from iniquity.

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