Tortured-Steven J. Blatchford-Valley ENT of Arizona – Updated

I just received a response today from “Angie’s List” who took my side in the torture issue, that was committed by “Steven J. Blatchford” of Tucson, Arizona and is being covered by Valley ENT, (ear, nose and throat) the corporation who is helping to cover-up this criminal act. He was given the opportunity to settle this issue and according to this letter as well as a previous email contact from Angie’s List, he has refused to even discuss his criminal activity or try to make right the harm that he intentionally inflicted. I have my primary care Doctor’s records of the burn while it was fresh as well as the records from two other ENT doctors who examined the burn afterwords as well.

His statement , a faxed copy in his own words stated this: Quote- “The accusations are false. I have been told that the patient has had paranoid delusions, by other caregivers in the past”. In answer to the Angie’s List question: Based on our member’s request, are you willing to resolve this issue to our member’s satisfaction? He answered “No”! The copy of the letter also asked if he would like to make a counter-offer to our member’s request and he left that portion blank, because he did what he did for evil purposes and has no interest in doing the right thing! In my offer to settle this, that was sent to him, I made No demands at all! I left it open for him to make an attempt to settle this issue without any demands and just do the right thing!

I was not surprised about the way that he responded but wanted to give him every opportunity to do what is right. Only a “child of the devil”, which he is, would make the kind of allegation that he made about me. It was because he had no valid explanation! I included his statement as an example of the kinds of things that a sick person like this would say. By including his statement, you can be sure that I have nothing to hide, and actually worked as a volunteer advocate for the seriously mentally ill, on a human rights committee for 8 years. I was appointed by the Arizona Department of Health Services/Behavioral Health Division according to consecutive 3 year appointments. I resigned when my “physical health” deteriorated to a point where I could no longer make the long trips to the meetings as well as personally inspecting the in-patient facilities which required me to go into lock-up and interview the seriously mentally ill patients. I know more about the mentally ill than this sick Dr. and recognize him as a candidate, especially after the first hand experience from his own mouth when he laughed after he tortured me! I have compared him to Josef Mengele in previous posts because Mengele used electricity to torture as well as other means. I have also referred to Steven Blatchford as “the laughing torturer” previously because it fits with what he did to me!

I have other Federal agencies to contact that were suggested by other medical professionals this week and the Arizona Attorney General’s Office made an appointment for a telephone interview with me this afternoon, in about an hour from now. Since I am using a “dial-up” connection, I will post this and come back at a later time with an update and edit to this post.

I am now finished with the ATTY. Gen.’s office telephone interview and it was relatively brief. For their office to get involved, I would have to have been one of the protected classes or races and I would have had to have been denied services in some fashion. In other words, I would have to have been denied services but in my case he did the opposite. He gave me more than I deserved or needed including being tortured! I somehow feel that our systems here in the U.S. have been turned around and are back-wards from how they should be. If I had been denied an apartment because I was a different race or some other “protected class” then they would have gotten involved.

Valley ENT Has Allowed Torture- Steven Blatchford

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This is a true story of a very sick Doctor who decided to commit TORTURE !    I am the recipient of this sick Dr.s desire to harm someone, and in doing so broke the “Hippocratic Oath” that these practitioners used to swear an oath not to do any harm. As I recall, part of the oath is to “Do No Harm”. Doctors are not perfect and can make mistakes from time to time. This time it was” intentional torture” and he even laughed after he intentionally burned me. I have learned through all of this that I have suffered,  that Dr.s protect each other and to a certain degree cover for each other so that when they screw-up, another Dr. will likely help cover for them. This is what happened between Dr. Steven J. Blatchford of Tucson, Arizona and at least one who is associated with him such as one of the vice-presidents of Valley ENT PC, an ear, nose and throat corporation. That is the Vice-president that is in charge of making these kinds of things just go away!  His name is Dr. Dan Hurley of Scottsdale, Arizona. This corporation is now the largest in this state and have a covey of attorneys to handle the screw-ups that can not be swept under the rug like they did to me! They have swallowed up smaller practices and building one large group of ENT Dr.s.

I have written about this sick Dr. in recent months since it happened on the 8th day October , 2010. It is now time for it to come to light since it has now finally been reported to the Attorney Generals Office of Arizona, to the “Civil Rights Division” which I did before but it was reported to the wrong office apparently because I never heard from them afterwards.  I filed the report this past Thursday or Friday. I have not had much sleep so the days seem to run together.

I just went to the AG’s website to get a list of the civil rights violations that they cover and it includes things like employment discrimination, as well as housing, public accommodation or voting but it did not include being tortured! I am starting to think that the US. Justice Dept./ADA Division(Americans with Disabilities Act) who told me to contact the AZ. AG’s Office was not sure who to send me to! Torture is a criminal act and the police should have handled it to begin with but they did not think that they had enough evidence to arrest him after it happened.

The burn was inside my left nostril , out of sight of the average person after it healed and originally the burn extended outside of my nose but was not noticeable afterwards. This creep used a RF( radio frequency machine) to commit the crime and as an expert witness in medical malpractice cases, he knew exactly how to torture me, with a good chance of  getting  away with it! This outdated and ineffective machine that he used on an un-numbed area in my nose, produced with “High Voltage” an effect that was like multiple lightning bolts going off simultaneously inside my nose while he was burning me. It was a horrible experience to go through,  and he had a good laugh after he did it to me! It is necessary to expose this very sick Dr. as well as the corporation that is helping to cover-up this crime! Valley ENT is like a shield for this very sick man and they both need to be exposed!

In my research, I have concluded that Josef Mengele who was Adolf Hitlers chief torturer is the ideal sick person to compare Steven Blatchford to since they both used electricity as a weapon to torture people. If Josef Mengele had this advanced high voltage weapon then he would surely have used it!!!

The Straight And Narrow Gate

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In a certain sense, we are given choices that determine our eternal course in this life. Jesus described these choices as between two paths that take us through either a “straight and narrow gate” or a “wide path” that leads to eternal destruction, and many go therein. This is to many today somewhat of a simplified set of choices that seem to be somewhat outdated or even unrealistic. I can assure you, that to those of you who  doubt that life can be so simple as having these two decisions but it is as true today as it was in Jesus day! We can make the decision to reject the God of the Bible and live that very Godless life which consists of self-gratification and basic selfishness. These people try to do good things to try to satisfy their conscience and do it in the sight of others so that those acquaintances or so-called friends will think well of them but they are still empty inside afterwords when all is said and done, but they never really find true satisfaction!

It is only when these people give up their efforts to find satisfaction in anything other than God Himself! They must fill that empty spot in their soul, that God shaped area that only God can fill and then and only then will they start to find true peace and fulfillment. This is the straight and narrow gate that leads to eternal life! It is a narrow path because our choices are limited yet well-defined by the maker of all things and He and only He has the right to say what is good in His eyes and what we must obey. The thing to remember is that God truly loves us and only wants that which is best for us so we must give our will to him and simply “Trust”. Since He created us then he absolutely knows what is best! So then, will you surrender your choices to his guidance and simply trust Him by “Faith”? The narrow path is the best path for both you and I! Jesus said to His disciples “Follow Me” and we must do the same I have chosen to follow Him and my life has not been the same! I gave Him the title-deed to my life which he already owned but since he has given us free will, we must make the decision to allow Him to take control of our lives and He will do that which is best for our lives since He knows the future!

Will you consider how well you have done with you in control of your life? Now consider that the Creator of the universe knows how to do it better, much better! Give Him  a chance before it is too late! Our days are numbered and He is the only one who knows how much longer we have to make that very important decision and we do not! Once we die then our last chance is gone for ever! We are given plenty of evidence in the creation itself to know that He exists. The knowledge of Him is built into all of us but sometime during childhood, our society, parents or others manage to put enough doubt into us to cause us to procrastinate  and try to manage our lives ourselves. Later we die without making that very important decision and then you are without hope because your life is gone for ever! You must make this decision while you are still conscious and able to make it! Please consider that “Straight and Narrow Gate”, while you still can! After you make that fateful decision to trust God’s Son by “Faith”, then eternal life begins even while we live. After we truly trust Christ then our lives truly begin and then we have a God-given purpose in life to fulfill, so seek God and  try to find it! His Holy Spirit will come and take up residence within you and help you to find it as well as your “Spiritual Gifts“. This has been based on “Matthew 7:13“

Many Sorrows Today

Many Sorrows Today

Our Lives often contain moderate to significant degrees of disappointments and sorrows that are generally speaking, acquired during normal aspects of human growth. We are often  being modeled into moderately well-rounded adolescents, that is if we are given the necessary love and nurture that all human beings need in our formative years. If we are given half a chance to excel in this fast paced, pressure filled life, then we may have what it takes to be  success in whatever path that we choose. In this modern society with its modern-day role models, our children  struggle to compete for dominance among their peers  in a variety of areas including sports. Hopefully, they will aspire for greatness in a healthy way. All too often, these so-called role models are athletes that themselves did not have good examples of what a role model should be. These sports stars turn out to have feet of clay, and are eventually overwhelmed by their success and fall into sin. What then are our children to think when their so-called heroes get into trouble and get caught living immoral lives? Our society sells news stories that in some ways tend to glorify their actions and give our children a false example of what is “good”. We do not have real heroes today, those who actually set the good examples that our children need, therefore they end up getting into trouble themselves. Where then will  the true heroes come from? The only true source of the kind of examples that our children need must come from the Bible! The Bible is full of examples of Godly men and women who followed the examples that God provided in his word and succeeded and still are models for our children today like King David. But even David had feet of clay and took his eyes off of God and sinned greatly! His life was filled with sorrows after the incident with Bathsheba and Uriah the Hittite. Almost all the heroes from the Bible failed in some way in their lives but God forgave them when they recognized their sin and repented while humbling themselves before God therefore God forgave them and gave them another chance. We must also realize that there are lasting penalties that we must suffer even though God has forgiven you. They are called consequences and we must keep this in mind when we are tempted to sin! There are also in the Bible, examples of those who God chose for greatness, who also failed miserably like Samson. Samson’s family suffered many sorrows as well! If we will use the traditional examples of the Biblical heroes that the Bible provides for our children then they will learn that no man is perfect and that they too will be forgiven by God, if they will only humble themselves in prayer.  For God’s forgiveness is something that He promises that He will do under certain circumstances. First, we must receive His forgiveness by “Faith”, but not just any kind of faith. It must be based on Faith in the “Greatest Sacrifice in The World”, which is the great sacrifice that Christ Jesus made on that tree between two thieves.  A “blood sacrifice” had to be made to pay for our sins. We can not have the necessary means to do this in our own strength. It is by the “Power of God” alone, which was planned to take place before the world began.

If we allow our sorrows to take control of our lives then we will never be able to overcome the  hardships of life that happen to each and every one of us, sooner or later! Those of us who name the name of Christ and truly mean it, will receive the sorrows of Christ at some point in their lives because Jesus said that because He suffered, then we also will suffer! I believe that it means, according to my experience, that those who belong to Satan will provide the trials because they in some respect see Christ in us and because they hated Christ in His day, they will also in our day, cause us to be hated as well! It may seem to you that the wicked prosper, and they do for a while, but eventually they will have a lifetime of sin debt, that will have to be paid! Since they do not have their sins paid for by the blood of Christ then their suffering has only been delayed and their sorrows in hell will not even compare to the sorrows that we had here on Earth. So I say to you, do not wait for you may die tomorrow and then it will be too late for you!

Jellyfish Nebula/NASA Image/WISE Observatory

NASA – Jellyfish Nebula

This NASA Image reflects the remnants of a Supernova seen in various infrared wavelengths which are represented by the various  array of colors seen in this beautiful image of just one relatively small area of our universe. This “Jellyfish Nebula” is officially called IC 443. I never cease to be amazed by the images that our taxpayer dollars regularly produce through all of the modern-day technology.

Along with the Hubble telescope, there are numerous other telescopes that are able to see in normal light as well as all of the other spectrum of light including ultra violet and infrared and then are released to the public when possible. This image is from the “WISE” observatory which searches in the infrared range of light. We need not forget the radio telescopes that search the heavens for other types of information as well. Between the galaxies, nebulae, supernovae, black holes and things that are yet to be understood like dark matter keep our, as well as other star-gazers busy around the clock and around the world.

Spiritual Gifts,Spiritual Warfare And The Church

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The Spiritual Gifts from The Holy Spirit are provided to believers when they receive Eternal Life through Faith in their LORD and Savior, Jesus The Messiah or The Word of God who set aside His Prerogative to stay seated on the Throne of Glory, at the Right Hand of The Father. He then, chose to be born a human being, who are created in the image of God. It was Love that caused Him to do this and pity for this vast sea of humanity who were like sheep without a Shepard, wandering to and fro without hope. Mankind had been cursed along with all of creation and without a sinless Savior to become the Final and most complete sacrifice, there was no hope for humanity. After Our LORD paid the Great Price for our salvation, He then returned to Glory and 10 days later He sent the promised Holy Spirit at the time of Pentecost which meant that Jerusalem was filled with those who chose to worship the God of the Jewish people. This was the beginning of the “Church” which is the body of Christ, Also known as the “Bride of Christ” who will someday be snatched away to meet The Lord in the air or upper atmosphere which is  the “Second Heaven”. Actually, it could be anywhere, from where the clouds are to the outer atmosphere or “space”.

Now back to the “Gifts of The Spirit”. Each “true believer” receives at least one spiritual gift and these are available in the books of 1st Corinthians chapters 12, and 14, 1st Peter chapter 4, Ephesians chapter 4, Romans chapter 4 and of course in the book of Acts which describes the coming of The Holy Spirit at Pentecost. I can not speak very much in-depth about the gifts that I do not personally have but know that at least one of the gifts that I have  is “Spiritual Discernment”. Spiritual Discernment is a gift that is very important today but not many seem to have it or they do not yet realize what it is or how to use it! I have found that this gift is somewhat threatening to people, sometimes because members are not certain of their own salvation! If a person with Spiritual Discernment was incorporated into every body of believers then the “Chaff” would be recognized for who they are and removed or made to understand that they are at best seekers and are not allowed to take communion or take part in Church leadership at all!

Today is a time like no other in the history of the Earth. The battle is raging for the hearts, minds, and souls of our children. The enemy of all mankind has conceived all manner of traps, snares, and deceptions to keep or prevent as many human beings from knowing the Truth which is God’s Truth and no other. The battle is on Earth yet the primary players are in another realm or dimension. This takes an incredible amount of “Spiritual Discernment” as well as caution when defending against an invisible enemy who hates all of humanity because we are created in the image of God and because God is their primary enemy. That which makes it even more difficult to understand is that the battle has already been won by “The Word of God”, when He died on the cross and paid the sin debt for all who will believe a simple yet astonishing truth. “We are “Saved By Faith”. All other religions are in one form or another, “works based” in their understanding of what is “good” and what is needed for atonement, of one sort or another.

The description of this spiritual battle in the Bible has proven to be absolutely true. I know this from personal experience yet it has taken decades for me to even begin to understand why I have seen and experienced all that I have. I finally turned to the Bible after God personally stepped into my life at the age of 30. There was a long interval where I was like a ship without a rudder because I received Christ as my Savior at the age of 6 and for a variety of reasons why, it took a long time for me to look to “The Book” for some answers.  The main reason is, my parents were not saved and soon afterwords stopped taking myself and my siblings to church. Then not long afterwords, they divorced and I was never properly discipled. The “Word of God” is now like daily food that is every bit as important as food for the body. The better the nutrition for the body then the healthier will be the body, and it is the same for our soul and spirit! Without  feeding daily on God’s word, we become not only malnourished but leave ourselves open to attack by “the enemy”. This does not mean that we are not attacked daily any way, it means that we are better prepared to resist the attacks. I have found that for me it is necessary to listen to the audio Bible daily if possible as well as listening every evening to as many of my favorite Bible expositors as possible. Since I live alone it is possible for me to spend most of my waking hours filling my mind with God’s truths. It is something like an immunization. The enemy still tries to get a foot-hold in my life but when his attacks happen, I know why and do not turn and run but stand my ground with the addition of spiritual armor from God and can even use the LORD’s offensive weapon which is God’s Word!

The “Spiritual Gifts” today are more important than ever in my opinion because the church has been invaded by false Christians and it is primarily  the fault of the Church leaders, who for a couple of reasons at least have allowed anyone with money in their pockets to join or simply attend to support all the Church activities as well as because of pride, which is to increase their numbers and become larger than their competing Churches in their area. I know that this sounds harsh and it is, but the truth needs to be made known. The Body of Christ is in trouble for the lack of integrity and for the lack of concern for the purity of “The Body of Christ”. These children of Satan have infiltrated into the Church , just as they have into our government and worked their way into leadership and are steering the Body of Christ down the wide  road that leads to destruction, just as they are doing to our country! The true believers have been deceived into thinking that all of their church activities are somehow accomplishing Christ’s mission for His Church. The leaders have ignored the importance of the “Spiritual Gifts” that work to keep the “Body of Christ” healthy and protected from the wiles of the devil. Lets face it, the Church is in trouble! Without these gifts being incorporated into the “Body”, we have fallen into the hands and plans of Satan, which is to divert the attention of the Church onto less important things and projects instead of winning souls and seeing that they are properly discipled. One of the main issues that arose  in the “Billy Graham Crusades” was that these people who were making decisions for Christ were not being steered to Godly churches to be properly discipled. Therefore the majority of those who made decisions for Christ, fell away! Many never returned to The Lord.  Some did return, but later in life!

The Primary Purpose of the Church is to worship our Creator with praise and thanksgiving while seeking to obey the “Great Commission” which is to go into all the world and preach the Gospel. The Gospel means “Good News”. That is the good news that our Creator and Redeemer has come and paid the great  price which was necessary to  save us from our sin debt which is owed to a Holy God who must be satisfied by a pure blood sacrifice and only Christ Jesus could pay it! We in the body of Christ need to not only worship God but we are to seek and to save the lost with that same good news. It is actually The Holy Spirit who regenerates the spirit. Our job is to plant the seed of the Word of God and also water the seed that has been planted by others and the Spirit gives the growth.

After we have our worship and fellowship, we are to do these very things in our own neighborhoods and at work and even in our schools and government. We are not to fear the repercussions from unbelievers who jeer and ridicule Christians who truly live out their faith and are obedient to God. These things are to be expected and Jesus Himself said”Because they hated Me, they will also hate you”. And they do, especially if you are obedient! The ungodly want us to hide in our churches and our homes and keep the Word of God out of their hearing and to a great degree they have succeeded in browbeating us into submission. When was the last time that you witnessed to your neighbor or someone at work? It takes courage to risk being rejected yet we are commanded to do just that and be prepared for ridicule and scorn! We are also to go into ALL of the world and not just our neighborhoods. There are millions dyeing every year and going into a Christ-less eternity. If we are not personally called to missions then we are called to support those who do go into the mission field! We are to GIVE even until it hurts and then give even more. I must confess that I am also guilty! I have plans to support missions in a big way as soon as the Lord provides the mineral wealth that I have sat on for the last 24 years. It is all according to his timing and his timing is not my timing, as I have so painfully learned through these many years, even decades!

How can we today truly purify the Church, because the body of Christ has become so very worldly? The prosperity in the western world, and America in particular, today has made the” Body Of Christ” soft and weak! We have become factional, divided into a variety of Christian clubs with many divisions and many distractions that keep the Church from its God given course of action to “GO” to seek and to save the lost. We need to take a hard look at the early Church and how they worked as a unit, although scattered around the known world through persecution which was hard yet healthy for the True Church. Affluence has made the body of believers soft and unprepared for spiritual warfare which will come as unexpectedly as is needed for the lord to shake the Church into submission and into obedience to God’s Word. Let it happen soon!

I  must confess again that I am not in compliance and I am trying not to allow myself to use my disabilities as an excuse! I am writing as a means of helping myself, along with others who decide to actually read what God has led me to write because I look to the Lord and His Spirit to give me the words and concepts that will help build the Body of Christ as well as well as bring Glory to Christ!

Black Hole-The Heavens Declare The Glory Of God

NASA Hubble Telescope Image of the M84 Galaxy, Massive Black Hole

NASA Released  this single image of a super-massive black hole taken by the imaging spectrograph aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. The super-massive black hole is large enough for 300 million of our suns, which is called 300 million solar masses, to fit within the black hole and is in the galaxy called M84 which is part of the Virgo cluster of galaxies. M84 black hole is about 26 light years from the center of its galaxy and about 50 million light years from Earth. This same super-massive black hole is moving at 880,000 miles per hour. The relatively close by galaxy called M87 also has a super-massive black hole relatively near its galaxy’s center.

The heavens truly declare the Glory of GOD and this is regularly confirmed by the Hubble telescope as well as others both in orbit and on the ground. The Bible has been confirmed by scientific data such as this.  More and more scientists are at least secretly acknowledging  the fact that creation is the only possible conclusion available but might lose their tenure or their job altogether, if they speak their minds. May GOD be glorified through His wonderful creation day by day even in this secular society. May the LORD be glorified.

Amen

The Gifts From The Holy Spirit And Warfare

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The Spiritual Gifts from The Holy Spirit  are provided to believers when they receive Eternal Life through Faith in their LORD and Savior, Jesus The Messiah or The Word of God who set aside His Prerogative to remain seated on the Throne of Glory, at the Right Hand of The Father. He then Chose to be born a human being, who are created in the image of God. It was Love that caused Him to do this and pity for this vast sea of humanity who were like sheep without a Shepard, wandering to and fro without hope. Mankind had been cursed along with all of creation and without a sinless Savior to become the Final and most complete sacrifice, there was no hope for mankind. After Our LORD paid the Great Price for our salvation, He then returned to Glory and 10 days later He sent the promised Holy Spirit at the time of Pentecost which meant that Jerusalem was filled with those who chose to worship the God of the Jewish people. This was the beginning of the “Church” which is the body of Christ, Also known as the “Bride of Christ” who will someday be snatched away to meet The Lord in the air or upper atmosphere which is called the “Second Heaven”. Actually, it could be anywhere, from where the clouds are to the outer atmosphere or “space”.

Now back to the “Gifts of The Spirit”. Each “true believer” receives at least one spiritual gift and these are available in the books of 1st Corinthians chapters 12, and 14, 1st Peter chapter 4, Ephesians chapter 4,  and of course in the book of Acts which describes the coming of The Holy Spirit at Pentecost.

Today is a time like no other in the history of the Earth. The battle is raging for the hearts, minds, and souls of our children. The enemy of all mankind has conceived all manner of traps, snares, and deceptions to keep or prevent as many human beings from knowing the Truth which is God’s Truth and no other. The battle is on Earth yet the primary players are in another realm or dimension. This takes an incredible amount of “Spiritual Discernment” as well as caution when defending against an invisible enemy who hates all of humanity because we are created in the image of God and God is their primary enemy. That which makes it even more difficult to understand is that the battle has already been won by “The Word of God”, when He died on the cross and paid the sin debt for all who will believe a simple yet astonishing truth. “We are “Saved By Faith”. All other religions are in one form or another, “works based” in their understanding of what is “good” and what is needed for atonement, of one sort or another.

The description of this spiritual battle in the Bible has proven to be absolutely true. I know this from personal experience yet  it has taken decades for me to even begin to understand why I have seen and experienced all that I have. I finally turned to the Bible after God personally stepped into my life at the age of 30. There was a long interval where I was like a ship without a rudder because I received Christ as my Savior at the age of 6 and for a variety of reasons why,  it took a long time for me to look to “The Book” for some answers. It is now like daily food that is every bit as important as food for the body. The better the nutrition for the body then the healthier will be the body, and it is the same for our soul and spirit! Without daily feeding on God’s word, we become not only malnourished but leave ourselves open to attack by “the enemy”. This does not mean that we are not attacked daily any way, it means that we are better prepared to resist the attacks. I have found that for me it is necessary to listen to the audio Bible daily if possible and also listen every evening to as many of my favorite Bible expositors as possible.  Since I live alone it is possible for me to spend most of my waking hours filling my mind with God’s truths. It is something like an immunization. The enemy still tries to get a foot-hold in my life but when his attacks happen, I know why and do not turn and run but stand my ground with the addition of spiritual armor from God and can even use the LORD’s offensive  weapon which is God’s Word!

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Another Soul Enters Eternity

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Another Soul Enters Eternity Posted on January 17, 2011

 

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I have felt unusually down-in-the-dumps lately and I have not understood why. Today, I went to a Super Store whose name I will leave unmentioned, and at the next check-out counter I recognized three women of whom two do not live in my neck of- the-woods normally but I knew why they were in the area. The 90-year-old mother of the two sisters were in town because their mother had suffered some Type of heart attack.

I had been in the dark except for a brief description about this woman being in the hospital. We finished checking-out at the same time and I was very anxious to ask about their mother. When I did, I was given the bad news that she had passed away yesterday. I ate lunch with this woman in a semi-public facility a few times each week, and had done so for a few years.

I had been very concerned about her because she had behaved in an unusual way, other than in previous months. Her attitude toward me had changed, even though I took very good care of her. I suspected that it had to do with the fact that I had on a few occasions mentioned that I was a Christian and had made brief comments to another person sitting with us, along those lines. Even though these comments were made to other people seated with us, I suspected that it bothered her somehow. I believe that she was not “Saved”and she had developed hard feelings toward me, because of it, somehow. I am now convinced that The Holy Spirit had worked on her heart but she was resistant. I had waited for an opportunity to witness to her but she never joined the conversation when Christian related comments were made in her hearing.

My heart has been very burdened because of her spiritual condition and somehow, The Holy Spirit was causing me to be troubled over her condition because her time was short! This goes back to other posts that I have written about “Spiritual Gifting”and It was the gift of “Spiritual Discernment” that through God’s Spirit, had troubled me for this past week or longer! Now she is Gone and I am convinced that she is not in a good place because of her stubbornness and now she will have to endure an eternity of punishment.

I can not tell you how saddened I am over this situation and wish it had turned out differently. If you have anyone close to you who you suspect that he or she is not saved then make every effort to talk to them, privately, if possible because you may not have another chance, which was the case in my life. It is too important to allow an opportunity pass by!

A Question Of Life / An Enduring Question

A Question Of Life

 

Quite often, I ask myself what should I be, just another poet, an apple in a tree?

The answer is out there, it is so difficult to see. It is shadowed by heartache, it is shadowed by thee.

Should I be a poet?

Should I be a cook?

Should I go to college?

Should I write a book?

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The answer is out there, it is so difficult to see. Will I ever find, what life means to me?