Darkest

 before the Dawn.

This Easter vigil I learned my best friend from high school has crossed over.

Not much of a surprise, for he had lung cancer.

Where is our faith?  Why wasn't he healed?

Well, his spirit was.  Not baloney.  Sometimes the body gives out.  The flesh was weak.

But he left that temp house and is now in spirit.

Believe or not.  Up to you.

We had ups and downs, but his family helped me while my Dad crossed over.

Those are gifts, memories that renew us while here.

Now he will be busy with whatever the Father has in mind for him

The Path is clear and is celebrated so tomorrow.  

All our yesterdays coalesce and we pause til we go on.

Sail on!

Crowds...

 Crowds can be fickle.  But don't paint with a broad brush.

First welcomed as king.  Then just days later, reviled and beaten.  Quite a topsy turvy climate.

Jerusalem and its suburbs had a population akin to a small city.  So, JMHO there were some who welcomed and some who reviled.  And a large section who went about their business.

What happened does show how crowds can be swayed.  And of course, now they tend to be either radical leftist violance or actual peaceful demonstrations.

Personally, I avoid crowds just because it can be like an undertow.  There is more to be done individually or in small groups that spreads a message.  

Quiet word of mouth usually goes better, though rallies and meetings can have positive impact.

Strange day as the crowd dispersed and many shuttered their homes.

After the earthquake and storm, things got quiet.  Deathly quiet and behind the scenes, in spirit other things were very active.

The best was yet to come.

Berthas And Misters

 Bertha Better 'an Yous and Mister Know It Alls. Amazing some actually follow them.

Say a leader, church or state, who 'guides' people 'for their own good'.  They are benevolent until one questions.  Then the full force of their false authority descends.  

KIAs might be 'escapees from cults or darkside religions such as S or L who again guide the people.  They are gatekeepers who actually proclaim a 'my way or highway' doctrine.  All else is questionable, even denominations or just deviation/questioning the KIAs.

Of course, there are those in orgs who do this.  They hide in establishment just as some hide in breaking away.  

Stand for truth.  Don't be bullied.

We celebrate Someone this week who perfectly defied darkness and proclaimed Freedom.

Don't let anyone hijack that.

We are warned it will be bumpy.  It'll keep us awake lol.

Light from Light.

Minus

 So much negativity.  The goal is to get everybody at each other.  It is to depress. It's the old thousand cut tactic, which btw can be used for weal or woe.

We are barraged by negative messages.  There are abundant examples such as social media, where a title/headline states a supposed truism.  It may or may not be.  But it implants that thought in mind.  I find countering a good idea.  It's a soft form of hypnosis/mesmerism.   

The object is to tear down foundation.  It casts aspersions planting doubt and of course, to pit people against one another.

Be a rock.  Do not shift.  Be resolute.

Detractions and distractions are many.  Concentrate on truth.  Discern.  

Learn to examine.  

Mind you, history is rife with reality -s-.  One of my teachers said that the older one gets, the less black and white things are.  Greyer lol.  

But, there is good and evil.  There is your discernment.  

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