A Time to Be Silent

 Dear Friends,

I know it has been a while since my last blog post. I've always tried to listen to the spirit and wait for the Lord's inspiration and guidance. He has always helped me know what message to give.

Lately, I have waited for that to happen.

It hasn't.

Last night the thought came to me that maybe I have said all there is to say and now it is time

to be silent. This morning that was confirmed. I am literally being silenced now, and indeed, everything the Lord needed me to say has been said.

So, I will continue to share uplifting and meaningful quotes and thoughts, but it looks like silence will now reign, as unsettling as that is. I will never stop proclaiming my love for Heavenly Father and my Savior. No one and nothing can - or will - ever remove my testimony of Them from me. The Lord shows me every day that He is aware of me and I matter to Him - that my life matters, just as yours does.

Again, I tell you we are at war. A spiritual battle is being waged and it is brutal. I can testify of this with absolute certainty, because of the attacks I have undergone this past while. The warfare has been far worse than at any other time in my life, and believe me, I've experienced plenty. The only way I have been able to make it through is by holding to the promise the Lord made to me that He will carry me through and never abandon me. He never has, and the tender mercies that flow into my life each day are a priceless part of that promise.

Now, I have been prompted to compile some of the latest posts in a little booklet, and share the messages the Lord encourages me to include, the ones that are most urgent. I will send each of you a copy of that ebooklet this week. Some of the post will be re-edited and revised. I hope the booklet will be useful and bring needed comfort.

Thank you all so much for your friendship and continued support. It means so much to me.

Glory to God!

Have a great night!

P.S. Below is a video I felt prompted to share because of the truths spoken in it.

The Clock is Ticking

 The spiritual war we are fighting is growing more brutal by the day, and many of us are going through
our own personal garden of Gethsemane. With the gradual stripping away of our agency and constitutional right to choose, we are dealing with the painful stripping away of personal opinion (spoken and unspoken) that is being heaped upon us by others. We would rather have this cup pass us by but are willing to let the Lord's will be done. It hurts being the Deceiver's victims, but we can take heart in knowing we are never alone in this battle against the unseen evil surrounding us, as well as those who are influenced by it.

This the Matrix in which we live, and instead of ingesting the red pill and opening our minds to the deceptions making up our world, many snatch the blue pill and gulp it down quickly, choosing to stay in their fog of oblivion, unwilling to delve deep below the surface and make the hard decisions.

I have come to the point in my life that what people think of me doesn't matter in the least. Though my heart is filled with love and compassion for my fellow man, I could not care less about the opinions of others. The only things that matter to me are my God, my Savior, my family, the gospel of Christ, sharing that gospel and His truths with others, knowing what is real and true, and my own personal salvation. Beyond that, nothing else in this world bears much importance.

The Lord needs an awake people. He needs our whole heart. He needs us to relinquish every part of ourselves, and He wants to be present in every aspect of our lives - to be present and help us to see through the fog of deceit that presses in upon us each day so that the enemy cannot destroy us, nor allow us to destroy ourselves.

And in return, He will give us all of Himself.

In fact, He already has.

This is my prayer for all.

The Purging of Pride

 God is always faithful, and despite our weaknesses and failures, He will not fail us. He could never
forget His promises to us, and He will always provide for our every need and bless us with the righteous desires of our hearts.

Sometimes we grow impatient waiting for God to move in our behalf, but we need to trust in Him, and trust that He knows us personally. He only asks that we surrender ourselves to Him, and know with absolute surety that He knows what's best for each and every one of us.

Father and His Son know me completely, and I will continue to strive to know Them better with each passing day.

Besides the "plandemic" that is being perpetrated upon the masses, there is an overwhelming epidemic of fear and despair in the world today. There is also an epidemic of pride, and some lord this pride over others. Each time we allow our pride to divide us (and many us us guard and hold onto our pride with an insane jealousy that is indescribable) we place a wedge between us and the Lord, which is the very last thing we want right now. This is the time we want Him even closer - to feel Him near at all times.

Today is the day to rid ourselves of all ungodliness.  It's the day to let go of pride, unrighteous judgments, the tendency to prop ourselves above others, the tendency to believe we are right and others are wrong, and the self-centered belief that personal revelation is irrelevant . . . unless it coincides and validates our own point of view. This is the epitome of pride.

The gathering season is fast coming to a close and the need to eliminate the gods and idols of this world is vital to our personal salvation. It's a time of urgency, and the Lord is still giving us every opportunity in this remaining small window of time to purge this gross sin from our hearts and replace it with the Savior. We must grasp how important it is look to Him in all things

This is my hope and prayer for all of us.

Either We Believe Him or We Don't!

And whosoever among you are sick and have not faith to be healed, but believe, shall be
nourished with all tenderness, with herbs and mild food, and that not by the hand of an enemy. ~D&C 42:43

The Lord is the king of necessary repetition.

When parents raise children, we teach them by repetition. It is how they learn and grow. When they do wrong, we chasten and counsel them, and we forgive them, hoping they have learned their lesson well enough not to repeat it.

So it is with all of us. Over and over in the scriptures, we are told that when we keep the Lord's commandments, we will be blessed. When we don't, we are turning away from God in disobedience, and there will be consequences - we can't escape those. Obedience to the commandments and putting the Lord first in ALL things also increases our discernment and helps us to avoid being deceived. Putting the Lord first helps us to know what is of God and what isn't. With this, we can also utilize the spiritual gifts He has given us, and use them accordingly.

When our children were young and my husband and I were homeschooling them, there were two things that I told them over and over:

1. "We teach you at home so you will hopefully learn our values and not the world's ideals."

2. "We do this so you will think for yourself instead of allowing others to think for you."

Now, are they perfect at these things? No. But they are constantly trying just as we are.

So, why do we , as God's children, continue to make the same vital mistakes over and over? Why do we look to others for validation? Why do we not utilize the gift of personal revelation from the Lord?

Why do we purposely allow ourselves be deceived?

Is it because it's easier to push aside earnest prayer and critical thinking in favor of being a follower, to be commanded in all things? Is it because it's easier to be told what is best for us, shirking our responsibility of going to God to know His will?

We have been counseled repeatedly to come to know the Savior's voice. So, where is our faith? True faith in the Lord unlocks His power, allowing us to claim that power. This is supposed to be a time of repentance, spiritual growth, and increased devotion to our Savior, not leaning on our own arm, but His.

So, now I'm going to be repetitive. These are the last days and conspiracies abound.

There are so many examples in the scriptures of conspiracies. And it is the same with us today, only the conspirators are far more sinister. And why wouldn’t they be? After all, the king of these conspiracies is a soul harvester who never likes to play by the rules. Regardless, he does have rules that he must adhere to as well, and he offers incentives for your allegiance and obedience to him. But the payoff is always a trap. Because of deceit, many others are taken along for the ride, some going willingly, because it's easier. Again, for many, it's easier to be told what's best for us, acquitting us of responsibility and the consequences. But that excuse will never fly with the Lord.

In the end, we can only ask ourselves, "Do I trust the Lord? Do I believe Him enough to place my life in His hands?"

My personal answer is an ecstatic "Yes!!!"

I pray your answer will be the same, and that we will all look to Him first, always, and that we will allow His will to be done in our lives. I pray that we will pray for increased discernment and increased purification, that we may truly become a sanctified people.

Have a great evening!

Preparation for What is to Come

 

The Crippling War of Deception

 There are so many forms of deception going on today that it is almost impossible to keep count. And
the bigger the deception, the harder it is to accept the truth, particularly when the deception has been so carefully and lullingly orchestrated to the point that discovering the truth can leave us with broken pride and open eyes that have been tightly-closed for so long. Since Satan is the master of deception, he is brilliant at his craft, which is exactly why he is the momentary god of this world. He only tells truths to perpetuate lies, and today, his numerous lies abound, and his cunning is more effective than at any other time in the history of this world. Despite God placing us (the strongest spirits) on the earth at this time, the satanic programs are in place that pit man's views and philosophies against God's truths, lulling us into Gadianton's camp, blinding us to age-old secret combinations. However, where some of us are lulled, others go willingly, and no matter how many times the Lord exposes the truth, the natural man in us still chooses to lean on the arm of flesh instead of the arm of God - the very thing we have been counseled over and over NOT to do!

As I have said many times (and I will keep saying it) nothing done in the dark is ever hidden from God's eyes. The Lord longs to open the eyes of the blind, unstop the ears of the deaf, enrich the minds that are impaired, and shine the light of truth into both the deceived and self-deceived hearts. Knowing the truth is vital, because that truth will indeed make us free.

May we all pray for strengthened and increased spiritual discernment. May we fix our eyes on the Savior, that we may know Him, that He may open our eyes to Satan's deceptions and strengthen our armor for the battle we are now fighting against the surrounding powers of darkness, as well as the battles looming ahead.

A Letter to My Savior

 Dear Lord,

It's always a blessing to share my thoughts with you. I know You know what is in my
heart at all times, but You still like hearing from me.

Lord, as You know, there are a great many things weighing on my heart these days - most of it to do with my family and the world.

Lord, I know You've probably been here to this earth covertly more times than I can count. I know You sorrow over what You've witnessed going on here, seeing things we can only imagine - and I don't even WANT to. Just viewing the tragedies I've already seen in my little finite world is sometimes more than I can bear. But then again I never bear them alone because You are here carrying me through, shouldering the burdens for me. And the fact that You do it so willingly will always be amazing to me.

Lord, with everything being afflicted upon man these days and all the prophecies being fulfilled, it is clear  that Your return in glory is very, very soon, and You are even at the doors. You have given us every opportunity to surrender our hearts and turn them to You, yet pride and the vain things of the world stand in the way, and because we choose the things of this world over You, we turn away from the blessings that You are waiting to bestow upon us.

You have given us opportunity after opportunity to prepare ourselves for Your coming, both temporally and spiritually. You hear the prayerful hearts as well as the cursing hearts, and You see inside them all. While some of us pray to have fear purged from our hearts and have faith fill them, others give in to the fear and let that fear rule in almost every area of their lives. While I and other pray to be cleansed of despair and doubt and to be filled with hope, some are too weak and the despair only grows.

Even I have moments of weakness, Lord, and You are aware of those weakness when they strike. You try to help me keep the sorrows at bay, specifically when it comes to myself. The sorrows I feel for others, You allow me to experience them in full before comfort comes. We are supposed to sorrow for others, and Lord, sometimes my heart is too full of those sorrows, yet You are there to catch the overflow, because You already fully drank of that bitter cup long ago.

Why can we not keep our eyes fixed on You, Lord? Why do we let the natural man take over? Why are ears stopped, eyes blinded, and hearts continually hardened to the truth? Why are material things more important than fellow human beings? Why are the world's ideals widely accepted, and why are the philosophies of man continuously being touted as truth? Why do so many of us fear man more than You and Father? Why is the world's spiritual predicament still being ignored by so many of us? Why can we not see that all is NOT well in Zion?

And why does it hurt so much to witness it all?

Lord, I know You and Father are aware of the storms raging here at the hands of the adversary. You are aware of everything, and that knowledge bring me and others comfort.

Still, Lord, I'm so tired this morning, just as are many others who have a heart for You. I've been so tired the past few days, darkness has threatened to overwhelm me. But I know You understand, and You have stood ready to do battle against the encroaching darkness, filling my surroundings with Your light. I thank You for that, Lord. I thank You with all my heart. Because of Your continuous light, I have made it through the days, just as I will make it through this day, and the next, and the days after that, until You bring me to where You are, understanding that You will always meet me where I am.

My wish is that each of us could know how much we are loved by You and Father. I hope and pray that You will help each of us get our houses of the heart in order, that we may anxiously wait for Your glorious return.

I will never stop watching and waiting, Lord.

Thank You for being my Lord and Savior. Thank You for loving me that much.

I love You.

Jewel