1/10/15

The last time I meditated and joined the others, I noticed that the mountain where we were about to meet was already enveloped in a soft white glow. This morning I met with Jesus at the small forest well as usual, but as I began to walk towards the mountain I saw it surrounded by a fog of silver-gold light shinning like a beacon against the blue sky. I turned to Jesus in amazement and asked if what I was seeing was really happening.

Jesus smiled at me and said, “Yes, I did it.”

Oh, such a new and wonderful gift from Jesus given to the world. As we continued walking towards the glowing mountain peak, I thought perhaps the number of people answering Jesus’ call to gather upon the mountain continues to grow. I felt greatly proud to be one of them. As I climbed and rose higher to join the others standing at its top, I realized that this mountain peak is now a sacred place, a place protected and unblemished by evil, as if a part of heaven were now placed upon the earth.

This idea was reinforced as soon as I reached the peak and stood with the others. I felt God as present right away as love immediately surrounded and infused my body. I had no need to call upon God to fill myself with extra light and spirit. I was already filled as if a vast funnel of love had just poured into me from heaven. I looked around and knew that this was true for each of us and any others who wish to stand together on the mountain peak.

From now on, all a person needs to do is look towards the mountain and follow the beacon of light to arrive at this most beautiful destination. This is what I shared with people as I walked with Jesus. I went to different people and pointed their minds towards the mountain. As each looked to where I pointed, they saw the lighted peak high up against the sky and began to move towards it. I did this with a number of people this morning.

No one asked, “Which mountain?” or “In what nation does it stand?” We all understood the mountain exists in spirit, a place set perhaps between heaven and earth. It serves as a siren calling to all those who have great faith to home in on God. It is a wonder and I imagine that as the people who look towards the mountain increase, the volume of glow will also increase until one day it covers all the earth.

Well, it may take a million years, but what are earth years to God?

Snapshot of a Mermaid

(First of a series of paintings from my travels with Jesus)

1/17/15

I can’t reproduce what I saw exactly so I decided to embellish and stylize some of what I witnessed with close-ups from different worlds. I intend to make a few of the paintings weird enough so that their off-world setting will be obvious. I am not great at landscapes so will need to zero in on the different kind of people I have seen. The problem is that most of the worlds Jesus has taken me to are very earth-like so a portrait of its people would resemble a person on earth. Still, there were enough strange beings to keep me busy painting for a while if I can figure out how to paint them. Even so, I think only people familiar with my writing on this web site will appreciate what I am really trying to portray. Jesus tells me we will travel again soon, so maybe the next people will be strange enough to paint.

My dog Kali loves the snow

1/21/15

I watched both Michigan Governor Snyder’s speech and President Obama’s speeches last night and felt proud of the leaders we have today. I was glad to see our Mayor Duggan get a mention too for the great job he has been doing. It seemed to me that both leaders stressed the need to improve the lives of ordinary people. I know that these kind of speeches can be full of empty promises, but I felt a real substance flow out of their speeches tonight, although the governor may accomplish more of what he promised because he has less opposition. I got the feeling that it is a lot of work to be a leader, but both will keep pushing and doing their jobs.

I suppose it is the least I can do in my own life, to keep pushing and doing even though my accomplishments seem few. This is probably true of most of us, plus I have a touch of the mid-winter blues, not too blue because I still admire the snow flakes falling outside my window and think them beautiful. Come spring I will brighten up again ready to bloom with the flowers. My mood seems to sway with the weather and the ease or difficulty of whatever painting I am working on.

Jesus tells me to just keep going. I take that to mean that I must be doing something good. I keep expecting to travel to a new planet with Jesus but he told me to wait, that he will determine when and where. No matter, there is no hurry. I don’t think the angels hurry either. They told me years ago that they were going to improve our lives. I look around and see things are changing for the better, but slowly, like adding a few more grains of sugar to sweeten a cup of coffee. I believe this is how heaven works most of the time and we can’t see the change until it is accomplished.

Jesus has been showing me how to help people by preventing a problem rather than waiting until the problem already hits. Just this morning during meditation, we went to a lady walking out of a shopping mall. I saw a car about to slide in the snow towards her and was able to hold her back for a few seconds by suggesting through a whisper in her ear that she say a short prayer. She did stop walking for just a moment to mutter Jesus, Mary and Joseph as if to complain about the falling snow.  It was then that the silver car slid in front of her. If she had continued walking, she would have been hit. We have all had similar close calls so perhaps Jesus or an angel was there for us too.

I think this is how the angels work and by teaching me how to help people prevent accidents or to change a few cells before they go bad, Jesus is teaching me how to join the angels as they go about the world changing it. This is true for each of us who learn how to walk in spirit with Jesus. This being true, the more who do so, the sooner the world will breathe fresher and cleaner and be more holy. Well, winter blues aside, which can’t too deeply felt if i can look outside and admire the snow as it falls and think it beautiful, I feel more hopeful this morning.

1/28/15

During meditation this morning I suggested to Jesus that I’d like to help a young mother prevent cancer. The idea of small children growing up without a mother tares at my heart. Jesus agreed so after walking up to the silver-gold mountain peak to receive God’s light, I walked down again side by side with Jesus and looked for a mother who could use our help. I found a mother, on the plump side with white skin and dark hair who was in her 30’s, working at a very low paying job in a fast food place and raising her children on her own. She had a small lump in her breast and was scheduled for a bioscopy.

Following Jesus’ instruction, I reached into the tiny bump on her right breast and sent golden light to that specific spot. I kept it up until I felt (or saw in my imagination) cells begin to shrink and dissolve. Finally, I felt confident now that her bioscopy would show the small lump as benign. I hugged her and tried to reassure her, but she wasn’t very religious and had no thought of God or angels, so I didn’t push it. Jesus told me that she would find faith again in a few years.

The rosary was still playing so I searched for someone else who might need a small bit of help. I found young women with dark skin exercising and working out. She could develop breast cancer even at this young age because it was a strong trait in her family. Jesus showed me where to reach in and touch her with God’s healing light. I am sure she will not get cancer at this time, but possibly later in life. She too didn’t seem very religious, but Jesus didn’t seem to mind. Perhaps she too will come back to God eventually, many people do as they become older.

This is something I notice about Jesus. He is undemanding, as if time will heal those who are lacking in faith. Also, he seems very tolerant of strange points of view from all the different religious groups. It doesn’t seem to matter to him if a person or church is strict and conservative or loose and liberal. These are labels we put on people that probably seem false to Jesus. And these are only Christian labels, imagine how many other differences there are in the many religions around the world that Jesus tolerates and understands. I think to Jesus they are all part of our human struggle to understand and grow towards God. Jesus acts as if there is enough time for everything, and so, there must be.