"POST ON THESE THINGS"

Far be it from me to suggest to anyone how they should choose to use Social Media...your Twitter/Linkedin/Instagram/etc. account is yours to implement however you see fit, and your FB page is absolutely your place to express yourself however you want to do it...I believe that personal expression rocks, and I'm all about encouraging it...

No doubt, a lot of dissent and argument goes on in cyberspace, on blogs, and especially on Facebook...and it is what it is...I personally am not interested in provoking debate with anyone about anything in person or online at this point in my life, even though I have strong convictions about pretty much everything...I'm sort of in the "agree with your adversary quickly" camp...but I'm basically cool with those who do like that sort of thing...argumentative people tend to stress me out on a personal level, so I avoid them, but I'm definitely against censorship, so I believe that people should be able to say what they want to say, even if I don't really want to hear it...

I have several thousand friends and followers on Social Media, and it's an understatement to say that among them all is quite a wide variety of world-views and ideologies...for example, I have FB friends who are racially diverse, both conservative and liberal, Democrat and Republican, gay and straight, religious and non-religious, fundamentalist Christian and atheist, etc...in a word, I have connections with people who are all over the map politically, theologically and ideologically, and I'm used to that sort of eclectic and ecumenical environment...in fact, I like the freedom of an exchange of ideas, even though I usually prefer finding harmony and agreement over argument and contention...

I used to argue a lot, and I'm pretty good at it, but I already have a platform as a public figure to say all the things that I want to say, and I have had that for some time, so the itch is already scratched for me in that area...I get to regularly express my opinion about things, and I get plenty of attention, so I don't need to compensate with arguing...but I understand that a lot of people don't have the outlet(s) that I have, so I respect their right to mix it up and stir the pot...

And even though I avoid getting into the fray over most subjects, I definitely subscribe to Voltaire's mantra of "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."...that's what America and free speech is all about, so God bless America!

So whatever you opt to say about Isis or Ebola or Obama or Ferguson or Bill Cosby or gun control or Jesus or the Bible or whatever else people are talking about is fine with me...I'm willing to hear you out to a certain point...for the most part, unless it's a personal attack, nothing that you say, no matter how offensive or disappointing to me, is a deal breaker...and with over 500 people already blocked on my FB page, the personal online attacks on me are pretty much a thing of the past these days...in fact, the overwhelming outpouring of support that Ken and I have received on FB about our announcement a few days ago has really surprised/overwhelmed me, and has healed something in my heart that I didn't even realize needed healing...

That being said, I do want to give a word of advice, for what it's worth, to those who use Social Media to talk/complain/obsess over the negative things in their lives...I understand the need to vent and to be heard...believe me, I've done my fair share of it in the past...but I do want to exhort anyone with whom I have influence to remember that what you energize through your words and intentions only becomes stronger...

Jesus said "To them that have, more will be given"...the vibration on the words that you type and post on the Worldwide Web are just as powerful as the ones that pass through your vocal chords...you not only have what you say, you also have what you post!

Complaining about your financial situation on FB only moves you away from prosperity...and if pity is what you want, you can certainly get it by posting about how bad things are for you, but it won't make them any better, and it won't bring you money...if pity is what you want, then that will be your only reward...

I believe that Virtual Reality is very powerful...the image that you create online paints a picture of who you are, and of who you will become in real life...I think it's perfectly OK to let people know when you need prayer (I've written a previous post about that), or when there's an emergency...I certainly believe in the Power of Agreement, and have used Social Media myself to ask for it for certain things...I also know that when my dad was in the hospital recently, it was much easier to post the status of his condition on FB than to say it over and over again to everyone who was calling to ask how he was doing...

So I believe that using Twitter or FB to ask for agreement or to give updates on someone's medical condition is effective and is also good time management...

But posting the details of your pity party online isn't ever going to make people want to attend it...and if you complain to those who have no ability to help your situation, you only frustrate them and ultimately yourself...

Calling those things which are not as though they are can be done online to your advantage...if you're single and lonely, telling the entire Universe that you are isn't going to bring someone into your life...complaining about your job online only makes your work experience more miserable, and never changes it for the better...talk instead about what you love and already have, and it will bring more of the same to you...

Express your gratitude, and you will attract more things for which to be grateful...

Praise your life, and your life will get better...

Energize and give life to the good stuff, and you will have more of it...

People often ask me if I ever take a bad picture,  and I say to them, "sure I do, I just don't post it on Facebook!"...I only want to present myself in the best possible light...your life is your brand, and you need to talk it up and promote it, regardless of the temptation to talk about what is negative...

Create your image, and make it a good and attractive one...

Blaming God or your parents or your ex or the church or the President or white people or black people or whoever else you think is the reason for your problems only creates more problems!

Love your life and express it online, and life will love you back!

I AM WHAT I AM...I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE (Part 2)

I Am that I Am (אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה, ehyeh ašer ehyeh) 

These days there is so much being discussed and written about the subject of  "I AM" declarations/affirmations, especially among people who are aware of and in sync with the Law(s) of Attraction...in a similar flow, those of us who have a background in and connection to the 'Word of Faith' movement have heard teaching about "positive confession" for many, many years, which has been largely based on a passage in the Gospel of Mark (Chapter 11, verse 23) where Jesus told His disciples that they could have what they say if they would believe with their heart that what they said would come to pass...actually, there are many Scriptures that make a similar connection between the heart and the mouth ("Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart be acceptable...", "Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks...", "With the heart man believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation", etc.)...

Jesus is recorded, especially in the Gospel of John, as making many different "I AM" declarations..."I AM the Bread of Life"..."I AM the door..."I AM the Good Shepherd"..."I AM the way, the truth and the life", "Before Abraham was, I AM", etc...even in the Gospel of Luke, when He stands to read Isaiah's famous prophecy in the assembly ("The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me..."), He seems to be walking in a new awareness of who He is when He says "This day this prophecy is fulfilled in your ears"...it's nearly as if He is speaking Himself into existence by His own creative words...

“I AM” declarations/affirmations are powerful positive statements or commands of self-talk...intentions that are verbally expressed which describe a desired outcome...in the same way that Isaiah said that God "declared the end from the beginning", and Paul said that He "called those things which are not as though they are", these declarations ideally connect the present with the future...to really work they are supposed to be repeated many times a day, in order to impress the subconscious mind, and trigger it into positive action through vibrational frequency to the brain...Jesus warned His followers to be aware of "vain repetitions", and said that they should not assume that God would answer their prayers simply because of their "much speaking" (He was particularly referring to the empty religious ritual of "chanting" that was quite popular in the day and in that part of the world), but in fact there is proven validity in saying positive words, and continually repeating them in order to ensure their effectiveness...the repetition is not for God's sake, but for the sake of the individual who is doing the speaking...these affirmations should be repeated with intention, conviction, belief, and desire...two of the most powerful words in your every day language are “I AM”, because what you insert after them will ultimately shape your reality...Paul said that "faith comes by hearing", which just means that what you hear the most you end up believing the easiest, and the person you hear speaking the most is of course you!

Thoughts certainly have vibrations, and the internal monologue is very powerful and creative ( or destructive), but putting a thought into a word definitely takes the vibration to another level...tunes it into a higher frequency...God didn't think the words 'Let there be light', He said the words 'Let there be light!'...Jesus said to speak to the mountain, not just to speak about the mountain...what you tell yourself on a daily basis, whatever you are feeling, is what you are vibrating, and whatever you are vibrating is what you are attracting...

Yesterday I posted about God's declaration of "I am that I am" to Moses in the book of Exodus, and how it's actually more accurately translated "I will be what I will be"...we discussed how the words "I will be" contain a different energy than even the words "I am", because they speak not just to present reality, but to future potential...when I posted Part 1 on Facebook I got a lot of good response...my good friend Richard Garganta commented on it and said, "I heard a Rabbi expert on Hebrew once say this could be said, 'I exist because I am existence.'..."...I love it...just shows you how much variety and shades of meaning there are in the living, vibrating words of God!

 

Also on yesterday's post, Leslie commented and posed a great question when she said  "In the flow....but how do you change what you've already spoken? Spiritually I know this, however manifesting it in the natural is quite the obstacle. How far back do you go to lay the axe to the root? Would love to hear your perspective."...to which I responded,  "I'll answer in the next post, but let me go ahead and say that it's not that hard...the most profound changes usually happen with the least amount of effort..."the light shines in darkness, and the darkness cannot overtake it"...one positive word is more powerful than a thousand negative ones..."

Another good friend of mine, Donald Cofield, also responded to her question with this: "...Leslie that is an interesting question you had. My first thought carried me back in my mind to the old TV show "Bewitched". On it Endora...was often casting a spell (speaking a reality into existence) and it...never benefited her target. When her daughter Samantha got hip to her shenanigans she would finally get her to speak another spell which would cancel out the first spell. And personally I grew up on a farm and we have been known to literally disc a crop under (that's farm jargon) in order to make room for another crop that had more profit potential. I think that possibly a similar principle could apply to us in the spirit realm."

I couldn't have said it better...I do believe that what we are today is the product of what we said yesterday, but I also believe that the present is stronger than the past, that light is stronger than darkness, that positive energy is stronger than negative emergy, and that "I will be what I will be" is even stronger than "I am that I am"!

That which is now already has been, and that which is to be already has been; and God seeks that which has passed by [so that history repeats itself]. (Ecclesiastes 3:15 - Amplified Bible)

 

This passage in this translation talks about history repeating itself, but as we discussed in a previous post, I believe that you can even re-create your history by your words..."I was what I was...I am that I am...I will be what I will be"...God is apparently evolving and increasing...the Universe is growing and "appears to be accelerating faster and faster instead of slowing down, purportedly faster than the speed of light" (thanks for that, Lonna), and you are getting better every day! 

 

You will be what you will be, and you're going to be AWESOME!