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Prophets of Peace and the Pandemic

Greetings in the Lord~ Today's word comes from Amos 4 and is quite interesting in light of our recovering pandemic situation.  It is a chapter in which Amos begins by calling the people "fat cows" because they are so pampered and are not reflective about any of the hardships they have been through.  They just call to their spouses to "bring me more" food and drink and whatever else while they lie around and think of resuming business as usual.  They do not realize that their hardships: plagues and sickness, drought and rain-less days on the land, blight and mildew on the crops, war and attacks by enemies---were calls from God to repentance.  They simply wanted to petition God in their usual, superficial religious and self-serving ways and poof! It all be back to "normal."  Kinda sounds like the time we're in now! "I struck your farms and vineyards with blight and mildew.  Locusts devoured all your fig and olive trees.  But still you would

Fertile Soil Produces Amazing Harvest

Greetings in the Lord~ Today's word comes from Mark 4, especially verses 21-25: Then Jesus asked them, "Would anyone light a lamp and then put it under a basket or under a bed?  Of course not!  A lamp is placed on a stand, where the light will shine.  For everything that is hidden will eventually be brought into the open, and every secret will be brought to light.  Anyone with ears to hear should listen. Then he added, "Pay close attention to what you hear.  The closer you listen, the more understanding you will be given--and you will receive even more.  To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given.  But for those who are not listening, even what little understanding they have will be taken away from them."   Since January, I have received several words about this pandemic time period we are in and interestingly, much of it had to do with the Lord uprooting and exposing corruption and spiritual realignment, in general, a kind of holy &q