Monthly Archives: August 2025

Viceroy (182 – V6 Day 153): A Septet – A Ruler/A Butterfly

Viceroy
You are my personal Governor ruling over my daily life.
You are as a beautiful Butterfly reminding me to enjoy the simple daily things.
You give me orders and guidance to continue living for more than for me.
You are my Defense, Your blessings are seen as curses to those who do not seek You.
Your statutes are to be obeyed for by observing them, I am on a better path than one I find on my own.
You lead me to transformation from my sinful desires to ones that provide the blessings of a stable home.
You are my personal Governor ruling over my daily life.
 
Romans 12:2

Spiritfire Proverbs 26:27 “Rock & Roll”

“If a man digs a pit, he will fall into it;
If a man rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.”
 
Oh this was a fun one!  We said our prayers inviting the Holy Spirit to teach us and show us how Jesus fulfilled the book of Proverbs.  We boldly said our declaration of: “I am a child of God!  He loves me, so I love me!”  We then took a moment and said our introduction that we’ve been using for at least 10 years and read our next verse, Proverbs 26:27.
 
Immediately we were confronted with a popular scene in many Western movies, when the antagonist makes his victim dig his own grave.  The footnote in my Bible compares it to Psalm 7:16, “The trouble he causes recoils on himself.”  If not for a villain’s command, why would anyone dig a pit?  Was it like the Psalm inferred or was it for a trap?  For us, we looked at it like ‘the more you keep on talking, the deeper you dig.’  The point was, “Stop digging!” For whatever the plan, it will not turn out like you think it will.
 
The next part of the Proverb came out as a scene from an Indiana Jones movie, The Raiders of the Lost Ark.  But instead of Indiana rolling the stone in place, it was rolling after him!  What does the stone the Proverb mentioned represent?  Unlike for a boobytrap to protect a religious cultural artifact, the rock can represent regrets the man would rather hide.
 
We ended with our favorite question, “How did Jesus fulfill the book of Proverbs to make us into new creations, 2 Corinthians 5:17?”  We were brought right to Jesus’ empty tomb, John 20:1.  Here the rock didn’t roll back upon us, for our trouble was removed by the Blood of the Lamb, Hebrews 8:12.

The 182 with a little help from ChatGPT 5.

Here is a first go at what I am trying to visualize.  There are still some edits I want, but ChatGPT has started to act up and undoes steps we’ve already made.  Whatever.  At least we’ve come this far.  Please let me know what you think. We will see where this will go.

I know I am probably showing too much, but I think it makes sense for people to know what’s possible with this tool.  This was created by simply having a chat.  No demonic Satan power here.  Just a tool that functions with direct commands.

Jesus Called It Agape Love

Following Jesus Gently: A Disability Perspective
https://share.dropinblog.com/s/qwgk6y

Through this read, I heard a voice that doesn’t seem to struggle with personal worth.

The ‘game’ of society is often played in how we establish value.  How do we attain it?  Jesus included people that most excluded.  It is this Way that we, disabled and non disabled Christians, need to master.  If we do not, our citizenry of God’s Kingdom resembles that of a popularity contest held in high schools across America.  Only the beautiful, the talented and wealthy have our attention because that is what is mostly desired.  Envy is then what runs the body of many churches.  While those that ‘have’ give glory to God, honestly that is what they are supposed to do, they then paint a path to success that they took to get there.  There are many habits and financial advice that people can follow that can lead to achieving goals.  When followed, is faith even necessary?

If given a choice, it is my initial thought, nobody would choose a life of disability.  I write that knowing of those who have given up on their physical beauty, riches, or fame/charisma–– because there are truly dark forces at work that they would rather avoid.  But there is a difference between purposely losing independent function and having it taken from you, or even just being born with it.  And much like, “None of us chose to be born”, at those times when physical/mental/emotional disability finds us, the best my finite mind can come up with is, “Very terrible things happen.”

Even so, every time my family leaves the house and gets into that two ton vehicle filled with flammable liquid to drive speeds mankind only recently has ever achieved, meanwhile trusting that everyone else will follow the prescribed laws to create a safe driving environment, I still pray for their safe return.  Amidst that level of tomfoolery, I believe in Jesus who walked on water and calmed the storm.  Now, whether we caused the storm or not, how we as God’s people respond is the secret in the sauce.  Jesus called it agape love.