Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I’m kinda daydreamin’ a bit...

..'bout what’s so and what ain’t so. Oh no!    

And got a ways to go. Not always easy to tell with all these unnamed sources these days huh. 

Lots of stuff ain't SO truly so. 

Seems like what ain’t so keeps flyin’ at all groups of peoples I know.. yeah, dif percentages of it.. and some individuals from every angel, background and corner of this world are actually embracing some of it.. to their own hurt. 

Ever done like I’ve done with novel sounding info? Stuck it in a folder in my mind titled: Wait for additional Instructions on this? 

Listen, it it’s new it ain’t true, and if it’s all the way true, it ain’t new. 

I’ll ask for new insight or application method and illumination on the old. There is no “new revelation” as they say, but we have the old -- the Bible. The methods change, the Message never will! 

“Thus says the Lord: 'Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.'” Jeremiah 6:16 #emph.mine

Why not walk in it when it's the best way for ya to know and go? Why live so stubborn and stiff-necked like a mule? Do ya really see where those folk are goin' and fallin' into?

The Bereans still inspire me, don’t they you? 

What a noble bunch. Hey, when you run into what ya don’t know to be so, just don’t get like when someone you love dies, just fall back on what you absolutely know to be so.. like God is completely good, kind, just and righteous. He loves you and has a really good plan for you in Christ His Son. And when things get weird or tough (like right before he does or tells you somethin’ lifechanging from His word), He’ll work even all that out for good for ya too (Romans 8:28-29). The Bible says..

“As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true. As a result, many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.  But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.”  Acts 17:10-12

Test it against the Bible before ya run with it. Pray about it, get some wise counsel, prove all things. 

“To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” Isaiah 8:20

“A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:” Proverbs 1:5

”Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.” Proverbs 9:9

“Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.” Acts 2:41

“Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the Law of the Lord, and on His law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does. Not so the wicked!..“ Psalm 1:1-4

Choose to turn and enter His rest.. all blessed. Yeah, that’s how I feel today -- too blessed to be stressed, over-pressed, depressed or caught in some lame tempest!

Just think of how much greater a story Sampson would have to tell if he had wisely applied Psalm 1.  

“So Delilah said to Samson, ‘Tell me the secret of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued."’ (HELLO, RELATIONAL RED FLAG, THEN) Samson answered her..” See Judges 16.  

Only two paths to go -- the wise way or the way of folly. You choose. (Matthew 5:3–12; Luke 6:20–23).    

“But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night..” Psalm 1:2,3

”MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day..” Psalm 119:97,100,148

The Holy Spirit livin' on the inside can help you know what's so.. cuz He sure does. Come to Jesus and have a full assurance inside! 

Thanks for the photo Jen Theodore. 

Why miss-wire things or give your heart in pieces? Why not give it all away.. to the One who’ll stay?

Today is good. Why miss-wire your mind, only to see your own brain hinder you in all relationships etc?  

It’s smart to be really careful the habits you form like with your responses, and how you wire your brain if ya will. Let’s be careful want we allow in our eye and ear gates..in our minds. 

Nine tenths of decisions made for eternity and Jesus Christ the way, truth and life.. are made when someone is a teenager, says Chuck Smith.

But God is not bound by statistics. May I ask.. what would prevent you from giving your heart to the Lord right now? He will welcome and can forgive all. Are you more concerned about offending people, or offending God via rejection of His Son? Too many fear offending strangers who could give a flip..more than they fear all else.  

Are you worried about what others might think or say about you? Don’t be. In a year or even in eternity their opinion really won’t matter to you. 

Is there any reason not to come as you are? Too many people early set a groove in their brains so to speak by repeatedly saying "No" to God and His sinless Son, Jesus Christ. Come as you are to Him willing to be changed from the inside out. God can rewire your mind so to speak if we turn, trust and remain willing. His love is wild for You, burning bright like a flame for you. He’s there for you today. The Bible says...  

“Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God." Romans 12:1-2

One of the saddest statements in the Bible is this one: “But he didn’t realize the Lord had left him.” Judges 6:20 nlt

Sin binds you, binds yous, and grinds you. Remember Sampson, a he-man with a she-weakness. It happened to him. Sin can be fun for a season, but there are repercussions. Be sure your sin will find you out. O weep, the wasted life of a world-changer -- but God gave Sampson a second chance. You can have one too. Ask. Finish your race in God’s will. Jesus can change your sorrowful story. 

“Then she cried out, ‘Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!’ When he woke up, he thought, ‘I will do as before and shake myself free.’ But he didn’t realize the Lord had left him.” Judges 6:20  

It was bad and got real bad for him. 

What's sup with the second chance God gave him? Well, later on the Bible tells us, “But before long, his hair began to grow back” (verse 22 NLT).

God is saying that He gives second chances to those humble and repentant -- to those who believe. Yes, there’s indeed hope—even after you fail. Sampson didn’t fall all as once and we typically don’t either. Lots of little spiritual compromises -- don’t make em. Live on fire in and for Christ instead. 

Recall how it went. You remember this simple true story. Samson basically lost touch with the only living God. The women looked so nice to him. Sure, that’s normal. God made us guys and our eyes like that. Why else do you think men would get married and then have some kids? Mr. Lu-Cifer (the devil) and his gang just love to take what’s good (God-given) and so beautiful and twist in all into what’s so perverse and destructive. Submit to God and resist Him. Reject what he offers you online or elsewhere.   

Sampson took a stride from Him Master’s side. You can go the distance walking close. Yeah, it culminated with Delilah shaving Sampson’s head...butch cut time...as he was sleeping it was cut off. His hair. You remember the story. 

Samson’s power, however, was not in his long hair. Rather, it was in his commitment and relationship to a powerful God..and his long hair symbolized this. Woke up so SO lonely inside and yet wondering is my guess. 

Samson didn’t know it, but he already was in a bad state of decline that had been taking place over a period of time ..years. This is so typical of a person who’s in a state of slow spiritual decline. Some go downwards fast too. Sometimes, they’re the last to know it. They don’t know why they really hate seeing their own sin.. in another person’s life. 

That’s because sin blinds us. And that’s why we need Christian friends who will tell us the truth, friends who are willing to say, “Dude, I see this area in your life, and you could be doing better. You need to reconnect with Your Maker today and be extra careful there.”

We should thank the Lord if we have wholesome friends that are spiritual.. like that because we can have blind spots in our lives. For example, I know of men and women who left a loving spouse and children for some stupid fling.

That’s the blinding factor of sin. There can be an excitement the first time you do the thing you’re not supposed to. But you’re not thinking it through. You’re not thinking about the repercussions that are about to come.

Samson ultimately faced the repercussions of his sin. The Bible tells us, “So the Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They took him to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze chains and forced to grind grain in the prison.” Judges 6:21 nlt. Facebook.com/shareJesus 

Nothing is more expensive in the whole universe than sin. It'll cost you everything.

You know fornication, adultery, covetousness, porn, or an LGBTQ-lifestyle, any impurity, lust, sex-sins, imporality -- it's about idolatry. A true Christian will never be content with sin. So change. Turn from it. God to God honestly. Don't put this repentance or Him off. You can have a new beginning, a second chance.