The reality of today

 This post will be quite a bit different than the last few, but perhaps even more important to pass along.

Getting out and exploring God’s creation with binoculars and cameras, communing with God, is still a priority. I get fewer photos during this quieter time of year, but still manage to get enough for my Nature Nuggets blog. There have been lots of changes recently!

February 4, 2026

February 27, 2026

In addition, I’ve been doing lots of reading various books, including the Bible, along with lots of contemplative/prayer time now that there is so much time available in my aloneness. So many thoughts go running through my mind, and I want to be sure whatever actions I take they will be the result of God’s spirit speaking to me. And sometimes I begin to wonder: how do I know it will be God’s spirit speaking and not the devil? The devil is a mastery of subterfuge, masking as the angel of light, and working all the time to convince people what we are hearing are the results of God speaking, when at least in some cases, the devil is actually the one, leading us down his path, and away from God.

The devil is very, very real. I had generally believed this most of my life, but it was demonstrated very realistically with Marie and I about 3 decades ago. We experienced something that we have never shared with anyone, as it was very personal, but in hindsight, it couldn’t have been more real. As time went on, the devil’s tactics showed up in Marie’s life, and perhaps less decisively, in mine. Thankfully God rescued Marie from the path she was being led on, which had been initiated in her very early life. Of course her passing has left a huge hole in my life, and it is even more important that I recognize God’s spirit speaking to me, and follow His direction. I couldn’t have ever imagined the path of this stage of my life’s journey, and I know He has some amazing blessings in store ahead of me. But as I said, I find that His voice isn’t always as clear and distinctive as I need or want. And that’s where faith comes in, as His ways are absolutely better than mine!

There’s no question that the world is becoming a darker and darker place, as the impacts of the devil are becoming more and more obvious in the world of politics, wars, rumours of wars, in various three letter world organizations and others, as their goal, at least to their inner circle, is to control the world’s population to the point of reducing it. In reality, many of these rulers, organizations, leaders, etc., are puppets of the devil. It has been the devil’s ultimate goal, to destroy you and I, God’s creations, ever since he was tossed out because he was jealous of God and wanted to become like Him. But God said no, and expelled him. After he appeared as the serpent in the Garden of Eden and seduced Adam and Eve, he was relegated to crawling around in the dust, and he has been doing that ever since. 

 Our earthly bodies are made from the dust, and it is exactly the place where/how the devil has been crawling around doing his utmost to destroy us. It is imperative that, given all the things we are inundated with in the media, on screens, etc., we seek God’s truth in everything, and not put much truth or good in anything else. The devil is using everything possible to bring us down, and as AI continues to infiltrate our lives, we need to be all the more open to God’s truth and His speaking to our hearts! Certainly AI will be used to benefit humanity in some way, but unfortunately just enough to convince people that it can’t be all bad and therefore becoming more accepting of it. But BEWARE! It will/is being for evil intent already, and that will only increase as humanity becomes more accepting of it!

 As stated in 1 John, 5: 19 …the whole world is under control of the evil one. Fortunately God has ultimate control, and is holding off on the return of Jesus to give more and more people an opportunity to turn to Him.

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