Be Courageous Be Bold Hebrews 4:16

I am always looking for a deeper meaning of things. Like the meaning of what words and names mean. This is so fascinating to me. We are looking to move into a community called Lucerne Lakes. I wondered what Lucerne meant and so, I, of course, went to Google.

I found that it was a city of central Switzerland on the northern shore of Lake Lucerne, an irregularly shaped lake surrounded by mountains. I’ve always been a mountain girl, more than a beach girl. Being born in northern Alabama I guess it is in my blood even though I moved from there when I was a baby. But I’ve always been partial to mountains and hills. So I found this very interesting. Then I kept looking and found that the origin of Lucerne was a Swiss place-name or Latin and means “Lamp.” And so I related it to the scripture, in Psalm 119:105 King James Version (KJV) which says, Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

This is getting even more interesting. Going a little deeper I came across the Lucerne flower which means, Life, Breath of Life…AWESOME! There it is.

Five years ago I came to this place to live and even though I was happy…I cried and lamented many days because I missed my family, my children and grandchildren. But God kept saying to me, “This is where I want you. This is the place I’ve brought you to, to live and serve me. You said you’d go wherever I asked you to go and do whatever I asked you to do. Child, I love you and this is what’s best for you at this time.”

Just in the last few months I’ve become contented to obey and not question and not cry. I still miss my children and grandchildren but it is better to obey God.

Bob and I are in the process of buying a house and when I read, that Lucerne means, Life, Breath of Life…all was confirmed to me that this truly is the place God has brought me to. I am in His hands and what better hands could I be in than in my Papa God’s hands! God is good.

We don’t always understand why God says to do certain things, but we will never, ever, go wrong if we will listen and obey Him! He has our very best interest at heart. I’ve found too that it’s not just about me, He has a bigger picture and there are people he wants us to minister too and help to show them the path of life. He is Life, The Breath of life. For me it is Lucerne. For you, he will show you, if you will obey!

Not my will but thine be done O Lord…amen!

~Marla Shaw O’Neill March 20, 2018

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Psalm 119:105 KJV

I wrote this in 2011, just for fun maybe one day I will finish it. It needs a lot of work but I thought you might enjoy it!

Living with Mara

It was the year of Yoton where all earth beings were driven to live beneath the sea of Kodar in a whole other universe. Kodar was found on the sixth moon of Yedia. It all began in 2012. Wars had broken out among the north, south, east and west. Earth quakes and tsunamis hit every three months and all that was left of Mother Earth were lands stripped of life. Plagues and death killed billions, no one could stop it. Then the fires came, radiation and hunger killing so many that the death toll was too high to count. The destruction was final.

Then out of nowhere they began coming. The Yotonians, strange flying ships appeared in the skies and blew up what was left of the earth. Those who did manage to survive took to the water. A strange phenomenon happened people grew gills behind their ears and fins along their ankles and on the backs of their heads.

Taking to the water the people swam deep into the depths of the seas, caves, and caverns. They discovered great cities and waterways which surprised them. Who could have done this? How? In the midst of all the chaos, death and destruction upon the earth life had found a way to go on.  The Kingdom of Kodar was established. Under the seas were spheres, like moons, and two lights glowed like the sun which revolved around the underground ocean like spot lights. They would give light continuously for seven weeks then lights out as if someone turned the light switch off. Then the moons would take over. On the sixth moon was a place they called Yedia this is where the King and Queen were born Mandor and Elia they ruled with wisdom and strength. Their belief in God had not changed, for he was the creator of all life. Peace ruled their environment.  The language and customs totally changed from the times of when they were on earth which now was a distant place of desolation. There were no wars and no destruction. The Yedians had discovered how to survive in a world of water and lands beneath the sea making their life, there, serene and tranquil. They were a race of one kind, one mind, with one purpose and one God. Their lives were lived to transcend time and space in a water-land-garden where peace and love grew and thrived.

Telepathy was their way of communication there were no need for words. They ate the vegetation of the ocean and lived in the harmony of that universe.

But evil was not far from them…always lurking just above in the upper world. The world where the air was stale and death hung like a body in decay.

Kendal was a young man of 118 he was a scientist, and a hunter, extremely strong and intelligent. He had a special talent for sensing danger and could alert his fellow Yedians by sending out a telepathic signal alerting them to hide from their enemy when danger drew near. They lived in peace as long as they were not seen or heard. This had taken years of practice developing special skills to protect them from their enemy above.

Their world was built inside a thick bubble that covered every inch of their Kingdom. A city of 50,000 men, women and children living in a secret world that no one on the surface ever dreamed existed. One morning while scouting for any sign of human life a Yotonian, Bescar was his name, from the outer world discovered something strange floating on the surface of the water. There was no explanation of what he found. It was the Yotonians who took over what remained of the so-called earth and wanted only specimens for their grotesque experiments they needed humans to carry out their desires. About 20,000 humans had survived on the surface who did not take to the waters but the Yotonians took them and experimented on them. Because of this the remaining humanity had all but vanished from the earth. Although they kept a few alive but their minds were locked in a zombie like trance.

The Yotonians were skinny lizard looking creatures, huge eyes that can see for miles, and long tongues. Two holes where their nose should have been and sharp razor like teeth protruded beneath slimy lips. Some even have dragon like wings but they were the lower of the species and could not speak they were like buzzards, scavengers devouring only dead things. Bescar looked into the water and saw a shiny substance glimmering just under the surface. Bescar scooped it up touching it to what should have been his nose but there was no smell. No taste and then it just evaporated. Puzzled and bewildered he dove into the water as he did he began to scream in terrible pain. The noise he made was not human it was shrill; a cry so terrifying the water shook. And then he stiffened and lay floating in the water as if frozen…he was dead.

His war cry sent a message to the mother-ship and twenty scouts came to his rescue but it was too late. The Yotonian buzzards came and began picking at the body. Soon he would not even be a memory to their kind.

Deep within the waters Kendal, sensed the danger and sent a message to his fellow Yedians they were under fluorescent scarlet alert (high intensity warning). Everything came to a stand-still, invisible to the eyes of anything around them. King Mandor telepathically sent Kendal a message. Kendal responded, your majesty we are under attack do not come forward until you hear my word. I will tell you when it is safe to materialize. Kendal had a speed faster than any living creature, he was likened to, what used to be known as the peregrine falcon, with a speed of up to 242 mph. Strong muscles and long pointed fins helped him navigate in the waters. He had been near the surface and lost one of his fins that is what Bescar had scooped from the water. Kendal could not let him live for fear he would alert his fellow Yotonians and discover their world and destroy them he didn’t count on the shrill scream. Like an electric eel he had struck Bescar killing him instantly. Now a search was being held the Yotonians were suspicious creatures and would not rest until they knew how Bescar had died. Kendal had to divert their search. With lightning speed he sent a huge wave from the opposite side of the ocean it came crashing over their ship causing them to run. Two were lost in the water and the others decided this was not a safe place for them so they left the area. For the time being Kendal’s kingdom was safe but he knew he had to do something to protect his people he knew the Yotonians would return.

Kendal sent a message to King Mandor for now they were safe but something had to be done. If discovered it would mean their death because they could no longer survive on land. He must go to Mara.

Mara was a bitter old woman who had survived sense 2012. She was wise from her years and knew the world from before. Kendal must go to her and ask her for advice. Mara didn’t have much hair. She kept her head covered with a scarf. Her scalp was embedded with pearls; blue, black and white, which protected her head and her mind in many ways. Once sparkling green eyes, were now cloudy with age, and what teeth she still had, were yellow and worn but sharp. Her body was bent like an old tree but her mind was sharp and keen. The diet from the sea preserved her well. She was the only one left of her kind. Only 12 years old when the destruction happened to her race. Over these 2000 years she had slept in a bubble an experiment the ones before her had done to keep her alive. Hoping that someday she could return to the surface and begin again but that had been futile. Over time she developed special gifts and talents and her body evolved just as the others. Her memory stayed intact she knew what life was before all this and sometimes when in a quiet place she could see things as they had been. So Mara was bitter but could not die. For some strange reason life had dealt her this fate. Being the last of her kind and knowing what she knew, she was considered to be the mother of them all. The strange beings she lived with now were her family and had been for more years than she cared to think about.

Kendal came to Mara’s cave far north of Kodar it was not a big place but the water here was bluer and cooler than what he was used to. Mara sensed him before he arrived. Kendal, I’m glad to see you, but go away, I am tired and need a nap. She knew why he had come, but just didn’t want to be disturbed. Mara, please we need your help. We are under the threat of attack. Yes, yes, I know all about it Kendal. I’ve been watching you in my mind’s eye. You should have been more careful going to the surface and losing one of your scales…you know how suspicious these creatures are why do you pester them? Mara I need the minerals from the surface to finish my experiment. Yes but now you have put our Kingdom in harm’s way. What is so important that you need these minerals? You are such a child. Mara listen, it’s because of the ecological condition of our universe. If I do not find the missing link we will all perish. Kendal, that would not be so bad for me, I am tired of this, I want to go to my sleep. I am ready to go. Mara, your name suits you well. For bitter it is that you speak this way. Yes, yes, Kendal, now what do you want? I am old and need to sleep.

Kendal was a little irritated but proceeded to ask her his questions. Mara can you tell me where the mountains use to stand before the waters covered them? What mountains are you speaking of Kendal? There were many. I believe it was a place called Jerusalem and a mountain I don’t recall the name of it. Yes there were mountains. If you travel east from here you will find what you are looking for. I went there many times as a child before the great and terrible floods and devastation. Please leave me alone now I must rest.

Alright, Mara, I will speak to you later. Go, get some rest. Mara swam to her bubble-like- cylinder, she closed the door, and fell into a blissful sleep.

While she slept she dreamed of her past life,  her family, and how beautiful the land was. People spoke words to each other and celebrated life. In her dream she saw her mother and father. They were content with each other even though there was much turmoil in the world they made a good life for themselves and their off spring. They lived in a modest home. Outside she would visit a nearby park. The trees grew tall and broad. She listened to birds singing making their nests and she heard the cars driving past on a busy street. The sky was blue and the sun shone from far above giving light and nutrients to all of life. She ran on her own two legs feeling the ground under her feet. Dirt, precious dirt was all around. She picked flowers and the fragrance was sweet. Dogs ran about and cats lazily lay in window sills. People coming home after a long day at work, televisions and cell phones constantly buzzing taking everything for granted. Her dreams were bittersweet. A sudden jolt interrupted her peace. What? What is going on? Mara woke with a start! Standing over her were about fifteen council members. Mara, wake up there is trouble in the upper world.

~Marla Shaw March 18, 2011

Oh Most Holy God…

I want to see you Lord…

I want to see you open hearts of the lonely, the hurting, the dying, the thirsty, the hungry…

Lord you walk among the crowds and you see their hurt their crying in the night…

You see the desperation and the pain…

Oh God let me see your face…

Let me see your healing virtue extended to the sick. Let me see your salvation extended to lost souls…those who have no hope.

They have no way of deliverance. Only by your hand of grace extended to them…can they come…

They don’t even know who you are…they don’t know the name of Jesus…some don’t even know what Church is…they don’t know what it is to have a true, loving, relationship with you because no one has ever told them. They’ve never heard your story…Hard to believe that in this day of technology there are still those who have never heard about Jesus…

And those who may have heard think it is just a fantasy…They’ve been blinded by the enemy of God…He hates God, and God’s creation…

They’ve been abandoned and abused and kicked and used…O God these are the ones I cry for today…

These souls, the invisible ones…the ones that no one hears about because they are the outcast of our society…

Homeless, jobless, numb and forgotten…like the lepers of old…they are the untouchable ones…they cry but no one hears…

Lord, I cry they will see you…send an awakening O Lord…send your Holy Spirit into their midst and raise Abrahams and Isaacs and Jacobs…raise up Peters and Paul’s and Lydia’s and Marys; Raise up Marks and Abrams and Jonathan’s and Jasons…raise up Beth’s and Danas and Robs and Shannon’s and Boazs and Ruth’s and Easters…Raise them up O Lord…

Oh God speak to our youth and let them arise in your Holiness…to be strong and courageous…

Let your Holy Spirit and Fire burn within them and send them forth to the fields that are white ready for the harvest…Let them rise with the boldness of a Lion and a Love that is fierce and unconditional a love that only you could have given them…no pretense, no judgment, no prejudice, a love that reaches out to the rag-torn, lice inflected, drunken, prostituted, and those who stink from a life of unwashed and an unclean world…and bring them to the living, cleansing, water, of Jesus to the wells of forgiveness and grace…a place where they can be cleansed and built up and given love, a home, and a destiny…O God these are the ones I cry for and pray for today…

You have put them on my heart, Lord let us see your glory…

Let us see deliverance and salvation come forth in our land…speak to hearts of men and women and boys and girls all across these United States and let there be an awakening and soul winning as never seen in the history of our world. Sound the alarm and raise up young Davids who when faced with a giant ran towards him and not from him…and victory was wrought by the mighty hand of God with just a stone and a sling!

With Determined, Confident, Unshakable…Grace and fortitude for the Living God…So that no demon, no force will be able to deter them from the Call of the All Mighty God of Heaven and Earth…

Hear my prayer today O God for I know it is your prayer I know I am speaking from your heart and what you desire…Jesus…let me see you…Let me know you…Let my prayer be heard…and answered…

For the sick, the lame, the deaf, the mute, open eyes, open ears, open hearts, heal cancer…heal diseases…Oh God in the name of Jesus…let these things be done so that they will see with your eyes and hear with your ears, and know God is not DEAD! But He lives and still saves, still sets free…still delivers…still cast out demons…still loves and gives peace and joy to mankind…

You said, Greater is He who is in me, than he, who is in the world…

You said, Go and sin no more…You said, rise take up your bed and walk…You said, Go into the swine…You said, Freely you have received freely give…You said, greater works than these shall you do…You said, I have loved you with an everlasting love…You said, Be filled with the Holy Spirit…You said, Be healed…You said, If you see me than you see the father…You said, greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends…You said, I am the way the truth and the Life. You said, Your faith has made you whole. Jesus we are taking you at your word…

Let us see you move…let us take up our cross daily and follow you…wherever that may be…to compel the lost to come and follow you…To live by faith and walk in the Spirit…and never ever look back, or back down, or give up…For we trust in You the Living God…

We will overcome, we will live in your light, we will follow you, we will, Go!

Hear my cry today…and thank you for answering in Jesus name…Amen!!!!!

~Marla Shaw O’Neill March 19, 2018

There are no more excuses…with todays technology the Bible is at your very fingertips there are Bible apps, and if you don’t like reading you can always hear it…The Bible does says, Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God…Romans 10:17.

 JUST DO IT!!!

Know God’s word, what He says, is right and good, and you will never ever be deceived!

In the beginning was the word and the word was God…

Study to show yourself approved unto God…

Your word have I hidden in my heart…

Your word is a lamp unto my path…

The word of God is alive and active, sharper than any double-edged sword…

Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth…

More to be desired than gold…

John 1:1-5 New King James Version (NKJV)

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

2 Timothy 2:15 King James Version (KJV)

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Psalm 119:101-105 New Living Translation (NLT)

I have refused to walk on any evil path, so that I may remain obedient to your word. I haven’t turned away from your regulations, for you have taught me well. How sweet your words taste to me; they are sweeter than honey. Your commandments give me understanding; no wonder I hate every false way of life.

Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.

Proverbs 4:20-23 New King James Version (NKJV)

My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart; For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh. Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.

Psalm 119:11 New King James Version (NKJV)

Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You.

Hebrews 4:12-13 Good News Translation (GNT)

The word of God is alive and active, sharper than any double-edged sword. It cuts all the way through, to where soul and spirit meet, to where joints and marrow come together. It judges the desires and thoughts of the heart. There is nothing that can be hid from God; everything in all creation is exposed and lies open before his eyes. And it is to him that we must all give an account of ourselves.

John 17:13-17 New Living Translation (NLT)

“Now I am coming to you. I told them many things while I was with them in this world so they would be filled with my joy. I have given them your word. And the world hates them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. They do not belong to this world any more than I do. Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth.

~Lord I ask that you put a burning desire within the hearts of everyone who reads your word and that we will want more and more of you. Like a living spring flowing from the very wells of heaven. Fill us with your word so that nothing and no-one will ever be able to deceive us, because, we know our Papa God’s voice and no stranger will we follow. In the name of Jesus. Amen and Amen!!

 Book Gandy. I knew him years later.

It’s funny the things you think about I woke up this morning with my Great Uncle Book on my mind. “Book” I knew him as Uncle Book. I think that is one of the coolest names I’ve ever heard. And maybe that is one reason I love books so much. He’d get so mad if someone called him Booker because that was not his name. I’ve mentioned him before but today I remembered things about him I had not thought about since I was a child. Granny, Mom, Regan, Barbara, me and Uncle Book lived together until about 1963.

He was tall, and wore khaki pants and always rolled the sleeves up of his white shirt. He used a walking stick, when he walked, because he had what we called “his bad leg.” We don’t know what caused it but he had a place on his leg that wouldn’t heal. He kept it clean and always bandaged. When his facial hair would become scruffy my granny would sit him down in a chair in the kitchen and give him a shave and a haircut.

Uncle Book didn’t have any teeth so in the mornings granny would make hot buttered biscuits she’d put one in a saucer and Uncle Book would pour his coffee made with cream and sugar over it and eat it that way.

He would crack pecans and put them in a kitchen towel cover them and hit them with a hammer, grinding them, so he could eat them.

He always had a pocket knife and he whittled. He would take an apple or orange or potato and peal it carefully going around and around without breaking the pealing. To me that was magic. I’ve tried to do that over the years but never have mastered it. A childhood memory that has lived on even to this day, maybe by the time I am 70 I will have mastered it just like Uncle Book.

The man had unlimited talents and as a child I’d watch him with wide-eyed wonder. I never thought about this before, but growing up without a daddy, I suppose I looked to him as my role model. I didn’t know anything about his life before me, and as a little child I never even thought about it. All I knew was, he was there in my life and he did amazing things.

He did something we called, ‘throwing his voice.’ I learned later that it’s called being a ventriloquist. He played the fiddle and made music with spoons and glasses of water. Those were happy times of dancing around the room and laughter.

A man always has a best friend and Uncle Book’s best friend was called Ja’boe, his dog. We’d sit down on the stoop for the longest times not saying a word just Uncle Book, his dog and me. I look back now at those times of days long gone and remember the comfort with an understanding of how life was simple and uncomplicated, difficult at times but they were days of peace and there was love among family and friends.

 Great Uncle Book and me.

I know some of you reading this remember Uncle Book, too, and have your own memories of him. He comes from a long line of Gandy’s he was my grandfather’s brother. I never knew my grandfather and that’s OK, I love my Uncle Book. Uncle Book wasn’t perfect he had his vices but he had a heart bigger than the Milky Way, at least to me anyway.

He’d cut poems and articles out of the newspaper and glue them in a scrapbook. I didn’t realize why he would do that until many years later; he was making a book of memories which he kept in an old trunk. That image has stuck with me. He loved poetry and he’d recite little jingles.

At 79 years old, Uncle Book had a stroke and was taken to the hospital. I was 9 years old. I didn’t get to tell him goodbye or say I love you. But I’m sure he knew he was loved.

Our family loved to tell Tall Tales, we are story-tellers from way back, all the way to Ireland and Scotland and England. My mom started her genealogy in her fifties and she told how that there were three brothers who had to leave Ireland and settled in the Isle of Wight in Virginia. I wonder now if they related that to the Isle of Wight in England. If that is true, and someday I’ll need to research that, I found something very interesting about who lived there. In the 18^th Century, a radical journalist name John Wilkes came from there and in the 19^th Century the writer Charles Dickens and poet John Keats were among the inhabitants (great company). I don’t know why Uncle Book was on my mind this morning but I had another thought come to me. You hear many times about people expressing that in some horrific time in their lives, an angel comes to them, and the angel has the likeness of their great-grandmother, most times they resemble a female figure…why not a male figure? I thought about that, what if Uncle Book came to me this morning to remind me that everything is going to be just fine. I don’t know but these were my thoughts this morning along with how God has a great sense of humor…he wants us to laugh…and be full of joy…now there’s a story to be told…

Baby boy, list of names below… such as Peleg and Naggai…

I wish now that I had named one of my sons, Book…who knows maybe one day someone in our family will name their son Book…like the Good Book…and it truly is, a very good Book!

~Marla Shaw O’Neill March 16, 2018

God does keeps records: Is your name written in God’s Book!

Luke 3:23-38 The Message (MSG)

Son of Adam, Son of God

When Jesus entered public life he was about thirty years old, the son (in public perception) of Joseph, who was—

son of Heli, son of Matthat, son of Levi, son of Melki, son of Jannai, son of Joseph, son of Mattathias, son of Amos, son of Nahum, son of Esli, son of Naggai, son of Maath, son of Mattathias, son of Semein, son of Josech, son of Joda, son of Joanan, son of Rhesa, son of Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, son of Neri, son of Melchi, son of Addi, son of Cosam, son of Elmadam, son of Er, son of Joshua, son of Eliezer, son of Jorim, son of Matthat, son of Levi, son of Simeon, son of Judah, son of Joseph, son of Jonam, son of Eliakim, son of Melea, son of Menna, son of Mattatha, son of Nathan, son of David, son of Jesse, son of Obed, son of Boaz, son of Salmon, son of Nahshon, son of Amminadab, son of Admin, son of Arni, son of Hezron, son of Perez, son of Judah, son of Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, son of Terah, son of Nahor, son of Serug, son of Reu, son of Peleg, son of Eber, son of Shelah, son of Kenan, son of Arphaxad, son of Shem, son of Noah, son of Lamech, son of Methuselah, son of Enoch, son of Jared, son of Mahalaleel, son of Kenan, son of Enos, son of Seth, son of Adam, son of God.

No time to be silent

No time to hide

It’s time to turn up the volume

And shine, baby, shine!

No time for complacency

No time to be shy…

It’s time to be seen and heard

And proclaim God’s mighty word…

And shine, baby, shine!

No time to look the other way

No time to cry in dismay…

It’s time to take action

And shine, baby, shine!

Don’t follow the crowd

Be His light and throw off the shroud

Take hold of the reigns and begin to plow

Plow up the ground that’s hard and dry

Shine and exclaim, Victory is nigh

Let passion and truth explode from your soul

And shine, baby shine, everywhere you go!!!

Advance in the battle for the battle has been won…

Take up your cross and begin to run…

Fight the good fight, stay in the race…

You’ve been given strength and you’ve been given grace

Let the fire of Holy God…be seen in your face…

Turn up the lights…

And shine, baby, shine!!!

~Marla Shaw O’Neill March 12, 2018

Matthew 5:16 The Message (MSG) “Here’s another way to put it: You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don’t think I’m going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I’m putting you on a light stand. Now that I’ve put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you’ll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:16 New King James Version (NKJV) Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

I’m here Jesus

Thank you for waiting for me

Smiling, Jesus reaches for my hand

“Come sit beside me and tell me what’s on your heart.”

Oh Jesus,

So much has happened I’m not sure where to begin.

You see, children are being hurt and abused and no one has an answer

Everyone is fighting and arguing with one side against the other and no one is solving the problem.

And then there are so many people who are sick and there are no cures. Babies and young people and adults and elderly with cancer and many other diseases it’s overwhelming. I don’t know what to do. I know you have the solution, but no one wants to hear about you. They say you aren’t real and that you don’t exist. They don’t want to pray. They say our heaven and hell is here on earth. Jesus my heart breaks for them.

“I know child. I know.”

Lord, if they don’t listen to you, if they no longer believe that you are real and that you can help, then, everyone is lost. How can I show them? How can I tell them without sounding religious and judgmental? If they didn’t listen to you then, how will they listen to me? How will they listen to you?

“When I was with the twelve I knew what was in their hearts. I understood their frustration and lack of faith. I knew they didn’t understand. So, I kept loving them and showing by example. It was up to them to decide for themselves if they believed or not. These times you are living in is not much different than, then. But there is one thing. When I left this earth and ascended into heaven I gave them a promise. That promise was that they would receive another comforter. He would abide in and with them. It is still true even now. Holy Spirit will convict and convince hearts of who I am. Those who accept this truth will have peace in the midst of all these troubles. Those who will follow me are mine. The plan is so much bigger than what anyone here knows. Just take one moment at a time. Walk in faith, believe and stand strong with me. Pray and intercede for others. Sicknesses will come. Wars will come. Evil is in this world. I have given you every advantage and everything you need to overcome this evil. What you are fighting for are souls…not lands…not fame…not possessions…souls for the Kingdom of God!

Just live the life before them, live by example. There are many who do believe me. Many are living for me. You are not alone. I am always with you.”

Thank you Jesus for our talks, I am so happy that you are my best friend, my brother, my Lord and my King. I don’t know what I’d do without you. You love me no matter what. I love you.

Holding out his arms he gives me a big hug. “I’ll come back tomorrow for another talk. I love you, see you tomorrow.

“I am always with you and I will be waiting for you. I love you too.”

~Marla Shaw O’Neill March 9, 2018

Matthew 28:20 King James Version (KJV)

²⁰ Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

I am Beautiful:

You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you. (Sol. 4:7)

She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. (Prov. 31:25)

You will be a crown of splendor in the LORD’s hand, a royal diadem in the hand of your God. Is. 62:3

My beloved spoke and said to me, “Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me. (Song 2:10)

She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. (Prov. 31:26)

Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed. (Ps. 34:5)

You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! (Ps. 139:13-16)

Your workmanship is marvelous – how well I know it. (Psalm 139:13 – 14)

For we are God’s masterpiece… (Eph. 2:10)

I am Valuable:

…Created to do good works which God prepared in advance for us to do. (Eph. 2:10)

Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her! (Lu. 1:45)

God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day. (Ps. 46:5)

And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. (1 Pet. 5:10)

And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this? (Es. 4:14)

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; (I Peter 2:9)

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. (Phil. 3:20)

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart. (1 Sam 16:7)

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. (Mt. 5:8)

Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. (1 Cor. 12:27)

You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. (1 Cor. 6:20)

I am Created as Beloved and Christ Lives in me:

She is worth far more than rubies. (Prov. 31:10)

But by the grace of God I am what I am. (1 Cor. 15:10)

See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands… (Is. 49:16) 

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. (Gal. 2:20)

And, “I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.” (2 Cor. 6:18)

For in Christ Jesus you are all sons (and daughters) of God, through faith. (Gal. 3:26)

…the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. (Col. 1:27)

I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. (Jo. 15:15)

Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you.  (1 Cor. 15:58)

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. (Jo. 1:12)

For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (Col. 3:3)

And to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. (Eph. 4:24)

So God created mankind in his own image… (Gen. 1:27)

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You are loved today and tomorrow and for all eternity…take heart little ones…You shall overcome!!! Amen!

 God bless you!

I will praise God in the valley and watch the flowers grow

I will praise God on the mountains and everywhere I go…

I will praise God through the storms and over perilous seas…

Yes I will praise God for He is everything to me…

I will praise God when I’m weary

I will praise God when I’m strong

I will praise God in dance and I will praise God in song…

Hear my Praise Abba God…

Accept my humble plea…

Let my praise, rise up to greet you,

In the morning and noon and evening too…

I will praise you Papa God for it is what I long to do…

Yes I will praise you…

And when my eyes are tearful

And life gets fierce and fearful…

My soul will rise cheerful, and I will praise my God!

~Marla Shaw O’Neill March 5, 2018

This poem is inspired by KarenGirlFriday.com

Born of humble birth to a father and a mother

A child is given out of love for one another…

God sends this life to us, to help them grow, mature and love

Honor your father and your mother.

A mother’s love is like no other

She’s on call every moment of every day and night

Struggling to do what she knows is right…

Making mistakes along the way

Not always knowing just what to say…

And so she prays…

“Lord, help me to be a child of honor…

By honoring my children in this short time I have with them

Protect them when I’m wrong and help them to feel at home

Even when I mess up and cause harm, I don’t mean too Lord…

Help me to be strong.”

The love of a father is sometimes missed,

It’s not always easy to mend hearts with a kiss…

He’s tough and strong and brave but sometimes he can be wrong…

He works to provide for his family all day long…

“Lord, help me to be a child of honor…

To love in deed, not only in word,

Planting seeds within the hearts of these, my children…

Let them know when I am old, that I did the best I could,

Often times misjudging and misunderstood…

Lord, help me teach by example, to be a child of honor…”

To honor is to respect, and never to neglect, what God has given…

Parents, love your children, and honor them while they are small…

And when they are tall…

Respect will be their gift to you

And Honor, will be their call…

Be a child of Honor!

~Marla Shaw O’Neill March 5, 2018

Exodus 20:12 New King James Version (NKJV) “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

Ephesians 6:2 New King James Version (NKJV) “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise: