John 20:19-23

Hello to you and Happy Veterans Day. In a little while my cousin, a fellow veteran is coming to take me to lunch at one of the restaurants offering free meals to veterans. I don’t get to see him that often so looking forward to it! How nice is it that these places do this to appreciate us?!

A long time ago early in my career in the Air Force

Last night I went with some ladies from church to an event called Aspire at Faith Journey Church. They had Diana Mescher a Bible teacher, KRISTIN WEBER-WITTY a comedian and JAIME JAMGOCHIAN a singer song writer. It was a nice blend of entertainment and a sold out show of 300 women! The women I was with enjoyed Diana’s part the best. The way she explained the following scripture was really powerful:

John 20:19-23

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

¹⁹On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” ²⁰After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.

²¹Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” ²²And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.²³If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

It was powerful to hear 300 women singing together! Jaime has a lovely voice! I liked her sparkly boots! https://youtu.be/FZh9fYP5GsI?si=QTNYvHUA2AgR3GJF – Beautiful Story

I normally miss out on things in the latter part of the year because it gets dark so early. Gratefully my friend Penny was willing to pick me up and take me home!

Hello there. How are you doing today? I hope you are well. The saga of spooky stuff at night continues. Last night it was a jump scare that startled both Link and I. Whatever is going on doesn’t feel malicious but is strange. Forces either within myself or outside myself are trying to communicate. This stuff was happening when I lived in Texas and has been a part of most of my life. I’ve always been really sensitive to energy in its various forms.

Yesterday in my internet scrollings I found this message from the Anasazi Foundation about the wind. What brought me to years was hearing “messages of the heart can change.”

https://youtu.be/8MGI7yp92YU – The legend of the wind by Good Buffalo Eagle – Native American Legend

Listening to this and thinking about my own experiences and thoughts about the purpose of our global winds, I thought about the Holy Spirit:

I can remember times of just wanting to drink in a breeze on a hot day. I can remember as a child playing with the winds…talking to them. I can remember cowering with my little family in the hallway of our house more than once for fear of our lives as powerful winds battered the house. I can remember the different sounds of breath from loved ones. Breath being the way we personally interact with the wind always moving around and through our bodies. Without the oxygen of the wind we cease to exist.

I asked myself why this was on my mind yesterday and the answer was because it’s something else in our shared existence that we have in common. We all bleed and we all must breathe. To me it’s not all about what makes us different in these times but about how we are the same….what we have in common.

These are just a few examples of warnings carried by the wind:

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/05/30/1000530563/buried-alive-in-mongolias-worst-sandstorms-in-a-decade

https://amp.france24.com/en/live-news/20220505-thousands-sick-as-latest-severe-sandstorm-sweeps-across-iraq

https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2021-12-15/dust-bowl-winds-hit-tornado-devastated-western-united-states?context=amp

With the way I have come to understand God and this earth is there are many warnings and after they go unheeded, things escalate.

A short walk: