BeLOnGings

This morning as I sat watching the rising sun, I could hear the distant church bells ring a familiar tune. I began singing along,

“Praise to the Lord the Almighty the King of Creation……….”

I was a little surprised that I was able to sing along four times, as the lyrics of all four verses came flooding back!

Recently I have found myself singing more.

I have become more sensitive to that ‘still small voice’ or ‘gentle breeze’ of the Holy Spirit, recalling a line or a tune from the catalogue of songs in my memory.

Last week I entered my 70th year, and after seventy years of listening and singing songs that’s a large catalogue to draw from.

There are those simple childhood choruses and then the traditional hymns from the Presbyterian hymnbook we sang every Sunday at church (often chosen the night before by my Mum and Dad)

Add to that the heartwarming Wesley hymns from the Methodist hymn book Hilary introduced me to, and then again those ancient gems by Tersteegen and Gerhardt rediscovered and set to new tunes by a brother in Bangor where the Celtic monks from the Abbey under Comgal had offered up continuous praise for hundreds of years.

Then there are those anointed songs birthed out of the charismatic renewal…… and of course my own songs which are not a few.

Beyond these there are all the other songs I heard on “Top of the Pops”, piped into shops, at wedding receptions, and on and on…… for nothing cannot be infused and reused by the Holy Spirit to convey a timely message such as “I get by with a little help from my friends.” or “The times they are a- changin”” or the one I usually sing at the start of the Freedom retreat to introduce people to Rivendell, the old Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young number….

“Our house is a very very very fine house,

With two cats in the yard

Life used to be so hard,

Now everything is easy ’cause of you.”

I then go on to explain that the two cats who used to be in the yard (Frodo and Izzy) are now under the yard, and that the ‘you’ is of course Jesus, whose ‘yoke is easy’ and whose ‘burden is light’.

(During the night after writing this. The Lord woke me and spoke this to me,

“ I have placed BIDEN as a heavy BURDEN on the shoulders of America, so that they will come to me, whose yoke is easy and whose burden is light.”)

I find that when I yield to the song that the Holy Spirit is bringing to my awareness, and begin to sing out, it is never the same. Made in the image of our Creator Dad we too as his kids are endlessly creative as we yield to his Spirit. Ted from Pensylvania wrote recently, “Ascent of the Bright Hostage is blessing me mightily (again) recently.” The wind of the Spirit brings fresh life to these gifts from the past.

This afternoon I went for a bike ride and “God Works All Things Together For Good” was the song that rose up.

As I yielded, I found myself repeating with a different cadence,

God works all things together for good, for good, for good for good.

God works all things together for good for good for good for good.

Then as I became more aware of the other people out, sharing my sunny afternoon, it became,

“your good, your good, your good, your good” as I appointed my song and the promise of God in their direction!

So the next time you hear that whispered song……

Let It Rise!

….To bless the Lord, confound the devil, transform the neighborhood, and uplift the singer : – )

“So what brought you here from Ireland?” asked Jim. The Homesmart rep who had called last week to give us an estimate for replacing the furnace and air conditioner, had picked up on my accent.

“In a word – God.” I replied.

“Oh enough said!” He responded, and I knew it would not be one of those service calls that leads to a deeper sharing of hearts and the caller leaving with a “Live at Rivendell” CD : –

The next day however, I had two other repairmen call.

The first, Jon, got our dryer sorted and then on the doorstep leaving asked if I knew any of the other Minneapolis Kyles….like at The Anchor Fish and Chips.

“Oh that’s my son’s place.” I said

“Really! My wife and daughter worked there….I even bussed tables there at one time.” He chuckled. “In fact I know your other sons too!”

Not an hour later he had listened to the Live at Rivendell CD I had given him, checked out my blog, and sent an encouraging text that we were “on the same page”

A few hours after Jon left, Josh arrived to give me an estimate for replacing the defunct condenser and air handler in the upstairs apartment.

Once again he left with a, Live at Rivendell in hand, to play to his three little ones, grateful and bemused because he had never before on a job been given a CD from a musician!

“You’ve a lovely family here.” he commented as he passed by Robin and sons rebuilding their old trailer

The more superficial conversation with Jim had continued….

“So what do you work at?” He’d asked, but without even looking up he’d answered, “Don’t tell me. I’m sure you’re the CEO of some big business.”

I chuckled to myself and said nothing.

Jim’s was a reasonable guess given the wonderful home God has provided for our mission and we realize most folk probably do assume we must be ‘independently wealthy’

Well of course we are, in the sense that Paul says, “all things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.” (1 Cor. 3.21-23)……. but not in the sense of having a source of funds ‘independent’ of God’s daily provision! (I receive around $2,000 a year in Royalties for songs, to put that ‘record straight’ : – )

As I said on a previous blog, when we arrived here, Father directed us simply to “Make friends and be friends,” Then he said, “Only sing for friends….. and never ask for money.’

We knew he brought us here, not to ‘make a profit’ but to ‘be a prophet.” ………In a country where everything shouts Commercial, we were to model, ‘no strings attached’, Relational.

We could write a book about how over these past 28 years God has kept his promise, “Seek first the kingdom of God and all these things will be added onto you.” To the last minute and to the last penny, time and again we have been moved to tears by folks generosity often as the ‘widow’s mite’ has arrived perfectly on time.

An enormous, “Thank you.” to all readers who have been lead at one time or another to support us practically, and to the small group who do contribute regularly.

At the dedication of ‘The Big Green House’ the word came, “It’s a miracle in progress!”

That has proven to be the case as month by month Father has provided what has been needed for us to continue to fulfill our mission in this ‘Home’ as he directs us from day to day.

Is. 50 says, “Morning by morning he awakens my ear to hear….. that I might received a word to sustain the weary.” The outworking of what that looks like has morphed over the years. Nowadays we spend less time on ‘in house’ discipleship and more time listening for that ‘word’ in the ‘morning’ which I will often then share on ‘the blog’.

We continue to have weekly meetings, and in October 21-22, another Freedom! retreat. People can register here, www.paulkyle.org/events

The other day we were talking to a wise brother who has journeyed with us over the years and the continents! We were asking him about what we should do, now that after 20 years in the Big Green House some major repairs were coming due.

His response was, “I see this as an OPPORTUNITY for others to participate with you in the mission! You should take this OPPORTUNITY to let them know that you have this need!”

It was an Ah-Ha! moment for us….. as we saw yet another aspect to this being “The Land of Opportunity”

So now here we are, taking the OPPORTUNITY to say, if you have found these blogs helpful over the years, would you like to take this OPPORTUNITY to participate with us by helping meet the specific need identified in the story above?”

The heating and ventilation systems are now needing work, and we have three different systems in the BGH!!!

If you are prompted to sow into the work we’ve been called to, you can do so by sending a check, or using Venmo or the ‘donate’ button on our website. We also have bank accounts here and in NI that you can transfer to.

Gifts by hilarious faith only please, not by sentiment or obligation : – )

When we were lead to purchase the house we knew it made no sense as ‘a financial investment’, it was such an oddity in this neighborhood. We knew however, that was not the point. It was meant to be ‘a facility’ where we could manifest Kingdom Living.

Hence the title for today’s blog, HOUSEKEEPING, as we share with you what it will take to KEEP the HOUSE functioning as that ‘facility’ for doing our ‘Father’s business‘ in and from this ‘HOME’

…….as we offer to every precious one he sends to our door a –

“Come on on on in the kettle is boiling”**………. either in substance or in song : – )

** Live at Rivendell CD

One of the songs we pulled out of the archive to sing at our Citizenship Celebration event was Land of Opportunity.*

The chorus goes,

“Welcome young man to the Land of Opportunity

Every day she’ll come knocking on your door

Welcome young man to the Land of Opportunity

But shhh!… Don’t you ask what that opportunity’s for

I said shhh!…. Don’t you ask what that opportunity’s for.

Boy, did it strike me as more prophetic than ever, for these days, in which we live!

I have been reading For The Sake of America, by Sheila Holm in which she recounts how over the last few years God has taken her on a journey of discovery, unearthing the ‘real’ history of the USA – the history you will not find written in the school textbooks!

It is a story about the First Nations who were given stewardship of this land by the Creator. Then the Pilgrims who were among the first to arrive from Europe, who shared this vision from heaven for this Land of Opportunity.

I remember back in 1993 in Belfast, reading of the Pilgrims, “Some came for land, some came for money, but they came to pray, “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on this part of earth, and then from this part of earth to the uttermost parts of the earth, as it is in heaven,”

This solidified our conviction that we were to ‘imitate their faith’ and forsaking our homeland, we set out the next year on the same journey and with the same purpose.

The Land of Opportunity song appeared on the first album of our Trilogy chronicling our ‘ADD – venture‘ of faith.

Someone at the celebration night commented to me, “Did you realize that when you put the three albums together, The Ascent, The Trek and the Voyage (picturing us traversing mountain, plain and ocean) you get an ATV?…an Alll Terrian Vehicle!

“Ha!” I chuckled. “I never saw that before!”

In Sheila Holm’s book she uncovers the story of the ‘good guys’ whose aspiration is represented in the Faith Monument we visited on one of our early assignments, at Plymouth Rock. The Pilgrims knew as they fled oppression they were being given by God in their new homeland a unique OPPORTUNITY – FOR GOOD.

The humbling story of the Pilgrims, their faith, courage and sacrificial love is well told in the movie MONUMENTAL by Kirk Cameron which I would highly recommend here.

The movie leads up to a visit to the little known Faith Monument, the significance of which is imperative for our day. It describes the strategy given the Pilgrims that informed the Founding Fathers as they drafted the Foundational documents.

Faith points to heaven with one hand, for God must be the object of our Faith, and in the other hand holds a bible, the source of His Word. Four other figures represent Morality holding the Ten Commandments in one hand and the scroll of Revelation in the other. Her eyes are shut as character is formed first on the inward heart before being expressed outwardly in Law, applied with Justice and Mercy. Education depicts a Youth being taught by a mother together with Wisdom, represented by a Grandparent standing on a globe and pointing to the bible! (I warmed to this in the light of the current opportunity I have with three of my grandsons in WW4K : – ) Finally Liberty is seated with a sword, prepared to protect family and liberty, subduing Tyranny to achieve Peace.

Sheila however, then also uncovers the story of ‘the bad guys‘ who have infiltrated the nation in an attempt to derail it from God’s original purpose. They see it as a Land of OPPORTUNITY – FOR EVIL!

Their aspirations were represented in The Georgia Guidestones. The first of the Satanic ten commandments thereon is all you need to read, to begin making sense of the madness of the last few years.

“Maintain earth’s population at 500,000,000” That goal would require killing 13 out of every 14 people currently alive on earth! She describes in detail (too much sometimes for me : – ) the diabolical infiltration of this nation’s institutions.

We know that this Luciferian plan is doomed to fail…… as God’s people apply 2 Chronicles 7:14, and each of us play our scripted part in ‘the story God has written.’

Currently God is ‘sifting out the hearts of men before his judgement seat.‘ as “The Battle Hymn of (or was that for) the Republic” states so prophetically.

We are at another, “Choose you this day whom you will serve? “ moment. Are we a part of the devil’s, Great ReSet or a part of God’s, Great Awakening? Is our purpose in being here on earth and at this time and in America, to acquire ‘fame and fortune’, or to grow in, “All that really matters – faith expressing itself through love.’ (Gal.5:6)?

Back To The Future was one of the movies we watched in Belfast that God used to confirm to us we were to come here. It tells the story of the Adventure that followed an Irishman who moved to America!

I smiled when the take away to the Monumental movie was……

“The only way forward is to go back.”

Now as ‘American citizens’ we want to

……help people remember “the ancient paths” (Jer.6:16) and “the rock from which you were hewn” (Is. 51:1) honoring the God who formed and peopled this land.

……pray for and participate in that ‘future full of hope’ (Jer. 29:11) that lies ahead, beyond a Republic, where God’s will is done and his Kingdom has come, on this part of earth, and to the uttermost pasts of the earth, as it is in heaven.

As more and more reliable physical data becomes available, it is now clear that humanity has taken a major ‘hit’ over these last few years. In the USA for example the life expectancy plummeted over one year from 79 to 76 years as described in this Dr Mercola article.

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2022/09/14/us-life-expectancy-declines-again.aspx?ui=bb2b60c02cb8338e5023840cf77638fdf4a643a5a675322588c45da11142be99&sd=20160327&cid_source=prnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art1ReadMore&cid=20220914_HL2&cid=DM1261132&bid=1603681205

We are still being told by the Main-sewer media that the cause of death is ABV (Anything But the Vaccine). Many, however are waking up to the fact through tragic personal experience involving family and friends that although there are multiple factors consequent to the fatally flawed ‘scamdemic’ policies advanced by globalist controlled governments, the main cause of the soaring numbers of dead and disabled is their experimental gene therapy also known as ‘the poisonous death jab’ or the ‘clot shot’.

Never Fear!

This awakening is to an evil in our midst that most decent people could not conceive of but that has very ‘practical’ consequences. Death and disability ‘grounds’ us like nothing else as we are also awakened to the reality of our mortality. As scripture says our life is a mere ‘breath’. Thankfully however, this can also awaken us to a search for immortality. Is this brief temporal existence ‘it’? Are these few brief years on planet earth all there is for me and my loved ones?

No Way!

The paradox is that our Sovereign heavenly Father is committed to training each of his children to take personal responsibility to ‘hear’ his voice. Or put another way, to ‘live by faith.’ for “faith comes by hearing the voice of God.” This acuity is what our heavenly Father wants to sharpen during our brief sojourn here on earth. To know not just his voice, but but how it conveys his nature. “Ah! that sounds like ‘Abba'” and “Nah! That’s not my Dad.”

James talks about the wisdom that is ‘earthly, sensual devilish.‘ contrasting it with the wisdom from above which is ‘first pure , then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruit, without partiality and without hypocrisy.” The result of hearing and obeying God’s voice is Life. As Peter confessed to Jesus,”You alone have the words of eternal Life.” (Jn.6:68)

“It is good to trust in the Lord and not in princes (‘the world’s’ ‘expert’ voices)” is the central verse in the bible (Ps. 118:8). It is also the central lesson of the last few years for those who are humble enough to learn.

“Repent for the kingdom of God is at hand” continues to be Jesus’ kind invitation, not mean threat. So how do we ‘Repent’?

Not a Problem!

Firstly in prayer we can acknowledge and turn away from the idols of our hearts that hinder us from hearing clearly the voice of God. (I have previously made available a model prayer applying the 5 keys or steps into freedom, to this particular issue. Just send me an email if you would like a copy and I’ll send it.)

Secondly as stewards of the life we have been given we can take responsible actions as a course correction.

There are an increasing number of helps out there for us all because although about 5 billion people have been jabbed leaving 2.3 billion unjabbed, the hazards of ‘shedding’ or transmission mean everyone is subject to this toxicity.** A site Hilary and I appreciate with lots of helpful advice is deeprootsathome.com

Let me combine these two themes of hearing the Sovereign Lord’s voice and responding responsibly.

God is continually speaking to us. We just need to notice!

I may have shared the story about our back yard altar before.

When we were excommunicated from ‘the Work’ in Netherlands I was left with some ‘consecrated wine’.

“What should I do with it Father?” I asked.

The email message excluding us from fellowship had arrived at precisely the same moment that a beautiful (but inwardly rotting) white pine in our back yard was being felled!

“Pour the wine out over the stump.” Father said. “For your Upper Room with the previous altar has a ceiling, but Christ’s work of redemption has no limit, just as the sky above this cut off stump knows no end.”

A number of years ago we planted several trees along our rear boundary line. One after another they perished – all but one pine tree! Then we planted a line of Hazelbert trees to either side of it.

Subsequently I recognized that the landscape created resembled the Leonardo Da Vinci painting of “The Last Supper” It was as if the Hazelberts represented the disciples and the pine tree in the middle represented Jesus at the center of the table!

One of the first treatments advocated for those who had fallen foul of the covid ‘poisoning’ was shikimic acid, found in pine needle tea.

Here in our back yard, the pine tree representing Jesus, was confirming his identity as “The Tree of Life.” that tops and tails the biblical story appearing both at the beginning of Genesis and the end of Revelation.

Our thriving pine tree standing before the ‘last supper’ table in our back yard, is both a literal physical manifestation of, and spiritual attestation to, the One, who is “The Tree of Life” whose leaves are indeed “for the healing of the nations.” (Rev. 22.2)

This healing is not only from whatever might be our current bodily ailments

….. but for all, from mortality itself!

**https://braveseries.com/detox/?a=5c48865c4b712&b=0e517e68&ck_subscriber_id=1294234614

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I had one reader say he found it hard to ‘disentangle’ a blog.

That got me thinking and I envisioned a tangled ball of wool and then a tapestry.

After my Three Timely Encouragements I received a few emails from readers who in the midst of the thread I set forth found a point of ‘overlap’ with the thread of their own lives and wrote to tell me so and that this had been an encouragement to them.

This is how I would encourage you to approach the blogs, not primarily as a line by line rational teaching, but my simply instructing by sharing ‘our story’, trusting that it will be a source of ‘pings’ or winks from Father for where it overlaps the thread of your story.

This is the Grand tapestry he is weaving through our lives, or as last week’s song declared, the Grand story or play he is authoring!

This is to be an encouragement, that he sees it all, knows what is going on in my life, in your life, and how they overlap. This again relates to the faith I focused on in the last blog, for ‘unless you become as a little child you cannot enter this kingdom …..of childlike wonder and awe!

On the Hazel Sign

Sam in North Carolina wrote to remind me their family live on Hazel Lane! This brother and his wife have over their lives contributed enormously to the healing and training of thousands of young people!

During our call with Christine in Wisconsin she told us she had looked up the meaning of Hazel and said it meant “Commander of authority’ and also ‘inherent cleansing.’ Ummmm.

On the Patrick Sign

Michelle in Canada wrote,

Dear Paul,

Thank you for your most encouraging recent blog. I am still here in Vancouver working as a psychiatrist for I don’t know how much longer. (Noncompliant ones are being squeezed out) 
The Lord brought me on a walk about yesterday and I acquired two books in community share boxes and  one  was called “ the double portion life – the Elisha anointing for entering your divine destiny” 
Today, I was in the park reading all about anointing and praying for fresh corporate anointing. 
I sat quietly and heard “when you go home anoint your face with rose oil” (I have some very high quality rose oil from a Christian company).
Then, I finished the book and read your blog where you mentioned the 32000hz frequency of rose oil! I did not know that! So I was very encouraged with that!  I have  Irish heritage with strong ties to county Cork  and Kerry. I pray in agreement for the full restoration for the people of Ireland. 
Just a quick note thanking you for the beautiful roses. 😊 

Keith in Belfast asked for prayer that as he went to minister in Lebanon in an “amazing work reaching across 14 different divides and factions with the love of Jesus”.…. he would carry that ‘Patrick’ fire! to rekindle faith, fellowship, and fidelity.

I had a dream last night were we were joyfully reunited with dear friends in a happy heavenly village ….that had won God’s Village of the Year award :- )

So thank you one and all for your feedback questions, comments and Encouragements! Keep them coming : – )

P.S. When I went to find a Tapestry to illustrate this blog I came across the one above. Here is a link talking about the symbolism.

Interestingly it explains how the focus of these tapestries was not a single artist but the group collaborating on such work. Those of us who are journeying together as a conscious part of the Tapestry know of course the real meaning of “Mon Seul Desir” (Haggai. 2:7)

August 22nd was the 28th Anniversary of our moving from Ireland to America, and this week our friends the Prichards hosted a citizenship celebration for Hilary, Gilbert and myself as we have just taken the step of becoming US citizens.

34 years ago Lois visited our community in Belfast and stayed with a family one block away from our home. When we came to the US the house we were lead to purchase was one block away from Lois, her husband Tom Prichard and their family! The orchestration of the Lord!

Our South African friend Victoria traveled down from Duluth and we were also able to celebrate her recent citizenship which had been delayed for several months because her height was ‘mistakenly’ recorded as 3’10”. She realized this was her height on her knees. for God has sent her here, like us – primarily to pray!

We know now that another reason the Lord brought us to America was for, “Higher Education“

The name Coming King captures the heart of our calling. In the the musical Come Lord Jesus. This was presented by an intergenerational choir of Protestants and Catholics who had come together to worship God in Community of the King. This was quite miraclulous at a time where there were daily tit for tat assassinations between the two waring tribes!. I posted this recording of the first presentation once before….but here you are again.

I conveyed this message as best I knew at the time, so the Bride would be made ready for the Bridegroom’s Return. But the how, when, why and wherefore…… in my understanding, all needed more filling out!

In being lead out of the conventional ‘medical profession’ many years ago, it was not that we were no longer called to ‘healing’, but to grow in our understanding of ‘healing’, that is was not just of the body but of the soul and the spirit, of our relationships, our communities and ultimately of all creation!

Similarly in being lead out of Northern Ireland to America we have experienced the ‘ministry of RECONCILIATION‘(2 Cor. 5:18) that we have been called to, going beyond Catholics and Protestants, husband and wives, parents and children, as we have learned from others the magnitude of God’s wisdom, love and power in his plan to reconcile ALL things,

“For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,(Christ) and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.”(Col.1:19.20)

“Make friends and be friends.” was Father’s direction to us. Little did we know that among these friends he would lead us to locally would be some who have a profound understanding of scripture and the times in which we live.

I have referenced a number of times Stephen Jones. Peter said of Paul, “Some things in his letters can be difficult to understand.‘ (1 Pt.3:16) The same could be said of Stephen, however I have found his teaching challenges some of our ‘sacred cows’ and reveals some of the ‘idols of our hearts’. His books and blogs have been and continue to be for us a source of insight and hope in today’s world.

I recall on one occasion I was ministering in song alongside Stephen who was doing a bible teaching on ‘The Restoration of ALL things.’ I had received notification that day that the company handling the copyright of Lord Jesus We Enthrone You had changed. The new company – UNIVERSAL, A wink from Father, highlighting the scope of his salvation plan!

Another brother who has with his wife become dear friends of ours (and who will remain anonymous to protect the innocent) came to visit us just prior to our last trip to Ireland.

He shared about how, when the children of Israel left Egypt it was ‘with great substance’ (Gem.5:13) As we now leave ‘Babylon’ (another picture of ‘the world’ system) we can expect the same.

He had then been directed to the other well known verse containing the word ‘substance’, Hebrews 11.1, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for the assurance of things not seen.” He said God wants to take us to a ‘higher level of FAITH’ in this age.

The song (above) I was given, “I AM The Author“, reflects I believe a ‘higher level of FAITH’.

Many of the principles and even phrases used, I learned from this good brother.

As he was leaving our home I said, “Please step into my study for moment.”

There I pointed this out to him.

When we moved from Ireland we each were limited to two suitcases. In that deep pruning I decided to bring this significant piece of family history. The picture was the result of our family bible times around the breakfast table. The theme for that season was as you can see, FAITH.

Too faded now for you to easily see, are those in the grandstand of faith who look on from the ‘cloud of witnesses‘ recorded in Hebrews 11. Still moving along the track toward the finish line are a host of living saints – the ‘heroes of faith’ our children knew as they were growing up.

The week before my friend arrived I had taken this chart out to begin teaching my three grandsons in WW4K about FAITH.……after it had lain unopened for 28 years!!

As we enter our 29th year we are reminded of the 29th Chapter of Acts known as The Lost Chapter of Acts.”** Genuine or false it represents to us the unending journey of learning, we are all to be on, and whether Paul’s ADVENTURES contained therein happened or not, it reminds us of the blessing God promises to ADd to those spiritual descendants of Abraham who continue to VENTURE out, with FAITH in the living God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob!

“Show me your ways O Lord, teach me your paths, lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation and in you do I trust/wait/hope all day long.” (Ps. 25:4,5)

**https://godskingdom.org/studies/books/lessons-from-church-history-volume-1/chapter-22-pauls-fourth-missionary-journey

I often find myself with two or three blog ideas fermenting at the same time. This morning an email arrived in from Ireland that confirmed this was the time to complete this blog by sharing these three personal encouragements with you for your encouragement.

The sign of Hazel.

You might remember several months ago I blogged about how on one of my runs I met a man and his dog. On the narrow path through the woods there was only room for one of us at a time. My presence clearly spooked the dog which ran off into the woods.

“It’s alright Hazel” The owner called reassuringly after her.

Then turning to me by way of explanation, “She’s a rescue.”

The name Hazel struck a chord because we had just planted HAZELBERT bushes in our back garden. I knew it was an encouraging sign that we were on the ‘right track’ as Hilary and Paul Gil-BERT had opened their home to help ‘rescue’ some ‘HAZELS’ who he had sent to us who needed to recover from trauma often related to a past dysfunctional family situations.

Well the other day I noticed on an open green a familiar looking couple.

“Hazel?” I shouted out to the man throwing the ball, pointing to the dog who was obviously having great fun retrieving it. As he walked over to me he recognized the runner who had spooked his dog many months previously.

“Yes, indeed” he said

“She’s come a long way?” I suggested.

“Yes. She has” He confirmed. “Almost completely healed, just gets a little nervous when the train rolls by.”

He reached out his hand for a handshake.

“My name is Paul.”

I grinned, “Mine too”

Some of the 100+ people who have lived with us over the past season, we have little or no contact with. This was a reassuring nod from Father that they were continuing well on their healing journey with The Great Physician.

The Sign of Egremont.

Several years ago I woke one night and the word EGREMONT came to mind. I wrote it down and the next morning did search to find out it’s significance. I discovered it was a place near to where we would be shortly visiting our friends, Collins and Cheryl in Great Barrington. Sure enough I remember discovering in the local GB bakery they even had a EGREMONT cake. Beyond that the significance of this word I received continued to just ‘hang there’

Then a few days ago ‘out of the blue’ I got the following email from Collins,

Dear Paul,

Thanks for your continued blogging of the view from your journey.

I realized again recently that the town next to us is ‘Egremont’, and I looked it up, and didn’t know how famous Egremont Castle is in Cumbria…I was arrested by the Spirit when I read Wordworth’s poem about the castle’s history and legend. Here is the verse about who could enter the locked up castle:

HORN IT WAS THAT NONE COULD SOUND,

NONE THAT STANDS ON LIVING GROUND,

SAVE HIM WHO IS THE RIGHTFUL HEIR.

Oh my…I can’t get it out of my spirit. The Lord Jesus will soon sound the horn that hangs outside the castle walls, and open the drawbridge to the Kingdom. No man on living ground can do it, for it is ordained for only THE RIGHTFUL HEIR to blow with His breath that fateful HORN OF VICTORY and MUSTERING.

Oh for Him to blow the horn, like the riders of Rohan, and sound the charge which overwhelms those who think they have overwhelmed!

Standing together.

We are transformed.

Collins

The Sign of Patrick

A few blogs back when I was reporting on our trip to Ireland (by the way The ENDWEAVE series in not finished yet either : – ) Bill sent me a link. It took me to Penelope Keith’s TV series searching for the most beautiful village in the UK.

Low and behold, the first place winner was none other than the village of Broughshane in County Antrim! As usual when back in Ireland we ended up a couple of times at one of our favorite coffee shops, MIDDLETOWN, run by Johnny and Emma, in Ballymena. Broughshane is just a few miles away!

A few things struck me. The dominating feature of the area is Slemish mountain (above) where Patrick is said to have tended sheep… and had his conversion experience. Broughshane is also where the famous ‘1859 Revival’ began. Thirdly the winning aspect of the village, was not the architecture or anything of the physical, but rather the ‘community spirit’ that as so evident and vibrant.

O for a revival of Patrick fire, fellowship and fidelity in Ireland!

Around the same time I got an email from my friend Paddy Monaghan. (Paddy’s wife Ann sang “Simply Jesus” in Irish on the O Ireland album) Paddy is as much a firebrand now as he was when we first worked together in a week of evangelism in Omagh 45 years ago!

Paddy has done much to bring to people’s awareness the story of St. Patrick and use his ‘Confession’ as a tool for evangelism. Paddy’s latest project was to distribute the ‘Confession’ to those pilgrims who would participate in the annual Croagh Patrick climb.

Croagh Patrick is in County Mayo. Mayo was one of the counties that I participated in “Running with the Father’s Heart’ series of marathon’s a few years ago. While we didn’t climb the mountain I recall being moved to pray at the foot of it by a cottage called, Rose Cottage. Rose oil has the highest frequency of all at 32,000 Hz. 32 is the number of covenant .

The cottage was in a miserably dilapidated state, and I can recall how I was lead to intercede that God would prove faithful in his covenant with this nation restoring to his bride in this land the ‘beauty of holiness‘ he has intended for it from the beginning.

This morning’s email gave an encouraging report from Paddy on his latest venture.

There were healings and conversion and those of you who have followed my blog over the years will not be surprised when I say what struck me was that the number of ‘Confession’ leaflets distributed….. was 2,700.

May indeed the gospel go forth in Tabernacles power** in Ireland and throughout the earth in these days of answered prayer and fulfilled prophecy!

**https://godskingdom.org/studies/books/the-biblical-meaning-of-numbers/chapter-4-numbers-21-30

Below are two very illuminating pieces shedding light on what has happened in our ‘world gone mad!‘…….from a psychological point of view that is.

One piece is succinct and humorous. It focuses on a recent fixation with one item of CLOTHING.

The other is substantive. and scholarly and talks about the MIND games that have been played on us.

They contain brilliant insights. I would encourage you to watch both in their entirety.

Funny first……

https://rumble.com/v10yju1-maskaholics-people-addicted-to-masks-join-maskers-anonymous-can-help-you.html?mref=6zof&mrefc=2

Now serious…….

https://thehighwire.com/videos/mattias-desmet-the-psychology-of-totalitarianism/

I believe people need a sense of identity, belonging and significance. In other words they need to know who I am, what I am a part of, and how I am a significant part of that which I am a part of.

It has been an absence of these three things that has predisposed our world to the ‘madness’ of the last few years.

Surely then, ‘the fields are ripe unto harvest‘ for the ultimate answers to these three basic human needs are found only, in a lived experience of the Lord Jesus Christ.

The song “I Am Your Son O God”** begins…..

“I AM your SON O God. You are my Father”

Because the Son of God bore all my sins.

I hear his cry go up, “My God I am forsaken!”

Now as your son O God I cry, “O my Father.”

Now as your son O God i cry, “O my Father”

The counterfeit identity we are being sold, is as a ‘world citizen.’ This however is ‘the world’ of the World Economic Forum and the World Health Organization, a ‘world’ system of which we’re told, “Friendship with the world is enmity with God.” (James.4:4)

Taking on this “New World Order” identity will always disappoint but finding our true identity in Christ will lay to rest that ‘free floating anxiety’ as we learn to rest secure in our Father’s arms.

Consequent upon the discovery of who we really are in Christ, we then joyfully find

I BELONG in my Father’s family!

This family of God, this authentic community of King Jesus, is a far cry from the counterfeit collective offered by ‘the world’ which will also disappoint.

In true ‘koinonia‘ fellowship, we are deeply connected to one another as we participate together in the very life flow of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Then I go on to discover, “I have a SIGNIFICANT role to play! ……..I am not just, ‘worthless chattel!'” I have a unique part to play in the family, as we bring in God’s kingdom on earth!

As the second verse of the song says….

“I AM YOUR SERVANT Lord. You are my Master.

Because the Servant Son died on a cross.

I hear his cry go up,

“My work I have now finished.”

Now as your servant Lord I cry, “O my master.”

Now as your servant Lord I cry, “O my master.”

When we make this wonderful journey of finding our true identity, our true community and then our true purpose in life, our response cannot but be…….

Forever will I praise my Father my Master

Forever will I praise, Christ Jesus the Son

For from the dust of earth we’re created and redeemed

Raised to the highest place as Sons and Servants of the KIng

That we ‘the fallen ones’ should be objects of such grace

Ours is this privilege to serve before our Father’s face

Ours is this privilege to serve before our Father’s face.

I’m reminded of the story in Mark 5 about the madman who was possessed by a “legion” of demons, who after being delivered by Jesus was found…..“Clothed and in his right mind.”

May we co-operate as fellow laborers with the Lord in the coming harvest, as those he brings to us, find their way out of this present ‘madness‘, called “Mass Formation” described so well by Mattias, and are found clothed and in their right mind.

“CLOTHED in His righteousness.” (Is. 61:10) and having put on – ‘the MIND of Christ’ (1 Cor. 2:16)

** From Come Lord Jesus

Thanks to those of you who asked after Hilary’s health following her fall. She continues well.

We were very conscious of help from heaven setting her down gently on the road and help from earth as described by this other voice from Great Britain News belonging to Mark, linked below. Hilary’s animal based diet has kept her bones amongst other things healthy and strong :- )

https://www.instagram.com/reel/ChPVuO7g0uc/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY%3D

I believe it was the same combination of heavenly power and earthly (dietary) wisdom that lead to Robin going 30 years with a wound on his leg that would not heal, to having his surgeon exclaim, “You heal really well!”

Although these last two monologues by Neil and Mark are couched in the negative they should be viewed in a positive light. God is exposing corruption and at the same time revealing truth about this beautiful world he has placed us in and the ways he has given for the healing of the land of our bodies and the physical earth.

Here is another link to a brief life giving testimony from a regenerative farmer. Interestingly he is in our home state of Minnesota and mentions 60 other family farmers nationwide who are similarly following regenerative principles. The Isaiah 60 passage comes to mind. Our “Arising and Shining” is for the blessing of both the earth we live on and the earth we are made from, which God declared “good” from the beginning.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/ChOaB0GgoHS/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

This morning I found in my “Proverbs’ passage a confirmation that this way of eating is approved by scripture!

“It’s much better to have a meal of vegetables surrounded with love and grace than a steak where there is hate.” (Proverbs.15:17TPT)

Sounds like “love with steak” might be ‘as good as it gets’ ….well at least for those who are ‘stuck’ healthwise…. and are looking for another option : – )

If you are interested you might want to check out http/revero.com