Time Before the Dawn

December 26, 2022

It’s been a long time comin’
It’s goin’ to be a long time gone.
But you know,
The darkest hour is always
Always just before the dawn.
And it appears to be a long, appears to be a long,
Appears to be a long
Time before the dawn.

On My Sleeve: Visions and Tides


Jars of Clay [Flood]

August 27, 2021
Reborn-Resurrections

But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;


Daniel 3:18 (But Even If)

September 9, 2018

But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we are
not going to serve your gods or worship the golden image. . . . +++

I Will +++September Butterflies +3I Am - Always+

My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all;
and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.


To Believe

January 19, 2017

Imagine visions, hearing, over years: there will be a renewed future.  Imagine resultant periods of unique success, of unbreakable hope and various inspirational/spiritual peaks.  Imagine, after more years, finding yourself immersed in total turmoil (and ongoing diabolicaattacks)
while
 reaching a point where virtually everything earthly was lost: realization of fruition had not come to pass.  Imagine (with the latter) not being able to see any path for it to ever be fulfilled (as now) – though at times (all along the way) occurrences were sent as a means to enhance remembrance of the original.  Thereupon, imagine another one, but without specifics – and soon crying out because it still seemed absolutely impossible.  Then, imagine a reply: To Believe – without knowing. . . .

Ys to Eyes

Re: The Family of Jesus

02/26: "You Have Driven . . ."


Purple Haze (Jesus Saves)

October 14, 2015

Purple Haze (Jesus Saves)

Jimi Hendrix: The Ultimate Lyric Book


Miracles, Gifts and Rams

July 18, 2015

Questions.  Answers.  Seek.

We are all children of God.  As was written, seek, that we may be called,
that we may become one, as sons and daughters –
as Jesus Christ our savior taught.

Inspiration[s] Focus[es].  Heart[s].

Only By – Only For – Only When:
One Mind – One Body – One Spirit

Amen


Returning: Faithfully

February 8, 2015

Faithfully: Returning

Watching Faithfully

Within (through/originating from/following) Faith, there are (can be) magnitudes.  Within Faith, there are (can be) Trials – of such intensity/degree that one may never have imagined them as possible (or even allowable – between or intertwined with previously known or unknown/expected or unexpected realms being crossed – while intermittently, and possibly in escalation as one perseveres, The Word is also violated as a perverse means by absolute evil to destroy any, or all, progress/evolution).

In continuity, once we Believe, there are (can be) tiers (available) to that very existence.  Once we Believe, there are (can be) wholly moving results (from ongoing advents) – which (may) arrive (each time), while its being is experienced (initially) as embraceable knowledge, as well as in multitudes of both debilitating (to death’s literal points/levels) and uplifting (forever) factors – after it becomes FactOnce it becomes Fact, the Truth prevails.


Songs and Faith

January 25, 2015

 Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen,
moved with godly fear. . . .

Hebrews 11:12
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Two Songs +

Hebrews 12: 2
Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. . . .

One Together - Again+

Acts 1:3 Infallible Proofs
(2/1: Singing . . .  a Miracle.)
(2/8: Key, . . . on the outside of. . . .)


Sent (In Memory): “Don’t Give Up”

July 3, 2014

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Creed (Rain): Jesus of Nazareth

February 2, 2014

Dedicated to my Raine

I Remember You

Ring Them Bells

Searchin’: Rains

Seek Me

02/14/2014: We spent our Valentine’s night together watching this. 
It was our movie then (as it is now, and will always be).
[Still waiting, Emmit.]


Malala Yousafzai: Standing (Who Will Listen?)

October 13, 2013

Alternate Headline: “Malala’s Faith: Standing as a Voice of Courage (Who Will Listen?) Actual Headline: “Taliban Unrepentant: Vows to kill young activist – if she survives.”

Sheer “ignorance” and pure hypocrisy continue, as imposed by a (dwindling) minority force – those who have opportunities to utilize intelligence and available “knowledge” – but refuse to accept (awakening) winds of change.  There are combinations, of course – where utilization and availability are realized (to degrees/stages), yet control, thus power, must (as some deem necessary) override – since freedom of access might infringe upon entitled goals. Surah 4. An-Nisaa, 17: “Allah accepts only the repentance of those who do evil in ignorance and (their) foolishness and repent soon afterwards; To them will Allah turn in mercy: For Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.”  Jesus The Son of Man: ” “But I tolerate not the hypocrite, because he himself lays a yoke upon the guileless and the yielding.”

As noted/sung by Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam), “deceit kills the light.”  If women and female children are denied equal education windows, what does that say/represent about the Fear in related men (and how far deceptions may shadow – over thousands of years, like stoning)?  It is possible, while “On the Road to Find Out,” to “kick out the devil’s sin” and “pick up [a] good book” – without denying one’s growth through learning (advancements), and especially without denying others the same. Surah 4. An-Nisaa, 1: “He (Allah) created his mate of similar nature.”  John 8:7: “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.” 

WindWoods

WindWoods

Here is the Truth that invites. Now is the Chance to realize.

SeeWalls

SeeWalls


“A Father’s Love Letter” (by Adams)

July 27, 2013

My Child ~

You may not know me, but I know everything about you ~ Psalm 139:1

I know when you sit down and when you rise up ~ Psalm 139:2

I am familiar with all your ways ~ Psalm 139:3

Even the very hairs on your head are numbered ~ Matthew 10:29-31

For you were made in my image ~ Genesis 1:27

In me you live and move and have your being ~ Acts 17:28

For you are my offspring ~ Acts 17:28

I knew you even before you were conceived ~ Jeremiah 1:4-5

I chose you when I planned creation ~ Ephesians 1:11-12

You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book ~ Psalm 139:15-16

I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live ~ Acts 17:26

You are fearfully and wonderfully made ~ Psalm 139:14

I knit you together in your mother’s womb ~ Psalm 139:13

And brought you forth on the day you were born ~ Psalm 71:6

I have been misrepresented by those who don’t know me ~ John 8:41-44

I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love ~ 1 John 4:16

And it is my desire to lavish my love on you ~ 1 John 3:1

Simply because you are my child and I am your father ~ 1 John 3:1

I offer you more than your earthly father ever could ~ Matthew 7:11

For I am the perfect father ~ Matthew 5:48

Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand ~ James 1:17

For I am your provider and I meet all your needs ~ Matthew 6:31-33

My plan for your future has always been filled with hope ~ Jeremiah 29:11

Because I love you with an everlasting love ~ Jeremiah 31:3

My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore ~ Psalm 139:17-18

And I rejoice over you with singing ~ Zephaniah 3:17

I will never stop doing good to you ~ Jeremiah 32:40

For you are my treasured possession ~ Exodus 19:5

I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul ~ Jeremiah 32:41

And I want to show you great and marvelous things ~ Jeremiah 33:3

If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me ~ Deuteronomy 4:29

Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart ~ Psalm 37:4

For it is I who gave you those desires ~ Philippians 2:13

I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine ~ Ephesians 3:20

For I am your greatest encourager ~ 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles ~ 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you ~ Psalm 34:18

As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart ~ Isaiah 40:11

One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes ~ Revelation 21:3-4

And I’ll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth ~ Revelation 21:3-4

I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus ~ John 17:23

For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed ~ John 17:26

He is the exact representation of my being ~ Hebrews 1:3

He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you ~ Romans 8:31

And to tell you that I am not counting your sins ~ 2 Corinthians 5:18-19

Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled ~ 2 Corinthians 5:18-19

His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you ~ 1 John 4:10

I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love ~ Romans 8:31-32

If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, you receive me ~ 1 John 2:23

And nothing will ever separate you from my love again ~ Romans 8:38-39

I have always been Father, and will always be Father ~ Ephesians 3:14-15

My question is ~ Will you be my child? ~ John 1:12-13

I am waiting for you ~ Luke 15:11-32

Love, Your Dad, Almighty God

(A Father’s Love Letter is owned and copyrighted by Barry Adams)

The Passion of The Christ

The Passion of The Christ

Spirit  Courage  Strength
Gratitude  Forgiveness
Miracles  Love

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Faith is to Believe, on the Word of God,
What we do not see, and its reward
is to see and enjoy what we
Believe.

(St. Augustine of Hippo)

Mere Christianity

The Prodigal Son

A Guide


Keeper of the Light

July 1, 2013

In honor of my ancestral grandfather,
~^~ Keeper of the Light ~^~

Sparks of the Tempest

Blood in the sand, a cry in the street
Now the cycle is nearly complete
Ten thousand years, and nothing was learned
No turning back, now the wheel has turned

Big Brother is watching and he likes what he sees
A world for the taking, when he’s ready to squeeze
The King and the Queen are gone, each piece is the same
The difference between us is a part of the game

Soothsayer saying now tell me no lies
What is this madness that is filling the skies
Spreading like wildfire, fallin’ like rain
Though they may promise, they only bring pain

Keeper's Bow

Keeper’s Bow

Keeper of the Light

Keeper of the Light

Keeper: My Creed

My Creed

Imagine: God speaking something into existence:

Thought

Spoken/Word

It is Written (along eternal lines)

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Imagine: God speaking something into existence – now.


Imagine: A Key

June 29, 2013

Imagination – as a Key?

Why is it so uniquely essential?  How could it unlock limits, where pathways to (and of) Truth might be experienced as realities?

Imagine Jesus Christ in the present realm/day (infallibly) talking
with you, while reflecting on and corresponding the past:

“I would do it again, if necessary because I Love you all so much.” 

Triads of One

Triads of One

Why not?

Ruins of Balance

Balance

A first step: Desire.  A next: to Believe (at least in possibilities).
Then, through [en]visioning, where can one reach?

>> Floods and Rains>


Jesus of Nazareth: Question?

September 4, 2009


Yes: Miracle of Life

June 5, 2009

pearls-ofone.jpg

In relation to “The Bible’s Vindication” and “The Evolution of God”: We were given (our level of) minds in order that we may think (and grow) – not to be senseless puppets who blindly follow without intellect.  Would God have a multifaceted personality?  Would God also have a wide range of emotions (like us)?  Would He be able to appeal/appear to Buddhists in a manner in which they might expect/understand?  If so, wouldn’t He also do the same for Muslims, Jews, Native Americans, and Christians, etc.?  Along the lines of overall history and the Bible, would it be irrational to think He might change His mind (at critical times) – thus, (over the most extreme circumstances) altering some necessary points?  We were meant to look up – as well as within.  Yes, we can go too far in questioning (if it is beyond distinctive respect, or what was written).  Yet clearly, we are not sent here to be only kissing the ground, without ever searching for answers.  Why?  Because many were meant to be found. 


YES: The More We Live

April 10, 2009


Jesus Christ of Nazareth: Higher (Creed)

March 7, 2009

Ring Them Bells +1

The Story In Your Eyes


Jesus of Nazareth: The Holy Spirit

February 22, 2009


Songs and Faith

Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.


Bob Dylan: Ring Them Bells

February 2, 2009


Joan of Arc: Whisper (Evanescense)

January 22, 2009

Joan of Arc

+ Dedicated to Lorraine +


Jesus of Nazareth: Light My Way (AudioSlave)

December 21, 2008

Jesus of Nazareth: Light My Way (AudioSlave) I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life. John 8:12

Jesus of Nazareth: Higher (Creed)


Certain Sights

September 13, 2008