Well, I have been prayin' and studying my Bible. I read about the transfiguration of Christ in front of His desciples. Wouldn't that be a riot? To look up and see Moses and Elias or Elijah casually talking to each other after they had been dead for many years? Don't tell me that the saints can't come down out of heaven and talk to others. If ya go to hell, that is a prison you can't come out of ... ya gotta stay there and burn forever. But the believers never die.
Well, anyway, I was reading about Elijah and Elisha. Now some of you all get ticked if I step on the toes of the false prophets. But Elijah murdered 'em. Baal had 450 false prophets and Jezabel fed at her table another 400 and Elisha killed all of 'em, down by the brook. (II Kings: 39) Seems the false prophets were keeping the land in a drought. But after the false prophets died, the Lord let it rain. Jezabel had, before this, killed many of the prophets of the true God. And when she found out that Elijah had killed her huntin' dogs, the false prophets, then she vowed to kill Elijah. Elijah at least got the clouds to bring down the rain through his prayers before he took off runnin'. Not bad, huh? Go Elijah! And the Lord says to me, "Connie, you are afraid to even reveal a false prophet in your writings." I looked at the Lord and said, "Very funny. Don't I look like I am in enough trouble already?" Well, anyway, Elijah fought the false prophets and Jezabel to get them out of Israel so that God could bless the land.
Then in Luke, the Bible speaks of John the Baptist that he had the spirit of Elijah. His ministry was to bring the Fathers' hearts back to the children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just. He had a heart of reconciliation. John was raised in the wilderness and came out of the wilderness with the spirit of Elijah. And John the Baptist was just the one to speak to King Herod, and he (John) lost his head. But the spirit of Jezabel is in the land through feminism and brings a curse to our country.
Many are out there exposing the false prophets in the churches. And ya know, my dear Jim, by his life, exposed so many false teachings. He would have been so proud of our Jimmy, as he is such a good father to his little baby girl, and a good husband. But ya know, when all Jimmy had was a Masters degree and later the equivalent of a PhD in light design, Jim asked me, "When is Jimmy gonna quit going to school and get a job and grow up?" What a mouthful! Jim came out of the wilderness to say that. Not a popular opinion of the day. The sons that live closer around here understood Jim. Jim was proud of Jimmy and his education. But a real man, to Jim, was a man who worked and had children and made a home. Paid his way and put his money where his mouth was. He had a low opinion of any guy who wouldn't work or made their wife work if she didn't have to. And how could I have prayed that into Jim, had he not left me over 30 times? This is how ya bring a priest of God to the throne of God.
Wendy and some of you mothers who mourn? Don't despise small beginnings. Pray for your husbands and children. Some men must go through the wilderness to come out shouting "Repent for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand." But these gods of education and money power? These powers ain't nothing compared to the power of wisdom.
Ya know, I can't say much about the false prophets anymore. It seems the Jezabels are takin' over the preaching these days. That's the way Satan's kingdom is ... it divides against itself ... and it will not stand. But I asked the Lord what this is all to say to me. And He is saying to just keep writing about Jim and what he would say to this world today. He certainly came from the wilderness.
A lot of folks would love to shut me up.