01/22-
MONDAY

I asked God in my heart whether I could rely on my bad feelings as well as confusion manifestations.  From my belly I heard almost audibly two or three times "There's only one truth".

2-20-2018 In other words, no, because they are contradictory.

  Texts sum up my day:

2:21 p.m. Jo: How was work today
2:24 p.m. Jo: How do you feel about me
2:33 p.m. Me: They had me do a lot of things at work today. It went fast and slow at the same time. I got to make some hamburgers and quarter pounders and box and label pies.  I also got to bake bag and label cookies. I did toast and bake.  I swept, mopped and took out trash.  I love you.
2:35 p.m. Jo: I love you too
3:04 p.m. Me: Guess what Johanna! I have the next three days off from work!
3:06 p.m. Jo: Have you been thinking about me and how bad do you miss me
3:14 p.m. Me: Oh yes i have been thinking about you all day. I want to see you today.
3:55 p.m. Jo: How much do you love me be honest
4:28 p.m. Me: With all my heart. You are very special to me. Are you home?

  Jo has been working at her friend Cory's all day cleaning house.  They are paying her.
  Before work I read Scriptures and watched an episode of The Fugitive. I went into Work at 10AM this morning and got off at 2p.m.

....After I took a nap, Jo got home to her place and I went over there to visit her.  I let her read today's and yesterday's journal entry, let her borrow two books, The Light and The Glory by Peter Marshall and David Manuel (which she read all of) and Dying To Self by William Law (Not sure if she finished it), with commentary by Reverend Andrew Murray.  I also gave her the letter I wrote last night and she read it. When she was finished, she looked over at me and smiled. We practiced 'Jesus Through The Whole Bible' and watched TV also.  Specifically we watched Fox4 News at 6p.m. and Wheel of Fortune.

At 6:45p.m. I hugged Johanna good-bye, told her I loved her, and walked home in the snowy rain..
   From my apartment, Aunt Gina picked me up and we got two loads of water.  Then she dropped me off back here and I turned Life 88.5 on.  I'm about to change it to Bott Radio Network when the song 'The Cross has made you Flawless' is over.

Johanna's birthday is February 12, 1977.

..I ended up listening to something good on NPR about how rich people tend to be less giving than poor people unless they are nudged or reminded of the plight of the poor, then they tend to be just as giving as poor people are.
Then I listened to the Marriage song 'lead me' on a Christian music station, then turned it to Bott Radio Network.  Chuck Swindoll, a good man although he is a cessationist, is on.


Last Edit: Mar 3, 2022 at 4:57pm by study3600
Love is sacrifice.

01/24-
WEDNESDAY

THIS MORNING, Gina picked me up and took me to
Joy and Cecil's house, where I picked up dog messes and then Joy attempted to change my address online but it was a scam site posing as the official US postal service website.  So we went to the post office and it had just opened.  The woman inside let us in and Joy and I changed my address.  She was a Believer. Then Joy picked up Cecil and they went to the local Tax place and from there, I walked to my apartment.  Then I walked to Jo's after lunch.  She gave me a letter and we watched the first 15 minutes or so of The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter.  We had to stop because Jo had to go to church.  As I left, we practiced 'Christ Thru The Bible' for a few minutes.  Then I walked home and wrote Jo a letter in response to hers and ran to her church to give it to her, then hugged her, told her I loved her, and went home; I then read The Light and The Glory for a while until Ken, Joy, Cecil and Gina picked me up for Church.  At Israel's Gathering, Ken presided and read from Matthew 13 and talked about the foolish virgins and wheat and tares.  He testified that Israel's Gathering is going in the right direction, sitting at the feet of Jesus like Mary.  I agree (Or I agreed back then. The direction Israel's Gathering has taken since then is, I'm sad to say, far from the path Jesus intended for it.-BLSKV). A Church Sister was administered to also.

  After Church, Pam from Helper's Hands called me, Jo texted me and I called Jo.  Pam and Jo were letting me know when the next two Helper's Hands meetings were.  When I called Jo, I found out that they were all at McDonald's, so I walked there.  Linda gave me 5.00 and I bought Jo and I each a cheeseburger and we split a large fry.  Jo let me catch up on 'The Contagious Christian' Workbook.  Pam and Jo and I discussed the next two events.  Paul, Jo's brother, took me home.  As I got out of the white truck and Jo got into the front (she had been in the back and I was in the front) I hugged her for the fourth time today and for the third time told her, in person, that I love her.

Praise You, Father, Thank You and Bless You for this Wonderful Day! Amen and Amen.

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 Last Edit: Feb 2, 2023 at 9:24am by study3600Love is sacrifice.

01/26-
FRIDAY

11:58p.m. Work was good. It went smoothly because I texted Jo before it began and asked her to pray for my work and she did.

  After work, Joy picked up my laundry and I went over to Jo's, where I've finished The Neverending Story II, played the Shrek Forever After videogame together, watched Perry Mason and Psych.  'Psych' was on when Joy called and I had 10 minutes to run from 7th St. to 10'th St. and home to pick up my laundry.  At Jo's before this, Jo and I read ea.other's diaries and I read Jo a prophecy of the Second Coming in Jeremiah

  At my apartment, I read 'The Light And The Glory' for a long time and 'Jesus Calling' and Proverbs.  Then I went to bed but I need to take a shower for work tomorrow.
  Goodnight, Father.  I love You Heavenly Father, and Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost! Praise You so much!  Thank You and bless you for Jo's friendship and for bringing her back into my life. Amen. (As God full knew that Jo would die of Covid and be resurrected still, I believe God will give me a good woman to love and make my life work out because my feelings don't matter as much as my faith unless my feelings align with my faith.I am way more mature than I used to be even a week ago. Satan seemed to be throwing me circumstances that tried to tear down my faith and play with my emotions, either because I desired it so strongly, or because I was obsessed or both, then He also knew that I would not be able to marry Johanna Richards. God has me covered and I am trusting Him now.-2-2-2023 AD-BLSKV)
Last Edit: Mar 14, 2025 at 5:51am by study3600
Love is sacrifice.

01-28-
LORD'S DAY

THIS MORNING at Israel's Gathering Restoration Branch it was Led By The Spirit Day.  Don McKenzie, then Ken, then Mike Spicer, then Alex spoke.  Ken spoke about repentance.
   At Jo's church (Pastor Pete Winstead's church), Johanna said Pastor Pete preached a sermon on judging.
   After church, I ran to Jo's church to give Jo her letter. I said 'hi' to some people, and hugged Jo and Pastor Pete.
After a long nap, I went back to Israel's Gathering to study The Spiritual Life.  There were also two administrations.  Mike Spicer and a Church Sister got administered to.  At home I read the Light and the Glory for about an hour.

I talked to Joey Hammonds, who is skeptical about the work in Brazil.  I admonished him to keep an open heart and mind.

Jo texted me, asking if she was the only one for me. I said I believed she was.  She texted back and said she believed I was the only one for her, too.

She has written me eight letters as of today.  I have written her seven.

Thank You for this day, Father!

P.S. Buddy asked me to help take up offering today.  Thank You, Father!

P.P.S. In Early Morning Worship Pam Joy's daughter played Christian music and we wrote our sins down on sticky notes and put them on a cross and left them there.  In Sunday School we studied Matthew 14.

01/30--
YOM SHLISHI

After midnight.

Spent the day reading, listening to music and my audiobook, talking to and reading to Jo over the phone, watching an episode of Perry Mason (old) (new are bad. I know this because I saw one in Michigan) and making something. (a collage for Jo-5/6/18 2:01 a.m.)

I swept my floor today and for the first time since I moved here had a total of two cups of Pero, one in the AM and 1 in the PM.  This will be a rare occurance.
                                                             Thank You Father for this day.  Amen.

P.S. Yesterday and today Jo and I prayed together.  Praise You Father!