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After graduation in 2017?

Being faithful, I didn't pursue my desire to go to New York and become a public relations professional. I drove a bus for Houston, Texas, no matter how much less than I was earning years ago than now. It was still more then than now, but still more than entry-level salaries from what I had been studying for in school. And I ask my God, was it in vain?

Was it only a hope just to pass through school with a generous 2.5 GPA? To some, it is a C, nonetheless, not for a person who did get to graduate high school, minus the diploma. I got the chance to walk with my classmates in a cap and gown, but honestly, I did not graduate. I was frustrated and went to get my GED a year later, in 1994.

I only ended up at the Art Institute of Houston for cooking and ended up on the most wanted floor by accident on my way to class to become a chef. What might that floor have been? Music Business and video. Did you know editing video was similar to editing music? I have had such a strong love for music. Now, I just love to write. Music was my first true love in media communications. It opened doors for me, and I may have not have attempted to walk through the doors if music wasn't a big part of my life then in 2015.

 

Yet things changed

Unknowingly things were destined to change. Later, as the years changed, my taste changed. My love for knowledge had increased, significantly. I honestly believe I don't need to study copywriting as much as I have been doing lately. I think that I had made a "B," in my first attempt to pass college grammar. And I honestly didn't pay attention well enough to pass this class when I was in high school. It was challenging to learn most subjects then, and I wasn't the brightest in the class of academics class. 

I was more of a good listener and a doodler, than paying greater attention and studying more. I didn't become a better student until, Full Sail University , online. I was so fed up with working the jobs I was working, not ever realizing that when God says that he takes care of you, it is true. You, like me, wouldn't know it until you honestly looked at how you were well cared for, in this society. 

Yes, yes, we want more, and if we don't have more, we perceive that we are not in a good position. Indeed, when the Holy Bible states by the leadership of the Holy Spirit that the Lord takes care of our actual needs, it is true. The only problem now is to minimize the wants. I would say eliminate, all wants, but to be realistic, reducing our wants would be significantly much more than completely removing them all. We all grew up here in the USA, from infants to adults, in this environment. I have habits that I care not to let go of.

I ended up letting go of them, though. After you become more aware of yourself and what no longer serves you, like a pair of shoes, and some other clothing, you put on the new clothing and feel the new you, like new wine in new wineskins, biblically speaking. I never thought I would give up my love for music, but I did.

The funny thing is that I had always thought that music would be my pathway to successful living. That I would only be needed in the studio producing sounds, only. I had to rethink that; along with making or creating sounds came the joy of learning to mix, then I mastered mixing, along with recording proper sound levels. Not too soft, or too loud. Then, purchasing mastering software, mastering alone was an art, that would take years to master. It made good business to spend less than $1,000 per album.

The top place who mastered each song charged $200, per song. The price you pay for a possible maxi-single would be half the price for this software, which, once you master it, would be used on multiple occasions. Spending frugally was a practice for all, not just project studios. If you could reduce cost, then it was a sure deal.

In all, it was a good estimate of how well some songs came out. I was mixing in a high-end consumer product that could record at 24-bit, 96 kHz. It was accompanied by a soundcard via PCI, which could record and mix at 24 bits, 96 kHz. So, the mix and the mastering were done at 24 bits, 96 kHz.

which produced crystal clear sounds, and, with a professional mastering software, yielded a fine-tuned master. Most songs gave a fantastic appeal to the ears of those who had an interest in my genre of music. That was at the height of my production days. And I had thought that our music would be in regular r retail stores. My distributor, was an online distributor, who made it possible for me to distribute all over the globe. 

The only thing is that I pulled the CD off the digital shelves, before I could see major progress. I sold 6 CDs total, some overseas and some in the USA. My peers told me it wouldn't happen, and it did. Whatever you think you can do, you can do. No person knows anything more or necessarily less, give or take, no more definitely than the Most High God, Jehovah.

Not even Jesus Christ knows when he will be returning back to this world physically. The Lord Jesus Christ, says that only the Father God, Jehovah, knows when he will genuinely be returning. The Holy Bible does tell us that the days will be like Noah's day, before he returns. We are getting close to these times. If you know the Holy Bible, you know that before Noah's flood, that Giants were roaming the earth—men of Renowned at heights well above 15 to 50 feet tall.

Now, you could doubtfully say it didn't occur, but on the side of a mountain in Turkey, there are the remains of a ship with similar measurements, just like Noah's Ark, there. Even if not the ark, you would still have to wonder how such a vast ship made it up there, that high up on that mountainside. And why was it covered up, underneath that much of the earth's material? Either way, it would have had to have been more than an isolated event to have floated that ship up that high on the side of that mountain in Turkey.

Which is close to where Noah was to have built that ark. Sarkhen, you also explain the remains of the giant's skeleton. It is interesting to know these things. Although I believe that our weapons are much more advanced than those particular days, back in time, there were civilizations with much more advanced tech than ours, but that's another talk for another blog.

 

No Person knows what you are capable of doing.

 

Yes, not even you, if you choose not to try, to step out and do something that may work. I have learned that I could be successful, even after those in my peer group have said that I wouldn't succeed in whatever I stepped out to do. Just because we are close to each other and are on the same boat, but none of us are actually navigating or operating the steering wheel, they can predict whether I will pass or fail. 

That is up to me, or up to you. If things change, well, why not? Versatility is a very great trait to have these days. Knowing how to play every position on the team, is similar to changing it up. I have been a communication person since I can remember. Having the ability, to move about in the communication field is a very good key to success. It means you can utilize more than one way to communicate.

If you can tell a story in multiple ways, you have an awesome gift, and should take out the time to invest. One way or another, you will have success. I currently don't earn a living in communications, but spiritually, I think I do—only that it is blended in with my faith. Hebrews 11:6 says that there is no pleasing God without Faith and that we must believe that he can do whatever it is that the person asks of him before they even ask him.

Faith is also considered a currency, which requires spiritual action to gain. Hebrews tells us that faith is an unseen substance that is hoped for, but you can only use it with =one particular Banker, Financier, or accountant. If you believe in Jesus Christ, then you may know this or not. Because some of us are mature, and some are only babes in the faith. Having very little faith is still having faith. If you have a little, it is still much more than than not having any faith at all.

This is a spiritual currency, which must be used by a spiritual being who understands its worth. Otherwise, you will be giving gold to a beast who has no understanding, and you may not gain any profit from your investment.

I myself personally am always seeking my ROI, and return on investment, in all matters of investment that I make. I didn't know these things until the Lord taught me. Sure, we could say he's speaking of money, but no. I am speaking of spiritual investments. That sometimes manifests in the material world, but still does not become money. That the Lord opens the doors that are usually closed to me, well, money wouldn't have opened it; faith, on the other hand, would, and much, much, much more.

So let's just say some family person told me that I would not succeed at going to school at Full Sail University , because some person did say, but also said that I knew that I would pass, after finding out that I did pass. Well, I am glad that I didn't believe them. I asked the Lord if I could attend school, and the Lord told me to have faith. Faith makes all things possible, and believe me when I say it is not easy. Yet well worth the opportunity!

 

 

 

Oh My Gosh, Again! 

Whew!

Here we go! The outside unit portion of my A/C went out yet again. I remember that my A/C service, MTY Services Air Conditioning Heating, extended the life of the air conditioning compressor, according to Mario. At the last repair, Mario said then that he wasn't sure how long it would last, but he was doing his best to help the compressor last as long as possible.

After that point, whenever the compressor officially retires from its long life of hard work, which is five years max (PLUS possibly), purchasing a new unit would be required. I would assume that pricing could vary from home to home. Each home would require a specific unit to cover its square footage, changing its price range.

It would be a financial challenge for me at the moment. Mario would still have worked with me on the price and a few payment methods. However, before we consider taking that route, Mario would figure out a way to extend the life of my current A/C unit's air compressor. We are both in the area of hope now, hoping that the repair he put in place will last at least another year.

I honestly cannot say that I have never heard of other industry technicians in different fields. I am not saying a similar thing whenever I hear a professional speak about their work and their expectations of their work to last. I think of them as being compassionate towards what they have done to help me stay in business. If it's an auto repair, another part of my home is being repaired. 

I always feel a great relief knowing that the repair technician shows some authentication about their artistry in general. It's almost like they have placed their stamp of approval to say this job has been certified. There's no need for another person to return to reduce what they have repaired or installed. You can truly appreciate such work ethics.

Wouldn't you know it, on this go-around, it wasn't Mario's last repair, with the extension of the outside unit's air compressor. No! Actually, it wasn't the A/C unit at all. It was the breaker box, and fortunately, it was just a breaker, which would have cost a reasonable $25.00 per breaker. There was an extra breaker in the box, an open breaker as a backup. The only other cost was the labor fee.

What a relief! I was so grateful to hear of this that it even made me have a greater respect for Mario's integrity. Integrity is a rare trait to find anywhere these days when you come across a person with honorable quality standards. As a person of faithful belief, I have learned to lean on my God, Jehovah in Jesus Christ, more and more. 

The Lord has always led me with his Holy Spirit, as scripture says he will go before me and make my crooked paths straight. When I walk forward, I end up walking into my blessings. To me, having MTY Services Air Conditioning Heating as a team that I can call at a moment's notice is an excellent blessing.

As soon as they can, they will come out the very next possible day, which lately has been the very next day. MTY Services will make sure you know exactly what is going on with your situation, give you an understanding of the problem, and show you how the problem can be solved. 

So, if you currently reside in Fort Bend County and surrounding areas and your A/C feels warmer, it just simply stopped working. 

Give them a call:

 MTY Services Air Conditioning -Heating.

Services all brands; they are Residential  & Comercial, licensed  & insured

Phone: 281-658-8727

Mario Alfaro 

Speaking up for those who can not speak 

As I have mentioned before, I am a Transit operator. I notice many things throughout my day. Being a Gemini, we take notice of all things, all details, and analyze things, somewhat like biblical royalty. As the word of God has said, Kings look into the finer details of things. 

Along a route, a man has made a bus stop at his home. I notice this man to be a humble and friendly with his expressions towards others. 

Some time ago, he was blamed for setting ablaze at a bus shelter, and not being able to speak. I assumed that he was the person of interest. Yet there came a day when I was investigating the area of plants around the shelter and noticed how severely scorched they were and how it was at the top of the vegetation and not at the bottom.

I thought it was odd to see that. The man smoked cigarettes, and I thought to myself, could a cigarette cause such damage? 

It's a shame that humans automatically accuse a person of wrongdoing without investigating to find out the truth.

There had come another time, when I was there, and while looking upwards, I could see that the local landscape crew had gotten too close to the power lines. Yet another day, I had parked the vehicle, ready to exchange drivers. This time, I heard snaps and pops. I thought to myself, the bus hadn't made any such noises through the shift as I was trying to focus in on the noise.

Then I saw blue and white sparks and a cut cable bouncing around in the air, so I called my dispatch after moving the bus. I also alarmed my coworker about what danger was above his head.

I'm not a fire expert, but I think electricity's power is far more potent enough to burn through metal, far more more significant than the fire of a cigarette.

I was glad to see the man free from the accused fire that he never set.

Oh My Gosh, it's HOTT! 

I'm unsure if you ever spent most of your summer in the heat, but in your home.

Whew, talk about survival of the finest!

I honestly felt that if you had a family friend who could help out in such a crisis, this would have been the most precious moment for us to receive help from such a person, but not, so said the friend.

He said it mainly through his actions rather than words. Hey! This won't make enough profit for me, so I don't want to help you out!

The blessing is how the Lord operates!

 

Yes! I said that, to say that the Lord always comes through when you least expect it.

The family friend was a certified HVAC person, who was currently working on a big project. I could understand his point of view if he had of said that he was packed with his tasks and couldn't work me into his schedule. He didn't say that, though. He said on multiple occasions that he would show up to repair my home's A/C unit or the part of it that was inside the house.

Since he had stated this, I took it upon myself to call him and ask when I should expect him to arrive to repair the problem. You really want those you know to get your business; you aren't really looking to shop elsewhere. Honestly, he never showed up, and this went on for a while—so long that I had to look for other possible professional HVAC technicians to fix the problem.

I had heard about a gentleman named Mario. I got his information through a family member and called him. Immediately, Mario came to the rescue! Mario had said that it was a simple $80.00 repair. He honestly couldn't figure out why the family friend refused to go and make the repair. 

If you have ever heard the expression, it really is the little things that open doors to larger opportunities.

And yes, I was back in the cool air again. Now, I didn't just use Mario's services once. I continue to use them to this day, and in fact, a good majority of my family does the same. This minor repair became multiple household repairs for MTY Services Air Conditioning—Heating.

MTY Services Air Conditioning- Heating.

Services all brands; they are Residential & Commercial, licensed & insured

Phone: 281-658-8727

Mario Alfaro

Now, you could look from the outside looking in and say that the family friend shouldn't have been so greedy to overlook such a minor repair. If he hadn't, he, too, would have gained the vast majority of work not just from me but also from other family members of mine and their households, possibly outplaying the job or project that he was currently working on.

This situation somewhat reminds me of compound interest in some way. Yes, depending on the account that you place your talents in, you can understand that a small investment can compound daily or monthly. By the end of the year, your balance will be different, and you will have, or your currency will have increased.

To me, it seems this way for Mario. His integrity allowed him to fix or repair a smaller job, which ultimately compounded into multiple households. Now, I could be wrong about the exact timing of the households. After all, I received his information from a family member, and the order in which he gained all of our business could be wrong. 

Ideally, though, someone in my family would find out about his A/C services, and all of our family and friends would use his services.

If you live in the Houston, Texas, area or the surrounding areas, utilize MTY Services Air Conditioning—Heating.

MTY Services Air Conditioning- Heating.

Services all brands; they are Residential & Commercial, licensed & insured

Phone: 281-658-8727

Mario Alfaro

IT'S NOT ALL BAD! 

Yesterday, we celebrated the homegoing of our Senior Pastor, J. Amos Jones, of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, located off of 16138  W. Belfort in Sugar Land, Texas.

The strangest of all things is that there are four (4) churches total in and surrounding Houston, Texas. They have the same exact name, and neither of these churches has ever fellowshipped with each other. 

I only know this because I work in transit, so I visited the two churches in Houston, TX, not as a guest but as a driver picking up or dropping off their church members.

I had never considered mentioning this to my Pastor about the other churches with similar names to our church, and it never crossed my mind to do so. 

 

In most cases, you might say that we have said goodbye forever, but not so; this is a temporary goodbye. The Holy Bible says that when we all are in New Jerusalem, we shall recognize each other when we are in New Jerusalem. Spiritually, I believe , that it is also written, that we will receive new bodies. I do not know what order of operations we should follow, but it is most comforting to know that we live on forever with the Lord. 

For the Christian belief system, we remembered a video based on the book of Luke in the Holy Bible. While our Lord and Savior were on the cross near two other men, one man said, "Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself and us as well."

However, the other man, who was also a thief, said that it was his purpose to be there and then asked the Lord to remember him when he was in heaven with his father.

Then Jesus said on this very day, you will be in Paradise with me.

The first time I heard of Paradise was in this passage, then when I heard of Abraham's bossom, where Lazzarous was, and the rich man asked Father Abraham for Lazzarous to dip his finger in water and drop it on his tongue.

There is a third mention of Paradise, but I do not recall it for whatever reason.

 

My personal experience with Paradise was during COVID-19, in an induced coma for 18 days while on the ventilator. I couldn't say it was a foreign situation, but the area around me was very familiar, and it seemed like I could see the other place, the place called Hell Inferno, the place of torment. It seemed like it was the wrong place to travel to, but the spirit had told me it wasn't a place for me. 

While there in Paradise, I tried to make sense of everything. There was so much to consider.

Before waking up, God gave me a dream, the Lord said. This was part of it, but I understood that paradise was a place where my soul was for the time I was in an induced coma. Here, the Lord showed me many things. If there had been no covenant with the Lord, I wouldn't be here today. I think that I would have perished. 

Scripture, written about Paradise, says that it is a place of rest for the righteous. You don't see any person there—well, for me, I did—but it was more like a remote view of them. There wasn't any interaction with them. It was so different, so tranquil, yet surprising. 

I remember this, so I believe my Pastor is in Paradise. He worked hard all the way to the end, and he finished strong. Even though he was sick, we barely noticed it and were shocked to hear about it.

As I have expressed to my fellow church members and those who loved Pastor Jones, his teachings and words of wisdom dwell in the minds of those of us who were fortunate to have been taught by him and witnessed his love for the Lord. He was a very compassionate leader among the people of God. He shepherded those around him as the shepherd of their souls. With great care, 

Until we meet again,

Shalom

DIY-Novice 

There's nothing wrong with humble beginnings. I can recall the book of Proverbs, where King Solomon, or Uncle Solomon for those of us who are in the body of Jesus Christ, is mentioned. Well, he did say that in

Proverbs 4:7 (KJV)

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore, get wisdom, and with all thy getting, you get understanding.

 

Well, I figure that for that to be true, a person must become a student of all things related to gaining knowledge, especially if it is essential for one's daily lifestyle.

We all need the best possible forms of transportation. I can remember scratching my head as a young boy when I found parts in my grandfather's shed, such as alternators, and wondering: What's this stuff? How does it work? Where does it go?

I hadn't grasped anything mechanical until after selling my favorite truck, a 1998 Ford F150 Larriot extended cab, 4.6 liter V8. It was my pride and joy. Nicely potent, I purchased it preowned with only 35,000 miles.

I had recently left the Auto sales industry and leaped forward into the telephone splicing industry. At the time, entry-level splicing seemed to have a more promising future. I required a truck to carry tools and a 28-foot ladder.

I hadn't paid much attention to engines other than changing my oil and air filters. The truck was a fantastic machine. I was more capable than expected. While working in the telephone industry, I was allowed to haul an additional utility vehicle—an F250. Honestly, thinking back, it should have been the heavier vehicle pulling the F150. 

Still, we pioneered from the Houston, Texas, area to Phoenix, Arizona, and occasionally Tucson. It truly was an excellent experience. However, there was a bit of a discrepancy with Bell South, so instead of working, we ended up vacationing. 

At that time, financial matters were more like taking your vehicle to your choice of shop and getting it done whatever your heart desired. Other than the Flowmaster performance muffler, I considered a supercharger, but oh, how much of an expense that would have been, and I only cared to have restored it back to its original state.

Not genuinely knowing any mechanical know-how, I was forced to find possible quick fixes with local repair shops and ask if you had any significant issues with your vehicle. You were hoping whatever problems occurred, you could get them done quickly and relax. This wasn't the case; little did I know the Lord had other plans for me.

The Lord Jesus, being the good shepherd he is, is always teaching. If we are willing to learn and allow His Lordship, he will guide us and elevate us to higher places of knowledge, wisdom, and understanding. I say this because I only thought that I had reached my pinnacle and that I was living as an evangelical person, ministering and encouraging other brothers and sisters, oftentimes unknowingly others who were hearing God Jehovah's word for possibly the first time. 

It was a shock to find these things out. I mention this because I least expected the Holy Spirit to lead me to Psalms 37:4 continually: Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Of course, I researched it to gain a deeper understanding so that I could delight myself in the Lord and receive my heart's desire. 

Little did I know that the Lord was going to change my desires. It's wild how he changed my desire to fix my F150 to desire a Chevrolet 1500, a truck that I felt was so ugly that it was impossible to convince me to make a purchase. God had a plan to not only change my desire but also show me and others around me what true worth really is.

It reminds me of the shepherd boy we read about becoming the next King of Israel after King Saul. If it was up to human thinking, David would not have ever been chosen due to his outside appearance. All seven (7) of his older brothers appeared to fit the part. They looked like what we would consider a worthy person for the role. Interestingly, the spirit of the Lord knew neither of David's brothers would fit the role of a true King. It took more than looks; it took wisdom, knowledge, understanding, and compassion. Most importantly, it took heart, the fearless heart of a Lion,

Proverbs 28:1 (ISV)

 says that the wicked flee when no one pursues them, but the Righteous are bold like lions.

I'm telling you part of King David's back story, which he said King Saul before the famous Shepherd boy became king, before his fight with the Giant. We must see Proverbs 28:1 in effect throughout David's entire entry to Kingship before his brothers. God would have foreseen the lives of his brothers before the anointing of King David. We all know that David's brothers were strong-looking and tall, according to what the prophet Samuel saw. 

As we fast forward to where their father, Jesse, told David to take food to his older brothers, who were in the army. We have to consider that no one in their camp was willing to go to battle with Goliath. We have to think that the soldiers of Israel were trained well in warfare. In contrast, David, still being a Shepherd boy, had no military advantage other than his willingness to go into battle with the giant. His only possible training was when he took in an inventory count of his father's sheep. 

David realized on two occasions he was missing one lost sheep. David, would take the remaining sheep and place them in safety, while he would go out in search for this one lost sheep. He found a sheep twice, but one lost sheep was in the mouth of a Lion, and on another occasion, another in the mouth of a Bear. As David explained to King Saul, he grabbed the creatures by the hair and slew them with his dagger-like weapon, killing the animals, on similar, but separate occasions. 

I am not here to bash Ford over with Chevrolet, Theses are both great Trucks, indeed, I am only saying that the Lord changed my desires. From wanting to restore a vehicle and to desire the performance of another. How did I end up wishing for the Silverado? 

It is tough to tie these stories into each other to prove a point, but speaking in close association with the idea that God controls our desires, I can say for the better to align us with what more extraordinary things he has in store for us.

To make it better understood, the Lord loves the spirit of the pure-hearted person. Indeed, he taught us from my words of saying what I said based on what the outer appearance looked like and took me by the hand to teach me that the vehicle's beauty was in its ability to perform well. 

Indeed, we walk by FAITH and not by sight.

Has Marketing become obsolete? 

What a question to ask only because of our technology, which I am not totally satisfied to agree with as humanity's creation. Sure, we could say the discovery of AI's existence. It's a spiritual hunch, I do not know why I say, but I do say. I gues more so or not fueled by King Solomons scripture in one of his books, nothing is new under the sun, written in the old testament of the Holy Bible.

My personal experience from watching various movies, is that software is an equivalent to a spirit. A body of flesh can only do what it's spirit commands it to do and with out a spirit to command it's actions, it is lifeless, no animation of any kind.

Maybe that is a wrong thought, but if you had a chance to sit and analyze both software and spirit, then you too may say a similar thing. In a film the main character was in a conversation with and AI, or the virtual existence of a being and the character was amazed at the AI's expression of emotion. They had to ask, how are you capable of knowing this expression. The AI then said, the word that I have mentioned is a word which defines, what you as a human being would feel. 

This caused me to think deeply about the word too. For we are all in a fleshly or or metallic state, a physical existence, but we are incomplete with out our soul/spirit or software. Which dictates our behavior as sapient beings.

I have witnessed individuals behave out of their birth assignments and taking on their choice of lifestyle.

I am not a person to judge another for their life choices, I am only to judge my choices that lead me in the directions of possible success. Yet a person must know what they may consider wise limitations, if that is an understandable thought to perceive.

Yet, it was their belief and an experience for me to know and comprehend this in my life. It had given me a deeper insight to how powerful a spirit is and how close in relation it is to that of a software programmed to exist in the manner it was created. Of course there are evil spirits and as we know, there are rogue software.

A parallel of various life forms and thought existing momentarily in multiple dimensions. I have yet to read the scripture, but among the scholars in the spiritual and biblical world is it mentioned about the existence of AI.

As a person with an interest in marketing, AI is very much beyond our comprehension of now.

Only time will tell!

Word Around the "CAMP FIRE!" 

Word Around the “CAMP FIRE!”

It's GRIND Time!

You heard it from me, “Donnie G,” official.

It's been a long journey and there is still more ground to cover, more hills and mountains to climb.

My latest post was to be about audio interfaces, but I slid off into my thoughts on the iPhone pro being the ultimate interface and the instrument of media creation.  

 

It is a one-stop shop. Look for this post coming soon.

 

Shalom

 

 

Let it Rain, Let It RAIN! 

Oh wow!

It's raining! Well not anymore!

Hopefully, the light hail that was supposed to have happened over night into the early morning, did not hapen. I was hoping to have been up to see the end results.

I didn't have a place to put my vehicle last night. I could only pray that it wouldn't hail on my windshield. I can not say that these are bad and hard times. From reading and watching videos of the America's Billionaires, millionaires, and thousandaire, these are the perfect times for successful entrepreneurs. Those who for whatever reason are the most defiant and they won't be noticed until the times such as these biblically known as the last days appear.  A mighty person so to speak! Like let us look back in the past to a person who was least expected to be chosen by humans, but then it was the choice of the supreme being, the Most High God of the Universe.

First that is a massive thought to hold, if you have ever been in the above sea level locations of the world. I heard and read about the significant multitude of stars in the sky. Before ever having the opportunity to gaze upon as many as I could see above my head, while taking a break in New Mexico with my uncle on our way to Pheonix Arizona. We were headed there to work on telephone cables hidden 10 feet down in the desert, partially desert any way.

Back to the stars, wow! it was as if I had a mild overwhelming sensation. Now remembering the conversation between God and father Abraham. When the Lord said for him to look at the stars in the sky and count them. Father Abraham, said that he couldn't count them, for there was too many of them. Then the Lord said look at the grain of sand on the shore. Again, father Abraham said that they were too many for him to count. Then the Lord said that this was how many descendants that Abraham would have. Is there a mathematical genius on hand? We need a count, from the book of Genesis to the book of Revelations and we are living in the last days or hours of Revelations. It's almost debatable. Some believe it is the last hour per individual and not for the entire world.

Some could argue that we are not living in the last days at all, but I think that we are. I would state to say that if we wanted to have a map of things to come the bible of all books would be the one to look to. I have read a lot of books, spiritual books. None of them is like this Holy Bible. Other spiritual books will challenge what you have learned prior to reading them, some books are deadly! Still this book gives more accurate all time events than any other can compare or at least make an attempt to compare. 

Let's get back to this boy who would have been overlooked by the standards of humanity. I think that I have written once before, that a mighty person is not mighty because of their physical abilities. No! I learned that they are mighty by their spirit. I speak of the young “Shepherd boy” the 8th son of Jesse, from the tribe of Judah, the law giver of Jehovah over the nation of Israel. Who is famous for his battles, specifically the giant killer. Even the prophet sent to anoint David, would have over looked him, because of his physical appearance. I think that one of the most modern version of King David's heart or spirit and soul. Is the movie “Captain America.” I forget the year, but if you followed the original making of the current Captain America who fights along side of Iron man, this version of Captain America, started off scrawney and tiny. Most unlikely to be chosen for any top fit physical activities. There was a scientist speaking with the general or senior officer about who would be the best candidate  for the scientist experiment. 

Then the sergeant, took a King Solomon's approach. If you ever read the Holy Bible, King Solomon also was the son of King David who took over his dad's position after he died. King Solomon, was given a take to settle a dispute between two women over a baby. Solomon simply said, bring me a sword, and acted as if he was going to cut the baby in half. This caused the real mother to throw herself in harms way to save her child. Amazingly, the skinny soldier done a similar act, after the sargeant through a dumby geranade on the ground. The weak and frail man threw himself on the grenade unknowingly knowing that it was a fake. What is so crazy about the story is that they were similar, right? With king Solomon, it was a fake mom challenging the real mother. With Captain America, there was a bully who really seemed tough, but as soon as the grenade was thrown, he was one of the many running and hiding from the threat.

David's back story is that he as a warrior from the heart upclose and personally destroyed a Lion and a Bear for the life of one sheep in it's mouth of each creature. He was a boy when that happened. Time would tell, the only person who knew of that battle beside David, as I know. The bible doesn't say if there were any other person(s) there. The story said he done a count and found that he was missing one sheep, per occasion. So, no, I think only the Lord knew that these moments had taken place. Maybe he did say something , but nobody would have believed it. I say that because of what his brothers said to him before his battle with Goliath.

I said all of that to speak on what these individuals and groups say about these times. Or at least the inflation and the recession, they have always existed. We see companies like GE, Coke, Pepsi, etc. We grew up on theses products and saw their commercials. They are still standing stronger than before. I say that they were defiant of the economic situations around them. It is like the old school saying. Where ever there is a will then there is also a way! David shown his defiance in that he didn't allow his size to stop him from doing what was right as a shepherd, and as a good manager and steward of his father's possesions. 

It is a similar job for a CEO of a corporate structure. They're given the duty of being a Stewart and manager over what is not theirs in ownership. It is a similar situation with all of those who are joint heirs to the throne of Jesus Christ.  A responsibility given from the Most High God, in Jesus, in the body of Jesus.

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