Just Connect: Make It Last

JUST CONNECT: MAKE IT LAST

by

Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid (July 26, 2016)

“Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness [3:11, KJV]...But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. [3:21, KJV]...He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true [3:33, KJV] (St. John 3: 9-36, KJV [Of regeneration and faith]).

Greetings In The Holy Name of Jesus,

My sisters and brothers, grimaced and true to the Word of God the powerful renditions of Praise the Lord everybody, came to my heart and mind, relentlessly calling my attention to the will of God. I sang out loud, Praise the Lord everybody, Say: Praise the Lord. Let the promise of God save you, Say: Thank you, Jesus. Let the prevailing spirit of Christ Jesus comfort you, Say: Honor thou Holy Ghost. Let the God that saves you place the spirit of forgiveness in your heart, Say: Honor thy mother and father. Let Jesus save you, Say: Love thy neighbor. Let the will of God prevail in your life, Say: Thy will be done. Let the will of God rejoice in your heart, Say: Thy will be done. Let the Savior walk with you throughout your life's journey, Say: In The Name Of Jesus. This song of praises to God, chants of redemption, my salvation song praiseworthy to honor the will of God sustained me, you see, as I worked, in the field under the tyranny of the blazing sun much in need of water and rest but I did not weaken under the stress and strain, amazingly, I grew stronger in song and I sang and my strength showed itself---revealed itself to me that I could just connect with God make it last. This faith of mine called in question on so many days, nights, mornings, noon days and right now not in the blink of my eye did I decide for I decided a long time ago to walk with God but right now I decided not to utter another thought contrary to that decision---not to rethink or distance myself from my conviction to follow Christ Jesus as a bride with her husband---as the church with their savior. For I knew my love was true and I could not I would not let anything separate me from my first love---my love of God, my love of Jesus, my love of the spirit of God that dwells in me.

Most importantly, in a world of technology I think how much God outpaced the people of the earth in communication, in the spirit with the immediate receipt of His messages and the messages of the world popping up in your mind's eyes at a speed that boggles the mind----telepathic might be the only clue to look into God's power---how He communicates with us through visions, dreams, His voice and His messengers that just connect make it last in your heart and mind so that you cannot deny and all doubts placed aside face you with the wondrous working power of God. Today, in the flesh I think I need Skype---the camera that shows my body to the monitor of the computer or to the screen of the telephone so that anyone I am connected with might speak---talk to me, see me and know that I am here---there within reach to communicate. Somehow, I want the programs/nowadays called apps [applications] Skype and Facetime to provide a video transcript---primary subtitles and secondary subtitles or captions of the recorded communication between myself and all those who I saw on video who spoke to me/talked to me, even more the auditory Whats App that only provides auditory communication----I need my communication for future reference for my memory of all things does not fail me as much as I might not use my mental faculties to the best of my abilities under stress and strain in the flesh for my spirit does not stress and strain; it is my flesh which is weak---so, in the flesh I think it is good to retrieve lost thoughts of video and auditory communication available to me desired by me for future reflection so that my flesh when recall failed which understandably might be fragile at the moment I need it will sustain me. Not only that, I want the recorded text the transcript of our time together to automatically to be sent out via email and text to myself and all those who spoke/talked to 2

me for it is not possible for me at this time in my spiritual growth to remain in spirit at all times while I communicate. Is that too much to ask of modern technology, so I could by catalog organize my thoughts with others in my own system of files---for reflection on words and meanings? With that said, this closeness of just connect make it last is by no means the closeness that I experience with God but it is a need---the law of Jesus to love my neighbor and the effort of that, so that I might draw closer to Jesus, my Lord and Savior---the God that saved me so that my Father in heaven might see my love in my heart and know my love in my mind, is truth.