Dear friend Lana,
Thanks for both of your emails, i.e. yours and
Diane’s!
How true and helpful such thoughts are as are
portrayed in a story like Diane’s. Yet,
to me there is a strong impression that there is a danger in too much emphasis
upon the event and the things and the person of Yehoshua
that is making us stop short of the really valuable lessons in Yehoshua’s death and crucifixion. I feel there is a tendency towards making the
event, the cross, other related things, and the person Yehoshua
as crucified, into a relic and to do what the Roman Catholic Church is, or
should be, infamous for having most always done with the life and message of Yehoshua, i.e. forgetting and hiding in a deep shroud of
mystery that which ought to be revealed, exposed, adequately dealt with, and
thus resolved. I opened up my EGW Study
Bible this morning to Deuteronomy 6. In the EGW comments on the bottom of the
page are these words: ”This is a righteousness of
faith, a righteousness hidden in a mystery of which the worldling
knows nothing, and which he cannot understand…”
Some things remain mystery to “the worldling”
that do not remain a mystery to the Sons and Daughters
of Yahweh. I fear that too many
“Adventists” these days choose “mystery” before revelation and understanding
thus each making him/her self a “worldling”. Let’s apply this thought… Thinking about those drops of blood dripping
upon the shoulders of the sad man. Blood
can be thought of as a vehicle transmitting nutrients and trash into and out of
the body. Blood can be thought of as the
word, any word, particularly the Word of Yahweh. It’s a cleansing agent and an agent of
life. The shoulders, ours, mine and yours, is the place where a yoke is placed. Yehoshua said: “my yoke is light and not heavy”. A yoke may be thought of as responsibilities
in life. The thing the Creator has given
each of us to carry upon our shoulders is our very own head. We are not to cut our heads of and give it to
another to carry, not even to Yehoshua. Why?
Didn’t He himself ask us to carry the light yoke He Himself has given
each of us.
Then if we don’t do that we disobey Him.
We don’t cut our heads of to give to Him, but we may invite Him to be
One with each of us just like He is One with His Father and His Father is One
with Him and with each of us. Compare John 17.
I love the eagle! I love your quote: “They
that wait upon the Lord shall renew their
strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles. Isaiah 40;31.” Another text that really came home to me
within the last couple of weeks in re to the eagles is this one as focused upon
in the Sabbath School Bible study guide: “Ye have seen what I did unto the
Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself”
Exodus 19:4. This in relation to the Eagle
and the
Let’s never forget the Second Article within
the Covenant between the Creator and each of us. Anything created, whether man or bird,
whether Yehoshua or
…..
Well, I’m back from
Many people may perceive my thoughts as too
different, unacceptable, even heretical, yet what’s rewarding to perceive is
that after giving the ideas a little time to sprout in the minds of those
others they obviously grow to become what appears to be their own, and I’m
rewarded to reap the fruits of seeds I may have been contributing a little bit
in sowing. Thus the world is changing in
small ways that add up to big ways. I
may not be much more than a butterfly clumsily flying from one flower to the
next, but as the butterfly, I too, may be granted the opportunity of changing
the weather, so to speak, on a planetary scale and even within days at
times. Isn’t this the same as what the
most advanced physicists of today’s science call the Butterfly Effect? Isn’t this the blessings granted entirely by
Yahweh, the Creator?!
Poor Lana! Lana says: “…other people have a life.
I on the other hand do not.” Did I tell you that the mirror image Noah saw
in the eyes of Yah may also be correctly translated ‘fish bowl’. A fish trapped in a tiny fish bowl. Noah trapped on a planet where Noah was given
to understand impending disaster on a planetary scale… and nowhere to go. 120 years to do something, yes, but
what? But, yes, the fish bowl is not
only the problem, it’s also the solution… Yippy,
dippy, doo!!!!!!!!! “I’ll build me a
fish bowl, for me and mine, I’ll call it an “ark”, and we’ll be floated upon
the top of the disaster, the Flood, I am, yes I AM, responsible, as taught me
by YHWH the Creator. YHWH is the one who
freely granted me the idea, the thought, the mirror image perceived out of His
eyes. That is what ‘grace’ is. “And Noah looked into the eyes of YHWH and
found himself, found his mirror image, found grace”. Genesis 6:8.
So Lana is in a fish bowl… but Lana is doing what Noah did, is
she not?! Lana is looking into the eyes
of her Creator, and she too is seeing the mirror image of her self, or her very
own name… What lessons will she
draw? Who am I to tell?! Yahweh talks to each of us uniquely. I may draw one lesson, you’ll draw
another. The well is deep. There’s plenty of water to draw from. A flood!
The problem is the SOLUTION! There’s
plenty of time… 120 years. No doubt. Why doubt it?
If you think you’ll only live to 70, think again! If you start eating Q10 daily you’ll probably
eliminate both ailments and fatigue as well as adding a good 50% to your life
expectancy even if starting very late in life.
And then you have the lessons taught by Dr. John Lee in ‘What your
doctor won’t tell you about menopause” to read and discover and you’ll quickly
resolve all of your female problems and start rebuilding the strength of your
bones while likely even eliminating your RA while also adding additional years
to you life… If you keep on learning step-by-little-step and precept upon
precept with a focus upon life and truth as taught by Yahweh you’ll add years
to your life with no end in sight. If
you doubt it you won’t look, you won’t see, you won’t do, and it won’t happen…
It’s all up to you! As it was to
Noah! Exactly as it was to Noah…
No my wife never married another,
she is still my wife, though per chance she chooses not to say she is. At one time she got involved with a double
cousin of mine, but when he discovered who she really was… well, she is still
my wife, the only other she’s married is the Baal Beast, like so many
others…
Hans my oldest is 16. Presently up in
Jonathan, my second is 14, married to his
computer into most of the late nights while forced to go to school during day
time. He’s into 3D design and seems
interested in stuff related to what movie producers do for a living. He’s growing by leaps and bounds in more ways
than one.
Amita, my beloved daughter is 11. I see her about three hours a week. We share and relate. Reed
books. Talk. Play. Enjoy one another.
Do I see them?
Not much. Not by far. They’ve been kidnapped by a treasonous
society impaling themselves upon the mind of my wife. Is there hope? Am I in a fish bowl like Noah was? Is the problem the solution? Who’s in charge? Who’s responsible? Should I turn my back and go to sleep while
the Lord of Evil does his thing? Or has
YahWeh granted me a vision giving meaning to my life? Do I see light in the eyes of Yah? You bet I do!!!!!!!!
You’re welcome about my being open and
sharing. Just don’t distort it in
sharing with another. I don’t enjoy the
fruits of distortion. All second hand shared information is by necessity and by
nature distortion, and I for one have had too much of that fruit of good and
evil and neither want nor need any of the kind.
But you know that and I trust your good heart, you being you, the lovely
sweet and thoughtful Lana. Thanks for
being you!
I too enjoy your emails. One of the joys of my life. I have a little flag popping up in the corner
of my ‘puter every time there’s a letter from my
sweet friend Lana. She’s the only one
sending emails to that email address so I get very happy every time I see that
flag popping up and saying there’s and email for me…
I love your style of writing as well as your
choice of decorating your emails. Just
wish those decorations would copy over to Word… or that I’d know how to make them do
that.
Perhaps that’s more than enough for this
time….
Shabbat shalom and enjoy the fish bowl,
Gunnar
From: "Lana"
svetnick@yahoo.com
To: <FamiljenSmars@mail.com>
Cc:
Subject: Re: Ms Pest no longer responding
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 16:04:29 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
They that wait upon the Lord
shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles. Isaiah 40;31
Dear Gunnar,
I think thou thinkest of me
to well. :o) but thank you because I have the
need to feel ok with people.
How interesting that you should say that maybe it is
not automatic that someone is asking for help just because they share a
problem. I believe that is true.....my sister feels she automatically has
to fix other people's problems and shares in a way to communicate she has
the answers.
The main reason I think I thought you were
offended is because you had not written for awhile, but then other people
have a life. I on the other hand do not. One day is the same
as another. My greatest need is to be connected with
friends. I longingly wait for my emails. Sometimes I feel
trapped but then I read your words about if things are not as I want them to be
I should do something about it. Well it is true that it is my
choice. I am not employed and there are many things I should make
decisions on, whether to continue to live in Florida, getting a part time job,
how to proceed with improving my health, selling my home, etc, etc, etc,.
When one makes God there first and foremost the path
is clear and there is peace and joy. I have not learned to make that
on a consistent basis.
No I have not found the fountain of youth :o)......it
is just the lighting in which the picture was taken. I am in fact
aging quickly because of my health problems.......Rheumatoid Arthritis, Candida
and of course being at the age where menopause is a reality, yuck!
I have many health related books, on herbs, supplements, treatments but still
have trouble putting it all together to treat my
problems. My father used to say that diseases start in the colon.....he
had a lot of problems. Once your body does not function as it
should and it starts attacking itself well one has to be very aggressive in
restoring it. This week I have been consistent in going on bike
rides.......my exercise regiment.
In regards to my asking about Lennart.....no it is not
about us being an item.....I sent him a picture of myself and he was quick to
tell me that I would not be interested in him, though I enjoy our
correspondence. We never married people have some of the same
issues, I think.
I would like to know what your life is like there in
Sweden.....hope I am not to nosy? You speak of reuniting your
family....but you never told me if your wife remarried? Do you see your
children now? How old are they....they must be close to 20 at least?
Do you keep in touch with Michael....now I am being a
pest....maybe you are trying to avoid answering these questions? :o)
I see in my life that we tend to treat each other as
we treat our Lord!
I love getting your mail, thank you for sharing, for
being sooooo open it makes it easy for me to tell you
anything.
Many Blessings to you on this Sabbath.
Your friend always,
Lana
-------Original Message-------
From: PowerOfChoice
Date:
To: Lana
Subject: For Ms. Pest... ;)
My dearest Lana,
You are so very kind and considerate. No, Ms. Pest,
you have not offended me, and you are not a pest, so therefore you are no
longer Ms. Pest but truly the sweet and lovely Lana I always knew. Since you asked, I must surely have said
something to make you think you had in fact offended me. I was surprised by your question. I’ve been thinking about it during the day
off and on. It came to me that possibly
it had something to do with my suggestions in re to yours and your sister’s
relationship which you mentioned in passing in your last email to me. I guess I took your bait, swallowed it whole
and got hooked into using it as an illustration for something else I was
talking about in my email, thinking that per chance my ideas could be
applicable towards problem resolutions in re to your situation as stated by you
as well. I guess I took license to
giving you such a suggestion based upon a surmising of mine – error on my part,
sorry! – but I know better now… stated problems are
not necessarily a request for help, or are they? How do we ever know how to help, when to
help, where to help, or whom to help?
Anyways, I didn’t mean to offend you by so doing, so if I did, please
forgive me.
Perhaps I am mistaken?
Perhaps it’s the general tone and thought content of my letter that gave
you that impression? If that’s so, then
please understand that I have been, and continue to be severely offended by
many, many people every where around me, by every one near and far, wittingly
or unwittingly, known or unknown, good intentioned or bad intentioned, in
short, most everyone who ever lived, and who contributed or, more importantly,
still contributes in ever so small ways towards the destruction of my family or
that of any other. Do I have reason to
feel offended? I’d say yes - whether you agree or not! Is it possible that it might affect my
general affect? Is it possible that it
would not affect my general affect?
Should I ignore the suffering of my sons and my daughter and the
self-induced suffering of my wife?
Should I just pretend that everything is fine and dandy and there is
nothing that can be done about it while it continues to grow, when there is in
fact something, a whole lot, that can be done about
it? Should I just blame it on He’Zeus, Jupiter, and thank the Roman Catholic Church who
raised up their most unholy symbol, the cross, where they tortured, maimed, and
killed many a martyr besides YeHoShua, namely for the
purpose of accomplishing salvation “through the shedding of blood”. Should I defer problem resolution unto the
Second Coming of Christ at some forever untouchable future date? Or, should I accept the teachings and the
life of my pattern, brother, and friend YeHoShua,
which He insisted upon even unto the very point of death by torture? Shouldn’t
I pick up His teachings, do like He did and does, continually walk with my
heavenly Father, and under His direction and guidance give the trumpet a
certain sound, such that my friends, and anyone who care to listen, take heed,
and join, may participate in our heavenward travel towards problem resolution
in the here and now and forever more until all suffering and death is nothing
but a memory past?
But did you in any way hurt my feelings by any thing
you said or wrote to me? Nope, not in any way.
Just be you as you always were, sweet, lovely, learning, like one true
disciple. That’s how you’ve impressed
me, so that’s who you are to me. If you
do share whatever values you might perceive in my words with others then value
will grow and ours will be a better world, if only just a little. If you can
help others ignore and unlearn anything that will tend towards bad feelings
between one and another, then again, ours will be a better world. I believe I made a statement similar to that
before, and maybe that was the thought that made you think what you thought,
and if that was it then I think you may not have taken my suggestion to reread
my email for purposes previously stated in re to my intention?
Anyways, I wish everyone was as sweet and thoughtful
as you are in asking the question “Have I offended you somehow?” How very much easier wouldn’t it then have
been to find creative and effective remedies for an effective solution to each
and every possible problem. To each and every REAL problem!
Until next time,
Your friend,
Gunnar
From:
"Lana" <svetnick@yahoo.com
To:
<FamiljenSmars@mail.com>
Cc:
Subject: Are you still in Sweden?
Date:
Dear Gunnar,
Not to be a
pest but I just wonder if I have offended you somehow. Please let me know
if I have said anything that has hurt your feelings?
If you do
not wish or are not able to correspond anymore just let me know PLEASE!
All the best.
Blessings,
Lana