Truths that I Know

I know that "luminous beings are we, not this crude matter." I know that we do go on. I know that I, the essential part of me that is Me, am more than this meat machine I drive around in every day. I know that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, which for me also validates all of the above. I don't just have a soul, I am a soul.

I know that there is a God. I know because of a very personal and intimate experience in a moment outside of time, at a time in my life when I had no faith. I know because I was in His presence, because He brought me there, because He gave me a choice, and an answer.

I know that Jesus was a real man, and the son of God in truth. I know that through His suffering and His sacrifice He paid the blood price for every sin every person who comes to Him has committed. I know that through Him I am Saved.

I know that I am Saved, and nothing can take that Salvation from me.

I know that Heaven is a real place, as real as the room I am in. I know that the New Earth is as real as this one, and my beloved critter companions have gone on before me to that New Earth. I know that they were perfect innocents who did not need to be judged, and so were allowed to go on ahead, to populate that New Earth as reward for lives lived in love and loyalty.

I know that Saturday is still the Sabbath, that never changed, and one of our most important commandments is to keep it holy. God never changed the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday, the church changed it to make a difference from the Jews - but God's Sabbath is Saturday, and we are to keep it as a day of rest and reflection. Even Jesus rested in the grave on Saturday, keeping His Father's Sabbath even in death.

I know that Jesus was born on April 17th, not December 25th. The Star appeared in the eastern sky on April 17th, 6 BC. We know Jesus was born in the Spring as recorded in the Hebrew calendar, and during the lambing season (when shepherds combined and slept with their flocks in groups to ward off predators) (also a foreshadowing of His sacrifice). We know astrologically that the Star did appear, and it appeared in the night between April 16th and April 17th of 6 BC.

I know that I have faith at least as small as a mustard seed, and I will cling to that faith with white knuckles. I have seen miracles with my own eyes. I have seen the impossible path be cleared, and stood in wonder. I have had these things in my own life, not a second-hand story. I will not forget, and I will Believe.

I know that I am a shepherdess, and that I will continue to feed my hungry little sheep all the Truths that I know, regardless of the world's words or doubts. I know that I am teaching my children the way God wants me to teach them, the words God wants me to use, because He approves and rewards us.

Not my will, Lord, but Thine. Thy Perfect Will.

I am Your Sabbath Shepherd.