Writing in Snow

I've went through a lot of test and difficulties in my life. I'm still going through them. I'm facing one test now that I've dealt with for years; it's a reoccurring issue that I have to overcome. It occurs when I'm worried about something, in this case financial. It hits me when I'm not concentrating on something else. Lately it's occurred of a morning, instead of at night when I'm going to sleep. It's not occurring at night because I say prayers or repeat prayers I've memorized. I think I will do this of a morning, as well. Once I start my do I can, usually, push the issue aside; although, it tends to comeback when I'm not focused on doing work either physically or mentally.

How do I explain the dreams about the Return of Christ? My soul knew, without a doubt that Christ had returned in the Glory of the Father. The first dream occurred when I was living in Blackwell, Oklahoma, at my parents home on College Ave. In the dream, I looked out the window and up at the blues sky. There I saw a Christ descending with the clouds. The clouds around his face and were white and shining with light. He was concealed by the clouds, with only His eyes visible and looking down at the Earth. His eyes were beautiful.

Are dreams random? Yes, some of them, but not all. I know that dream aren't random because I have had dreams that opened my spiritual and mental eyes to a new reality. At the time I had the dreams I didn't consciously realize what they were telling me; however, my spirit know and it prodded me to seek a new spiritual path. Nudged me to search for Christ Returned in the Glory of the Father. I found the answer to my search when I discovered Baha'u'llah, the Glory of God, the Lord of Hosts.

"As to truthful dreams: I beg of God that thy inner eye (insight) may be so opened that thou mayest thyself differentiate between truthful and untruthful dreams."

Abdu’l-Baha13

Were the dreams about the Return of Christ truthful? Yes, because they boar fruit by leading me to Baha'u'lllah. I knew, the moment I read Baha'u'llah's writings that they came to Him through the Holy Spirit. Baha'u'llah proclaimed that there is only one Divine Creator, who at periodic intervals sends Divine Messengers or Manifestations that assist humanity to achieve its full spiritual and material potential. He proclaimed gender equality (though He did not used that particular phrase). He proclaimed the common foundation of all religions, which are revealed through Prophets sent by God.

Gratitude List for 15 Mashíyyat

Today I am thankful...
          ...that I received a coupon from the Paratransit service for one free ride. I will use this sometime this month.
          ...that I have 125 points in my Survey Spot account.
          ...that I finished Are Dreams Random?   by David Langness, which is Part 3 of the series Turning to Your Dreams for Spiritual Guidance  .
          ...that I have $63.86 in my Google AdSense account.
          ...that I have finished Can You Trust Your Dreams?   by David Langness, which is Part 4 of Turning To Your Dreams For Spiritual Guidance  .

Power Breakfast14

The sun turns the sky pink
with the new born rays of light.
Prayers chanted in the dawn
break the fast of night.

Footnotes
13  Tablets of Abdu’l-Baha, v1, p. 195.
14  I posted this in Poet 999 - A Butterfly Emerges from Her Cocoon.

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Today I began the series Turning to Your Dreams for Spiritual Guidanhce   this six part series, by David Langness, was written and posted on BahaiTeachings.org   in 2015. I discovered this series when I was glancing through another article, and discovered the link to one of the articles in this series at the bottom of the other article. I clicked on the link, and found that it was a series. Since dreams have played an important part in my spiritual journey, I decided to read the series.

I began a new series on BahaiTeachings.org   by Simon Ward called The Way the Creator Sees Us  . The first installment is Does God Really Love Me?  , and it emphasizes--with the use of quotes by 'Abdul-Baha from The Promulgation of Universal Peace--that God does love humanity. God loves humanity unconditionally, and show that love everyday. I suspect that the reason many people don't see God's love is that they either don't believe in God, or they don't think they are lovable.

I have approximately three things to finish up today, plus some reviews. This morning I composed an entry for "I Blog Poetry and Prose" , which I started last night in my pen and paper journal. I used part of last night's draft; however, most of today's entry was composed this morning. This happens sometimes, because I think I know what I want to write when I compose a handwritten draft. When I write poetry, I usually stick with most of the lines I compose at night. When I write prose or start a short story, I end up changing some or most of it when I transcribe it into an item. The good thing about writing drafts longhand is that it gives my mind a chance to consider what I want at a slower pace.

September draws to an end, and October will soon be here. I'm not participating in "October Novel Prep Challenge"  in any capacity this year. I haven't decided whether I'm participating in NaNoWriMo yet, I'll decide that by the end of October. I'm not looking forward to NaNoWriMo this year; however, that doesn't mean I won't get enthused about it before November 1. Part of my plans for October are listed in "I Blog Poetry and Prose"  "Saturday Thoughts and Contemplations" , I know other things will come up as October advances. One thing I know I have to work on is writing poems or prose covering "Themes For Poems and Blog entries" , which I created in March of this year. I also want to write poems using Baha'u'llah's titles as either the title or the theme, below are just a few of the titles that I have discovered. There are many more titles; however, I will wait until after I've finished these 18 to write about the others.