Dylan Morrison Shares Daily of His Walk with Divine Love...

I met Dylan through his personal story, The Prodigal Prophet, six years ago, and Divine Love in 2016... The thought comes to me that, perhaps, he comes into my life again when I need him...to refresh me, to know that Jeshua - Jesus is always with us and His Divine Love covers us, even now, in this chaos that is erupting out of America across the world, dividing our nation, using God's name in ways that should never be... leaving behind our basic values of goodness, kindness, truth, and love for our fellow man...

Lightning bolts come from above. So too the sayings you are about to read. I can assure you that they were definitely not birthed in my earth bound consciousness. Rather, they appear to have flowed from somewhere else via an open portal in my higher unconscious. As a young, Irish Charismatic prophet, my prophecies for others just came, bubbling up from a spirit well deep within, totally bypassing my rational mind. So too with the content of this book. Lightning bolts momentarily light up the surrounding countryside. Hopefully, what you read here will have a similar effect, bringing Light to the dark recesses of your psyche-soul. Co-operating operating with the staccato-like wisdom of what follows may change your inner landscape for ever. Lightning bolts contain huge amounts of high voltage, electrical energy. Hopefully these mini-insights will channel an intense Divine energy into your psycho-spiritual batteries. 

Whilst writing them, I felt a power surge within. Hopefully, this spiritual oomph will also transmit itself to you, my readers. Lightning bolts can easily bring down obstacles that stand in its earthbound way. Trees, buildings, and even people can be the unsuspecting victims of its fierce intensity. Human ingenuity has cleverly invented lightning conductors to safely redirect the rampant rage of Nature's fiery downloads. 

Hopefully, the target of these mystical musings will be the debilitating towers of religious legalism and spiritual abuse. These dysfunctional mutations of the spiritual path fully deserve to fall to the ground. Of course ego will try and protect its psycho-spiritual allies by conducting the fiery flashes of Spirit Breath into the neutralizing rod of our conceptual minds. May Light, however, strike where it wills – the open hearts of those with ears to hear and eyes to see. On a more practical point, I have formatted my little, literary offering as a daily reader. The reason for this is two-fold. Firstly, the spiritual thoughts that comprise it came to me on a daily basis. Divine Love seems to realize that we can't handle too much paradigm-changing truth at one go. Drip feeding seems to be its preferred modus operandi. 

Hopefully each little saying will contain enough spiritual fat to chew on over a twenty four hour period. Secondly, Divine Love delights to approach us each day. Yesterday's soul food tends to go stale if left unabsorbed by the human heart. Today's spiritual bread always miraculously appears, if we but tune our ears to the frequency of Spirit Breath. 

One simple thought, energized by Divine Presence 

is a great way to start our day.

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In Bolts From the Blue, Morrison shares Thoughts, bits of knowledge, pieces of wisdom, and spurts of praise... It can be used as a daily meditation, but like many readers, I just kept on reading... although I did a lot of highlights even as I read, wanting to pinpoint simple or bold statements and issues that I was most impressed with.

If this is the first book by the author read, it will perhaps be surprising. Morrison openly shares the evolution he has experienced from his youth to his time, now spent with Divine Love. Morrison's books are meant to challenge you, just as he challenged himself. When he saw the religious experience in one form or another, he was quite willing to question and, if necessary, move on to continue his search... to find the life that Divine Love can bring...

Just happy to be a Divine kid, dancing in the Light of Day.

I find Spiritual growth when I read Dylan Morrison. Not because I agree with everything he may say, but because he shares his thoughts, his words, and his opinions for us to consider--do they speak to me, because they are my own opinions? Or do they go further than I have ever been and am not sure I can accept his thoughts? What I like best is the challenge! I recognize that many of Dylan's experiences are my own--interest in self-help books, psychology, as well as spiritual teachings, including mysticism... Surely, if there are others across the world seeking God and knowing Him, I am able to learn and grow. I do not accept the strict singing of Joyful, Joyful as written by Beethoven. Instead, I want to experience that joy from God's love and know him intimately as one who shares with me daily.

And that's what Morrison presents to you... Either a short statement mostly not more than 10 lines that you can read each day, or, open the book, and read until you find what is important for you at the time. 

Here's just one question that struck me--Do we pray to convince Divine Love to act or to listen to what it's already planning? It is a time when black seems white and up seems down--when truth has been discarded for choosing words to mean whatever it is that is desired at the time. Many have chosen to put their own plan into motion, rather than listening to what Divine Love always speaks of--love one another--do unto others as you would have them do unto you--love your neighbor as yourself--do unto the least of these as you would do unto Me... Are we in a time when some people pray to convince God how, why, and when to act instead of listening to His Plan?

Another that hit me right in the eye--To Debate Or To Be? Religious debate is the unusual, little love child of religious belief. Whilst appearing as an angel of light, one with the most holy of intent, it often hides a most vicious and murderous violence. Beware of the debate junkie. Ok, I realized that the merge of religion and politics had gotten me into a "debate" phase. Was this little gem sent directly to me? Well, I sure stopped to reread it several times. Perhaps I had become a junkie because of my frustration, rather than allowing peace and acceptance of what He has planned... But...I'm going to have to reread that often...just like you might find those that hit you...But I do know that a new calm has come to me...

Elections Every four or five years, political egos participate in ritualized debate, only to abandon folk to get on with it, after getting into office. Authentic freedom is always discovered outside the camp of skewed desire, and hence, by definition,outside the popular, cultural scapegoating game known as politics.

It seems the "bolts" given to us through this book are timely and affect our daily lives as well as our spiritual lives. That was important for me, and perhaps for you? Because we do live in this diverse world and need to consider how our lives are affected by that world's actions... We can rejoice when Dylan points out that "It was never designed to be this hard." And isn't that a wonderful bit of wisdom... How many of us grew up with the don'ts and thou shall nots and more, yet were never introduced to His Divine Love, which frees us from even having to make those choices that we've stopped to make over and over during the years...

Elections Every four or five years, political egos participate in ritualized debate, only to abandon folk to get on with it, after getting into office. Authentic freedom is always discovered outside the camp of skewed desire, and hence, by definition,outside the popular, cultural scapegoating game known as politics.

It seems the "bolts" given to us through this book are timely and affect our daily lives as well as our spiritual lives. That was important for me, and perhaps for you? Because we do live in this diverse world and need to consider how our lives are affected by that world's actions... We can rejoice when Dylan points out that "It was never designed to be this hard." And isn't that a wonderful bit of wisdom... How many of us grew up with the don'ts and thou shall nots and more, yet were never introduced to His Divine Love, which frees us from even having to make those choices that we've stopped to make over and over during the years...

One thing you will quickly realize--Dylan Morrison does not speak and write like most of us. His research and experience has been extensive. And he speaks about what is happening around and about him in words that is within his own lexicon. His merge of psychology, spirituality, religion takes some time to get used to. And his lightning bolt aim at different aspects of our lives can be startling. Yet, once you put aside any pre-conceived ideas of what a daily teaching book should be like, you may find each bit of thought-provoking images he places before you, as stimulating, maybe traumatic at first, but, then with a growing sense of awareness--awareness that he just might be right in what he presents... And that his words just may be what you are looking for...

Are you willing to take the risk to find His Divine Love...right where it's always been available?

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Through the Year With Jimmy Carter - A Wonderful Daily Meditation

A Shocking Revelation 


Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters — yes, even their own life — such a person cannot be my disciple.”

LUKE 14:25 – 26 
I cannot “hate” my wife and four children, our twelve grandchildren, our six great-grandchildren, or the memory of my mother and father. So what can Jesus mean in this verse? In the original Greek, the word translated “hate” is miseo, which could mean “to love less,” or to put in a secondary position.

Christ is saying that his followers must put their faith in him above family obligations or natural feelings of love for their closest kin. While this is easier to accept than “hate,” it’s still a difficult and even disturbing requirement. We must put every priority in life below our commitment to Christ. Our top priority must be to follow him, to keep his commandments, and to emulate his actions. That is a profound but greatly beneficial directive. 

It gets even more profound and unsettling when Christ says his disciples must also choose to carry their cross and follow him. Ordinarily we think of carrying a cross as enduring some kind of trial. If we have a debilitating disease, we might say, “This disease is my cross to bear.” Sometimes we treat it as a self-congratulatory thing: “I’m being courageous in the face of difficult setbacks.” But that isn’t what Jesus has in mind. 

In those days, when Romans gave a sentence of crucifixion, they required the condemned to carry his cross to the place of execution, thus giving the impression that the condemned both acknowledged and accepted the justice of the sentence. Christ is saying, then, that we must associate with him and acknowledge the justness of his demands. We choose to follow him and identify with him — regardless of the cost. 

God, I’m grateful that even disturbing lessons from your Word are designed to make a permanent and positive impact on my life. Teach me, in practical ways, what it means to put you first in everything I do, and then give me strength to identify with you even in situations where doing so might cost me dearly. I ask these things in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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As I've been so affected by the present chaos with our president, I have found I've turned to other presidents to seek and learn from men who have held the position while at the same time, keeping their basic beliefs and morality. This daily meditation by President Jimmy Carter has been a wonderful choice for exactly what I was seeking. 

Combining sometimes thoughts on his time during the presidency, or just a statement on a selected scripture for thought and prayer, Carter has given his readers a time to rejoice with the Lord without dealing with our own daily thoughts...turning only to Him for guidance and a time of learning.

When I read the meditation, a Shocking Revelation, which talks about choosing God above all others, including family, Carter's discussion on the word "hate" was especially enlightening for me...as we find ourselves in the nation being torn apart, where even religion has become part of the political scene and so closely entwined with their beliefs, that I have been dismayed at Who exactly we are Following and why there is such a wide divergence in the opinions held by many.

Follow Me was always a special song that I used as a solo for church services. It helped me to understand what it means to Follow Him. As did the specific meditation and prayer that was provided for one day as I'm walking through the year with Jimmy Carter. I haven't finished the book but have read enough to know it is both a powerful statement of President Carter's faith and beliefs, but also provides a daily teaching moment for readers that will help in understanding our life as today's Christian... 

I'm sharing about another meditation because of the discussions now taking place in Washington. We must all acknowledge, if only to ourselves, that we are not free of sin, and when challenged, sometimes it takes a wrong turn for some of us...But He is always there to guide us through His Holy Spirit if we but stop to listen...


A Sin of the Heart


“I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
MATTHEW 5:28 On his deathbed, my brother called in one of his good buddies from Plains and said, “Everybody knows that I have only a few days to live. I don’t want to die with something on my conscience. I have to tell you, in complete candor, that your wife and I have had an affair for the last three years.” 
His friend’s face dropped. The man gulped a couple of times — and then Billy laughed and said, “No, I’m just joking.” That was Billy. In real life, of course, adultery is no laughing matter. In fact, I almost lost the presidential election because of it. As a Sunday school teacher, I felt qualified to explain what Christ had in mind when he spoke about adultery. I said he was setting an example that would force all of us to recognize our sinfulness. My mistake was that I explained this to magazine reporters, who published my edited remarks as an admission that I was constantly unfaithful to my wife by thinking sexually about other women. 
Once the magazine came out, it was too late for me to correct their misimpressions. In fact, these verses prevent those of us who have remained loyal to our spouse from claiming that we’ve upheld the standards of Christ — which are nothing less than perfection. 
If we want to claim for ourselves a righteous moral standing, then Jesus insists that we meet his perfect standards. None of us can do so, of course. We all fall woefully short — and that is the point. 
Jesus died on the cross because of our status as sinners in need of forgiveness. Only through faith in him, who led a perfect life, can we be reconciled with a holy God. That keeps us from bragging, even to ourselves. 

Dear Lord, thank you for the teaching of Jesus Christ, which shows me that all people, myself included, fall short of your standard of perfection. Remind me of this truth to prevent my becoming smug or self-satisfied in my religion. Give me compassion for those who stumble and the grace to treat them as equals in your sight. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

If you are looking for a small book to challenge you daily about your faith, and help teach you a lesson in a short, meaningful fashion, then this book may not be what you are looking for. And, if you have concerns about what is going on in America right now, seeking the words of a former U.S. President...it can't hurt to see what he went through in politics and worked to live in his faith! Highly recommended!


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See also my review of another important book from Carter