I PLAY FOR YOU A VIOLIN

I Play For You A Violin  (repost)

I play for you a violin

And song so soft and sweet

I keep my eyes downcast, demure

As I sit at your feet.

I play for hours at your request

Till time has lost it's meaning

And candles burn down to their wicks

And night is slowly weaning.

Before the dawn has fully come

You hold your hand up high

And bid me stop my melody

Arise and say goodbye.

You do not look back at my face

Tearstung and raised to light

You do not see the love I bear

As you pass from my sight.

A servant girl, that's all I am

With gifted hands to play

Sweet melodies to comfort you

From torments of your day.

A king of royal dynasty

A man of power and yet

You find no peace in power's grasp

No love in life's plan set.

And so I play and so you listen

In silence, just we two

Night after night till daylight breaks

And my heart breaks for you.

You have no inkling of the love

I feel there as I play

Pretending you are mine alone

Till morn takes you away.

To kingly duties, kingly demands

The power of life and death

There in your words, there in your hands

There in your very breath.

All day I wait till midnight comes

For the summon and the call

Your weary face so full of woe

Till at your feet I fall.

And I play for you my violin

Pray peace into the gloom

Wait for your sigh with tear filled eyes

As my love fills up the room.

©by Voo

April 28, 2007

3:45 p.m.

GOD MADE THEM....... in memory of my late mother

God Made Them

When I watch rain falling

I don't just see falling water

I see silver droplets coming from Heaven

And flowers that will bloom

Because God knows the world needs beauty

So He made rain.

When I see birds flying, birds in the sky

I thank God for thinking

That man might need some spirit-lifting tune

Even when he's too tired to sing himself

So He made birds.

When I see the sun

I don't just see a blazing ball of fire

I see God's smile when He thought for awhile

And decided that man needed light in his darkness.

So He made the sun.

When I see my mother

Singing as she lovingly cooks my meals

I don't just see a woman of service

I see the angel that told God of her loneliness

So He made me. 

©By Voo

written sometime 

when I was a little girl

around 10 yrs old

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Nuances (an odd piece found in an old folder)

Nuances

I caught something different in your smile tonight

Some odd, off putting nuance

That made me catch my breath and wonder

If I had made a mistake in thinking that you loved me

For a moment I hung there suspended between doubt

And surety, feeling the strings of my heart being cut

By invisible scissors, with my eyes stinging with unshed tears

And a lump in my throat that prevented syllables of any kind

From escaping from my lips

I didn't know how to feel, where to go, what to do

So I did nothing

And nothing engulfed me.

©️by Voo

    sometime ago

I Have Loved You Wrong

 

Curiosity Killed The Cat

 

In my last article, I discussed the dangers of divination.  It is one of three main practices which falls under the umbrella of the occult. In this article, we move on to an examination of Mediums with a view to understanding why God gives such a clear warning against the use of them. Given that the US psychic services industry alone is valued at $2.3 billion, it is a warning that seems to be falling on deaf ears.

A Medium is a person who communicates with the spirit world.  In Leviticus 19:31, God says very clearly: “Give no regard to mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD.”  This was no mere suggestion.  God took this matter very seriously, evidenced by the severity of the punishment – death.  Leviticus 20:27: “A man or a woman who is a medium, or who has familiar spirits shall surely be put to death; they shall stone them with stones.  Their blood shall be upon them.”

Despite the warning, two kings consulted Mediums.  The evil king Manasseh did so as recorded in 2 Kings 21:6: “Also he made his son pass through the fire, practiced soothsaying, used witchcraft, and consulted spiritists and mediums.  He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to anger.”  The second was Saul.  After Samuel’s death, the Scriptures record that Saul had removed the mediums and the spiritists from the land.  Although this was one of the more positive actions he took during his reign, terrible irony was to come.  In fear and desperation, he sought for that which he removed, proving that he was not only a sinner but also a hypocrite.  1 Samuel 28:7 reads: “Then Saul said to his servants, ‘Find me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her.’  And his servants said to him, ‘In fact, there is a woman who is a medium at En Dor.'”        

According to the website operated by California Psychics, “Most Mediums begin their process of accessing spirits on the Other Side by using meditation.  They also employ some form of psychic self-defense to protect them from dark entities. This protection involves varying techniques, such as prayer and affirmations, surrounding themselves with white light, and stepping into an envisioned bubble shield. Some tap into subtle energies using tools such as Tarot or through scrying using a crystal ball.” 

In my last article, I pointed out that divination relies on the use of Tarot cards and scrying and therefore we see here a clear connection between divination and Mediumship since practitioners openly admit that divination is a gateway to the spirit world.

Within the framework of Mediumship, there are also two subcategories: Mental Mediumship and Physical Mediumship.  Mental Mediumship involves the practitioner connecting their consciousness directly with a spirit in a telepathic bond and speaking what the spirit is saying through them.  This practice includes:

• Clairvoyance, which means “clear seeing”.  Practitioners claim they see disembodied spirits and/or spirit messages through their mind’s eye. Some describe it as similar to a movie playing in their mind. 
• Clairaudience, which means “clear hearing.”  It is the supposed ability to hear in a paranormal manner by tuning into the frequences of the spirit world.  Through this practice, Mediums claim they can hear spirit voices communicating with them, which includes spoken thought, music, and singing.
• Clairsentience, which means “clear feeling.” It is the supposed ability to perceive emotional or psychic energy that is imperceptible to the standard human senses.
• Clairalience, which means “clear smelling.”  This is considered an intuitive, extra-sensory ability that utilises the perception of scents, even those not physically present, to interpret information.
• Clairgustance, which means “clear tasting.”  It supposedly comes when a Medium is given a literal taste of something, such as a once-favoured food of a person in the spirit world.
• Claircognisance, which means “clear knowing.”  Practitioners claim they have clear and sudden knowledge or insights about a situation or information without any logical explanation.

Most Mediums would tell you they practice “Mental Mediumship.”  But, as mentioned earlier, some also practice “Physical Mediumship.”  This is classified as the spirit world manipulating the Medium and creating physical evidence of their presence through some of the following means:

• Levitation, in which inanimate objects lift into the air on their own, or the Medium’s body levitates.
• Automatic Writing, where the Medium holds a writing instrument on paper and relinquishes conscious control to allow a spirit to write its messages through them. Ouija boards are another form used in this way.
• Raps, used by spirits to make audible rapping noises to answer “yes” or “no” questions or acknowledge alphabet letters to slowly spell out messages.
• Ectoplasm, where the Medium’s bodily substance is mixed with an etheric substance which enables a spirit to affect physical matter seen by the naked eye.
• Materialisations, in which the materialisation of a spirit can be seen (eg. ghosts and orbs).
• Channeling involves allowing a spirit to inhabit the Medium’s physical body to speak through them. The Medium’s expression and voice may change significantly to resemble the spirit inside them.

Occultism is a powerful tool of deception, partly because it is so widespread and readily accepted in the modern day.  Anyone in the habit of thoughtlessly absorbing modern culture into their lives will absorb occult influence.  That is why believers need to exercise a significant amount of discernment when interacting with the world system.  The cultural landscape is flooded with occult-friendly beliefs which permeate music, books, magazines, movies, and television shows.  In other words, occultism is paraded as entertainment.  But it is not entertainment – it is demonic and it is dangerous. 

Many people are intrigued by occult practices, and it is that curiosity which draws them into the demonic.  But this is not just a problem for the unsaved – believers can be easily ensnared in occult practices through their curiosity with the supernatural.  The answer is simple: walking daily with Christ demystifies occult intrigue.  Be alert and be armed with the truth of what the occult is.  Our walk of holiness depends on it.

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Dean Dwyer is a Harbinger’s Daily Contributor who has served for over 20 years as Pastor and President of Eiser Street Baptist Church in Queensland, Australia.