I am awakened this morning to a plan God has been arranging for some time, and today He enlightened me to it.  I can only speak to the “plan” at this point because how it will materialize is yet to happen.  (If I were reading this as a third party I’d think this will be my last time to read the blog.  This guy is going over the edge.)  I have known for years that I have not been in touch with my spirit.  I know about spirit, but I truly haven’t known what living in the reality of spirit means or is like.  I know that the substance of spirit is: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, long suffering, self-control.  These are called the fruits of the spirit found in Galatians 5:22.  I also know that God gives us The Holy Spirit to dwell in us when we receive Jesus Christ as our Savior.  I also know that The Holy Spirit is to dominate our own spirit when we take the step to make Jesus Christ our Lord as well as Savior.  These steps I’ve taken.

In learning about being a new creation resulting from taking the steps above I’ve realized that the new creation is NEW because all three of these beings:  God, Jesus and Holy Spirit ARE the Spiritual Kingdom.  If I’m going to be able to live in my new creation I’ve got to begin trusting what I cannot see and touch to be my strength.  Some other items of substance for spirit are: trust, hope, faith and more.

So, how does this fit into a plan that God showed me this morning?  Well, I’ve always feared stepping into the struggle of homosexuality.  I’ve struggled from the abuse of a brother who was gay and I’ve struggled with the thoughts of it.  I’ve talked about this publicly when I give my testimony but I don’t go deeply into facing this giant because of my fear that it owned me.  As a new creation God is showing me that it is a struggle and not an owner.  He is the One who owns me.  When I said last weekend in my blog about the two people who talked to me regarding my addressing this topic, I went into a panic.  I knew I should but I also knew I couldn’t.  God has firmly showed me in the last few days that I can and I will by doing it as the new creation He has given me.  As the new creation I will do this with The Holy Spirit’s empowerment.  Now, that is the end of the plan.  I don’t know anymore.  So now I put into effect the substance of faith, hope and trust.  This new creation has an old man story that needs to be used to help others find the freedom in spirit God is giving me.  I want to help as best I can and now I say–I will as a new creation.