August 8, 2024

必须冒着心碎的风险 must risk your heart

 


生活会击垮你。没有人能保护你免受这种伤害,孤独也不能,因为孤独也会用它的渴望击垮你。你必须去爱。你必须去感受。这就是你来到这个世界上的原因。你必须冒着心碎的风险。你来到这里就是为了被吞噬。当你被击垮、被背叛、被抛弃、被伤害或死亡离你太近时,让自己坐在一棵苹果树旁,听着苹果在你周围成堆地掉落,浪费它们的甜味。告诉自己,你已经尝了尽可能多的苹果。~路易斯·厄德里奇 

(书:《彩绘鼓》

 https://amzn.to/47ojLIx)Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and being alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You have to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes too near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself that you tasted as many as you could. ~Louise Erdrich 

(Book: The Painted Drum https://amzn.to/47ojLIx)

August 5, 2024

我知道你有多想念我

 


引言:“一位已逝去的挚爱之人对某人说,‘我知道你有多想念我。我仍能感受到你的爱。你的悲伤让我难过。我仍然守护着你……我仍然以你无法理解的方式拥抱着你。我希望你继续活下去,永远不要忘记我们一起学到的东西。我们一起欢笑。我们一起度过的风雨。但是,我现在安息了,我现在很平静……我不再生病。不再受束缚。这里没有疾病,也没有痛苦。我以你无法理解的方式来看望你。继续坚持,继续忍耐……我在等你……再见到你。’”(在线来源)

June 27, 2024

should Christian bloggers choose AI artificial intelligence or SI Spiritual Intelligence to enhance SEO (search engine optimization)? Watch a supernatural phenomenon

 


How do we choose a title for a Christian post with the hope that it will draw more SEO (search engine optimization) points and more easily found by internet searchers of your topic: AI way of Holy Spirit way? Artificial intelligence (AI) or Holy Spirit Intelligence (SI)? I tried out the AI choice. Then I was shown the SI choice supernaturally! (Read to the end for the supernatural)

As a demonstration, in two out of five recent posts* I used AI to generate more user friendly google SEO (search engine optimization) title:

 “Jetpack AI Assistant fits right into your WordPress Editor. Its intuitive interface lets you engage with AI as if you were chatting with a colleague, reducing the time and effort you spend on content creation. Create, revise, and optimize content without leaving your WordPress Editor.” (Quoted from Jetpack)

Here is a sample of what the AI suggested to makeover the title of my post originally titled: “A vivid end time dream on December 23, 2015 and an affirmation of the truth in Christ” (posted on 2024-06-27) (Another re-post was “Embracing the Abundant Life in Christ: Prophetic Warning Unveiled on 2020-12-12)

The Jetpack AI that WordPress uses generated suggestions of several choices of an “improved” title based on the contents of the post with feedback as follows:

AI Feedback: The content provided is a powerful declaration of faith and identity in Christ, which can serve as a source of encouragement and inspiration for readers. The personal reflection at the end adds depth to the post, providing insight into the author’s journey and the significance of the content. To enhance the post, consider adding a brief introduction to provide context for new readers, and incorporating headings to break up the content and improve readability. Additionally, sharing personal anecdotes or examples of how these beliefs have impacted the author’s life could further engage and connect with the audience.

Choose an optimized title below:

Living in Jesus Christ: The Truth about Believers | Search Engine Benefits: Specific keywords related to belief in Jesus and Christian faith, attracting individuals seeking spiritual encouragement and identity in Christ.

This title highlights the core message of the post, emphasizing the believers’ identity in Jesus Christ, which promotes user engagement and relevance for those searching for spiritual guidance or Christian faith-related content.

Embracing the Abundant Life in Christ: A Prophetic Warning | Search Engine Benefits: Incorporates the theme of a prophetic warning alongside the concept of abundant life in Christ, appealing to users interested in prophetic insights and spiritual empowerment through Jesus.

This title effectively captures the dual themes of the post, combining the prophetic element with the concept of living an abundant life in Christ, which can attract users seeking prophetic messages and spiritual growth through faith.

Overcoming by Faith: The Believer’s Declaration in Christ | Search Engine Benefits: Focuses on the themes of overcoming challenges and declaring faith in Jesus, engaging users searching for empowerment through faith and personal declarations in Christ.

This title emphasizes the empowering message of overcoming challenges through faith and personal declarations in Christ, appealing to users seeking spiritual guidance and encouragement to overcome obstacles in their lives.

After generating several more suggestions, I settled the following title*: (a random pick which retained the original key term “Christmas dream”))

Biblical Positions and Overcoming Adversity in The Watchman’s Christmas Dream * 2024-06-27

The AI also generated a featured image for the post (a kind of a Western character in a forlorn land).

My five recent posts and their links

  1. *Biblical Positions and Overcoming Adversity in The Watchman’s Christmas Dream 2024-06-27 (Title generated by AI)
  2. Overcoming Spiritual Fear: Revisiting a Jesus-Centered Affirmation List 2024-06-26 (Title generated by AI)
  3. Pondering Christian text bloggers 2024-06-25
  4. pondering a continuum of blog writing 2024-06-24
  5. a revised and expanded list for enthusiast watchman 2024-06-06

The above experiment was a free trial for a limited number of generations of unpaid suggested improved items to bring your posts to a better possibility of being searched by the right target readers through the mainline browser like Google. There are many other steps regarding the SEO prominence.

Conclusion: Knowing and reading the AI suggestions is useful as a free trial run which has since expired. For this watchman the best run is still let the Holy Spirit guide. The following is an uncanny experience I encountered last night which turned out to be sleepless until 4am!

After I worked on and posted my posts, I still could not sleep. Something prompted me to get up in the small hours and walk to the book shelf and sorted out the journals in chronological order. I was looking for my journal on 2015 December 22 for more details of the Christmas dreams. To my disappointment I did not find my journal or handwritten random note book for that season, which was quite unusual. Instead, I saw a similar looking journal recorded by another and it opened by itself to the page of the exact date, 12-22-2015, with an affirmation in Christ and God’s love and a dedication of life in response to God. The time zone difference means that the spiritual thoughts recorded by another were on the same date as my dreams and my post. This is supernatural!.

The crux of the matter is: God uses different ways to prompt each child of God according to the individual believer’s maturity in Christ, in walking with the Holy Spirit, in understanding and keeping the Word, and in the relationship with the Lord.  Over my spiritual life, I have found that His spiritual prompt is always the most timely and accurate. Instead of worrying, I should have focused on the goodness and love of God who never fails.

Bible verses:

Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

1 Corinthians 2:12-14 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.13 These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the [a]Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Kainos 2024-06-27

Here are the links to the four related posts:

Biblical Positions and Overcoming Adversity in The Watchman’s Christmas Dream (posted 2024-06-27 AI generated new title and featured image)

Overcoming Spiritual Fear: Revisiting a Jesus-Centered Affirmation List (posted 2024-06-26 AI generated new title)

A list to reaffirm our position in Christ today published on Dec 13, 2020 at 5:29 PM

Embracing the Abundant Life in Christ: Prophetic Warning Unveiled published on Dec 23, 2015 at 1:34 AM (AI generated new title and featured image)

June 7, 2024

classic hymn: All hail the power of Jesus’ Name!


 

All hail the power of Jesus’ Name! Let angels prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown Him Lord of all.
Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown Him Lord of all.

Let highborn seraphs tune the lyre, and as they tune it, fall
Before His face Who tunes their choir, and crown Him Lord of all.
Before His face Who tunes their choir, and crown Him Lord of all.

Crown Him, ye morning stars of light, who fixed this floating ball;
Now hail the strength of Israel’s might, and crown Him Lord of all.
Now hail the strength of Israel’s might, and crown Him Lord of all.

Crown Him, ye martyrs of your God, who from His altar call;
Extol the Stem of Jesse’s Rod, and crown Him Lord of all.
Extol the Stem of Jesse’s Rod, and crown Him Lord of all.

Ye seed of Israel’s chosen race, ye ransomed from the fall,
Hail Him Who saves you by His grace, and crown Him Lord of all.
Hail Him Who saves you by His grace, and crown Him Lord of all.

Hail Him, ye heirs of David’s line, whom David Lord did call,
The God incarnate, Man divine, and crown Him Lord of all,
The God incarnate, Man divine, and crown Him Lord of all.

Sinners, whose love can ne’er forget the wormwood and the gall,
Go spread your trophies at His feet, and crown Him Lord of all.
Go spread your trophies at His feet, and crown Him Lord of all.

Let every tribe and every tongue before Him prostrate fall
And shout in universal song the crownèd Lord of all.
And shout in universal song the crownèd Lord of all.

[John Rippon add­ed this verse in 1787]

O that, with yonder sacred throng, we at His feet may fall,
Join in the everlasting song, and crown Him Lord of all,
Join in the everlasting song, and crown Him Lord of all!

One of the most dra­ma­tic in­stanc­es of [this hymn’s] use was found in the ex­per­i­ence of the Rev. E. P. Scott in In­dia. His friends had urged him not to ven­ture near a cer­tain bar­bar­ous in­land tribe, whom he wished to evan­gel­ize. But he went forth with high cour­age, ne­ver wa­ver­ing in his du­ty, and trust­ing in God to pro­tect him. When at last he reached their coun­try among the hills, he came up­on a com­pa­ny of these sav­ag­es. Im­me­di­ate­ly they sur­round­ed him, point­ing their spears at him with threat­en­ing scowls. He had no­thing in his hand but his vi­o­lin; and so, clos­ing his eyes, he be­gan to play and sing, “All Hail the Pow­er of Je­sus’ Name.” When at last he opened his eyes he ex­pect­ed to be killed in­stant­ly. But his life had been spared through the sing­ing of the hymn. Their spears had dropped, and they re­ceived him first with cur­i­o­si­ty and in­ter­est, and then lat­er with ea­gern­ess, as he told them the gos­pel sto­ry and won their hearts to the will of Je­sus Christ. (Quoted from online source)
Here is a video of the hymn:

All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name! | Christ Church Psalm Sing

2024 updated list for watchman enthusiasts


 https://kzlam36.wordpress.com/2012/11/25/a-list-of-items-for-watchman-intercessor/

May 16, 2024

Why did Dr.Luke choose to be with apostle Paul?

 


What indeed was the main role of Luke? What did he choose to be? Obvious, a co-laborer sent by Jesus into the vast harvest field, and an impactful contributor through the use of his talent and gift to advance the kingdom of God, together with other faithful men and women in writing the history of Christianity for Christ and in Christ. To Luke, the call of Jesus was the only option. 

Read the whole article:

https://kzlam36.wordpress.com/2022/01/07/pauls-friend-who-really-is-luke/

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