Miracles are the Phenomenon of an Unexplainable World

Christmas is a time when many people think of miracles. It is the celebration of Jesus Christ’s birth, and He was the man of miracles. When Jesus walked the earth He performed many miracles, both those that written and probably many then went unwritten and unwitnessed, except by God and the invisible universe. Our world is a place filled with so many things that cannot be explained with the current knowledge that mankind possesses. So we need to look to the supernatural world for those answers. Miracles belong in that category. They are not easy to explain. Sometimes the things performed by miracles are deemed impossible. In Jesus time, He raised the dead. Have you read the story of Lazurus? After four days in the tomb and already decomposing, Jesus called Lazurus to come forth and live. Lazurus obeyed Jesus’ voice. That was both miraculous and supernatural. It could not be explained. It was an event that could only be witnessed and comprehended by a power called faith in things unseen.

Apparitions: Are they Real or Figments of our Memories?

Apparitions are the appearance of ghosts, the dead, in our dreams appearing to us as if they are still alive. This is a powerful spiritual experience and a phenomenon that many try to explain through dream interepretation and many other methods. I've had this experience more than once so I know its very real.

Have you ever seen an apparition, either in your dreams or while awake?

I want to hear your stories! Email themidnightwriter1@gmail.com and let's talk about how we can write or publish your story on this blog. I'm putting together a book in the near future so tell me if you have an extensive story to share that would qualify for an anthology of short story accounts about this phenomenon.

My Mother Appeared to me on a Train Ride

The train rocked gently down the steep incline of Mount Shasta inching its way through the mountainous ravine. Its swaying motion coupled with the clackety clack of the wheels put me to sleep rather quickly. It was only a 51/2 hour ride to Sacramento so I knew that whatever sleep I managed, the nap would be short. Court was scheduled for 11am so I would have to wait in the train station drinking coffee for four hours before heading to the court house. I needed the sleep.

A swathe of pink flowing light danced in front of me, hovering like some ghostly apparition. All of a sudden a voice spoked from this pink light in a soft stern command. "Sherry. Get up. Get up. Wake up and fight!" Mom's visage vanished just as I startled myself out of sleep. I rose up in my seat and realized that dawn had not come and I was still rocking in my train seat as it neared the station in Sacramento.

I hugged my maroon sweater close to my chest hugging it as if Mom were somehow captured within its fabric. It was the closest thing to the beautiful pink light I saw moments earlier.

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The Latest News from Beyond the Veil

Have you ever experienced having a connection with a loved one who passed on? Experiences from beyond the veil are more common place than you may know.


Many faiths explore this possibility and people by the billions place their hope in life after death. The sectarian world records accounts of people who have near death experiences. Their stories are filled with a bright hope, love and peace at knowing that life after death is real. Watch a couple videos to hear some first hand accounts.



Beyond the Veil as a book was an instant best seller. I've read this book so I can recommend it as a great inspirational reading. Due to my personal near death experience long before I read this book, I can relate. I can also tell you that my experience was very similar to many other accounts.



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Memorial Fund for Gabriel

It is with a heavy heart that I write this today because I miss a little boy named Gabriel. Watching his brother Raven and his father Woodstock, a/k/a Loren David O'Connor, suffer through the pain of their loss while trying to make arrangements for his burial, memorial and wake is really hard. Gabriel Jaden Coates was with us for a short 3 years, 2 months and 2 days, yet he has made a profound impression on the hearts of people that will last forever. He left this earth to enter the spirit world on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at about 11 am. Gabriel fell into the water of the Antelope Creek, which was fast moving and deep. His body was recovered by very compassionate rescue workers about two hours later.

Woodstock, Raven, his friends and family are sort of moving in a state of unreal shock. Things need to get done. So we are helping in whatever way we can. Funds are urgently needed to buy the casket and to buy a plot where he will be laid to rest. Please spread the word and help in whatever way you can.

Please visit the dedication site for Gabriel at http://www.angelsforgabriel.org. News and information about his memorial, burial and wake will be posted on this blog. Lots of pictures will be loaded soon that I took of the gathering site where little Gabriel drowned. We took photos of the creek and the campsite where he laughed, played and enjoyed. There is a very spiritual picture on the site now that shows what we believe is Gabriel's spirit that appeared while Woodstock and I were standing by the stream talking about Gabriel, about what happened, about his life, about what to do now. It is then that we both felt his presence and a butterfly landed on Woodstock after that moment. I took a photo in the direction of where they found Gabriel's body in the water and that is where the column of light appeared. It was an intense, sad, happy, etherical time.

We will be assisting Woodstock with transferring of funds to the Funeral home when it is placed on the paypal in the amount we need. The general manager Chris Girdner at the Girdner Funeral Chapel is giving us until Tuesday at closing time to come up with the total for the casket. This is urgent. Other arrangements are being made and other funds are needed very much. Please email angelsforgabriel@gmail.com if you have questions or if you want to help in some way.

The Forest Service, the fire department, the Siskiyou county Sheriff's department, the Fish and Game dept. personnel, and the townspeople volunteers from Tennant were very gentle, kind, compassionate during the entire ordeal. We are all grateful to them for the way they handled this situation.

I have many things to write and memorial signs and brochures to make, and a website to update, so please help us facilitate this link being spread far and wide to get the funds together. Gabriel deserves a decent casket, memorial, burial and wake. Help us give him that much, please. Woodstock should not have to concern himself with money at a time like this. Right now we are all camping in our rigs while this is all taking place, so family please plug into this compassionate service.

Much love and blessings.
Summer Breeze on behalf of Woodstock, Raven, Gabriel & Raven and
Jazzy all his friends and family.

Update on the Latest Discoveries in Space

The Crab Nebula - a supernova explosion 6,000 light years away.
Photo Credit: Cassini telescope/ NASA

When I want to find out what's happening in space I usually turn to Space.com or NASA's official site for information. Images are often available in galleries that can be downloaded for your personal use. I am offering a few images here taken from the Space website. I'll offer descriptions below each image.

The Dumbbell Nebula - about 1200 light years away./Photo Credit: NASA

What is a Nebula?

Let's explore that question.

According to Wikipedia, a nebula is an interstellar cloud of dust. This dust is comprised of the gas hydrogen and plasma. Nebulae often are the source of star forming regions, such as the "Eagle Nebula", also called the "Pillars of Creation".

What impresses me most is the imagery of these dust clouds and stardust and planetary fragments or bodies occupying space. It is a wonder of creation in my mind. Look at these images of nebulae. Incredible, aren't they? I mean, they are like nothing you would see on earth. Yet, some of them resemble mountain formations found here on earth. I'm addressing the magical side of space, not the scientific.

The Eagle Nebula reminds me of three peaks jutting from a high mountain top. These formations also resemble three beings standing as guards out there in the great spanse of eternity. In three sizes, they remind me of a Father, a Mother, and a Child. Look for yourself!

I apologize for the lack of technical information here, but I thought you would appreciate the spiritual and mysterious side of the universe. I promise that we'll delve into some space detail in some upcoming posts. Enjoy the newest images from the Cassini telescope and watch for news on comets, asteroids, magnetic storms and planetary alignments.

Eagle Nebula /Photo credit: NASA

The Bulge - NGC 3627 , also known as Messier 66, is about 35 million light years away. Also known as the constellation Leo (the Lion). Photo and information credit: NASA

I found another informative website for your future browsing. Check out http://www.spacetoday.org.

The constellation Leo is one of my favorites. What do you know about the constellations?

Seeking Sacred and Mysterious Sites in our Travels

It was my intention to blog about many things on here, but as life goes I got caught in the stream of it. Now I am attempting to catch my breath, if even for a moment and get back to sharing the topics and stories that I intended to share here. If you have any suggestions, I sure would like to hear them.

Recently, Photo Gent and I passed through New Mexico, Arizona and now we're heading into Utah. For us, New Mexico is the "Land of Enchantment" but due to storms we did not have the opportunity to visit some of the sites as we had hoped. So we're re-scheduling a journey later in the year back to the Four Corners and Tres Piedras and the Taos area. Eagles Nest is a beautiful place to visit because the mountains are beautiful.

Wind storms and a blizzard turned our course away from the Four Corners where we hoped to camp for three to four days in hopes of fasting and praying. Cephas (that's the Photo Gent) and I wanted to walk among some ancient ruins while there and take some photos. We are really feeling that we need some time in the wilderness or mountains to reflect on the purpose and events and people in our lives.

This is a crucial turning point in our lives.

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Remembering the Power of the Holy Spirit Today

This world is heading for a collision course with destiny. Hold on tight because nothing can stop that which God, the Creator of the heavens and earth, declares. The best we can hope for is to be in tune with that spirit and to hear the message being given to us for that day.

Today, I'm am yielding to that spirit of the Lord as I'm prompted to dedicate this day to posting the spiritual messages shown and given to me. Many of these are being shared in companionship with music, which is the universal language of love. Music is a medium which the human heart and spirit understands. Upon that note, I give you this video today.



The Holy Spirit has prompted me with such a strong directive in my spirit that I could not ignore it. I was moved about time slipping into the future, which you will see if you read my post on The Midnight Writers Blogs. So I searched for the video to share and listened to the song several times. During this listening to the words and watching the imagery, the holy spirit of the Lord spoke to me again to seek out a song By the Rivers of Babylon, which you will see on today's post at One Tin Soldier.

The spirit showed me that we are on the jericho road and that we need to seek the holy spirit and move and breathe every moment in this way. Especially during these times. Hard times are coming and it will not be well with our souls if we do not know the Lord our God and Savior and if we do not yield to God's will and spirit.

Further, the holy spirit prompted me to share the message from Ezekiel of the Dry Bones, which directly applies to today, right now. Please read this message that I was shown from a sermon on the internet and please read the particular passages in Ezekiel.

We seriously stand right now in the Valley of Decision.

http://win.iphc.org/files/Exekielteach.pdf


Call the Valley of Dry Bones to Come Alive
Ezekiel 37:1-14 NKJ
Vs. 1 “The hand of the Lord came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of
the Lords, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones.”
A nation’s true condition is discerned by the hand of the Lord…by the Spirit of the
Lord. And what He shows us isn’t always what we want to see. Here God
showed the prophet Ezekiel a valley of dry bones.
Vss. 2-3 “Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, there
were very many in the open valley; and indeed they were very dry. 3 And He said
to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” So I answered, “O Lord God, You
know.”
Today I want you to imagine Ezekiel’s feeling of helplessness, of hopelessness
upon seeing all this deadness. And he says, “Can these bones live?” Can the
USA experience revival once more and live? Can our individual conferences
come alive in revival?
The answer is: “Lord, You alone know.” We have an absolute dependence on
God alone for revival. But our focus must be on God, not on desperate
conditions.
Vs. 4 “Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry
bones, hear the word of the Lord!”
That’s what not only the Rocky Mountain Conference, but America needs: to
“hear the word of the Lord!” We need to hear the written word preached, taught,
and witnessed. We need to hear the prophetic word, which requires a moving of
the Holy Spirit. We need the anointed word, no man’s ‘wisdom’ to be preached
and heard in our churches.
This will only be done through anointed, Spirit-filled vessels: “Prophesy to these
bones.” You may be concerned about looking foolish but this must be done.
Prophesy to the valley of dry bones around you.
Vss. 5-6 “Thus says the Lord God to these bones: “Surely I will cause breath to
enter into you, and you shall live. I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon
you, cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall live. Then you shall
know that I am the Lord.”
America needs and must experience that breath of God! “Breath” in the Hebrew
language also means “wind” or “spirit.” America needs to be born again by the
Spirit and baptized with the Holy Spirit, changed into a different nation by the
Spirit, as with Saul in 1 Samuel 10:6, “Then the Spirit of the Lord will come upon
you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man.”
Ezekiel 37:7 “So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there
was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to
bone.”
Revival requires obedience. “I prophesied as I was commanded.” Ezekiel was
speaking into a situation in which it appeared all hope was gone, everything was
dead. As he prophesied, God brought order (bone to bone) out of destruction and
deadness.
Vs. 8 “Indeed, as I looked, the sinews and the flesh came upon them, and the
skin covered them over; but there was no breath in them.” We see here that the
body was coming together, but there was no breath yet. To accomplish the work
God has set before us requires a unity, a “together” body. In fact this unity is a
precursor to the breath of God coming into that body.
Vs. 9 “Also He said to me, ‘Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and
say to the breath, Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath,
and breathe on these slain, that they may live.’”
God expects His people to cry out to Him and call on Him and to prophecy over
the dead areas of our lives and nation. We have a part in the renewing of the
Holy Spirit. “(You) prophesy to the breath…’Come … O breath.” This requires the
“effectual fervent prayer,” insistent prayer, for God’s breath to blow.
Bringing new life to dry bones will require much calling on the Lord for His breath
to blow upon our “valley of dry bones.”
Vs 10 “So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and
they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army.”
God is calling willing, obedient intercessors and pastors to call upon Him in this
time of dryness. Pray and prophesy and the breath of God will blow once again,
bringing new life into what is parched, dry and dead. Prophesy to the valley of dry
bones to become a living multitude. Call forth this vast army of God to stand on
its feet and march in the direction God leads.
Vs. 11 The He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of
Israel. They indeed say, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves
are cut off!’
Ezekiel identifies this army as the “whole house of Israel, the Church today.
Galatians 6:16, “And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be
upon them, and upon the Israel of God.”
Our present state of dryness is not the end of the story. Things are not hopeless
when God comes on the scene.
Vs. 12 “Therefore prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: Behold,
O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your
graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.’”
“Therefore,” in light of the despair you observe, you speak: God will open your
graves. He will bring you out of your deadness. He will bring you back to the
Land of Promise. You must speak a message of hope from God.
Vs. 13 “Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your
graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves.”
Even in the worst of times, even if you feel you are barely hanging on in a valley
of dry bones, remember, God says, “You are still my people.”
Vs. 14 “I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your
own land. Then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken it and performed it,”
says the Lord.”

God will pour out His Spirit once again bringing numerous conversions and He
will baptize with the Holy Spirit and the rivers of living water will begin to flow.

What will be the final outcome? An entire nation will come to know that God is
the Lord and that He is able and willing and will do great things for His people
who cry out to Him and He will raise “an exceeding great army.”
You must maintain a survival attitude. Determine that you will stay alive, even if
you find yourself in a valley of dry bones. Eat the Word of God during times of
spiritual famine in the land. Maintain your relationship with the Father and stay
under the anointing. Continue to pray, “Come, O Breath of God.” Be quick to
speak the things God prompts you to speak into the dryness. Leave the timing of
any move of God up to Him.

James A Roberts Th. D.
iWIN Director, Rocky Mountain Conference

Guardian Spirits Walk Between the Veil of Two Worlds

Couple with a young female spirit, originally uploaded by National Media Museum.

Do you believe in the supernatural or in life beyond this earth? Have you ever experienced a visitation from beyond?

Share your experience right here on The Secret Portal. Leave a comment below this post or email me at themidnightwriter1@gmail.com. I'll write back to you as soon as possible and discuss how to present your story on this blog.

Would you like to write your own story on this blog about a visitation of a spirit of a loved one who had passed on? Email me for permissions and start writing that story.

Now I don't know the particular details of this photo, but I am curious to find histories of such events in old journals, archives, family histories and old newspapers or magazines. Want to help in this quest? Join me as the Secret Portal embraces the mysterious, the intriguing, and the bizarre.

Would you like to hear about some of my spiritual supernatural experiences from the veil beyond?

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Who Was the Most Famous Pirate of All Time?

In my research, I found famous pirates, legendary pirates, successful pirates and a sundry list of pirates. One fact keeps surfacing in my quest to identify the most famous pirate of all time. Blackbeard is legendary and he holds the title as the most famous pirate of all time. If you have evidence to the contrary, please post it in the comment section below. I would love to hear from you and I want to get the facts straight.

I have highlighted a link above that leads to a very good story about Blackbeard. Please visit the site responsible for this article at www.thewayofpirates.com.

Who Was Blackbeard?
What do you know about his life?
Where did he live?
How many years was he a pirate?
How many wives did Blackbeard have?
Did Blackbeard ever find any hidden treasure?
How much booty did he plunder?

For answers to these questions, follow this blog as I post the answers in coming posts. I will unfold the history of the most famous pirate of all time until a full feature article on his life is finished. I invite you to contribute to this historical essay on Blackbeard.

Leave a comment below or email themidnightwriter1@gmail.com

Our next quest for February is to identify the most successful pirate of all time. I have already found the answer and will be featuring the story sometime next month. Meanwhile, I want to hear from you. If any one finds the same name that I found, that person can be a guest writer on this blog in February. I invite the winner in this quest to write the feature about the most successful pirate of all time will full byline and links to your site.

First Blackbeard Hint:
He had fourteen wives. What were their names and who was his last wife?

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Exploring the Latest Discoveries in Space

The greater technology that is developed, space exploration reaches new heights in its ability to search deeper into the nature of our universe. New discoveries are made almost daily now by NASA and by both government and private organizations. Scientists have tools at their fingertips that permit closer investigation into space that allows them to make new analyses of formerly perceived theories and prior discoveries.

What has been discovered in the recent months?

1. Asteroid 2007 TU24 Flyby

Asteroid 2007 TU24 (information taken from website link above)

Asteroid 2007 TU24 is flying past the Earth by 1.4 lunar distance (538,000 km) on 30 January at 4:33pm UT+8 . The 250m-wide space rock is not going to collide with Earth. The magnitude of TU24 is 10th so a telescope with at least 76 cm can reveal the asteroid.

This will be the closest approach until the next century. It’s also the asteroid’s closest Earth approach for 2,000 years. Asteroid 2007 TU24 was discovered by the NASA-sponsored Catalina Sky Survey on Oct. 11, 2007.

2. Weird science news headline of the morning: Our world may be a giant hologram

Posted by Fausta Wertz January 17, 2009 9:18AM

Categories: Princeton

A fascinating article on the latest science discoveries,
Our world may be a giant hologram

3. Solar Eclipse to Cause Counterfeit Twilight
Visit this link for the full story on Space.com

Solar Eclipse set for January 26, 2009

4. Traveling through a Supernova's Graveyard
Click the link above to view the video from space.com

5. The year in science: 'God particles' and the cloak of invisibility?

BY ROGER SCHLUETER - News-Democrat

Like a modern tower of Babel story, a new quest to find the "God particle" got off to an all-too-human start in 2008.

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Blog Explosion

I joined a new free advertising site today to test the waters once again. Will this Blog Explosion bring traffic to my site? If it works for me, then it will work for you. Visit the banner in the sidebar and sign up to test this program for yourself.

Time will tell if it is a worthy venture. If comments start appearing in this blog, then I would say it is worth my time, and yours. Let's monitor it right here to see what happens.

As of today, January 3, 2009, this blog has two comments. Between Blog Explosion and Entrecard, one or both might help get visitors to this site to participate in all the fun treasure hunts and quests being sponsored here.

I'm working on some in depth articles for bloggers and freelance writers to help add some good resource material to this blog. Also, I 'll be writing feature articles on treasure hunting, antiquities, archaeological sites, mysteries of the universe, the secret diary and more. Please come back often and give me your feedback.

First Feature Articles for January- A Preview of Coming Attractions

1. Part two of The Locked Box.
2. The Unknown Soldier's Diary.
3. The Secret Diary Quest No. 1. First clues to be posted.
4. Latest Discoveries in Space.
5. The Mysteries of Stone Henge.
6. Entrecard- A Review- hoping to conduct personal interview with creator.
7. The Making of A Walking- Lakota Traditions and Historical Sites
8. One Ancient City Feature- to be announced
9. Blog Explosion- Traffic update and reports on personal experience.
10. Treasure Hunt- the first featured treasure hunt complete with map and tracking the actual quest for the treasure.
11. Geocaching for Treasure
12. Facebook- face to face interviews with those who experience the social networking business style. One person per month will be chosen for this feature.
13. Twitter- what is all the tweeting about?
14. Who Was the Most Famous Pirate of All Time?
15. Search for the Holy Grail.

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