Crossing the Great Divide

Dr. Charles Frazier

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I refused to listen, as God spoke. I was chasing the desires of the world. When I heard him, He led His lost sheep home.
In my pursuit of worldly success, I became lost in the darkness of the world. The road I was walking, God gave me signs and detours I choose to ignore. I let the enemy lead me into the dark abyss of life. Then one day, God shined a ray of hope into the darkness and brought me to a dead-end road. He led, I followed, and He brought His lost sheep home. He spoke, I listened, and I heard His voice. “He said, let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee” (Genesis 33:12). He would heal me, our home, marriage, and family. He would bless us through obedience; give me grace I did not deserve. He would teach me to have faith in Him as we walked the white rock path to cross the Great Divide to the other side. He would teach me as we journeyed to the top of the mountain in search of the lone tree atop the mountain.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Christian Living
• Philosophie et théologie
• Path
• Relationship
• Marriage
• Journey
• Hope
• Love
• Nature

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• Publié par: WestBow Press
• Date de parution: 22 janvier 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781664287310
• Langue: English

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CROSSING the GREAT DIVIDE
Walking With God Through Nature
DR. CHARLES FRAZIER


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CONTENTS
Dedication
Introduction
Chapter 1The Starting Point
In the Beginning
The Struggles
A Blessing at the Cross
Finding the Way: Sorting Through the Days
God Continues to Move
Chapter 2As the Days Progress
Small Thoughts of the Day
God’s Challenge
Gods Speaks
A New Path Is Paved
Chapter 3God Teaches
Understanding or Wisdom
Prayer, A Conversation with God
Where Is the Struggle?
We All Come Together to Make One!
The Pieces I Failed to Recognize
Chapter 4The Box
God Reveals the Key
I Can Only Imagine What’s in the Box.
Searching, Why a box?
Chapter 5God Guides
God’s Word, He Speaks
Who Am I Today? Who Will I Be Tomorrow?
Body, Soul, Spirit; Inner, Outer Courts, and The Holy of Holies, Are They One?
The Way is Being Prepared
Chapter 6Reflection
Who am I? What will I be?
His Message, My Vision Is Revealed
God, the Problem Solver
Meditation with God, Finding Him
God, Sorts It Out
Chapter 7The Trial
What Is the Verdict?
He Rescues Us All
He Leads, We Follow
Chapter 8Nuggets Along the Way
Finding God’s Little Nuggets
Nugget of Listening
Nuggets That Build the Path
Chapter 9Revealing Pane by Pane
Blue Sky and Clouds
God Speaks
Let the Light Shine
A New Perspective, A New Reveal
The Panes Are Revealed
Chapter 10God Provides
He Shows the Way, Through Faith
The Voice in the Journey
The Prompting
Ask the Question
Blessing, How They Flow?
What Did You Hear?
Blessings on the Path
Chapter 11God’s Speaks
God’s Story
Nurture vs Nature: God’s Seed
Reminders of God’s Plan
A New Tablet, A New Insight
The New Direction, On A New Path
The Vision is Told
Chapter 12Guidance and Growth
Meditation with God’s Direction
What Is My Direction?
Blessings in the Light
The Vision: The Seeds Is Planted
In Search of a Tree: Which Tree
Life, I Have Prepared You
Chapter 13First Step is Writing the Book
God’s Purpose
God Reminds Me
A Portion, God’s Gift
God Renews Me
The Simpler Life I am Enjoying
What Has God Done for Me?
Chapter 14God Reveals
The Forest
How Would You React?
God’s Gift Is Born
Fear-Faith-Follow
Stop, See Me Speak
At What Level Do You See God’s Beauty?
Is God Telling Me Something New?
When the Dust Flies
The Dark Cave of the Unknown
The Truth About the Cave
Chapter 15The Final Reflection
A Gift in the Storm
Seeing Beyond the Man in the Mirror
Looking Back, He Provides Peace
Doubt Removed, Confidence Regained
My Soul is Renewed
 
Conclusion
Blessing Others so I May Write for His Future
DEDICATION
I would like to say a special thanks to Rosemary Daly for believing in this journey, helping proof my writing and providing spiritual encouragement. I dedicate this book to my best friend, and loving wife, Connie, my gift from God; our daughter Madison, my mom, Geraldine Frazier; and my father Robert Frazier, who told me in life there was nothing that you can’t do. Thank you, Mom and Dad, for sharing your love and appreciation for nature and God’s creation. Most of all, thanks to my loving wife for standing in the gap. Know my love grows for you every day. I am glad you are here to hold my hand as you walk this journey with me and our family step by step and never giving up. I know my life has been forever changed because of your commitment to listening to our Heavenly Father.
INTRODUCTION
This book is a wonderful journey with my Heavenly Father. A long talk as I walk with God. We began our walk down the dark staircase of my past through a white door with four panes which opened into the valley of change looking at His beauty. Trusting Him in my struggle to cross the great divide between the world of my flesh to the world God wants to show me. Seeing the mountain beyond the great divide as an uphill climb as I constantly strive to seek His presence as the lone tree on top of the mountain.
The journey will reveal the simple things will hold more meaning in life as He speaks. The clouds are the breath of His voice drifting in the sky. The water found in the depths of the lake, the rain falling from the sky showering down to fill the unknown depths of is His love. The foundation of rock provides stability under my feet. The great light by day and the lesser light by night will always shine on my path. Peace can always be found in the gentle breeze of the wind or the gale force of a hurricane. The unseen will become obvious when you truly open your eyes. Lessons to learn, thoughts to ponder, and growing in His love as we walk. This journey will reveal a newness as He remolds a new man. The storms will be real.
“Each storm will test your faith and build your trust for Me. I spoke the words you penned on the paper to write our book. I required you to concentrate on My voice, to block all the distractions of the world. This time will become exhausting requiring you to find time to gather yourself. My needs for you in our time will require all of your physical and emotional energy. My son, you have written the book of our journey. Many hours and days we have spent together for you to pen this so all those who doubt, and fear My word can see I am the truth, the way, the light, for I am, “The Great I Am.”
Today is the day God begins to heal my lost soul. I have written what God has shown me in my visions, and the inspirations He has laid on my heart. The writings and visions have forever changed my life, my relationship with my Heavenly Father, my wife, and my family. “Yet you, LORD , are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand” (Isaiah 64: 8). In this journey, God has changed me, molding me and my family by drawing us closer to Him through visions, meditation and the simple things in nature and life. God uses nature in the Bible and analogies of life to draw people to His Word. He shows us how His simple gifts can make our lives beautiful. This book is about a journey, a vision that God has shown me to see how He has used nature to bring me back from the darkness of life.
This journey began when I took over my life, set God to the side and began to make decisions that were opposite of God’s direction. I had an affair outside my marriage for the second time and found myself in a very dark place. The sinful life I was leading, caused me to put my marriage of twenty-four years on shifting sand and to lose my career of almost thirty years. As the darkness began to unravel and unfold, the light began to shine in my life. At the end of my road, I found myself in a place I never thought I would be. I was on the verge of losing my entire life. I was on the edge of a cliff trying to save everything I had worked to attain. Through God’s interventions, grace, mercy, and forgiveness, which at the time I did not know was going on, God was speaking to my wife and telling her, “You are not going anywhere. Divorce is not an option. You are going to save this marriage.”
I had my morning devotion time. I led my family in prayer. I led prayer in other venues, and played the good public Christian. I had worked hard to climb the ladder of success to make a name for myself in the field I worked. I had created a false image. The image was my flesh living in the world I created. Was God allowing me to be successful? I thought this is where God wanted me to be. Life as I knew it, life as I saw it was great. My flesh portrayed a perception of the man that God had found favor. I refused to listen, to hear God’s cry, and to see deep in my soul; I was a dark, lost, deceptive sinner. I was the sheep in wolves’ clothing. As God began to shine His light in the depth of my darkness, I had no place to turn. I had to come to a crashing reality if I was going to save my marriage, life and regain my soul, God w