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Is it me, or does the newly announced Office of Religious Affairs give us cause of concern?

In a nutshell, here's what the press release says is the thinking behind the new office.

"the office will “sponsor and oversee research, technology, and analytical tools to support and assess spiritual fitness, spiritual readiness, and spiritual resilience."

In other words, welcome to Christian Nationalism. I know a member of this group who

lectured me, day after day, on quoting the Bible, and what I should be doing, even though I've been

a Christian since I was eighteen. (I'm now 71) This group defines fundamentalism at it's core,

and if that's what they want to do, that's fine, but it should not be connected to the

government. No religion should, and yes I am a follower of Jesus Christ.

I agree with the adage, 'to each his own,", but not at the expense of others religious

affiliations and / or spiritual beliefs, practices, or convictions.

Here's other pieces of this puzzle that concern me

One-Why is this office under the Department of Defense?

Two- Why did the DOD recognize certain religions and not others? In 2026, the Pentagon

reduced the number of recognized religions from 211 down to 31. Why?

Three- Who in the DOD is going to oversee and 'assess spiritual fitness, spiritual

readiness, and spiritual resilience'?. What is that person's religion and how much

will that influence him or her?

We've been concerned of fundamentalist religions, in other countries,

invading our shores. Little did we know, that our own goverment has already

started to establish a beach head.

When I discovered my metaphysical gift of clairvoyance in my mid-fifties, it was a spiritual defining

moment for me. I started doing metaphysical readings of clairvoyance and mediumship,

in order to help people on their path.

I've done over a thousand readings during that time and as I was approaching my seventies, there

was a desire within me to move on from these gifts to explore other gifts that I might have.

I began to notice that young people who would come to me for readings, had gifts that

I could only dream of. 

Gifts of prophecy, psychic abilities, healing, empathic, etc. that just would blow me away.

I started to wonder aloud a few things.

"Why don't I have those gifts?"

"Are my gifts not good enough?"

"Am I not 'qualified' to have those gifts?"

Then I heard "Jerry, widen your path, but narrow your lane."

In other words, be aware of the beautiful gifts other people have, but be aware of your gifts 

as well, including one that is coming that will require focus and commitment.

That gift was writing and Spirit knew it would take staying in my lane to accomplish that.

To date, I"ve written three books that have won a total of seven awards and my mediumship has slowed

to a crawl to accomodate space in my lane to write.

I can say for the first time in my life, I'm a writer. 

Is it time to find your lane?

So, why do we need validations?

We sometimes feel that we're on the right path in life, but we may not be sure, so we seek out people who think like us, look like us, vote like us, have the same interests as us, in order to belong. Just look at the comments on social media regarding politics. Sometimes it's just too much as friends go against friends.

It seems we have to belong to something or someone in order to have our life validated. We need to find our tribe, I get it; I'm no different, but at what cost? Do we need to sacrifice our identity, our essence of who we are to fit in?

A couple of years ago, I felt like I didn't fit into life. Things were going well, but for some reason, felt out of place with life.In metaphysical circles, (I'm a clairvoyant) we use the term 'Spirit' to define a higher power.

When the subject of me not fitting in came up, Spirit said, "Instead of you fitting into life,have life fit into you." That's all I needed to hear.

We've all been there and may be there again.