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All Glory to God! Chess Solution

If you are here for the Six Queen Chess Theory, you’er in the right place, but first I have something else that is more important to write about.

(Yes, I know, you could just scroll down to the Chess content, but I do ask that you might consider reading the content below, as well??? 🙂 )

If we are shown a magic trick, that takes us in, then we can be left with a feeling of awe and wonder. But if the trick is explained to us, the awe and wonder can then be replaced with understanding.

Last week I posted about a chess game that took my breath away, just a bit, as I was playing it. (Link Here)
But, as time has gone on, I’ve since had time to review what happened, and the mechanics of the game. As such, I’m starting to understand just how things came together a bit, and that they could happen again in the future.
The game did have a feeling of magic to it, but as time has gone on, the magic, seems to have been the magic of discovering a solution, rather than magic itself.

I have to admit that I’ve probably got a bit carried away with the game in question. At the end of the day, the finishing part of the game was more of a chess puzzle, that I stumbled into a solution of, by actually doing it. 🙂

(For those who are interested, I’ll share my chess theory about the game in question, that may help others to have a similar type of game, at the end of this post.)

As I’ve pondered on the game, some of the awe and wonder, has just gone away, as I’ve realised that it’s now just a solved puzzle, rather than the magical event, that I first thought it was.

It’s kind of left me with a sense of that, I can actually tell the difference between a fairytale, or a magic trick, or a magical experience, and the actual truth.

Psalm 34:8
 Taste and see that the Lord is good;
    blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.

I’ve made the choice to follow my Lord God Almighty, as such, I have experience that confirms to me, that the above scripture, is true.
I’ve not been hoodwinked by a fairy tale, or some kind of scheme or magic trick, as I was initially by the chess game.
On the contrary, as I have continued to look into the bible, and the claims of Jesus, the more I have been convinced, that He is the real deal.

There is a narrow path, that I have gladly chosen to walk.
I do not walk this path, because I am a fool who has been hoodwinked or misled, but because I have a knowledge that convinces me, that it is based in absolute truth, for I have looked into, who Jesus is, and the claims that He made, and I am utterly convinced that He is the Real Deal!

That Jesus Is God, who took on human form.
Who lived a human life, and was then crucified on a cross.
Who then, three days later, was raised back to life.
Who then appeared to many people, and then gave many convincing proofs, that it was actually Him, Jesus Christ, The Risen Lord God Almighty.
I also know, that I will go to be with Him, when I leave this earth, as I have asked Jesus into my heart and life, as Lord and Saviour.
You too could do this, and then have a peace about your final resting place.

If you would like to know the truth, then seek it out, and you shall find it.

Matthew 7:7-8
7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

John 3:16-17
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

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If there is anyone who would like to seek out the Truth, I do have an archive page of posts with an outreach feel to them.
(Posts that try to shine a light, on the Truth.)
If you feel lead to, then please do consider having a look. (Link below)

Posts with an Outreach feel.

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For those who are here for the chess content, it starts from here.
I do ask that you do consider reading the above content.
It may not only be a saving read for you in the here and now, but it could also have a lasting impact on your final resting place???

Six Queens on a chess board, and no stalemate, How is this possible???

After having played the game, it’s the diagonals that appears to be the starting place to understanding how this can work out.
With that in mind, the board below has an excessive number of bishops on it. (This is for the theory, not game play.)
After you place 8 bishops onto one end of the board, then there is a safe zone from the 8 bishops. If you wanted to go to the extreme, then you could also place an extra 12 bishops onto the board, that are then unable to see the safe zone. As seen in the green squares below.

If we changed the 8 bishops to queens, then there is no safe zone. But if the king is placed onto the board in the right location, then there is a safe zone directly in line with the king. This because of how the diagonals come into play.
Again, if we want to take this to the extreme, then just a few more queens can be added to the board, yet the safe zone remains in place, as below. (Oddly enough, there is even room for 3 more queens, over the bishops.)

Now, if we go back to the 6 queen game, and apply these principles to the board, then we can start to understand how the safe zone for the white king can be formed.

The first task would be to shepherd the white King down the board, and contain it in a safe zone.
A possible position to aim for is shown below.

All other pieces have been removed from the board for clarity.
The white King is able to move between E5 and E8, and will be not hindered by any promotions to queens, on the first rank.
(Unless a Queen promotes on A1, in which case E5 becomes unavailable to the white king.)

Once all the pawns have been promoted to Queens, we then want to line the Queens up, as below.

As the black king moves across the board, the safe zone for the white king moves with it, but shrinks, following the profile of the bishop safe zone, we saw above. (As there are 2 less pieces on the board for the six queens set up, the possible safe zone has a few extra spaces on one side of the board.)

As the black king reaches C2 (viewing the board from black’s side) the number of safe squares is reduced to 4.
Which then reduces down to 1 when the black king reaches B1, as the black king then takes control of the A2 square.
If it was white’s move on the above board, then it would be a stalemate, as white has no legal moves. But because of the tempo, it’s black’s move, as white just moved to the safe square.
(In order to keep the tempo in black’s favour, the black King must be on C2, before moving to B1.)

The need for black to get a check at this point, is of the highest magnitude!
There is the second option of moving the black pieces, in such a way, so that white would then have at least 2 safe squares, but this would be going backwards, so why would anyone want to do that?

There are multiple opportunities for a check, that would then result in a Checkmate, but, I believe that there are two options (at this point), that will lead to a total board domination solution.

During my 6 queen Checkmate game, I stumbled into the beautiful solution of moving the H1 queen to H8.
The effect this had, can be seen clearly below.

The safe square for white moves from B8 to B7.
This is because when the queen was on H1, it was watching B7.
As it moves to H8, it is now watching B8 instead.

If you would like to search out the other move to make, to move the safe square, then stop reading for the moment, and have a look.

Did you find it? Moving the H1 queen to H2, then moves the safe square from B8 to A8.

I’m not going to be looking into all the possibilities for how many solutions there are for a board domination Checkmate, as I’d get tired of writing it, and you’d probably get bored reading it. So I’ll just focus on the solution that I stumbled into. 🙂

The same scenario applies to the G1 queen moving to G7, and all the other following moves, of the queens, until the position below is reached, and there are no more safe squares, as the king comes into play, leaving the safe square with nowhere to move to. This then leads to the total board domination position, as seen below.

This position was a first for me!
I don’t know for sure if it’s a first ever, but maybe it is???
I have looked for it on the web, and not found anything.

If I am the first to publish this solution, then do I get the privilege of naming it?
If yes, then I would like to call it…..

All Glory to God! Chess Solution.
Which was given to, and then written up by Wannabe Christian Doorman.

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Update

The final position is most definitely, a known/solved position, for me.

I can write this, as I’ve now had, maybe a little bit too much fun with it… ??? 🙂

I’ve been repeating it, against the Bots, on Chess.com. Could you do likewise???

Martin, is the easiest to achieve this with.

As a challenge, what is the highest rated Bot, that you could do this to???

(Part of the challenge with Martin, is trying to convince him to take your excess pieces. 🙂 )

I Beat Martin!https://www.chess.com/game/computer/348095638

Martin, isn’t the only one I’ve done this to. I think that the highest rated Bot that I’ve done this to so far is Wendy, rated 1500

I Beat Wendy!
https://www.chess.com/game/computer/333704276

(I’ve been doing this against Bots, as doing to an actual person, just seems a bit mean to me.)

I’ve also worked out, that an all board dominating position, can also be achieved with just 5 Queens, plus the King, as below.

Because the King looks a bit untidy, in the above board, I had to have another go. 🙂

I Beat Steve Aoki!
https://www.chess.com/game/computer/352130172

With my playing with it, I’ve also come to realise, that there is a rook variation of the, All Glory to God! Chess Solution. that can be achieved.

For this variation, I want to be shouting out…

Bring Out The Rooooks!!!

I Beat Google En Passant Bot!
https://www.chess.com/game/computer/339455330

If 5 Rooks wasn’t enough, I’ve also now completed a version with 7 Rooks.

I Beat Martin!
https://www.chess.com/game/computer/361435014

I dare say that there are a few more variations that can be achieved. Different variations of Rooks and Queens being the most obvious. (Yes, I’ve done a few of them as well.) But I’m now reaching (reached) the point of, “Enough is Enough already!!!” 🙂

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I thought that I’d covered most of the main variations, but it seems that I have one more to add. There is a Seven Queen Solution, that can be achieved.

My aim was to have seven Queens, but Martin was so generous towards me, and he let me have nine. I had to sacrifice two, in order to achieve the finish above.

I Beat Martin!
https://www.chess.com/game/computer/388113422

Because Martin was so generous, and let me have nine Queens, I wondered if he would let me have ten Rooks???

It seems like the answer is yes. 🙂

I Beat Martin!
https://www.chess.com/game/computer/403861629

After achieving a ten Rook Checkmate, I couldn’t help but wonder if I could find a fun nine Queen position??? I had to try for something slightly different to the lining the Queens along the same diagonal though. (Too many Queens for that. 🙂 )

I Beat Martin!
https://www.chess.com/game/computer/418099097

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I had thought that Martin Bot was the only one who would let me have nine Queens, but Nelson Bot, (rated 1300) also appears to be a rather generous Bot. 🙂

I Beat Nelson!
https://www.chess.com/game/computer/448954869

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I’m hoping that with this latest update to this post, this will be the final update???

It seems that Martin Bot, wants to have the last word/game … ???

Could you beat Martin Bot, without loosing a single piece?

If yes, then could you end up with an Epic Finishing Position, that makes No sense???

I’m thinking that it’s going to be hard to top this final position?

I Beat Martin!
https://www.chess.com/game/computer/511795789

All this crazy chess playing, started with a little Six Queen Checkmate game, that led to the All Glory to God Chess Solution theory, that then enabled me to play the above games. 🙂

As much fun as it has been, I’m hoping that I’ve worked out all or most of the Crazy Chess, our of my system, and that I can now try to learn, how to play the game, in a more sensible way. (There’s still so much for me to learn.)

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The Beauty that can Come, from Listening to The Ultimate Grand Master

If we could truly hear, and follow what Our Lord God speaks to us, then how much could we see or do???

I’ve recently started trying to learn how to play chess again, properly.
I learned the basics as a child. But I never really got past the beginner level. It’s been through watching YouTube videos, that I’ve come to realise how little I actually knew.

As I’ve been learning, a thought once occured to me. “How different would my gameplay be, if I had a GM (Grand Master) speaking in my ear, as I was playing?”

Now please, don’t misunderstood me, I’m not talking about a GM telling me what to do, and then me just following it, as that would just be the GM playing a game, through me. (Although, that doesn’t sound too bad in itself. 🙂 )
But, what I’m talking about, is if a GM, could point out certain things, as I was playing. Things like, “You could try to do this or that.” Or more importantly, “Are you sure, you want to do that, there’s a bit of danger here.”

As a Christian, we do have a connection to the Ultimate Grand Master!
He is Our Lord God Almighty, King of Kings and Lord of Lords!

One of the best bits about this connection, we have with Him, is that He wants to speak to us, in our situations where we are.
Our Lord God would like to lead and guide us, in the way/s that will be best for us to go.
(No, that’s not a typing error. Sometimes we can have one way that is the best choice to take, such as following Him. Then we can have several good choices to choose from, such as, where shall we eat today. (Sometimes, the answer is Anywhere! To that one 🙂 ))

So, if we could actually train ourselves to hear His thoughts that much better, then just what could He achieve, through our, following His prompts???

It makes me think, a little bit.

Well, the game of chess that I’ve just had, could possibly be a small glimpse into an answer of that very question.
I’ve just had the most ridiculous finishing position for a game of chess, that I couldn’t even imagine!
I don’t think that such a position could ever have come from me.
Even if I were to ever to just try to manufacture such a position.
It’s the picture in this post. Six Queen’s and a King, to cover every single square on the board, to deliver the most ridiculous checkmate, that I’ve ever seen! 🙂

Chess players may see the fun and beauty in the finishing position that much easier than non chess players.

For the non chess players, having too many queen’s on the board, can be a problem, in itself. The risk of having a stalemate increases as the multiple queens can leave your opponents king with no legal moves to make, whilst not being in check, on it’s current square. If it’s your opponents move, and they can’t make a legal move, then that’s a stalemate, and the game is a draw.
This can be highly annoying, if you are in a winning position, and should be winning the game. (Such as having multiple queens.)

As I look at the final finishing position, I’m just left thinking, “How did that actually happen???”

Every single square on the board is covered by either one of the six Queens, or the King. To top it all off, every single Queen was used to give a check, to push the white King up the board to the final Checkmate position.
(I’ll leave a copy of the scorecard game play at the end of this post, for any who want to see how the game played out.)

I know that I played this game, and that it is genuine, but I’ve still got a measure of disbelief about it.
I know how ridiculous it is, and yet, it happened… ??? …
Just one question, …. HOW???

The only answer that I can come up with for that question, is the title to this post, “The Beauty that can Come, from Listening to The Ultimate Grand Master”.

It’s the only explanation that I can come up with!

It was just a normal game of chess against the computer, when I realised that I’d won. But rather than just go for the simple checkmate, I had a small thought to try and promote all my remaining pawns, into Queens.

Why not have a little fun. I’d tried it in the past, to then just end up with the dreaded stalemate, but the thought was still just there.

So I had a go, then what happened, happened, and then I was left looking at the most ridiculous checkmate position… ???

I’m just left thinking, is it a picture of what could happen, if we do hear, and then follow, Our Heavenly Father’s thoughts and promptings?

So, when all is said and done, will we all endeavour to hear what Our Heavenly Father is speaking to us, and then will we follow, where He leads for us to go?
Just what could the end results be, if we do???
A Beauty that makes no sense, and leaves you with such a disbelief of, “Did that just happen”, as you view, such a result???

If you don’t already have access to your Heavenly Father, because you haven’t asked for Him to enter into your life, well, you can.
For a starting point, you could simply ask, “Heavenly Father, please come into my heart and life, so that I too, can have access to Your words for me.”

Revelation 3:20
20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.

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The above is the end of this week’s post, but for those who would like it, I’ll do a small amount of game analysis. (As well as game score sheet.)

I’d love to know what GothamChess would make of the game. I’ll be sending a copy of the the game his way, you never know, maybe, he will do a review of the game???

So, the game analysis, or partial analysis, from me.

The game was against the computer on the chess app, that I have on my phone. I don’t have an Elo rating. I’ve just increased the rating of the computer, until it’s at a point where I can win, if I’m playing well, but it’s not a push over. The computer was set at 1050. (I know, the screenshot says 1100, but the data download has it as 1050, maybe it’s a rounding up thing??)

I think that the game was mostly a slightly better one for me.
When I traded the original queens (yes, that makes it 7 Queens in total for me, in the game) it was because I thought it was my best option to do so, and not because I felt pressured to do it.

When our rooks were staring down at each other, I was happy to do so, thinking, “you can take me, rather than me take you. 🙂

When I first ran through the game, I thought that I missed a fork with my knight with the white rooks, but then I noticed that it was never really a fork, because of how the board was set up. It would have forced an exchange of rooks, instead of being an actual fork.

Pieces where exchanged at various points. At one point, I thought that the computer blundered a rook for a knight, until it took my rook with it’s bishop which was a surprise for me, as I’d missed where it’s bishop was, DOH!

But, I was then left me in a much better position. ???

I had a pawn, a couple of squares away from promoting, and white had no way to stop it.
(Actually it appears that I had two pawns approaching, on the A and C file. But I’d only noticed the A file pawn, the right pawn to move, as whites bishop had no chance to stop it. 🙂 )
So the first pawn was promoted.

I can remember thinking that I wanted to place all my remaining pawns onto dark squares, so that they would be safe from whites light squared bishop.
I fumbled this to a great extent, as white could have taken a couple of pawns, very easily. White could have done this with a check, then capture, but it didn’t???
Was whites chances of getting a stalemate, better with more pieces on the board?

Then I was too easily allowed to promote the 2nd pawn.
White’s bishop then decided to commit suicide, which I obliged it with??
I can only assume that the computer was trying to work for a stalemate? Either that, or I’d depressed the bishop so badily, as it was a light squared bishop, with nothing to even see, let alone capture?? 🙂

It was at this point, or near enough to it, that I realised that I’d effectively won, but rather than just go for the simplest checkmate, I just wondered if I could try for promoting the rest of the pawns, that I had left? After all, why not?

After a bit of to-ing and fro-ing, I was starting to get my pawns lined up for promotion with one Queen forming a barrier, to keep the white King away.

The 3rd pawn was easy to promote as a pawn prevented any stalemate risks. I fumbled my way to 3 pawns waiting, with my King, trying to make a safe zone, for the white King.

The 4th promotion was looking as if it should be ok, so was duly done. The 5th promotion was ok to do, with my King still standing strong, making a safe zone, for white.
This now left the final pawn to promote, without falling foul of a dreaded stalemate.

White helped me out, yet again, by seeking the safe zone, in line with my King!!??
My H1 Queen moved to G1, to make room for the final promotion, which duly happened, to make a full set of 6 Queens, and currently, no stalemate…??

Now, trying in a huge way, to not freak out over stalemate!!!
It’s safe to move my King, as that will create a check.
But the safe zone, moved with my King, which the white King then follows.
My King winds up on one end of the board next to my Queen’s (looking all neat and tidy), with the white King on the other side of the board.

Only One thought in my head, “Just Get a CHECK!!!”
(I had no board awarness at this point, just freaking out about the possibility of a stalemate, with six Queens on the board.)
(From after game reviewing, it appears that there is only one safe square for the white King on the board at this point, the one it’s on!
Fortunately for me, it was my turn, because if it was white’s turn, it would have been stalemate.)

I can remember thinking, that I’d like for the final checkmate to be so Epic and audacious, using as many Queens as possible, so that a a postion like it will never be seen again.
But I had to put that thought aside, and just concentrate on just not getting a stalemate.
So, look for a check. (I’ve not done a count of how many checks, or more to the point, checkmates there were. 🙂 )

Checking with the H file Queen, just seemed like a move to make.
So, just did that.
But still no Checkmate.. ???
So, the G file Queen goes in for a check, followed by the F file Queen.

Starting to see a pattern form here, let’s just go with it. 🙂
(To me, it just looks like a case of, “Come on ladies, come and join the Party! Or sound the Trumpet, and Advance! 🙂 )

Until finally, Checkmate is achieved, in the most ridiculous fashion possible… ??? … 🙂

Not even Star Trek technology can help the white King now, he may be able to dematerialize from his current square, but where would he rematerialize to???
Another dimmension??? (That would be another chess board in the world of chess, and that would still be a loss, by abandonment of the board!!! 🙂 )

It’s only after the game, as I’ve analysed what was going on, that I realised what was happening.
The Queen that I was moving to check the King with, was also the Queen, that was watching the square, in front of the King.
So, as I was moving the Queens, the one safe square, was moving up the board, right in front of the King, until he met the squares that my King was watching.
Which finally led to the most ridiculous and beautiful Checkmate, that I’ve ever seen. 🙂

If you’re wondering, “Just How did this come about???” (I’ve done Plenty of that!!)
Well, after much wondering and head scratching myself, I can only come up with one answer to that one, which is to point you to the title of this post…

“The Beauty that can Come, from Listening to The Ultimate Grand Master”

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As time has gone by, and I’ve been pondering on what just happened in the game, I think that I’m starting to understand some of the mechanics of what happened, a little bit better.
For next weeks post, I’ll be including a section on some of the theory that has been going round my head, for how to try and achieve a multiple Queen checkmate, in the future???
With this knowledge, you too may be able to achieve a multiple Queen Checkmate???

Next week has now come, and the chess solution is included in the post. Link Here.

Further Update. I’ve now added another post about the 6 Queen game, which includes an extra time bit, with some of my thoughts as to why I think this game was a gift to me. Link Here.

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[Event “Game vs Computer”]
[Site “Checkmate Chess”]
[Date “2025.5.30”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Computer”]
[Black “Player”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “1050”]
[BlackElo “0”]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Bf5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Be3 e6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nh4 Bg6 8.Nxg6 hxg6 9. Qa4+ Nbd7 10. Rg1 a6 11. h3 b5 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. a3 O-O 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. g3 Nb6 16. Bg2 Nc4 17. Bd2 a5 18. Nxb5 Qb6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. h4 Nxb2 22. Rb1 Qxd4 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. exd3 Nxd3+ 25. Ke2 Nxf4+ 26. gxf4 a4 27. Rgc1 Nh5 28. Rb7 Nxf4+ 29. Kf3 Nd3 30. Rcc7 Ne5+ 31. Kg3 Nc4 32. Ra7 Nxa3 33. Bf3 Nc4 34. Rxa8 Rxa8 35. Rxc4 dxc4 36. Bxa8 a3 37. Kg2 a2 38. Bc6 a2a1Q 39. h5 gxh5 40. Be4 f6 41. Bf3 h4 42. Bg4 g5 43. Kh2 e5 44. Kg2 c3 45. Bf5 Kg7 46. Bg4 c2 47. Be2 c2c1Q 48. Bd1 Qxd1 49. Kh3 Qh1+ 50. Kg4 Qa4+ 51. f4 gxf4 52. Kh5 h3 53. Kg4 h2 54. Kh4 e4 55. Kh3 f3 56. Kg4 Kf7 57. Kf4 Ke6 58. Ke3 f5 59. Kf4 Qa5 60. Kg3 Kd5 61. Kf4 Kd4 62. Kg5 f2 63. Kf4 e3 64. Kg5 Ke4 65. Kf6 f4 66. Kg7 f3 67. Kf8 f2f1Q 68. Kf7 Qfe1 69. Kg7 f2 70. Kf8 Qd1 71. Kg7 e2 72. Kg6 Kf3 73. Kf6 e2e1Q 74. Kg7 f2f1Q 75. Kf8 Qhg1 76. Kf7 h2h1Q 77. Kf6 Qac3+ 78. Kf5 Qcc1 79. Kf6 Ke2+ 80. Ke6 Kd2+ 81. Kd7 Kc2+ 82. Kc7 Kb1+ 83. Kb8 Qh8+ 84. Kb7 Qgg7+ 85. Kb6 Qff6+ 86. Kb5 Qee5+ 87. Kb4 Qdd4+ 88. Kb3 Qcc3# 0-1

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7q/6q1/5q2/4q3/3q4/1Kq5/8/1k6 w – – 24 89

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The Actual Truth is, God Loves You, Us, Me.

As a child, I had a bad experience with the church.
It wasn’t anything that bad really. But, as a child, it made me turn my back on the church, and in effect, all things to do with God.

It was so bad, that when a church group came to my secondary school assembly, when I was a teenager, on an outreach mission, all I could do was mutter under my breath, “This is a load of old nonsense and rubbish!!” (Or something like it.)
Apparently, I was louder than I thought I was, as my friend said to me, “You really didn’t like them. You were muttering about them all through that.”

It was true, I didn’t like them at all, even though I didn’t even know them.
My past experience, was colouring how I viewed them.

So what was this terrible experience then??
(As I have already said, it was a nothing thing really.)

I was at Sunday school, and we were given leaflets with a picture on it to colour in. There were two scenes in the leaflet.

One scene was of a child, offering their toy to another child, saying, “Would you like to play with my toy?”
The second scene was of a child, holding firmly onto their toy saying, “It’s mine!”

As a child with three brothers, I firmly identified myself as the child in the second scene, of “It’s mine!”

There was a tick and a cross on both scenes. There was a cross on the scene that I thought was me. The tick was on the scene of “How you should be acting”.

I had absolutely no intention of ever being like that first scene!!!

As such, all that leaflet said to me, was that the church was telling me that, “I was Bad!”

I fully turned my back on the church, because of that leaflet.

That leaflet had sold me a lie, that I was “Bad”, because I didn’t want to follow, “The Right Way”, to do things.

Yet here I am now, writing a post, declaring that,
“God Is Love, and that He Loves You, with an Everlasting Love!!!”

That’s a bit of a turnaround then. 🙂

What’s brought about such a turnaround then?
The short version is, that I now know what the “Actual Truth” is.

I would love to write down in a short snappy way, how I came to know what the Actual Truth is, but it was a bit of a long process.

The shortest snappy version that I can give, is that The Truth sought me out, and when I was face to face with “The Actual Truth”, then I just couldn’t deny it!

Part of that Truth is that, God isn’t just watching over me, waiting for me to mess up, and then tell me how bad I am.
Instead He is. Loving Heavenly Father, who feels my pain, when things go wrong.
Instead of wanting to condem and criticise, He wants to teach and correct, as a Loving Heavenly Father, as One who wants the Best, for Their child.

You might possibly be thinking something as along the lines of, “Well that sounds like a nice truth for you, but it’s not like any kind of truth that I know.”

The reality is that a truth, is a truth, whether you accept it, or not. Knowing what the actual truth is, can change your perspective though.

The next question could then be,
“Do you want to know what “The Actual Truth is?”

To quote an old TV programme, “The truth is out there.”

Matthew 7:7-8
7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

John 3:16-17
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

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If there is anyone who would like to seek out the Truth, I do have an archive page of posts with an outreach feel to them.
(Posts that try to shine a light, on the Truth.)
If you feel lead to, then please do consider having a look. (Link below)

Posts with an Outreach feel.

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Knowing The Truth, can Change your Perspective!

I saw a large ish spider in the bath just recently. It reminded me of a time when I was much younger, and I had a plastic joke spider, which was a similar size.

You may have guessed where this one is going. 🙂

On one occasion, I placed my plastic spider, in my brother’s bed. I then forgot all about it.

When bedtime came, my brother got a bit of a shock. It gets better. 🙂

We all ended up, just looking at this spider, that was in my brother’s bed. Our Mum, being the only adult, then had to deal with the situation.
So a rolled up paper was found, and she then preceded to hit the spider. This spider, had super spider strength though. It would just bounce up a little, then just stand definitely, where it was.
My Mum started to say, “It just won’t die!!??”

I can remember a big smile, erupting across my face, as I remembered, putting said spider in place, earlier in the day. 🙂

I can then remember going over to the bed, then picking up my spider. I may have said something along the lines of, “Oh yes, I put him in there earlier.” Probably with a big grin, on my face.

We then all laughed about it (Some more than others).
I had managed to prank not only my brother, but our whole family, including myself, until I remembered what I had done earlier. 🙂

Once I had realised the truth, then fear and worry, dissolved into laughter, as I saw that we were all concerned, by a simple plastic spider.
Knowing what the actual truth is, can make a big difference to your perspective.

Can you think of any such similar instances in your past?
A time when you were so concerned over something, but when you realised the truth, then your whole perspective on the situation, just changed?
We’ve all probably had them, in one way or another.

If we are facing a situation that is causing us some level of concern, then can we try to gain a better understanding of what the actual truth is?

Sometimes, the truth may be that we are facing a difficult situation, that needs to be dealt with. But even in these situations, can we hear partial lies, that can end up making the situation seem as if it is worse than it is?

Other times, we may even be facing a complete lie, that when we realise the truth, it can leave us thinking, “What/Why was I so concerned over this!!??”

In all instances, seeking the actual truth, is always going to be a good path to take.

John 8:31-32
31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

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The above, is the official end of this post, but I do feel as if there is a bit of extra time, to be had.

There is a lie, that the world, seems to be speaking/taking on board about God.
That lie is that, “God is a judgemental God, who is watching and waiting for us to fail, and then bring a judgement against us.” As I have said, I believe that statement, is a lie.
The truth is that God is Love, and He Loves us, with a Love that goes beyond measure. Perhaps I’ll look into this more, in a future post???

I do have a previous post that kind of looks into this thought, from a slightly differnt viewpoint. A link to that post is below.

Daniel, God is my Judge

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If there is anyone who would like a bit of further reading on the subject matter of being caught out by a lie, then there is a previous post, that I can point you to. (It’s a bit of a longer read.)
It’s a testimonial post, of when I got caught out by something, that I really shouldn’t have done, which then caused me a few days of grief and stress.

Most people, may just try to forget these things.
I go and write about it… Then post it… Then go as and tell people,
“It’s still out there, if you’d like to read it.” … ??? …
By all means, don’t feel the need to go and read it. 🙂

Apparently, I’ve been Involved in a Hit and Run?

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Ridiculous!

I have to admit that something, which was planned, got cancelled at the last moment, which then upset me.
This then lead me to write the post below.
I’m posting it now, in the hopes that there is more here, than me just having a bit of a rant. 🙂

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The schemes of the enemy, are ridiculous, when brought into the light of Our Lord God!

But will we bring them into the light, of Our Lord God, to expose them?

One scheme of the enemy that I would like to bring into the light, is the idea of, “So many people can’t make it, let’s just cancel, and rearrange for another time.”

On the surface, this can seem like a perfectly good thing to do. “All that effort for so few people to attend.” Or, “But we so desperately want for so and so to be included in the meeting.”

But, if we don’t have a meeting, then whose agenda, is being achieved?
God’s, or the enemy’s?

“Now isn’t that being a bit dramatic?” The enemy would love to whisper into our ears at this point. “Aren’t you just going a bit over the top here?” Could be another version.

My thoughts at this, go to, “Zeal for your house will consume me!”

I am FOR The Lord! Not the enemy.
The enemy is to be ignored, and The Lord, is the one we Should be listening to!!!

So what does The Lord say, about meeting together?

Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the Habit of doing. That sounds like …

Hebrews 10:24-25
24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

How about the parable of the banquet? (Luke 14:15-24)
Does this tell us something of Our Father’s heart, when it comes to meeting together?
Ok, that one may be a bit of a stretch, as the parable was meant for a different message. But does it also show something of Our Heavenly Father’s heart, when we fail to meet together?

The thought of, “But we want so and so to be included in our meeting, let’s rearrange, so that, so and so can be included.”
When this thought is brought into the light, this to, seems to be ridiculous to me.
How would so and so feel, if they found out, that the whole meeting was cancelled, because they couldn’t be there?
Taken to the extreme, would this then lead to thinking of, “I dare not cancel or not attend, because the whole event could end up being cancelled, just because of me.” … ??? “Ridiculous”, I say. 🙂

Now, the real question comes to me. Are these just my words, because I’m a bit upset? (Which I am.)
Or, are they the words of Our Lord God, going through me?
My words don’t matter, But, His DO!!

If this is just me having a bit of a rant, then by all means, ignore me, if you want to. 🙂

But, if Our Lord God is speaking to you, through me… Well, that’s a matter for you and Our Lord God to work out, together.

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You don’t have, because you don’t ask for.

How many times have you been on the receiving end of the above statement?
We’ve all probably been there at some point in time. 🙂

Another version that I heard as I was growing up was, “Don’t ask…. Don’t get!”

How many parents have echoed those words, through the years? Many, probably.

How many times does our Heavenly Father think them words about us?
Do we give Him more opportunities to think them than we should?

I’ve been seeing the view point of the other side of this, just recently.

I’ve been working on a project for a family member, for a while now. I kind of think that it should have been finished a while ago now, but it is still on going. (At the time that I write this.)

Part of the reason it’s not finished is because I’ve not been working on it.
But, a lot of the reason for me not working on it is that, I’ve not been asked to work on it???

I’ve said, “Arrange a time for me to come round to work on it.” But the tumble weed flows past, and not much else happens. 😦

I am partly aware of some of the reasons for nothing being arranged.
The family member doesn’t want to be a burden.
They feel that I already have enough to do, and they do not want to add to my load, even though I want to see the project finished.

But I don’t want to be the sole driving force, moving the project forward. I need for them to take ownership of the project.

It’s a very frustrating position to be in. It’s kind of like…
I want to do this, but I need for you to want it too. I know that you do want this to happen, but I need for you to show me that you want it to happen by doing something instead of just waiting for me to just turn up and take the lead. I need for you to take ownership of this, and then we can start to work on this, together.

Have we ever left Our Heavenly Father feeling a similar way about us?
Is there something that He just wants to give to us, if we would just ask for it?
Is there anything that we should be stepping towards, because He is leading us to …… , but we just don’t want to take any steps towards ….. ?
Do we sometimes, just want Our God to do all of the work and hand us a finished ….. , instead of it being a partnership with us working together with Our Lord God Almighty to complete …… ?

Do we sometimes, need to make the first step of, just asking for ….. ?

Matthew 7:7-11
7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

9 “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

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Can we be so Dry, that we can’t take in the Water?

I was watering a few plants, that had been a bit neglected recently.
One or two were a bit on the dry side, to the extent, that the water just poured straight into and out of the pot.

It got me thinking, if we remove ourselves from the Goodness of Our Lord God, then can we become so dry, that if we go and try for a quick drenching, that we find, we can’t take anything in?
Could this then lead us thinking,
“What’s the point of all this! It’s just not working.” ???

The good news is, that my plants were not beyond recovery!!

For the best results, the water flow can be slowed down, and kept flowing for longer. Gradually, the plant pots will start to take in the water again.
It just takes a bit of patience and persistence.

If we find ourselves, in a place of dryness, with Our Lord God, then can we try to add a measure of patience and persistence, to our actions, of seeking Him, and His Goodness?

Our Lord God, is actively waiting for the prodigal to return.
He seeks out His lost sheep.
Will we endeavour to do our bit, and seek Him and His Goodness, all the days of our lives?

Psalm 81:13-16
13 “If my people would only listen to me,
    if Israel would only follow my ways,
14 how quickly I would subdue their enemies
    and turn my hand against their foes!
15 Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him,
    and their punishment would last forever.
16 But you would be fed with the finest of wheat;
    with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

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Who wants more… Gruel …?

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Are we Expecting, for More?

What is our expectations, when it comes to the things of God?
Do we have an expectant heart, that is looking for, waiting, hoping for more?

When we look at Gideon, in Judges 6, we can see from his response to the angel of the Lord, that he remembers what he has been told of old, and is wanting and hoping for more.

Judges 6:11-13
11 The angel of the Lord came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from the Midianites. 12 When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.”

13 “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about when they said, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.”

From verse 13, we can see that Gideon, has been told about the past of the Israelites, and that he believes it to be true. Further more, we can also see that, he has the question of, “Why is our experience so different, why aren’t we seeing the goodness of God, in our time?”

It appears to me, that Gideon, was looking for, wanting, and hoping, to see the goodness of God, in his, here and now.
Could this be part of the reason, (whether large or small) of why God chose Gideon, to lead Israel, for the time, that he did?

Gideon, followed God’s leading, and he saw God’s goodness, in his time.

When it comes to our lives, what are we looking, waiting, hoping to see?
Are we looking to fulfill our own hopes and desires?
Or, are we trying to align our thoughts, with Our Lord God’s thoughts?

Matthew 6:19-21
Treasures in Heaven
19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

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When it comes to our expectations, I have been challenged on this, with regards to, how much do I believe that God will heal my wife?
I know that He can do it.
I’ve read about it in the bible.
I’ve heard about it happening in our world today, in other places.
But, me and my wife, are still waiting for it to be our time.
We try to wait, with our expectations remaining high, but we also have to live, in the here and now.
It feels like it can be a bit of a balancing act, living with the two aspects.
A previous post looks a bit into the thought of, How we try to wait, while Waiting for my wife to be Healed.

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As we Celebrate Easter, Will we Consider, What it was for Jesus?

Easter, is a time to celebrate, and give thanks for The Price that was paid, by God, to set us Free.

We can now come close to, and know Our Lord God, because of the price that Jesus paid on the cross, over the time of Easter.

So, I do want to say, first and foremost, that Easter, Is a time to Celebrate, and to be thankful for.

But, could we also take some time, to consider the price, that Jesus paid, on the cross?

Part if my thinking for this is, “Those who are forgiven little, love little. Those who are forgiven much, Love much.”

If we can obtain a greater understanding of what the cross was for Jesus, then will we gain a better, and Greater Love, for Him, who Has paid the price, to save us all?

I am now going to point to two previous posts, as they look at the price that Jesus paid, in a way that was a revelation to me.

Was saying Tetelestai, part of how Jesus endured the cross?

Do I miss, What the Cross was, for Jesus?

The links above, point to posts that are part 1 and part 2 of the same thought. That thought is,

“Was Jesus, speaking the words, “It is Finished” as a source of strength, to Himself, so that He would remain on the cross, and complete the task, before Him?”

I would like to ask you to either consider reading the above posts, or to just contemplate the above thought, with Our Heavenly Father, as we celebrate this time of Easter.

As I’ve been thinking on it, I’ve found myself wondering, if when the angel came and strengthened Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane, did he speak words, something like, “When you get through this, then, It will be Finished/Complete/Paid in Full!” ???

I pray that, Our Lord God, will Greatly Bless you this Easter time, and at all times. I also pray that we may all gain a better understanding of The Love, that Our Lord God, has for us all. Amen.

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Can we see something is wrong, and not be able to do anything about it?

One time, I looked out of my window and saw a car with it’s window open, and the rain was falling. Then I had the thought of, “Sometimes, you can see something is wrong, and not be able to do anything about it.”

The car window was open, as the rain was coming down. Someone’s car was getting wet, and I could do very little about it. 😦

I didn’t know who the car belonged to. I would have liked to have helped, in some way. Possibly by saying, “Hey, your car window is down and it’s raining.” But to who?
If I’d gone out and tried to put the window up myself ….. Then would I have looked like I was trying to do something, that was undesirable???

So, I just had to accept that, sometimes, you can see that something is wrong, and you just can’t do anything about it.

As I’ve been writing this, a few thoughts have been coming to me. Such as, couldn’t you have knocked on your neighbours doors, and asked them?
Couldn’t you have gone outside and shouted about it, or sounded your car horn?

In some respects, it’s true. I could have tried one of the above options, but, the thought that came to me, at the time, was, “Sometimes, you can see that something is wrong, and you just can’t do anything about it.”

Based on the thought, I turned away, and just left it.
(All I did was write the title of this blog post down.)

Is this the bit that matters most?
Hearing what your Heavenly Father is speaking to you at any given moment, and then just following it’s leading?

It maybe difficult to walk away from some things, that we can see are wrong, but if we are being told, “This is Somebody else’s Problem.”
Then shouldn’t we just walk away?

Hearing, and following Our Lord God’s thoughts, should be our best leading, for how and what we should do.

Heavenly Father,
If You tell us to leave something alone, then please help us to do just that.
Help us to leave it, in Your hands.
Please give us a peace about it, so that we can then trust, that it is in Your hands.
Please help us to not worry about the things, that we have little or no control over.
Instead, please help us to hand them over into Your hands, and to leave them there.
For You, are able to deal with all things.
Our Loving Heavenly Father.
Amen.

John 10:27
27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.