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Sunday, 08 November 2009

  • Inner healing...

    So I'm going to go get inner healing. I don't know if we're talking sozo (which I've had before) or Restoring The Foundations, the two that my church deals with here. But I'm getting inner healing.

    I also don't know how I'm going to get there without a car right now. I live so far out and farther out than anyone at my church.

    I'll figure something out.

  • Strange dream that I was going back to Redding...

    I had such a strange dream last night.

    I was on an airplane, in one of the seats up front. We were leaving RDU International airport.

    First of all, I don't know what was up with the pilot of this plane. We were flying pretty low for a while and almost hit a building. It was a miracle that we didn't.

    And thinking about that now kind of reminds me of when I moved to Redding the first time, when I witnessed a plane crash a few days before I left. And it really looked like that plane should have hit us, but by some miracle, it turned quickly and didn't hit us. Anyway, that's not part of the dream but just an afterthought.

    Anyway, we get up to the right altitude eventually.

    For some reason, I had no clue where this plane would be landing this time around. I don't even know if I knew if my final destination would be in Redding or not. I think all I knew was I was on a plane, heading somewhere. We ended up landing in Chico, which is an hour and a half away from Redding. And weird thing was the plane ride was actually not that long. It was like flying from San Francisco to Las Vegas.

    When I get in Chico, I find my Chevy Blazer that I used to have, all fixed up, and apparently unexpired North Carolina plates on it for some reason, which is weird seeing how I sold the truck and it no longer has North Carolina plates. But in the dream, I didn't question it. Somehow I had my truck keys on me too.

    At first I was going to find a greyhound bus to Redding, but then I figured "What the heck! I've got my truck here, I'll drive!".

    A little before that I was just looking for something to eat before I went out of town. I had just as much money in my wallet in the dream as I do right now, just a few bucks.

    Before I could leave Chico, I woke up from my dream.

    So I don't normally post my dreams on here, but I'm posting this one to see if any of my friends who do biblical dream interpretation have any interpretations for this dream.

    I think I'm starting to get an interpretation now. Not quite finished interpreting it.

    Details I just realized I left out

    It's towards the end of the dream. When I was looking for food, I was looking for maybe a fast food place, but all I found were convenience stores where I could find snacks. Also, the amount of money I had in my wallet was $4, just in case anyone was curious about that.

    The gas tank on the truck was half full. I was hoping that would be enough to take me all the way to Redding.

  • Maybe I was better off being homeless in Redding...

    Let me explain the title of my post.

    OK, so I found telecommuting work doing web and graphic design. Well I'm still working out the contract and payment on that. So that's good. But I have a feeling that I could be kicked out. Well if I end up homeless, there goes the work too, right?

    And it seems that my friendships here in Raleigh aren't going that great. I don't know. Maybe I've changed. Maybe my friends are finding me to be a totally different person than they knew two years ago, and they liked the person they knew two years ago.

    I can't really get anywhere without a car. Buses don't run out here, except for the JCATS (Johnston County Area Transit System) and you've got to call the business day before to get a ride from them. And Taxis definitely aren't going to be a cost-effective way of getting around. I looked at the rates. Not anything anyone in their right mind would do unless they have a lot of money.

    A lot of my friends in Redding were suggesting that I go back home. I did. And for some reason, it seems I'm in a worse situation than what I was in in Redding.

    I don't think my friends there intended for this to happen, but this is happening.

    So really, I'm not sure what to do.

    I would talk to someone at church to see if I could get some kind of help. However, I don't have a ride to church.

    I'm not saying I'm going back to Redding right now. I still need to give it a shot here in Raleigh, and hope I don't end up homeless. But I'm tempted to head back there sooner than I planned on it. And my friends told me that they'd rather see me go home than end up homeless there. Well I could be homeless here anyway. And the way things are going, I'm not sure it's better off to be homeless here than it is there.

    Somehow, I got myself in this mess. Somehow, I'm going to get out of it. Don't know how yet, but I'm going to get out of it.

Friday, 06 November 2009

  • So I'm still looking for another place to stay, and I have some work.

    I can't stay here too much longer with my parents.

    I love my parents. But quite frankly, communication with them has been awkward for a long time, and still is. On top of that, the masonic stuff going on in the family is just plain evil. And I know I have family members who can read this blog that would totally disagree with me. It doesn't matter to me. My mother has wanted me to join for a long time, but I won't. I hope she realizes that it's a losing battle for her.

    On top of that, I didn't even plan on staying at my parents house anyway. I just came here because the friends I was going to stay with weren't ready for me yet. I don't know if they are now. If they are, that's great! I'm ready to move in. So I need to talk to Jeremy and Christy about that. I'll talk with some other people at my church too just in case they have decided not to have me there now.

    Yesterday, I was with my mother, going to my brother's house so I could use Skype. I can't use it at my parents house because the connection is unstable and limited to 5 gigabytes a month. It's beyond me why my mother pays $60/month for this, but that's what she's chosen to do. Anyway she said she was going by McDonalds on the way, and asked if I wanted anything. So she got a couple of biscuits and a soda for me.

    Then the next thing she said when we were going through the drive-thru was "You owe me". And it was in a tone that didn't sound very good. I asked "How much". She said "we'll talk about it later. You also owe me for staying at the house" First of all, you're going to offer something to me, and not tell me I owe you then, and then after you buy it for me, then tell me I owe you? And I was willing to pay for the breakfast then, but she didn't want it then. Something is not right. I had some bad vibes about that and I have a feeling she wasn't talking about money. I know I owe my parents, and I want to help them out financially when I'm able to. I want to be a blessing to them. But this statement she made to me wasn't out of love, but to instill fear in me. Fear is part of the problem I had, part of the reason I kept changing my mind about leaving Redding, staying in Redding, etc. Fear has lead to the double mindedness and I can't allow her to do this to me. She gave me the creeps about this, yes. But I won't put up with this. You know, loving a person goes a lot further than making someone fear you.

    Well, there is some good news in all this. I do have some substantial graphic and web site design work I'm doing for one client, which will likely lead to other work. One of the sites will be a continual thing for me. So hopefully I'll have enough to pay rent and take care of some other needs too. One thing is for certain, I'm moving out of this place as soon as a door opens for me to do so. I can't stay trapped here.

    And I realize my mother can read this. I'm not worried about it. Whatever she wants to do, she'll do. I honor her, but I won't be controlled by her like that.

Wednesday, 04 November 2009

  • Well no one said this would be easy...

    Right now, it's not easy to find a job anywhere.

    There are things that are making it more difficult for me. I don't have a vehicle anymore. I live over 30 minutes from Raleigh, where I can't catch a bus. So I can't really get anywhere unless my parents or my brother's wife takes me somewhere. My brother can't do that for various reasons.

    So I'm pretty much limited to applying for jobs on line. Granted, many applications are now on line, so that's not a big issue. The issue is how do I get there when they finally call me in for an interview? Then if I get the job, how do I get there without a car and with no easy access to the bus.

    There is an express bus that runs from Zebulon to Raleigh. Only problem is it only runs in the morning hours until 8 and in the afternoon hours from 4 to 7. What if I need to be at work at 2:00? I have to get up early in the morning to catch the express bus. What if I have to work past 7? I would need to a) find someone in that area to stay with overnight or b) hope my parents or my brother's wife would get me back home. So this would limit the hours I could work, or make things really inconvenient for me as far as my sleep schedule and any other tasks I have goes. Oh, and I still need a ride to and from the express bus stop in Zebulon, seeing how I live in Middlesex, which is close, but not walking distance at all to Zebulon.

    And I'm taking a look at jobs in Redding still, just in case something opens up there. It's on my heart to get back there as soon as I can. So if God opens that opportunity, that will be wonderful.

    Telecommuting! That's the kind of job I'd love to have. I'm a web site and graphic designer. I've had some freelance gigs telecommuting. I need to find something more stable. People say "Oh, you could work from home doing graphic and web site design". Theoretically, yes, you could. In fact, I have a gig I'm about to start on now. But I've been unable to find anything constant enough for me to make a real living. Telecommuting has not really caught on with most businesses yet. And those telecommuting jobs that are out there aren't exactly easy to get.

    Regardless, I must keep believing that God is going to open up a door. I don't know where. I don't know if it's in Raleigh, in Redding, or somewhere else that I haven't thought of at all. But I do need something to open up. I know God knows that. So I'm just asking him to show me what I need to do. I'm thankful for not being homeless, but I know I cannot stay in the position I'm in right now.

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  • My name is Joseph Cagle. You can call me Joey. The title of the blog is Holy Uprisings. This is the same name as a CD I will eventually release with my industrial electronic worship project, TCP. It's time for a holy uprising! For too long, we've kept our God in a box! It's time to let him out! It's time to see God move supernaturally! Nothing in the Bible indicated that the supernatural gifts were supposed to stop functioning once the scripture was completed! It was only decided by man that this was the case after they saw failures of the gifts. People are afraid of failure! Well, no more! We're seeing a generation that will trust God to move without limits! WE WILL NOT LIMIT OUR GOD! He wants to start a holy uprising with each of us!

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