Daily journal December 26, 2000, All people are religious, yet few have Christianity.

All people have an instinct to worship God but like the children of Israel, most worship the golden calf or the equivalent thereof. Only a few are truly righteous. There are many religions in the world today. There is the temple of Osiris of the free masonry worship and commitment to do in secret that comes before any other God to them. There are the temples of Buddha, of Hindu and Islam. There are temples to Mary and then the temples or towers or obelus or steeples of the modern Christian Protestant church. Most all these are compromised to the ecumenical universal one world church Whose God is the devil. There is only one way to salvation through Christ, be not invested in this world. They will take that all away so long as they have power. Let us serve the one and only God. The facts are that Christmas is a religious holiday, have they not noticed that everybody observes Christ-mas in the world. It is possible to profit but not believe and not be saved. Welcome Mr.Tom Patterson to our home and to my studio, American editor Raw Vision. Today I am expecting a visit from Tom Patterson considering a book of my artwork to write. A book has been in the plans now for more than two years and recently it has been heavy on my mind as to what message it should convey. How can I then say what my conviction really is without controversy? I have never really considered softpeddling this message sugar coated like a Billy Graham or others who have incorporated into one, all the religions of the world. I am not hiding behind the church or appealing to any of the great contributors of money in the world. I am painting art of my conviction and not by choice. If a book can be creating to convey my message then I am all for it. Long before day break this morning I lay awake and the answer began to flow through my mind and heart. I begin to see a new group of art. If I am to paint then why do not I have hands, if I am to write then why do I not have a vocabulary to write? All this is a miracle in itself. I do not question these matters as I get there somehow with my eyes straight ahead being determined. I pray for strength to complete my mission being dedicated to God as my creator who will provide for me in all matters. What I see is what I paint for today and yesterday. History has been revealed to me outside of the circle of formal procedure, it has come through my heart more than my head. My art is secondary such as a vehicle to reveal what my heart is seeing. To print a book of my artwork may be just another book, to print what I see and feel would be a real book. My version of a writer is one that will convey the message that I see that makes be paint like mad the truth without friendship or consideration of the cutting edge. Fearing that I cannot explain it, I write it to be clearly understood. I pray that this may be a book of awakening as a model of a life I want to live and of things I want to say that may either save the nation and its people of the world in this life or in eternity. The book should say what I believe and express my conviction, yet it may surprise one that I am not a fundamentalist in the sense of the word. I believe that God lives and that salvation is through Christ the Messiah. I believe sin is sin and that God forgives sin for a believer who serves God through Christ who paid the ultimate price for our redemption. I paint pro-life because I believe abortion is murder. I paint against all alcohol because it has no place in our bodies. I paint for family life because, it is a natural way set forth by God in creation. I paint against sugar and processed foods because I believe they disturb the mind and body and cause confusion leading to body destruction. I advocate Biblical straight living simple and pure and righteous praying to God directly and not through a priest or any palm reader. Read the Word, pray, exercise.