Reincarnation - A Mockery of God?

Now, long about 5 days back, I were gonna ask you good folks if any of ye had ever delved into Reincarnation, either as a curiosity or a serious study.....

Well, I did, way back in the late 1960s and into the early 1970s. Most of my reading on the subject was connected to Edgar Cayce, the famous "Sleeping Prophet" of the early 20th Century America.

I found much of the subject to be very interesting, little to dispute.

I, in fact, back in my youth, had experienced two distinct visions, dreams, if you will, of my own "Past Lives".

The first was only a brief flash-type dream.....1066, Battle of Hastings, Britain. I was a common herdsman who met my death at this time. No detail, just that clear fact.

The second vision was of myself, on horseback, slugging across the high plateaus of the Four Corners region of the Southwest, North America. In this vision, I was a 42-year-old grunt, miserable, hot and hungry......I keeled over and fell dead from my horse.

That is the entire History of my previous lives, either real or imagined.

Flash ahead to September, 2006, 5 days ago. My mind was active and I found myself doing some math in my head........the years between 1542 and 1066 numbered 476. The years from 1542 to 2018 also number 476!

I determined, in my Folly, that I would live 12 more years and pass on, for the third time, in the year 2018. A simple math error led me, at first, to 2028, ten years too many and the ripe old age of 80!

I was overjoyed at 80! Even with no guarantee of health in the ensuing years, I was happy to see that!

But, a re-check caught the error and I was a bit disappointed but accepting of the new data.

Well! In retrospect, I may have ticked off the Creator in deigning to know the year of my demise! That very evening I became sick.......

And, Friends, I have been sicker, for the last five days, than I recall being in any of the years past! I mean to tell Ye! For 2 Days I really didn't think I was gonna make it! Yet I was too mentally incoherent to seek aid! Even when I did see the scope of the situation, I would fall asleep, if that is the right word, before taking action!

I am now on the mend. A brief appearance at work, today, didn't work out but, I hope, I can return tomorrow or Friday.....I have missed so much it will be a blow to my savings but, thankfully, I do have some $$$ set aside and I can, probably, work Saturday & Sunday to help alleviate the financial shock.....

All these days, as He always does, Jesus was sitting in my easy chair, off in the corner, observing. Had I asked for help, He would have provided but, being a "Vain & Proud" Man, I mostly ignored His presence!

And He will NOT act without being asked!

Mankind is not meant to know the time or means of his passing. The act of trying to give myself such "God-like" Power was met with a Swift, Harsh & Just Lesson!

I will live until the Creator deems that my Mission on Earth is Finished. Only He knows the Time.