Soldiers of the Cross

07/29/2025

Fantastic message for us this morning.

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06/16/2025

06/16/2025

Okay so I've been told or heard it said well I'm quite a writer, quite a wordsmith but I honestly want you to know that the way I utilize my grammar isn't designed to humor or entertain you more than it is to show greater significance on some things that on others.

It's something that was necessary for me to learn in order to have a better social skill set than I otherwise would have had.
What most start-off with as having in life that will help get them to the point toward those kind of social skills was way different than what I was going to be started out with from age five onward. And thus a new life and a new way was what I was traversing.
I messed it up pretty bad along the way but it was ground unlike anything most would ever see unless somehow some way it would be shared with them someday & thus sure to how great it was and is it became my passion to share it with everyone I'd ever meet, even if that meant in the smallest ways possible too because you just never know how much things you're going to be allotted with anyone so I tried to make good use of the time best as I could realizing my own great weaknesses & the importance also of each second of the lives of others. A balancing act is one way of describing what I saw in my mind as I wrote that previous sentence, and one I'd have to get pretty at. I'd do better as a circus monkey than as a talented performer such as one who walks the tight-rope is how I've always felt about it.
So I guess keep that in mind when trying to compare apples to oranges by remembering to throw me a banana because banana peels can be very dangerous while walking on flat ground let alone on tight wires far above the ground what easily charges you can befall you at any second.

I was honored a few years back when a published writer took notice of my Facebook posts and having done so and without ever having spoken with me, He let me know he had went back 10 years through my history on Facebook alone and his comment to me next was either I was the real deal or the greatest con-man ever.
I couldn't believe hardly that anyone would scroll back through that much data regarding my personal preferences and writings without having first met and spoke with me and even then it would be unlikely by my way of thinking that they would still do something like that.
But I found out this year just a couple months back and even more recently actually that there are several unique individuals who have done that and went even further.
I'm truly thankful because I know that it takes more than just a person's writings and willingness to share for that kind of thing to happen. There's something far greater at work.
A great big thank you to those who have given of their time to research such things as my writings to find the credibility, inspiration, courage, encouragement, or whatever it is or was that they were/are looking for; in doing so you helped me more than likely I will adequately am me to express.
The truth is I 100% believe that I'm carrying one of the greatest stories he had to be told and not because of who I am and because of who gave me no lie The amazing things as difficult to believe as they are that that person brought me through and all of the joys and great victories as well as the defeats failures and shortcomings that when seen as a whole turn into a great masterpiece kind of like what perhaps DaVinci might be able to paint; yet the painter of my canvas is far greater than even the DaVinci.
It's the story of him in the life I've been so blessed to live and the otherwise overwhelming life it would have been that I wouldn't have survived had he not been for him in it.

He taught me that there's some things that will only manifest in his timing irregardless of what anyone else including myself says does thinks or believes and I'm going to take it one step further and add and even then sometimes it only will come through also great prayer of countless masses. I know this to be true 100% and thus is one of the reasons I'm putting myself out there in this message right now.

Very recently I was speaking by phone with a man, a great man in fact, who I'm just going to call "Joe", Joe is an extraordinary man and whether or not he knows that about himself I am not sure but I know it to be true because of the one who revealed Joe to me.
Anyway, during that phone conversation Joe was letting me know that he had just read something I had not too long ago written. I had put it out there for semi-public view. I often take great chances in writing such things as what he was referring to because insane, wacko, crazy, liar, & dangerous even, are just a few of the kinds of descriptive words that often can be & have been used by others trying to define who I am or what I'm about after even experiencing just one lil such snippet of mine.
Hearing what Joe had to say about what he read was great encouragement to me because he flat out told me that he understood everything he read and believed what I had written to be 100% true. He was right I wasn't lying not even in the slightest of ways and for the words that came forth from him being the man that he was and is I knew yet again but there was something much bigger going on. Joe told me that he also understood that it can be difficult to stay focused on what the main purpose of our life is and thus that he would be praying for me because he believed it's very important.
If you're anything at all like this or feel anything at all like the way he does and did then I hope you will adapt his willingness to pray for me in your life as well, I know it's a lot to ask, so I want you to know ahead of time that I am very thankful for each and every one of you and each and every one of you is more important than this entire world is to me. I hope also that someday You will remember me saying that and that you will know it to be true within your own hearts.
Anyway again thank you in advance for the time you share and spend with me and learning things of my life that otherwise you would not and thank you for sharing those parts of your lives with me that you do. I was given no hopes of living past the age of five let alone meeting anyone new and yet here am I still striving to meet new people and furthering the bonds I have with all those already I've shared with and that have shared with me.
Some of you have heard me mention a book I'm trying to write, it's one that has been a long time coming, it's one that may not see fruition in the way that I originally thought it would yet it is coming to fruition in different ways even as I type this msg. I believe that with your prayers and the prayers of countless others it shall be manifest if the Lord's will and the truth of it being one of the greatest stories yet to be told or changed to being one of the greatest stories shared.
It's the street of Christ in my life.

Recapping this & some other msgs :

The time is late and the need is great!

I believe fully that I've been given one of the greatest stories yet to be told. Nearly everything is in place for it to happen.
Whoever takes interest in my yet to be told story will find proof of what I'm saying and likely become pieces of the key to unlocking the story.
I need help with it big time though.
I've been in the headlines, I've been in a few magazines, I've been literally dead a few times.
I went from being in a gasoline explosion at age five & being given a zero percent chance of surviving to having been invited onto the US Olympic Teams by age 19, champion Powerlifter, Motocrosser, Billiards player, Chess champion, College graduate, and a friend towards all I've ever met and did so though coming from a broken home wherein could be found violence, s*x issues, fame, drugs, alcohol, and abuse.
What more need I say that will help you and anyone else listening to help me by by at least praying for me?
I believe I've lived one of the most incredible lives ever. Every person I've met and every person who has ever prayed for me, all were/are necessary components in my arriving to where I currently am and having made it through everything thus far by the grace of God.

My hopes for what readers might say afterwards are things like they found a new belief in the impossible becoming possible where uncertainty and fear turned into confidence and courage that also yielded faith through even failure and that if that can be, and was accomplished under the kind of conditions I was sat in, and me being able to make it through with such an amazing life, then they no longer have any doubt,s that they too can & will.
It is the truth after all, what better way do I have of being that kind of reminder than print it into print & digitizing it for anyone who is looking to find.
May God's grace continue not just for me but for all those uncounted scores of others still trying to find the answer and those still trying to share the answer with others. iJn, Amen

06/16/2025

To see the Dr Jordan Peterson clip I'm referring to in regards to: Pain Truth & Love you can find it amongst todays(6/15/25) posts on my main page "Larry Leeson Jr(Bird).



One of his talks that I relate to moreso than many many others because of the pain, truth, & love he's mentioning. Dr Jordan Peterson in a very brief clip expounds you something I thought likely no one else could. The clip I'm referring to is one I've also posted today on FB.

A truly great mind he has. Just how it is that he figured out what he's referring to in this very brief clip I am not sure, I cannot fathom it knowing what I know and having it learned it the way I did.

For me it came through the pain, no ordinary nor in any way typical, kind of pain; an extremely intense & entirely unrelenting pain from being burned alive via gasoline, a gasoline explosion, and the flames thereof.

Most never knew this part of the story, if any part of it at all. Ya see, I was given no chance of survival by the one surgeon/extreme burn-specialist in Columbus that to this very day I will still tell you, and believe to be, the greatest burn victim specialist this world has ever seen/known. She came from Brazil, and had an absolutely amazing accent that truthfully confused the heck out of me the way she'd put either the word/question "no" or "yes" at the end of nearly everything she said. Brilliant beyond comprehension was what she actually was; yet the only certainty left for me when what had just happened to me/my body, was imminent death. I had been taken from Circleville, Ohio by squad to Children's hospital, Columbus, Ohio, one of the very best hospitals anywhere. Other than cutting away/out burned clothing debris there was nothing more that they could do beyond observation. I had been so severely burned that my right leg femur bone was scorched and the right hamstring muscle was entirely burned away. My vitals were so low that my heart had already stopped three times by this point and thus nothing whatsoever was being given me for pain.

"Intense, extreme, unrelenting pain" truly was an understatement, and worse yet, I was going to have to lay that way for several days to come, if I didn't die. And die I did not. What touched me deeper and had a greater impact on me than the pain were two other things: truth & love. Those two 'little' things that often times in terrible and seemingly tragic times we want to steer clear of; however, what I can tell you from being on the, what you'd think is the worst side of such horrific events, is that those two things are the most important to have, to fee,l & to know.

My surgeon, she never offered comfort through lies nor false hope when it was so improbable and seemingly non-existent.

When the next morning came and I was found sleepless yet still alive, this was beyond even their hopes for me. Some were hoping me dead just due to the amount of pain they were witnessing.

Raw, burned flesh, still hot from the extreme heat is what I was yet clothed in. But alive still and with a head that to this day some will say "impossible" as literally it was big as a basketball. And no, not impossible. My surgeon was as baffled as anyone yet later-on she found the "how it was made possible" factor. Keep in mind I was just five years old, bones still somewhat soft comparatively, then add in extreme, unimaginable heat.

Pain, very intense, extreme, unimaginable but not insufferable pain from a fire & heat so hot that even bone was scorched is what I was in, and I was the first that she & her team had ever observed survive such a horrific burn to that extreme. Many years later she would tell me, that the fact remained I was the first and the only she'd ever witnessed surviving a fire so devastating to ones body. She had seen many die from less extreme burns. She told me that many times from that point onward, because of how impactful & important it was to share I believe, and, that though there was much skill she had and many things she could do surgically to help me that if I didn't live there was nothing she could have done and that was the one thing she nor any of her team nor anyone else could do, they couldn't save me, and yet here am I, eyes filled with tears, heart full of memories, victories as well as defeats, joys & pains, sorrows & happiness, and a thankfulness so great to still be alive that I am still currently unable to adequately expresw it.

Through long-suffering and great pain patience & endurance was yielded. Here am I, still sharing what I've been given in hopes of offering to others greater hope than ever I was given. The impossible becomes possible and inspiration so great that the unattainable becomes the set goal.

Many championships I've now won and many awards, achievements, and a medal I've been presented but I'm here to say all those things combined still pale in comparison to what truth & love can do.

My surgeon, she was the best this ole man ever knew as far as surgeons go, and I've met many, and one of the truths she'd speak to me as a way of insprinyg me to continue onward was this "Larry, you want to be handsome someday, no"?

An ugly event that hurt way more than just me just might have the potential to offer much hope for way greater things than even I've encountered. What I know is that it's possible. With God all things are possible.

I was an ugly kid who has had even uglier characteristics under the skin than on it is telling you these truths because of a love that has made it all possible.

In the end abide these three: faith, hope, & love and the greatest of these is Love.

To God belongs all the glory

My prayer is one of Great things for you and yours always, irregardless of where you are and anything you're facing I offer up prayers for you.

I've seen many times the impossible made possible, and thus great hope and faith I have in the one who sends all the love, to answer this prayer of mine for you all.

Also, A great big THANKYOU to a man I've never met, but have listened to, Dr. Jordan Peterson.

Special mention towards the greatest surgeon I've ever known of Dr. Blanca Kent of Brazil for doinhg everything she could to help me and give to me the best possible odds for a better life, a life that turned out being better than anyone of us ever dreamed possible.

Through much prayer comes many unfathomably incredible results.

You want proof? Here am I!❣️.

But by the grace of God go I ❣️

10/18/2024

Big part of why I am single. A person shouldn't just accept anything and/or anyone into their life without first seeing if fits certain personal strong convictions.

For example:
Proverbs 31 describes an incredible type of woman that should not be taken lightly.

Proverbs 31:
10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.

18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.

19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.

20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.

21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.

22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.

23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.

24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.

25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.

30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

I may never allow another female my heart but it isn't to say females are no good. It's more to say my time is better spent on my own focusing on other great things needing seen, brought to remembrance, and expounded upon. Self-improvement doesn't come easy especially if you're as messed up a person as me 😉 but it will always pay off.

10/18/2024

For anyone struggling with whether or not drinking alcohol is a sin.

Proverbs 31:
6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

Also in one of the books of Timothy, Paul instructs his son in the faith, Timothy, to remember to occasionally drink a little wine for his often stomach infirmity.
Fermented is my best guess.

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My personal belief in regards:
Do not be a glutton
Do not be a drunkard

All things received with genuine thanks and in moderation I believe are in order and can be beneficially good.

10/16/2024

Don't we all need forgiveness. I know that I for one definitely do. If for no other reason than for being so foolish as to think I needn't it.
On our journey(s) to here & there, to & from, we can be found doing wrong at some point or another and believe it or not oft times we don't even realize we were wrong until someone or somehow our eyes are opened to it.

Imagine if you will, being blindfolded then spun in circles and given a stick to beat a pinata, or so we think, but then only to have the blindfold removed and seeing our neighbor or a loved one were actually what we were beating with that club, hopefully the blindfold cave of and we realized before we killed someone, but even if after at least we can learn to not take so much for granted and hopefully never repeat the same mistake again.

You don't have to believe that we all need forgiveness but it is still true regardless of personal belief; furthermore, if you are holding a grudge against someone for your sake and others offer the forgiveness that believe it or not you yourself also needs, for withholding it begins to burn the bridge that you yourself someday will need to cross.