Seeing Through the Veil

01/14/2025

01/14/2025

The Oppressor

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I could feel his breath, he was close . The oppressor of my soul . Convincing me that death is the easy way out. That it would all be over and you can be free of this heavy feeling of regret , doubt, sorrow, and loss. Death is a real thing and it has a presence that is all to real. Sitting on my chest , holding my mouth shut while I silently scream breathless and shaken.

No one sees who Judas was before he betrayed Christ. Much like Judas I betrayed Christ and traded my eternal life with Christ for a bag of worldly coins ..... thinking that Christ being all that he is , he could miraculously work this to his advantage as always. But to my dismay my Christ was captured , beaten , mocked , abused , and nailed to a figurative cross that I fashioned myself . All the while he’s begging and pleading with me to just ask for forgiveness .. your not alone ... Satan is very real and I have seen his face ... I called him out and opened the veil between what he thought he had clouded around me . Judas was so cumbered and Satan had him convinced that there was no way out ... Hell is a place of Darkness, fear , and Oppression. I was Judas . The battle of my life and soul waged as I sat bawling in my bedroom floor . Level upon level of pain and guilt sucking the life from me . The chains that had me bound , holding me down .

IT has a name that feeling that you can’t shake those thoughts that you can’t erase. The hurt , the overwhelming loom of the black cloud of death.. looking over your shoulder constant plaguing of your mind ..

Drive off that cliff.... take those pills... everyone sees it coming .... it could look like an accident ... there’s people who would take care of your kids ... just JUMP

“For we WRESTLE not against flesh and blood but against principalities , against powers , against rulers of Darkness of this world , against Spiritual wickedness in high places .”
Ephesians 6:12

It is Satan the Ruler of Darkness ... He doesn’t want you to see that it is him.. so he masks himself with things like , depression, sadness, jealousy, FEAR...

Have you ever been afraid I mean really afraid ... shaking and knowing that you’ve woke a demon... the veil lifted and there standing face to face with me was Satan the oppressor of my soul ... I waged War against the BEAST that wants to consume my soul and the lives of my children.. I know who you are ! And you have a name , light and darkness and you are the Ruler of Darkness ..

Blinding me and quieting my voice slowly suffocating me so that I can’t fight anymore ..

I may be weak and vulnerable and barely able to fight ... but there’s someone much greater than me holding me .. your no longer the puppet master ...

My strings have been cut... I’m dancing with the puppet Maker ... U know the puppet maker has many tools to fix the broken ones ... I see broken But HE sees Beautiful ... my scars remain only as a reminder of where I Came from .

I was on the bottom the lowest of lows and had a frighteningly chilling experience where I faced the Master of all Evil .... I saw his Face and felt his grasp on my soul...Break free and see that he is clouding many minds like he did mine and He will keep slipping in slower and slower like warm bath water only to eventually drag you down and chain you in a place of Eternal Darkness ...

God is Stronger ... Take your Soul back... It’s not his for the keeping

Author : Sallie Ann Raines

01/14/2025

“Good hearts sometimes use poor ways“

As my maw maw always says
“Poor folks have poor ways”

Sometimes all one person can see is their predicament. Just completely captivated by combatting the problems they face. That they don’t see the risks involved with getting to just “any ole solution”. They are looking for the first exit sign.

An addict for example , they don’t steal and lie the first day to get a hit. But eventually that line between problem and solution is blurred. They now have blinders on and all they can see is getting through their inner turmoil till the next hit alleviates the pain. Who it hurts in the process is an afterthought. It’s instinctual , survivalist. It’s you and the high.

What about the mom that drowns herself in her career . Telling herself that she is a valuable person. She doesn’t see a purpose in herself, so she creates one . Meanwhile she’s “living on purpose” and falls in love. For her , being loved is a drug. Every smile, every t**e off the cigarette, time stops and she doesn’t feel alone anymore. “This is the one” . Despite loss of interest in her work and letting the kids stay at moms for another night . She craves that high. Any chance of being able to see him she jumps on it . Checking her phone for texts . He says jump she says how “high”.

People are all the same . Inherently self centered. Some do better than others to practice selflessness. We pass judgement before our minds can even process what we’re seeing .

This homeless guy on the exit ramp holding a sign that says “anything will help”. Or the waitress at Dennys who brought her kids to work with her tonight . Common denominator they’re looking for solutions.

You can never truly understand the reasons why people do what they do . But for me everyone has their own high. Maybe you find yours in your children . Maybe someone else likes adrenaline. Or they’re a workaholic , staying late and coming in early . There’s a driving force beneath it all.

Coping mechanisms:

Alcohol
Drugs
Women
Men
Sports
Jobs
Ci******es
Food
Money
Conflict
Career
Theology

Each and every person has a coping mechanism. Good or bad. Rich or poor. Employed or not. Young or old. It’s learned behavior , over time with trial and error.

Our subconscious mind is rewriting itself. With safer pathways . A term that is loosely used is “Safe Space” . You in that moment have the ability to turn off the world around you . Because you found yours.

Be careful with people. Coping comes from trauma . Permanent damage to someone’s wiring . So when it resurfaces they have to find a way around it .

I’m not asking you to offer to carry their load. I am however asking you to “listen and not judge”. Watch , observe , understand, take the time to meditate on who that person is . Where they are and what they’ve lived through. Before casting predisposed notions of why they are in their present problem.

No one has it altogether. Don’t be fooled. We’re all just doing the best we can.

-Sallie Ann Raines
Jan 2025

01/14/2025

If I have ever spoken into your life and you would like to give a testimonial you can comment and send me a private message and we can arrange an avenue you feel comfortable sharing.
-love always
Sallie Ann

01/13/2025

“I’ve never seen God’s eyes , but I’ve seen the devils.”
-Dax

This page is for those that I have been blessed to help in the past and for those I pray I can help in the future.