A reflection on my previous post

To piggy back on my post from yesterday, first let me give you a little background into my own spirit (or soul, the two seem to be used interchangeably by many, and the confusion seems to stem back even to the Latin and Greek root words).  I am a recovering drug addict.  Since August of 2013 I have been clean, 99% of the time, from ALL substances, thanks be to God for methadone.  Remember when the Scriptures say thus: Sirach 38:1-4, 7 -
Honour the physician for the need thou hast of him: for the most High hath created him. 

For all healing is from God, and he shall receive gifts of the king.

The skill of the physician shall lift up his head, and in the sight of great men he shall be praised.

The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.

By these he shall cure and shall allay their pains, and of these the pharmacist shall make many medicines, and shall make up ointments of health, and of his works there shall be no end.

So to anyone who says medicine is bad, or methadone treatment is un-biblical, I say:  your issue is with God and His Word, not with medicine, the AMA, the FDA, SAMHSA or any other group of people.  Anyways, when I was speaking with my counselor today, she reminded me of something.

All things can be used for good or bad.  In the beginning when God created heaven and Earth, he looked back on His works, and what did he say?  Genesis 1:³¹ And God saw all the things that he had made, and they were very good. And the evening and morning were the sixth day.

So at the end of the sixth creation age, probably about 2 million years ago, God was done creating, and He rested the seventh day.  We are currently in His sabbath day, the day of His rest.  He is resting from creation, waiting to restore creation to it's full glory which will be the 8th and final and infinite day - "age".

Anyways, all things can be used for good or bad.  Heroin, chemically diacetylmorphine, can be used for good or bad.  In the U.K, heroin is prescribed as Diamorphine and given to dying cancer patients.  It alleviates their pain and gives them relief while they are dying.  This is good and righteous, and I'm sure God would approve.  Also though, in the U.K., people fake pain and get prescribed diamorphine, and sell it to people who inject it.  This is bad, and I'm sure God DISPROVES.

My point is all things can be used for good or evil.  A gun can be used to kill somebody attacking your family, a gun can can be used to rob an innocent grandmother of her purse.  A knife can be used to prepare a delicious steak, a knife can be used to slit your wrists.  Duality.  Good vs Evil, Light vs Dark, Truth vs Lies, Angels vs Demons, Virtues vs Vice, this is Life.  If you can't handle Life, I don't know what to tell you, besides seek Jesus, because He is Life, He is Truth, and He is the Way.  

Heroin is the best tool in the devils tool bag, in my personal opinion.  Nothing can change a person quicker or take possession of a persons soul faster than diacetylmorphine injected intravenously, instantly crossing the blood brain barrier and releasing a flood of dopamine and endogenous opioids called endorphins and enkephalins, that create a feeling that is a thousand times more potent than orgasm.  And we don't all know how an I.V. shot of highly pure Heroin feels, but we do all know how good orgasm feels.  Imagine the addictiveness of orgasm and sexual addiction and the strength thereof.  It's nothing compared to heroin.  This is why, in my opinion, coupled with the extreme levels of tolerance, dependence, and withdrawal, I think Heroin is the most insidious, insipid, sinful and evil drug ever invented by man.  I can picture Jesus weeping the day in the year of our Lord 1874, when C.R. Alder Wright, an English chemist working at St Marys Hospital Medical School in London synthesized heroin (diacetylmorphine) from Morphine, He boiled anhydrous morphine alkaloid with acetic anhydride for several hours and produced a more potent, acetylated form of morphine, now called diacetylmorphine or morphine diacetate .  I think it's ironic that C.R. Wright was working at St. Marys hospital.  I imagine the Virgin Mary shed many tears that such an insipid substance was synthesized in a medical lab that took her namesake.  Lord have mercy, Holy Mother Mary, pray for us!

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he doesn't exist.  The greatest tool in the devil's tool bag is heroin.  The devil knows his time is running out, and Jesus is going to crush the head of the serpent as has been prophesied since the dawn of civilization.  Heroin is another one of those chemicals that opens up channels in our minds that are not meant to be open.  These are not natural chemicals.  Heroin is a semi-synthetic chemical which was synthesized from a naturally occurring substance which was taken out of its place in the opium poppy in a lab.  Again, these drugs have a long history, a lot of good has come from them,  but a lot of bad, especially with heroin.  When a person becomes addicted to heroin, they are no longer themselves.  They are now the demon called Heroin.  They are a walking, talking, demonic possession, and they are possessed because of a small powdery substance that is active at the microgram level.  Isn't it amazing how the true proverb, big things come in small packages, speaks?  Isn't it scary how such a seemingly innocuous substance can turn a person from a God-fearing, saintly, loving person, into a raving, dope fiend, crazed drug addict, with one single shot?  Demons are real my friends, and they are not only bodiless minds.  The devil has many tools, and some are substances on this earth. 

I will end my post with a quote from St. Pope Peter the Apostle, from his first epistle, chapter V, verses VIII - XI -

Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour.

Whom resist ye, strong in faith: knowing that the same affliction befalls your brethren who are in the world.

But the God of all grace, who hath called us into his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, will himself perfect you, and confirm you, and establish you.

To him be glory and empire for ever and ever. Amen.

Amen St. Peter, 

Amen!

St. Pope Peter the Apostle, Pray for us!

St. Paul the Apostle, pray for us!

Queen of Saints and Heaven, Holy Mother Mary, pray for us!

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us from the schemes of the devils and pray for us!

St. Raphael the Archangel, pray for us!

St. Jason the Apostle, pray for us!

May the Grace of God the Father,

and the Peace of his Son Jesus Christ,

and the Sanctification of the Spirit of Holiness,

be with all of you, my brothers and sisters.

Yours in Christ,

Jason Prewara

IC XC NIKA