Bergsland Design shares the section of the site concerned with graphic design and book production. It’s not a legal DBA, rather a long-used pseudonym covering my graphic design work. If you’ve read my about me page, you can see it’s been a winding road to this place. This page attempts to help you sort out what I do as one part of the three basic areas: graphic design, font design, and teaching.
Bergsland Design the designer portion
Obviously I design much more than books. I’ve got designs on Zazzle—though that’s languishing for lack of attention. I design fonts, and much of my income comes from there. I design curricula and have three courses online in Udemy so far. When I’m bored I design landscapes, home interiors, and recipes.
Pages in this portion of my work
- Book production
- Book production charges
- Book publishing with InDesign CC
- Books on production & design
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But, eliminating frustration is possible
Yes, eliminating frustration is possible and more than that, a major part of maturing in the Lord. We need to learn how, and it’s simple. I was discussing this in my latest novel this morning. I felt the Lord wanted me to share it with you. Here’s the passage:
Thomas was upset and grumpy. He had spent the entire morning trying to get a workspace set up with no success. It was very dangerous, even deadly, if he didn’t get it fixed. [ed: Thomas was a new believer. He had gotten extremely frustrated, to the place where he was non-functional. Larry was his pastor, mentoring him in the scriptures.]
Larry put a halt to it. “Let’s pray. Lord Jesus, Thomas has a real problem here. I know that if you have called him to do this, you have a solution. We ask you to reveal it to us, or lead us to a person who could build it. But, for now, I ask you to be merciful to my brother and give him your peace. I ask you for a time of refreshing for him, so we can study your scriptures. I ask for the anointing, Jesus, to be able to teach this dear man, and help him to get his focus back on you.”
Thomas grumped out an “Amen.”
“All right,” commanded Larry softly. “It’s time to get yourself under control. Your reaction can quickly lead you to a serious spiritual problem. Life is frustrating. I’ve fought my rage over things like this for my whole life. In fact, before the Lord showed me how to deal with it spiritually, my life was severely hampered by depression because of it.
“I suspect you have also. But, you need to learn how gain freedom from this wasting habitual response. First things first, are you ready to learn how to get things like this fixed? I’m not talking about stuffing your emotions. But it will take some effort on your part. Are you willing to do that? The ways of the Kingdom are different. I recognize that. But, your response is of the flesh and can end up in sin very quickly.”
Thomas was startled. “Of course. I had no idea.”
Eliminating frustration is possible and simple
“All right, just like learning to work under the anointing requires holiness, getting frustration under control requires the same level of trust. Hebrews tells us that without faith it is impossible to please God. The best definition of faith I know is trusting in one who is able. You just met the only one who is able. Believe me, you are not able. You are learning that you have help in all levels of your life—including this one.
“Frustration is from two basic sources. It comes because you cannot figure out a solution to a problem. That’s understandable and I’ll show you how to deal with that.
“But, there’s a much larger problem than that. Frustration is one of Satan’s major tools. The world is designed to frustrate all of us, individually and in groups.
“In the Kingdom, the world is controlled by Satan. He gained rulership over the world when Adam and Eve sinned. But we’re not talking about the planet.
“The world in Greek is kosmos and it is described as the entire world system, including: the economic system, the legal system, government, law enforcement, politics, the health system, the educational system, the entertainment system, and all the rest. What the world calls civilization.
“The kosmos is designed to make men and women frustrated, enraged, picked on, helpless, fearful, confused, and hopeless. The Enemy knows that he does not have the power to simply kill you. He has to get people to do that for him.
His basic strategy is sin. If he can trap you in sin, then he has killed you—because you are going to hell. You will discover that this level of frustration is largely eliminated when you realize who is behind it.
“The only way to deal with the kosmos is war. The world system must be destroyed. That is what the Lord will do very soon, before He comes back to reign as King over the entire planet. The first time the Lord had to get the kosmos eliminated, He sent the Flood. Only Noah and his family were saved. He had to kill everyone else.
“More than that He had to radically rebuild the entire surface of the planet. He needed a planet which could train mankind on a very deep level. Our fallen world does that very well. The same thing will happen again in the near future, resulting in a very different type of training.
“But the frustration over your inadequacies and inabilities is completely different. Paul wrote that these temptations to sin are common to man, but the Lord will always show you the way of escape.
“Unresolved, frustration commonly leads you into rage, and that results in depression. As a believer, you have help. The Holy Spirit will show you the solution. Your personal frustration was solved by your rebirth. However, it takes a little work to make that real in your life.
“First, as usual, you need to give it over to Jesus. Talk to Him about it. Tell Him, to remind yourself, that you are trusting Him to show you the solution. It doesn’t require a lengthy explanation. He lives within you and he can see what your problems are. But as always, you need to ask for the solution. That is where faith comes in. You ask and trust.
“Then you leave the problem with Him and go about your business. Do something else, until He provides the solution. I’m pretty sure I know where you can find your solution. But you need to understand how to deal with it, first. Eventually, this will become normal to you. But turning to Jesus always, habitually, is what Paul told us in Romans twelve. We present ourselves as a living sacrifice—sacrifices are killed. The result is that we are transformed by the renewing of our mind.
That is never automatic. The enemy and our soul and flesh fight that tooth and nail. But it always works—simple, but not easy. as usual.
Zazzle Ascended Light recent product just for fun!
Zazzle Ascended Light recent product just for fun!
Be available to respond whenever for whatever
Be available to respond whenever for whatever —that’s our call as the age of the Gentiles winds down. The Lord has things for you to do. You need to be listening carefully, and seriously praying to hear His voice. Once Jesus comes for His Bride, this present opportunity for salvation will radically change.
Basically, the Christian church will be gone, replaced by the Messianic Jewish faith. All the people without a conversational relationship with Jesus will be left to deal with the Great Tribulation. It seems likely, that outspoken believers after the Sudden Snatch will simply be executed, often beheaded. The world will be dealing with the reality of Isaiah 24, where the earth lies polluted by its inhabitants. A curse will devour the earth with few men being left. All the rebellious non-believers will die, and the earth itself will be completely laid waste and completely despoiled.
Be available to respond whenever for whatever —that’s our call as the age of the Gentiles winds down
The massive cities filled with tall towers of maniacal egotism will be destroyed. God plans to cleanse the earth of the polluted mess mankind has produced. Man cannot fix it, but God will do it.
By the time our Lord Yeshua touches down to reign, the islands will be gone from the sea, the mountains will be laid low, and the earth will be transformed.
But you can avoid the cleansing
Make sure you have completely repented of your sin and turned to our Messiah. Ask Him to cleanse you and talk with you. He desires a relationship — a conversational relationship. Then it is time to be available to respond whenever for whatever —that’s our call as the age of the Gentiles winds down. The Lord has things for you to do. You need to be listening carefully, and seriously praying to hear His voice.
Yes, study last days prophecy
Yes, study last days prophecy as if your life depended on it—because it does. Because, all prophecy teaching is speculating. I know my teachings on the subject are impeccably researched, prayed over intensely, and convince me of their accuracy.
But that is true for all who teach these things. The Lord told me in the late 1990s that no one has it figured out. There’s a reason why no two prophecy teachers agree completely. Because God’s ways are higher than our ways.
However, you need to study it also. For your beliefs will come up against reality in a very short time. If you go through the seven-year tribulation because you never bothered to find out if the Rapture is an accurate teaching, it’s all on you.
Lack of knowledge will have consequences…
Yes, study last days prophecy as if your life depended on it
There are some major things you must do. If you do not, you can easily find yourself in the midst of the horrors of the last seven years.
- You must be born again: This one is not negotiable. Read John 3 to find out what Jesus said about this requirement. He told us that we cannot even see the Kingdom of God unless we are reborn—from God. Nobody is born a Christian. This is a transaction between you and the Lord. There is a simple solution. Ask Jesus if you are. “Jesus, please tell me if I am born again.” The fact that you do not know if you are means you are probably not. Jesus will show you what to do if you ask Him, personally.
- You must know Him: This word know, used throughout the New Testament, means a close, intimate relationship. It’s so important that Jesus, in His priestly prayer of John 17, said, “This is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.” [John 17:3 most versions] The word know carries with it the idea of sexual relations, or marital intimacy. We are Jesus’ betrothed. We need to know Him. I wrote a whole book on it {The Wife of Jesus}.
- You probably must be eagerly waiting for His coming: This may not be an absolute requirement, but most verses which talk about this upcoming event mention our eagerness.
There will be no warning when it happens
You must prepare now. There are many resources. I handed out a free digital booklet for Christmas this year. But, Jesus is coming soon, for His Bride.
Another year with little enthusiasm for many
Another year with little enthusiasm for many. Everyone tells me that 2021 was worse than 2020. However, for me, they were two of the best years of my life. I’ve written about that quite a bit.
What I want to cover tonight is simple fact—our groom is coming to pick us up soon. Much sooner than most people believe, we will be with Jesus. That’s worth a little enthusiasm, don’t you think? Yea, the world is falling apart and headed for Hell in most cases. But surely that’s not a surprise—is it? That’s been happening with increasing strength since the end of WWII.
The key phrase might be, this generation shall not pass away. The best I’ve heard and determined—that’s 70, or maybe 80 years after 1948. Israel’s birth started the countdown as far as I can tell.
Another year with little enthusiasm is a repentable offense
These are the most exciting times in the history of earth, in many ways. The second Great Remodel is coming which will change things almost as much as Noah’s flood. Our Messiah and betrothed will be installed and seated on his Throne in Jerusalem shortly. We get to go through the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, very soon. We get to exchange this rapidly deteriorating lump of flesh for a fully functional body which is eternal. I mean, the list goes on for a long ways.
Satan’s world, the kosmos, is about to be destroyed, eliminated. Government, worldly entertainment, the legal system, education, the health system, the economic system, and all the rest will be gone or have a radical redo. The bondage of technology will be shattered. The Creep, himself, will be locked up for a thousand years.
Lift your head, straighten your knees, raise your eyes, listen intently, for the final trumpet is about to be blown. What a wonderful life we are facing in the near future. What an incredible time to be alive!
A prayer for a blessed Christmas 2021
A prayer for a blessed Christmas 2021 is complex. For those of you in the Bride of the Messiah, it’s an exciting time. You can click on the image to the left for a pay whatever you like—if anything— link to a PDF and/or ePUB of a short booklet. It’s exciting as we live in Bible times.
This time is as major as the first time Yeshua came to earth in the flesh. As far as momentous times, this is in that list: Adam & Eve, Noah & the Flood, Abraham, Moses, King David, Jesus the Messiah, Jesus the King of Kings, and the New Creation. It is very likely Jesus will come as King in the next decade. That means the Bride gets called out for our Marriage Supper in 3-4 years or less.
A prayer for a blessed Christmas 2021 is complex because for many, time is running out
Scripture is clear. If you are not born of God in a personal intimate relationship with Yeshua, your fate will be the same as all non-believers. You will be eternally separated from God. Almighty God created this universe for a people who would chose to love Him, without coercion. If you do not do that, you miss out on all the fun.
The book is your Christmas present from me
This is not an academic work with a painstaking defense of positions. The ideas and prophecies are presented clearly for you to consider. It’s blunt, open, and transparent about difficult topics few talk about. Non-believers commonly not understand it—though it is literally true. If you are not a believer, you may get offended or get saved. It will be your choice. My task is simply to get this to as many believers who want to read it, as possible. It is edifying, and very uplifing. It’s a real joy to see that what is coming has been clearly promised. It gives a solid plan as we proceed through the rush toward the End.
Regardless, I sincerely pray that Lord Jesus blesses you this holy day season.
Talk with Jesus about the increasing confusion
Talk with Jesus about the increasing confusion to get the help you need. Confusion is often Satanic. Jesus will give you peace and rest, if you ask. He promised. But you need to talk with Him.
Many people today believe the Lord only talks through the scriptures. the Bible itself tells us strongly that this is not true.
Talk with Jesus about the increasing confusion and He’ll deliver you from it
I’m not talking about petitions or requests. He said, “Come unto me all you who heavily labor…” Finding peace and rest should not be laborious. As you talk with Jesus, He will show you that He has it all under control and that you’re being fed lies.
If you ask, He will tell you Truth. He doesn’t offer opinions. He gives you facts. When you ask Him a question, He gives you an answer.
I heard something horrible a couple weeks ago. I was in a discussion about hearing from Jesus. I got a strong response, “If you want to hear God, read the Bible out loud.” I almost broke into tears. That made me so sad. If the Lord speaks to you through the Bible, ask Him if you heard it correctly. He’ll tell you. Have faith.
The church has been fed the lie that the only way God speaks is through the Bible.
Scripture is what the Holy Spirit had people write down millennia ago. It is Truth, literally true, and it will help you recognize the voice of the Lord when He speaks to you.
But be assured, the Bible is ink on paper. If it speaks to you—that is the Holy Spirit converting the written word to a rhema for you. But it is a sorry substitute for an actual conversation with Jesus. The written Word is not Jesus, any more than a DVD of preaching is the same as talking with the preacher. They are both recordings.
Imagine if you had the preacher sitting next to you while you watch the DVD. He could answer all your questions and fill out what was recorded. That’s what Jesus will do to your Bible studies, IF you ask Him to do that. ” Just a simple question, “What does that mean, Jesus?”, will transform your bible study.
But you need to ask, prepare, and practice
You need to ask Him, “How can we talk?” It’s all about your faith. He’ll show you the method that will work the best for you. If you believe that you can only hear the Lord from the scriptures, that’s what you’ll get. If you have faith that He’ll talk to you in dreams—you’ll get that. If your faith is that He’ll speak to you though your pastor, that’s all you’ll get.
But if you believe he’ll converse with you, and that this is His desire for your relationship, that’s what you’ll get. The tragedy of Genesis 3 is when God comes walking in the cool of the day to talk with Adam and Eve. He discovers that sin has made that impossible. I makes me want to cry to read that.
Personally, I have conversations with Jesus in my mind. I carefully vet what I hear, for I don’t trust myself. But the conversations are real and wonderful. I don’t expect Him to talk audibly, so He doesn’t do that with me. You can go as far as your faith will carry you.
I explained my procedure in The Wife of Jesus. It took me countless hours and many years to arrive at my present place of comfortable conversation. BTW, Jesus is really funny. With me, He regularly nails me with His dry wit. What a joy it is.
Ask “show me how to talk with you, Lord, back and forth, conversationally”
Please share how He shows you to do it. I’m convinced it is different for all of us. But practice, diligently try, and have faith that He wants to do this with you.
Remember, Jesus is the Word. He’ll back up scripture. But have no misunderstanding. That is Him talking to you.
React to Him, not to the book.
Araldo is a headline font with spunk
Araldo is a headline font with spunk for today. I needed something with a little life for my new book production group: Biblia Serif, Dreatha, and now Araldo. This new font family is doing well for me.
Biblia Serif and Draetha are both excellent book production font families. In other words, they are not memorable. In fact, if they do their job well, you don’t even notice them.
But as I mention in the flyer to the left (where I’m using these fonts), there come times when you must break out of those restrictions and bring a bit of life into the layout. Araldo was designed to meet that need.
I’m happy to say, it seems to be working well. It’s a little in your face, but not too heavy about it. It seems to give a nice respite in the middle of the seriousness of the day. I’m quite pleased so far. I want to do some more fonts like this, but it’s a good start.
Araldo is a headline font with spunk for today
It’s not meant to be upright and cautious [though as a book design font, of course it is that]. It gives you a chance to recover the tired reader’s eye. Because as you know, almost everyone is tired, often near exhaustion, these days. Even believers can feel the pressure [Biblically called tribulation—with no caps yet].
So, as book designers we need to be nice and kind to our readers. It’s our job as book designers to design our books so that readers will actually read them. It’s awfully hard to do that with the poor choices offered us as ebook designers. In the jungle, we’re probably stuck with our careful font choices being ripped out of our books—even if we embed the fonts. But hey, there are others who will happily sell your books.
So, it’s just a font choice. But it is working well for me. I hope it does for you also.
They’re available at a discount at FontSpring. Let me know if you have any problems, please. [you can email me].
The realistic expectation of holiness
The realistic expectation of holiness seems to be pure foolishness. For we know who we are. Most of us are amazed that the Lord will talk to us—let alone call us to Himself. For we certainly are not worthy. Many days it seems absurd, for I must offend him greatly.
Yet, while I was a sinner, in the midst of my depravity, He called me. I was certainly looking everywhere I could find that didn’t include Him. I was even arrogant enough to tell my earthly father, “I can see Jesus works for you, but He doesn’t for me.” How can I possibly expect holiness in my life?
The realistic expectation of holiness is found in His provision
We already accept that Jesus is our righteousness. That’s hard enough to grasp. Yet we learn that by faith, following the lead of the Holy Spirit, righteousness becomes part of us. It’s the result of giving Him control.
However, holiness normally seems impossible
But the key to that is found in Peter’s quote from Leviticus 11:
You shall be Holy, for I am holy. [I Peter 1: 16]
In Leviticus, it is written as a command. In Peter, we see it as a revelation. We shall be Holy, because He is Holy, and He lives inside us now.
We give Him the authority over our life, and the result [from His presence] is our lives become holy [hagios]. In the epistles, Paul refers to us as saints, which is usually the same word, hagios. Saints can be translated as the Holy Ones.
Strong’s defines holy as: sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless, ceremonially, consecrated or set apart). Pure and blameless is something Jesus has done for us and within us. Consecrated is what we are asked to do. In my favorite verse: we are told to “present [our] bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, and acceptable to God” [Romans 12:1]
It’s the primary need at this time in history
If you have not done this yet— do it now. You’re of little or no use in the Kingdom until you have taken this simple step. You present your physical self as a living sacrifice, and He makes it holy. Then you are prepared for use. Then Jesus can do something with you.
Do it now. Time has nearly run out. It’s a time-limited deal.
Finding fellowship in the Bride now
Finding fellowship in the Bride now has become a real problem. As the world goes more apostate, true believers have become rare in many places.
You will need to look carefully and check wisely. But thankfully, we have the Holy Spirit to guide us.
In almost all churches, the Lord has His remnant. If you pray, He will lead you to them.
Over the years, my wife and I ministered in many churches which seemed to be completely heathen. But, He always showed us people who knew Him. Thankfully, as we grew in the Lord, we became some of those people.
Finding fellowship in the Bride now takes prayer and discernment
So, how do you find these people? Well, first of all you talk to the Lord and ask Him to lead you to them. You’ll discover that often you are not led to the apparently strong, influential, and popular ones. But, you will find that they do all have certain characteristics.
They believe that the Bible is true: In many churches today, even the pastor may not believe that. But you’ll find the all members of the Bride know the truth that the Bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit and it is true—literally true. I know, in my life of walking with Jesus for nearly fifty years, every year I find more parts of scripture that are literally true. I got to the place many years ago where I began assuming that the scripture was literally true before I read it. I was a tough nut to crack, though. It took almost forty years to realize that Genesis 1 & 2 are literally true. Once I did that, my whole life opened up on new levels.
Jesus is Lord of their life: It is common for people to “accept Jesus”, yet never make Him the sovereign ruler of their life. The Bride is made up of people who know their betrothed is the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. Moreover, they have acknowledged that to Him directly, asking Him to be in charge of their life. To reference a terrible old bumper sticker, if you believe God is your co-pilot you are in trouble. He needs to be your Pilot. Members of the Bride know that.
They converse with Jesus all the time: They not only pray with their requests, but they ask Jesus questions. And they get answers. Prayer must be a conversation. If you do not have this, please pray something like this. “Lord, this crazy blogger is telling me that I need to be having conversations with you. I have no idea how to do that. Would you please show me if this is true? And if it is, please teach me how to hear you?” Believe me. He’ll be excited, and jump at the opportunity to talk with you.
When the writer of Hebrews told us not to forsake the assembling together, he or she was talking about hanging out with true members of the Bride. We all need this. There are more things to look for, but this will get you started on the right track.