~He has provided a place of peace and rest for us in the shadow of His wing, nestled safely and
securely under His loving hand, and we never have to move from that spot. Why we do is
beyond me.~
~Lord, give me eyes to see people through Your heart of absolute and unconditional love. Give
me ears to really listen to their hurts and struggles. Give me a mouth to speak not my opinion or
pious educated answers, but only words of hope and healing and restoration. Give me a mind to
comprehend the fact that it is ONLY by Your undeserved grace and mercy that I am saved,
and not by anything I have ever done or will do, that I may not think more highly of myself
than I ought to. Give me feet that are willing to GO to wherever it is that I am needed to share
your love with others, whatever that may look like. Give me hands willing to reach out and
touch hurts and hearts with your healing, comfort and peace. Give me a heart filled with Your
love for Your people, regardless of race, economic stature, or cultural background; A heart that
is absent of piety and pride and judgement; and filled with Your endless compassion,
unconditional love and boundless mercy. Lord, make me like You.~
~Be careful to follow God's lead in all of life's decisions. Some of our ways may look 'right',
and we may even be able to justify them with very convincing arguments, but in the end the
consequences for not following His lead might just last a lifetime.~
~When we are fully engaged in whatever it is God is doing in and through us at any point, we
have little time on our hands to spend worried about other people's affairs.~
~I'm just done with masks, they never fit right and I can't breathe behind them.~
~~Truth be known,I am just like that rag tag bunch of misfits Jesus CHOSE to be His disciples.
. . the ones He used to turn the world upside down and establish HIS Church! It's amazing what
knowing Jesus and being filled with His Spirit will accomplish! Every one of us would have
taken one look at those disciples, and counted them out of the game for EVER doing anything
worthwhile.Watch out! He's 'bout to surprise ya!~
~ Really, REALLY thankful that God sent the Holy Spirit to help us to do this thing.~
~is allergic to plastic. . . plastic smiles, plastic personalities, plastic hearts, plastic masks. . . . it
seems to cause adverse reactions that are not favorable for a healthy walk with Christ.~
~When we realize that our enemy FEARS what it is we are destined to do and be in this world,
and the impact God has ordained us to have, then we will understand the relentless attacks that
try to keep us paralyzed and not moving forward. Our response to knowing that will cause us
to, by the power of the Holy Spirit, STAND UP and forge our way forward in relentless pursuit
of fulfilling ALL God has called us to do!~
~Did you know that you can be legalistic about not being legalistic;and you can be religious
about not being religious. . .and you can be judgmental about not being judgmental;these are
virus' in the Body of Christ, and the cure is the fruit of the Spirit, lived out in humility and
gratefulness and the knowledge that it is by His UNMERITED favor, and nothing we do that
we are in right standing with God!~
~We must have our 'default setting' on intentional love. It's easy to love those who love you, it's
a natural reciprical response. But when people criticize you and resent you (we all have this
inner radar that senses the displeasure of others even behind their smiles) THEN you must be
INTENTIONAL about love! You must CHOOSE to love, even when. . . no, ESPECIALLY
when people don't love you back. Matthew 5:43-45 THAT is how the world will know we are
TRUE Christ Followers! ? ~
~When you are committed to the work of God in a place, you will be far less likely to jump
ship when something becomes uncomfortable, or downright painful; because your commitment
is to what GOD is doing, not what people are doing.~
~When the storms are raging outside, and we are in our houses, warm and snug and safe. . .
that's what it's like to be in the shadow of His wings! To be in the shelter of the Almighty! But
instead of relaxing and snuggling in while He shelters us, we keep walking outside to see what
the storm is doing and ... See Morewe get wet and cold and the rain beats us. Sure, when we are
in our houses we can sometimes hear the storms outside, but even with all the thunder and
noise they make, we know we are safe inside. That is the rest God wants to give us as we take
shelter in Him. We just need to learn to relax and stop looking out the windows and stepping
out the door.:-)
~Prayer is a relationship. And no intimate relationship can survive without regular one-on-one
face time consisting of speaking your heart, and being quiet and listening to His heart. Think
how you would feel if someone you loved dearly only spoke to you as they were rushing past
you to do something else, with someone else. PONDER!~
~There is something so wonderfully amazing and spiritually fulfilling about watching a new life
come into the world. Something that makes you feel like you have just had a front row seat to
watching one of God's greatest miracles take place. Something that makes you feel like you
have just touched a part of Heaven. I ...will NEVER get tired of being a part of birth. I was
born to DOULA!~
~When you are following the Lord's lead in your life, you HAVE to stay focused and resolute.
Set your face like flint! Many distractions and discouragement will come from all kinds of
sources to try to instill doubt and cause you to get off track of what HE is calling you to. HIS
voice MUST be the final authority in yo...ur life, or the enemy will have you running in circles
accomplishing nothing for the Kingdom.~
~We have a tendency to think that when everything runs smoothly, the way we think it should,
that God is in it. I believe when things don't go the way we planned, or cause us to have to
stretch our faith a bit, that God is just as much in that, if not more. Stretching us, causing us to
seek Him more, growing our faith by actually having to exercise it, and learning to trust that
HE knows best, not us.~
~Some of our gravest mistakes are made when we are so moved by a need that we toss
discernment out the window and act on the first opportunity to fill that need. There is MUCH
to be said about wisdom and discernment gained in prayer and patience and trusting GOD to
fill the need in HIS time!~
~The sovereignty of God is NOT a rug for us to sweep our failures under with the broom of
pride. His sovereignty will NEVER contradict His Word. NEVER!~
~So I was just thinking, (go figure), if Jesus Christ is the Word (John 1:1), then any accurate
interpretation of scripture will always line up with His life and ministry here on the earth. That
sounds too simple, yet it is resounding in my spirit. If we interpret scripture and it clashes with
His life and ministry, then we can be sure we are in error. That makes it all so easy!
Hmmmmm~
~There is no such thing as a "Lone Ranger" Christian. We are a BODY. We function together
as one. We need one another. Isolation weakens and destroys us because we are not created to
walk alone. There is not one part of the human body that can be separated from the rest and
still function. God knew what He was doing, maybe we should follow HIS lead.~
~Jesus said "Come." Many times before He said "Go!"~
~You can only make the wrongs right in your life that you are willing to see. Our hearts can be
deceptive and make excuses for things we know we need to change. Until we are willing to
take a long, hard, honest look in the mirror (His Word), and do what needs to be done to
correct it, we are paralyzed and ineffective, no matter how well we disguise it.~
~NO great move of God goes forth uncontended by the enemy. Our adversary will be on the
scene early to plant his IED's in our path. Be awake and watchful and pray! Let nothing slip
past you. Use your armor, open your mouth, and take authority!~
~When we are mothers we find ourselves experiencing a love so deep we never imagined we
were capable of. It's indescribable! And to think that God loves us so very, VERY much more
than that. . . makes you wonder why we ever doubt Him.~
~Only when we are fully engaged with God will we no longer be enticed by the wiles of the
enemy; his seductive ways will have no effect on us, we will not look to the right or left to see
what he has to offer us. Death disguised. No more compromise; no more flirting with what we
know is sin. Our hearts and eyes will se...e God alone, and in His light ALL darkness will be
exposed! It's time to FULLY engage God!~
