I was having a moment where I was trying to "do it all" all by myself. There were many things going through my head this morning and I was wanting to be able to fix them on my own. When I came to a quiet second (a breath between thoughts), I heard the Lord ask me, "Will you trust Me?" I don't know about you, but the Lord has been asking me to trust Him alot lately. It is (for my flesh) a scary place to be. The reason for this email is simple. I just wanted to share with you ladies something that I learned this morning so that maybe it will be a help to you as you journey through life. I was consumed and worried about different things in my life and I was really and truly talking to God about them, but I was not really and truly trusting that God would take care of them. I was praying about them, but I wasn't believing that God would take care of the problems that I offered Him. So, here is my suggestion, my little insight into "What God wants from you", All God really wants from you (and me) is that we trust Him. We believe Him. If we do, then when we pray about something we will not keep revisiting it over and over again in our minds (yes, I am speaking of myself), but we will relinquish the problem over to our Big, Loving, Caring, All-knowing, All-mighty Heavenly Father. The One who is on our side. The One who cares so deeply for us and our problems. And, LET HIM HAVE THEM. Don't try and do it on our own, but completley surrender our problems to Him and sit back and watch Him work... be willing to trust Him. Will you trust Him today?
I know for me, I am going to try. Have a blessed day ladies, and know that I love you and so does your Creator. He loves you so much that not only has He told us to cast all our cares (anxieties) upon Him, but He has also inscribed us on the palm of His hand (Isaiah 49:16).
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Your Love, O Lord is Amazing
God, You are my hiding place. You are where I come for refuge. You are my stability when my world is upside down. You are my strength when I have none. You are my help when I am in trouble.
Therefore I will not fear because You are always there for me. You are always strong. You are always a safe place in the midst of my turbulent life. Your love for me supersedes any thought or feeling that I may have in this life. For Your love for me is great.
Your love for me is never-changing. Though my world should change, Your love for me never will. Though things will not always turn out the way I want or expect I can trust in Your love to always be there for me- a constant in my life. Though the storms rage around me and cause my heart to tremble, when I put my focus on You I will have peace and know Your love for me in the midst of my storm.
When my life seems the most upside down and things are not going well, I hear You asking me to trust in Your love for me. Your Word, O Lord, has an array of love expressed by You in the midst of many a turbulent time for Your beloved ones.
May Your love and faithfulness be my anchor today as I go through these stormy times and learn to trust in Your love. May I be as Mount Zion which cannot be moved as I hang onto and trust in Your love. May Your strength be my strength when I become beaten and storm-tossed by the winds in my life. May Your love sustain me as I seek Your face. Surround me, O Lord, with Your love and may it be so real to me that there will be no room left for doubt.
1 John 4:16 (NLT) We know how much God loves us and we put our trust in that love.
This is my prayer for you today. That you will know how much God loves you and be able to put your trust in that love.
Therefore I will not fear because You are always there for me. You are always strong. You are always a safe place in the midst of my turbulent life. Your love for me supersedes any thought or feeling that I may have in this life. For Your love for me is great.
Your love for me is never-changing. Though my world should change, Your love for me never will. Though things will not always turn out the way I want or expect I can trust in Your love to always be there for me- a constant in my life. Though the storms rage around me and cause my heart to tremble, when I put my focus on You I will have peace and know Your love for me in the midst of my storm.
When my life seems the most upside down and things are not going well, I hear You asking me to trust in Your love for me. Your Word, O Lord, has an array of love expressed by You in the midst of many a turbulent time for Your beloved ones.
May Your love and faithfulness be my anchor today as I go through these stormy times and learn to trust in Your love. May I be as Mount Zion which cannot be moved as I hang onto and trust in Your love. May Your strength be my strength when I become beaten and storm-tossed by the winds in my life. May Your love sustain me as I seek Your face. Surround me, O Lord, with Your love and may it be so real to me that there will be no room left for doubt.
1 John 4:16 (NLT) We know how much God loves us and we put our trust in that love.
This is my prayer for you today. That you will know how much God loves you and be able to put your trust in that love.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Think on These Things
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say Rejoice! Let your patient spirit be known to all me. The Lord is near. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, shall guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things. The things you have learned and heard and seen in me, practice these things; and the God of peace shall be with you. Philippians 4:4-9
Last night I had a life changing experience. I was having a rough time getting my thoughts to line up with God’s will. He had asked me to do something and I was struggling with doing it. God had been preparing me all day for last night, and I can say that only with the prayers of my husband, the faithfulness of my God and the words of wisdom that He gave me throughout the day in remembrance of a few faithful ones words was I able to make through last night and do what He wanted me to do. I did become willing and obedient and I did eat the good of the land. God is faithful, dear friends, God is faithful. He did not leave me or forsake me. He was there with me through my trial. I chose to include a longer passage of Scripture than just the one He gave me last night because there was so much more that came with it. He gave me verse 8 that tells us what to think on. All He really said was “think on these things.” I knew what He meant at this time for me because I had been trying to change my thinking so that it would line up with God’s will prior to this time. But as most of you women can attest, and possibly you men also, it is hard to think on something that is not “in your face.” Let me give you an example. God has told me “Be patient My child, I am working.” I can easily hold onto that word when things are going well, but when things are not going so well: the van’s brakes need to be changed due to an ugly noise; Kevin’s job is not starting full time until July or maybe August; the kids will be without a place to go for the summer… (the list could go on and on), that’s when I really need to be focusing on Him and being patient, because even though I cannot see Him working to fix these problems… He is. I need to focus on the times that He has been faithful to me and my family. For example, God gave me a free ticket to a concert in Nashville, TN last September. And I had such a wonderful time and was truly blessed by the experience. If I would not have trusted Him I would not have had that ticket or that experience. And one that just happened Sunday: God orchestrated a meeting with a new friend Sunday night that brought me into a situation where I will be able to have support and encouragement from other law enforcement wives. This meeting could only have been done by the hand of God. He brought us both there (when one was not planning on coming), had my mother-in-law there who had worked at this lady’s dentist a while back, and had allowed or even caused (I don’t know which) a problem with the sound system so that we could talk for a moment about this new group that has only been going for 2 months. God is such a good and faithful God. When I choose to focus on the negative then the negative becomes bigger, but when I choose to focus on the positive then the positive becomes bigger. I like what a lady of God said one time, she said, “Do you see what happens when we focus more on our battles than on God? Our enemy appears bigger, we appear weaker and our God appears smaller. Beware! Long term battle can cause vision impairment if we look anywhere but up!” This is oh so true. Let’s turn our eyes upon Jesus the author and perfector of our faith. He will take care of us. “I lift my eyes unto the hills, where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, Maker of Heaven and earth.” Will you look with me, to the God of our salvation. To the one that will take care of all of our needs. Let’s do as the Philippians were exhorted and Rejoice! God is a great God, and greatly to be praised. Notice what verse 9 says in the passage I quoted , after Paul had exhorted them to think on things that were uplifting and encouraging he said this “…and the God of peace shall be with you.” How many of you does not need a God of peace with you? I know I surely do. One that will calm the storm in my mind and my heart, one that will assure me that He is working even though I cannot see Him. One that will take my hand, trembling as it may be, and walk with me back to the boat, through the storm and then calm the storm once we are in the boat together. He is the God that I want. One that knows when to calm my storm and when to calm His child. God bless you. Thank you for sharing your time with me while I share my heart with you. Until next time, the Lord bless you and keep you, the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you, the Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. In Jesus Mighty Name I pray. Amen
Last night I had a life changing experience. I was having a rough time getting my thoughts to line up with God’s will. He had asked me to do something and I was struggling with doing it. God had been preparing me all day for last night, and I can say that only with the prayers of my husband, the faithfulness of my God and the words of wisdom that He gave me throughout the day in remembrance of a few faithful ones words was I able to make through last night and do what He wanted me to do. I did become willing and obedient and I did eat the good of the land. God is faithful, dear friends, God is faithful. He did not leave me or forsake me. He was there with me through my trial. I chose to include a longer passage of Scripture than just the one He gave me last night because there was so much more that came with it. He gave me verse 8 that tells us what to think on. All He really said was “think on these things.” I knew what He meant at this time for me because I had been trying to change my thinking so that it would line up with God’s will prior to this time. But as most of you women can attest, and possibly you men also, it is hard to think on something that is not “in your face.” Let me give you an example. God has told me “Be patient My child, I am working.” I can easily hold onto that word when things are going well, but when things are not going so well: the van’s brakes need to be changed due to an ugly noise; Kevin’s job is not starting full time until July or maybe August; the kids will be without a place to go for the summer… (the list could go on and on), that’s when I really need to be focusing on Him and being patient, because even though I cannot see Him working to fix these problems… He is. I need to focus on the times that He has been faithful to me and my family. For example, God gave me a free ticket to a concert in Nashville, TN last September. And I had such a wonderful time and was truly blessed by the experience. If I would not have trusted Him I would not have had that ticket or that experience. And one that just happened Sunday: God orchestrated a meeting with a new friend Sunday night that brought me into a situation where I will be able to have support and encouragement from other law enforcement wives. This meeting could only have been done by the hand of God. He brought us both there (when one was not planning on coming), had my mother-in-law there who had worked at this lady’s dentist a while back, and had allowed or even caused (I don’t know which) a problem with the sound system so that we could talk for a moment about this new group that has only been going for 2 months. God is such a good and faithful God. When I choose to focus on the negative then the negative becomes bigger, but when I choose to focus on the positive then the positive becomes bigger. I like what a lady of God said one time, she said, “Do you see what happens when we focus more on our battles than on God? Our enemy appears bigger, we appear weaker and our God appears smaller. Beware! Long term battle can cause vision impairment if we look anywhere but up!” This is oh so true. Let’s turn our eyes upon Jesus the author and perfector of our faith. He will take care of us. “I lift my eyes unto the hills, where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, Maker of Heaven and earth.” Will you look with me, to the God of our salvation. To the one that will take care of all of our needs. Let’s do as the Philippians were exhorted and Rejoice! God is a great God, and greatly to be praised. Notice what verse 9 says in the passage I quoted , after Paul had exhorted them to think on things that were uplifting and encouraging he said this “…and the God of peace shall be with you.” How many of you does not need a God of peace with you? I know I surely do. One that will calm the storm in my mind and my heart, one that will assure me that He is working even though I cannot see Him. One that will take my hand, trembling as it may be, and walk with me back to the boat, through the storm and then calm the storm once we are in the boat together. He is the God that I want. One that knows when to calm my storm and when to calm His child. God bless you. Thank you for sharing your time with me while I share my heart with you. Until next time, the Lord bless you and keep you, the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you, the Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. In Jesus Mighty Name I pray. Amen
Friday, January 18, 2008
My Beloved
“Listen! My Beloved! Behold He is coming, climbing on mountains, leaping on the hills! My Beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.”
He is coming for me. There is joy in His steps. His steps are so light because He is filled with such love for me.
“Behold, He is standing behind our wall. He is looking through the windows, He is peering through the lattice.”
The wall I built. He is looking through. He is looking through to see the real me. I so desire someone to see the real me and still love me. That’s Him. My Beloved. (I saw a small window in a wall and He was peering in at me.) I asked Him if He would still love me the same if He could see all of me. The real me. And this is what He said:
“Arise My darling, My beautiful one and come along.”
When I looked, my wall was only three feet high. He was taking it down as I asked. Except, I was still afraid to stand up. When I saw this and heard Him say, “Arise My love, My beautiful one and come along” I took a chance and arose. Then I was reminded of the words of King David who must have been through the same thing, because he wrote,
“For by Thee I have run through a troop; by my God I leaped over a wall.”
So I will run through the troop of nay-sayers and thoughts of condemnation and rejection and fear, and I, by my God, with His hand holding tight to mine, will leap over this wall and will, as He says, “Come along.”
For it was for freedom that Christ set me free. And I must keep standing, standing firm, and not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.
For as I heard Him say to me,
“Behold, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone (the torrential, overwhelming rain is over and the flooding is gone). The flowers have already appeared in the land (so let’s enjoy them together you and I). The time has arrived for singing, and the voice of turtledoves has been heard in our land. The fig tree has ripened its figs, the vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance. Arise My darling, My beautiful one and come along.”
This was written with my hand but through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit one morning while I was attending a dance conference. This word comes from the Song of Solomon chapter 2 beginning in verse 8. This was so real to me. When I began writing this there was so much love and so much joy in what I saw and heard.
Jesus is My Beloved. He is the one that is calling to me and to you. He wants us to come along. Not to stand still so that we grow stagnant and lose hope, but to come along and enjoy the things that He has prepared for each and every one of us.
When I said “I so desire for someone to see the real me and still love me”, that part is so true in my life. This was something new to me, something that I did not recognize until the Holy Spirit revealed it to me. I had been hiding for so long that no one really knew the real me… not even me.
What I want you to get from this is that you, dear one, are loved. You are dearly loved by the Creator of the universe, by YOUR Creator. He not only created everything that you see, but He also created you, and He loves you so passionately. The other thing that I want you to get from this is that He is safe. There is no need to fear. I have found this to be true in my own life. I have had do step out from behind my own self-built walls to let myself be seen by the light, and when I did, I was safe. I was not harmed or shamed in any way. There was only love, and peace. I am still working on staying out from behind some of these walls that I built. They still stand only 3 feet tall, but I have to stay out from behind them even though they are familiar, because they are far from my Beloved who desires to love me and to be my safety.
Will you let Him love you today, and rest in His love? The name of the Lord is a strong tower. The righteous runs into it and is SAFE.
He is coming for me. There is joy in His steps. His steps are so light because He is filled with such love for me.
“Behold, He is standing behind our wall. He is looking through the windows, He is peering through the lattice.”
The wall I built. He is looking through. He is looking through to see the real me. I so desire someone to see the real me and still love me. That’s Him. My Beloved. (I saw a small window in a wall and He was peering in at me.) I asked Him if He would still love me the same if He could see all of me. The real me. And this is what He said:
“Arise My darling, My beautiful one and come along.”
When I looked, my wall was only three feet high. He was taking it down as I asked. Except, I was still afraid to stand up. When I saw this and heard Him say, “Arise My love, My beautiful one and come along” I took a chance and arose. Then I was reminded of the words of King David who must have been through the same thing, because he wrote,
“For by Thee I have run through a troop; by my God I leaped over a wall.”
So I will run through the troop of nay-sayers and thoughts of condemnation and rejection and fear, and I, by my God, with His hand holding tight to mine, will leap over this wall and will, as He says, “Come along.”
For it was for freedom that Christ set me free. And I must keep standing, standing firm, and not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.
For as I heard Him say to me,
“Behold, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone (the torrential, overwhelming rain is over and the flooding is gone). The flowers have already appeared in the land (so let’s enjoy them together you and I). The time has arrived for singing, and the voice of turtledoves has been heard in our land. The fig tree has ripened its figs, the vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance. Arise My darling, My beautiful one and come along.”
This was written with my hand but through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit one morning while I was attending a dance conference. This word comes from the Song of Solomon chapter 2 beginning in verse 8. This was so real to me. When I began writing this there was so much love and so much joy in what I saw and heard.
Jesus is My Beloved. He is the one that is calling to me and to you. He wants us to come along. Not to stand still so that we grow stagnant and lose hope, but to come along and enjoy the things that He has prepared for each and every one of us.
When I said “I so desire for someone to see the real me and still love me”, that part is so true in my life. This was something new to me, something that I did not recognize until the Holy Spirit revealed it to me. I had been hiding for so long that no one really knew the real me… not even me.
What I want you to get from this is that you, dear one, are loved. You are dearly loved by the Creator of the universe, by YOUR Creator. He not only created everything that you see, but He also created you, and He loves you so passionately. The other thing that I want you to get from this is that He is safe. There is no need to fear. I have found this to be true in my own life. I have had do step out from behind my own self-built walls to let myself be seen by the light, and when I did, I was safe. I was not harmed or shamed in any way. There was only love, and peace. I am still working on staying out from behind some of these walls that I built. They still stand only 3 feet tall, but I have to stay out from behind them even though they are familiar, because they are far from my Beloved who desires to love me and to be my safety.
Will you let Him love you today, and rest in His love? The name of the Lord is a strong tower. The righteous runs into it and is SAFE.
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