Prayer for today...

What do the words that you say speak of you?  Do they speak life, or death? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth does speak.  What is in your heart?  Thinking…

What do you say when they tell you that they have had enough, that they can’t take anymore.  Is it your role to tell them that it’s ok, that they have the right to back out, to step down, to remove themselves from the equation?  

Do you coddle and cajole them, let them think that it’s ok to walk away?

Or is it your responsibility to tell them that God is able, in fact He is more than able to resolve their issue.  

What do you say when they are tired of getting their hands dirty in the muck and mire of the daily grind?  How do you tell them the God won’t allow them to be tempted above that which they can handle?  But will with every temptation provide a way to escape that you may be able to bear it.  

And no, that escape is not what you think it is.  

How do you warn them that the easy way out is not always the best way and that sometimes (in fact most times) the way out is the way through?  

We say that we believe God, that we are soldiers in His army.  But when in the heat of battle, we have our running shoes at the ready,

//”I’m gonna hit the road jack”//

Ready to move on, to move out, to quit this fight…it’s not worth it to me…

How do you tell them when they are crying inside, day and night, that the morning is coming,  That it will be well, and to continue to believe God…

What do you say, when there are no words left to say, except

“I understand your frustration, hang in there…”

so inadequate.

I believe I will

Speak life into your situation, tell you that when you want to say, “I give up”, instead say “I give it to God”

You best believe that He can handle it.

Father, I lift those up to you who feel like they are at the end of their rope, the end of the line.  Comfort them and give them peace, teach us how to be abased and how to abound and how to be content in every situation.  Let our faith be in you, because you are able to do all things but fail.  

Honor and Glory belongs to you…

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By Faith.

I know, its been a while. Today I felt inspired. To God be the Glory!

A step.

Then a drop.

The sensation of falling.

But, you know what?

I’m falling Up!

Up and over the top.

Over the Edge.

Off the Cliff of my depression,
my repression,
my own intercession.

This is it, the thing that causes my desires to spring from where they are into the NEXT LEVEL of elevation.

Next level of INNOVATION

GRAVITATIONAL PULL NOTwithstanding.

Only You can take me there.

Push me over the top.

And into my destiny.

For he that comes to God must believe that He Is and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
By Faith .

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Unify.

Reflection

Introspection

Two pairs of feet, walking side by side

To the rhythm of a heart beat

One  - two

One - two

One - two

Heart beat

Drum beat

Musical interlude.

Discord.

Bells clanging

Car tires screeching

Two pairs of feet walking one after the other

To a staccato beat

One - two - three - four

One - two - three - four

One - two - three - four

How can two walk together unless they agree?

My sister, why would you rather walk alone than with me?

In Unity.

Heart to heart and breast to breast

In one accord

Cliché, I know

But didn’t you hear that one can chase a thousand but two can put ten thousand to flight?

So speak to yourself about

Reflection

Introspection

Two pairs of feet walking side by side in Unity.

One - two

One - two

One - two.

THEY

Chatty (people) speaking incessantly
with teeth like knives,
and razors in their mouths
cutting you to shreds

 
They gnash at you with their teeth,
ripping the flesh from your back
Using only their words.

Staring at you.
They watch you,
They see what you do.
And they Cut.
 
Their Eyes like empty circles.
Darkness hidden deep inside.
Peering in you see no reflection.
no shimmering image as a pool
interrupted by a skipping stone.
Inside Only vast emptiness,
Their pain masked as yours


They are whispering in dark corners,
where they insinuate
and they speculate.
and they calculate.
your doom.

They are Sitting side by side with you
raising their hands as you do
in the shout
in the dance
slain in the spirit

Never realizing that while they were killing YOU
They were KILLING THEM too.

Upon further inspection,
the realization.
THEY, is YOU.


Be careful what you say:
 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.. 
Be careful how you judge:
 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
Be careful of envy:
 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.


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just wait...

Sitting here at Max and Ermas in Oaks PA. I realize that my patience could use a little work. I am pretty annoyed at the fact that I sat here for a good ten minutes before anyone noticed that i was here. I was just about to storm out in a huff, making sure to let EVERYONE know how disgusted I am with the shoddy service, when not one, but two wait-people stopped by like "is anyone helping you". Duh! (do i look like i am drinking a soda right now?)
We are often reminded that patience is a virtue. In fact the Word tells us that patience is a perfecter. As a spirit filled woman of God, shouldn't i aspire to patience even in my every day life? In this society of 'right now' please and thank you, our patience apparatus is malfunctioning in a major way. I want what i want and I want it right now! And if you make me wait too long I just might have to talk to your manager and get you fired, or worse yet killed (OK, I realize it's probably not quite that serious).
As I sit here looking at the neon sign that reads "hot cookies NOW" I realize that there are some things more important than getting served in a hurry. One of them is having the opportunity to think things through, realize where I need work, and to have the opportunity to share those thoughts with you.

James 1:4 (King James Version)

 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.


Thanks for listening.

none

You cut through me like a hot knife through butter.
Baring my soul with your quickness. 
Looking through me as though I wore clear crystal as skin and bone.
Seeing me with your eyes of wisdom, you read me as though I were a book, my pages layed open for your perusal.
Nothing is hidden from view, even those things I would protect are strewn before you like the playthings of a child.  
My clumsy hands cannot withhold them.
You  know me better than I know myself, understanding my thoughts afar off.
If only I would take heed to you, I could begin to understand myself.


For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.



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Appendicitis.

Hi blog watchers!  Sorry it has been so long since I have written anything.  I was going through a dry spell.  I plant to start trying to write a minimum of once a week, if only to share with you how its going.

Last week I was back home in Michigan with my son who had his appendix out.  How scary was that?  By the way, what the heck is an appendix anyway and why do we even have one?  All it does is sit there inside with the potential to cause great pain and even death! Thankfully most of us never have to deal with it, but for those who do.. WHOO, I feel so sorry.
Anyway it got me to thinking about how our lives (in this world) are so short and precious.   I pray that each of us can live life to our fullest potential realizing that each day is a gift.  I mean, what they told me at the hospital is that if that appendix burst, it dispenses a good dose of poison into your body which could actually kill you.  AND, on top of that, there is no warning when this might happen, its the intense pain of the swollen appendix that drives you to the hospital which by then could actually be too late!
If you are interested (an nuts like me), you can click here to read more about appendix and appendicitis.

Today I just want us to consider the idea that tomorrow is not promised to any of us.  It doesn't matter if you are young or old, healthy or not.  Not to be morbid, but honestly, when we leave here, how do we want to be remembered?  I know for myself that I want to do something significant, something that will have an impact on the world.  I don't want to waste my time feeling miserable and sorry for myself, I want to live like there is no tomorrow realizing that when I go from here, I am not taking anything with me.
So, let each day, be your best day!

Mathew 6:19-21 (NASB)   “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. “But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 

Thanks for listening.