"Continuous disappointment leaves you heartsick, but a satisfied desire is sweetness to the soul." (Proverbs 13:12) Life does not come without trial and error, or disappointments and struggles. Yes, these things are present at times even when we are exactly where we should be, doing exactly what we're meant to be doing and believe it or not, even when we're doing what's best for us. On the other hand, neither does life come without accomplishments and victory, or reward and sweet blessings. Every down has an up, for every sorrow there is a counter-balance of rejoicing, for every wound there is healing, for every disappointment we walk through there is a fulfillment awaiting us that is more beautiful to the heart than what we originally hoped for. In life, nearly everyone of us will go through a season of what feels like there's nothing but one disappointment and struggle after another. Oftentimes, what we don't always realize at the onset of those seasons is the power within ourselves to move us through onto higher ground much more quickly than the pace we oh-so-often move through it at. By allowing our faith to lift us above the adversities with a positive attitude we conquer the snares of hindrance and delay. I hear the Lord saying, "This current situation is only temporary. Do not look upon it as if it is permanent. It is not. Do not affix your gaze upon it as so you become hopeless and feeling stuck in this one position. You are in transition. Transition takes time in some cases. There are preparations to be made that must be secured for your benefit. There are other people who must become situated as well, before you can make a complete transition in the natural. Do not give into despair, for even this season, as drawn out as it may seem, holds much gold and many useful and valuable lessons that will become your launching pad into the future you have hoped for and desired in the deepest longings of your heart. Some of those longings you have not shared with anyone else except Me, for you have been fearful of failure or at moments of being laughed at for having such seemingly great and unreachable dreams for your future. I'm telling you to confess your dreams, knowing that I am more than able to fulfill them. You are as great as the greatest, for you are equally my child as is the greatest of all. You are no less and you have no less of Me within you, surrounding you, and going before you. Fear not! Fear not, because I am within you. Fear not because I am for you. Fear not because you are Mine and have the same victory I have. Fear not because you are not one to be laughed at, rather you are one to be celebrated. You are accepted. You are loved. You are moving forward, not backward. You are Mine! Allow this time to teach you. It has a purpose for you. It has a purpose for the people who are in your future. Everything you are walking through at this time has a purpose and is valuable. Do not disregard any of this season; where you are; what you are doing, or even what you deem as the lack of what you are doing. All of it is within the course of the plan I have established for you and nothing is in vain or of no purpose. Choose to find the purpose daily and choose to find the praise report daily - for doing so will catapult the plan into the swiftness of what it is, without delaying it through carnal thoughts which only serve to sway you off the more direct route. Choose to allow your heart to know, I hold your destiny in My hands and you are on course and in the favorable timing. Therefore celebrate each day as if you belong right where you are - right now in this time of your life, and are near to; in fact - at the very brink of - receiving the greatest breakthrough and gift you could ever imagine possible! So PRAISE YOUR WAY TO THE NEXT ASSIGNMENT!" Hope will lift us above the facts of our circumstances and allow us to see from the perspective of God's truth. When we view our life and the world around us from the higher perspective of truth above and beyond the mere facts (which get upclose and personal in our faces), we can then latch onto the promises as our greater reality. We may not be able to control situations and circumstances but we do have the ability to recognize whether or not they are making us heartsick or establishing a sweet fulfillment to the heart and we are always given the choice to do what truly brings health and delight to the heart and soul. Keeping in mind, that what may develop over time as the best for us may not always be the easiest journey for the time being. In other words, hasty decisions are usually made from the emotions at hand, rather than well thought through truths. Emotions are ever-changing with good days or bad days, and as far as that goes, sometimes our emotions are influenced even upon simply hearing a song on the radio!! Within the depths of the heart is where truth and destiny reside, therefore, it's not wisdom to base life-changing decisions upon temporary emotions, rather, listen to what you know without a shadow of a doubt within your heart of hearts - for the Lord has written the truth upon the tablets of the heart.
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The Lord has been speaking to me personally here of late, about His signs and wonders beginning to manifest at an acceleration than what has been the norm for most of us. In the past, I experienced a season of oil manifesting on the soles of my feet during times of worship. I've experienced gold and ruby dust upon the palms of my hands, as well as my arms and legs. I've had fillings in my teeth turn to gold. I've had a feather appear on two different occasions, and have seen and heard angels talking & singing. Last week, during worship, prior to speaking at a conference, I felt a strong unction to go brush my hair. I thought it was quite strange that I would suddenly during worship feel the urge to stop and walk back to my chair to brush my hair, but since it was a rather strong unction within, I did so. It wasn't until after the fact that I realized even the manner I brushed my hair was different than what I normally would have. Normally, my stance while brushing my hair would be to basically place my arm behind my head and brush downward without turning my head or looking. This particular time, I later realized I automatically brushed it in a completely different form. I tilted my head to the side and made a long stroke down the entire length of my hair while watching the bottom part of my hair. When I did this, I thought I saw something sparkling, fall from the length of my hair. I brushed it again on the other side in the same form and this time intentionally watched. Yes, I did see something sparkly fall when I brushed it. I did this a couple more times, then in my excitement, I went over to my friend, and yes, I interrupted her worship, to show her. While brushing my hair, I asked, "Do you see that?" Yes!! Yes, she saw it too. In fact, she cupped her hands beneath my hair and caught gold dust in her hands. I then went to one of the other women who was ministering at the conference and showed her. I felt like a kid at Christmas time. I had gold dust on my palms during worship at that time, but this was an entirely new experience for me. A bit later I went into the bathroom so I could get a look at my hair, and surprisingly enough, I couldn't see the gold dust in it at all by looking directly at my hair. It fell when I brushed it, but was not visible looking directly at it. That took place on a Thursday prior to me speaking at the conference. On Wednesday afternoon the Holy Spirit told me, "We are at the brink of a greater awakening then what this generation has ever known. Because of this awakening, manifestations of the spiritual realm will begin to happen more frequently in the days to come and at a greater depth than what many may have ever experienced to this present time." On the following Sunday, after shopping and dining out, when we returned home I looked in the mirror and thought I saw something sparkle in my hair. I took a closer look and once again, I had gold dust appearing in my hair. This time it wasn't falling out as before, but was actually visibly appearing. Of course, I was excited and asked my husband to verify he was seeing it too. On this occasion I was able to see it directly, as well as lift my hair in sections and see it throughout the layers of my hair. During this manifestation not only gold dust was appearing but also a blue, which I assume was sapphire dust. God is fun! He's exciting and loves to share the treasures of His kingdom with us. Why not? If you owned everything imaginable wouldn't you take great joy in blessing your children with gifts that you know would cause them to squeal with excitement and wonder?! Of course you would. Our Father God owns every treasure there is to have, and He delights in sharing them and surprising us with signs and wonders every now and then. When we receive these gifts of the signs and wonders, it's alright and in fact, it's GOOD to share the delight in receiving them. Be childlike! Have fun with them and let the Lord know how excited you are to have encountered His heavenly treasures. One final note, don't seek after the signs & wonders, rather seek after a full relationship with the One who owns all the heavenly treasures and you'll find your greatest love and fulfillment imaginable and as you abide in His presence, the signs and wonders will follow you. In the photo below, if you look closely you can see gold specks and also a bit of blue. It didn't photograph well. In person it showed up easily so this photo doesn't do it justice but it's the best I could capture on camera. I wanted to share the experience with you if at all possible. so it's not the best quality but at this time it's the best image I am able to get. Back in May at the Destiny Arising Summit (Dr. Theresa Phillip's "Destiny Arising" organization), I received a word from Annabelle Wallnau confirming to me what the Lord privately spoke to me some years ago.
Annabelle prophesied; "You know how you were the 'Supernatural Girl' the other day? That was prophetic because you are the supernatural girl. And the Lord is saying, "you're gonna be way more visible and you're gonna be way more verbal, and you'll have the microphone allot more and you won't even be afraid of it." I saw you having not only healing gifts but miracles. The creative miracles so that when people are blind and you put your hand up there, they're actually going to get an eyeball. A brand new eyeball. Not just one, if they need two, they're gonna get two. And if they don't have an eardrum, or they can't hear, they can hear now suddenly when you pray. If they can't hear in both ears they're gonna get two new ears! YAAAAY GOD! Ƹ̵̡*•.¸(*•.¸♥¸.•*´)¸.•*´ƷƸ̵̡*•.¸(*•.¸♥¸.•*´)¸.•*´ƷƸ̵̡*•.¸(*•.¸♥¸.•*´)¸.•*´ƷƸ̵̡*•.¸(*•.¸♥¸.•*´)¸.•*´ƷƸ̵̡*•.¸(*•.¸♥¸.•*´)¸.•*´ƷƸ̵̡*•.¸(*•.¸♥¸.•*´)¸.•*´Ʒ
♥ Allow yourself to be loved by Him for you are His Beloved.♥ Ƹ̵̡*•.¸(*•.¸♥¸.•*´)¸.•*´ƷƸ̵̡*•.¸(*•.¸♥¸.•*´)¸.•*´ƷƸ̵̡*•.¸(*•.¸♥¸.•*´)¸.•*´ƷƸ̵̡*•.¸(*•.¸♥¸.•*´)¸.•*´ƷƸ̵̡*•.¸(*•.¸♥¸.•*´)¸.•*´ƷƸ̵̡*•.¸(*•.¸♥¸.•*´)¸.•*´Ʒ ( 3-10-17) Before I share the following I'm going to ask two things from all who read this;
1. Please pray for me after you read it. 2. Please only speak the victory and not the problem. Last October my husband and I went to NY. We were staying at Long Island so the beach was within walking distance from where we were at. One day I decided to walk to the ocean. It was about a three mile walk and a little cold and windy but I love to walk so I put my hat and jacket on but didn't have any gloves with me. I enjoyed the ocean's edge so much that day. I probably spent an hour after I got there, just walking along the shore and praying. When I decided I needed to head back I discovered I had gotten so cold that I could literally not bend my fingers. After the three mile walk back to the house I was feeling pretty cold and getting into a hot bath sounded like the perfect idea. Or so I thought. I got into that hot bath to my regret. I had no idea there were consequences to being cold and warming up too quickly - until after that day. I was soon to learn, when your body heats up too quickly it can cause a disorder within the blood vessels. The side effects can cause a disorder called Urticaria (of which - medically speaking, there is no known cure for). It's kind of like being in a constant state of a full blown allergic reaction non-stop, with hives all over the body. So I have been battling this since October. I'm not going to go into allot of details other than to say it can sometimes be rough as it's not a normal itch. The best way I can describe it is, it's like having about a thousand mosquitoes all biting you at the same time. But God! A couple of nights ago, all through the night every time I'd momentarily wake up I'd hear the word "Selenium". In every dream (and I had allot of dreams that night) someone was talking to me about Selenium. I was even shown how to spell it. I'd say I heard the word spoken to me a minimum of twenty times. I had never heard of it so, in the morning I asked my husband, Steve, "what's selenium?". He didn't know either. Later that morning, I searched it on the internet and the first article that popped up said, "Selenium, The Magic Cure for Urticaria". I was overcome with awe for the Lord and broken to tears. I found out, sometimes people contract Urticaria because they have a "selenium" deficiency!!!! Also, I want to add the power of our words and what they can do. For the past week I decided I'd had enough of the torment and I simply was not tolerating it anymore. I began to take consistent authority over my body and confessed the truth is "by His stripes I'm already healed therefore Urticaria is a lie and does not exist". The result? For the past week...the hives were still visibly on me but I had not been itching and I slept every night - all night and peacefully. Please understand, I was sleep deprived as I would wake up many times throughout the night engulfed in extreme itching which was impossible to sleep through or to get back to sleep very quickly. By the way, the only way to know if you have a selenium deficiency is by having a fingernail or toenail biopsy done. Or, God tells you in the middle of the night! He's AMAZING! (3-13-17) Testimony #1: Two weeks ago the urticaria hives had gotten so bad they were from the top of my neck down to my ankles - even inside my ears. That was the point at which I couldn't take it anymore and decided to speak with the authority I know we've been given - declaring my healing and urticaria to be a lie that I wouldn't accept anymore. Through this journey since October, getting into a bath was a double edged sword for me. I had discovered that soaking in a bath of Tea Tree oil was the only solution that gave me temporary relief from the severe itching. The catch was, when water touched my skin for about the first 10 minutes or so the flare up was exaggerated and initiated the greatest time of torment each and every time until the Tea Tree oil kicked in. But, for me it was worth it because the end result of soaking in the oil gave me a few hours of relief afterwards. As I stated earlier, the Lord spoke the word Selenium to me while I slept and I discovered it's been called 'the magic cure for urticaria'. After three days of taking Selenium, for the first time since last October, last night I took a wonderful bath that caused absolutely no reaction to my skin other than relaxation! Not one teeny tiny of an itch happened and this morning after five months I am completely hive-free!!!!! I'm crying as I type this out but believe me, these are ecstatically happy tears of gratitude to the Lord, not to mention abundant joy and relief!!! I'm sharing this all with you to hopefully help encourage you through your own trials and to tell you of His faithfulness in providing for us. Praise Him....GOD IS GOOD!!!!! (3-17-17) It's now been one week with no urticaria symptoms and I am so very grateful to God. This experience has given me new eyes to see through. Or maybe 'new' isn't the correct word, rather a new level of depth in what was already there in some form. I feel as if I understand much better how we can rejoice in going through our trials, knowing they will mature us all the more. I found that even in the course of this small trial, I began to anticipate what God would do within it and how He surely was turning it into an opportunity for Him to shine. I also have found that I can see many 'common and everyday' things as blessings now rather than overlooking them as the 'norm'. For instance, I now get into the shower or bathtub and praise God for this wonderful blessing. For five months the task of bathing was extremely unpleasant and now it's an experience of praise each time! For five months my skin became thick and bumpy, and felt almost like plastic. With joy and gratitude, I can say my skin is soft and smooth once again! God is good! ALWAYS! I am reminded of a prophetic word the Lord gave me awhile back. Here is the portion of it that keeps stirring within me in connection to my recent experience; "The gates to a fresh season for the Body of Christ have just been opened to us. We have literally just passed from one spiritual season to the next. What an incredible season it is, and will be! This is one we have been foreseeing and foretelling about coming into existence for awhile now, with excitement and possibly a little impatience in the wait as well. I believe the Holy Spirit is establishing a witness within many, and maybe even within most, as to this foretold season being here and NOW being the time. As you slumber in the rest of the Lord AND, as you slumber in the resting and sleep for your physical body, you will be filled and receive throughout your entire body the manifest presence of healing to such a degree you at one time thought to be unimaginable. Not anymore! You have dared to believe into a new level and because you believed, even against all the skeptic's verdicts and negative proclamations, you will receive, not ten, not twenty, rather, a one-hundred fold return. This is your inheritance. This is your due return. You will see blind eyes opened, veins and arteries rebuilt and made anew without loss of function, tongues loosed to speak for the first time, financial miracles and surprise inheritances." ◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻◈◈☻◈☻◈☻◈◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻
One of the most precious treasures that we never seem to have enough of is also one of the greatest gifts we can give to anyone. It's our time! When we give our time (a.k.a. attention) to a person, it conveys they are worth enough for us to share with them one of the most precious & valuable gifts we've been given in this life (other than love) - our time. ◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈ We've only been given a measure of time here on earth, so don't squander it on worthless focus's or superficial interests. Give the time you've been given to what has purpose and to the people you treasure. Time is something we can not store away and retrieve for a later date so let's be intentional with how and on whom we spend the time we've been entrusted with. ◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻◈◈☻◈☻◈☻◈◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻◈☻ † ❤ † ❤ † ❤ † ❤ †† ❤ † ❤ † ❤ † ❤ †† ❤ † ❤ † ❤ † ❤ †† ❤ †† ❤ † ❤ † ❤ † ❤ †† ❤ † ❤ † ❤ † ❤ ††
Completed forgiveness requires both the heart and mind to be in agreement. Forgiveness begins with a DECISION of the heart and is followed up with a PROCESS in the mind. UN-forgiveness is a continuous viewing one through the veil of their mistake, whereas forgiveness tears open the veil to reveal the person and the good beyond the mistake!!! † ❤ † ❤ † ❤ † ❤ †† ❤ † ❤ † ❤ † ❤ †† ❤ † ❤ † ❤ † ❤ †† ❤ †† ❤ † ❤ † ❤ † ❤ †† ❤ † ❤ † ❤ † ❤ †† |
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