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Date: Friday– October 1, 2021
Meditation Opportunities
Biblegateway.com Daily Verse
Matthew 5:11-12 Amplified Bible,
Classic Edition (AMPC)
11 Blessed (happy, [a]to be envied, and [b]spiritually prosperous—[c]with life-joy and satisfaction in
God’s favor and salvation, regardless of your outward conditions) are you when
people revile you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things against
you falsely on My account.
12 Be glad and supremely joyful, for your
reward in heaven is great (strong and intense), for in this same way people
persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Daily Devotion
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Matthew 11:28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and
burdened, and I will give you rest.”
1 Timothy 6:15-16 “Which God will bring about his own time-
God, the blessed and only Ruler, the
King of kings and lord of lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable
light, whom no one has seen or can see.
To him be honor and might forever.
Amen.
Isaiah 55:8-9 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so
are my ways higher than your ways and my thought than your thoughts.”
Revelation 2:4 “Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love.”
Daily Journal/Thoughts/
Prayers (Thinking out
loud)
Woke up this morning thinking about how life speaks to us by everything
we say, do or even that which we do
not. I can point out all the things
going wrong, I can take those moments when we are challenged with fight or
flight—shutting off and down my heart and just find new ways to mask whatever
that thorn is that is becoming a challenge and over taking any possibilities of
having true peace.
Not happiness, not fun. Not even
that deep passionate joy that fulfills us in so many days that we honestly
forget to recognize and miss.
But the peace that only comes with holding onto abundant faith and love
in and with Jesus Christ.
Thinking about how I got to where I am today.
My reasons for publicly declaring and going under that water openly was selfishly
me trying to give up all I am to save any possibilities of future generations
in my bloodline.
Always believing in God but rarely ever having conversations with or
about Jesus even though I was at church and even taught in Sunday school way
back when.
I was at church every weekend, every holiday and some how even despite
living fully in the world as a unwed mother of two owning my choices and
responsibilities. Still looking to just
be loved. Even in conversations with
local priests to have my children christened.
I found my battles always at my doorstep.
In the Catholic church they would not acknowledge my children because I
had them unwed. Yet the same priests
that would deny me, would hang out with all of us during wedding receptions or
special events and drink and be merry.
I was ticked at what I was raised up to think was God’s choosing. Later to become involved with the Lutheran
church and yes having my children sprinkled.
And for a few years dragging them to church and allowing the door and
seeds to be open. Even if it was not directly
with Jesus.
It was not until 1995 I myself called upon him and let me tell you I
learn more and more every day while riding the waves of what we call life.
That moment when my battles were real and full blown between the spirit realms
and the more, I wanted Jesus the harder the darkness was beating everything
around me down.
It was when I called to be baptized and came out of that water, I
finally understood what it meant to just have faith and work in faith that no
matter what everything was going to be alright.
What is a good person comes to mind?
Never giving it thought in how we grow up and what society teaches us we
just assume we are as we are having those breakdowns when everything goes wrong
in us.
Sure, I never purposed to harm anything or anyone. Always was the first to be ready to help or
just be. Worked hard all the while I
was getting bypassed as I knew I was just the youngest in my small clan from a
long line of larger ones that lived fully in the world as we knew it.
I can find tunes to just speak about being that good person as we think
we are but unfortunately, they will have some cussing and colorful story lines
if you really listen.
And if I share that what makes me any different than any other person
that calls upon Jesus imperfect works in progress that thinks its okay to add
to sin just by allowing some of those things to be exposed into others minds
and hearts.
Instead, what I can tell you it’s a daily process to die to what comes naturally
and call upon the Lord once up and running.
Knowing any goodness, I am blessed is truly of God.
Yes, I work hard for all I have and sure I deserve it if I am doing
so. I never try to get over on anyone
or anything, I am always still ready to when I can to lean in and help. What makes it so different then and now.
Well, that abundant peace only knowing of a God of the universe to
actually knowing and wanting and being at times so over the top in love with
all that Jesus is, all that he has done and continues to still do. I could never get from anyone or anything
on this planet.
Even if I can be blessed in some ginormous ways. Nothing is everlasting as Jesus flowing
through these veins.
And the thing is I want more….
Then to know I think the huge thing is knowing who we are in and by the
creation of Jesus Christ and really, truly acknowledging the fact of who is
with us always. Jesus!
It does not matter if you let him in your heart and soul or not. He is always with us. But he will not come alive and bless us any more
than he already has on the cross; unless we call upon him to come dwell within
us.
I was not until I came back up and out of that water and gave all of me
to blind faith and love everlasting to have that ability to rise every day and
know it is well within the depths of anything I will ever be; even if, even
when everything else around me is so out of control, broken and scary.
So many hurting people all around us, so many we know, so much innocence
lost and tormented. Never understanding
why those who do their best efforts always being a good spirit in works and
words daily given. Are put at the hands
of needing God’s mercy; yet never understanding at times or even sometimes
fully engaged to be walking with the lord.
Yet left to suffer. While darkness
and misdeeds, offenses and sometimes so evil manages to flaunt so much of
everything in the face of the Lord and humanity while the rest bleed out.
What I do know is the more I call upon Him to lead me, the more peace I am blessed with and more opportunities
to reveal him to others.
I am far from teaching Sunday school anymore. Although I work and have for a long time with
the children to plant seeds of his hope.
Just as I am blessed to be a vessel and facilitator to sharing the
gospel and learn and grow with other women.
All the while I am still human; dodging spiritual bullets and picking
myself off the floor every time I try to pull back what was given to God
himself and I fall flat on my back fighting to get back up from the choices
that got me there.
Even on my hardest days while melting down falling apart with Jesus,
somehow someway I know I will rise again with him for something far more
meaningful than that which got me there.
So, in love is… that is an understatement. I know forever to whom I belong even if it
took allot of pain, sorrow, and healing to learn how he loves all of us; loves
me.
I don’t know if I will ever be able to explain that… Just as how certain
spirits connect with us, and we fall deeply, madly in love with who God has
created and allowed them to be. Even on the days you do not like what they
choose to do or become part of.
Anyway, its way to deep as this mindset is got so much that could pour
out.
Father God here and see the hearts and all that they are going
through. You know all that I am
connected by blood and bone, and just by blessing. Be with and lead them all through your will.
May their hearts be healed, and their purpose be full of all you want
the world to see.
For that lady Michelle in ICU with four children at home without parents
because the father is in AZ and does not want to risk getting sick by coming to
Florida. Take control of those beings
Jesus.
For all the traveling mercies, guard us from the predators, save us from
those that take us captive, protect us while keeping our eyes wide open and use
us every inch of every mile we are allowed to travel.
For those who feel like they are numb; allow us all to feel as you
will. Feeding the hungry, shining hope
for the hopeless. Wake us up and fill
us with all you are and want us to reflect.
Be our strength in all those times we are falling apart in
weakness. May we run to you when we
take flight. Always reflecting your
beauty and new colors for this canvas called life.
Be with all of those tugging on my heart strings; as I know they are all
yours!!!
Movers Motivations
& Touches to the Soul (YouTube.Com)
Goodness of God
live lyrics Bethel
How He Loves Us -
David Crowder Band
Broken Prayers -
Riley Clemmons
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