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Date: December 19, Saturday
Advent day 19
9 The wise men heard the king and then
left. They saw the same star they had seen in the east. It went before them
until it stopped above the place where the child was. 10 When
the wise men saw the star, they were filled with joy.
Bible Verse of the Day (Biblegateway.com) Meditation
Opportunities
Luke 1:76-78 (TPT) The Passion Translation
76 And to you I prophesy, my little son,
you will be known as the prophet of
the glorious God.
For you will be a forerunner,
going before the face of the Master,
Yahweh,[a]
to prepare hearts to embrace his ways.[b]
77 You will preach to his people the revelation of salvation
life,
the cancellation of all our
sins, to bring us back to God.
78 The splendor light of heaven’s glorious sunrise[c]
is about to break upon us in holy
visitation,
all because the merciful heart of our
God is so very tender.
Luke 1:76-78 (NIV) New International Version
76 And you, my child, will be called a
prophet of the Most High;
for you will go on before the Lord to
prepare the way for him,
77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation
through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
by which the rising sun will come
to us from heaven
Luke 1:76-78 (ICB) International Children’s Bible
76 “Now you, child, will be called a
prophet of the Most High God.
You will go first before the
Lord
to prepare the people for his coming.
77 You will make his people know that they will be saved.
They will be saved by having their
sins forgiven.
78 With the loving mercy of our God,
a new day from heaven will shine upon
us.
Luke 1:76-78 (MSG) The Message
67-79 Then Zachariah
was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied,
Blessed be the
Lord, the God of Israel;
he came and set his people free.
He set the power of salvation in the center of our lives,
and in the very house of David his
servant,
Just as he promised long ago
through the preaching of his holy
prophets:
Deliverance from our enemies
and every hateful hand;
Mercy to our fathers,
as he remembers to do what he said
he’d do,
What he swore to our father Abraham—
a clean rescue from the enemy
camp,
So we can worship him without a care in the world,
made holy before him as long as we
live.
And you, my child, “Prophet of the Highest,”
will go ahead of the Master to
prepare his ways,
Present the offer of salvation to his people,
the forgiveness of their sins.
Through the heartfelt mercies of our God,
God’s Sunrise will break in upon
us,
Shining on those in the darkness,
those sitting in the shadow of
death,
Then showing us the way, one foot at a time,
down the path of peace.
Soul Vibes and Starters (YouTube.Com)
https://youtu.be/3CNqhpRycfY
“There Was Jesus” @Zach Williams, Dolly Parton
https://youtu.be/YsQgZzQDups
“No One Ever Cared For Me Like Jesus” @Steffany Gretzinger
https://youtu.be/cvLWBB6hgJk
“Confident” @Steffany Gretzinger ft. Bobby Strand
https://youtu.be/jPT41DnKVdc
“Know (Be Still)” @Jeremy Riddle
https://youtu.be/tikTlQSPjHs
“Provider” @Cade Thompson
https://youtu.be/tlPZYCMMcvY
“Voices” @Cade Thompson
https://youtu.be/lPE66C7Ty-4 “I Just Need U” @TobyMac
Daily
Journal/Thoughts/ Prayers (my perspectives and/or feelings):
Lord the
hurt never stops coming but no I will never walk alone. Physically it may be a destiny to be
surrounded by many and loved as everyone’s sweetheart but there will only be
you that fully gets and relieves what cannot be pushed aside. Without any cost but that of what you paid
yourself on that cross and still for every time you Lord take on when we call
out for you.
You who
bled out pouring life into all who call upon your name and allowing the truth,
and pure joy.
Even when
we watch those we love slowly crumbling until they meet the destiny, they hoped
was immediate. For all those jumping
into the fires hoping this is it not thinking about tomorrow until they sit
broken and left with burdens, they are unable to carry alone.
Lord be
with my family, my friends, my
connections; with me!
For some
this day life will be the best ever yet; many will call upon you many will stay
feeling hopeless and suffering within themselves.
Many
close many far will receive that diagnosis; many will let go and be lost
forever.
Why some
of us are left to continue to get back up and fight and pour out what never
makes sense. While others strong and
true crumble meeting the demise never really knowing you.
None of
it makes sense Lord. Why Jesus it has
to be this way. I will never get. Love wide open, pouring out all over in
front of me. What was never really is
or was so temporary all that is left is what is we battle within deep in the
suffocation of the worlds plans.
Jesus
For all
the homeless and suffering shelter them
For all
being put out of the dwellings they are currently knowing as home; show them
their new place
For all
that have that diagnosis; be it Cancer, Cirrhosis, Covid or any other life
changing sickness. Heal them Lord!
For all
that are suffering with broken marriages, all that promised with you to work it
out that have lost each other and why they connected in the first place. May they fall in love all over again and
grow together with you.
For all
who did things just to further their personal desires or journeys. You Lord alone know who and what should be
together. Your will alone make it
so.
Bind me
Lord with your son Jesus
Lead me
how, where and when you want me to go and more importantly with who you see not
that of my own.
It is
better to have loved in a world and lost never really understanding what love
was until later in life and have those memories than to have never made the
choice to try and believe. Even if what
we believed was a lie or left abundant scars.
All of
which led me to you Jesus. Without all
of the broken pieces, I would have never crumbled and sought out the glue to
put me back together. I would have
never been given the opportunities you have blessed this soul with.
I will
never pray my broken pieces upon anyone; but I do pray every single soul I am
connected no matter the reason or way.
They are blessed to feel your love and see life through your eyes Jesus.
Though I
may have done things to get me to where I am today hiding behind the wall only
you understand. I know I am chosen to
understand the depths of what many will never come to.
You are
my provider Jesus, there is no way to deny that. For every moment like this new day, you allow
me back up. No matter what is or is
not; you alone sustain me.
Each
moment you shine brightly within showing us when it is time to change, time to
move, time to dig in. What you give me
is more than I could ever deserve even it is not of what the world and even the
flesh calls for many moments of any day.
Forever
is never long enough to sing your praises or acknowledge your abundance.
When it
hurts, thank you for allowing me to know I am still alive.
When it changes,
thank you for the new opportunities.
When I am
looking at that six feet down and I can feel it and want to be there you pull
me from the edge and redirect what was.
For this there will never be enough whispers in the dark that mean as
much as you do.
So, with
this mind maze dump and all the hopeless sleepless moments in anyone’s life or
more importantly mine given.
Thank you
through all the noise
Thank you
for all the empty promises
Thank you
for all the broken pieces
Thank you
for all the healing and never allowing my heart to shut down
Thank you,
Jesus, for you and all you lead all of your children to be and do.
Wash
through all I am PLEASE forgive all I have damned
Come Lord
we need you desperately in this land.
My body,
my spirit, my soul are yours.
My dreams,
my connections, my family, my friends are yours.
Heal and
direct us yesterday, today and any tomorrow’s we may have.
Keep me
strong and help me up that one more time.
When things do not go according to my plans and I bury myself trying to
hide.
Thank you
for all the words, sometimes even some rhymes.
Thank you, Jesus, for loving someone like me all my days in your own
time.
https://youtu.be/-KicvBB2L68 “Nobody Loves Me Like You” @Chris Tomlin
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Date: December 18, Friday
Advent day 18
Matthew
2:9-10 (ICB) 9 The wise
men heard the king and then left. They saw the same star they had seen in the
east. It went before them until it stopped above the place where the child was. 10 When the wise men saw the
star, they were filled with joy.
Bible Verse of the Day (Biblegateway.com) Meditation
Opportunities
Luke
1:68-70 (TPT) The
Passion Translation
68 “Praise
be to the exalted Lord God of Israel,
for he
has seen us through eyes of grace,
and he
comes as our Hero-God to set us free!
69 He
appears to us as a mighty Savior,
a
trumpet of redemption[a] from
the house of David, his servant,
70 Just
as he promised long ago
by the
words of his holy prophets.
Luke
1:68-70 (NIV) New
International Version
68 “Praise
be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
because
he has come to his people and redeemed them.
69 He
has raised up a horn[a] of
salvation for us
in the
house of his servant David
70 (as
he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
Luke
1:68-70 (ICB) International
Children’s Bible
68 “Let us thank the Lord, the God of Israel.
God has come
to help his people and has given them freedom.
69 God has
given us a powerful Savior
from the
family of God’s servant David.
70 God said
that he would do this.
He said it
through his holy prophets who lived long ago.
Luke
1:68-70 (MSG) The
Message
67-79 Then Zachariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied,
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel;
he came and set his people free.
He set the power of salvation in the center of our lives,
and in the very house of David his servant,
Just as he promised long ago
through the preaching of his holy prophets:
Deliverance from our enemies
and every hateful hand;
Mercy to our fathers,
as he remembers to do what he said he’d do,
What he swore to our father Abraham—
a clean rescue from the enemy camp,
So we can worship him without a care in the world,
made holy before him as long as we live.
And you, my child, “Prophet of the Highest,”
will go ahead of the Master to prepare his ways,
Present the offer of salvation to his people,
the forgiveness of their sins.
Through the heartfelt mercies of our God,
God’s Sunrise will break in upon us,
Shining on those in the darkness,
those sitting in the shadow of death,
Then showing us the way, one foot at a time,
down the path of peace.
Soul Vibes and Starters (YouTube.Com)
https://youtu.be/1G8KVJBLwtg
“Just Be” @Kim Walker-Smith
https://youtu.be/KiM8o3pp5YM
“Fractures” @Illenium ft. Nevve
https://youtu.be/F9cSRFt42iQ
“Defender” @Francesca Battistelli ft. Steffany Gretzinger
Daily
Journal/Thoughts/ Prayers (my perspectives and/or feelings):
Lord we need healing
and hope across this nation. Across my
family, my friends, my connections. My
business day to day, my routine each moment you allow me back up.
Jesus, you know all
things. You know this heart of mine and
everything thing that tugs on the heart strings that make it beat.
Even when I think I
know myself; I learn quickly there are places and pieces in me that I still do
not understand. At times I do not even
know if I ever will.
I did not pick this
day to day; but I have certainly been blessed to understand enough to move forward
that has created opportunities I could have missed.
Lord be with all in
need. Really with them Lord.
If only this world of mine could progress if I
just sit at your feet every moment of every day. I so would!
Yet here I am barely getting through any day given without making some foolish
or misconceived choice thinking I see the end result and feeling like it really
is going to be.
Yet I know just as
clear as any perfect sky. Only you know
what will be. Good, bad or indifferent.
Trying to love,
wanting to be loved. There is nothing
wrong with that. We all want to belong
to something, someone at some time. To
really matter and make a difference. It
is so hard to keep getting back up on any given day, unless I just turn it
off.
I don’t want to feel
any more. I stopped long back and
dedicated anything I could be to give back.
Slivers of thanks that will never be enough for all you have given me.
Yet today and almost
every day in 2020 I have been overwhelmed with feelings. Worry for family, acceptance of what cannot
be changed and the pain that goes with it.
The fractures of so
many I have known with so many broken pieces this year. So many family members with deep
impacts.
All the while I see
you Lord and your fingers all over every single day.
Indescribable peace
while the lava of life flows out.
Knowing but not knowing. Trying and shutting down. Turning a blind eye and finally letting
go. Wash through me; wash over me and
all I am connected.
Bring us Lord to
where you want us to be. Calling you
for all I can ever be with whatever is left Lord.
This is the season
this is the now. Everything changes
when we choose. We all have to choose.
We deal with the
reality we are in or we ignore it and pretend we have everything playing out
and using up or being used up.
We all get to choose
and either way we all have to answer in the end. No matter what good, what bad it does not matter
except for those that are in the process.
It is here we need
to call upon the name of the Lord to get us through, protect us, and change for
all that is brighter.
Jesus you are the
one fighting for me. When I am fighting
for the wrong things, when I am down for the count, when I just am or sailing
through the storms. You Lord are what sustain
every piece of me.
When all I do is
fall face down in an ugly mess every single time. You Jesus are the glue that I will never
understand but need more than life itself.
You Lord are the
only everlasting constant. Thank you for
loving me and allowing me to know you. I
pray everyone I ever connect with and especially those I deeply love get to
know you as well.
https://youtu.be/YbGgA2lIDjc
“From the inside out (Everlasting)” @Hillsong United
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Date: December 17, Thursday
Advent day 17
Matthew
5:14-15 (ICB) 14 “You are
the light that gives light to the world. A city that is built on a hill cannot
be hidden. 15 And people don’t hide a light under a bowl. They put the
light on a lampstand. Then the light shines for all the people in the house.
Bible Verse of the Day (Biblegateway.com) Meditation
Opportunities
Matthew
1:20-21 (TPT) The
Passion Translation
20 While he
was still debating with himself about what to do,[a] he
fell asleep and had a supernatural dream. An angel from the Lord appeared to
him in clear light and said, “Joseph, descendant of David, don’t hesitate to
take Mary into your home as your wife,[b] because
the power of the Holy Spirit has conceived a child in her womb. 21 She will give birth to a son
and you are to name him ‘Savior,’[c] for
he is destined to give his life[d] to
save his people from their sins.”
Matthew
1:20-21 (NIV) New
International Version
20 But
after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a
dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home
as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you
are to give him the name Jesus,[a] because
he will save his people from their sins.”
Matthew
1:20-21 (ICB) International
Children’s Bible
20 While Joseph thought about this, an angel of the Lord came to him in a
dream. The angel said, “Joseph, descendant of David, don’t be afraid to take
Mary as your wife. The baby in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a
son. You will name the son Jesus.[a] Give him that name because he will save his people from their
sins.”
Matthew
1:20-21 (MSG) The
Message
20-23 While he was trying to figure a way out, he had a dream. God’s
angel spoke in the dream: “Joseph, son of David, don’t hesitate to get married.
Mary’s pregnancy is Spirit-conceived. God’s Holy Spirit has made her pregnant.
She will bring a son to birth, and when she does, you, Joseph, will name him
Jesus—‘God saves’—because he will save his people from their sins.” This would
bring the prophet’s embryonic sermon to full term:
Watch for this—a virgin will get pregnant and
bear a son;
They will name him Immanuel (Hebrew for “God is with us”).
Soul Vibes and Starters (YouTube.Com)
https://youtu.be/9dowS2k2TS4
“Don’t Tread On Me” @We Kingdom
Daily
Journal/Thoughts/ Prayers (my perspectives and/or feelings):
Lord thank you for
this extremely busy day. I think I could
come close to a meeting marathon and getting things done before everyone leaves
for the holidays.
Thank you for the opportunities
to keep this mind and hands busy.
Thank you for
productive purposes in life and making it a point to want more instead of just
going with the flow and getting caught up in the wrong place, wrong people and yes
wrong things.
Age makes no
difference when we do not pick up that moral compass daily. It is no joke to think we can have any day
covered and we are in control. Even if
we walk purposing after you Jesus. We
know those who try to do their best and especially those who believe and
purpose for you Jesus. The flurry of
negativity and darkness with all the spin, choices out of countrol and all that
tries to consume us is and can be beyond real.
Yet here we are with
people broken and battered losing loved ones, losing jobs, losing what they
thought would be forever.
Where are all your
martyrs Jesus.
Though I am sure I
will never be those who are the historical patriarchs I will keep doing my best
trying.
With that despite
the jokes and game playing, despite making choices that sometimes leave us more
empty than before we start. Besides all
the unknown this is a sure thing. I never
planned it and no matter what tempts the appetites of this world it is you
alone that is eternal. Perhaps when
you have had so much taken away all your life the one for sure thing you would
die for to never let go.
Even if my sanity leaves
me spinning at times, I know it is you that breaks every stronghold. I is you that dries the tears and washes away
the stains that are left behind.
It is you that allow
us the brush strokes to heaven daily. https://youtu.be/fGxg-bnqKuI “Brush Strokes” @Simon Patterson For this I am blessed and thankful.
It has been a long tiring
day and I am blessed to have been allowed up.
So even if I am just
repeating my same ole things in these day-to-day mind maze dumps. I will never stop talking about or to you
openly Father God. When all else has
failed you, Jesus are the one and only that is everywhere. https://youtu.be/JVTxH4zJO4A
“Go Tell It On The Mountain” @Zach Williams
Lord please be with my
friend and her family as they work through the diagnosis received today and all
that will change. Be with those
suffering from mistakes, those who are healing from accidents, from others, from
themselves.
We need you now Lord
Yesterday, today and
every tomorrow. Show me the way that I
am to go.
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Date: December 16, Wednesday
Advent day 16
Nehemiah
9:6 (ICB) 6 You are
the only Lord. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens. You made
all the stars. You made the
earth and everything that is on it.
You made
the seas and everything that is in them. You give
life to everything.
The heavenly army worships you.
Bible Verse of the Day (Biblegateway.com) Meditation
Opportunities
Luke
1:46-47, 49 (TPT) The
Passion Translation
Mary’s Prophetic Song
46 And Mary sang this song:
“My soul
is ecstatic, overflowing with praises to God!
47 My
spirit bursts with joy over my life-giving God![a
Luke
1:46-47, 49 (NIV) New
International Version
Mary’s Song
46 And Mary
said:
“My soul glorifies the
Lord
47 and my spirit rejoices in
God my Savior,
Luke
1:46-47, 49 (ICB) International
Children’s Bible
Mary Praises God
46 Then
Mary said, “My soul
praises the Lord;
47 my heart is happy because
God is my Savior.
Luke
1:46-47, 49 (MSG) The
Message
46-55 And Mary said,
I’m bursting with God-news;
I’m dancing the song of my Savior God.
God took one good look at me, and look what happened—
I’m the most fortunate woman on earth!
What God has done for me will never be forgotten,
the God whose very name is holy, set apart from
all others.
His mercy flows in wave after wave
on those who are in awe before him.
He bared his arm and showed his strength,
scattered the bluffing braggarts.
He knocked tyrants off their high horses,
pulled victims out of the mud.
The starving poor sat down to a banquet;
the callous rich were left out in the cold.
He embraced his chosen child, Israel;
he remembered and piled on the mercies, piled
them high.
It’s exactly what he promised,
beginning with Abraham and right up to now.
Soul Vibes and Starters (YouTube.Com)
https://youtu.be/ABWnLjXer10
“Spirit Lead Me” @Michael Ketterer & Influence Music
Daily
Journal/Thoughts/ Prayers (my perspectives and/or feelings):
Spirit you have to
lead me. I make a mess of all I am when
I take off running thinking I got this without you Jesus. Letting go is so hard, but so is hanging on
to what clearly should be given to you as the doors of so many possibilities
growing forward keeping it about what you Lord have up ahead. It cannot be about me.
I may believe and
not believe in allot of things; but we all know when and what we feel.
We all know when
that what reaches us in the pits of our being just keeps telling us something. We must listen. We all know when we walk with God wanting
Jesus to lead us. No matter how often
we try to add, take away or even have that spiritual tug of war with Him. We will never win.
There is someone out
there for everyone. When it is time,
when it is right, it will be balanced.
It will not cost, and it will not strive to use daggers and force you to
prove anything.
Love is not what you
do for anyone or everyone to get their attention. Love is not words said, written or purchased.
Love bled out for
you, for me. Never once arguing or
pushing back. Love is all things together;
love is nothing at all. Love hurts, but
it should never be tagged with a dollar amount or empty promises.
Never believe
someone loves you eternally when they are already unified with someone
else.
Sure, it can happen,
sure the laws of attraction bring people together forever. And in other cases, destroy many along the
way.
Never give away who
you are to be what others say you must be or do so they can or will love you! EVER!
That is not and never will be love.
When the time is right
there is someone out there for everyone.
And just because something does not work out. Does not mean that you are not meant for
love. Sometimes God has better and bigger
plans and wants us all to himself.
There is much to be
done in this world and if Jesus allowed you back up today. You have a purpose and are worth more than
this world can promise you.
Love yourself and
find your inner joy and if you want real love that gives peace through every storm
ask Jesus into your life and find out what true love really is.
I personally choose
to love myself through all the broken pieces with Christ spirit leading the
way. I choose to know that if it was
not enough, it never will be. But when
it is nothing can stop it and the joy and good things that come as a package
deal.
I choose to know
even in the hard times, tragedies, and all the crazy not conforming misunderstood
things that happen in our lives. If God
allowed you back up another day. He
needs you and has great plans if we choose to accept the mission.
I choose to believe
just as everyone else gets to do so; until time runs out.
Not everything will
have a reason or meaning we get to learn or see. Not everyone in our lives are made to be
there forever. Some we just get to
learn from while others we teach. While
others we are just blessed for no reason at all. Yes there will be those that we are just
there to pray for.
It does not
matter. In the end, the blessings, and
lessons of who and what we are given are either accepted and grow forward with
or looked past and we stay spinning in our own demise of sorry, pity and
whatever else we can spew out to others we are supposed to care about.
This is me, my mind
maze, my thoughts given to dump out. My pure
heart and clean hands. My broken
pieces. My speck in this vast universe
that I have been given. My mistakes, my
achievements.
Anything that is
worth while can never be taken away as it is buried deep in the soul that helps
pump the blood through the veins while we play the magical chess game of
life. Where everyone is just trying to
become that king and queen. Yet in most
cases we are just a bunch of pawns.
Sometimes life just
is what it is. Don’t let it hold you
down or back. Know you for you. Your limitations, and your abilities. If you choose to do anything for
anyone. Do it because you choose to and hold
onto the blessing you were allowed to do so.
Even if nothing or everything works out.
Life hurts most
days. But I am thankful He the creator
of heave and earth has allowed me to know I am still here and there are still
things to be done. For me, for others
it makes no difference. I will
purpose on this spiritual journey to find the deeper meaning. Believing in God of all things, and His son
Jesus Christ who lives within me.
Knowing in all my
human form far from perfect and misaligned with much. Loved beyond all time and space. Loved for who He created us to be.
https://youtu.be/hHwCMKJuHmU
“Love Beyond Comprehension” @New Wine
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Date: December 15, Tuesday
Advent
day 15
LUKE
2:25 (NIV) 25 In Jerusalem there was a man named Simeon. He was a good and
godly man. He was waiting for God’s promise to Israel to come true. The Holy
Spirit was with him.
Soul Vibes and Starters (YouTube.Com)
https://youtu.be/6BYdxsUWCYc
“Alabaster Heart” @Bethel Music & Kalley
https://youtu.be/tWeXVnRm6R8 “Light Of The World” @We The Kingdom
https://youtu.be/nk5mlyYMOBs
“Dear God” @Cory Asbury
Bible Verse of the Day (Biblegateway.com) Meditation
Opportunities
Luke
1:30-33 (TPT) The
Passion Translation
30 But the
angel reassured her, saying, “Do not yield to your fear, Mary, for the Lord has
found delight in you and has chosen to surprise you with a wonderful gift. 31 You will become pregnant
with a baby boy, and you are to name him Jesus. 32 He will be supreme[a] and
will be known as the Son of the Highest. And the Lord God will enthrone him as
King on his ancestor David’s throne. 33 He will reign as King of Israel[b] forever,
and his reign will have no limit.”
Luke
1:30-33 (NIV) New
International Version
30 But the
angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 31 You will conceive and give birth to a
son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32 He will be great and will
be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne
of his father David, 33 and he will reign over
Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”
Luke
1:30-33 (ICB) International
Children’s Bible
30 The
angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, because God is pleased with you. 31 Listen! You will become
pregnant. You will give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus. 32 He will be great, and
people will call him the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the
throne of King David, his ancestor. 33 He will rule over the people of Jacob
forever. His kingdom will never end.”
Luke
1:30-33 (MSG) The
Message
29-33 She was thoroughly shaken, wondering what was behind a greeting
like that. But the angel assured her, “Mary, you have nothing to fear. God has
a surprise for you: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son and call
his name Jesus.
He will be great,
be called ‘Son of the Highest.’
The Lord God will give him
the throne of his father David;
He will rule Jacob’s house forever—
no end, ever, to his kingdom.”
Soul Vibes and Starters (YouTube.Com)
https://youtu.be/6BYdxsUWCYc “Alabaster Heart” @Bethel Music &
Kalley
https://youtu.be/Q5kiBWjXfWs “Starts With Me” @Tim Timmons
Daily
Journal/Thoughts/ Prayers (my perspectives and/or feelings):
If I cried an ocean
and it would make a difference for just one tear drop to fall the world as I
know it would be flooded forever deep with the brokenness and love that hurts
so deep.
To believe in what
no one else can see only later to know there is a reason why no one looks.
To feel the pain of
the hurting, the illness, the fractured bones, fractured relationships,
fractured promises.
The tragedy of losing
what was already destined.
Just a glimpse a
moment in time what Christ Jesus suffered and took to the cross so it would be written,
and centuries lived out one broken piece at a time.
Pandemics, Wars, Death, Darkness, and Destruction
for what was to be something so beautiful.
I give all I am to
you Lord; I need you more than breath itself.
I cannot get back up on my own.
Even if I do not deserve a thing.
I believe in you and the promise.
You will never forsake your children or misguide their direction.
We just need to hear
you in all the static, all the noise of this world.
All the chaos and troubles
when we put all we are into that of the world.
When we put all, we are dependent on souls that are lost and doing as
they please in the ways they know of the world.
Each and every being
doing the best they know how with what they have to work with, even if it is
right or wrong.
Whatever is in the
dark will always come to light. Even
when innocence has been stolen.
Darkness has a way
of strangulation for all trying to remain pure, do what is right, as the demons
laugh thinking they are one up.
Yet you Jesus, banish
all that will never be casting out and replacing the darkness with love, mercy,
and grace.
Shine bright Lord
for all I am, all I can be, all I should be according to your will. Shine bright for all I am connected, no
matter where, how, or when. Shine
bright Jesus.
It starts with me
and I pray washes through, over and with all I ever have been blessed.
Jesus I am tired for sure, trying to do life
forgetting who is in charge and finding myself in places that have no part of
you. Finding my loved one’s fighting
doubt, fighting health crises, fighting just day to day, and forgetting who you
really are or how to just give all they are to you.
Father God I know my
world needs cleansing; please direct my steps, healing all things as you see
fit.
Yet if you choose
not to, if you choose to not show me how to release these things that are not
of you. You have mercy on this soul.
Far from imperfect, a foolish heart too big. Far too tired and grown to be playing any
games with anyone not of your calling Lord.
If anything touches
my loved ones, it touches me. If
anything touches my connections, it touches me. If anything touches the paths you allow me
to travel in this journey. I pray for
that hedge of protection, direction, and courage to just keep going.
As we await your arrival
Jesus, please come yesterday, today, and any tomorrows that we are given. Please come to this world and heal all that
is broken, all that is sick. Washing the
darkness back into the pits it belongs.
The truth hurts for
sure. But the peace and love given to keep
moving forward is a blessing not everyone understands.
Most days I do not. You called me from the desert Lord. Perhaps these were lessons of reality or
what was just to be. You called me in
to the fire and I leaned on you so desperately. You call your children, not in haste, not
for actions of waste, not for anything immoral or in bad taste. Even when the world will not understand or care.
You Lord are always
with us even when we cannot feel you in fear, cannot feel you in doubt. Lord help heal, directing our steps how to
work things out.
Jesus you know all
things. There is not good works, not
price, not actions that will suffice.
It is all or nothing for, with you and the continued passion and desire
to willingly do what is right.
Thank you for all
the hard lessons in this life. Thank
you for allowing me to want more of you and less of me. Even when I trip up and confuse reality with
the static of games or players. Even
when I see what is not there, you allow me to never stop caring even when it hurts.
Thank you for each
new day given is your rebirth.
What was, will never
be again. What is will only eternally
matter if with Christ Jesus.
Tomorrow is never
promised and there is no looking back.
No matter what your flesh desires the absolute is you as the only must.
Letting go, it did
hurt yet your scars bled out and you came back Father.
So, can those who
believe in all that is good, all that is pure all that is truth.
Blessed are those
who dig deep, let go and grow forward with you.
I cannot stop
believing now, I cannot change and I won’t stop now.
https://youtu.be/n7AC3u3yidA
“Won’t Stop Now” @Elevation Worship
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Date: December 14, Monday
Advent
day 14
Luke 2:16 (TLB) 16 They ran to the
village and found their way to Mary and Joseph. And there was the baby, lying
in the manger.
Bible Verse of the Day (Biblegateway.com) Meditation
Opportunities
Luke 1:26-28 (TPT) The
Passion Translation
Angelic Prophecy of Jesus’ Birth
26–27 During the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, the angel Gabriel
was sent from God’s presence to an unmarried girl[a] named Mary, living in Nazareth, a
village in Galilee.[b] She was engaged[c] to a man named Joseph, a true
descendant of King David. 28 Gabriel appeared to
her and said, “Grace to you, young woman, for the Lord is with you[d] and so you are anointed with great favor.”
Luke 1:26-28 (NIV) New
International Version
The Birth of Jesus Foretold
26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent
the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named
Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are
highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
Luke 1:26-28 (ICB) International
Children’s Bible
The Virgin Mary
26-27 During Elizabeth’s sixth month of pregnancy, God sent the angel
Gabriel to a virgin who lived in Nazareth, a town in Galilee. She was engaged
to marry a man named Joseph from the family of David. Her name was Mary. 28 The angel came
to her and said, “Greetings! The Lord has blessed you and is with you.”
Luke 1:26-28 (MSG) The
Message
A Virgin Conceives
26-28 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel
Gabriel to the Galilean village of Nazareth to a virgin engaged to be married
to a man descended from David. His name was Joseph, and the virgin’s name,
Mary. Upon entering, Gabriel greeted her:
Good morning!
You’re beautiful with God’s beauty,
Beautiful inside and out!
God be with you.
Soul Vibes and Starters (YouTube.Com)
https://youtu.be/tWeXVnRm6R8 “Light Of The World” @We The Kingdom
https://youtu.be/nk5mlyYMOBs “Dear God” @Cory Asbury
https://youtu.be/V5UXgs6nvGM
“He Shall Reign Forevermore” @Chris Tomlin
https://youtu.be/cenGR6ZUrKU “Draw Me Close with Agnes Dei” @Jesus Culture
https://youtu.be/hJT9j_g4gPY
“Space” @Matt Brock and Amanda Lindsey Cook
https://youtu.be/SfVrpafcELI
“The Prayer” @Celine Dion ft. Andrea Bocelli
Inspirational Thoughts
This is not the year to get everything you want. It’s the year to appreciate everything
have. @The Good Friend
Daily
Journal/Thoughts/ Prayers (my perspectives and/or feelings):
Thank you, Father
God, for allowing me more time, more opportunities to keep getting up and trying. Most importantly thank you Jesus for not
giving up on me each new day I am allowed up is 86400 seconds on any given day
to keep growing forward and work towards every opportunity to give thanks and
make a difference even in the worse parts of our days.
Every single soul is
going through something. Somethings
that they worked hard for and accumulated but no longer have the freedom to
hold in their hands. Those tragedies where those we love dearly are
now gone, with no longer having a new day as we are. Sickness, emotional, physical it is all the same. All those hurts, habits, or hang-ups.
For all the broken
hearts that are truly getting back up and doing their best to hold it together
and just keep smiling.
Lord I pray they
know they belong to you and how blessed they/we truly are. May I never stop hearing your silence through
all the storms and chaos of this world we are given. It took me so exceedingly long to find
myself, to find your calling Jesus. I
wish the time and trials this world lets us walk through no matter what the
reason. All that I am connected seek you
first and now in every day given and know the blessings they truly have right
where they are. I know we all get
there in our own time. We fly when we
are ready and if our wings are broken, we know you Lord have us in the palm of
you hands to help us heal and fly again.
I will never say I
have not prayed for things to happen and promised I would change, or I would be
more, do more if only. Lord you know
all that I am you know as the days I am allowed to grow forward I seek you will
in all I am, all I am connected.
Whatever that looks like as long you Jesus show me it is your blessing
and will.
Nothing here and now
belongs to me; everything I am can be or even have belongs to you.
Though I pray Lord
for the wings to be healed and your vast canvas of beautiful possibilities
shine bright with and for all I am connected.
May this have been
the year no matter where our hearts are to take stock and give thanks for all
we truly have been blessed and may we be protected from all who do not want to
know you Lord and try to steal the light from any of your children.
Thank you for the
ability to get up and work hard, to laugh, to cry, to read, to write, to hear
and most important see you in ever second, I am given.
Thank you for the
ability to know and feel love through the eyes of all I will never understand.
My travels may be
meaningless to many but for those that even a speck of hope are allowed to get
back up. Make it so Lord.
It is you that ever
was or ever will be and that knowledge alone makes it difficult to want a life
in the world if not impossible and walk with you and all you are. I stepped forward many years ago and still
today if it means I have to choose. Lord
I choose Jesus and the slow crawl to get it right on any given day.
Thank you for this
new day and all those that twist, turn, and sometimes even knock me off my
feet.
Prayers the blood of
my blood know you personally not just through my actions or words. Prayers all I am connected find redemption in
your mercy and grace and like the lighthouse of hope the to stand tall in the
reflection of love.
Prayers of protection and healing for all I am blessed to ever connect.
Something to pander going into 2021; Thinking on the entire situation that surrounds you in your days or nights. What is the one thing that you care about, that one thing that matters most?
