It is through deep suffering and intense trials that Father produces the SWEETEST fruit in our lives that OTHERS consume. We must first experience and then embrace the brokenness it produces. Without suffering and trials, the fruit lacks taste and texture: it is meaningless and of no value. Consumers do not taste the "realness" of your words and your life will lack the "flavor of authentic experiential knowledge", or put another way, "it will ring hollow" and be disregarded. As Father takes us UP TO the point of and THROUGH brokenness we must embrace the reality of that by 1) the "experiencing of brokenness" shows who i currently am: broken and worth nothing of value, and the "embracing the brokenness" is taking OWNERSHIP of who we are by "laying claim" to "I have always BEEN broken and worth nothing of value". Once we EMBRACE our brokenness, Father then starts rebuilding our brokenness into what HE desires: A vessel of PRICELESS WORTH! Not until we EMBRACE our brokenness will we relinquish control over who we are and what WE want to become and allow the potter to make of us WHATEVER HE desires, whether a vessel of "noble use" like an elegant crystal goblet, or something of "common use" like a spoon or fork. Whatever HE desires for us to become is how WE are PLEASED to serve Him. That is embracing our brokenness.
It is important to also note that we do not STAY there in the brokenness, for Father lifts us up and makes us into something GLORIOUS!! AFTER our brokenness comes "breathtaking beauty"! Do not allow yourself the comforting poison of continuing to view yourself as "worth nothing of value" for while once that was true, you are no longer that pile of broken, worthless shards of pottery. The MASTER has rebuild and reformed you in ways only HE can do. You are NO LONGER the slaves in Egypt you once were!! YOU ARE NOW PRINCES AND PRINCESSES of THE MOST HIGH GOD. HE has adopted you into HIS family and you are now SEATED WITH CHRIST at the Right Hand of God's Throne! We are no longer beggars and thieves! We are Ambassadors, Nobles, Priests, and Joint-Hiers with Jesus himself! God is our ABBA FATHER! Enthrawled with our beauty and MEZMERIZED by our faces! His thoughts about us are as "numerous as the sands in the sea". HE IS CRAZY IN LOVE WITH HIS KIDS!! Do not wallow in the past! Remember the past, BUT DO NOT LIVE THERE ANY MORE BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT THERE ANY MORE! You STAND in Gods presence, holy and acceptable!! He does NOT condemn you, why should you?
Embrace the brokenness for through its death it produces LIFE. But remember that you ARE MADE ALIVE in Christ!
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
19 mar 2009
Hello,
today i am not planning on giving a "Word from the LORD", today i feel lead just to write. I am learning to be patient. I am learning to be compassionate and understanding. I am learning to "keep my eyes on my own paper" as my teacher used to remind me. There is great wisdom in that little saying, "keep your eyes on your own paper"... we used to think of that as an admonishment to keep us from the temptation of cheating... but is it any different when the Father admonishes us through His word in Gal 6:4 where He tells us to not "compare ourselves to others". The context there shows Paul telling us to do our own work, without comparing ourselves to others and thus becoming proud. I believe for many of us it is also fair to conclude that comparing ourselves to others can also lead to needless or excessive self-ridicule and discouragement. Clearly the word tells us to keep our eyes on what WE do, not what others do. Then we can "have the personal satisfaction and joy of doing something commendable [in itself alone] without [resorting to] boastful comparison" (Amplified)
today i am not planning on giving a "Word from the LORD", today i feel lead just to write. I am learning to be patient. I am learning to be compassionate and understanding. I am learning to "keep my eyes on my own paper" as my teacher used to remind me. There is great wisdom in that little saying, "keep your eyes on your own paper"... we used to think of that as an admonishment to keep us from the temptation of cheating... but is it any different when the Father admonishes us through His word in Gal 6:4 where He tells us to not "compare ourselves to others". The context there shows Paul telling us to do our own work, without comparing ourselves to others and thus becoming proud. I believe for many of us it is also fair to conclude that comparing ourselves to others can also lead to needless or excessive self-ridicule and discouragement. Clearly the word tells us to keep our eyes on what WE do, not what others do. Then we can "have the personal satisfaction and joy of doing something commendable [in itself alone] without [resorting to] boastful comparison" (Amplified)
Friday, March 13, 2009
13 Mar 2009
"Do you do what i ask? Evaluate yourself honestly, do you DO what I ask? I don't mean the really big things, I mean the simple things like "pray for this person right here", "say to them that I LOVE them", or "tell this person that I see their tears and an answer is on the way"? There are so many opportunities that I invite you to participate in what I am doing. I WANT you to be part of all that I am doing! I invite you and yet most times you rebuff my invitation. Like my parable of the party, "The party is prepared, servants go tell the invited guests the dinner is ready! But the invited guests make excuses why they will not come: "I'm already commited to something else", "I have a new piece of property i just bought and want to check it out", "I'm already running behind schedule, what if they want to talk...", "what if they are not having a 'bad' day, I would look silly", "what if I'm really not hearing God correctly"... so I pass the invitation on to others. Don't you know that I PERPARED these good works in advance for you to do? Don't you realize I custom-made these opportunities and arranged events for you to be THE ONE to receive my blessings by participating? and yet you dismiss my gift to you as a nuisance, a bother, an inconvenience, something to be avoided. My heart is saddened when you reject my offer. I know that you are afraid of what might happen. BUT, my CHILD, don't you realize that I AM there, I AM watching, I AM your protector and I will NOT allow anything happen to you that I do not desire. Do you REALLY believe I AM good? Do you REALLY believe I LOVE you with a LOVE you can NOT fully understand? So I pose this question to you again, "Do you do what I ask?" ... "If you love me, keep my commandments."
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
4 March 2009
The "Protector" says:
"My children, it is time to draw close to Me. When a mother recognizes or senses that danger is near by, she instinctively draws her children closer to her. She "restricts" their movement and to the child it seems like punishment, but in reality it is Love and Protection. The storm is coming and it is time to move closer to Me. It may seem that I will "restrict" your movement and activities, it will SEEM like I am punishing you, but my sweet child, it is protection. Being nearer ME will provide protection from what is to follow. "As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the last days"... why is it that only Noah and his family were saved? Didn't the warning go out? Didn't Noah "give a clear and obvious witness" that judgement was coming? Yes he did, yet no one took his warning seriously because THEY could not see the danger for themselves and would not rely on someone else who COULD see the danger. I am saying, the "danger" is coming and unless you heed the warnings, you too will be lost like the friends and other family members of Noah's family. He had brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews all who died in the flood because they would not listen to the warning. Understand that it had never rained before, so they could not understand the seriousness of his warning, nor can you. The danger coming has never happened before so do not rely on your past experience to understand. Simply trust ME and understand, it is time to come close and stay near..."
"My children, it is time to draw close to Me. When a mother recognizes or senses that danger is near by, she instinctively draws her children closer to her. She "restricts" their movement and to the child it seems like punishment, but in reality it is Love and Protection. The storm is coming and it is time to move closer to Me. It may seem that I will "restrict" your movement and activities, it will SEEM like I am punishing you, but my sweet child, it is protection. Being nearer ME will provide protection from what is to follow. "As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the last days"... why is it that only Noah and his family were saved? Didn't the warning go out? Didn't Noah "give a clear and obvious witness" that judgement was coming? Yes he did, yet no one took his warning seriously because THEY could not see the danger for themselves and would not rely on someone else who COULD see the danger. I am saying, the "danger" is coming and unless you heed the warnings, you too will be lost like the friends and other family members of Noah's family. He had brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews all who died in the flood because they would not listen to the warning. Understand that it had never rained before, so they could not understand the seriousness of his warning, nor can you. The danger coming has never happened before so do not rely on your past experience to understand. Simply trust ME and understand, it is time to come close and stay near..."
Thursday, February 12, 2009
12 Feb 2009
The Father says,
"my children, i desire you close. I desire you closer than you have ever been or thought possible. My desire is for you to be so close that you cannot see, hear, or smell the things of this world. Yes you are to be IN the world, but not OF the world. "World" is that universal "ANTI"-Christ spirit that is opposed to everything i stand for. It opposes authority and even opposes responsibility. It opposes everything I stand for. So when you are close to ME, the other things NOT of ME are far away. You can hear My Heart beating, you cna hear my breath coming in and going out, you can hear my thoughts and respond quickly to my desires and impulses. THAT is being led by MY Spirit. Can you hear my thoughts? Do you anticipate my actions? Are you so close that you "see" me moving before I move? Are you close enough that you "hear" my words before I speak them? THAT is how close i want you to be and stay. In the coming deception, only those who know me best will escape with their spiritual lives. Only those who KNOW my Spirit and how I move and HOW I SOUND, and HOW I THINK will be able to distinguish true Spirit from false "anti-spirit". Do not rely on what others hear and say and do. That is like a sheep relying on what the other sheep are doing without regard to what the shepherd is saying to them. Sheep follow the Shepherd's voice together, they do not follow each other relying on a few to know the shepherd's voice. What foolishness that would be. for then it would only take a false shepherd to deceive a few sheep in order for him to deceive the entire flock. But if a sheep knows the shepherds voice for themselves, then they do not have to rely on others to hear God... Come close, my child. Come so close you can hear me breathe, so close you can hear my heart beating. There is no price that you can pay for the privilege, the price has already been paid and is waiting to be used by you..."
"my children, i desire you close. I desire you closer than you have ever been or thought possible. My desire is for you to be so close that you cannot see, hear, or smell the things of this world. Yes you are to be IN the world, but not OF the world. "World" is that universal "ANTI"-Christ spirit that is opposed to everything i stand for. It opposes authority and even opposes responsibility. It opposes everything I stand for. So when you are close to ME, the other things NOT of ME are far away. You can hear My Heart beating, you cna hear my breath coming in and going out, you can hear my thoughts and respond quickly to my desires and impulses. THAT is being led by MY Spirit. Can you hear my thoughts? Do you anticipate my actions? Are you so close that you "see" me moving before I move? Are you close enough that you "hear" my words before I speak them? THAT is how close i want you to be and stay. In the coming deception, only those who know me best will escape with their spiritual lives. Only those who KNOW my Spirit and how I move and HOW I SOUND, and HOW I THINK will be able to distinguish true Spirit from false "anti-spirit". Do not rely on what others hear and say and do. That is like a sheep relying on what the other sheep are doing without regard to what the shepherd is saying to them. Sheep follow the Shepherd's voice together, they do not follow each other relying on a few to know the shepherd's voice. What foolishness that would be. for then it would only take a false shepherd to deceive a few sheep in order for him to deceive the entire flock. But if a sheep knows the shepherds voice for themselves, then they do not have to rely on others to hear God... Come close, my child. Come so close you can hear me breathe, so close you can hear my heart beating. There is no price that you can pay for the privilege, the price has already been paid and is waiting to be used by you..."
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
11 feb 2009
The "Truth" says:
"The signs are present for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear. There is a deception that is coming and it is a greater deception than mankind has ever known. Even now it has started. Many will look at this deception and refuse to see the truth. The deception is itself deceiving many from seeing it: the deception is masked in deception. darkness is revealed by light, and when darkness is enveloped in darkness, how will one know where one darkness ends and the next begins. Man has chosen to turn a "dark eye" towards truth. In that turning, they do not realize they have embraced darkness in deeper forms. and while they recognize the original darkness they turned too, they do NOT recognize the deeper darkness they have embraced because the deeper darkness is enveloped in the outer layers of darkness. Layer upon layer of darkness is being heaped upon mankind. Deeper and deeper darkness and deception is being perpetrated. many will not recognize this deception until it is too late, and most will not ever recognize the darkness. THIS is the spirit of Anti-Christ. Blindly accepting what is said to be "truth" without ever acknowledging or consulting "the Spirit of Truth" to see if it is HE or a false spirit.
"The signs are present for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear. There is a deception that is coming and it is a greater deception than mankind has ever known. Even now it has started. Many will look at this deception and refuse to see the truth. The deception is itself deceiving many from seeing it: the deception is masked in deception. darkness is revealed by light, and when darkness is enveloped in darkness, how will one know where one darkness ends and the next begins. Man has chosen to turn a "dark eye" towards truth. In that turning, they do not realize they have embraced darkness in deeper forms. and while they recognize the original darkness they turned too, they do NOT recognize the deeper darkness they have embraced because the deeper darkness is enveloped in the outer layers of darkness. Layer upon layer of darkness is being heaped upon mankind. Deeper and deeper darkness and deception is being perpetrated. many will not recognize this deception until it is too late, and most will not ever recognize the darkness. THIS is the spirit of Anti-Christ. Blindly accepting what is said to be "truth" without ever acknowledging or consulting "the Spirit of Truth" to see if it is HE or a false spirit.
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