The Seed of the Promise

The Father set His gaze upon Mary,
Anointed her with great favor,
And planted a seed of great promise within her.
A promise that she would be the mother of the Messiah, the Savior of the world.

After the promise was planted,
The negatives surfaced,
  "is this a dream"
  "unfaithful one"
  "unstable, gone crazy"
  "disillustioned"

But the seed was planted,
And the promise contained the power of God...

And Mary treasured the promise in her heart and waited...

She waited for the fulfillment.

Thirty-three years she waited before her son began His ministry and began to reveal who He was.
And then at the cross...
The promise seemed hopeless...
Was this the end? Had the promise failed?

But the promise contained the power of God,
And Jesus, her son, arose as the Savior of the world, the Messiah!!!

Yes, the promise that was planted could not be rescinded...
The promise contained the power of God.

My friend, have you received a seed of a promise?
Hold onto your promise,
Even though circumstances make it look impossible,
Even though you are getting tired of waiting...

"For not one promise from God is empty of power,
 For with God, there is no such thing as an impossibility." Luke 1:37

Continue, friend, to Hope...Believe...Trust...

Our God is mighty,
He is able,
He is good!!

A Tender Plant of His Righteousness

Like a tender plant
He plants me
In His vineyard, His kingdom.
He has already cleared the land,
Pulled out the roots of sin's decay,
And the thorns that attempt to invade...

He paid a heavy price to win this battle,
This victory that destroyed the authority and power of anger, fear, greed, and so on...
Yes, He wiped out these inhabitants,
And rescued me
A tender plant of His righteousness,
A tender plant of His grace.
He made me new, gave me a new start.

His love nourished my plant,
Causing my roots to extend down,
Into the bottomless well of living water.
His love poured out its blessing of Sonlight favor and grace.
And my plant began to bloom
And fruit became plentiful
As His favor and glory surrounded me...

My plant began to be an influence in the land
Because of the excellent care of the Gardener.
It produced seed and became nourishment itself to many more.
Only because of the Gardener,
The One who planted, cleared the land, paid the price, nourished and cared for my plant...
Was this possible.

The One who rescued me
Did all the work,
Provided everything I needed to grow and prosper.
Protected me from the trespassers who wanted to steal, kill and destroy...

So well, so tenderly, so uprightly with justice and grace,
He takes care of me.

Only You, God, can rescue a tiny weak plant,
Plant it and provide for it in such a way that it can blossom and grow
And display Your goodness to many others!

Bathed in Light

I have been trying to capture the picture of the tree in our neighbor's yard,
The picture of the tree in its brilliant color of red when the sun shines on it.
The last few days I saw it, but by the time I got my camera,
The sun had shifted and the brilliance of the light on the red was gone
And the color looked ordinary, not spectacular...

But today, I captured it...
What a brilliance the light on the tree gives to its color.

The resting place that our Beloved has for us is "Luxurious, like a green forest
Bathed in light" Song of Songs 1:16.
Our Beloved wants us to bring our circumstances, our worries,
To the resting place He has prepared for us.

And when we do,
He baths the picture, the circumstance, the worry,
In the Light of His truth and glory,
And slowly the picture changes.

When the light is turned on, the darkness has to flee,
The "what if's, the fear, the anxiety, the despair.
Yes, when He baths the picture in the Light of His truth and love,
The brilliance of Hope emerges,
As He brings our hearts to Rest.
Rest in His bigness, His goodness, His grace...

Without the light my circumstance remains in the natural,
The striving, the "barely making it," the gloom.
The Light makes all the difference,
It opens the heavens so I can receive what the Father desires for me.

Thank you Lord for bathing my picture in Your Light.
Hope is arising and an anticipation of Your goodness to me is bursting forth.

The Mountains Melt Before Me

The mountains before me...
That worry, that seemingly big obsticle, the unknown, that circumstance that is closing in...
Is real,
It is not an image of my imagination.

But as I remember my Father,
His goodness, His bigness, His closeness, His greatness...

That mountain begins to melt,
Melt like wax in a fire.
Yes, when I see Him,
His glance of adorning love,
His gaze of intense passionate desire and longing for me to be whole, healed, full...
Yes, that mountain begins to melt.

The anxiety begins to fade,
As I remember His poured out love,
The work He accomplished for me on the cross so at this MOMENT,
I can have victory...
Yes, the mountains begin to melt,
As I partake and receive His goodness and His abundant grace!!!

"Yes, mountains melt like fire when the Lord of all the earth draws near." Psalms 97:5 TPT

His Loving Gaze

"Examine me Lord,
 Find out everything that may be hidden within..."

Does uttering those words bring fear to your heart, dear one?
Does the thought bring a sense of dread, an "Oh my," a downcast countenance, anxiety or shame?

It need not...
Your Shepherd, your Friend
Examines your innermost being with a Loving Gaze...

He sifts through all your cares, worries, stress, and weaknesses,
With one intent,
To bring you back.
To bring you back to His glorious, everlasting ways...

He sorrows to see you on the path of pain.
He wants you on that path that brings you back to HIM...
Back to Shalom,
Nothing missing...

"Yes, Lord, I gladly welcome Your searching gaze, Your examination...
  I want to be on that path that leads to You!'

Psalms 139:23,24

Darkness Was Never Intended for You

Darkness was never intended for you,
Your Father never intended for you to be surrounded by darkness.

You say,
"Darkness is my friend. It is all I know or have known for so long..."

But the cry of your heart is..."Help, I am suffocating!"

My friend, there is HOPE.

All the questions,
All the doubts,
All the accusations you have thrown at your God, your Creator, the One who loved you into being,,,

He hears,
And He forgives...

He looks at you dear one,
And desires wholeness, desires freedom. desires restoration for you.

All the lies the enemy has dumped upon you,
All the broken promises, traps, and hidden snares,
Have only brought you deeper into your darkness...
His intent,
To strangle, steal, destroy, and crumble your dreams and destiny.

But the greatness that was placed in you by your Creator,
Cries out,
It cries out for freedom...

My friend, the One you have been rejecting is your source of HOPE.

He sees all,
Yet passionately loves you and wants you to discover His Help.
He has provided a way for your rescue,
He has paid the price for your freedom, your victory, your wholeness.

Come to Him,
Call out to Him,
Believe that your God is good, 
Believe that He paid the price for your shame and guilt,
Believe and receive the gift of this One,
Jesus.
He is Light.
When you receive His gift of love...
The chains of darkness will fall.
His love sweeps it all clean.
His love restores,
His love returns,
His love conquers,
His love always wins...

Friend, believe that your God is good,
Believe that He loves you,
Believe that He is life, He is Light, He is the way out,
Believe that He is your HOPE

His faithful, steadfast love will never fail you!

He Fully Wants Me

He fully wants me,
He wants to reach into my heart,
Have my permission to unlock,
Open it up...to more of Him...more of His goodness.

He whispers,
"You have only begun...even in your weakness of faith...
 Could you open up your heart, my beloved, to receive more of Me?
 In your inability to hope, to see past today...
 I want you to know more of Me...
 So you can dream with expectation again.
 Any pleasure you have experienced, any delight you have realized,
 Is nothing compared to the "more" that I have for you."

"Precious one," He continues, "I delight for you to have Me fully!"