Life With You Keeps Getting Better and Better

Oh God of my increasing salvation…

This journey that You have me on

To experience Your plans for my life

Is Your path of increasing salvation…for me.

You have plans to increase my experience of this gift,

This gift of salvation, that You gave me as You bled and died on my behalf.

You lead me forward…

Not with a label of “the difficult one,” or as a slave, or with accusation…

You lead me forward as a Father…

As a Father leading His beloved son or daughter…

You lead me forward with hope, with joy, with laughter,

With anticipation of the goodness of my increase

As I learn, trust, and receive…

You lead me forward…as You take my hand…and patiently teach me,

Delighting in me all the way…

Oh God of my increasing salvation…

My life with You keeps getting better and better!

He searches for one...

He searches…for One

Who will stand…

Stand in the gap

The gap in the wall…of your tent, your family, your city, your country,

And believe the promise

The promise of restoration and return.

He looks for One

Who will not whitewash the crack

With the lies and philosophies of the world

With smallness of mind or intellect.

He looks for One

Who knows the Source

The Source of true healing, the Source of all strength

The Source of wholeness, repair, restoration…

Yes…

He is looking for the One

Who will not give up, not get tired, not become distracted…

He is looking for One

Who has experienced His love, His strength, His care,

And knows…and believes

The impossible is possible for this gap too.

He is looking for the One

Who will stand in the gap,

And joyfully believe with expectation!!!

Ezekiel 22

He Settles the Issue

My Father,
In His power, greatness and supremacy
Can and will settle the issue
For this circumstance,
For this dear one,
For this country,
For this overwhelming, looming, trouble, darkness, loss that looms so flauntingly before me...

This puny plan of the enemy,
This mocking madness of the thief,
This invasion from this unwelcome inhabitant...

My Father,
He can...and He will...settle the issue!!
He speaks...and laughs at the puniness, the stupidity of the dark plan...

My Father comes and settles the issue
With His power, His authority,
He speaks forth His plan, His purpose
And declares  the Word of Truth...

And that puny enemy has to go...run...fall...
It cannot stand where the blood of Jesus flows
Nor can it survive in the territory that belongs to My Father.

My Father...
He settles the issue!!

Have Fun at Your House

I hugged him goodbye

And said, “Have fun at the shore!” That is where he was going with his family.

He responded with a hug and these words, “Have fun at your house!”

That word from my young nephew pierced my heart.

It was a word from the Father that went straight to my heart,

“Have fun at your house.”

Yes, I contemplated,

I can have fun at my house…in the everyday normal routine

I can have fun as I reflect on God’s goodness…

I can have fun as I load the washer,

As I thank God for a washing machine and anticipate clean cloths,

I can have fun as I wash dishes,

As I thank God for my daily bread and my family who helped dirty these dishes.

I can have fun weeding the garden,

As I thank God for health, sunshine, summer, and these plants that will grow and bring a harvest.

I can have fun as I brush my teeth,

As I thank God for keeping the cavities away.

I can have fun as I hear my husband’s voice as he comes in the door and announces, “I am

        home,” and when I hear my son ask me to pray with him before going to bed.

The list is endless…

When my mind is child-like, thankful, and full of Him…

The possibilities of having fun…are endless!

The Wind of Your Spirit is Blowing

Thank you Lord that the winds of Your Spirit are blowing...
They are blowing away the yesterdays...
The failure, the struggle, the lies...
The mistakes, the worries, the wrong opinions of God that I had...yesterday...

Yes, just like the wind blows over those tracks in desert sand,
Your Spirit blows amazing grace over the yesterdays... and restores.
Yes, You come with Your poured out body and righteous blood,
And You forgive, restore, transform, remake...

The old goes with Your saving grace,
And the new is planted with the rich grace of Your extravagant love,
The extravagant love of a good, good Father,
Who loves to give extravagantly...and be all that I need.

Thank you Lord, for the wings of Your Spirit
That lift me up and always bring me to Your redeeming victory!