This is a Light Day

Thank you Lord for being Light...
Father Light...
Father light that lights up that seemingly dark circumstance
With the hope of heaven
The truth of Your Word

Your Light that opens my eyes to see...
To see
The futility of all my fears
Fear of the “what if’s”
The fragmentation of my thoughts that have no concrete evidence...
Fear that has stolen joy and peace from me day after day...

Your light opens my eyes to see
The other side of the picture.

My picture errors in thought
Because impossible is in my picture
“That could never happen” is in my picture...

But Your picture sees it...
And Your Light reveals Your picture to me..
Your picture of
“Desiring to give me everything in abundance
More than expected
Life in its fullness until I overflow...” John 10:10

Yes
Your Light lights up who You are
And who You want to be for me...

And because this is a Light day...
I can believe...
I can believe that I will see the goodness of the Lord in my land today
And in this next year...
And in this decade (because I am thinking in decades today because of my decade birthday😊

My hope is in You, God
In You I am strong and full of life!

Oh the sweetness of the revelation from Your Light!!

For I Walk by Faith...Not by Sight...

I cannot see the resurrection power that rests upon me because I am His
That power that leads me to victory...

I cannot see the Holy Spirit
Ministering to me, helping me,
Revealing the way, the answer, the truth...
Urging me on, arranging the circumstances
So I can accomplish the good works that the Father planned for me
Before the foundations of the world...

I cannot see the robe of righteousness
That the Father places upon me
As I believe that He took my sins upon Himself
And transferred to me His righteousness
I cannot see the shining light of purity
That rests upon me
That gives me the privilege of entering into
Into the presence of God Almighty
That righteousness that presents me spotless
That no arrow can pierce, or tongue denounce...
I cannot see the blood
Washing, cleansing, transforming
Making me whole, full, and pure

I cannot see
But I walk by faith, not by sight...

I cannot see how well known I am to the Father
How acquainted He is with with everything about me
How He  knows every inch of my body
My deepest secrets, every sigh, longing, desire, tear...

I cannot see His smile
That is constantly upon me
I cannot see how He rejoices over me, dances over me
Delights in who I am
Believes in me, fights for me, defends me

I can not see the light that radiates from my being
Because He is in me and His glory is surrounding me
I cannot see His favor that is upon me
And the power and authority that is mine because I belong to Him...

I cannot see the storehouses of His provision that is a available
The magnitude of the good plans and purposes that He has for me
The angels that He has by my side,
Or the host of angelic help that will be released at a moment if needed...
I cannot see His grace stored up
Nor the amount of grace that He is pouring out upon me each moment of my day
Enabling and sustaining me

I cannot see the uprooting and preparation
That My Father plans and performs
As He prepares me for the next upgrade, the next glory
That He wants me to experience

I cannot see the Fathers plans
His plans of returning what the enemy has stolen

I cannot see
But I trust Him
I know my God, my Father
And He is good, He faithful...
I walk by faith
And trust the One who thought me into being before the world was formed,
I trust the One who loves me completely
Yes, I cannot see...
But I trust You Father, I thank You
My delight is in You!

Thinking of you, Mamma

I have been thinking so much about you recently, Mamma.
It's Mother's day, the day I always liked planning something special for you,
And although you have been in heaven for 12 years now...I cant stop thinking about you today.

So much of who I am is because of your influence, your love...

Memories flood me of your joyful song that filled our home. I loved sitting next to you in church because I loved listening to your song...
I can hear your encouraging words that you spoke over me as you tucked me into bed, said goodbye to me before I went to school, and whenever my despairing heart would spew forth the "I can't."
Your constant sacrifice was obvious to me as I saw you struggle with the work load, give up your plans to help me with a project, or give up your desires, so you could meet my needs.
Your love for flowers, nature, gardening and natural remedies are part of who I am today.
Your love for Jesus, my father, and each one of us kids helped give me a security in life...

But the memory that stands out from all the others is the place I would find you when I got up each morning. I would find you kneeling by the chair in the living room, inviting the King of glory into your day and committing each one of your beloved ones into His care!

Thank you dear mother for the faithful seeds you planted each day. Seeds that planted blessings into the lives of your children and all your generations to follow you!

Thank you for teaching me what really matters in life.
I am so blessed and grateful!

The Sweetness of Jesus

Oh the sweetness of Jesus
Fills me up with awe and wonder.
The sweetness of His love, His peace
The sweetness of life with Him...all the time,
The sweetness of His closeness, His magnificent Help...
The sweetness of His magnificent care and provision
The sweetness of His watchful eye, His great protection,

The sweetness of being covered with His precious, pure, righteous blood
That destroys all my enemies
Removes all my guilt and curse
Restores
Makes hope real
And life more...
More than expected...

The sweetness of Jesus
Who picks me up
Gives me another chance
Accepts me completely
Loves me perfectly
Promises to never leave me...

The sweetness of Jesus who abides
Who stays, who remains...even in the mess
Who sings over me
Encourages me
Whispering His heart of love
And songs of deliverance into my soul...

The sweetness of Jesus who never fails, never gives up,
Always believes in me as He intercedes for me...

The sweetness of Jesus
The One I put my hope in
The One I trust
The One who can not disappoint
The One who is for me
Who gave me everything
So I could have abundant life...

Oh the sweetness of Jesus..
He is mine.
He is with me today...
That is why I can smile,
That is why I can sing,
That is why I can have confidence today
That I will see the goodness of the Lord
I will succeed...because the Lord is with me!!!

It’s going to be a good day!

This Robe of Righteousness

This robe of righteousness
Placed on me by the Father
When I come, when I believe...

This robe covers me with the precious, powerful, blood of Jesus,
Gives me access to the Father,
Allows me to enter into His Presence,
Allows me to commune with the King of Kings iand Lord of Lords...

This robe of righteousness
Presents me clean...pure...holy
As I am joined to Christ, the Anointed One...

Heaven touches me
Favor surrounds me
When this robe adorns me...

My enemies hate this robe
They try their hardest to steal this coat
With there lies of condemnation, unbelief, and legalism...

This robe is not replaced, removed, or changed
Depending on the type of day I am having.
When the Father dresses me with this gift... it cannot be removed
It is part of Him...covering me...
And it’s His covering  that enables me to stay steadfast
Marching me to victory
Leading me to joy, to peace, to wholeness...
Filling me up with abundant life,
Until I overflow Jesus into my world...

Thank you for this grace filled gift of love!

The Source

Where is my water source coming from
My water source that feeds my soul and gives me my thoughts?
What source am I drinking from?

Am I drinking on the news report, the medical evaluation, the philosophy of the day?
Am I listening to the whispering of my accuser,
The one who hates me and wants me to fail?
Am I only hearing the condemnation of the ones in my life who I can’t seem to please?

What is the source of my water that is causing this death,
This sadness, the condemning thoughts, the hopelessness, this anger, this frustration?

When  the people in the town told Elisha that their water was foul...
Elisha went to the source
And he poured salt into it!

He cleansed the water source with the salt of heaven...
The salt of heaven that purifies, cleans, restores,
The salt of heaven that creates new thoughts
The salt of heaven that breaths life...

Lord I need You as my source!
You are the living water...
You are the pure, holy, righteous, true...

I need You,
Your Word, Your promises, Your truth
To be my source of water
To feed my everyday thoughts.
I need to only hear Your whispering, Your song...
I need You to restore,
To flood Your abundant life into every season, every aspect of my life...
I want You as my source!

2 Kings 2:21

Listen

Listen to the voice that loves you my dear
Listen to the voice that knows you, cares for you, created you...
Listen to the voice that breaths life into you...
Listen to the voice of the One who delights in you
Listen to the song of delight that He songs over you...

The voice of the stranger screams failure...defeat...fear...
The voice of the stranger condemns and sprews lies.

But the voice of Your good shepherd
Whispers love
Whispers peace
Whispers acceptance and hope...
The voice of your good Shepherd
Is the voice of the One who loves you completely and surely
Always and forever...
Listen, listen, listen...
He is speaking, singing and rejoicing over you!!