How do I trust again?

This daily devotion stole my heart this morning. With all that is going on (again), I found great comfort in her words, in her determination to draw her strength from the Lord, and to trust again...

. .. Lord, I don’t want to do this again... 
... With tears, I whispered the beautiful words over and over until they soaked into my heart: Blessed is the {woman} who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord... 
... Maybe you are in a hard place today. Perhaps it’s a place you've encountered before, and it’s the last place you wanted to be...
...Blessed is the (woman) who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is in the Lord...

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My Core, My Foundation

Matthew 7:24-27 Message

These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life on. If you work these words into your life, you are like a smart carpenter who built his house on solid rock. Rain poured down, the river flooded, a tornado hit—but nothing moved that house. It was fixed to the rock.

“But if you just use my words in Bible studies and don’t work them into your life, you are like a stupid carpenter who built his house on the sandy beach. When a storm rolled in and the waves came up, it collapsed like a house of cards.

The words God gives to us in the bible through Jesus ARE the core of who we are to build ourselves up in. Applying and working His words into my life give me the gateway to his peace and strength through his loving, guiding words.

Spending time in God's word is helping to continue to build the foundation of who I am in Christ and who I am to others because of His light within me. Soaping is creating a deeper avenue in this area of my walk with God.

Holy Spirit, fill me a fresh with the words of the living God. Let my foundation continue to be solid and grounded in You, Lord. Let my life show Your strength, Your grace, Your love, and Your goodness in every area, in Jesus Name.

11/03/2014

You Version Notes

God Makes Me Giggle...

I've been meditating on this scripture all morning without even realizing it - 

I've been praying and reminding myself that the discouragement & sadness I'm feeling right now only comes from my flesh (my selfish desires) and in reality it is of no eternal value (nothing will change from it); 

I need to choose to put my hope in HIM and praise Him (thank Him) for His wisdom, revelation, and knowledge in this area & those involved. 

All morning I've chosen to renounce the lies that want to play like a broken record in my head holding onto hurt feelings and I've chosen to thank God instead while praying for the situation and those involved 

(not praying for hurt over them, but that God would bless them and touch their hearts right where they are in what they need), 

and then BAM, here it is in my daily verse - loud and clear in black and white: 

"Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again - my Savior and my God!" -Psalm 43:5   

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A Perfect & Beautiful Death...

A Perfect & Beautiful Death...

CALL ON ME, IT'S WHAT GOD MADE ME FOR!!!

I just wrote this to a young gal I just prayed for over Facebook:

'If you ever need prayer, loves, or any encouragement - CALL ON ME, IT'S WHAT GOD MADE ME FOR!!!'

And after I hit 'send', I actually got tears in my eyes because I realized, this really is what God made me for. I love it - it gives me passion for life, passion for God, and passion to love. 

2014 A New Year of Refreshing and Rejuvenation

For 2014 God gave me these words; 2014 is to be a year of
refreshing and rejuvenation as we walk in the realness of what His love truly means. By doing this, we will be brought into a newness with Him and into the pure truth of HIS love; a love that covers ALL of His children.

That was pretty powerful for me - 'a year of refreshing and rejuvenation' sounds amazing, but He wasn't done there. He said