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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Go in Peace and Walk in the Freedom of Who Christ Created You to Be

I awoke with a heavy heart this morning, a heaviness that has only grown stronger over the past couple weeks, and tears on the verge of piercing my already inflamed & tired eyes. Searching through God's word this morning I am desperate for a SOAPing in God’s word to wash this from me...
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Love your enemies, even those who persecute you...

Matthew 5:44-47
But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven.

For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike. If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much. If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else?

Love your enemies, even those who persecute you...

Jesus is speaking to me to especially love those who do not love me; they either do not love me by their choice or by circumstance. 

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A Perfect & Beautiful Death...

A Perfect & Beautiful Death...

I LOVE THIS!!! John 15:4

I LOVE THIS!!!  John 15:4 - what an amazing verse - but what excited me most where the rest of the verse to follow it and the way it was stated in the Message version of the bible...

I honestly fell into a state of awe

Bless Those Who Curse You

I heard some interesting information today that really stung my heart - and not in a good way if you know what I mean. But I know who to go to for healing.  

The choices I make are

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

Realizations to the End of 2013

Ephesians 4:29 Don't use foul or abusive language. Let EVERYTHING you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them. 

This holiday season I have had many eye opening realizations and many moments to