Fun

Since Easter Adie has been talking about Jesus alot. She talks about how he died on the cross. Then how he rose from the dead.....how he just stood up. She talks about how his owees heal our owees. How his hat had handles or forns (thorns). And that the reason Jesus died was to give us life and life that is fun.

I love it all, but I LOVE the last line. Jesus died to give us a full life, but when explaining that to a toddler, you have to use their language. And honestly, I am starting to love her version so much. A life that is full is a life that is fun.

There are so many things that vie for our attention as adults. Pressures that seem undending....mortgages, bills, bosses, kids, and everything in between. And somehow many of us have lost the art of having fun. Jesus set us free. And free is free indeed! Freedom might not entail just leisure or pleasure activities but my spirit can soar in victory over circumstances and live full and fun.

So I declare that we will engage the "fun" God and regain the art of enjoyment.

Green Pill

I am reminded of the movie the Matrix. Will it be the blue pill or the red pill? Well, for me it's neither......it's the green one.

I have a new best friend. It was a friend my last pregnancy, but this pregnancy, ohhh how we have bonded. It's name to me is the "little green pill." Just thinking about it, makes me happy. It relieves pressure, is long lasting, and quick.

It is better known as gas-x! Thank you Jesus for such a great invention!

Compassion

Compassion : sympathetic concern and empathy for the sufferings or misfortunes of another

I have been asking the Lord why is it that I struggle with compassion. I mean true compassion. I wonder why as a culture, and again specifically...me, struggle with this attribute. It is not a typical characteristic these days.

But we need to figure it out. Jesus moved out of compassion. He healed out of compassion, and he delivered out of compassion.

So after seeking why I struggle with this, I heard the Lord give me an answer.

I struggle with compassion because I feel helpless. I keep my heart at bay in many situations because it hurts too bad to engage the heartaches of others. There are certain situations that I can be compassionate in....those are the ones that I know the Lord's character and know His ways. For example physical illness. Even in the most dire medical situations, I have seen Jesus rise above and bring his healing touch to people. I have seen it, experienced it, and brought it.

But some situations, I haven't seen the Lord in. And the short-sightedness I experience in knowing His character colors the hope I have in Him moving into people's struggles.

So as I become more acquainted with His character and His nature...His ways, I will grow in compassion. And the good news of the word is that the struggles that right now I don't have answers to, will become the testimonies of the Lord as I let the compassion of the Lord drive me to the answers and solutions to the world's problems.

Question??

I am on a quest. I feel led by the Lord to conquer the task of writing a book. I do not believe it will be my last, but it being my first is more than a little overwhelming. So as I am finishing my outline and beginning writing, I am asking for a little feedback. It is mostly out of curiousity sake as I have been thinking on the subject alot lately. But any response is appreciated.

Most of us understand that we are in a great shift in the church...... So in your opinion, what is the greatest shift (or shifts) taking place in this epoch season?

Fishing

There are some of you that decided that life the same old way just isn't going to work. Some expectations are down, some hopes have died, and you don't know where to stand. So in essence, you have gone "fishing."

After the Lord died, Peter was disappointed and he didn't know what to do except go back to fishing. 

But when the Lord called him to shore, he went from walking next to Christ to being the expression of Christ to this world. He went from watching the Christ to being the BODY of Christ. 

So those of you who are disappointed and are waiting on the Lord to call you to shore. The promise of the example is that when he does call, it will change you. It will empower you and it will send you forward with great confidence and abandon. You will become a pure reflection of Him and you will step into what you are called to.

So I pray that for you who are fishing, your disappointment will be healed and that you will see HIM and hear His voice, and arise and shine.....for the Glory of the Lord WILL shine upon you.

love you 

Nothing

"sometimes you have to do what the world calls 'nothing' to find out the very something God created you to do."

I heard this quote the other day and am loving it. 

We are truly in a season of breaking off performance. Where the only thing that moves us is seeing what the Father is doing and only moving when we hear HIM speak. Unfortunately, that can be very uncomfortable. I find it interesting that when you stop the hampsters wheel, and press in to the Lord, people have trouble with it.

Many of you know that Paul and I are in a season of transition. We have never lacked to hear God's voice to move. Everytime He has wanted us to shift, He has spoken loudly and moved many obstacles to place us where He wanted us to be. But now, that things "appear" difficult, people have been expecting us to strive to make a way. Now, don't get me wrong, the Lord blesses those who do their part of the equation, and we have been pressing into Him and everything He brings our way. But our desire and our aim is to yoke ourselves to Him, which is a very light burden, and requires NO striving....but only pressing in to His rest.

The season of change and rest that we are in may appear as nothing, but we are very much in the hand of the Lord and have seen many supernatural things to attest to this. He is re-awakening us to our hearts and is calling us to His side once again. It may "appear" as nothing, but we are finding out what God truly has for us. And in due time, the kairos time, it will manifest itself in the here and now.

So I guess this post is more a declaration of my heart that we are not bending under the pressure of performance, but are willing to walk this out until we walk into the glory of the next season.

Lightning

Some nights are just filled with awe. I love thunderstorms. I love all that they entail. I love the lightnings, the thunders, and even the odd fear and respect that they bring.

Tonight after driving home from a prayer meeting, there was the most beautiful, interesting storm. All of the lightening was in the high heavens. It was above the clouds and seemed to be striking at the atmosphere.

It reminded me of the scripture out of Ps 29. This chapter speaks of the voice of the Lord. Then in vs 7 it says that the "voice of the Lord strikes with flashes of lightening."

Then in Ps 146 is says, " Send forth lightening and scatter {the enemeies}, shoot your arrows and rout them."

This was a thunderstorm of high intensity. It provoked deep intrigue. As I was meditating on it, I felt like the Lord showed me that HE was dealing with the atmosphere over the Big Country. He was sending forth HIS voice and breaking off mindsets and scattering the enemies that are hindering advancement of the Kingdom of Heaven.

And then, as if a confirmation, he showed me how satan fell from heaven like lightning (Luke10:18). And how he is called the "prince of the air (Eph 2:2)." 

Maybe, just maybe, we are watching the divine judgements of the Lord deal with the injustice in our atmosphere. Maybe, just maybe, He has moved from His mountain (PS 18) with thunders and lightnings to fight on your behalf. Maybe, just maybe, this storm means that there truly is a new kind of movement brooding. That there is a freedom fixing to fall, and that HE is dealing with every obstacle in our way to ensure our success.