Just a moment …

Not Perfect

It has truly been a mean week; illness and hospitals, family life and home. Just one big whirlwind of one step in front of the other while praying and trusting God to guide me through, while being cradled in a grace bubble.

It’s amazing … I’ve been in a grace bubble before but remained numb and unable to function except by rote. Now, understanding more about God’s character and love for me, I’ve learned to be able to function in this peaceful place of His!

It has changed me … changed how I deal with stress.

Today the dam broke … a household situation arose and The Hubs, who was already bearing his silent weight in stress, had to come home from work (after just over an hour) to ensure things were safe.

Oh how I ache to see the strain on his face as he too learns to trust God’s provision instead of jumping in all hands and profanity to remedy a situation; while bursting with thankfulness that He is who God made Him to be and He’s working it, successfully! (I only hope I am as pleasing to Father as it Hubs!)

Just one more thing to add to the seemingly endless list of MUST DO … one more straw and the camel is wobbling … and we pray.

I look up … that’s where my help comes from [Psalm121] and silently pray from my heart and try not to allow the stress to overwhelm me; while simultaneously worrying about my husband and his honest and true heart for God and whether or not he will revert back, like so many times ….

that is fear.

STOP!

BREATH!

We settle the situation and off he goes back to work only to wait a half hour; and with the biggest, mushiest heart to call me to see if I’m alright … and my heart explodes and I’m thankful for this man of mine, that God gave to me.

I settle back and soak in praise … listening to videos in the background as I work, being thankful!

This is how I spend time with God; decompressing from the world and this life that sometimes just reaches out and grasps us in just a moment  …

Praising … exulting Him, knowing that no matter what I see, no matter what I hear or feel … He is in control and all that happens is for my benefit because I love Him and work according to His purposes.

So I thought I share a moment praising my God with you … in words and song. Giving Him the highest praise … singing and raising my arms and feeling His love fall upon us … as I reach that Peace that is Jesus, the peace He left us; not that false just for a moment of pleasure, temporary peace this world offers …

Rather the soft and refreshing bubble of grace that He envelopes us in when we softly speak His name in praise, when we ask Abba, Father, I need you more …

Blessings.

 

 

Even As … Peaceful

Wow … such a short reprieve from the chaos.

Peace

Mom is settling in near my sister in the great state of Florida … she they have a hard year ahead. Too many firsts and adjustments, but in the end with prayer and work things will work themselves out for mom’s new life.

The boy’s (my youngest) struggles continue to the stress and extra work for the family … but I don’t know any other way to deal with his problems. This momma knows that these things do not come out except with prayer and fasting! [Mark 9:29] So we struggle and take some ground and catch up again when it’s lost.

Then grandma gets the illness that is currently filling the beds at the hospitals in the area … she’s doing well enough, but sick all the same and not ready yet to return to living alone with just a few hours of home health assistance throughout the day. She has come to that conclusion and is requesting rehab instead of fighting it; this is both the hardest decisions she has to make and the best ones, all at the same time.

And all the time I have peace. Even as I “lose” my temper, it seems, I have clarity and the right words and calm to get the point across without blowing up … hence the quotation marks around lose.

I’m not hitting the wall … I’m not ending my day with exhausted insomnia … I’m not even worried about what may happen tomorrow.

Even as my head begins a dull ache and my stomach threatens that I may have …. NOPE … that is utterly unacceptable and I will do what I know to do and stand upon the prayer of protection I prayed over myself as I drove to the ER on Monday morning to meet grandma. The prayer, that by the end of the day, I realized the Holy Spirit had brought to me because He knew what I was walking into even as I did not!

Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Ephesians 6:13

And even as I check my armor of God and straighten it I know that these physical ailments will not be what they are trying to be … How do I know, you ask?

Because as the contractor friend, we are considering for repairs we need from the natural storms, here at the Jersey Shore two months ago, showed up EARLY this morning, during our Go! Go! routine, telling us that he wants to bless us, dogs barking and all, I realize that our commitment to deepen our (the Hubs and I) relationship with God has started the blessings flowing.

As my husband and I strained to listen above the barking, the Hubs with his reservations about doing the work now and me with my desire for it to be done even while I said to him whatever decision he made was fine with me …

Even as all this went on … Peace … the peace that this morning at 6am I began praying over my family … that peace that surpasses all understanding … that peace that He left for us … Jesus, my Savior, my Heart, my Redeemer … Jesus that Peace …

And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. John 14:27

Even as the storm that would be Thursday began to churn … Jesus, my Peace, poured over me and filled my day with ease and calm.

Oh, how I appreciate and treasure this love He has for me on such a different level than even last month …

Peace … Prayer changes everything … even the atmosphere of chaos.

What is your “even as …” today … What peace do you need ?… what peace have you experienced today? Please share or ask or both in comments … let’s travel this journey together.

Blessings.

 

5 minute Friday is back with an Opportunity to write …

let’s do this thing … Let’s write.

Set your timer, clear your head, for five minutes of free writing without worrying about getting it right.

1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking.
2. Link back here and invite others to join in.
3. And then absolutely, no ifs, ands or buts about it, you need to visit the person who linked up before you & encourage them in their comments. Seriously. That is, like, the rule. And the fun. And the heart of this community..

Oh and Ahem, if you would take pity and turn off comment verification, it would make leaving some love on your post that much easier for folks!

OK, are you ready? Please give us your best five minutes on:::

Opportunity … Go!

They say opportunity knocks and all one need do is open that door.

The Word says … seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you. ~ Matthew 7:7

The Door is Open …

Since the beginning of 2013 the Hubs and I have taken hold of the opportunity to spend time each morning with God in prayer …

I’ve added devotional time and readings to my opportunity with Him.

I seek the opportunity in 2013 to draw closer to my God and Father. I’m taking, what has always been available to me, the opportunity to deepen my relationship … to know Jesus more; to make Him an integral part of my day … my life.

It’s funny, in a tragic way, that this opportunity has been a wide open door in my life all my life. That, even as I walked this path of Christianity, I didn’t realize how simple it is to be intimate with my Lord. How a simple prayer and quiet praise, on a sun filled morning (or gray morning), will draw me into His arms in a tangible way …

Wonderfully, in His faithfulness, this opportunity is one never lost …

I encourage you, right now … enter in with quietness and seize this amazing Opportunity! – STOP!

There you have it … my first 5 minutes of 2013 … I’m glad this has begun again and I look forward to the opportunity to learn and share with this amazing group of writers. Now, YOU … your turn. Don’t be shy, there is no judgment or comparisons here … just write your heart!

Blessings,

 

 

The Small Things … A realization.

Morning Peace

Happy 2013 … Happy Thursday … It’s good to be back with my heart in a place to write.

I’m not going to rehash the troubles of the last month or so; let’s just say I was stretched and I have grown. But no so much that I am not still trudging through some of the mire left on my path. How about you?

Resolutions? NOPE, this lady doesn’t do resolutions … there is enough imperfection in my life that I choose NOT to set myself for instant failure.

What I do is the ONE WORD thing at the beginning of a year. I think this is the third year I’ve taken this path and I find I do quite well.

2013′s word is PEACEFUL, a nice word don’t you think? What I like about the One Word movement is that the chosen word has a meaning. Meaning (haha) I don’t have to define what it is I’m striving for, and I can’t really change what I’m striving for.

So peaceful it is … whether it is a more peaceful me, or a peaceful night or day or atmosphere or home or …. well you get the gist!

I also entered into a plan, with The Hubs (my husband, Don.) to pray and spend time with God in the morning. Oddly this appears to be God’s focus all over the place … Don and I discussed it a few months ago only to find out that prayer and intimacy with God as individuals and a church was our pastors focus for 2013. Ha, I am always amazed that we, the Hubs and I, are so in tuned with our God that we are on the path even as the churches reveal their focus.

Anyway … personally I find that I continue to deal with apathy. Basically in many areas of my life … but lately, especially the last quarter of 2012, it is contained in my work(s) and in my spiritual life. Both are bad places to have an attitude of apathy, however, apathy in my spiritual life was causing the sensation of a slow death.

So the plan. Prayer, time with God and devotions. We are using a prayer-book to assist with proper prayers in the areas we are focusing on … Prayers that avail much are prayers and areas of prayer written in scripture, with the scripture references right there for the reading (can’t go wrong praying scripture.)

And for me … I am reading a section a day from Oswald Chambers‘ the Shadow of Agony (written during WWI, the book speaks to our everyday right now!) and 70 Reasons for Speaking in Tongues by Dr. Bill Hamon.

To this I’ve added Unglued by Lysa TerKeurst. In which I find myself right among her words. I am an Unglued person … easily unraveled by the circumstances of a moment, day, year … whatever.

I must admit that I handled the strife and crisis of the last few months with great restraint and composure; but underneath I was the same old writhing mess that I usually exhibit. My friend/sponsor/counselor would tell you how proud she is of me for handling the circumstances the way the I did … she encouraged me and my strength and growth throughout it all … but I felt as though I was faking it.

And as a believer in Jesus Christ I don’t feel right about the “fake it till you make it” plan. For me faking it is just another way of stuffing down the anger and pain; it does me no good.

On Day 2 of Unglued Devotional Lysa shares with us this verse, that caressed my tired and worn out spirit to want to write!

Practice these things; immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress. – 1 Timothy 4:15

Lysa went on to write (I love the Kindle … and the Kindle on my iPad and the ability to highlight!)

“Sometimes we girls think if we don’t make instant progress, then real change isn’t coming. But that’s not so.” How liberating is that? Really!

I realized, while working the slow carb diet I started in April of 2012, that the illusion that if we messed up the diet that all was lost was a BIG FAT LIE. And I began to not chastise myself for slips in the plan and jump right back on … and I succeeded in losing and maintaining a loss of 35 pounds.

That is right up until the crisis’ began to pile up, along with the temptation of the holidays!

But alas … all was not lost even with a three-month slip … today I am right back to tracking my meals and eating according to the slow carb diet and my goal remains the same, save a month or so. A month? Didn’t I just say three months? Yes, I did, however, I only gained about 8 pounds which is my basic average of weight loss a month on this nutritional plan. Not such a big slip if you think about it.

So to end this rather lengthy blog post … I hope to share with you at least once or twice a week. Talking about real life things and how I have conquered or failed at them … Hoping that you will find some encouragement in my walk through this life I’ve been graced with.

First I plan to be faithful to my relationship with God … then to my goals and plans; one of which is to write.

I’m going to start with the small things …Me.

God’s Word says, “If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones.” Luke 16:10

Mother Theresa said, “Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”

Blessings.

 

 

Focus: Faith Even inThe Perfect Storm … Day 27 of 31

Stormy Skies – Irene

Sandy is on her way … taking her time sailing up the eastern seaboard. They say she’s the perfect storm, one that is going to be dangerous and devastating.

It’s very early on Saturday morning here at the beautiful Jersey Shore and people have already devastated the water and canned goods supply in the local grocery stores and Wal Mart … they are afraid, listening to the conflicting, yet consistent reports of predicted doom! I say conflicting because it is causing conflict four days before Sandy is even predicted to reach our shores!

I sit here tapping away on my keyboard calm and content even as the Weather Channel guides us in how to be prepared.

Why? Because I am focused on the Perfect God … not the perfect storm. I praise Him in all storms, even those sent by mother nature. I wish everyone was … but we are human, and though I am content and calm, I am a good steward. We are prepared … we didn’t empty the stores, we have food and are prepared to cook it all if necessary. But I don’t see that happening! =)

I am determined to stay content in what Jesus said in [to] the storms we encounter …

I will speak to this storm “Quiet, Sandy, Be still … ” Then Sandy will die down and be completely calm. – In Jesus Name, amen.

“But as they sailed He fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water, and were in jeopardy. But He said to them, “Where is your faith?” And they were afraid, and marveled, saying to one another, “Who can this be? For He commands even the winds and water, and they obey Him!” Luke 8:23, 25

“A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him. fearing the storm … Jesus got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves,
“Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
Jesus said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” -Mark 4:35-40

Blessings.

 

Focus: Vox Dei ~ God’s Voice … Day 26 of 31

I find it interesting that today’s prompt is VOICE. In awe I stroke these keys and listen, as I have been for days to the …

Revelation from the Word

… Still small voice of my Father

Go ->

In awe I Praise His name as His voice, through the strokes of others like me, caresses my spirit with soft reminders …

“I will meet all your needs according to the riches of His Glory in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:19). Trust God. Embrace truth. Live His promise.

~ Lysa TerKeurst FB status

consistent encouragements …

Affirmation – God is trustworthy. His promises do not change. By placing my hope in Him, I have confidence & encouragement. Heb 6:19

~ Faith and Health Connections FB status

and biblical examples of His faithfulness …

A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him. fearing the storm … Jesus got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves,
“Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
Jesus said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” -Mark 4:35-40

~My FB status

Above the Storm

Apparently Hurricane Sandy thinks she has a date on the Jersey Shore with a storm coming simultaneously from the west … people all around me are concerned and fearful … and while I am tense [especially since the tornado and tree/house issue last month] I am listening to God!

As I continue to stand in awe of God’s Voice, not audible today, rather more like a spiritual caress, and follow his guidance here on my mission field [the internet] … where He trusts me and those like me to carry be His voice and carry His Word to the Nations … I remain calm and pray, knowing the storms of this life, literal and figurative, are in His control.

He told us via Vox Dei [His voice] by His Word. =D

STOP!

Blessings! Now it’s your turn! Tell us what comes to your heart when prompted by VOICE!

So, here’s the skinny: every Friday for over a year hundreds of people join a kind of writing flash mob over here @ Lisa-Jo Bakers for Five Minute Friday! 

We write for five minutes flat. All on the same prompt that Lisa posts at 1 minute past midnight EST every Friday. And we connect on Twitter with the hashtag #FiveMinuteFriday {and on Thursday night with #FMFParty}.

No extreme editing; no worrying about perfect grammar, font, or punctuation.

 

Unscripted. Unedited. Real.

Just 5 minutes …

Your words. This shared feast.

Our most important requirement for participation: There’s really only one absolute, no ifs, ands or buts about it Five Minute Friday rule: you must visit the person who linked up before you & encourage them in their comments. Seriously. That is, like, the rule. And the fun. And the heart of this community.

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Focus: I’m Praying On It … 25 of 31 Days

My job is to be obedient to God, to apply His Word, and to walk according to His ways—not according to the world’s suggestions. ~Lysa TerKeurst

Honestly I had a problem with this … on the last legs of co-dependency my “taught” nature is to people please. From my parents to my children my job WAS to keep the peace.

Today … not so much!

Praying on it …

My goal is to focus on God, totally. We all quibble about those people [Christians] who say that they are going to “pray on it” … they seem to go to God for everything … big, little, good, bad and indifferent. The consensus, for those of us who judge this to be avoidance, is that they just don’t want to be apart of the group that does the work of the kingdom. In all of our highfalutin-ness we believe they just want to sit in the pews [chairs] and soak in God then go home to their lives.

Well it’s just as much their job to be obedient to God and walk in His ways for their lives as it is ours!

I’m there … Prayin’ on It! Don’t get me wrong … I have a full schedule of responsibilities, much of which is Kingdom related, then when a season, like the one I am at the end of, gets stressed … it is then that one either grows or withers.

Like our sweet pastor said on Wednesday … We were given faith … we aren’t supposed to wither. Yet we feel as though we are withering away with the stresses of this life … we were built of sturdier stuff!

We were built to weather the storms of this life … We were given salvation and faith so that we could stand, unhindered by what would come against us in this existence.

As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like. They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. – Luke 6:47-48

However, we cannot remain that foundational rock when we are focused on what the world [others] suggest. Even the most loving Christians make the mistake of assuming they know best for someone else.

I’m referring to myself here.

The storms of this season I’m in have ravaged me. I feel tired and spent, but God … OH YES … but God! Even feeling the emotional and physical fatigue that I do I remain calm and I understand what is going on. There is no confusion … no chaos, just the comfort of knowing I don’t have control here, and God is bigger than my circumstance. A comfort really … almost no responsibility … yet the world [others] would/have judged me differently.

I’m focused upon God … obedient to Him alone, if I cannot back up, in the Word, what I’m being guided to do by others I’m not doing it … if I can back it up I’m praying on it to be certain that God is directing me. No more biting off more then I can chew because I feel obligated or because I’m afraid to say no … or even because I feel I need to please someone so they will love me still.

No, in obedience to God, I’m prayin’ on it!

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

- Matthew 6:33-34

My days have joys and troubles of their own, and no one knows them … So I’ll pray on it.

My faith doesn’t rest on the Wisdom of men but on the Power of God.

~ 1 Corinthians 2:5

Blessings.

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Focus: Faith ~ Day 24 of 31

… the faith God has distributed to each of you.

I feel so blessed to be back within God’s presence. I am clinging in hope that I never again have such a vast crisis of faith … and then God sends one of my favorite people to teach me, yet again!  

First, it was such a blessing to sit under such a mentor, friend and pastor. I’ve learned so much about life, God, faith, endurance, marriage and family. She was my spiritual mentor long before I had the courage to even get to know her, I was in such awe. But God … He knows what he’s doing. I had much to learn because there was the Faith quest He had me on, unbeknownst to me. And to say I’m grateful for the choices he’s made for this journey on mine and my family’s behalf does not even scratch the surface of the diamond of this life of mine.

Faith … this is about my faith … your faith … the faith that God gave each and everyone of us. I pride {for lack of a better term} myself on being a strong woman of faith, yet, that did not stop me from experiencing a crisis of faith. I don’t know, maybe everyone needs to go through at least one crisis. God will test our endurance after all.

We all have faith, in fact we all have the same measure of faith. But what makes my faith low and yours high? Honestly, it’s how we handle this gift of grace we’ve been handed.

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— Ephesians 2:8

We each need to work our faith, feed our faith and care for our faith and this is done in a specific manner.

So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

- Romans 10:17

During my recent crisis of faith, blessedly, I knew to stay in the Word of God, I attended church as usual and I prayed; whether I felt it or not, even as I felt distant from God, Himself I prayed. And then I decided, after time with God in prayer, that I need to change my focus and begin praying for everything, every situation and everyone with thankfulness.

I prayed for everything and everyone. Every prayer request on Facebook and from friend … every time I thought of virtually any reason to pray, I prayed. 

And then … God! It’s always Him who provides the way out of the crisis. Deep in my crisis, not wanting to even be in church … I finally asked Him during after service prayer to lift the angst within me if it wasn’t an indication from Him, directly, that I needed to make a change. Well I KNOW I’ve persisted in this testamony, that He lifted the deep ache at the bottom of my heart, instantly. Right there while I prayed!

You see trials build our faith. As do the resistance to the temptations that reside within those trials. My temptation for the first time in almost 11 years was to stop going to church, to just stop. I felt I’d been through enough, loss of my spiritual parents to the road of evangelism and transition into another form of our church that was not the same … I had had enough of change and transition and what the new growth was putting our family [me] through.

Thank God, literally that He put us [me] where we would grow quickly those first 10 years, where my sweet mentor would be to teach me endurance and God’s patience … growing that great faith I was going to need just weeks ago!

This myriad of trials would grow my faith … Ah and He gave her my lesson so that I would be joyful as He explained the whole thing to me.

You see, faith is not magic … I can’t just wish on a situation and expect it to be what I want it to be. I can’t speak the problem and hope … I must speak the solution in faith!

God uses what I have and he will clearly tell me what I am to do with that seed, so I planted it … and He tended this seed personally. I am so blessed … He is so faithful!

You see, we are like the tree near the stream … however, that stream does us no good if we do not care for ourselves and take from that stream.

For we shall be like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not fea when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit. – Jeremiah 17:8

My pastor ended this lesson by sharing with us the facts of the yearly cycle of fruit bearing trees. And at the winter part of the cycle is when there is not fruit … no leaves … and all the energy is focused to the center of the tree so that the tree can care for itself during the cold season. It actually focuses all of it’s energy on the inside so that it is rested and ready to bear fruit in the next season!

This was her vibrant example of the believer during this time of trial and testing. Confirming for me that what I had/was doing and where I had been had a purpose and that I would bear fruit again.

So my focus has become to intensify this prayer quest He has me on. Growing a new, healthy crop of faith.

Blessings.

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Focus: Praying Continually … Day 23

Day 23 was a busy day!

My God

Worked this morning, and had a Cardiologist appointment in the afternoon.

There was much to pray for today … my boy who is persevering in his struggle with his affliction … my appointment where I expected a good report, and I wasn’t disappointed! And God used the fasting for blood work to intensify that expectation.

Prayer moves God’s hand … and I was able to see that today. Fasting clarifies things and God’s answers … and my prayers answered, my countenance calm. It was a good day for this prayer.

Blessings =)

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Perseverance in Prayer … 22 of 31 Days of Focus

“Focusing on the self is the opposite of focusing on God. Anyone completely absorbed in self ignores God, ends up thinking more about self than God. That person ignores who God is and what he is doing. And God isn’t pleased at being ignored.” Romans 8:7-8 MSG

But focusing on others in prayer is touching the heart of God!

A large part of this 31 day focus for me is praying for others … when we do this God is freed to repair what is broken and tattered within the prayer!

This focus thing is really taking off. And tonight I am trusting that …

God’s Mercies

I have a son who suffers an affliction that is trying it’s hardest to kill him. And any mother knows that to watch your child suffer is one of the worst tortures known to man.

He sat by me, like he never does, and I saw him small again, and I asked if he needed Mom and a single tear dropped as he shook his head while I told him I loved him no matter what … and THE hardest thing I’ve dealt with in a long time (including family issues, tornadoes and uprooted trees and health issues) is having my son be in enough pain to ask me for money to feed his affliction.

And as I said, quietly, NEVER! I entered into prayer for my son like no other time. It was calm, it was peaceful and it was continual.

As he left, in search of whatever he needed, with that threat that these afflicted souls always leave those who refuse the demon, I prayed hard still. Within minutes he was back, unsuccessful or may my heart be still, having reconsidered, without what he was in search of and he laid down and slept, fitfully slept, my tow headed, blue eyed boy!

So I go to bed praying, as throughout this night I will wake to the battle his body and mind is enduring and my reasonable duty to God and my son is to persevere in prayer as my boy perseveres in his fight, and hopefully his prayer.

I know from experience that even the unbeliever prays to God in such times. I hope … I pray he calls out to God now. Amen.

Blessings.

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