I wasn’t aware of a patch of my garden that I was brought to today. It was painful to see the state it was in. It looked over grown with weeds and a bit pillaged and plundered, if I am honest! I guess at some point I had put up a chain linked fence surrounding the chaos and walked away. I think I did the best I knew to do, but today I had to start clearing the ground! I began to pull the weeds up and now I am tilling the ground, next tonight, is that fence, it is coming down. I believe tomorrow I will put a little picket fence and a row of hedges running parallel to that with some large trees behind as an extra level of protection and beauty to the boundaries. I pray you tend to the garden of your life today too friend! Jesus is an excellent gardener!
Category: encounters
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Pivot
I hear the call to pivot today, and so soon after my last! It is so much wiser and peace filled to answer the call from Jesus to make a quick change. I am thinking differently about this now. I used to look at myself and wonder what I did wrong. Now I think “You know best Lord”, and I immediately pivot! It is instruction and he sees everything, it’s wisdom to follow. Honestly I am celebrating now after the pivot because it means he is leading me and I am hearing him! If you find yourself being instructed to pivot in an area of your life, I want to encourage you to make the adjustments. You are in good company! I think the more I hear, listen, and move as he directs I am becoming even more undignified and I like it!
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Take Courage!
In my time with the Lord today, I found myself saying, “I will take courage!” This was after a morning greeting, and thanksgiving for the directions, answers and help I asked for yesterday that he helped me receive and act on. He is so good! I am glad I decided to take courage. It maybe that as I was declaring this, he was bringing it up in me. The Holy Spirit is good like that! I need that courage right now, how about you? It is important to keep our eyes on Jesus and what he says and is doing. If the fire gets hotter, we need only remember there is a fourth man in the fire with us, if he is Lord of your life, he is of mine! I am remembering to bathe in his love, and increase my joy through trust in him and peace. May he show you what you need from him to come out the other side of this time stronger and above it all! I am setting my eyes above the swirl and though I deal with the circumstances, I will not dwell in them. May the Lord impart to you, what you need today friend. He is good and he is working!!!
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Angry Birds!
These birds are angry! Instead of just fending them off or shooing them away, a new tactic is what I have decided to implement. It is what we do naturally to shoo away the thoughts and little nuisances,(they can get quite disruptive). Today I realized that doing the same thing has not worked. It is not that I wouldn’t have done something different, it just wasn’t the right time, or I wasn’t ready.
Today I am going to swim in the river, get saturated in the love of God, and sit and be still with him, and as we are enjoying the food and fishing, I am going to use the built up Word I have in me and the revelations from spoken words and encounters with him to deal with these angry birds!
After a while they began to try to disrupt our feasting and enjoying of our time together. They began to try and dive bomb me and get me off the path, or to run away for cover. But Jesus is here with me and a great covering. It is just time to mature and allow the work to be deployed. Don’t run, don’t try to just swat them, but let the exousia power of God bring the armor on, then me and mine will not look like a target and the constant circling and dive bombing will not be tempting to these angry birds! Oh, sure one or two may try to dive in from time to time, but will quickly learn their lesson when they hit that armour!!! It is a new way of resisting the enemy that he would flee! I pray an impartation and revelation for you as you read this today! I am receiving it now too!
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Sitting to Fish!
I thought I would share a bit of my time with Jesus today, I pray it blesses you!
Sitting beside Jesus in a boat today and I said: “Lord let’s fish in this lake today, where the rivers of love converge. I want to sit still, and just be. I also want to fish and chat with you. I want to set before you a picnic I have made to feast on with you! Would you lead me in this endeavor today? “Let’s go!”, he said with enthusiasm. I like your fishing hat Lord, mine has butterflies! I have to say your inviting smile is even better! I want to catch butterflies today too!”
Sitting in the boat, I turned and asked: “Lord what is on your mind today?” “Increasing Joy,” is what he said. “Lord increase my joy! Give me a deeper revelation of the joy of you being my strength!!!
“Is there anything I need or you need to address in order for me to have more or increased joy?” “Strength, longevity, perseverance, hope? Impart to me what I need today. Show or tell me what I need to change.” He said: “Trust.” “What about trust?” “That I have a good plan for you no matter what happens or things look like.” “Lord, I will trust you, but will you help me?” “Yes“, he replied! “I need past trauma healed, removed. Things like abandonment and fear, doubt, and unbelief, and I do not partner with these things or lack anymore. Forgive me Lord!” “I do!” “Oh, just help me Lord! I say yes and help me to!!! I trust you Lord, and I let go of it all today. In fact let us go to the shore and I am going to through these stones into the waters to sink and be carried away.”
Sitting on the bank ,”Lord I brought food to share…cabbages, carrots, pie, and cake, honey, and pomegranate and apples too! What else do you want to say to me today, anymore on joy?” “Peace.” I asked: “What about peace Lord?” “Peace is essential to grow more joy. It keeps the foxes from stealing the fruit and taking your hope. In hardship and celebration, you can have peace.” “Lord, where does peace come from?” “Me, knowing me and remembering who I am for you! Peace isn’t moved by storms.” “Lord, increase, give me a deeper level of peace!”, I exclaimed. “Ok, Here, receive it from me! Rehearse what I have done for you and others. This will help you to hold onto it.” “I trust you Lord, I lean into your joy and strength!
“Now Lord, let us go for a swim in the rivers of Love and soak a while!”
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Rivers of Love!
Today I want to get lost, drowned, in your rivers of Love Lord. Saturate me and dunk me good! I need the refreshment and to be filled! I am headed to the place where these rivers converge. Maybe you want to leave the banks and dive in with me today. Maybe you will start out standing in the shallows, or swimming , but me I have dove in head first, now let your waves crash down over me Lord. Fill me with your love for your people and a holy reverence toward you! Let the wounds of the past and disappointments from past seasons wash away. Renew me Lord. I think I will swim a while here, friend! I hope you do today too! (I will go now for the King of Kings has entered the scene and has joined me and I must laugh and be with him awhile!!!)
Butterfly Vuela 