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!
Tag: Jesus
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Moving Forward!
It wasn’t comfortable letting go of the old. Sometimes it isn’t. Today, however, I am on the other side of the new. That is sweet. I am glad to have let go, I am joy filled to have embraced the new! Through the process I have learned to make quicker moves into the alignments that my Father has for me. I am feeling less critical of myself and more confident. I am finding the more I follow him, the less of me I have to contend with! It is just the beginning! I hope you find yourself following Jesus’ plan for your life, you are special and you matter!
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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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Restoring the Garden
Removals must happen in the restoration of a garden. Maybe one begins with pulling up weeds and pruning branches. Then, like the garden of my life, bigger plants and trees are sometimes needed to be removed if they are dead or causing the majority of the garden to wither and fade. All is cleared, and soil is being worked in preparation for new planting, that is where I am at. It is wonderful. It was not an easy process. It is hard to let go of what you wanted your garden to be and what you wanted planted that did not work out, but make no mistake this garden will be beautiful and fruitful and free! So, friend, start the process, let the removals continue and clear away the clutter. Yield to the Lords plans and your garden will be fruitful and beautiful too. A place to be free and thrive, yours and his! Like me when the clearing is done, you may find surprises that were planted there and are already springing up!
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Sanctified Emotions
Today I learned that when God is pressing on my emotions, it isn’t as I was lead to believe. Compassion doesn’t mean what I thought it should. Sometimes he is wanting me to pray and intercede. He isn’t always wanting me to allow people back in and dream about it, no he wants me protected and whole. I understood that yielding myself and emotions to him is good, but it doesn’t mean what I thought it did. Yes, it is maturity, and it is also protection and liberation from narcissistic abuse. I am so grateful to understand this today. Of course my emotions, feelings, longings, and needs have also been used by me and others to get me back in the grasp of the narcissist or toxic people, but not anymore. Now, I can be me, be used by God and effective, but remain protected with strong boundaries. This is a miracle for me. I pray you would have insight into you and how you have been talked into things, people and places that you don’t belong in, and insight into the growth God has worked in you!
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Resistance Training
Resistance training greatly increased today! In it I saw the work God has done in me and my family. I am in awe of the strength, perseverance, and more that showed today in our lives. It wasn’t easy! It wasn’t all fun, but we are smiling and laughing now. We overcame and faced the circumstances around and in us. To God be the Glory for the things he has done!!! Today is evidence of sonship and the goodness of God. Friend, as you face challenges I want to encourage you to be still from time to time, your eyes will be opened to so much right around you that busyness seems to blind us to, and continue on, (don’t give up)! Turn to God often during the day and night, you will see the goodness of God in the land of the living. He is faithful!
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Rearranging for the New
A lot of rearranging for new furniture and assignments has gone on in my house for the last month. Today was extra busy in the preparations for the new. It is new assignments and things to put our hands too. Sometimes it takes a lot of tries to find the most functional spot for things in our homes and lives. It is worth the effort and time, for when things are in order the new direction and furniture can come. It isn’t the most comfortable thing to do and can be a challenge to fit the old that needs to be kept and put it where it will become the most complimentary to the new assignments and furniture. It did not begin with the means or ideas of the new, no it began with letting go. It began with tidying up and making way, it began with not as much to do. Each day has brought a new step, idea, more direction and a key piece of furniture, finally. I have been uncomfortable, but filled with joy! I am embracing the new, watching and listening closely for direction, and letting go at the same time! May you move forward in expectation today friend!!!
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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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Forward Soldier, in Joy!
Today marks a new day for me! I have walked into the new! It is fresh air I am breathing. I am detoxing and that isn’t always easy, but I have decided it is fun! Fun, because I can breathe, I am healing and the toxins are leaving my body and being! Take a deep breath in today with me friend! The timing is priceless because it is Resurrection Sunday! Our Lord reset everything that day! So if like me, you need a fresh start, let him lead you to life, and a new day! I celebrate with you today friend, Jesus and the life he has for you! The old is over! Forward Soldier, in Joy!
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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!
Butterfly Vuela 