My Love, how vast and free is your love for me. I could search all the words of the world, and not one can completely define You. My heart dances inside of me with just one thought of You. You calm the storms, bring peace in the middle of caios, and You sing over me the whole time. I wonder if you ever laugh at me when I get "flustered". The truth is You are the only true answer to any problem. I love being with You throughout the day. Your, pretty wonderful, ya know. :)

Thank You for all You have given me, and all You have shown me. Who am I, that you are mindful of me? I am not sure why, but You have indeed called me. I shall answer. I will not hesitate or delay at Your beckoning. With running feet I shall rush to hear Your whisper. With a humble heart I will listen...and obey. I am compelled to follow hard after You. I am compelled to run the race and WIN! I am compelled to go the extra mile in Your name... and Your's alone. Use me, Lord.

 Oh, Lord hear the cry of my heart. I shall not sit idle, but I shall live by faith through the Son of God who loves me and gave His Himself for me! Draw me nearer to Your side. May the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing in Your sight. I cast down any motive that is not of You. I am hidden in the cleft of the ROCK!!! Show me Your glory. Let Your name pass before me. Take me to the place where the ground is holy. The place where You reveal Your most intimate secrets. The secrets of eternity. Take me into the deep. 

I will live life, not as if walking on "egg shells" but as walking on water! The just shall live by faith. Creat in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a right spirit within me.

 O, how I long to see You face. To gaze in to the eyes that knew me from the foundations of time. To touch the hands that fashioned me. Be same fire in me that was on the bush. Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart. My Love. My King. My God.

     "I will not boast in anything, no gift, no power, no wisdom, but I will boast in Jesus Christ, His death and Resurrection. Why should I gain from His reward? I can not give an answer, but this I know with all my heart...His wounds have paid my ransome."

     What is there to boast in but The Lord? The maker of All things. His death paid it ALL!!! His Resurrection prooved it ALL!!! What more must we say? What is there to say, except, "WOW". He did it on His own, and didn't need any help from us. Now, there is something to boast about! Thank YOU, LORD!

     Many people often feel unworthy of His unending love... the truth is....we all are. The good thing is He does NOT care. He loves!!! He loves us just the way we are. So, why come to Him as if trying to earn His love? It can not be done. He just loves. He sees YOU for who you are....all of you... and let me tell you, you take His breath away. This love, He has for you so moved Him,that He forsook all the riches of His kingdom. He said, "I have to have them." He paid the ultimate price... for YOU! Through it all He had YOU in His minds eye.

     His love can not be bought or sold. It is a gift, which perplexes me every time I think about it. It is Free, to set You free. Now, let's boast in HIM!

"Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, who is the Leader and the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also the Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection]. He, for the joy [of obtaining the prize] that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God." Hebrews 12:2 (AMP) 

     I want to cling to You, Lord! There is nothing else that I desire except to see you face. To gaze into You eyes is all my heart longs for. Everything simply fades in Your presence. Oh, how my heart rejoices at the sound of Your voice. There is no cost, because Your worth it. There is nothig more fullfilling than Your love. I will have no other. I cast down the idols that have taken Your place! All shall pass away....but still....You shall remain. The earth will be but a memory; the days but grains of sand in the wind. You shall ever be exalted. My soul magnifies You because my spirit has already rejoiced!!!

     Lion of Judah, ROAR!!! Consume us as a fire. Overtake us as the waters over the seas. May the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing in Your sight. You are truly great!

     You were born with a mission. I had planned you from the beginning of time. I said, "Okey, now, I will need to use them on this day, to influence this person, so, they will need to be born on this day. This and that will have to happen to them to get them there on time."

     I knew from the beginning of time that you would be one of My favorites. I knew that you would trip from time to time, but that you would't let it keep you down, becuase you would have a mission.

     A mission more important than any other thing. A mission that would make you forsake everything else. A mission that was louder than your thoughts, feelings, and desires. A mission from Me. A mission of Love to set them free. A race that would not be lost. A Holy determination. A warrior with righteous indignation. I knew this mission would captivate you and send you forth.

     I knew. So, the next time you ask yourself, "Why am I here?" You can know it is because I PUT YOU HERE FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS!

"And who knows but that you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this and for this very occasion"                                  Esther 4:14 (Amplified Bible)

     There are times in our lives where you find youself wondering, "What will happen next". I know in my own life, I have caught myself multiple times limiting God. I would put Him in a box called worry. Worrying, I have come to find, does not add a hour to your day. It does not solve problems or make them better. If it does anything at all, it makes things worse.

     The mind is powerful!!! It is in the mind, that battles are won or lost. A good friend of worry is... complaining. I heard someone say that complaing is offensive to God because it attacts His character. When we complain it tells God that we don't like how He is doing things, and that if we were Him, we would do things differently. WOW!!! So... NO MORE COMPLAINING!!!

Take the limits off of GOD!!! He is the same yesturday, today, and forever. Just imagine if Joseph would have put God in a box. Hmmm... Things looked worse before they looked better. He trusted God! By trusting Him, Joseph always rose to the top. God blessed Potiphar for Joseph's sake. Take into consideration that this was before the Holy Spirit could get on the inside of us. So, how much more shall we rise today with the Holy Spirit residing in us? How much higher shall God take us? Is the promise not sure? Is God not faithful?

     God has a plan!!! It shall come to pass!!! Who knows if you have come to the palace for such a time as this?

 "And I am convinced and sure of this very thing, that He Who began a good work in you will continue until the day of Jesus CHrist [right up to the time of His return], developing [that good work] and perfecting and bringing it to full completion in you." Philipians 1:6 

     I heard this story once and thought it was a great picture of how God gave us His Son.

     There was a couple who had always longed to have children, but never was greeted with success. One sunny morning the wife ran into her husband, and with glass like tear drops trickling down her supple cheek, she said, "We are going to have a baby!"

     The two were overcome by the joy of the news. They went and told everyone. Even the strangers they passed on the street were embraced, as if dearest of friends.

     The time finally arrived when the baby would be born. The parents hearts were dancing with expectation. The child their hearts had so desired, would soon be in their arms. The child did indeed come!!! It was a BOY!!!  And they were even more elated than they had expected.

     He was the love of their lives. He brought a smile to everyone's face. But it was his father that treasured him most. He was the apple of his eye. His father would do anything for him. He would simply look at his son, and his heart would melt, like warm butter.

     The boy grew, and became strong. No longer was he an infant but a "big" boy, about five years of age. He loved to go to work with his father. He worked with the railroad. It filled him with such delight to watch all the locomotives come and go.  

     One day the father had been called on, for an emergancy. a passenger train was on its way, but the bridge was out. The leaver, to switch the track had been jammed. So, with all his might he ran to the bridge.

     He quickly poured oil onto the leaver...but still it would not give. After much force and effort, he realized that the only way to keep it switched was to hold it down until the train passed safely by. It seemed that it was going to work out just fine...until...he looked up. There standing on the tracks was his SON!!! He had followed his daddy. The father had not noticed until that moment. In his loudest, most desparate voice, he called out to his son. But the child could not hear the urgant beckoning of his father, for the train was too loud.

     At that moment the father had a choice to make. He could save his beloved son, which meant death for hundreds upon the train, or sacrifice his only son. In those few seconds which seemed to last for an eternity, he decided.

     With all of his weight and strength he had left in him he bore down on the leaver. With tears flooding his eyes and pain gripping his heart, he looked up at the people, whom he had just saved. There sat a man reading a news paper, an elderly lady sipping on a cup of coffee, a teen talking on their cell phone, children staring out the window. They had not even noticed the extreme sacrifice which had just been given for them. Life, as the knew it... was ten minutes late, due to a "small" glitch with the tracks.

     Do not allow salvation to pass you by, without saying thank you. This story is not true, but in the same since it was not easy for the Father to give up His Son. Jesus was the ultimate Sacrifice!!! And it was His pleasure.

"Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God." Hebrews 12:2  

    Lightning

      I was praying with someone, and kept on seeing lightning striking water. I saw this image over and over again. I asked God what the meaning was, but was unable to get complete clarity. I finally said to my prayer partner, "I am going to need some help on this one. I have no idea what it means." I described the image to her. We then began to pray in the Spirit. I said,"Okey, what do we know about lightning? Lighting is a form of electricity, and charges things. It is attracted to water. It puts nitrogen into the soil."

     All of a sudden revelation hit me! LIGHTNING!!! It is attracted to water... we have the Living Water within us! The power of God strikes us and charges us. Reguvinates us. Electrifies us. When lightning hits the ground it puts nitrogen into the soil...which helps the harvest! "...I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest." John 4:35 About that time my prayer partner said, "Oh, and when you see lightning you can know...the rain is coming!" Rain on us, Lord!!!

     When lightnig strikes a forest that has been dry...it catches on fire!!! If you have been dry, get ready, get ready. When the power of the Lord hits you, the only thing that can happen, is to be set ablaze. Also, lightning is a form of LIGHT. He is the LIGHT!!! Light BE!!! The easiest time to see the LIGHTning is during the darkest hour of the evening. Let your light shine!

"The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lighted the world: the earth trembled and shook." Psalm 77:18

"His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw and trembled." Psalm 97:4

When the light shines...they will see...see Him for who He is. 

     The other day when I was praying, I kept on seeing God like nature.

FLOOD

All of a sudden a saw what you might see on the news. A masive FLOOD! Nothing could stop it. It overtook everything in its path. Houses were demolished. Trees became up rooted. Bridges could not with stand the mighty impact of its force.

     I asked God, "What is this?" He said, "It is my LOVE!" Nothing can stop it. The "houses" that we have built to "protect" ourselves are demolished by its fierceness. The trees, the things that have been so planted with in us, our "religion", thoughts, ways, knowledge, understanding become uprooted when encounted with love...God's LOVE. The bridges, the items that we use to cross back and forth. You go to one side...but soon you are back at the other. Confusion. These, that our minds have constructed can not oppose loves dominion. Infact, when confronted by LOVE, the bridges turn but to ruble. Praise God, forever more!!!

Hurricane

Then, I saw a great wind like a hurricane. I asked, "What is this?" He said,"My Holy Spirit." A hurrican can leave an area apsolutely devistated. In this case, the area left devistated is the enemies plans. Glory to God! I do believe there is a storm a brew'n. :)

To Be Continued... :)

Matthew 1:23 "'Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,' which is translated, 'God with us.'" God is no longer separated from us, Praise God! He is ever with us. The vail has been rent! He is Immanuel!

Matthew 2:23 "And he came and dwellt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, 'He shall be called a Nazarene.'" John 1:45 says, "Philip found Nathanael and said to him, 'We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote- Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.' And Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?' Philip said to him, 'Come and see.'" I say to You, "Come and see!"

Matthew 13:55 "Is this not the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?" At this moment Jesus was being doubted, for who He was. They were saying, "Hey, we know you. I saw you run around as a child." They did not realize that the carpenter's son would be the Master Carpenter. A carpenter fixes things, makes things new, gives them a purpose. He IS.

     He made the way... where there was no way. He reconciled us to the Father. When He said, "It is finished." He wasn't joking! It is FINISHED! Nazareth seemed to be an aweful place. Dry. Miserable. And the list goes on. So, if you are wondering what could come from your bad situation... I say, "Come and see what comes from Nazareth."

     If you feel as if you have been broken, cracked, or even, damaged go to the Master Carpenter. He Makes ALL THings New!!!

   There is a story of a girl in the Bible that had many many problems. When Jesus saved her, it made a radical change on the inside of her. At the last supper she anointed Jesus with an expensive oil. The people around her were asking why she would do this. They had said that they should sell the oil and give the money to the poor. Jesus said that it was necessary for her to do this. She also washed His feet with her tears and dried them with her hair.

    Well, CeCe Winans sings a song about her. As a young girl I would often dance to this song for church specials. I had long hair, and at a certain point in the song would always bow my head, as if washing Jesus' feet with it.

     There came a point in my life where I had become very rebelious. I was going to visit some of my relitives, when my mother and Nana said to me, "DO NOT TOUCH YOUR HAIR!!! Do not cut it, dye it, or anything else!" Now, they weren't saying this just because of dancing. My mother loved my hair to be long and did want me to touch it. Because I had been dealing with rebelion, she knew what I would do to my hair the first chance I got.

     So, I left. What do you think I did?.... I cut it!!! My hair had been probly to the middle of my back... I cut it to my chin! When I got home I got into trouble. After a while I went to something were I was going to dance. (My hair was still gone.) It was the song I mentioned previously. Well, when the part of the song came when I would normally reach for my hair, came, I realized... IT WAS GONE. At that moment, I felt such shame. I saw how I had acted.

     After that time I had continued to dance to the song, but when I did it was very sorrowful. I identified with the girl in it. I told myself, "This is who you are. An out cast. Shameful! Disgusting!" I danced to it worshiping God, while hearing all these things in my head at the same time. I had come to the conclusion that I would probly be that way for the rest of my life.

     Now, let me fast forward several years. Lets say... about to January 18, 2009. I was in a meeting that my Nana was preaching at. She asked me to dance. We had decided on the song Alibaster Box (the same song I have been talking about). Before I was going to dance she told me what she always tells me, "Just make sure you worship god, Baby." She gave me a hug and gave me a reasuring smile. At that moment Brooke, my sister, while looking at me tilted her head and very sweetly smiled. With a twinkle in her eye she said, "And...your hair is long." This small statement said a thousand words to me. To me it said, "You are not that person. You are different." I pondered her words. Image after image started flooding my mind of who I had been and who I was now. They weren't even the same person. Opposites, really. With every beat of my heart, thanfulness became stronger. 

     I danced. It was so different. I did not feel weighted down by shame. All I felt was love for the One who set me free. Afterwards my sister came up to me. She said, " I don't know if it was because I haven't seen you do it in such a long time, or what, but it seemed so different!" I looked at her and said, "That's because it was different. Before, I was dancing to get the breakthrough... This time I was on the other side. I Have the breakthrough."

     "Fear not; you will no longer live in shame. Don't be afraid there is no more disgrace for you. You will no longer remember the shame of your youth and the sorrows of widowhood." Isaiah 54:4

To read part of the story of this girl go to Matthew 7:46-50

If you would like to listen to the song, it is posted on the forums under music.