Good morning, DearHeart.

Have you ever been delivered from a bad place? Ever? Has God ever opened a door for a miracle to walk through on your behalf?

Of the 7 billion people on the planet your mom found your dad and had you – and generation upon generation the same thing happened to get your ancestors together so that you could be here now. All of it divinely orchestrated – because before the formation of the universe, your Maker had you in mind. Because, He knew the world needed the gift of your presence. That in itself is a miracle.

You might not know or understand why you are here, but I guarantee – it’s a set up.

You have been chosen.

Ordained.

Hand picked.

Delivered to this day.

Someone needs something that only you can offer. They need to know the Savior and the only way they can know Him is through you.

You didn’t know it, but the God of the Angel Armies circles this date on the calendar for the miracle of “you” to move forward for His kingdom. Oh, yes, He did!!

God moves in you.

He changes your motives and your motivation to align with His when you ask. He gives you His supernatural boldness to step out in huge leaps of faith. He allows you to recognize the miracles happening all around you.

And, when you pray, He shakes souls to the core – moving them toward Him. Prayer disables the enemy’s plans against you as the hand of God does whatever He predestined to take place through you. Just like He did with Peter and John.

Do not take that lightly.

And, do not underestimate His plans for you.

“But everything they did was determined beforehand according to your will. And now, O Lord, hear their threats, and give us, your servants, great boldness in preaching your word. Stretch out your hand with healing power; may miraculous signs and wonders be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” Acts 4:28-30 NLT

Wake up.

Pray and be shaken.

Take a leap of extreme faith.

Go

Today is our Mother’s birthday. I think there are 32 of us now who call her Mom or Gram, and she makes each one of us feel like we are the most loved person on the planet.

I want to be just like her.

She is a gift.

We are so blessed.

Thank you, God for the gift of our Mother.

Happy birthday, Mom!

(We’ll take a new picture with everyone when Turner and family are in from South Korea).

“If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.”

“Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.”

1 Corinthians 13:3 &13 NLT

Good morning, DearHeart.

All three of my sons have either recently moved or are about to move to different homes. And the process with each home has been, well … a process.

Sometimes tedious.

Sometimes tiring.

Sometimes frustrating.

I keep remembering one of my father-in-law’s, Poppy’s, daily, go-to phrases: “anything worth doing is worth doing right”; and if it wasn’t right he made us back up and start over. He was a perfectionist. No shortcuts. He taught us to stick with it even when it was hard. Because, he knew the reward and the pride that would come for a job well done. He knew it would be so worth it. He was right …

* “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” (Galatians 6:9 NIV).

* “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him.” (1 Corinthians 2:9 NIV).

* “So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.” (Hebrews 10:35,36).

We are not to give up. We are to be persistent & persevere. We really cannot conceive all that God has for us.

You know, I’m not the same person I was 5 years ago, or ten years ago. Life changes us and shapes us.

I have found myself wondering …What did I miss those times I gave up? Could it be that I gave up when I was right on the edge? Was I on the verge of a breakthrough? Could it be that something was about to happen? Perhaps about to change? May I be faithful to keep on keeping on.

At all times.

In all ways.

You just never know when something will reap a harvest … always at the proper time.

The Proper Time = His time.

Wake up.

Press on. You’re so close.

Go.

Good morning, DearHeart.

Priorities… what are your choices today?

How will you think?

What will you do?

With whom will you share this gift of a day?

Will you choose email over prayer? Will you go to the fridge to numb your boredom, or go to the Word to gain His direction?

Where’s your habit meter when it comes to obeying your inner call to stay in touch with your Christ? Whether it is through the flame of a fireplace or a candle, the voice from a soul He sends your way, playing with a child, or cuddling with your pup … be fully awake to allow the voice of your Savior break through your Spirit.

Send Your angels of protection, Lord. Help me guard my priorities.

Have mercy.

Your mercy is lovely.

Lift my courage, please.

I need You.

I love You.

Thank You, Father.

Thank you.

Prayer diffuses from us in all shapes and sizes and avenues. Each one spoken brings grace in. Our hearts are the alter, and this is the place to begin to reap the rewards of sacred priorities.

Sacred choice.

Attend first the call of The Holy Spirit, and His work in you and me becomes His work of art.

This day will be His work of art in us.

“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.” Matthew 6:33

Wake up.

Quietly invite your Savior.

Priority one.

Go.

Good morning, DearHeart.

When we were little we played a game called freeze tag. Do you remember that? A bunch of kids full of energy and movement. One kid calls out stop and everyone has to stay still in the position they are in. The one who stays still the longest, wins.

It was never easy. Being still, motionless for a long time, does not come easily.

And life is like that at times. So much to do. It all needs to get done and it all seems to be on your shoulders.

So you keep on moving.

At times you make progress.

Other days, it seems like you moved quickly and went nowhere.

As women and wives and moms, we want to have it all ready. Make things right. Have all the solutions. I think at times, I have thought this was my job in life.

Yet for the last few weeks, He has called me to be still in things I can’t control. Be calm. It’s not coming easy. For in being still, I am discovering – I am helpless to change or fix every circumstance in our lives. I would feel hopeless except in being still, He has brought this confidence ….

I may be still.

But, He is not.

“And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today.

The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.” Exodus 14:13-14 ESV

“You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of the Lord on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. 2 Chronicles 20:17 ESV

Wake up.

Stay still. Freeze tag.

God is moving for you.

Go.

“In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple.” Isaiah 6:1 NIV

Good Morning, Child of the King.

Hymns and Hallelujahs.

High and lofty, on His throne.

Exalted. Exalted.

There He is.

Here He is.

Filling every part of this heart.

A fresh filling.

Knitted in this heart high and lofty.

Surrounded by angel armies. As deep as the eye can see.

And, deeper still.

They flow and sway in waves of worship.

The very hem of His Holiness radiates light through and through.

Live here, Lord.

Allow every cell to burst alive with Your presence.

You shift my inner world from smokey gray to seamless sky blue. Crystal presence.

Presence. Presence.

Fill this temple. Overflow. And, the temple of that one, too. That our eyes search for and see You. Adonai.

Honoring and praising with emotions simply consumed as we witness You moving hearts in infinite swells to ever more of Your GLORY.

Allow the symphony of the angel armies to carry me into the state of Your presence like gravity has fallen from the earth.

King of Kings.

Lord of my life.

Let every ounce of my whole world be filled with Your GLORY.

Wake up.

Enter in.

Go

Good morning, DearHeart.

Monday’s bring a certain passage … a certain new beginning … a certain newness … prepare your heart so you are ready to hear Father God’s guidance.

Jesus told Nicodemus, “The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear it’s sound, but you cannot hear where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” (John 3:8)

We are not called to live by human reason, Beloved. All that matters is obedience to God’s Word and his leading in our lives. If Father God says “go”, we’ll go. If He says “stay” we’ll stay.

When we are in His will, we are in the safest place in the world.

When I was a little girl, I saw God as a distant Mighty One who created everything. Now, after all these years of twists and tangles, Jesus has become my ever-present friend….with me all the time…an indescribable, everlasting companionship.

Wake up. Feel His constant presence. Go.

Good morning, DearHeart.

There must be some kind of invisible clock in wildlife that tells them “Move around. It is September”. They have been active out here this week:

dove,

birds,

deer,

bobcat,

coyotes,

spiders weaving intricate webs.

I wonder, does the deer know how beautiful she is when she leaps?

Or, the coyote know the unique, haunting beauty of his sound when he joins in the song of the pack?

Is the hummingbird mesmerized by the buzzing of the snap of its wings?

Dearheart, learn from them. Each acts in its own God-breathed true nature….we, too are uniquely made. We have Holy permission to move into strengths the Creator has fit in us. No need to draw back from or hide our natural beauty.

Like the creatures, just as they are – we are just right.

‘Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time.’ (Ecclesiastes 3:11 NLT)

Wake up.

Move around.

Go.