The story behind the name..

Before I fell pregnant,

before I even thought of having more children,

before I was mildly broody...

God asked me a question.

"Will you have more children?"

I wasn't sure that I wanted to have more,

I had a little girl aged 2 and a 5 year old,

I hadn't really thought about more ..

but the question remained.

I thought about it.

I knew if God was asking me,

there was a choice.

He wasn't telling me..

My answer was something like this,

"God, I do not feel like it is something I want at this moment,

however, if it is your will for us to have more children for you,

then of course my answer is yes."

A year passed,

during that time,

I had a vision.

It was of a field of Poppies.

Beautiful, red flowers.

I asked God what this was,

he replied,

"This is a field of your harvest,

You have sown these seeds over the years and this is the harvest from it."

I was surprised.

Then I saw 3 little girls with red ribbons in their hair, 

they were descending in size, 

and carrying little baskets in their arms.

I wondered..

as I knew in my heart these were my children..

only, 

I just had 2 daughters at this time.

"They will reap the harvest in their generation.

Where you have sown,

they will reap.."

He continued..

I watched as they collected poppies and placed them in vases on a beautiful banquet table,

that had been prepared.

Jesus smiled.

On Ellies 3rd birthday,

I cried..

and cried!

My baby was growing up and it saddened me.

I was struck with broodiness,

and it was so strong!

We decided that we would try for another baby...

James loved the name Giorgia,

"If we have a girl, I would like her to be called Giorgia"

I looked up the meaning of Giorgia,

as I am one for giving a child not only a name,

but also a prophetic statement of who they are.

I was shocked to discover that her name meant,

"Tiller of the soil-harvester of the soil"

I was reminded of the vision.

Our other girls have double barrel names,

Jessie-Jane,

Ellie-Faith,

we wanted to decide on the second half of Giorgia's name when we met her..

we had a few ideas.

The day she was born,

we decided on the name

Evie.

It wasn't one of the ones we had in mind, but it means 

Life

and a

 Harvester of Life

may she be!

Purpose.

As a young woman,

 finding God was like finding

light

at the end of a long

dark

tunnel.

Days had been 

tough,

weary,

grief stricken,

lonely and

seemingly

hopeless.

What I did not realize,

was that,

even though I had taken 

my eyes

off of God.

His eyes,

were continually watching over me.

Proverbs 15:3 

 The eyes of the LORD are everywhere,

       keeping watch on the wicked and the good.

My priorities,

in those dark days,

was simply getting by.

Getting in a 

safe place

with God.

Feeling that I was

OK.

God didn't leave me there!

No, he chose not only to 

save me,

but to 

love me,

heal me,

fill me with 

life,

overflowing,

abundant living!

There was so much I didn't know

about

myself

back then!

I was like a flower bud,

that hadn't seen the 

light of the sun.

I didn't know what

colour I was,

what type of flower I was even!

Slowly I began to open up,

in the warmth of his light.

I began to stretch and move,

toward Him.

As I did,

I discovered so much!

If your first concern is to look after yourself, you'll never find yourself. But if you forget about yourself and look to me, you'll find both yourself and me.

Matthew 10:39

Take time.

Sit still.

Think hard.

"Am I missing anything?"

"Am I missing Gods best for me?"

"Who am I in Him?"

"Why did God create me?"

"What is My Purpose?"

"What colour am I?"

"What flower am I?"

"Am I growing, or just hiding in the shade?"

Lord,

take our hands,

As a Father takes a child.

Let us feel the warmth of your

LOVE

fill us up,

to overflowing.

As it fills us,

every thought,

every part

of our being,

let us start to see ourselves,

as you do.

Beautiful,

chosen,

created for fellowship with you,

to hear the whisper of your voice in our ears,

to feel the touch of your hand in ours.

To know,

we possess

your heart,

when we are 

your child.

Amen

Skip breakfast- I ate yesterday!

Exodus 16:4 

4 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Look, I’m going to rain down food from heaven for you. Each day the people can go out and pick up as much food as they need for that day. I will test them in this to see whether or not they will follow my instructions.

In the secret place, this is where you find me.

I will cover you with kisses and wash away your tears.

I will strengthen you.

I will speak with you.

Will you meet me here, in our secret place?

It seems to be a common theme amongst the blogs I am reading at the moment.

Mothers, wives, women, Men are all saying very similar things.

'God is calling me to be closer to him.'

It is true for me and encouraging my heart to hear that I am not alone in this.

God is calling his bride.

I had a picture once of Jesus whispering. 

I could not hear what he was saying and I asked him to speak louder.

He continued to whisper.

This caused me to step closer to him,

to bend my ear and put it close to his mouth.

I heard him speak then.

"I just wanted you close to me"

I went to God in prayer yesterday, I was going to meditate on the words he had given me and the scriptures I had read the previous day. I heard him say to me, 'No, that was bread for yesterday. I have fresh bread for you today. Come again to me and hear fresh words from my lips and let me open up different scriptures to you for today!'

I  was immediately reminded of the story in Exodus, where God rained down fresh manna for his people, daily bread. If they took too much, to save for the following day, it would go off and taste sour. 

He is our daily bread, He is our bread of life for our soul, spirit and mind.

Just because I ate yesterday, does not mean I am not hungry today!

Don't skip breakfast, get a fresh taste of him today.