Out of darkness into Glorious light.

I just wanted to share this and briefly touch on what it has taught me. Imagine yourself as this bean. Shoved into the darkness, a cold and lonely surrounding, you may be forgiven to ask, "Why?" But then something happens...Out of the darkness, you start to grow. You put your roots out and find a firm grip to strengthen yourself. Then this overwhelming desire comes from your core to find a way out of this darkness. You are surprised by your determination and instinctive knowledge to find 'light.' When you push past the dirt, the rock, the obstacles, you burst forth into a new day, full of light. You rejoice in your new found freedom and stretch out your arms heavenward. 
do not curse the darkness that you find yourself in, thank it, for it will bring out something beautiful, if you trust in the creator of light. ♥

We are his servants because the same God who said that light should shine out of darkness has given us light. For that reason we bring to light the knowledge about God's glory which shines from Christ's face.

2 Corinthians 4:6

 

Transparent

‎'There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear is by suspicion, but he who fears is not grown up in love.' 

1 John 4:18

What are you afraid of? Being yourself? Being vulnerable & transparent before others. Why are we so afraid to be this way? For FEAR of rejection? Misunderstanding...?

When you know that you are perfect in Gods love you can start to remove those layers of insecurity. You can start to Shine a bit brighter, Live a bit louder, Write a bit bolder,  for fear has lost her grip..In order to be transparent, you must first be grounded in a secure foundation of perfect love. Then you will be strong enough to shine....like the stars!

Knowing that the most important person BELIEVES in you,

HOLDS you,

gives you spiritual

STRENGTH

to be 

YOURSELF!

The way you were created to be.

No amount of self belief will give you the genuine self assurance that the holy Father can!

We can immitate it,

fake it,

force it....

but the real stuff is heaven sent <3

 

Poem

Thank-you to the editors at Peaceful parenting who made a feature of my poem.

Many blessings.

 

Rest

^{Matthew 11:28} Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.

I have been going through a bit of a tough time lately. I felt overwhelmed, burdened, tired and a bit down. I've felt it before at times, but it was affecting my day to day and despite prayer I felt awful. After a long time of trying to just hold it all together I spoke to a few of my friends and sought counsel of others on the matter. As I opened up and revealed my time of difficulty and weakness I was amazed at what was revealed to me. It was so beautiful that I found myself thanking God for this hard time. I found comfort in friends, healing in confessing my weakness in coping and Gods love overflowing. Admitting that I was not 'fine' allowed others to share their similar experiences and we were able to join forces to offer advice and support to one another. We chewed over the word together, shared tips and ideas on how to alleviate stress and anxiety. God spoke to me on practical issues of resting and meditating. I was so busy trying to do it all myself, that I had missed out of a wealth of strength from others. I realised something during this time also,that God  doesn't remove the pain or difficulty, but he gets in there with you. He makes you understand that he died so he could hold your hand and BE your strength in the difficulty, your LIGHT in the dark times.
Sometimes he may just get rid of the problem, but I'm learning that mainly, he walks with you through it. He shepherds us through difficult terrain and steers us to calmer waters, he leads us to higher ground where we are safe and can find rest.
To know God is not to have a trouble free life, but he has overcome the world, so will help you be an overcomer in it too. Holding his hand, as a child does her daddy.

'When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.'

 Isaiah 43:2

It is important that we are real with each other, that we have courage to admit when we are struggling, to be able to lean on as well as leaned upon. 

Rest in hard times and meditate on Gods faithfulness and goodness.

I found a place where you can download a few tracks of free soaking worship music here:

soaking worship for meditating and resting.

Try some of the above next time you feel overwhelmed!

Bless you.

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A wise woman

The truth of it.

My desire is to make Jesus famous.

To bring him to life to those who may not know Him.

Or who may not know him as He really is.

I believe that many people think that God is only found in a church.

It is possible to find the presence of God in a church.

Yet I know that God can be found in the gutter,

In the poverty,

In the prison,

In the brothel,

In the heartache,

The mud,

The pain,

The blood,

The sweat,

The confusion,

The beatings,

The drunkenness,

The abuse,

The betrayal,

The anxiety,

The insecurity,

Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever.

He did not come to be a doctor to the well,

But he came to the sick.

He died to bring you back to life.

He knows every word before it reaches your tongue.

Every thought,

Every motive..

He knows you.

There is no hiding from God.

He sees you.

He longs to re-connect with you.

He has been badly miss-represented,

The only way to really know him,

Is to seek him for you and find him.

In raw form,

Divine holiness,

Love beyond words,

Jesus,

Saviour.

 Let the truth cut through.

Selah- Think upon this. 

 

Merry christmas!

"For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9.6

Merry christmas everyone,

from us.

God bless,

                                                     

One thing.

One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.

Psalm 27:4

One thing.

ONE THING.

OnE   ThInG...

1 thing...

If I could ask just ONE thing, 

what would it be?

The psalmist echoes the cry of my heart at this moment.

I long to dwell in his house, his presence, 

his love, his glory...

more than anything else.

He showed me a picture of a key, a heart shaped key and written on it were two words.

HUNGER

&

THIRST.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Matthew 5:6

This key opened the door to his presence & his kingdom.

Jesus opened the door to heaven to us, He tore the veil, he removed any obstacle,

yet even as christians we stand at the door and see it as a no go area. A private garden. 

Jesus gave us the key...If we hunger and thirst for HIM,

we enter into heavenly realms and experience his presence.

Its so amazing.

There is peace there,

joy,

revelation,

direction,

and we can bring it back with us..

all we experience in those moments and experiences with him,

can be brought into the world we live in.

Bringing his kingdom ,

on earth,

as it is in heaven.

So why do we stand at the door and wait?

RUN,

MOVE

into his presence!

Its free,

its available.

Hes given you the keys of salvation.

You are his,

whats His is mine,

and what is mine is his!

 

The heart of the matter!

I was driving my children home the other day,

when a thought grew in my mind.

"What if, I woke one day, in a different time zone?"

Much like the 'back to the future' movies.

"What if, for some unknown reason, I woke to the same life,

same household home, same car, same duties, yet with different people surrounding me?"

Perhaps a different family, similar set up, 3 girls (a baby to care for in the day,

2 girls at school) a husband. People to meet at church, school run chatter with other mums..

Yet none of them at all familiar to me.

How would this make me feel?

I realised, perhaps a thought that had been met before, that even though we are surrounded by people,

unless we have relationships with them, we can be very lonely!

What makes life have any value, purpose, joy?

RELATIONSHIPS!

I KNOW my children, I am familiar with their characters and ways,

I have connections with mums at school because our children have relationships with one another and share moments together.

Sharing, engaging, familiar, connecting...

these are the very things that make life rich.

If I was to wake and have my home, my car, my duties, my school run, my church,

but the people that I loved were no longer there to share it with me,

then I would cease to enjoy or apply myself.

My initial thought if this were to be the case would be to make friends,

get to know the new people, build friendships and relationships once more.

I just found it interesting to really think about how important relationship is to us.

We are made like God,

in His image,

so is it not also of great importance to Him?

To have relationship with us?

To love us,

share life with us,

be familiar with us and us of Him?

Selah

Hello!!!!

Hello fellow bloggers!

I have been busy with James starting med school-a holiday to france and children back at school.

I plan to make time for a bit more blogging, but stay with me.

I am keen to catch up on all your news too,

inbetween the madness of life.

Things are going well.

Its a new season and I have lots to share,

but for now.

Hope you are all well,

blessed and growing in 

HIM.

xx