December 28 - Watch!

Watch for God’s glory revealed to you today in special ways through nature.

Psalm 27:13 - I remain confident of this: I will see the glory of the Lord in the land of the living.

December 28 - Refreshing for Body and Spirit

I've been waking up at 3 a.m. the last few mornings with the idea that God wants to talk. So I asked Him a question about my dry skin. I have tried everything, yet I still struggle with itching and hives and extreme dryness. "Drink more water," was the quick answer. So, I rose and drank a couple glasses and today I am intentionally drinking much more than I normally do. I feel like God's message to me also meant to hydrate my heart more intentionally too. Water, rivers, and streams in the Bible are metaphors for the flow of Holy Spirit in our lives. Maybe my body is trying to tell my heart and spirit something. "Drink water!!!! Drink more of the Holy Spirit!!! He's ever present and His desire is to pour out all of himself into all of us. Drink!"
Ephesians 5:18 - ...be filled with the fullness of the Holy Spirit.
Psalm 46:4 - God has a constantly flowing river whose sparkling streams bring joy and delight to his people. His river flows right through the city of God Most High, into his holy dwelling places.

December 27 - See Your Child's Destiny!

For those who are parents, you will be able to think about and look upon your children today, and see more of how God has uniquely created them – mind, spirit, soul. No one has ever been made like them, with their special set of gifts. You are learning how to call those gifts out and declare their unique destiny. Call out their gold today!!!!

Psalm 139:13-15 - For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

December 26 - A Sweet, Sweet Calling

As the New Year approaches, you are realizing you need to let go of some things in your past that hinder your future. You are not your past.  You are your destiny – with a calling so sweet and so important. 

Jeremiah 29:11 - For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

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When God Invaded History - "Mary Did You Know?"

Mary did you know that your baby boy will one day walk on water?
Mary did you know that your baby boy will save our sons and daughters?
Did you know that your baby boy has come to make you new?
This child that you've delivered, will soon deliver you?

It's a Christmas Carol rich and resplendent with thought-provoking lyrics; and yet this one verse makes me awe at the brilliance of what God did.

Through this divine, miraculous birth of the child of our living God, Mary and the rest of humanity was given the gift of deliverance from dark to light, death to life, chains to freedom, grief to celebration, chaos to peace, sadness to joy, brokenness to wholeness, shame to acceptance, and loneliness to family. The great and amazing love of the One who created us all invaded history and changed life forever.

Merry Christmas season everyone! Enjoy "Mary Did You Know?" from the Pentatonix!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifCWN5pJGIE

What Song Will Your Life Sing?

Our life in concert with humanity plays a special part that, if absent, would change the full effect of how our expression can bless the earth. What poem, painting, song, instrument, thought, invention, course, is your life's expression? Whether you know it or not, you are making a difference through who you were created to be! Thank you for making that difference!

"Every soul (in heaven) is as a note in some concert of delightful music, that sweetly harmonizes with every other note, and all together blend in the most rapturous strains in praising God and the Lamb forever. - Jonathan Edwards

Psalm 139:16 - "You saw who you created me to be before I became me!" TPT)

When Your Gift Opens Doors

I love the arts. I love artists! Some of my friends are painters, poets, and musicians. Yesterday I met a goldsmith. I love to write and take photos. Every day I encounter people who are pursuing a passion to create beauty. Where does this come from and why?

Our Creator made us in His image. We are made for creativity. Nothing can draw people into the awe of Creation and the heart of God like a beautiful song; a painting that brings hope and healing; a creative idea that boundlessly blesses a child with cancer; a story that lines up with a grieving heart and brings peace; a piece of jewelry that cheers with sunlight; a voice raised in praise that draws us to heaven; a cello piece that makes us weep.

What are you created for that can bless a hurting world? Today, will you please enter this holy place inside you and release your brilliance? Take a listen to these carpenters who bring heaven to earth in a freshly sheet-rocked garage. Merry Christmas!

Psalm 45:1 - My heart is on fire, boiling over with passion. Bubbling up within me are these beautiful lyrics as a lovely poem to be sung for the King. (The Passion Translation)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-In6ZXYR1A

December 6 - Big Changes Are Coming

Change is coming to your life. Are you ready? Change can be a bit scary because we are entering the unknown. We can make a plan; we can equip ourselves; we can take a risk; we can jump through hoops; we can think positive and move forward. But ultimately, it is God who helps us to make it happen. Listen for his voice.  It's the one that sounds like love.

Proverbs 16:9 - In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.

Proverbs 3:5 - Trust in the Lord completely, and do not rely on your own opinions. With all your heart rely on him to guide you, and he will lead you in every decision you make.

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