a time of refreshing and renewal








sharing my heart is not always easy................

Saturday, April 24, 2010

TIME TO GO

ITS TIME TO GO HOME TO NORTH CAROLINA. MY FLIGHT LEAVES ON THE 3RD OF JUNE. THE TIME HAS COME TO WALK TO STEP INTO WHAT GOD HAS FOR ME. I SPENT MANY YEARS WORKING HARD. I HAVE PAID MY DUES FOR THIS LEVEL. I WILL NOT LOOK BACK. I AM NOT MAD. I AM LEARNING FROM WHAT WENT WRONG AND ASKING GOD FOR WISDOM TO MAKE EVEN BETTER DECISIONS NEXT TIME. IT WON'T BE SO EASY FOR ANYONE TO MANIPULATE ME THIS TIME. THERE IS ONLY ONE VOICE THAT I AM LOOKING FOR AND THAT THE HEAVENLY FATHER, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE HOLY SPIRIT.

ITS TIME TO GO. I AM PACKED AND READY, THE ONLY THING I AM WAITING ON IS TIME. I AM SEEKING GOD, I AM WAITING TO HEAR HIS VOICE ABOUT WHAT I AM TO DO IN FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. NOT WHAT A MAN SAYS NOT WHAT PEOPLE SAY ONLY WHAT GOD SAYS. ITS TIME TO GO, THIS JOURNEY HAS A NEW BEGINING. PRAISE GOD.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

2010 IS THE YEAR OF CHANGE

MARCH IS AN AWESOME MONTH AND IT BRINGS ABOUT CHANGE AND REARRANGING OF THINGS. I HAVE SPENT THE LAST TWO WEEKS BEING STILL. THE WORD SAYS BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD. IT HAS BEEN THE BEST TWO WEEKS OF MY LIFE.

The old has passed away and everything is new, Praise God! Life is new, I am new, everything is new in Jesus because he has done a new thing in me. If you have been abused, misused, overlooked, taken for granted.........and anything else you can think about......spending time with God, having an encounter with the Lord.......allowing him to heal you, speak to you as no one else can. The Lord Jesus can touch your heart with his finger and make it brand new. Not just cover the hurt or the wounds but remove them. It is so awesome that my healing comes during the time that we prepare to meditate on the journey of Jesus to the cross, the death of Jesus on the cross. The burial of Jesus and finally God raising Jesus from the dead.
I have been resurrected, my life has been given back to me. I am no longer at a dead end, it is the begining of an awesome journey with Hashem Adoni, the Lord God Almighty.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

TODAY IS VALENTINE'S DAY. I JUST FINISHED BRUNCH WITH A FRIEND. OUR DISCUSSION CENTERED AROUND THE LOVE OF GOD, HOW HE LOVED US SO MUCH. WE HAVE BOTH BEEN HURT BY CHURCH PEOPLE AND WE CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW SOME PASTORS NOT ALL SOME TAKE THEIR POSITION LIGHTLY. THEY ARE TO SHEPHERD THE FLOCK, NOT KILL, NOT HARM, NOT DESTROY, NOT BEAT DOWN, NOT VERBALLY ABUSE, NOT MISDIRECT, NOT CONFUSE BUT SHEPHERD. TO LOVE, COMFORT, GIVE DIRECTION, SHAPE AND MOLD USING THE WORD OF GOD. THEY ARE THE CEO'S OF THE BODY OF CHRIST.

IF A CEO DOES NOT MANAGE, TRAIN, SUPPORT AND DIRECT HIS STAFF WELL, THE IMPACT SHOWS IN THE LACK OF PROGRESS FOR THE COMPANY. SAME THING WITH THE BODY OF CHRIST. IF THE FLOCK IS NOT MANAGED WELL, GIVEN THE TRUE WORD, POINTED TO JESUS IN EVERY SITUATION, GIVEN DIRECTION THROUGH THE WORD, PRESENTED WITH A TEACHING OF THE WORD TO HELP BRING FORTH REVELATION KNOWLEDGE THEN THE BODY OF CHRIST WILL NOT PROGRESS WELL.

THE TWO OF US HAVE STOPPED GOING TO CHURCH AND HAVE SOUGHT AFTER THE TEACHING OF THE WORD THROUGH WEBCAST FROM VARIOUS MINISTRIES. NEITHER ONE OF US KNEW THAT THE OTHER HAD STOPPED GOING TO CHURCH UNTIL WE TALKED TODAY. GOD HAS DIRECTED ME TO ATTEND A BIBLE STUDY WHICH HAS ALLOWED ME FELLOWSHIP WITH A FEW BELIEVERS.

I AM IN NO WAY READY TO JUMP BACK ONTO THE SADDLE OF "CHURCH" THERE IS A PASTOR IN MICHIGAN THAT ONCE SAID "SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHY WE DO THE THINGS WE DO IN CHURCH. IS IT OUT OF TRADITION? DO WE THINK IT WILL BRING IN MORE PEOPLE? ARE WE COMPETING WITH ANOTHER CHURCH TO SEE WHO DOES THE MOST? WHAT DID GOD SAY FOR US TO DO? WHY CAN'T WE JUST DO WHAT GOD SAYS, NO MORE AND NO LESS.

THE THOUGHT FOR THE DAY-FEAR NO MAN- HEAR FROM GOD-THEN DO WHAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO.
MANY YEARS AGO I THOUGHT I KNEW WHO I WAS, WHERE I WAS GOING AND HOW I WOULD GET THERE. TEN YEARS LATER I SIT AT MY TABLE LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW. ADMIRING THE AWESOME VIEW, MOUNTAINS, WATER, WAVES, AND TREES BENDING WITH THE WIND. ONLY TO KNOW FOR SURE RIGHT NOW. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AM SUPPOSE TO DO IN LIFE. I HAVE SPENT THE LAST TEN YEARS IN TRIAL AND TRIBULATIONS AS THE BIBLE CALLS IT. I HAVE JUST STEPPED OUT OF THE FIREY INFERNO. WHAT AM I TO DO NEXT? NOW I SPEND DAYS WANTING TO TALK TO GOD BUT AFRAID THAT I WILL HAVE TO WALK THROUGH AN INFERNO AGAIN. I AM TIRED, AND FEEL LIKE THE JOURNEY HAS TO BE OVER BECAUSE I CAN NOT GO ANOTHER STEP.

MY GOAL FOR 2010 IS TO FIND ME, WHERE IS THAT PERSON WHO HAD JOY AND LAUGHED ALL THE TIME. WHERE IS THAT PERSON THAT WANTED TO BE A BLESSING ALL THE TIME TO EVERYONE. WHERE IS MY SENSE OF HUMOR.

SO, I AM ON A QUEST TO FIND ME. THE PERSON THAT GOD CREATED ME TO BE. THE PERSON THAT SAVED AND SET FREE. I SHOULD LEARN HOW TO BE FREE THEN MAYBE I CAN FIND ME. THE QUESTION OF THE DAY IS NOW TO LIVE FREE KNOWING THAT CHRIST DIED FOR ME.

I WILL SPEND TIME LISTENING TO THE SPIRIT OF GOD. THESE DAYS OF JUST DOING THINGS BECAUSE THATS WHAT OTHER PEOPLE EXPECT OF ME IS OVER. OVER AND DONE WITH. I AM FINDING ME.