"Then He stood up and told the wind to be silent, the sea to quiet down:  "Silence!" The sea became smooth as glass. The men were amazed and asked, "What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!"  Matthew 8: 26-27 ~Message and NIV


+ My love, the only way for you to be discouraged is if you believe that your weaknesses are stronger than My Power to transform you. How could that ever be? I know everything about you. Let not your heart be troubled. Cast off everything ...every thought of defeat and overwhelm...and cast every care on Me. Rest. Release the swirling sense of dis-ease...this sense of failure at even getting "you" right! Lies. Lies. Lies!! Let go! Listen to My Voice alone. If you do not feel healed and made whole by what you are hearing...you are listening to the enemy I gave My all to destroy and silence. Come to Me, My little one. I speak to every storm. I still every unspoken raging whirlwind that seeks to batter you down. Rise up. Let Me be your Savior. Run to Me. I'm here...ever waiting to heal you and free you from all self- condemnation. I want you to say yes to yourself today. Say yes, then fix your heart, mind and all your energy on the GOODNESS, BEAUTY, TENDERNESS AND POWER OF the Father. The Holy Spirit will help you in every way. You belong to Me. I will not ever let you go. I want your mind totally renewed. I want you whole...functioning in and through My all-powerful, able Holy Spirit, who has been given as a supreme Gift to enable you to walk in a high and spacious place...high above all the powers of darkness. Rise up, My love, like an eagle. Use the storms to rise higher. Know that the enemy has nothing in you. You are Mine! Rejoice. Relax. Rest. Relinquish every thought of defeat. Victory is yours because it is MINE and you are IN ME! Live this day in high praise and joy. My joy indeed is your strength. Use it! Declare it! Abide in it! Operate out of it! Rejoice and be glad in this day of your Lord. Green pastures are before you...restful waters...total protection from all danger. Come My beloved one, taste and see that your Lord is good. I will not let you be put to shame. I will make your face radiant...glowing with My yes....then you cannot help but shine My Love over all you meet.  

"...absolutely nothing  can get between us and God's Love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us." Romans 8:39 -The Message


+ This is what you must always remember. I want you to know Me. I want to reveal Myself to you. It is the joy of the Father to give you revelation so that, indeed, you can know the great Hope to which He has called you. I am never distant. I am right here with you, in you...always knowable...always...approachable...always knocking....
waiting for you to respond.  Understand that it is the Spirit Who motivates your heart to yearn for this intimacy of union with the Father. It is the Spirit Who initiates and it is the Spirit Who completes. He Who began a good work (that work being the forming of the Love of God incarnate - Me in You) will be faithful to complete it. You see, My love, it is never about your ability to be still, the depth of your prayer life or the discipline of your mind. It's about the perfect Love of your  Father, Who understands your weakness and your yearning to be His. And so, the plan of the One Who knows you to your core...is to take the little mustard seed of love you plant in faith by even trying to have quiet time....and let the Spirit transform it until the mountains of unbelief and unworthiness are gone and you know with all your being that you belong to Him. He wants you to live in the Promised Land. Remember, it is for the weak that I came. Not that you use your weakness as an excuse. You are called to obedience and surrender....You are called to be strong in the Lord...but the Father never wants your weakness to be a barrier that blocks your way to the throne room. He actually wants it to be a path that leads you into His Presence! So, be still in your heart this day. Your Advocate and Comforter will aid you in this endeavor. Remember, in Me you can do all things. Nothing....Nothing...(and no one) is impossible with God. This colors everything...every impossible person or situation you encounter in your life. All impossible things melt into the possibility of God's irresistible, transforming, Perfect Love. This is the Strength to Strength in you that breaks down the barriers of impossibility. It starts in your heart  ...destroying any area of lovelessness that has a hold on you. Once you are healed, I make you into a vessel of Love and Hope...empowered to defeat the giants of hopelessness and pain that have so many people imprisoned. As you disregard your own weakness and that of others....and remember that darkness is not dark to Me...you carry My Presence and magnify My Life in this world. This is My plan. I hear your prayers. I know your heart. I am for you...never in any way against you. All My Love for you is yes...all My promises true.  I want you to know Me...I long for you to enjoy all the gifts that were won for you....My power, My strength, My beauty and My Love and the indomitable Freedom of the Spirit of God. I want you to know that this is what Your Father's Smile feels like. Enjoy this day in the sanctuary of His enormous heart of Perfect Love..

  
"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, Who does not change like shifting shadows." James 1: 17


+  Everyone recognizes the importance of gift-giving. It is a deep reflection of my stamp on the heart of man. Life...your life... is pure GIFT! It is a gift from Me to you to be given to all those I bring to you. Gifts are given for celebration. They are wrapped declarations of love and appreciation, given in joy for the purpose of blessing. Since every good gift has come from the loving hands of the Father of all, giving gifts will always be around and they are always free. They might come at great cost but the recipient has no connection with the price. The receiver simply opens the bounty and enjoys. Hopefully...thanks are given. "Thank You" is a natural response because the heart was created to give thanks by the Father, Who.....whether there is grateful response or not....always, always keeps on giving. That's because He is an extravagant Giver! This is why all of creation abounds with unfolding beauty. Actually, there is nothing in creation that is not a gift of love...God's artistry pouring down on His beloved and favorite creation...man. And so...as the day begins  gold and pink with the sunrise, you welcome each season which has been programmed to bring delight...This is deep calling to deep.... God's heart-felt love song. Everywhere there are feasts for the eyes...sunsets and cherry blossoms...bird song for the ears...fragrant blossoms for the nose...gifts for every occasion dazzling everywhere. And every gift is completely Free. Just a token of your Father's esteem... a small reflection of His generous Heart. So my girl, I say to you, be like Him! Give your gifts away extravagantly with no thought of return. Be Free! Enjoy the way it feels to give lavishly. Your Father has shown you how as He gives you all you need. This is life to the full...This is the perfect re-gift, when you give all He has given you away. Giving like He does will bring you great JOY. This is what it feels like to be a child of the King....There's nothing more fun than to give and give again just like the One Who made you!

- Lord, Your beauty surrounds me. Your dazzling snow covers my world. All is blanketed with silent white...Speak Lord as I listen for the beauty of Your Voice.

+ My purpose is to quiet your soul and keep you in a place of sweet stillness. I want you to see each day as a separate entity in Me. Not looking to the left or the right (as I am always reminding you) means not looking ahead to the unknown future or back to the past too. I want you to live your life in this timeless pocket of Eternal Joy where I surround you with favor as with a shield. From this place of wonder and joy...of thankfulness and peace...you have eyes to see what I want you to see and ears to hear My constant words of love and encouragement. I died to give you this life. It is yours already. The Holy Spirit is your access and the words on your lips...your words of praise and thanksgiving open the gate. Here, you are in the unfailing, perfect will of the One Who knows you best. Lay down your concerns...your cares....your disappointments and your requests at the door and come. Come in to the warmth of a Love that is waiting to embrace you...to bless you ...to heal you and set you freer than you can imagine! I came that you may have LIFE to the FULL! You...My little one...don't even know...can't even comprehend what that means. But I do! That's why this invitation is constantly being extended. I came so that you may have life. Say yes to me. Arise and come My love and I will teach you how to live your life easily and abundantly. I am expanding your capacity to believe in Who I am. I want you to expect more and more of this stillness to cover over you...quieting all that concerns you. Be full! Be Glad! This place has been designed for YOU. It is your cocoon where you will be given brightly colored wings to enable you to fly above all the cares of your life. Rest and trust and look to Me for everything. I am the source and supply...the beginning and end of all you will ever hope for or need. My Face shines on you and you are whole. Embrace the stillness within this day and live in My Peace. My Joy is your Strength. My Love sustains and empowers you and it is forever and ever. You are My beloved. Believe it and smile. My favor is upon you always.

-One day I was reading Ephesians and the part I was reading hit me like a brick. I suddenly could see the heart of why Jesus came.  It still takes my breath away.


"For He Himself is our peace, Who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in His flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which He put to death their hostility. He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit." Ephesians 2:14-!6; 18
 

+ I came for every divide great and small. There is no wall of hostility that is more powerful than the power released from My death. It is finished...for all eternity. Draw upon this Power when your heart is divided...when your peace is fractured. This Peace...this destruction of all that separates...cost Me everything...cost Me great pain because I absorbed all hostility into My body and took it to the grave. I did this to make Peace...COMPLETE PEACE an option for every moment ...every relationship of your life. It is yours for the taking. Use this gift and enjoy the fruit of what I did because I love you and want you whole.