- I'm so grateful for Who You are Lord. You are such a faithful God. You give a crown of beauty for ashes,the oil of gladness for mourning and a garment of praise instead of despair. Your love and faithfulness are unfailing.  Help me Lord to always view my life with expectancy...looking to see what You are doing right here, right now..

+ I love to turn things around. I love to take what was meant for evil and change it to good....water into wine...death into life...captivity into freedom...darkness into light. At every turn, when you view your life through the trusting eyes of faith, you see Who I am, shining through every moment. You might not even be able to see Me initially but you know...sure as the night succumbs to day...I am in the midst of wherever you are! I am always transforming...redeeming...healing. It is Who I am - the One Who speaks those things that are not into existence. When you look for My handiwork, you experience My Presence filtering through everything you do and are. My Love always goes before and behind you. Your faith gives me pleasure and I love to watch you experience the strength of my Joy. These are what transform the most mundane moments of your life into little pockets of Heaven. Your expectancy rises - your worries fade- your security and sense of total fulfillment guard you. You know without a shadow of turning (just like your Father) that All Is Well. I am yours and truly, nothing else can alter that truth. Your life expands...you take ground...your mountains disappear...you are in that wide, spacious place no matter what! You taste and see that you are cherished and that your seemingly insignificant life is replete with value. The God of the Universe came that you...the Bridegroom's bride...may have Life and have it to the Full! This is the covenant that will never change. This colors everything into Kingdom. This is why you can continually rejoice!  

 - Speak Lord of my heart....I'm listening.

 +My love, plunge into rejoicing. Do not pay any heed to how you are feeling or what you feel you have attained or whether you are pleasing to Me or not. Be reckless and forceful in your mind and heart in determining to believe in Me. The Holy Spirit is right with you...in you ...confirming your choice as you let not your heart be troubled. Step into thanksgiving as you walk through the moments of this day.  See it as a path...gold and brightly lit, that makes your day clear and purposeful. Laugh. Love. Choose My Joy which is your Strength. This alone is cause for rejoicing. Just as I faced the cross because of and by the Joy set before me...you can make this day shine in eternity. I have gone before you...opened the way to the Light and Laughter of My Glorious Father...you adoring Abba.  All these books you've been reading about Heaven should get you excited. I know they do, even though they reveal only the tiniest glimpse of the shimmering GLORY that awaits you. Let what I have done be enough for you. Trust that I know your undreamt dreams  - even the ones you can't imagine - and I keep you safe and content because you have learned to trust Me and wait for Me. So live this day in High Praise. Sense the power of the Spirit living ME IN YOU! This is a thought too deep for words, but as you rest in it...live out of it...rejoice because of it...this will truly be a day you enjoy. The Spirit sets you eternally now in Me. I set you eternal now in the Beauty - the Warmth - the Healing - the Hope - the Magnificence - the Tenderness - the Laughter - the Perfect Love of the Father. This is life to the full. This is My plan for you. Enjoy the Father's Love and let everything else go!!