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Transmit or Transform…..

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 First steps after an injury…

so tentative.

Fear mixed with “what ifs”?

A push needed beyond our feeble strength.

Our will infused with the Divine encouraging us forward.

Be it physical, emotional, or spiritual pain.

Pain….

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One can transmit it….

Broadcasting all to join into the pity party of “I give up”, “Woe is me”, “No one has ever had it worse”

or….

One can allow the pain to transform…

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 Stretching the whole of the person in the reality of Hope.

Pain can become the leaven that allows the dough to rise.

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Pain can become the impetus for the rising to new life.

Pain and resurrection…the two really do go hand in hand.

It’s a choice.

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy gave us a new birth to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead….In this you rejoice, although now for a little while you may have to suffer through various trials.” 1 Peter 1:3, 6

Clothes Inside Out…..

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If I were to walk into the room with my clothes inside out….

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Some might giggle, some might point and whisper behind my back, maybe a friend would point out the problem.

“Your clothes are inside out.”

My response, “Yes, I know. Are yours?”

What does it mean to walk through life with one’s clothes inside out?

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We all want to bring Christ into the world, don’t we?

We all want to leave the world a more beautiful place don’t we?

We all want others to know God’s magnificent love, don’t we?

Isn’t our world starved for something beyond one dimensional living?

Living from the inside out is to live with passion…

Living from the inside out is to live with compassion…

Living from the inside out is living from the source of living water within us…

Living from the inside out brings our unique stamp of the Divine image and likeness into the crowds of cookie cutter people hiding behind their fleshly garments.

Living from the inside out steps forward Spirit first.

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Living from the inside out is putting one’s heart on one’s sleeve and walking through the day…

Living from the inside out draws attention at times…

But Living from the inside out draws others into the embrace of God.

Living from the inside out….how will you dress this day?

I dare you….live with your clothes inside out!

“Whoever believes in me, as scripture says: ‘Rivers of living water will flow from within him.'”

John 7:38

For the Greater Glory of God….

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For the Greater Glory of God…

May your weekend be.

For the Greater Glory of God…

May your eyes see…

With a “Glass Half Full” attitude…

A weekend full of “Happy Hours”…

Deep Breathing -ins and Heart -to-Hearts…

Prayers and Peace and Joys and Smiles…

All for the Greater Glory of God…

May your weekend be!

Bountiful Blessings!

“But I believe I shall enjoy the Lord’s goodness in the land of the living.”  Ps 27:13

“Unhappiness” To Do List….

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“Unhappiness” To Do List….

1.  Live for yourself.

“For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every foul practice. ” James 3:16

2.  I need ____________ to make me happy.

(fill in the blank:  new car, bigger house, more friends, better figure, more money)

“Those who want to be rich are falling into temptation and into a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires, whch plunge them into ruin and destruction.  For the love of money is the root of all evils, and some people in their desire for it have strayed from the faith and have pierced themselves with many pains. ” 1 Tim 6:9-10

3.  Compare yourself with others.

“But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding.”

2Cor 10: 12b

4.  Complain. Be ungrateful.

“In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 The 5:18

5.  I’ll be happy when __________.

(fill in the blank:  my ship comes in, I’m out of debt, I get a better job….)

“Behold, NOW is a very acceptable time; behold, NOW is the day of salvation.” 2cor 6:2b

Convicted???

Let’s bring this “To Do List” to the foot of the cross…

Let the Blood of Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Savior, set us free.

“For freedom Christ set us free; so stand firm and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery.” Gal 5:1

One size fits all? Do it yourself?…

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Struggling in a one- size- fits- all holiness?

Trying to put on Christ like your best friend, your spouse, your neighbor, some character in a book?

Are you a do it yourself-er?

Holiness isn’t about being like everyone else.

Cookie cutter people we are not….

“Do it yourself-er”, “I am the maker of me” people we are not!

You are a “once in a lifetime”, they “broke the mold” after you, unique gift of a person.

Created by Him who is Love, molded in His mighty grace.

It takes courage to be the real you…

But when we live our uniqueness clothed in Christ…

it gives permission for others around us to be real!

so……

Lions and tigers and bears in your life?

The Holy Spirit fills you with the courage…

to be who you are and be that well!

Surrender to His grace.

Be the best you today….God needs you!

“I have told you this so that you might have peace in Me.  In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world”. John 16:33

Wrapped….

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The after effect of resting in the the Mystery of the Molding?…

Coming into the vastness of the Love of God.

The finite…enters the infinite….

boundaries melt away.

Heart expands beyond the fleshly vessel.

Even the prayers of praise and thanksgiving are but tiny whispers

within the largeness of this extravagant Love.

For words cannot contain, express, or verbalize…

this Unconditional Love.

Like a soft wrap enveloping inside and out…

Enfolded in God’s Glory!

“That the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in Him, in accord with the grace of our God and Lord Jesus Christ.” 2 Thes 1:14

Mystery of His Molding….

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Some days are quiet days…

Where words are embraced within the heart never reaching the outside.

Words become ideas, ideas become dreams, dreams become hopes.

A resting in the quiet within.

Gently floating up on the Mystery of His molding.

One doesn’t always have to have words,,,

And feelings don’t always have to have reasons.

Words from the heart can never be forced…

should never be forced.

The KING WITHIN touches the silence of the heart…

and CREATES.

The Potter is at work.

Surrender to the Mystery of His Molding!

“Yet O Lord, you are our Father;  we are the clay and you the potter: we are all the work of your hands.”

Is 64: 7

Breathing In…Breathing out…

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Have you ever breathed in the morning?

Deeply inhaled the fullness, the freshness, the beauty of the new day….

Held it within as it expanded your lungs…

and ever so slowly exhaled all the possibilities and hopes out before you?

Have you ever  breathed in the noontime?

Paused and deeply inhaled the bustle of mid day…

Held it within as the busy-ness of it all met with the peace within…

and then exhaled this inner calmness into the world around you?

Have you ever breathed in the evening?

Deeply inhaled all the day contained within the confines of your chest…

and then slowly exhaled, surrendering all into the vastness of the night?

God’s first language is silence.

It is here we find peace.

May this weekend be filled with deep breathing in….and long, letting go breathing outs.

May the breathing in…and the breathing out….become a prayer without ceasing.

A prayer THROUGH HIM, WITH HIM, IN HIM.

“Pray without ceasing.  In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.”

1 Thes 5:17-18

The King Within….

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THE KING WITHIN….Clothed in robes of love and mercy…

reigns within the heart.

THE  KING WITHIN…

Crowns us with royalty. We are heirs.

THE KING WITHIN…

rules over the chaotic areas of the heart…

waging war against all that would keep Him from His Beloved.

THE  KING WITHIN…

is ever present.

THE KING WITHIN…

calls us “friend” and opens His heart for rest and wholeness.

THE KING WITHIN…

what an incredible treasure.

THE KING WITHIN!

Stand tall and walk in Godly confidence.  THE KING WITHIN walks with you!

“Jesus answered and said to him, “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.”  John 14:23

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Head, Heart, Hands, Feet…

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May your HEAD know the truth of His Love…

May your HEART beat with the vibrancy of His Love…

May your HANDS reach out in compassion with His Love…

May your FEET carry His Love into the love sick world.

Through Him, With Him, In Him….

LIVE + JESUS

“Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God.  Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love…No one has ever seen God. Yet, if we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is brought to perfection in us. ” 1 John 4:7-8, 12