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I have learned that I am what I say. That the ship of my life travels the course that the rudder of my tongue sets for it. I have truly learned that life and death is in the power of the tongue. That as a man (or woman) speaks, it does show the issues of their heart. I have been compelled to allow the Lord to delve into and purge the depths of my emotions, "my heart" and to cleanse and heal it of a multitude of perceptions and wounds that were not of God. I have learned that it is an issue of not just comfort but of survival to hold every thought captive that flits thru my brain. I have to allow Holy Spirit to seed the fields of my mind richly with God's words, His plans, His reality. I have seen finally and completely that I have to allow time in God's presence, His peace and His joy to be the foundation upon which my life, marriage and family are built upon.
In the past months (and years) I have been in what seemed to be in a school of hard knocks. It has seemed that things have gotten harder and harder, there were less and less safe and peaceful times, anywhere. As Graham Cooke would say, I have been out in the desert. I have not yet figured out if it was by God's direct plan or by default because I chose to , it seemed, to learn things the hard way. Either way, it has been a journey of epic proportions in the sense that it has changed how I view everything. God has rewired my hard drive, so to speak, and wired me to be operating off of the power of the Holy Spirit, from God's direction and wisdom. I have learned that I absolutely have to live my life by God's truth and not accept any of the lies of the enemy. I CANNOT live by what my emotions and senses are telling me, they only see part of the picture. And truthfully, often percieve only what the enemy is doing, not the reality of the kingdom of God!
And all of this is not (obviously!) about me. I tell my story to allow you the reader the liberty to identify with my struggles and to encourage you to ask the Lord for a kingdom explosion of love in your life also. Because that is what all this is about. Learning, experiencing, accepting and processing the fact that God loves us unconditionally!
He loves us in an intense, universe shaking, passionate way that we may never completely comprehend. But I hae to tell you, NOW is the time to try to access what depths of His fathomless love that we can. As the times get darker, His love should be brighter in our lives. His hope, joy and strength should be the most prevalent and dominant thing in our lives. This is not only for our own survival but that of those who are in our lives, observing, watching, hoping, begging for a way out of the darkness that seeks to drag them down. All of our marriages, our families, our communities, state, nation, etc are at stake in this war of truth vs. lies. If Christ the Solid Rock is not what we stand on, then we will go down in the sinking sand. Maybe it is time for do overs! Starting over in al of our relationships, especially our marriages. Let us ask God for a new heart transplant and some grace to completely forgot the pain of this past season. If not now, then when? If not here in our hearts, then where? We have to fight! We have to take a stand! We have to choose now, this day, who we serve! If we do not, then the choice is already made to accept the lies and darkness of the enemy.
Can you see it? Can you hear it? Can you see the truth, the sound of Heaven trumpet of His Love. Let's go girls! (and guys!) The call of the turtle dove is here! It is truly a song of Solomon, Come away my beloved season we are in! My heart, my emotions, the ship of my life is under His command. In Jesus Name. It is well with my soul.
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