Cleaning Up

Why is it that we cannot be real with others? Many times we miss an opportunity to get it right because we said or did something that we really didn't mean say or do, but we don't know how to remedy it - for so many reasons. And that missed opportunity just piles up as junk storage in a basement, or garage, or vacant room. Soon the junk has so covered everything and we keep saying we will clear it up or we will get rid of it, but we don't. And truth becomes lost because of the junk.

As Believers we should not have to worry about how others may or may attack us. We are covered from those darts, and by the same token, we should not attack them. That is so hard to do, isn't it? Yet it is doable.

Let this new year be a start in cleaning out, getting rid, refreshing. Clean out those areas of things said or done that you though you couldn't undo. Get rid of years of false modesty and martyr image and walk in your true self as in the image of Truth. Refresh your spirit by putting things in proper place. Allow the beauty of who you are to warm your heart. Through Truth find order and peace. Look at John 14:15-17. Shalom!

Have you ever lost time by trying to decide what to do in your life? And you become so bogged down and do nothing? How many times have you lost time just like that? Wow. I know that one. And then there is the age old question of purpose and if you are fulfilling your purpose. Do you know how often you can be just slightly to the side of your purpose - because you heard a portion and you filled in the rest? You didn't wait to get clarity. Oh we do it all the time. This is really a great time to stop, and listen.

My goal - be clear on what I hear, and then move forward without reservation.

Live in Peace

A new year! A new day, and new chance to do better than the day before. This is a moment to seize and then to squeeze every drop of life from it. This is a chance to live without remorse, regret, unforgiveness. It is a time to let go. Eckhart Tolle observed how ducks fight. "When they get into a fight, it is never long. Then they separate, floating off in opposite directions. Each duck flaps its wings vigorously a few times, which releases surplus energy built up during the fight. After they flap their wings, they float on peacefully, as if nothing had ever happened" (Tolle 2005, 137).

Now we know that there will be fights and spiritual battles to be won. Can you, this time, let that last fight go? Shake it off! Let the built up energy release so that you can move into your peace. Let it go!! You cannot hold on if you are going to progress. Live in peace!

Spiritual Warfare

A time of understanding. What is Spiritual Warfare? What does it mean? How does it involve you? What is your response? At the end of the class you should be able to understand better your position.

How are you doing thus far? Studying warfare will bring you under attack from the enemy. It is strongly suggested that you stay in prayer during this time. This class is not for you see demons under every rock. It is for you to become spiritually aware and to allow you more into understanding what for so long has been held in mystery.

How are you doing in your studies so far?

Just Let Go

Is there a reason that we cannot simply let go of our own damaged selves to receive the healing that God has for us? Is there a reason that we go on and on dragging through the same old mess and wonder why nothing has changed?

There is so much peace when I release what I try to hold. Just let it go. And when it returns, let it go again. Then I can begin to breathe. Then I can feel, I can see clearer what God has for me. But I have to let it go.

Where here is again. A pivotal point in my life. But then how many pivotal points do we miss because we are not looking? The easiest things is to try to do SOMETHING. The hardest thing is to do NOTHING. But in the nothing I am waiting to hear and marveling at what God is doing. In the nothing I am trying to be still, to be quiet, and to hear Him. And so I wait. . . on Him.

I have traveled to Israel and am now back. It has given me even more time to think about how disconnected we are with one another. We have become immersed in our own world that we do not take time to stay connected with others.

I am writing just to be able to say "I said it." I will say it anyway. We, as a people of God, play too many games with our lives. We miss the importance of our lives and get caught up on really petty stuff that is really controlling our lives.

When - when and where do we begin to say "enough"? When do we say "Lord show me your way"?