God's Little Tree Hugger

As I was spending time with the Lord today, He brought this to my heart:

“Back in the garden, when our consciousnesses were torn apart from the consciousness of God, our reality became subject to separation from the reality of God. Ever since then, in…

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Desired

To me personally, I believe rejection is probably one of the most hurtful things people do to one…

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It’s amazing, how to describe what isn’t seen. My sister, as she’s known, Nessa and one of my dear friends, Cale, were discussing today how man is so keen on categorizing and naming things. It’s true that in the Garden of Eden, the Lord told Adam to go out and name everything there. I think that’s why it is so engrained in our nature. This need to describe, to discern. Precious things. It causes expansion at times, real creative flow.

I was reading through a journal I kept during one of the hardest times of my life, last fall after my boyfriend at the time had tragically been estranged from me. At the time, I did not at all, know the Lord how I do now, and yet I see the deep desire to describe, to understand.

From my personal journal:

“You are all I need, you’re all I need. I’m in the middle of your picture, lying in the leaves. I am a moth, who just wants to share your light.” - adaptation of Radiohead’s lyrics from ‘All I need’.

Now, through Steven’s own window [in a letter he had sent me that was in the mail at the time], will I see him again? I feel unprotected. I feel unprepared. Vulnerable. Emotions are powerful, anazing synthese of being, like the most complicated melodies, like the simplest manifestation of story. Emotion is creative creation. It is the formation of dream while the dreamer is sleeping.”

Reading back on that, and knowing what I know now about grief, emotions, despair, and where true peace and comfort come from, I see the state of disrepair I was in without having the grounding that I have now in Christ. Truly, He was there with me through all of those things, yet I couldn’t see Him. So I felt unprotected, unprepared, vulnerable in the worst way and not the best. I was living from my emotions - without them, I thought I was close to being dead, but with them, it was almost too much to handle - the formation of dream while the dreamer is sleeping. I was sleeping when I couldn’t feel, and I couldn’t seem to wake up - ever. Until Jesus.

When Steven died this summer, I did not have that same reaction. God had woken me up nearly 5 months earlier, and in the comfort of His Holy Spirit, I was able to survive that onslaught of emotion and impression - some natural, some an attack on the spirit. But I realized tonight, rereading that passage, that that sadness I felt at Steven’s death was a sadness that only the God of the Heavens could touch and deal with. Not I, not my family, not my friends… no one else could deal with that despair. And by the grace of God, I knew and trusted enough to believe and give it to Him, so He could help carry me through. And He has :) The life support form our Father in Heaven is so vital. So pertinent. So true. In sharing how His love has changed and radically reshaped my life into the masterpiece He is continuing to make of it, I feel a yearning to share that same transforming love with others.

I was talking to a sweet ladyfriend of mine tonight, Miss Emmy, ma fille ;), and was telling her that it’s really my love mixed with sincere gratitude that stirs the deepest desires in my soul to see others FIND the Love, Grace, Mercy, and Joy in the Lord. Not later, but right now! :) God is dealing with me - or rather, teaching me in His kindness - how to find balance in that way because it is simply just true that some people are not at that place yet, in their journey, to receive, seek, and know for themselves, the true goodness of the Lord. And yet, as Hope is only of God, there is hope for every other life here on this planet that they WILL find God and SEE, truly, how AMAZING Jesus is - How profound Jesus’ love is. No one else’s, just Christ. The Word says, as it is true, that only Jesus was given the glory to be the atoning sacrifice for everyone that everyone might be reconciled to the Father of Heaven, and truly there is no other name in which all authority over Heaven and Earth has been given. This, thank God, is true :)

In my life, I have lived between all kinds of worlds - spiritual, emotional, physical it seems. I have lived between “I’ll try just about anything” to “Who can I trust? what exactly is true?”. And I know that in someone’s walk through life, it’s sort of this search for what else is there and yet this trepidation to really find, which comes from dispelling doubt and the wisdom of men to seek the God of the universe in His fullness, that can really influence someone taking the steps to really throw themselves into that walk with God. But I tell you, as truthfully and graciously and humbly as I can, that the walk with God is a blessed one. It is profound and FULL of such life, love, and honestly adventure that really… it truly is more than you could ever imagine entering into it. :) I remember at times, how it was for me (and I smile as I type this) as I was first trying to “find God” in Jesus Christ, and how sometimes I would just fall all over myself in confusion or this or that. But months later, and I see how far God, Himself, has brought me in that journey :) And that’s just how He is. He wants you to seek Him and find Him. He wants to love the mess out of you, really :) Haha, that’s the true meaning of that phrase, and only God can do it, literally and literally :)

One of my favorite scriptures is this: “The Lord is a sun and a shield. He will give grace and glory. What good thing would He withhold from those who love Him?” I find that the more I get to know Jesus, our Heaven Father, and the Holy Spirit, the more I see just how entirely expansive and awesmazing (according to Nessa) His love for us is. It’s truly a God love, a love that is unnatural yet so real that it cannot be denied. I pray for you, that if you read this and feel the stirring in your own spirit, to not harden your heart and deny the call. That’s Jesus knocking on the door, either to have Him meet you for the first time, or to perhaps enter into an ever deeper communion and fellowship with Him :) It’s always a choice to let Him in or not. No one can do it for you, and whether someone “convinces you to” or you just do it on your own, it is always your choice. But it is a choice worth making. And I tell you, once you get started, you better hang on :) Because as one beautiful musician once said, “Jesus, God, He’s a wild man.” I believe He is :) The wildest, most balanced spirit ever witnessed, so full of love that He gave His life, that we might find life in Him. Please come. I want you to know the love of my life <3

Bless you in His name! Praises in His honor! Love to you always, and may goodness and mercy be your gentle embrace <3

Hebrews 12:28-29 (via onethingisnecessary)

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In essence, I could write about the Nature of several things :) But this was particularly of interest to me, and I hoped it would bless you too!

As believers, it is our responsibility “to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.” (2 Peter 1:5-9). Having increasingly tried to have an increase in each of these qualities, I would say I long to progress in each step, in which I find myself currently is adding knowledge to my goodness and then self control to that knowledge so that I may increase in perseverance from which more of the godliness of the Holy Spirit’s guidance will be lived out in my life through mutual affection and love. All of these, too, encourage and strengthen my faith, that I may add goodness to it and continue to grow, and so forth :) 

The Walk is always growing, evolving, increasing - doing away with what isn’t correct in my thinking, understanding, or current place in time and replacing it with what is pleasing and correct in terms of my thinking, doing, believing, and then sharing as well. It is a profoundly exciting journey, and I look forward to each minute of the day now more than ever before, looking for those things with which the Lord uses to speak to me, teach me, and share His love to and through me. This is a blessed life.
 
My Aunt Renee recently, being the incredibly beautiful and sweet person that she is, sent me a care package to say “thank you” for helping my younger cousin Taylor with some of her essays, and such. I’d love to do it anyway, but it was such a wonderful gift in return! Inside the care package, alongside a card, a gift card, two lovely magnets which light up my fridge, and two awesome book marks, was a devotional by Oswald Chambers called My Utmost for His Highest. At first glance, I wasn’t sure about how this reading would integrate into my life, but being a devotional, I simply began with the day it arrived, and have read a passage for each day since. In short: revolutionarily sound and intriguing.
 
I’m not sure if he intended (though I think he did) to thematically group his topics, but the past three entries have been on “The Nature of Degredation, Regeneration, and Reconciliation”. Profoundly insightful. So I wanted to share one that I really enjoyed with you :)

“The Nature of Reconciliation

Sin is a fundamental relationship - it is not wrong doing but wrong being - it is deliberate and determined independence from God. The Christian faith bases everything on the extreme, self-confident nature of sin. Other faiths deal with sins - the Bible alone deals with sin. The first thing Jesus Christ confronted in people was the heredity of sin, and it is because we have ignored this in our presentation of the gospel that the message of the gospel has lots its sting and its explosive power.

The revealed truth of the Bible is not that Jesus Christ took on Himself our fleshy sins, but that He took on Himself the heredity of sin that no man can even touch. God made His own Son “to be sin” [by becoming human] that He might make the sinner into a saint. It is revealed throughout the Bible that our Lord took on Himself the sin of the world through identification with us, not through sympathy for us. He deliberately took on His own shoulders, and endured in His own body, the complete, cumulative sin of the human race. “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us…” and by so doing, He placed salvation for the entire human race solely on the basis of redemption. Jesus Christ reconciled the human race, putting it back to where God designed it to be. And now anyone can experience that reconciliation, being brought into oneness with God, on the basis of what our Lord has done on the cross. [Amen]

A man cannot redeem himself - redemption is the work of God, and is absolutely finished and complete. And its application to individual people is a matter of their own individual action or response to it. A distinction must always be made between the revealed truth of redemption and the actual conscious experience of salvation in a person’s life.”

After reading this, I found in me an even wider appreciation for Christ’s act of becoming a man that we might find life in Him after He conquered death by death. The one part of this devotional (and I do hope you enjoyed it, that it made you think, that perhaps you’re now questioning yourself and any preconceived notions…) that I did not necessarily agree with was the part about the gospel having “lost its sting and its explosive power”. I do believe that Satan has taken his time, trying to marr the image of the gospel and the true meaning of Christianity. But I know that the Word of God and Jesus Christ are still working miracles all over this planet. It’s evident in all of the lives that are changed - and not just changed like sometimes you’re nicer and you’re enjoying the thought of going to heaven (though those things are beautiful :) ) - but the hard changes. The “I know for a fact that I could not be where I am today had God not come in and rescued me from myself and the enemy of my soul” changes. I have experienced several of these radical changes in my life - as I continue to grow as well. And as I daily hear testimony after testimony after testimony of God’s GREAT love, healing power, and the desire for a personal relationship with us… I am just all the more moved and willing to seek Him and trust Him with every part of me. That is my reasonable sacrifice, to give Him my whole life, as He gave His for mine.

As always, I truly pray that you, if you have not already, will seek to find the Lord and at least give yourself the opportunity to taste and see of His goodness. It does take belief and effort on your part… but God has a way of speaking right to you. To let you, out of a room full of people, know exactly that He knows who you are, and He knows where you’re at - and most of all, that He loves you, and will never leave you (and has never), nor forsake you. It is a profoundly incredible insight to have the assurance to know that the God of all the universe knows your name and Loves you intimately as His child. It is a priviledge, and a grace unlike any other that you will find on this planet. And in that… I see the truth of resting in Him and hoping others will find His goodness as well :) I pray you will, if you haven’t already.

Love you! and God bless you in Jesus’ name <3

Reflecting on the past two weeks, puts me in a sincere place of gratitude and humble acceptance of who my Lord is. I pray you are at a wonderful place in your journey as well :)

While struggling with an amazing array of emotions, seemingly uncontrollable thoughts, and just a slowly fading drive attributed both to a sense of fatigue and a sense of depression, I was frantically praying, asking the Lord what I needed to do. In my state of unrest, it was hard for me to discern what the Lord was telling me from all the other “things” going on in my head. But God is faithful - He will never leave you, nor forsake you. At a particularly uneasy moment in the journey, He directed my attention to a fellow co-worker named Wanda. Now, Wanda is an awesome lady. Haha, she works as a security guard on the island where I work @ the E.P.A., but she is SUCH a believer, and a tremendous blessing to my life. During that particularly uneasy moment, praying, asking God to help me, all I could discern in my spirit was “Wanda”. That was all I could hear. It was so clear, so concise, that I knew it was Jesus, telling me where to go. So I got up from my desk, made the trot over to the security office, and asked if I could speak with Wanda. Bless her heart, she was on rounds around the island and through the other security guard, I was able to radio her (yes, it was just that necessary) and she met me over by one of the buildings I work in. As she sat down to hear what was happening, I told her my nervous story and how God had put her on my heart to be apart of the answer. She was so sweet, calming me, and she said she was going to let me borrow Joyce Meyer’s book, The Battfield of the Mind. Then she prayed for me (to my surprise, a very short prayer :) ), and I was able to go back to work. The next day, she was totally faithful and met me as I drove onto the island to give me the book - what a blessing.

One very important lesson I learned while walking down my path with the Lord is that not every thought you have is actually your own. The Word talks about the “fiery darts” of the enemy of our soul (the soul including the mind, will, intellect-thought life) that he uses to try to harm us. What I didn’t know a long time ago, was that those “fiery darts” are actually thoughts. Thoughts of anything that causes us to lose our peace, our joy, our motivation, insight, etc. to create in us worry, fear, frustration, stress, even thoughts of suicide. He does this, seeking “whom he may devour”, but God, in His graciousness, gives us the very armour we need to fight back. The Word in Ephesians says that we are to take up “the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication…” (Ephesians 6:13-18) Now if we see how many of the pieces of armour are for self defense, with the Word of God being our only true weapon to discern and fight back in the spirit (spirit with spirit), it really impresses upon me the need to be aware and conscious of what is happening in my thought life.

The truth is, I haven’t always been on top of that. To be even more truthful, I didn’t even really try sometimes. I would get so worn down with the 1,001 thoughts in my head almost every minute of every day, that I couldn’t imagine what a mind-not-like-that would even be like. But by the grace of God, I can thankfully say that as of this week, I have truly been experiencing - though I always had it through Christ - a sound mind. If you have never thought about your thought life and wondered where some of those “non-you” thoughts were coming from, I encourage you to read about the battle for your mind.

Having a sound mind - or rather, experiencing the sound mind - is a joy and peace that everyone should want for their lives. I struggled so much with my thought life, and I needed God to intervene, and thankfully - as He is always faithful - He did :) I can now experience a greater depth of concentration, freedom from worry or concern, a greater reliance on my Heavenly Father and Christ Jesus, trusting the leadings of His Spirit, and a true sense of peace that is so incredibly comforting. I pray you will experience these same blessings :) They are available to you!

In reality, I could go on, and on, and on, about the amazing Love of Jesus. He alone is probably my most favorite person to talk about - not just person, but overall topic altogether :) Haha, fortunately, He isn’t just a “topic” but also someone you can actually get to know and have a personal relationship with. So often, we miss the discernment of how GREAT His love for us is. But as I grow, and grow, and grow all the more by His grace in Him, the more I see how overwhelmingly deep, high, far, outreaching, tremendous, heavy, total, and complete His profound care and devotion to us is. All He seeks is for the lost to find Him - He is home, and for those who are found, to be His faithful ones. To trust in Him, to get to know Him better. And He especially loves to help us prosper - not just with “things”, but in our spirits, in our souls… in every area of our lives. I’m by no means a millionaire, but the fact that I can wake up, feel refreshed, have energy flowing through me by His grace, and especially a sound mind that I can experience, all because of Christ my savior… I choose the latter any day. The “treasures” of this life, we leave behind. Moth and rust will decay it, if given enough time. But those things that are eternal, are unseen, and they will determine the riches and glory we’ll find on the other side of this living realm into the next. But the greatest gift of all, isn’t a “thing”, it’s a person. Christ Jesus is the prize we should all try our hardest to run towards. If you don’t think you have a reason to do that, just reflect on the reality of hope. Hope is only of God - it is beyond you, it helps to carry you, and it will keep you going even when all else seems lost. Except the “it”, isn’t a “it” at all. It’s God :) It’s our Heavenly Father, Lord Jesus Christ, holding us up by His Spirit, keeping us, even when we don’t see. God is truly love, and where His Spirit is, there is freedom - not freedom to do those things which are unpleasing in His sight, but the greatest freedom of all. The freedom to walk with Him and know Him, for yourself. Intimately. :)

I love you!, whoever you are. Praying blessings, peace, and most of all, salvation to you in His name <3

Today at work, my immediate mentor, Kim Nelson (formerly Kim Salinas, just married, yay!) reminded me of one of my strengths/semi-hinderances: my over-achieving self. :) It was a wonderful reminder, mainly because it was true and I hadn’t heard the phrase in a while. But also because it really helps to put in perspective where some of my challenges come from.
 
In many ways, I am very thankful to have wanted to do exceedingly well, or just to do the most that I can with a given situation, in life. I know that diligence, though not always consistent diligence to 100% of things going on (probably because I took on too many at one time), has blessed my life in terms of how God has been able and was always willing to open so many different doors in my life :) Even in how I love, I love to love you exceedingly much so that you always know, no matter what, that I do :) That’s a good thing. However, I can also go in the negative side of it where I begin to become fretful, unbalanced, and then suddenly start to shut down and appear to need more rest than what I actually do probably need. Why? because stress tires you out, wears you down, and acts like sandpaper on all parts of you that would be good, careful or -free, and effective. Then when you’re worn down and feeling raw, you’re like Whoa! How did I end up with that scar? But God is good and He knows your heart, and He works to help work all of that stuff - the bad stuff inflicted on us/the things we inflict on ourselves as well as all of the good things He wants for us that He’s able to get to us - together for our ultimate good. Oh what peace of mind it is to know my Savior.
 
When I looked at Paul’s life, at first I saw an over-achiever. Someone running around to every city, fighting evil with the help and grace of the Holy Spirit, spreading the Word and sharing the Way so that many more would be saved. I thought, whoa, I have some living-UP to do. LoL, but looking back, I now see a man who simply used his time wisely and effectively regardless the situation. Paul became a speaker, and a writer, and he wrote much of the new testament in times of imprisionment, probably during travel, etc. He just used each day he was given to do the Lord’s work and will through him, for others. It occurred to me today - thank the LORD, what a relief He is hahaha - that each and every day can and is used to help advance the kingdom of God, if that is where your heart is at. Whether it’s sharing with someone who doesn’t believe yet or just encouraging those already within the body, it is all important, all helpful, all a blessing, and God is so good. He reminded me that you don’t have to be older to be wise, though age does have its benefits :) We are all learning, all moving, all trying to help - if that’s where your heart is - advance God’s love and goodness in this world.

So essentially, on the message of satisfaction and resting in it, God has helped bring me through this harrowing process of “Oh gracious, what do I do with my life, and so forth” by helping me to see that regardless of where I’m going, I’m so thankful and satisfied with where I’m at that I just don’t even need to worry about it right now :) I love where I work - working for the Environmental Protection Agency in their labs, I love the people I work with, I love the church I go to here, I adore my little work-in-progress apartment, I enjoy being closer to home than I have been in the past 4-5 years, I love the opportunities I have here to volunteer and just the hope I have for things to come. I am so thankful and grateful in this life that I have, for what it is, which is so much more than I ever thought, dreamed or imagined it would be, and I am SO GRATEFUL for God’s blessings and favor in my life. And having chosen that good thing, which is Him, I know that He won’t be taken away from me and that no matter what, I’m covered by His grace and love, and His Spirit is guiding me more than I could ever imagine :) It’s in that realization of resting in satisfaction of where I am now that I find the peace to continue and to try to do as much as I can to enjoy and appreciate where I am now, in the now, to the extent that I can without wearing myself out to the point of not being useful, effective, or productive :) Jesus will answer your prayers. Ask Him and see :) And too - praise the LORD for beautiful friends and family, family and friends, who support, love and care for me, even in times of feeling absolutely not myself :)

I hope if you’re at a place in life where you’re feeling fretful that you know that there is a love stronger than any disaster or poor-life planning that we may do on our part that is actually guiding you and wanting to guide you even more with a greater love and intimacy than perhaps you’ve ever known before :) I hope that if you know Christ, you’ll embrace the loving hand He has on your life, and if you don’t, I pray you will welcome Him and accept His help, favor, and love - for He already loves you, wants good things for you, and hopes you will accept all of His benefits that come from just knowing who He is. We all grow, we all learn, we all have a long way to go :) But through thick and thin, His love remains, and cares for the seeds we sow. So in those times of feeling lost, and perhaps a little blue, just know that Jesus Christ is still on high, always loving you <3 (yes, I rhyme when I’m happy :D)

Even when everything is going wrong, God is always in the process of making things right. Sometimes when I remember things from my past, things that hurt me to think about, things that make me feel uncertain about where I’m going or even where I’m at currently, I always remember that even when I don’t know what’s going on (which can be frustrating), God knows the plans He has for me. He knows where my heart is, what will be good for it, and what I should do in terms of the future. I really have to wait on Him now because I can’t “think” my way out of the place I’m in. Fortunately though, I know that He is always faithful, and always true.

I hope wherever you are in life, you’re at a joyful stage of your journey :) Bless you in His name <3

The Lord gave me a vision the other day around 5:30am or so as I was lying in bed. I was revealing in the quietness. In the early mornings when the world seems like it’s still sleeping. I could think, hear, listen, rest… it was so peaceful. This is what was shared with me, as I would now love to share it with you who read it :) Blessings in His name: (from my personal journal)

“…God I believe has had to tear through [fears within fears in my life from before] like layers of wallpaper on my heart, to get through to the original creation and thus purpose for [me - which I am still waiting on to be revealed in me by His Spirit :)]. He didn’t blame me for trying to cover over all of my hurts, fears, confusions, let downs… but I realize by covering them, I was only allowing them to remain, where He would not be able to wash them away with His cleansing blood and His [amazing] love. (2 Corin 3:16-17) He wants to be the Master Artist of my life and of my heart (Hebrews 12:2). He wants to display me in His own showroom, yet I, the canvas, must yield to the One who wishes to paint me and what better Master Artist than the One who took the time to make me - frame my edges, [sewed together my original canvas, and] stretched out the cloth of my life before Him, making sure I would be ready. Lol, and though I may have fallen out of [the window in His studio], landed in a dumpster, ended up in a landfill, found by a wandering vagabond of an artist, hand unseemly things portrayed on me [that soaked into] the very fabric my Master Painter had used to form and create me with…. though I was displayed amongst those who perhaps did not have my best interest at hand by the one who cared little for the uniqueness of the farbric within me. And though finally one day I was throw away, discarded with holes and shreds and tatters, in great pain wondering how again could I have ended up in this very same dumpster…. The Master Painter had always been following me. Had always been watching. Had even appeared in the midst of those ghastly galleries and lovingly ran His precious fingers across me, across the very fabric He had spent time, energy, love, patience - the greatest dilligence sewing together, though now so covered that I could barely see until one day I wondered if He had ever even existed at all… He still found me in that dumpster, tattered, broken, in disrepair and He took me back into His studio to completely remake me.

He completely ripped out the old fabric leaving the frame - but cleaning the frame and refurbishing it to His enjoyment, and He completely re-knitted me an entirely new canvas, as nothing from the old one could or should or need to have been used anymore for His new purposes. And He put me back together again and sat me firmly on His easel. And though I sometimes feel like I’m about to fall when the breeze comes through the window, He always stretches forth His hand to stabilize and sturdy me. (1 Corin 15:10, 1 Peter 5:10) To make sure that I know I’m safe… and as I focus on Him, I rest safely in trusting what He has started painting on me. And as He continues this beautiful work, He has started in me, I realize through the varying expressions on His face, how much care He is exercising on me, and I come to see He is not just painting a painting to paint, but He is creating a master peice somewhere along the lines of Mona Lisa’s smile (;) ), but a completely different kind of image and tapestry… This He does, is a labor of love so dear to Him because He knows that one day, He will present me to His Father, and I will be displayed in Heavenly places, to which the Father will say, “well done”. I am so moved by this truth that it inspires me to be still so that His work on me can be accomplished with greater ease and cmofort for us both. That as I wait patiently on Him to choose where the next stroke goes, I see how little I have to do and rather How Much More He does.

Fear has been cast away, and has been replaced with perfect appreciation and love for what the master painter is doing here in my life, on my canvas. Though I won’t be perfectly finished until He thinks I’m ready to be brought home to His father, I will wait patiently for Him, as He has become my only hope - true and confirmed as the soft bristles from His brush tickle me pink! (Philippians 1:6) And perhaps in those days when I seem - or rather feel a little gloomy, perhaps remembering the scars of my old canvas, I will think, know, and remember that He ripped that out and threw it away. That the old one is gone now and I am becoming an entirely new creation in His hands. It gives me the greatest joy, the fullness thereof to which I don’t know where the beginning or end is, just being in His presence, which is always. For He truly never leaves me nor forsakes me, even if I can’t see Him right then (He may be mixing colors together :) [Romans 8:28]). And one day, I will see myself as I really am, and I know that any work of His Hand is Beautiful <3”

:)

This really is the story of my life - and that of every believer. You may be at varying places in the story - we all are at different places in our journey, but you can find your reflection here as a work of art in His eyes. The Master Painter is Jesus, His Father is our Heavenly Father, and the Very Brush is His Precious Holy Spirit, apart from which He does nothing. The frame here is our physical body, but the canvas which is remade is our spirit. The vision and allegory are entirely enlaid with scriptural truths, as this was Spirit and thus Word based inspired, but Psalm 37, which speaks so strongly to God’s character and love for us, (really all the Psalms), is very much apart of this. I believe it would bless you to read and meditate on :)

As always, with love, bless you in His name! <3