You take the TEST . The results are POSITIVE . You are  GOOD to go. The next morning you take the  TEST . The results are  NEGATIVE . You are  NOT SO GOOD  to go. What if there was a TEST  that revealed whether you were GOOD enough or NOT SO GOOD  enough? Oh a GOOD  enough result would put a pep in your step. But a NOT GOOD enough result would either make you wallow or strive harder to achieve the POSITIVE  result. So you decide to stop taking the TEST because you are tired o

I never knew what I signed up for, when ONCE UPON A TIME AGO I invited JESUS  into my heart. I never knew that when I invited  JESUS  into life it was because HE  invited me first. HE  wanted me just as I was, so that HE  could make me ALL HIS . Did I know that I would face some things about myself that I didn't want to face? Did I know that I would give up some things that I thought I would never give up? Did I know that I would lose some people in my life? Did I know that I

Be Always READY, for HE  is  NEVER LATE. You hear it loud and clear. KNOCK. KNOCK. KNOCK. The introduction that there is someone at your door. You first make sure you are dressed appropriately. You then took a quick look around your home to make sure it is a wee better than messy. You slowly go towards the DOOR.   But then you lookthrough the window panes to see WHO  it is. Your  HEART starts thumping, because you KNOW t hat you are not ready to RECEIVE THIS  visitor. It is J

The blind men approached JESUS. They wanted to  SEE . But did they really, as  JESUS questioned them, “Do you believe [with a deep, abiding trust] that I am able to do this?” * Did you catch that? JESUS  asking them if they BELIEVED. But to BELIEVE  what? If JESUS  was ABLE to heal them. So what was this really about. Was it about their being  HEALED  or was it about their FAITH in who JESUS  is? Hmm. To BE ABLE~ "to be or become sufficient to meet a need or task" (logos) Hm

I wish I could SEE IT. But if I could SEE IT, would it be FAITH ? "Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality—faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses]" (Hebrews 11:1) Therefore, If "faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see" ~ Why do I spend so much time, with my eyes focu

HE saw her. She was still. No movement. No breath. As those around her were filled with grief. And then HE spoke " The child is not dead, but asleep" * And as they heard these words that did not match what they saw~ "they laughed at HIM scornfully" * Oh but that didn't stop JESUS~ "But HE sent them out and took the father and mother of the child and those who were with HIM into the room where she was. Then, taking her by the hand, HE said to her, 'Talitha koumi,' which me

I grew up with the lie that I was not allowed to be HAPPY,   because every time I was HAPPY I was picked apart until HAPPY was so longer. This lie followed me throughout life so that I became my own worst enemy. Every time I was HAPPY, I would have to jeopardize it , because I believed the lie. But then I found JOY “ YOU turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy"    (Psalm 30:11) GOD gave me PERMISSION to live beyond HAPPY, by filling me

What if  GOD  stopped pouring out HIS BLESSINGS & HIS FAVOR upon you? Now what a horrible thought, yet I thought it. Because I love when I have those MOUNTAIN TOP experiences when GOD  blows my socks off, even though I don't ever wear them. Oh to be on THE MOUNTAINTOP, when I feel like MOSES  when GOD  spoke to him through the burning bush. All because of GOD'S GRACE, when HE  shows HIS  face to me. Oh those moments when  THE HOLY SPIRIT  chill bumps run through my body, beca

ONE DAY EVERYTHING  will be like it was created to be~ PERFECT PARADISE in THE PERFECT GARDEN, without a crafty little snake tempting an...

I hear the words DO NOT, yet I so get distracted wondering why I am to DO NOT, so that I end up   DOING  what I am   NOT   supposed to be...