Good Morning, my web bound friends....I am in awe today!! Yesterday was not such a great day and as I rose, this morning, I can honestly admit, that I believed today would follow in the same sort of vein!! Not so, I open my email to find many messages, from the ones who love and support me, my angels, my sisters, my friends......I read a quote once that said "friends hold us up when we don't have the strength to stand" and this morning, I am a firm believer in that!! Thanks to all of you, who became my strength to stand!! Admittedly, I tend to be more pessimistic than not. I'm working on it, but let's face it, Rome was not built in a day. I was sure today was going to be as crappy as yesterday was!! Then the Voice of my Savior permeated the room and I heard Him say "Lisa, let it rise". I have learned, in my past travels and travails, that when God takes the time to audibly speak to me, then for Heaven's sake and my own, I'd best listen!! So I sat back down on my bed and closed my eyes. I envisioned all of my negative thoughts and feelings as little black balloons, all tied together, with strings and as I let them all go, they rose into the sky. God reached down and with His finger, he popped each balloon and it became a beautiful butterfly.....and suddenly, I was surrounded by a sky full of butterflies. The only thing I could do, in that moment was to sit there and start singing "Something beautiful, something good. All my confusion, He understood. All I had to offer Him was brokenness and strife, but He made something beautiful of my life." and then I heard Him say "This is for My Glory"......I may not see the bigger picture now, but am faithful that there will come a day when I will have His eyes and see as He sees.....Right now, I am surrounded with giants of fear and failure. They taunt me, they laugh at me...they keep me chained to the person I was, before I was redeemed. King David was faced with a giant once, when he was just a boy! Goliath marched forward with his sword and shield, shouting "Where is your God now," and David stood his ground. His shield was his faith in God. His sword was a simple stone that when used for His glory, knocked that giant down, killing him. With one mighty flick, from the wrist of a young boy who believed, had faith and the common sense to listen to the voice of his Heavenly Father, that giant fell. God is greater than giants, no matter how big they are or what they represent and God is greater than my past, He's greater than my fear.....So, today, when the devil comes at me, with his sword and shield, I'll look at him, throw three fingers in his face and yell "Whatever" knowing that I fight, not for the glory or benefit of myself, but for the glory and the benefit of His Kingdom and going back to Romans Chapter 8 (probably my most favorite entire chapter in the Bible) verses 28-39
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. We are more than conquerors through Him who loves us and nothing (not Twinkies or Double Cheeseburgers or Banana Splits) in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus!! Today, those giants are going to fall....they aren't going to keep me from eating right, from going to the gym or from cleaning my house. So be forewarned giants!! You're day of demise has come!! No longer will you torment me with your lies....Get thee behind me!! I'm claiming it for the Glory of God, for He is Mighty to Save!!
Enjoy your weekend, my friends and if I don't see you this weekend, I'll see you again on Monday.....Remember to love as He loves and take care of each other.
In Him
Lisa
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