Bending Your Ear A Bit

i am uncertain how to begin this post because it may sound as if i am bragging... but hang with me for a minute (or more, or less even....). i have always suspected (known) i was attractive, even going as far as thinking i was quite a prize. but the other day God told me i am Beautiful.

now, i know that sounds pretty lame. but to have a full and complete knowledge, as i look in the mirror, that my Creator says i am beautiful. i could see something from within showing on my face. not the beauty of skin or coloring. it has nothing to do with my new do or the make-up i carefully apply each day. there is something within that demands to get out. and for the first time I SEE IT.

if i stop paying attention to God, it begins to fade from my view. each time i spend some of my very precious time with God the beauty shows forth again. i notice i feel compassion and love toward my husband in a new way. i see others differently, (hehe) better. my view of the circumstances changes and i acknowledge God's guideance. it has nothing to do with me being anything or having anything. it is totally God.

personally i am making a specific request before my Papa. i would ask that, if it is placed on your heart, you would join me in agreement. it is not for my marriage (specifically), or personal gain. but i trust that if you are to join me God will place within your heart the desire to agree with me - whether you know what it is or not.

on another trail. have you noticed the political policies for marriage and civil unions has become a major issue - whether marriage is one man and one woman. satan is putting an all out attack on marriage (even non-christian based ones) and family. he is attacking anything that even hints of goodness - the union that God puts together with marriage. please add to your prayers this situation. marriage must be protected and fought for. families must be protected and fought for in our prayers. time is at hand to stand.

and remember it has nothing to do with people, flesh and blood people. the enemy is not someone you see or hear about. it is a real enemy that is totally against God and what God has said is good. continue in your love of people. love brings people closer and offers healing, but do not give in to what satan is trying to accomplish in this culture. remember he is defeated, we put voice to that defeat in our prayers and see his plans demolished. God wants families blessed, marriages blessed, children blessed and equipped for the future. and that is our job, to prepare the next generation for what is to come.

at women's group lisa bevere shared the topic of when women are to strike. women are not meant for battle or to BE on the battlefield. women are given a sense of things coming so they can offer it to God and deal with things before they become an issue. God will anoint/bless whatever we have at our disposal. we do not strike at men, or our children. we do not strike at people, satan is the enemy and we are equipped to deal with him.

it is not that we do not fight or hold tightly to something - but we have to funnel that into the correct path. we are to strike whenever the boundaries of love and life are crossed. we fight to prevent death and loss, to promote dignity, to preserve life, wisdom, and virtue. our weapons are like arrows. arrows are for advance attacks before the battle is engaged (this is where we sometimes see things before they happen). we launch our children into position so they will not be afraid of the future. as we see things coming in the future we can prepare them for it. children should never be held back because of OUR fears, they will have to face what we don't.

we also have the ability to call for help from our Creator. He is poised and ready to answer before we even state in prayer what is needed or ask for the assistance. He is ever ready and waiting for us to put voice to what is needed. Isaiah 65:24 "before they call, I will answer, while they are still speaking, I will hear." when we see something coming we must not fear its coming, we must send an answer by praying. if we don't know what words to speak we can pray the Word, and if we don't know what scripture to stand on then we must pray in the Spirit - but something must be done. even rejoicing in the Lord and the knowledge that He has an answer releases something.

God has given us the ability to bring healing to a situation. we can restore life to ourselves or a loved one (what a gift that is). we can bring life to a situation when we listen to Wisdom and then speak, or be silent - whichever Wisdom counsels. i have a new respect for gentleness, meekness, a mild temperament. NOT weakness, there is STRENGTH in these behaviors. being the one to bring peace into a situation and not inflame it. what power - to calm a raging storm. when we listen to what God says about a situation we can be part of the solution. we can totally turn a situation with our loved ones by invoking God's healing power to take place, all it takes is a little quieting of our thoughts and listening to counsel.

we are bombarded with images of women "warriors". the picture of strength because they can destroy the enemy by beating the heck out of them. but this is not our forte. ask yourself - what is better a killing stroke or healing? to destroy a city or to feed an enemy? to be the hand that brings restoration or the one that divides?

we are made for winning - not battling each other. our allies are men, and each other. we must be examples for the next generation so they won't lose perspective and values. we are givers, givers of time, food, clothes, money, encouragement, whatever God has put into our hands. He has blessed it to answer the need in someone. so much better to be an answer than a problem. if we don't find some way to give then we will find our life is drying up.

so take courage and realize that there is purpose and hope, no matter the situation. God knew what was going to happen, and He equipped us with a voice to ask for the answer and faith to believe it will come to pass. we are able to win and see the victory. God has given everything we need. my prayer is that you will come to know the fullness of God in your life.