Clean

By His Crown He wore,

my thoughts are purified.

By the nails in His hands,

my works are sanctified.

By His broken heart,

my heart been revived

that the Father may be Glorified.

His shed blood my sanctification,

His torn flesh, my consecration.

Lord, santify me

as Thou has done for me

on the Cross at Calvary.

By your deeds, not mine,

I receive my consecration

for you are the One True Vine.

He gave Himself willingly

He suffered, bled and died

and in his pain and agony

it was unto Thee He cried.

Not for Himself with pity

His death was not in vain

by by faith and believing,

it is I whose soul He gained.

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The seed of His death

became the havest of life,

we are His children

the seed of the First Born.

Merry Christmas

Merry Blessed Christmas to you. If you are interested in card making, please visit my other blog, The Paper Handmaiden....I am looking forward to meeting some sisters and hope you each have a wonderful and safe Christmas.

What is a Woman?

What is a Woman?

I call her beloved,

altogether lovely.

A woman is made in the image of God,

yet she is not alone

outside of man.

That is why she is desirous of him.

I call my church "Bride".

She is mine

and to be protected.

Ask me of woman

for I have made her.

I know her

for I am her creator.

Do not be afraid

to come to me as a woman,

Did I not make you thus?

I know your needs,

your vulnerability,

yet you and I are one.

If you abide in me

you shall move and breath

and have your being in Me.

I Am is your Beloved,

I Am is your covering.

Do not be afraid of the

faces of men.

Their comments or their criticisms say:

I Am is my beloved,

I Am is my keeper,

I Am is My protection,

I Am is all my need,

for all I need is Him.

"I am my Beloved's and He is mine, His banner over me is love."

Are you at the Inn or The Stable?

This Christmas season I have really been focused on the difference between what was going on at The Inn and what was going on in the stable. Like Martha and Mary, we have a choice on Christmas to be at the Inn or at the Stable in our hearts and minds.

The Inn was all booked up with those registering as commanded by the king. There must have been some very interesting conversations about the "government, more taxes, the long journey,..." Meanwhile, in the very back of the Inn there was the true King being born.

Did the Angel and the Multitude of Heavenly Host go to the Inn? No....They went to the Shepherds keeping watch over their flock by night.

To all the Shepherds keeping watch over your flock may the Lord Bless you with peace and a wonderful renewal of His Good News--

To the multitude worried about the economic melt down and the government and all the concerns we can clearly see, look away for a moment. Gaze on the Savior so far removed from this world's system and saying: Peace on Earth--Good Will to Men" For the Government of the people shall be upon His Shoulders". Let Him carry the busyness of the season--you can be still and know that He is God.

I wonder if we went to Bethlehem would we find Martha at the Inn and Mary at the stable? Choose the better part--sit at His feet.

God Bless

Mountains in Your Life

Your mountains overwhelm you.

They surround you on all sides.

Yet, I leap over your mountains.

I skip across their peaks.

Have I not said all things are under My feet?

Do not be overcome with anxiety in the valley;

for it is in the valley you are able to see

the depth, breadth and height

of the mountains in your life.

Look up, look up and behold the Son of God.

Look to the hills,

to the top of the mountain

from whence comes your help.

Enter Into the Holy Place

Enter into the Holy Place

Behold, I have rent the veil

that you might enter in

and have fellowship and protection with Me.

As you look at those things in the past

you will no longer see them with clarity

for they will be blurred by the veil.

You dwell with Me inside the temple.

The Holy Temple of God.

Those other things dwell without

and cannot enter in.

Only enter in with a pure mind

and a clean heart.

Have I not said that I go before the Father

making intercession for the saints day and night?

Look to Me

Gaze upon My face.

Behold My beauty and

not those things outside the veil,

but those things within the veil.

For in this you shall have peace of mind,

knowing that I died for you

and that I live for you.

Come into My presence

and leave your cares outside.

They cannot come in,

this is your way of escape.

Surrender

Surrender

I invited in
He who is perfect in love
to cast out all my fears.

Since perfect love casts out all fear
and since I am not perfect,
I asked He who is perfect in love to
go into those deep places where
fears hide
and just to cast them out,
because perfect love cast out all fear.

Therefore, it is finished
He has my permission
and I am not afraid of Him
going to the deep places
that only He knows of,
and that I dare not go.

I will trust Him
who knows no fear.

Gladly surrender to Him
in order to better serve Him-
He who is the only true God and Master.

I am not afraid
neither will I fear,
for He now has control
of those things which have
been held back.

I surrender all--

I Am My Brother's Keeper

My Brother's Keeper

I am my Brother's keeper

I'll know no other task

till I can safely lead him

to holy ground at last.

No obstacle too mighty

nor problem to small

but as my brother's keeper

I will listen to them all.

The sin of Cain toward Abel

was simply said like this,

I'm not my brother's keeper

and love I will resist.

Yet from they throne in Heaven

you call to me an say,

"are you ready to do battle

for the brotherhood today?"

They are not your brothers

only in some cold ecclesiastical way

but brothers are they in Me,

for this is My only way.

I AM is your keeper,

your brother's yes

and they and you

must walk close by Me

to mister My way.

Yeah I Am With You Always

Yeah, I am with You Always

Stephen lifted his face towards Heaven in the midst of being stoned, and said "Father lay not this sin to their charge."

God doesn't change the will of men. They willed to kill Stephen the way they willed to kill Jesus.

Yet, in the midst of all that,Stephen had great grace for he knew who he loved and he knew Who it was whom he served.

In that knowing, he was able to be above the will of men, he was in God's will "to love your enemies". His life in Christ was short, yet more powerful than many or any since.

The will of men to kill is never stronger than God's grace, mercy or promise that "yeah I am with the always even unto the end of the age.

Love Like Rain

Love Like Rain

My love descends as a gentle mist

and no one goes untouched.

As the rain falls on the just and the unjust,

so does My love.

But your love is partial

and it goes to whom you deem.

My love is to whom I will.

Your love too must fall on all you meet,

for if you walk as I have walked,

in My love and not yours,

then it shall descend to whom I will.

Your least likely

is My greatest potential.

He's Ever The Shepherd

He is Ever the Shepherd

Don't let the hardness of the way

mar your vision of Me.

I am the Gentle Shepherd you first knew.

I Am still the Water of Life,

and I long to guide you to the wells.

I am the Gentle Guide,

listen to My soft voice.

Don't let the loudness of your circumstances

muddle My call.

I Am you tender hand to hold you and lead you.

I long to comfort you and love you with

My touch.

Come to Me with expectation,

You need not look far,

for I Am in the midst of you.

With loving kindness and tender mercy

shall I gather you to Me.

The Lamb of God is your Shepherd.

My love for you never changes.

Come away with Me

and I will give you rest.

The Eye of Faith

SEEING WITH THE EYE OF FAITH

You have not known Me

neither have you perceived Me

in that which is nearest to your heart.

You have looked with the natural eye

yet I have said

you shall see with the Eye of Faith.

You cannot serve God and mammon too,

for there shall be division.

A divided heart knows no direction

for it is simultaneously being pulled

in two different directions.

I have called you to serve Me

with a single eye.

Know ye not

that it is I

who has given you all that you have

and I will give you specific direction and guidance.

Bend your ear toward Heaven

and listen for the voice of your Father,

for I shall whisper this is the way,

walk ye in it.

And you shall know

that the Master has guided you.

Be not afraid to respond to My direction

for in obedience you shall find rest for your weary soul,

A soul that is hard pressed for answers.

And do not be dismayed or overwhelmed

by that which has been given into your hands

for I shall surely lead you and guide you.

See with the Eye of Faith

that which I am establishing in you

and through you.

For out of this established place

shall rives of living water flow

and where I call to waters to run,

they shall run,

and where I dam up the flood,

the waters shall be dammed.

Keep your eyes on Me

and listen often

to My voice,

for in seeing and listening,

you shall receive direction.