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Musings with my Jesus glasses on!!

Man, we are living in interesting times as I am sure that anyone who watches a daily newscast understands, there is just so much uncertainty. It's almost as if we are living on the edge of a cliff and one more push and we're over the edge. And the push may not necessarily come from weak financial markets or a threat to national security, but from personal turmoil.


The word says that God will shake the earth and heaven, who is feeling the beginnings of an earthquake in their life? Man, I came back to work and there was a whole lot of shaking going on, at least for me. Every comfort that I had which were far apart and few in between were taken away. It literally came to point where I was in the hallway with a chair that I was standing on to put up some paper, and somebody came out of a room and asked for it. I almost lost it!!!

What does an earthquake do? Let me see... earthquakes causes a major shift in the earth's crust... things that are just below the surface which were unseen are revealed.. many man-made structures fail... volcanoes can erupt... tsunamis can occur...



Well me I can honestly although it has been difficult at times its the most secure I have ever felt. I just have this inner peace....mmmmm.....I love it!!! Occasionally I am not able to connect to it, when circumstances shift too rapidly, but I always come back to it.







Webster's Definition of Purity: The quality or state of being pure
PURE
1.    free from what vitiates, weakens, or pollutes
2.    containing nothing that does not properly belong
3.    free from moral fault or guilt
4.    marked by chastity
5.    of pure blood and unmixed ancestry

Purity, cleaning living, or holiness are many words use to describe the same thing. The million dollar question is, "How does one obtain it?" It is obliviously important to God. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.* Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, ** …and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord*** are scriptures that indicate how He feels about purity. Purity is also walking in integrity. Doing what is right when no one is looking. I hear the walls of defense going up right now!! I can hear the words in your heart that are saying "No one is without fault!!" or "Everyone makes mistakes!!" or "Nobody is Perfect!" This is true as you walk through life you will fall short at times. As I began to write this I was reminded of all my shortcomings, those little white lies, cutting corners at work, murmuring and complaining. This short list doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of my faults. So how does one meet God's standards of purity in this earthly journey? To walk in true purity you must understand it is really a matter of the heart. It's a love thang!!! Why? Because you can walk as straight as an arrow and still not be pure in heart. Purity is not something that can be earned; you cannot work for it by going to church three days a week or reading your bible religiously, or fasting, although these things work in their proper place. Purity is not earned because people do all of those things and still live impure lives, or to put another way they live like the devil. So now that we know that true purity is a matter of the heart, it is birthed into our lives out of love not obligation, from a heart that is captivated by love for Jesus. Before anyone can birth anything, somebody had to have some relations first, I know it may sound crude but it true it's how we all got here, God made things work that way. But the same is true in our spiritual lives the word says that the Lord is our husband or that we are the bride of Christ. So now it's time to GET DOWN WITH THE LORD!! No I'm joking, but we do need to spend time with him daily, in a personal intimate way however He leads. Surrender your heart Him, trust me you will not regret it. When we think of the consequences of an impure lifestyle we often focus on the eternal ramifications. Yet, the consequences of an impure lifestyle are immediate. Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see the Lord.* This can be a daily reality, seeing the Lord. OK probably not physically, but as you spend time with him, he will see about you and the things that you care about, he will remove the impurities. You will see him and get to him know ways you never did before. True purity is not a burden, but a delight!!!! Going back to the lover analogy, because I want you to understand how this works, case in point, my friend calls me and ask me to do A, B and C. Ok girl I'll get to when I have time. But let that be someone you like, let's be real, your response time will be immediate. For the ladies, your sweetheart asks you to fix his lunch and he will get a lunch fit for a King. For the gentlemen, your sweetheart asks you wash her car, that car is coming back not only washed but the interior will be clean and smelling good, the chrome shining, the windows sparkling, etc. When Jesus becomes our sweetheart, he ask you to stop that lying, you love him so much you can't resist. Boom it's done. With all this being said I think I need to go find Jesus right now because I got issues…. J
I am attaching song by Frankie Valli Can't Take My Eyes off You, l know many of you know it. This is how the Lord feels about us and it's how we need to feel about him. We captivate Jesus' heart; he is in love with us. If we can get relationship right with him, the other ones in our lives will fall into place.
*Matt 5:8
**Hebrews 12:14b
***Psalms 24:4

Hey I answered my own question!!! This is what is wrong with the church, were not loving Jesus nearly enough as we should.




Can't Take My Eyes Off Of YOU!!!

CBN.com - The Christian Broadcasting Network - Spiritual Gifts - Intimacy for Miracles

Who CAN you trust?

EVERYBODY!?!? ANYBODY???? SOMEBODY??!? NOBODY?!!! MYSELF!?!

No I am not going through a major betrayal right now, although I do have some scars on my back you know from the knives that have occasionally landed there. Who hasn't been betrayed or betrayed someone else. It's a part of life....


The lesson here for me is to learn where to place my trust. My childhood has warped me on this one, I had a lot of trustworthy/dependable people in my life. Which was great in one sense that I don't have lots of other issues, but I tend to be naive. I want to give people the benefit of the doubt, see the good in them, but this leaves me vulnerable. This is what I know and what I am use to, so its hard to get away from that mentality. Yet over the coarse of the last few years, Lord has been gently removing the scales from my eyes. I have happened to notice so many leaders in the secular arena and in the church, fall from grace. Leaders falling from grace is nothing new, it happened in the first church when a couple lied to the Holy Spirit and fell dead on the spot. At first seeing all of this happen was very hard for me, my heart would just grieve for days and it still does when I hear of things but I just shake it off quicker. The "hows" and the "whys" come, blah blah, blah... I just need to get it in my head and heart that the only one that will never let me down is Jesus and to take people at face value.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TRUST SCRIPTURES~~~~~~~~~

It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. ps 118:8

The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe. ps 29:25

Do not put your trust in princes, Nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help ps 143:6

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding pr 3:5

This is the first day I had totally free in a while, and somehow I started working on this blog and have added some things to it and kind of made it my own. So maybe I will use it a little more often and let you into this pretty little head of mine.

Last night I kind of had a chip on my shoulder... My thoughts were "Lord what is wrong with your church?!" I asked the Lord this because another leader in the church has fallen from grace and then there are other things. Every time something like this occurs it breaks my heart because it makes God look weak, when its man that is weak and people get hurt in the process. So I was on my soapbox to the Lord, complaining more than crying out to him. Remember the saying "when you point at someone 3 fingers are pointing back at you", well there you go I had to repent. The sum is only as good as it parts, so it is going to require individuals to work out their own salvation (with fear and trembling according to the bible) to improve the condition of the church. So that leads me to ask "WHAT AM I DOING on a individual basis to improve the condition of the church?" I know I can't change me only Christ can, but I can yield myself to him for servicing. To be very honest, that is easier said than done. Where do we begin? How do we maintain? I can always get off to a good start but fade out eventually. I know this is not a question that is easily answered. Why? Because we do not live in perfect conditions, we have jobs, families and other things necessary to daily living. One thing that I know for sure is I want to live a life totally sold out to Christ.

NO MORE SHACKLES!! NO MORE CHAINS!!!!! I AM FREE YEAH!!! HALLELUJAH!!!

I have not wrote on here in a while I think I am ready to commit myself to this. I'm kind of tired of pen and paper, I need a new forum. In this new forum I want to be completely transparent and honest. I WANT TO BE ME!!!!

Have you ever thought about how hard it is just to be yourself. From the time you come out of the womb people are trying to impose themselves on you. Mom wants you to be a lawyer and dad wants you to be doctor. And grandma has her wishes for you, etc etc etc. Then teachers have expectations. Everybody means well, but it is easy to become lost in that. Some people rebel early on in their life for the good or the bad. Some others like myself try to please everyone including myself, but now I feel trapped in fear. If don't do this then this will happen or if I don't that then this will happen. Man today the thought crossed my mind to walk away from it all. Would I starve or have to live on the streets? I doubt it, things would have to become really really bad for that to happen. God would have to fall off the throne or something and that ain't happenin'!!! Which leads me to ask "what's up with me, why am I so uptight?" Why can't I just lay down and trust God, through and through, out and out. WHY? Don't get me wrong I have worked through a lot of my issues over the last few years, but I want to be completely free!!! Too much such still bothers me, I'm too easily knocked off my square.

I don't want end on a negative note, I have to believe what a friend said to me last and that is , "We have the VICTORY in JESUS!"

I have not decided exactly what I want the theme of my blog to be. I'm just trying something new here, but hopefully it will have positive consequences. Maybe it will even be uplifting or inspiring to someone.

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