Thinking about my Mom Today!

You can’t RUN!

I wanted to commit a sin
To try and cope with my loss
The struggle to overcome was deep within
I chose to look away from the cross

It left me feeling broken
And my grief just increased
My conviction was felt without a word spoken
The grace I experienced was from Jesus, our Most High Priest

I went to my room to lament
To ask for His healing touch
To trust in my faith and repent
Feeling like I was asking too much

Jesus comforted me quickly
Letting me feel His warm embrace
The breaths of deliverance exited thickly
As He poured onto me His Heavenly Grace

At the end of the night
I was free and understood my call
To stand strong in my Faith and Fight
To walk as a Man of God and not a slave who crawls

I bow only to the God of the Most High
Who has saved me from eternal death
Without Him I would surely die
Thankfully He breathed into me His last sacrificial breath

The grief I will have to feel
There is no way for it to be undone
This loss for me is so very real
However, from it I cannot run!

Don’t Figure it out, Faith It Out!

Every time I go to figuring something out in my life, I usually end up a lot more confused or upset with it.  It is almost as if God purposely works in our life quietly to see if we will turn to him.  We usually do, but its after we have fallen flat on our face.  He is constantly throughout the entire bible calling us to Faith.  Having faith, living by faith, pretty much trusting in faith.  We know this, however we choose to figure it out on our own.  I realize I do this with most decisions or situations I am in.  Its not that I don’t take it to God for counsel, but its more like Hey Jesus I know what I want to happen here so come along for the ride.  Well if your like me taking Jesus on a ride with you doesn’t usually end up the way you want it too.  There is this intervention that occurs and divine one at that, where we look around, realize we are being swallowed up by the darkness of our choices and then we beg for his mercy.   I have come to take everything that happens in my life and Faith It Out!!  No more attempting to figure it out, because that’s on my terms, if I choose to Faith It Out, then its fully on God’s terms and His timing.  The timing part for us seems to be unbearable because we live in a get better quick society.  The truth is we need to sit through our pain and allow Jesus to meet us there.  The only way we know how to do that is through prayer and our Faith that he is listening and will answer.  Faithing It Out is my new motto for life.  I believe if we take the “power” away from ourselves and place it totally in Jesus’ hands we can reach those who are broken.  Learning to live life by Faithing it out instead of figuring it out will take patience, commitment and obedience.  As we make decisions, keep it playing over and over again, whether its a small decision or a very tough situation… Don’t Figure It Out, FAITH IT OUT!

One Love, One King, All Christ

living in the Victory of Christ

There is nothing, no shame , no fear, no pain nor anything on Earth or in Heaven or in Hell that can keep us from the victory we have in Jesus Christ. There is no reason for us to remind ourselves over and over again that we are sinners.  We know this, but more than that we are redeemed and are new creations in Christ.  We are also not alone anymore once we have accepted Jesus, we enter and are adopted into Jesus’ family. We must learn to let the Holy Spirit counsel us and bring along side of us someone who can help us with our struggles.  We are not alone in this and by Jesus’ example the disciples never were alone.  Our victory is in the resurrection of Jesus because this is where sin and death were defeated.  We must know that in our victory we have power and the ability to pray for one another.  We must know that our life is for Christ and live for him.  I want to have a life where I am obedient to Jesus and choose to LIVE my life moment by moment for him.  I do not need to remember my defeats, except for the truth that it was the lies of Satan that kept me burdened down and in bondage!  Jesus is always telling us to seek after him and to ask the Holy Spirit to guide us in our walks.  Yes, my friends, you can be successful without Jesus, but you can never be complete.  You can try to fill that void with everything under the sun, but the only thing that can fill that vortex, that black hole, is the Victory we have in Jesus Christ, which is our Salvation.  So stop focusing on our weaknesses and give them over to Christ and let him Shine through you so other may see and want to receive their Victory in Jesus!

One Love, One King, All Christ!