Healing

There's physical healing, mental healing, spiritual healing, and emotional healing. What I'm about to talk about is physical healing. This is something that I've seen occur in other people and experienced it with my daughters. Both of them were healed while they were in my womb. Jedidiah was pronounced a miscarriage then after much prayer and faith she was brought back to life. Sophia had spots on her heart and a diagnosis of possible Downs Syndrome and after much prayer and faith she too was healed and born perfectly normal! So I guess I've experienced healing in a way but still don't consider it me even though it took place inside my body.
But just this past weekend our pastor talked about healing and why Jesus was and still is called the ultimate Physician. Well I've been having lots of back and neck discomfort and tension and even that day in church I was so uncomfortable. I kept rubbing my neck hoping it would just loosen up but it didn't. At the end of his message he invited anyone who needed healing to the front to receive prayer. So I went in faith knowing that I would be healed. A lady began to pray for me and she began to anoint my head with oil. At the very moment she placed her fingers on my forehead I felt a warmth coming from my forehead down the back of my neck and all the way down my back! Instantly the tension and discomfort was gone. My shoulders were relaxed and I felt amazing! I experienced physical healing! Since Saturday I have not had the tension in my neck or back it's been great. Praise God He still heals today!

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Love, Love, Love

Everybody needs it, everyone wants it. Most can't grasp it, very few comprehend it. It's simple yet complicated. It's required but not mandatory. Many think it's natural but in actuality it's a choice. It's tangible, it's audible, it's visual. That's just my description but let's let the author of life describe this phenomenon...Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. (1 Cor 13:4-8)

I chose to write about love today because God is teaching me that everything in life roots from one of two things; anything negative, wrong or evil roots from Pride. And everything positive, good, perfect and heavenly roots from Love. (If you want to know what pride looks like just read the above passage oppositely than it reads...pride is not patient, pride is not kind. It does envy...)There are many religious beliefs out there and so many "doctrines", do's and don'ts and different cultural views but when you come to the very bottom line of everything...remove all the intellectual thoughts and preconceived ideas of spiritual things...it all comes down to love!

God teaches us to love one another because that's what Jesus did, He loved. He was compassionate. Jesus told us that it was a choice to love not something you fall into like everyone talks about now days. No it's a choice to love or to hate. He said Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic. Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. Do to others as you would have them do to you.

"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' love those who love them. And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' do that. And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' lend to 'sinners,' expecting to be repaid in full. But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. (Luke 6:27-36)

Our greatest example in how to live life should be taken from the one man who lived here and faced the same challenges we face but truly did everything perfectly without flaw. He left us many messages, teachings and mysteries to unveil but the strongest and most obvious one of all...He said to Love!

Here are my two ladies at play. Jedidiah is such a big sister. Here she was sitting in front of Sophia showing her how to play with a toy till I asked her to turn around for a picture. And Sophia loves her Jedidiah! She laughs at her all the time even when Jedidiah is getting in trouble...typical sister behavior. Even at this young age they play well together. I can't wait to see them running around the house building playhouses and pretending to grocery shop. It's gonna be so cute. They are growing so fast, I can't believe that Sophia is already sitting up all by herself and Jedidiah is potty trained! What is happening to the time?

Season of Wait

So I constantly say to myself that I don't have time for a Facebook or MySpace account. I barely have time to check my regular email. But here I am...blogging! I spoke with a friend today that I haven't spoken with in a long time. He told me he's been journaling...wow I miss that. I used to journal all the time, to the point that I had organized journals...go figure; anyone who knows me well enough is probably shaking their head right now. There were specific purposes to my journals; Prayer journal, Daily life journal, Love journal (cute little things about my Danny that I loved) Church journal and who knows what else. But somewhere between getting pregnant for the first time and becoming a stay-at-home mom of 2 it all stopped. But I've decided to start journaling again and try to keep up to date with technology.

Life can get busy at times and if I'm not careful I can get "busy" doing a whole lot of nothing. That's one place I don't want to be...the land of idleness. I'm in a season of waiting right now. The Lord has impressed a desire in my heart as well as placed the vision in my sight to be a speaker, teacher and motivator to women of many kinds. In this vision I've seen myself speaking to large crowds of women, teaching young women about their awaited desitiny and even writing books! This is a pretty big plate and my life at the moment looks nothing at all like my calling. But I'm in a season of waiting. Something I've been learning in this season is that waiting is not to be confussed with idleness. Waiting is not the abscense of activity, to wait is to be prepared for when the season changes. Idelness on the other hand, is to actually do nothing. The Lord is showing me that the Promise of God seldom ever looks like the Will of God. When God speaks a promise He'll take you into His will to prepare you for the promise. The Isrealites were promised a free life in a land flowing of milk and honey yet their will was to live in a dessert 40 years. Why? Because they had to do the will of God first in order to receive the promise. And God has revealed so much of His character to me through motherhood. Here's how it looks in the natural eye: I tell Jeididah,"I'm going to take you to get ice cream and then we'll play in the park for hours and after that we'll watch a movie." So her response would of course be "yay!!!!" But then I say to her, "but first you need to clean up your toys and help with the laundry." Ok wait, this is totally different than ice cream, playing and a movie! God has showed me that first I must do His will then I'll be prepared for the promise...I must wait while doing. I must be obedient to the preparation. If I stay idle I'll never get to the promise. I must wait and do His will which right now looks nothing like the Promise. Until next time...wait.