A New Day

A New Day is here and I want to encourage you in saying, if your dreams did not manifest this past year then do not lose heart. Our Papa has been working on your behalf to bring about your destiny. Each day brings you to a place of hope if you keep your focus on our Creator. His heart is for your good and every good thing comes from Him. It is easy to become detached, hopeless and discouraged if your focus is misguided. If you can keep looking towards the goal through the filter of the goodness of God then you will be able to achieve everything that is in you and more. Misguided focus becomes a deterrent instead of a motivational force of achievement. Spending time with Our Lord will give you the direction you will need in the upcoming year. There will be many distractions to prevent you from achieving your heart's desire if you allow it to be your compass. The only compass you need is in your heart. It is the direction from the Lord and He is the only one who knows where you need to be at all times, so keep your eyes, ears and heart tuned toward the throne, the seat of authority on which we stand. The way, the truth and the light is the source for the destiny in you to be fulfilled. Worship, seek, ask, converse, be thankful and you will see the heart's desire manifest into your life by His great Hand. This is the year of Light and Revelation. There will be more of His light flowing through His Bride, more light of His salvation, more light of His love being poured out to you. Now is the time to pour out your love by ministering to Him. When you shift from trying to meet your needs and decided to love with all of your heart the King of Kings, the Father and the Holy Spirit then your life will take a path that will lead you to a place that your heart has been longing for. You will learn what real love is and nothing will prevent you from giving that love to others. So go forth into the nations (your realm of influence) with His banner of love over you and you will see great signs, wonders and miracles happening right before your eyes. The old patterns of believe that are not kingdom focused need to be dealt with so the pattern of the life of Jesus can be released into your life. The year of 2012 is a year of great hope, restoration and the birth of the great awakening.

A Christmas gift for one of my friends.

Painting

I feel the brush strokes inside me, colors wanting to burst forth in vivid feelings of truth pent up within my spirit. They want to escape from my heart onto a white canvas of reality that is beyond my touch. How do I paint love and light? I sit and ponder what was, what is and what is to come and together, swirling... past, present, future merging as one thought, one feeling, one emotion and one truth. I make a decision and pick up my brush and release truth into this reality we call the world.

Christmas List

CHRISTMAS LIST: 1. Peace on Earth (for real…I’m talking about the real peace…Prince of Peace. It is the peace that the shepherds were told about while tending their flocks, the peace in you when He is the center of your life, the peace that passes all understanding. That kind of peace isn’t created by man it only comes from the Trinity, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Peace on Earth is number one on my Christmas list.

2. Joy to the World is number two on my list. Joy is hard to come by especially in this world full of hardship. Joy doesn’t come all wrapped up with a nice bow on top. It bubbles up from within you by His touch. It is also a choice to be embraced by seeing His face and not looking at the troubles or the lack in your life but by knowing deep in your heart that He came to this earth as a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes laying in a manger for everyone’s salvation. Yes, joy to the world is the joy of knowing the King of Kings and Lord of Lords!

3. I want to be wise like the Wise Men that traveled great distances to bring gifts to Jesus Christ the King. They found written in the skis the birth of the Savior and they believed and then took action. It took them three years to reach Him and nothing would stop these Wise Men from bringing the Messiah the gifts for a Prophet, Priest and King. Myrrh was given to prophets as a gift because of the bitterness that prophets would sometimes speak. Frankincense was given as a gift to the priest because they used it as incense to burn as they approached the altar in worship. Gold was always brought as a gift to kings because it was a valuable, precious metal and it symbolizes wealth and royalty. I want to be like the Wise Men and honor Christ with my gifts of obedience, (like myrrh’s bitterness it is hard to let go of my own desires and ways of doing things) love and devotion (love is valuable and precious and given from the heart it is pure gold) worship (like the sweet aroma of frankincense as I live my life in worship for the Lord) So number 3 on my Christmas list has to be… becoming wise like the Wise
Men!

4. I think to hear the herald angles singing glory to the Risen King and joining in would be an incredible experience. It would beat hands down anything materialist on this earth. Can you imagine what that would sound like? Yes, that is what I want to experience, to sing with angles about how wonderful and beautiful our Lord Jesus is. Wow, two thousand years ago, the angles came to the shepherds tending their flock and told them of the birth of Emmanuel and then the angles began to sing of His great glory! Therefore, number four on my list is definitely to sing with the angles!

5. For Christmas this year I want to become the manger. It’s an odd gift but think about it like this. The manger was carved and built by the carpenter’s hand creating something from a tree to hold nourishment. It wasn’t made from silver or gold and it wasn’t displayed on a fine table for everyone to admire. This manger was found in a barn where Jesus was laid gentle down and the Messiah, the King of all Kings and the Light for this world, the Manna from Heaven is where he rested. To carry this beautiful gift in a humble way is my desire and to be craved and crafted by His hand so others can see The Light of His glorious presence in me. Number five on my Christmas list is to become “The Manger.”

Thanksgiving Is Near

 

Seasons Of Change

   We all go through seasons of change and hope we become just a beautiful as the change of seasons.

When I was coming home from work tonight I saw a falling star and made a wish...I then thought of this song and found the words and they really touched me.

When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you


If your heart is in your dream
No request is too extreme
When you wish upon a star
As dreamers do


Like a bolt out of the blue
Fate steps in and sees you through
When you wish upon a star
Your dreams come true

Butterfly On My Shoulder

If anyone knows me they understand my love of butterflies. It has to do the place I am going, coming out of the old and into the new full of color, life and beauty. Well this morning while I was outside a butterfly landing on my left shoulder and sat there for a good 5 minutes resting it's little body. It touched something deep in me as I watched it fold and unfold it's wings. I am it seems out of the cocoon and struggling to get the last remains of it off of my life. It is making me stronger but I feel so weak so resting on the shoulder of my Beloved will strengthen me for what lies ahead. This sweet little butterfly has helped me to put my focus back where it needs to be. It is my time.

Truth Verses Reality

Don’t let the reality of your life distract you from the truth of your destiny. Set your face toward the light in you and then your reality will align itself with the truth that is in the cocoon of your purpose. It is waiting to emerge with the beauty of the unseen promise becoming the truth in reality. Looking with dove’s eyes will propel you toward your true self and worth and then you will see with clarity His will and love that is incubating within the matrix of your soul. If you perceive the hardships of life as nonessential to your growth then hopelessness will set in and then you will not be able to hear the call of our Beloved. Now is the time to realign with truth and see the completion of the promise. Do not give up or be discouraged or fearful but be of good cheer. Joy is the truth that always combats the reality of fear. Eat the fruit of the Spirit as stated in Gal 5:22; Eph 5:9 and you will see a difference in how you deal with the place of where you are in your life. Live in the moment but push toward the goal and learn and forgive the mistakes of your past.

I miss the country and really need to take a short weekend out of the city. That will be on my list of things to do. I took some photos of horses and cows the other day and really enjoyed watching them grazing slowly across the field. It was raining lightly and it was so peaceful. The time spent with these beautiful creatures was refreshing.

Year of the Commoner

I was watching the Royal Wedding today and I heard Barbara Walters say "this must be the year of the commoner." When I heard that statement, I thought, this is the change for those of us who have thought themselves common, part of the crowd, overlooked and rejected. I say, "Now is our time." A time for the merging of the Kingdom and the common place and as this happens there will be signs, wonders and miracles in everyday lives. I saw great respect and love being played out today as two people joined together but I also saw the love of the King and the love of the Bride. Kate was prepared for 8 years to take her place among royalty just as we are in preparation for what we have in us. The relationship with our King Jesus and the love He has tenderly prepared in us as His beloved will be released. There is bridal troop that will arise out of some treacherous times we have entered into. We will be prepared for what is coming and we will be called upon to extend help and love to those in need. The most important point is this, Our King loves us. This is the year of the commoner becoming more of His beautiful Bride. Minnette

Masterpiece

We women are all beautiful not just a chosen few...this video shows 500 years of women being the subject of the artist hand. Even though they were gifted I know that no artist is greater than the greatest artist of us all, The Father, who created woman in all her beauty. The true masterpiece is when we understand the beauty that is in us.

My first art video...more to come

Metamorphis

This is a painting I have created called Metamorphosis. I have discovered the beauty in the cocoon just before emerging from this season of growth, maturity and healing. There is life and color and my eyes are now open to the reality that I was not able to see before. The wings of freedom are wrapped around me and I am seeing through the beauty that engulfs me as I wait for the strength to fully extend out into the world that is ahead of me. I am going forward with this world within a world, so to speak. I carry the kingdom of the Most High within me and the reality of what some call the real world. I am coming into an understanding that the two can coexist with each other by trusting and putting my hope in Jesus. This transformation from one world to another can stretch the emotions and mind set to a breaking point and the reality of life is overwhelming sometimes. I see clearer now and I'm moving into a place of transformation. This metamorphose brings the hope and destiny that is in me and even part of my DNA to a point of breakthrough and I hear the voice of my creator, my Papa. He calls me by name and I peak out from this cocoon and I have to set my sight on the face of my Beloved so I will not become all consumed by the process of change. I look not to the mountain before me but I behold the Hand of God and His burning consuming fire upon the mountain, my mountain. I stand still and I know that He is God.

Renewal

God=light, light=sound, sound= energy, energy=mass. Everything is made up of mass which in turn is energy, which in turn is sound, which in turn is light, which in turn is God the Father, I learned this formula from Ray Hughes a powerful man of God...Simple put the whole earth is filled with the glory of the Lord and His DNA is in us and all around us. So when the earth moans and groans things happen, if we do not worship The Father the rocks will cry out! Renewal is upon us but with renewal things must fall away if it is not conducive to the Father's heart and His will for our lives. Renewal is the rebuilding of the city by the authorities. We are the city and we are being rebuilt by the authority that is upon Jesus's shoulders. He is rebuilding us and the nations to his specifications of the blueprints of heaven. His Kingdom come, His will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

I Am The Rose

Our Youth

Listen to the sound of sisters, brothers and cousins running and hiding-go-seeking in a small east Texas town. Do you hear the laughter of days gone by as we caught fireflies? The grownups doing grownup things, and the lights and music they made drifted away, as we escaped into the moonlit nights. We became cowboys riding horses, superman flying up, up and away and knowing we would have fun once again the next day. We imagined in our minds, a child's vision of truth, that everything we did was real but it only lasted in our youth. Red rover, red rover let me come over, teasing hunting dogs, and chasing each other. Playing games we made up along the way of growing and changing each day. As we hide from each other we were quiet as a church mouse behind that little white house . How I miss those days but I know my love for those who are part of me will never fade away.

Red Roses

I received three dozen red roses yesterday. Wow they are so beautiful and their fragrant intoxicating smell fills my home and reminds me of the one who sent them. He is a wonderful man and taking time to express this to me heals me from the times I have been overlooked. Love comes in so many ways of expression, a kiss, a gentle touch, a kind word and time taken to say "I love you." It brings newness and growth inside ones self and it expands from within so then you are able to extend love to another. This is why we are here and the greatest act is to love without condition, fear or expectation.
Moonlight and roses
Bring wonderful mem'ries of you
My heart reposes
In beautiful thoughts so true.

June light discloses
Love's golden dreams sparkling, anew
Moonlight and roses
Bring mem'ries of you...

by Jim Reeves

Dark Wood

I received chocolate today from a man I went to have tea with. It was sweet of him but after I came home I began to struggle with this journey I am in. I am walking out something inside myself that I am trying to figure out. It feels like dark wood of a lone tree growing slowly toward the sun. The rough places in my heart cry for light of the sun to reveal the truth in me. Dark wood protects this tree of my heart. There is hope. When I was younger I did not care about the feelings of others as I went after what felt good at that moment but now I choose to tread carefully with those who are set before me. I honor them and I will do my best to be honest with them as I am with myself. This is new to me, to try to weigh out what is best for me and in the process to be true to what I feel and to be able to express those feelings to another. This is the process of life, honor, respect and agape love.

Love Like You Never Been Hurt

I am going to have a fun weekend...I am going to a dance on Sunday night just to kick up my heels a little. I feel like spring inside myself even though there is snow on the ground right now. I feel alive and ready to meet new people and expand my little world. I can't wait for a new chapter to open up for me and all I have to do is say "YES, I am ready!" I don't know what is going on inside myself but I feel so alive, and beautiful and so me. I have become a woman who is ready to take chances again and to be all that I was created to be. I have been taking care of my needs and making sure I am kind to myself and also learning to love the person I am, faults and all. I feel more like a woman than I have ever felt in my life and I feel I am on the verge of something new. I see myself standing on a hill, with the spring breeze blowing my hair and I smell the new budding flowers. They give off a wonderful fragrance that makes me smile. There is now no more winter in my heart and the ice is melting away so I can love with a pureness and deepness that is in me. To love someone is the greatest gift I could give or receive. Love is in my heart and I need to share it without the thought of rejection or hurt. I want to love in a way I have never done before, to give my heart to someone and to trust that he will care and love me as I am. It is a scary place but I am not going to live in fear because the Lord did not give me a spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind. That is the truth and I will love as if I have never been hurt!!

Beautiful

I noticed that advertisers want to make you feel that you are not good enough...How white do my teeth need to be? Is my hair shinny and soft enough? How thin must my body become? Are my eyelashes long enough? Am I beautiful? Wait a minute...I am beautiful even if I never achieve what is considered beauty! I am who I am with all the good parts that I like about myself and even the imperfections that I don't like. That is my beauty. Always be authentic and understand that being who you are is what real beauty is. Freedom to accept every part of you will lead to the beauty within and it will flow out of you and then you can say, without a doubt, " I am beautiful!"

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