When God Restores

Isaiah 61:3-6 KJV
[3] To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified. [4] And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. [5] And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. [6] But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord : men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

Let me tell you! I felt this one. I can so relate to Isaiah. In verse one of chapter 61 he says, “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me….” Look! I implore you to read chapter 61 in it’s entirety. Baby! It almost had me dancing.

I always liken myself to the children of Israel. I’m always honest about who I am, to me and anyone else. I cheated on God, turned my back on him, whined and complained about him, and even cursed and hated him. Through all of that, I am still his chosen. At the end of the day, he was still my cloud by day and my fore by night leading me to my promised land. After he delivered me out of the bondage that being sexually abused kept me in, he made a way. He drowned my enemies in the read sea after he gave me safe passage through on dry ground. He fed and clothed me when I had no way to do it myself. He kept me safe in the wilderness. There was always light peaking over the hills and mountains to give me hope.

So when you come out of the wilderness and make it to your promised land he will give you beauty for ashes, the oil of joy, the garment of praise, that he might be glorified. Not only that, he will restore that which was made desolate, repair and rebuild what the previous generations left a mess. And on top of that, he said, “strangers will feed your flocks, and the sons of aliens shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. Ye shall be called Priests of the Lord and man shall call you Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the gentiles.” Come on Jesus!! I don’t know about you, but I’m still walking in expectancy. I believe God’s word. One day, everything you’ve lost, that was defiled, laid to waste or taken will be restored. That includes your mind, your heart, your body, your family, your finances. I don’t know who this is for, but baby! It’s coming. Just keep holding on. Everything you’ve been through has purpose. Your faith, your perseverance, your obedience will be rewarded and you will not have room enough to receive it. All those people that counted you out will stand in amazement when God over on your behalf. Your silence wasn’t personal, it was spiritual, because when you do speak miracles will happen. Hallelujah!! Amen and Amen!!

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It’s Not Morning

God told Moses to tell the children of Israel, none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. Exodus 12:22.

It’s not morning saints.

He told them to put the blood of a lamb or a goat on the door frame, so the destroyer would pass them by. This was the last plague incited by the Lord to make pharaoh let the children of Israel go. Sadly, Pharaoh refused and suffered a great loss. This isn’t even about the enemy, this is about the Lord giving us the opportunity to place the blood on the door frame; to take his mark. To trust him enough to stay indoors until morning, until the plague passes through, until he is done passing judgement. It’s not morning yet.

It has been a difficult 18 months for the entire world. Every one is seeking some form of escape, a semblance of normalcy that will never be. The plague has made a u-turn and is circling back around for a third time, because people felt like the worst is over and they poked their head out the back door. It’s not morning.

God said come out of the cities my children. People that don’t even believe in God have run to the hills and the mountains and don’t know why. It ain’t morning yet.

Even after the plague, pharaoh still wasn’t going to let the Israelites go. Then, once he did, he changed his mind and began to hunt them down. God knew it, told Moses about it, and prepared a way of escape. Many Egyptians perished because of pharaohs decision. It’s not morning yet and it ain’t over. “Stay indoors” until he says the coast is clear. That doesn’t mean don’t live, by all means, live, but don’t go back into the world because it feels like the worst is over. It ain’t morning yet.

Will You Serve God or the World?

Let me tell you how the Lord just keeps talking. As always, I was just minding my own business when I saw a video from a Canadian citizen that decided not to get the vaccine because he feels that the government is going overboard with the mandating of the shot. Saying there will be vaccine passports, where you cannot go certain places without it.

Here in the US, the same is being done with our drivers licenses and state ID’s. They have to have a certain symbol on them for you to be allowed to enter government buildings and I believe to even fly. This was under the guise of safety from terrorists. Now, with the pandemic, they are raising the ante. Making it mandatory to get the vaccine and thusly you’ll receive a card or certification, if you will, showing that you are with the mainstream in solidarity for abolishing the plague. Using phrases about being patriotic for getting the vaccine and unpatriotic if you don’t. That somehow, if you don’t get the shot you are against humanity and will be shunned, ostracized, and isolated from society, even losing your freedom to make a living. This all sounds biblical to me.

It has been a progressive move by the enemy, that was foreseen thousands of years ago and sadly the world is falling into every single trap. Some kind of way, you will have to receive his mark in order to live. But the word says you can’t serve to masters. There are already people who don’t believe in God. Siting the plague as evidence that he doesn’t exist, because if he did on top of everything else going on in the world, how could he let this pandemic sweep the globe and take so many lives. As if, he was the one in the lab that created this and let it accidentally make it to the public. IJS!

The word says, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s. Matt 6:24

All he wants us to do is trust him. Don’t be lead astray by the things of the world. Yes, follow the laws of man, but the don’t forget who created it all. You can’t claim to be a Christian and walk in fear every time something new happens in the world. The enemy can’t surprise God and we can’t jump ship at the first sign of trouble. This is the children of Israel all over again. I want to make it to the promised land, I don’t know about you. I can’t let the world shake my faith when the Lord has been keeping me since the beginning.

Where will you stand? Will you love the Lord and hate the world or will you hold on to the world and despise God. You decide. It’s up to you.

Look Up!

So, as I was writing the last post, the Lord revealed to me what this painting was about. (yes, I know it looks a mess, I am in the process of fixing it. so, bear with me!) Have mercy! He reminded me, Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 1 Peter 5:8. While this isn’t a painting of a lion, it is a painting of a dragon which correlates with the book of revelation and how often it spoke of the dragon. This painting serves as a remiinder and a warning, that he is rising for all to see no longer hiding in the darkness, but because of the light (Jesus, the Light of the world) his tricks and schemes are on full display. Does that make sense?

The word says, I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. 2 My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. 6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. 7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. 8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore, Psalm 121: 1-8

Sadly, most people don’t look up. In a time where we need to be seeking him more, we are looking to man and science to save us. Only God can preserve us. Let this be a reminder of the battle that is coming for the saints. This is just the beginning! Look Up!!!

An Elaborate Scheme From the Beginning

It is 2 am!!! This word fell on me and is burning on the inside of me. I pray someone gets it.

Our lives were carefully orchestrated, not once, but twice. Once by the Creator, the second time by the enemy. The same way he used knowledge to deceive the mother of mankind, he is using fear to deceive you. Using well crafted lies, disguised as truth to drown out the voice of God and lead his flock astray.

The lie the enemy told Eve in the Garden was just the beginning of the plan he would carry out over centuries, so he could deceive us today. The current state of the world is not a coincidence. It is part of the elaborate plan, the enemy had to take out as many of God’s children as he could. This is the end game. You better get ready.

If you are looking for the truth, you need only seek Jesus. Revelation 18: 1-8 says, And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. 5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. 6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. 7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. 8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

Matthew 24:24,  For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

1 John 4: 1-6, Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. 4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. 6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

The word is clear. Is your heart? Are you ready for what comes next? Are you concerned for things of this world, or the salvation of your soul? So many saints are getting caught up in what the world is saying. Every headline, every New issue, these are all distractions. Be about your Father’s business, whatever he purposed you to do and leave the world to him. He who has ears, let him hear. I pray this blesses someone and opens the eyes of others. This battle is not ours. We just need to choose a side. Not choosing does not mean the battle won’t come, it just means you may end up on the losing team.

Never too far or too low

According to Psalm 34: 18, The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and save the such as be of a contrite spirit.
So often in the midst of our chaotic, tumultuous lives, we can feel like we are all alone. Broken hearted, down trodden, ostracized, abandoned; it is so easy to drown in the loneliness of it all, but Is ever closer. Waiting to hear the confessions of your heart and bottle your tears. He is ready to life the burden of guilt and carry it, even to this day, as he did on Calvary. Nothing is too hard, nothing is too bad, nothing is so far gone that our Father in heaven can not fix.

That shoulder you want to cry on, he’s there. That listening ear, he’s there. Those arms to carry your burden, he never left. The enemy would have us believe that God isn’t who he says he is, but he is a man that can not lie and he promised he would never leave us or forsake us. All we have to do is have faith.

To whom it may concern:

First, let me say it feels good to be back writing. When I am not writing, I feel like a part of me has died. Writing has been a part of me since I can remember. It has helped me through some rough times in my life. It helped me clear my mind when I felt lost or confused. It usually pointed me in the right direction and held a mirror for me to see myself. I’ve never had close friends or family I could tell everything and have them understand or even give advice on. I say that not to discredit any of the friendships I’ve had or the people that I’ve had in my life, but I realized why relationships were so difficult for me. The things I endured/ survived, however you want to word it, were never trivial day to day struggles and hardships. Everything I went through was meant to keep me from fitting in. I was not supposed to live like my peers.

It took a long time for me to realize that I was looking at it from the wrong perspective, but being a child with no one to guide you makes that difficult. The experiences I had were unprecedented in my family and my circle of friends. There was no litmus to test it against and no scientific research with conclusive/ definitive results. No books ever published on the topic. We were all just fumbling around in the dark and no one knew what to do with me. Religious upbringings and personal experiences and biases clouded peoples judgement; that tended to manifest in how people interacted with me and how they viewed me. I always appeared to be the black sheep of the family , the rebel, and most of the time it felt like it. I just didn’t have the words to even describe what was going on. Even now, most people closest to me still don’t understand me. The decisions I’ve made seem foolish and irresponsible or just plain crazy. What can you do?

Anyway, I’ve gone through a rough patch lately; mentally, physically and spiritually. I try to keep to myself and not bother people, so if you’ve noticed my absence, that’s why. Physically: menopause is kicking my butt. If my doctor had told me all these things were going to happen almost 20 years ago, I wouldn’t have had the surgery. The symptoms I’m experiencing are the fine print side effects that no one pays attention to or they just don’t talk about, which is definitely taking a toll on my mental state, lol. Which in turn affects me spiritually. I know it’s just the enemy trying to take me out yet again, but man. Is it ok to say that I’m tired of fighting? As a Christian, God-fearing woman, I am tired of fighting. I have been fighting self/ flesh and the lies/ traps of the enemy my entire life and I am exhausted physically, mentally and spiritually.

Staying in the fight, however, is definitely a choice. I choose to continue to fight because it’s a worthy cause. Sometimes, I just need to take time for myself and even then Daddy doesn’t let me rest. I’ve still had so many sleepless nights and weird dreams and he keeps revealing things to me. So, I figured it was time to come back from my little sabbatical that was supposed to let me recharge and sort things out, but didn’t. I have so many things I want to share that have been revealed to me. I just hope and pray it helps someone.