Life Imagined

Matthew 5:45 For He causes the sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.  The MSG says it like this…This is what God does. He gives his best - the sun to warm and the rain to nourish - to everyone, regardless. The good and the bad… What a powerful message to me this morning. I tend to see rain as this negative thing that is “in the way.” It gets me wet, makes me want to stay inside, typically keeps the sun (which I love) hidden. But the intent of rain is quite the opposite. It nourishes! In the natural, it nourishes our trees, lawns, flowers, gardens, etc. In the spirit, His rain is nourishment for my soul, my heart. A thing I need on a regular basis!! And, according to the verse in Matthew above, He rains on ALL of us, regardless of whether we deserve His nourishment or not. That’s good news!! Praise God 🙌  His spirit rains on me, growing me, changing me.  He is reminding me this morning that His rain gives us time to rest a...

You yourself have recorded my wanderings. Put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book? Then my enemies will retreat on the day when I call. This I know: God is for me. Psalm 56:8-9  I remember a time when my tears must have overflowed God’s tear bottle. Lisa Harper says, “Grief is not the opposite of hope but rather the proof of it.” That's exactly what I felt. The grief I felt was strangely full of hope, a knowing that God would turn my sadness into joy, my brokenness into the wholeness. I knew that what had been stripped away would be restored…God’s way 🙌🙌. Why? Because He promised in His Word in Joel 2:25. And I have found Him to be the Keeper of Promises . I can take my real, raw, honest emotions to Him for He gives beauty for ashes, joy for mourning, a spirit of praise for heaviness. That's his promise in Isaiah 61:3. He did it for me, and He will do it for you.  Man, I’m thankful to be God’s girl. I hope you know you're His too ❤️