Truth Uncovered of a Painful Past
Holy Spirit… As I sit here this early morning, I’m so keenly aware of Your nearness. Your tender ways overwhelm me and I’m caught up into Your loving embrace. Sweetness fills the room. Oh, the tears, the beautiful tears that always seem to have no end when You overshadow me. Praying and praying ~ You seem to come down and envelope me. More prayer, praying for Your dear saints overseas. Fill them to overflow as they minister Your word. Ignite a blazing fire within the hearts of the people they minister to. I declare FREEDOM and deliverance to all that come near the presence of the Lord in those far places. Invade us with Your Glory… let the whole earth be FILLED with the Glory of God! Thank You Lord for all of Your Ways.
In my reading time this morning I’m overcome by the Word and pen it back to You in a wonderful declaration to remind me of Your greatness!
“Oh Lord, how many and varied are Your works! In wisdom have You made them all; the earth is full of Your riches and Your creatures. Yonder is the sea, great and wide, in which are swarms of innumerable creeping things, creatures both small and great… These all wait and are dependent upon You that You may give them their food in due season. When You give it to them, they gather it up; You open Your hand, and they are filled with good things…. May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in His works ~ Who looks on the earth, and it quakes and trembles, Who touches the mountains, and they smoke! I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have any being. May my meditation be sweet to Him; as for me, I will rejoice in the Lord. ”
How can I but love You with all of my being?
Who am I in comparison to all of You? Heb. 1.3 states You guide and propel the universe by the mighty power of Your Word. There’s nothing to compare with Your vastness and glory and yet you love me!!! I sit and drink in the loveliness of that thought.
Selah………….
Come and speak to my heart, oh Gracious Lover of my soul. How I long for Your beautiful words to stir my heart this morning.
Like fresh dew in the morning, so are Your words to me.
Papa’s Response
My child, it’s in this quiet place that you have established for Me that I come… come on wings of the wind and whisper in your ear those Words of Life your heart craves.
How can I help but to come to a heart that’s so open and longing?
In the coolness of the day, you’ve chosen to come and sit beside Me. I peer into those loving eyes of yours, and truly, My heart is filled with joy. I was so excited as I created you ~ I anticipated this day that your heart would be ablaze for Me and My Kingdom.
I have been with you, My dearest child, from the formation in the womb of My choosing. Only with My divine knowledge of your life to come and seeing these days ahead, could I bear the heartbreak you’ve endured in your lifetime.
Yes, My heart broke and ached at the loss, the loneliness, the despair… knowing your greater depth of understanding love and the deepening of your desire for reconciliation would be formed in you.
Oh, how valuable you are to Me, My Kingdom, and this hurting world I’m sending you to. I am making you a vessel of honor for My use. Too long has harsh judgment, manipulation, control, rules, and a false understanding of who I am ruled in the hearts of many of My people.
But, to those like you that have chosen the better part to learn from Me, I open their hearts to see My longing and desperate cry for the lost in this world. My design has always been to use My children as instruments of goodness and mercy to lure the lost and hurting to My embrace.
Whatever You bid me do, wherever You bid me to go… OK, Lord!
I know the best life possible is in Your hands. You open Your hand and satisfy every living creature with Your goodness. I lean into You, Gracious Mighty One. Swallow me up into Your loving kindness.
Give me eyes to see like You see and a sturdy heart to hear words and they not penetrate my heart as to allow any offense.
How I want to love like You love.
To embrace the unlovely that You still love. Continue to have Your way in me and mold me into Your likeness.
I am forever YOURS ~ Your humble servant, friend, and daughter of the King. Amen