Hearing is Like DNA

"Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God". Knowing these Words I recently became aware that in order for myself, my husband and my children to get in the correct position (that is to say fulfilling Gods Purpose while on this earth) my spiritual hearing MUST increase. Today, literally just w/in the last hour, God said to me, "the way I speak to each of My children is as specific and unique as an individuals DNA". He said this in response to my thought, "how do I teach people how to hear from You LORD?" Interestingly, I went to sleep last night so peacefully... but circumstances were not the least bit peaceful. Allow me to explain.In each marriage there are pillars that are foundational and then there are things that are not so much. The "not so much" things could be ironed clothes, tv shows to watch, who dumps the trash, who puts gas in the car etc. Pillars may be things like, oh say, Jesus is or is not the one way to the Father and should we have job's or ONLY do the work that moves us in the direction of our Purpose, totally trusting God will provide exceedingly, adundantly and above ALL we could ask or think. I hear many preachers talk about people from the Bible as if they were super-human, can't make mistakes, kind of people. Putting them on a pedestal. This is sillness to me. I believe over time we as human beings learn from the generations that have gone before us and recognize differences that need to be made... especially we non-conformist. I do not believe a follower of Jesus Christ should have any ol job. I know that as we increase in understandings from His point of view we recognize we are indeed here for a Purpose, a specific Purpose. As we operate in our Purpose, doing the work towards that specific Purpose (even if that means 12 hr days)and totally trusting obeying and putting Him first in our finances, He will provide in EVERY, yes I said EVERY way! This is an example of a pillar in marriage. Makes ya think! Have an awesome day!

Emotional Courage

 Ya! This is going to be fun! Growth is good! Each of us (yes including me) has the opportunity to take a peek inside ourselves, choose to identify thought patterns, and deal with them head on before they become habits! Fun huh!?! I went to sleep without peace in my heart and mind. We are doing extensive training right now through  Bring The Family Together, specifially the "91 Days to a New Family Environment" parenting series. Much of what is taught runs through my heart and head. As a result that is indeed what I heard inside my heart as I tried to sleep. It sounded like this, "you need to go to sleep in relative peace." I quickly heard myself answer back, "relative to what?" and sure enough the response was, "relative to Jesus!" See, I went to bed sad and lonely for conversation with my husband about real life. Communication that is more than "hi how was your day, nice weather we're having huh?" etc etc. Also from the training, "most of you do not know how to have real communication". So I asked myself, "what is real life communication?" Unfortunately not until the next morning, nonetheless, here is what I came to understand. I want to share and also hear about how God extended love to my husband, how the opportunity to choose joy despite circumstances that would merit otherwise, what action took place towards faith (being sure of what you hope for and certain of what is not seen), who was the person that came into our pathway to be lavish in relation to compassion, and how did courage take place in our day today. So the elements of REAL life vs just happenings are (see "91 Days to a New Family Environment")...love, faith joy,courage, compassion. Again here is the kicker, every fiber of my soul wanted to come to Dom complaining that we do not have meaningful conversation, but the fact is, neither have I come to him to share real life! What an eye opener this has been for me! So the courage that took place to me today was emotional courage. Because what my soul wanted was to "go off". What my spirit knew to do was run to the Father and dive into the Word this morning. Not for study per se, but just one verse of confirmation. After spilling my heart out in my journal I opened the Word, seemingly random, it opened to Job 5:24b "You will take stock of your property and find NOTHING missing" including emotional peace and meaningful communication!

         Writing is like breathing to me, I believe it is a form of breathing for my being. When I do not write I feel edgy and anxious. I have come to understand that God has things to say to me... through me, so writing is a must, cuz stuff comes outta my being when I write!
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Child-like, I often find myself probing each thought with "why?" Just this morning I woke thinking "It is so important to Recognize Reject and Replace" (see bringthefamilytogether.com). "why?" was my first thought. Still Small Voice said, "you will most easily think, see, discern, and really know from My perspective. You will see YOURSELF from my perspective. I Am well pleased with you. Clearly recognizing my heavenly Fathers voice, even as I write, the tears come. I am overcoming (and obviously have quite a way to go!) with how lavishly He loves me. I waste so much thought process on what I am doing/being that is not pleasing to Him. It takes an immeasurable amount of courage to reallly look inside oneself and identify thought patterns and  to recognize habits. The real kicker is willingness to yeild to Gods desire to mold and shape and ones willingness also to TAKE ACTION! Each time I go to Him in spirit or in the Word He has instruction for me. I make a choice to trust Him obey Him and put Him first in our finances (see bringthefamilytogether.com). The result is peace and joy despite any challenging circumstance! This is a great way to live! Go on... look inside! Be couragous! You will be pleasently surprised to find God waiting there for you! Yay!