When I say ” I can’t speak”
God says
Moses did.
When I test Him and say “I am not strong.”
God says
Gideon did test and was strong.
When I say “You don’t know what I was like or what I did!”
God says
Remember Paul.
When I say ” People will make fun of me and call me a fanatic.”
God says
Remember Noah.
Rainbows are the visual promise of God to never destroy the Earth by water again. It’s also a reminder that God’s promises to us are beautiful. Each vibrant with promise:
Red: The blood of Jesus
Orange: The fire of God
Yellow: Faith and Glory of our God
Green: Healthy, flourishing in God, growing in Him
Blue: Healing power of God, Hope
Indigo: Heaven
Violet: Royalty
Each of these colors represent a part of God and us as children of God. Notice the top of the rainbow is red. Red, the color of blood. Jesus’ blood covers it all. He is the head of all. So, after a storm, look up and see your rainbow. It’s God’s promise that He is in charge and will not forsake you.
The sunflower is a reminder to us. Notice how one petal is out of place, flawed. Sunflower heads follow the sun, it turns all day keeping the face towards the sun.
As humans, we are flawed. Thankfully we have the Son! Just as the sunflower follows the sun, we also ought to turn our heads all day to face the Son. Keep facing the Son, drawing the warmth of the Son to heal us, to nurture us. Let His light shine upon us!
Be blessed my friends!
Recently, I re-noticed a dark stain on my kitchen granite counter top. I had noticed it last year, but did not do anything about it. Putting it out of my sight and mind, I put my Aerogarden on top of it.
Fast forward to a couple weeks ago. In my always changing things around mode I moved the garden and well, there it was again, in my face. This time I decided to try and remove it.
Off to Home Depot I went to purchase what I hope will be a product to pull the unknown stain from the granite. Immediately I put a layer of the product on and waited the required 24 hours for it to dry. Scraping it off I hoped to see an improvement, but the directions say it will appear still dark until it is dry.
Needless to say I am on round two. It is lighter but still needs work. Patience is the key here. Honestly I am not a very patient person.
As I was scraping off round two the Lord spoke to my heart. Our hearts can have deeply imbedded stains. These stains can be ones we forget are there, as we just keep them pushed down, until they resurface and are in our face once again.
These are anger, bad habits, complacency, envy and unforgiveness to name just a few. Only God can remove these deeply imbedded stains. We first need to acknowledge they exist by asking the Holy Spirit to reveal them to us. And yes it is painful. But if we keep saturating ourselves with the word of God and allowing the Holy Spirit to work in us, slowly these can be pulled up and fade away. Will they come back? Sometimes, if we are not careful and stray away from our time with the Lord.
Hang in there! Keep working at it with Him!
I am still going to be working on this stain for a few more rounds. Each time I work on it I will remember God is also working on my stains, and with time I will be made new.
Blessing to all!
Wishing you all a very Happy New Year. As we close out 2025, we reflect on the challenges we all have faced. In remembering these challenges, I have also remembered how God brought me through them. Sometimes we feel as we are going through them that we will not survive it. But, we do, with God we met every challenge and moved ahead with Him.
Some challenges are still with us as we move into 2026. Yet, BUT GOD!!! He is always with us. Paul notably said in Philippians 3:13-14
But one thing I do: Forgetting was is behind and straining toward what is ahead. I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Also in verse 16:
Only let us live up to what we have already attained.
Let us move forward, learning our lessons from years before and pressing on to what God has called us to do. It will be wonderful! He has us in the palm of His hand. Don’t let go of Him. Press in. Do whatever is necessary to increase your faith. Read the Word, Pray. Be diligent in listening for His voice. By doing this we will grow, we will win the race. No matter what…
WE WIN!!! HE PROMISED!
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