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DEATHBLOW

The deepest cavern of darkness smothered her daily, distressing her spirit day and night. The gloom hung like blackened clouds, a miserable reminder of how He lightly esteemed Zebulun and how she wished that even Naphtali were a haven of rest!

The oppression afterward, well…all the more heavily along the sea. Entrapped even here beyond the Jordan! Tears would be welcome as a relief from the doom that is Galilee. The Shadow of Death is king here, ruling with pain, torture, and despair for dessert! For her, what is the hope of God? What can even He do in this hour? How did He leave the land nearest His heart of Creation?

Alas she walks the way of the sea, her head downcast amongst the perpetuality of blackness. Suddenly, a flash of great light! She, with all the people are drawn as a moth to a flame. Powerful Light that destroys this Shadow of Death! The shadows run in fear away from this coming Light! A rescuer is here, our joy is multiplied.

The harvest is overwhelming, we divide the spoil with abundant gratitude and joy. Our dark burdens now gone because of the power of the Light. The rod of the oppressor lay broken on the ground. We can only bring the bloodied clothes and sandals from the warriors to burn and fuel a great fire. We are in awe of all we see and feel in our spirits! But, what does all this mean?

A Strong One speaks: “For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”

She asks, “What of the increase of His government and peace?” A Strong One: “There will be NO end! Of the throne of David and His Kingdom ordered, established with judgment and justice from now and forever. The Lord of Hosts in His zeal will do it!”

H.S. Narrative version of Is 9:1-7

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Wound Sharp

The razor gleams amidst the shadows as a light shines forth from beyond. The intensity blocks this brightness from my vision. Even in the partial darkness I strain to visualize, an object appears to teeter on this razor’s edge. The object sways from one side to the other slightly, which way will it go? My eyes adjust to see what this is above the edge, it appears first circular. The light increases in its direction, occasionally shining from the side now. Each time it flashes across to reveal what the front looks like.

The front became apparent after a few flashes as a clock front with ancient looking Roman numerals and appearance. I can’t say how I understood the ancient look I saw exactly aside from the numerals. ‘A point in time’ I heard from beyond. ‘A point in time’ I heard even louder! ‘Grace has a cut off point, stiff necks break eventually.’ In the teetering I sense that the clock cannot go back anymore. It must fall forward, and you must go with it or be left behind.

I hear a phrase, ‘geo-positioning is taking place, align with it and set your future properly. The past is being cut off, a fresh clock is wound and being released in this season. I hear, ‘find the spot and release the clock.’

Art, love, poetry, spirituality

But first…LOVE A peek outside reminds us the throes of winter are still here. Winter is an essential part of the life cycle here in a Northern spot. It rebirths life each spring. In true love relationships such seasons may come and go also. We regularly seek to renew our first love with each other and Him. We are not automatic renewal beings. There will come a ‘winter time’ from which we must arise and come back to our first love (for a husband/wife and in Him).

My love, the essence of this home is foundational in our love for each other. Each day we beat our brains out accomplishing huge list of things for just that cause. We don’t do them just “because we have to”, but because it is foundational to the whole family. Our parents didn’t do it for any different reasons, they just may not have been as fully aware of the why’s and how’s of it all. We know well the issues of the homes we grew up in…the strengths and weaknesses, everything as a whole.

My beloved, the essence of My Church is built in a foundation of love in Me and to each other. Don’t kill yourself in My Name for the cause! You don’t just obey because you “have to”, but because you love Me. This is a house built on the Rock! I love you in all your strengths and weaknesses and I brought you up in a way to train you to hear Me.

I remember the earliest days of courtship how we were both caught up in wonder…knowing He really was bringing us together. From the outside it may not have looked as obvious, but we knew pretty quickly what He was bringing together. It will soon be 25 years since that first Memorial Day weekend. I won’t call it all a breeze, but I will say it is all cherished as great experience!

I remember the early days of accepting Him. I wasn’t one in awe and wonder. Rather, I was just wondering! He did give me a desire to follow Him and learn His Word. It was almost 20 years later He taught me about relationship with Holy Spirit! It isn’t far from another 20 and I cherish the years and seasons.

I came home from a conference one year a changed man. Certainly has not been without a rollercoaster ride or two, but He keeps bringing back to a renewed sense of His Holy Spirit explosion from there. That experience reset love in me. I believe it was a melding of my first loves….salvation and baptism of Holy Spirit. A renewal and new anointing to boot! It further allows me to write, which is of course the very foundation of my gifts. He has been busy on my poor heart, removing clutter, unbelief, and (non)essential cargo. He is showing me there is no reason to be distraught, angry, despondent, depressed, or any of the rest!! I just have to walk in it. “I create my world and walk in it!” is a quote I relate to. He has been showing me that in spite of myself, I can walk in it!!

He is calling us to come together in a big way (and we have been) for the kids, our marriage, and supporters of each other’s destinies. My love…I love back and look at how it all just makes sense why He chose us as partners. We are called to be great loving counterbalances to each other. As He puts renewal to my first loves for Him, He also increases them for us!!

He is calling US to come together in big ways for the Body, our betrothal to Him, and to support each other’s destinies. My beloved, I love you back as I chose you to partner with Me!

He is my truest love. I see why He has placed us in Him and with each other. He calls us to love Him above all else. He created mankind to love Him, a balance that no one can counter.

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CURSE TAKER

Have you ever felt a dark, heavy cloud hang over your life? A feeling that never totally goes… away? Maybe you’ve wondered if there is some type of curse or force working against you. The truth of it is, there is something to it! Often, I find myself unaware of what is actually happening around me. Inside I can feel things around the room or atmosphere I am in. Darkness and light both can be felt.

For some people, it is an unfortunate set of events that makes them feel this way: from health or deaths around them to just a drawing to dark things in general. For others, a subtle erosion from family dynamics, culture/environment, or taking on beliefs that lead you astray.

As I write I hear this: ‘Dark clouds are sent to bring storms into your life. They don’t come from someone who loves, but someone who hates! Even horror films are spiritual you know! Darkness lies and tells you a curse is yours to keep forever.’

I only know one way out of this cycle. I have seen a lot of people fail and be destroyed. Culturally, we are seeing it right now with people like Diddy as a current example. Ain’t here with a popular narrative. The only way out of curses and darkness, is to surrender to light. It all boils down to two forces, two sides of the coin. The only freedom I have ever seen someone possess is from the God of the Bible. On the other hand, the only problems and curses I have seen are from God’s enemy, the devil.

Going to do a deeper dive on all later, but if you are experiencing life in the following way, you can experience it in the opposite way!

I want you to take from all this I am describing a hope that is meant to be for every person. These are symptoms of curses (taken from Derek Prince series about curses):

Mental and emotional breakdown
Repeated/chronic sickness
Breakdown of family
Financial insufficiency
Accident prone
History of suicides or unnatural deaths

These are just some main examples. If you have any connection to what I am expressing above, you can receive hope in asking help from God. I experienced some of these issues in my life, and He was good to help me as I asked Him to.

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Re;Pink

The first question that pops into my head in beginning this word bomb is ‘what REALLY is inner healing with God’? My friends and I may throw it around, but do trust me, many do not go around saying things like…’hey dude, how’s the inner healing rollin’ today?’ or…’let’s do some inner healing over some Starbucks’…or…try this on date night…’how about we work on some inner healing between dinner and the 8:30 movie?’. Somehow there must be a way He takes us to our need for it, a pathway, previously unseen opening before us like an open road adventure. ‘Honey, I’m not sure I’m feeling like an inner healing tonight!’

I think we have all been there before. The crossroads of tough decisions bearing down on us. I know I do this…I give it a good wrestling in my spirit man (as if he needs the exercise!), perhaps so God knows I am meaning business here! I have heard it said and I kind of chuckle whenever I hear it “God hasn’t fallen off the throne dealing with your little issue”. It is something conceptually I have learned about Him and I find true-He doesn’t grade on a curve, and there aren’t levels of severity. He is Lord over the big and small and that covers it all. Why the heck we get soooo worked up over a seemingly bigger problem goes well beyond the size of my head. Why is it so challenging for us pea brains to accept the power of victory that is right there?

I don’t know, just talking out loud here, but it seems that God does utilize some truth anyway from the phrase ‘desperate times call for…’. See, don’t even have to finish that one, we all know it. There is something to the desperate getting healed in the Word. I always see the obedience in it too. When Elijah shows up to ‘get help from the widow’ both their minds had to be racing a million miles a minute! ‘Oh sure, this ends well, I have to count on this widow feeding me her last meal instead of feeding her poor sons who are about to be property of someone else’. I am sure the widow’s mind is equally interesting…’ya, this guy is some prophet…but I better obey…but who does this? Comes in here asking to be fed first’. I guess that was more of an outer healing…Jesus had encounters with several that I would more determine the inner healing. The guy he freed of thousands of demons and sent them to seweycide…I would say that is a darn good inner healing-to go from gnashing of teeth, chains, etc, to testifying what Jesus did…that my friends is a good inner healing day!!!

What is it that takes our heart from a cold, black stone to a bright fleshly pink? A person can change a certain amount on their own. It is one thing to protect yourself from what’s happened in your life, to make good changes, and to separate yourself out. It requires supernatural assistance to have a genuine change in your heart. When Jesus was preparing to leave he said ‘I will leave you a helper’. The helper is the Holy Spirit. That is one of the many benefits of believing in Jesus. The Holy Spirit is there to help you live in victory, healing, and get free. I have heard a saying from some mentors in my life: the Holy Spirit is a gentleman, He comes when you ask. The unique thing about Christianity is the last shall be first. This means in this context that we must humble ourselves and surrender our baggage. If we were enough to start with, we would’ve already figured it out. He created a free will relationship that only works when we surrender and handed over to Him.