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Have you ever been wrecked by God? It doesn’t have to be in a literal sense but can be figuratively. God does this to us when He wants us to be still and depend on Him. Storms are synonymous with life. We will have them but how we deal with them is what matters. You can lose everyone and everything you have ever had because what God gives God can taketh away. He is also in the restoration business so do not grow weary. When you feel like everything is going to crap get on your knees and praise Him. Praise Him for what you do have not what you have lost.

How hard is this? Extremely, at first, but then you find Him in the middle holding your hand in silence just waiting on you. He is waiting on you to allow Him to fight your battles for you. How do we let Him fight our battles: we be still. Exo 14:14. No matter how hard it is to give Him the reigns I implore you to do so. I have learned that I cannot really change anything no matter how hard I try but I can control me. I can control how I respond and that takes me shutting my mouth, praising Jesus and resting in His love.

We will have storms but what is a storm? I am not talking about hurricanes, tsunamis, or tornados zooming down your street but I am talking about what goes on around you and whether or not you let it all inside you; your boat. Figuratively we are all speeding in the lake with our power boat; you are that boat. There can be times in life when a thunder cloud just peaks right on top of ya. You know you’re about to weather a storm, but are you weathering the storm or is it weathering you? The lightening starts and we know it is time to get out of the water but we stupidly stay ignoring the red flags! why? Because we take wheel and depend on our own knowledge.. which is very stupid, especially when God is telling us to “GET OUT OF THE WATER!!” Don’t let all that water in your boat! have you heard God tell you this? i know I have! Did I listen? Not at first but you can believe I do now.

I stayed in a situation much too long after God told me to wipe the dust from my feet. I was comfortable, complacent and ready to be content. God was telling me, “hey, kid, I got better for you if you will listen to me.” It is so hard to listen when you feel unsure of everything and your dependence is in you. One thing that snatches your peace and being content is your own independence. I have always been incredible independent but God knocked me down to size with a severe brain injury and made me completely dependent on others. He was teaching me how to really depend on Him but I misinterpreted everything and went to others when I should have went to my Father. Did I learn from my wreck… you betcha!

When God tells us to get out of the storm we should most definitely listen because He is trying to save us from a ton of pain. If that boat went down and sunk, like the Titanic, due to all the water inside it we all know what happens. You die, and you don’t even have to die in a literal sense but some portion of you will die. When we ignore red flags we always get hurt but we do not have to. When we are obedient to God our boat doesn’t sink and we don’t let everything around us get inside of us giving us a hard heart. The Bible talks so much about having a pure heart for Jesus but every instance we let the storm beat us our heart grows cold and that cold heart is towards our creator. You may say this is not so and you are mad at an individual but what would your life be life if you were not forgiven by God? We cannot hold grudges and to be forgiven we must forgive. Do not get stuck trying to weather a storm… let the Lord handle it.

Jesus calmed the storm when the disciples were scared. Mark 4:39, He tells the storm to calm down. In the book of Luke, 8:24, Jesus asks His disciples where their faith in Him is. He asks us where our faith is, too. Matt 8:26 Jesus demanded the storm to be still and it was. He will tell your storm to be still too but first you gotta be still. We must be still and shut our mouths. When we are in a storm we try to control everything when we need to be letting our Creator handle it. We cannot calm the waters or the roaring waves around us but God can and He proves this time and time again.

He has told me to wipe the dust from my feet with situations and people. He has told me if I stayed I would hurt severely. He was saving me from treacherous waters but I had to hurt a little first. why? Because I am, well, I used to be, hard headed. Probably the most hard headed kid He has.. not anymore though. I listen but for me to hear Him I have to be still and shut my mouth. Being still is hard enough but to shut up.. WOW! He was asking a lot. lol. He knew that too but I have learned to shut my mouth.

Right after my wreck in 2012 I couldn’t talk as good as now because my voice box was semi-paralyzed from the vent. I spoke with this high pitched sweetness that was not me… lol. It just was not and I cared what everyone else was going through more than my own storms but I have learned that if I am not good I cannot help those around me. You must take care of yourself. You must love yourself because God does… we are commanded to love everyone as we love ourselves. How you gonna love others if you do not love you first? Self-care is important and this seven years of healing has taught me that. Buy the shoes and go get that pedicure so nobody sees them crusty feet.

Do you have quiet time set aside for Jesus? If you don’t you need to start because He wants to talk to you. He wants to calm your storms. He wants to save you from heart ache and rejection. He will never reject you. He loves you and His love is without conditions. He is stretching out His had to pull you from that sinking ship, will you grab His hand? His Word is always living and will mean something different each time you read it; what are you waiting for? Don’t let everything around you get inside of you and sink you.. grab His hand. And, remember that every storm will run out of rain. Weather the storms hand-in-hand with Jesus. Get on your knees and ask for His help.

Father God, thank You.. thank You for loving us, for waking us up today. Thank You for being the one that weathers the storms. Calm our waters Lord and teach us to be still. Wrap your hand around our mouths make us shut-up so we can hear You. Teach us to rest in You and be completely dependent in You. Thank You, Father, thank You. Jesus we give You the wheel of our life and ask You to wreck us in You. In Jesus name- Amen.

There are different kinds of loss but we automatically think of loss of life. Losing a loved one is one of the most difficult time we will ever go through or face. The loss of a parent, a spouse or a child, a brother or a sister is detrimental to our livelihood. It affects us like nothing we will ever face. In these times God meant for us to seek Him for comfort. Matt 5:4. He is the best comforter and the only real way to heal.

I know how I sound saying this but it is true. Trust me I know how hard it is to turn to someone you can’t see.. I’ve been there. I there still on some days but I now know that hitting my knees and asking for His peace surpasses everything I’ve ever felt.

Have you ever been mad at God? I know I have!! I was furious when my husband died, when I lost my daughter, when my sister died… why take who I love? My dad died this year and I knew I had been healed bc I’m ok w my dad being w my Heavenly Dad. I’m ok w all of these people watching over me. Am I saying it was easy? Nope!! If I hadn’t seen Heaven myself I don’t know if I could be this way. I don’t know if I would even want the comfort of Jesus, but His arms wrapped around you are like none other.

I am no longer sad about these deaths, but that doesn’t mean I want to feel this pain again. Jesus defeated death and I know I will see all of them again. I know this because I did see them when I died! I saw how beautiful my daughter is and my sexy husband. I didn’t really want to come back bc Heaven is … oh, y’all it is just crazy how beautiful it is. It’s crazy the colors, the body we will all get and how love and peace surround all of you. This love and peace encapsulates your entire being! I do not know if I’ll ever be able to do Him justice but I’ll die trying!

Your mansion in Heaven is much more stylish than anything we have here on earth. Earth is nothing and it is lovely! Look what He made for us to enjoy while here SERVING Him. If you aren’t serving Jesus please find a church home where you can. Mad at Him? Tell Him! Let Him have it because I promise He can take it.

I have yelled at Him and been so pissed off I didn’t have anything to do w Him for years… was He ever mad at me? Nope! His love surpasses all understanding of love we have. He died for us! Who would you die for? Put it into perspective… who would you die for? Who do you love great enough to give your life? Our life is everything to us; this includes everyone in your life. Why would I want to die for someone I didn’t even know? Jesus did!! He died for you and for me and we weren’t even born yet. Mary lost her son… the son that God placed inside her. We all lose but the ultimate sacrifice was made by Jesus giving us the chance to enter the gates of Heaven…. yes, before you ask there are gates.

Will you let Him heal you?

Father, thank you for this wonderful season we have and for the love you have for us in coming here. Earth was not your home yet you came here for our sake, not your own, and we praise your holy name! Lord, I ask you to comfort every person that reads this. Heal them from any and all pain, suffering, and loss they are experiencing in this Christmas season. Bring the spirit of peace and engulf them in it. Thank you Jesus for loving us. Thank you for taking our sins and adopting us into your fam. We love you! Please forgive us of any and all sins we have. I cancel all plans of the enemy around us and ask you to open the eyes of Your people Lord. In Jesus name

Amen

2019 was my year of healing. 2020 will be a year of healing in you. Ask God to comfort you and to give you His spirit of peace.

God bless you all on this beautiful Sunday!

#GetInTheWord He wants you to seek Him!

We should offer the same grace that is offered to us, and I know how hard it is to forgive but in order for us to be forgiven we must forgive others. People are just awful when they are being controlled by the dark forces of evil. Ephesians 6 talks about these forces and the armor of God. We will definitely go over this because I want everyone to know how to beat satan. Paul was amazing in telling us how but didn’t go into too much detail. The armor is definitely your only protection, however satan has some dirty tricks and hits you where you aren’t covered w his arrows from hell. I want everyone to understand his only intent is to make you back away from Jesus. Look around you… he is coming for God’s people. Can you see him ruling over anyone? Idolatry, sexual immorality, lies… these are all signs of someone flirting or even in bed w Satan.

Never in a million years did I think I’d be a hell, fire and brimstone teacher/speaker. Those are the sermons that made me cringe and I couldn’t stand someone telling me I was going to hell. Especially when they were no better and I knew this because of their fruit. Hypocrisy at its best… that is what I thought but I should have listened. Hell is real for those that aren’t sure. I was there and I have seen the floors of ash. The heat is so great I could never do it justice. The floors breathe and when you step it’s like walking in burnt marshmallows. Gruesome is what it is.

There is a get out of jail free card! Jesus gave us that but so many of us don’t take it. We also doubt the Bible and that there is a hell. I was one of those. I have always believed that God was real, especially after I went to nursing school. How can a body work so intricately without a creator. We didn’t evolve from fish or some of us would be able to breathe underwater. I have wished I could before; breathe underwater. Who hasn’t? Each breath you take is a gift from your Heavenly Father. I appreciate each breath I take bc I lost it all. Just breathe! Rest in Jesus and know He is God!

Losing your life and coming back makes you look at things so much differently. I am not any different than any of you; never forget that. I am a sinner saved by grace and I still sin every single day of my life. It’s impossible not to! The flesh is so weak and to get it under control is the crucifixion of our life. I was crucified this last year and understand what Paul meant in Phil 3:10. That verse come alive for me and I am so eternally blessed that I was gifted this experience!

I was delivered into the arms of Jesus and I cannot praise Him enough for loving me. For being my fuel. For offering grace and forgiveness. For pulling me from those ashes and helping me dust my butt off. We all fall down but it is how you get up that sets you up for the rest of your life. I still want to cry from gratitude when I think of His hand reaching for mind. Often times, when I am alone like today, I do cry out to Him w my thankfulness. We all have so many things to be thankful for. Thanksgiving doesn’t and shouldn’t just come once a year but it is to be celebrated with our Lord and savior Jesus Christ everyday. Praise Him! Praise Him for your ability to see, hear, feel, breathe, and taste. You can use all of your senses to praise Him.

When you go to hell you come out on fire. On fire for Jesus! You don’t have to go to literal hell, like I did and I pray you don’t, to be on fire for Jesus. We all have our own version of hell on earth. Addiction, loss, pain, fears, and there is so much more that could be described as hell, or going through hell. We do it to ourselves at times but our God is so good He will save you from yourself. He saved me from myself and multiple hells I created.

Have you been forged in fire? I’m betting you’ve had your own type of hell to deal with. You have always come out on top because of His love for you! Know this- He loves us! We are the apple of His eye! You are important!

I’m still working on this layout and how to do all of this so be patient with me. See you all Monday night on Facebook! This weeks lesson is when to shut up and maybe gift of exhortation- how to use it correctly!

Thanks for joining me!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton