I haven't written very often this year, but I have been changing this year. 

All I've written about in the past has had to become more of a part of me from the inside out.  Revelation is one thing, manifestation is another. Revelation is suddenly seeing things more clearly in an instant-- a flash of light so to speak, but that light has to become part of us, one with us. That oneness within ourselves agrees with what Jesus intended us to be restored to In Him, one within and one with Him.  This is what manifestation of revelation is.  It all has to do with living out who He made us to be in our new birth.  

The more we understand the process and yield to it, the more readily the manifestation comes.  It has nothing to do with being religious, but it has everything to do with Life and that more abundant, receiving His love, His provision, His way of doing things and living out the life we have on a higher level than we ever could have lived alone without Him.

I'll leave you with a beautiful scripture.   One that I thought for quite sometime was very lovely and desired it even though I thought I had already received more of the reality of it than I had.  Even now after experiencing more, I see that I have only just begun to receive a greater portion of the riches of His grace in this area.

I pray the Blessing of the LORD upon you and His Peace to you and yours, even as the Angels declared at His birth,  "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men" (Luke 2:14).  All we have to do is to accept His gracious offer and follow Him.  He is the greatest Gift we'll ever receive, and actually, we are His!  This truth makes it easy for me to agree with all who decide to trust His enabling to receive and to "learn the unforced rhythms of grace."


Matthew 11:28  The Message

“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”

The Living Word

The LORD said to me a while back to always call the Word, "The Living Word" and the following understanding came with what He said: It is living and when we  read it and receive it, it will produce what it is in us.   

Sounds like something He'd say, doesn't it? 

Here's a portion of the Living Word which helps me to  more consistently choose to allow the Word to do its work in me:

Isaiah 55:8-11  KJV

8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.

9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it (my emphasis).

...and it will accomplish in us what He sent it forth to do as we choose to believe what He says rather than what we might be experiencing. Choosing to believe and to receive is key....that's where our faith comes in. He will never force anything on us-that's what the enemy does.  God always allows us to choose.  Always.  But if we do, He is faithful who promises and we, He and I or He and you, get to walk it out together.

Life Happens Indeed...

Wow! Life happens indeed.

Again, it's been a long time since I've written anything, but one thing I discovered in the many years I've kept a journal is that there is a pattern which has been pretty consistent: I'll write often for a number of months, then there will be a lapse before another entry.  The time lapse varies from year to year but none-the-less the pattern seems to always be the same.  I'll write about what the Spirit of the LORD is sharing with me for a period of time, and afterwards, I'll go on a journey in my everyday life to live out with His help in a deeper way all that He's revealed to me. 

Needless to say, it can be challenging.  Sometimes very challenging indeed!  And what seems to be funny about the process is that I'm not aware of this cycle while it's happening, but only see it when I become motivated to start writing again. 

So as it is with my journal, it is also with this blog.  Looks like another cycle has begun!