Manifesting Love

I had a sweet time with the Lord Saturday morning. The past few months I'd felt so tired and drained. See my focus for awhile had been on taking care of all my children (preschoolers and spiritual children). Saturday was the start of my two week Christmas break and I just looked at Daddy exhausted. He so sweetly wrapped His arms around me and told me, "We've been so busy with the kids haven't we." I replied mildly, "yah." He then told me how He would spoil me over the next couple weeks and we could enjoy each other. He wanted to simply love on me. It reminded me of married couples who finally take a break from the kids. Then God began to unravel to me a beautiful revelation... one that I am still meditating on.

Fruit naturally results from love. When couples are wildly in love all they are concerned about is loving one another and in their love for one another wonderful little surprises can happen along the way. Love cannot help but to manifest itself. And the greatest moments of love bliss is where the manifestation of love starts. Now I am in no way saying that we have physical, marriage intimacy with the Lord, but I am saying that marriage is simply a representation of the greater union we share with Christ. This glorious union began with Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and could not help but manifest in the lives of all human beings and could not help but also fix every human being through the cross. I cannot imagine the fellowship Father, Son, and Holy Spirit had! And now we are joined to that union through Christ! It no longer becomes an effort to love others. We just be ourselves and enjoy being loved on by our God and loving Him back and naturally you will produce the greatest fruit. A father and mother cannot help but radically adore their new born baby and pour everything into it. And every person God wants to love on and birth life out of. He wants His children to have their mother's eyes, similar quirks, and more. Truly He allows us to become Fathers and Mothers of His children.

The whole reason Jesus died and fixed us was so we could enjoy love and love. It is who we are now. It is the most wonderful thing. Simply let Jesus love you. He always has and He always will. And enjoy being His love slave and enjoy the manifested results of love. Maybe you will see druggies and prostitutes turn from old ways and be soooo happy and drunk on Jesus, maybe you will adopt an orphaned child, maybe you will write books that lift up hearts of people around you, maybe you will create movies that stir the soul, maybe you will build houses for the poor, maybe you will be an ear to the elderly, or anything. There are no limits and rules on LOVE. And then when you get a little too wrapped up in the "kids", your loving Husband will pull you aside and assure you He will take care of the children, get you to let go all your concerns, and just love you.

Something yummy from McVey

A friend/big brother in Christ had this posted on his facebook. I just had to repost it. Steve McVey is another wonderful guy with deep revelation of the grace of Christ. A few more peeps I like and trust are Georgian and Winnie Banov, Heidi and Rolland Baker, John Crowder, Benjamin Dunn, Steve McVey, and John Eldridge. 


"Grace throws parties for returning prodigals without saying a word about their sins. Grace pays everybody the same regardless of what time of day they began to work. Grace restores dignity to whores that everybody else wants to stone. Grace hugs the diseased leper (or AIDS patient) that nobody else wants to touch. Grace looks past a person’s behavior and sees the person for who they are in the eyes of God. Grace is irrational to the thinker. It is unfair to the judge. Grace is foolishness to the achiever. It is a waste to the selfish. Grace is a mistake to the disciplinarian. It is shame to the religionist. But it is a stream of water to the thirsty. It’s freedom to the imprisoned. It is life to the dead. Grace is rest to the tired. It is another chance to the failed. It is hope to the despondent. It is a way out for the lost and a way in for those who can see the Door. Grace. It’s not a theological premise. It’s not a doctrine. It’s not a philosophy. It’s not something to be balanced with anything else. It’s not even the most important thing. It’s The One Thing – The Only Thing. It’s a Person – a Person who has held you in His heart before the first molecule existed and One who will never let you go."


 Steve McVey

Here Goes

Well, I am actually going to let you all in my life a little bit and get a feel for what has been going on around me.

First off I am about to be shown God's grace manifested in what lately has felt like a big old storm. My work basically has been a negative mess. Everywhere I turn some complaint is spouted and no one ever has any solutions or ways to help fix things. I feel so bad for the children because it seems we are all far too concerned about ourselves. And my usually giddy me was starting to somewhat crack. Praise Jesus for my Bible study peeps and family who reminded me of who I am and the Christ inside of me. I don't have to try to be joyful or change the atmosphere. I can just be me- who is the joy of Jesus and just be the atmosphere. Others may wallow in lies if they like, but I do not have to. So this week is my last week before break and here goes nothing. Glory to glory for sure. Gulp. I know Jesus has this. I am definitely out of my comfort zone, but I am very glad He does that to me.

Also God is beginning to show me many more radical things. Things of which I am still processing myself. They concern God's love and how far salvation goes. I'm going to drink more of this up first and then I am sure it will show up more in my writings.

I also am very much longing for snow. It was really neat when I was running the other day after feeling really down from work a few flakes began to fall. Such a sweet Jesus blessings. I am sure I will get my white Christmas. 

O, did I tell you all I am an aunt. Well she (I think she's a she) isn't born yet, but I still consider myself her aunt now. She's already kicking in the womb. I believe she's going to be a dancer or at least like dancing. 

Jesus blessings everyone.