Rain, Hill, and Valley

 I've been in deep reflection these past few months.  The Lord has been convicting me to change some of my ways.  I won't lie, I walked away from God for a bit.  Spiritual warfare has been coming at me hard, though I believe most of it came from me resisting the Holy Spirit.  Fear and pain does that.  Entertaining them erodes integrity, faithfulness, and faith.  Anyway, I came on here to share something with you:  You can use the model of the Holy Trinity to reshape your life and the quality of it.

 Concept is easy enough, but the application requires earnestness and awareness.  We have the spirit, the mind, and the body.  If one begins to weaken, it affects the other two.  To help correct this imbalance we can hone in on the other two, and that will help the other weakened self.  In other words, if the spirit isn't right, the mind and body will decline.  Same goes for the mind and body-if one of them is in decline, the other two will be also.

 So, say my faith is under attack and my mind isn't firing properly, I can focus in on my body.  That looks like eating healthy, drinking plenty of water, getting plenty of rest, and exercising.  This will help my spirit and my mind reclaim its integrity.  And once my body is functioning properly, my mind begins to clear up and my spirit begins to regain its authority.  Then I'll be able to focus in on the mind and spirit, as well as my body.

 Fun fact:  Your immediate surroundings reveal the contents of your mind.  If I have a cluttered house, my mind is cluttered.  If I want to clear my mind, I clean and organize my surroundings.  I pray this blesses you.  I love you with the love of Christ.  Shalom Shalom

The Eighth Day

 The wages of sin is death, but Jesus defeated death. What does this signify? This indicates that through our faith in Him, death has no hold on us. The weapon will form but it will not prosper.

We are born sinners, and not one sin is lesser or greater than the next. Over the course of my life, even up until recently, I've been deceived into believing that if I continue sinning, I go to hell. As I transitioned from a life of the law to a life of the covenant, there was still a, how do I say this-a delayed awareness. I was trying to become clean by my own strength, and I found that to be impossible. The law kept me blind and in a loop of sin, shame, and sacrifice. The covenant of Christ broke those chains.

When the Lord breathes His Spirit upon someone, it changes their heart-it transforms them into creatures that want to abide in Him. And when he brings someone into a wilderness season, it is not punishment. The one he corrects, he loves.

The Lord wants His children to know that our peace is His care. There will be trouble in this life, but we have peace in Jesus. Even through the storm. The kind of peace that makes no sense logically, but plenty of sense to those He has given understanding. I check my analytical mind on a daily, and even though I experience unease, I also experience peace in it through Jesus. He is the author of peace, not confusion, and when I'm experiencing confusion, I know that's my cue to lean into Him. I encourage you to let your guard down in those moments and lean into Jesus-to call upon Him. He will answer. Jesus loves you. I love you. Shalom Shalom

Your Faith Matters

 It is impossible to please God without faith.  Why?  Faith is required for transformation.  If I wanted to go to college let's say, I would first have to believe in myself and that it's possible.  If I didn't have faith that this was possible, I would most likely decide not to go to college.  It's the same way with God.  If we don't believe His promises, we won't come to him or invest ourselves in His good work.  And His good works lead to salvation.  Let's continue to walk by faith and not by sight.  Let us continue to trust in Him and see His faithfulness.  Let us go up to the mountain of the Lord.  Jesus loves you.  I love you.  Shalom Shalom