“…I want to find you over and over…”

The love and gentleness of our Father in Heaven overwhelms my entire being…His goodness seeks to envelope every waste place to bring the light of His life…He is our Sabbath~the rest for our heart, His way is peace filled…

Where envy and wars rage, where conflict bears weight creating a tearing at your belief in Jesus…cease to listen…His wisdom comes in a way that we are able to receive…His word says, His wisdom is easy to be entreated, and full of great mercy… Speak His word aloud~let the sound of your voice ring in your ears and hear Him…

This is His words, He is our Shalom.

Perfected.

“ But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.”

James 3:17-18

Silence your spirit…still yourself in His way today…His truth…His life.

Hold Fast. Stand Still.

"Never doubt in the dark what God told you in the light"

~V. Raymond Edman. 

"...a winnowing flame"

...journaling has become a point of release, to find breath again . My heart may tend to beat with increasing anxiety, my spirit may be in a state of vexation...but in these moments of weakness and dark night of the soul, I find myself reaching, even in the early hours before daybreak...scratching through tear soiled pages, planting the words with ink...curling up, drifting off, and waiting for my Lord... here, I find my solace, buried in the heart of my Father of Lights, as He watches, guards, and comforts, my Jesus...

I'm learning through daily trials to weigh His words, to ponder Him, as He increases...

Mary, the mother of Jesus, has been an identifier in this season of my life, as the scriptures state...

"She kept all of these things, and pondered them in her heart."

Lie 2:19

She treasured.

She reflected.

She stood in quiet wonder over her baby boy...The Christ, the Only Begotten of the Father.

There is wisdom in the holding...

discretion,

prudence.

By silencing the tongue, there is a removing of the wood, where the fires will cease...

Proverbs 26:20

The guarding of the heart...

He is the Light and He bears the flame, and only He has the place to fan in truth what He began...and we hold with confidence as He promises to the completion.

Held

Timid.

She stood in the shadows…

With tenderness he came and took her by the hand,

leading her to the flickering light in the distance…

Together they peered through the curtains to see Daddy, sitting in the stillness.

Slowly, he rocked back-and-forth in his chair.

Sensing their presence, he leaned over and called out, “Come here…come to me.”

Stretching his arms wide, he reached for them pulling them close…so close.

Looking into their tear-filled glassy eyes,

he gently said,

“You are mine…You both are mine.”