Lifting up Your Brothers to the Throne:

And Pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and request. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. Ephesians 6: 18

 

I have had a burden to share with how you can lift your dear brothers to the throne of Jesus. I have been talking with my sweet sisters about how “different” men are these days. We talked about the men that are dad’s are. Men of strong faith, who have protected their families, been faithful to their wife and have lead their families in a Christ like manner. I have been frustrated that most men today are simply not like that. It is extremely rare find in this world now. I know so many sweet, Christian ladies who are waiting for the right man to stand and ask them out and they wait in vain and are discouraged when all the “wrong’ men ask them out.  I quickly realized the other day that it is not the “men” of today that are different ,but it is the world that has changed towards men.  Men are told to take a back seat. Men are not the only ones who go to college now, who hold high power jobs, who bring home a pay check every month, who pay the bills, who manage the mortgage ect…   More women run the world and are the bread winners today. I might be an old fashion girl but my heart’s desire is to raise a family and love my husband. I long to be a wife of noble character and a wife whose husband calls her blessed, and a woman that fears the Lord (Proverbs 31).  I am not at all saying that women who work are wrong to do so. The Proverbs 31 woman is proof that a wife should not be lazy. She buys lands, she plants a vineyard, and she works while it is still dark outside (Proverbs 31: 13-16). Sounds like this woman has a couple of jobs and her family is the core of it. There is nothing wrong with women working but I do think that women are taking some of the “rights’ away from men. Rights that the Lord intended men to have; leadership, respect, submission, and honor have fallen by the way side for many men today. Men were made to lead and to be the head of the household ( Ephesians 5: 23). Sadly too many families are not like this now. I have been burden to pray for the men in this world and more specifically the man who the Lord blesses me with as my husband. I encourage my sweet sisters to join me in this. Pray for the men in your life.  Wives pray daily for your husband, single ladies pray for your future husband, all women pray for your earthly dads. They have the weight of the world on their shoulders and they need the courage and strength that only the Lord can provide them with. I pray that the men in my life fear the Lord because it is the beginning of wisdom and knowledge (Psalm 111:10, Proverbs 1:7). I pray that  they know that the Lord cares for every detail of their life, right down to the number of hairs on their head ( Luke 12:7). I pray that they would listen to the Lord as HE instructs his mind ( 1 Corinthians 2: 16). I pray that they will no longer be conformed to the pattern of this world but renewed in Christ (Romans 12:2). I pray eagerly that they will flee temptation and rejoice when they have overcome it in HIM ( James 4:7, 1 Timothy 6:11, 2 Timothy 2:22). That they will draw near to God (James 4:8). That their mind will be at peace because they trust in the Lord( Isaiah 26: 3-4). I pray that they will look to the Lord so that they may be radiant (Psalms 34:5). That they look to the Lord also for strength ( Psalms 105:4). I pray the friendships that they have now are honoring to HIM and that they listen to wise friends ( Proverbs 1:5).  I pray that the words of their mouths are pleasing to HIM and that they build others up in HIS name( Psalms 19:14, Ephesians 4: 29). I pray that they are never lazy and that the favor of the Lord rest upon them (Proverbs 10:4, Psalm 90: 17 ). Lastly, I pray that they will love the Lord with all their heart ( Deuteronomy 6:5). That they will dwell in the Shelter of the Most High ( Psalms 91:1).

I encourage you sisters to start praying for the men in this world. They are faced with much more then what our dads and granddads had to deal with.  Pray that they will stand firm and that they will renew their strength in Christ and soar like eagles. (Isaiah 40:31).

L-O-V-E

Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days- Psalm 90:14

 

LOVE… a simply four letter word that holds incredible meaning behind it. It’s that feeling that makes a girl get “butterflies” in her stomach when she is around the guy that she has a crush on. It’s that word that I am sure we have all said at least once in our lifetime (hopefully many times).  It makes you do and say things you would never dream of doing.  It is suppose to never fail and protect.   Sadly many times however, it does fail and it does not protect.  A boy and a girl meet, they fall “in love” , get married , start a life and family together and then love fails and ends in heart breaking divorce. It breaks my heart to hear of it and to see friends go through it. I could not even imagine the pain, anguish, doubt, and fault that covers someone after a divorce. I have never experience divorced but I have been “in love” and have had the person that I love just walk away and break that love. I know many dear sisters that can probably relate to this.

Dear one, there is one who’s love is unfailing and who will NEVER walk away from you. Who will fight for you with His army of angels  ( Exodus 14:14 ).  After the hurt I have been through of losing a earthly love it simple blows me away just to think of the crazy love that our Savoir , King Jesus has for us. You can do absolutely nothing that would make Him walk away. He will never say “I give up on you.”  He has been my Rock and comfort and I know His love for me is unfailing.  Everything I possess in my life is a product of His love for me. I proudly boast in all that He has blessed me with (Psalm 44:8) I am everything because He loved me. I know many sweet sisters who want the earthly love of a man and I do too but I do not “require “a man on earth, in order to have love and to feel love.  Christ has given me everything that I need.

“His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.” – 2 Peter 1:3

He can satisfy our entire needs, dear sister. Fall in love with your King who is standing before you and reflect   His unfailing love for you, dear one. You will only find complete satisfaction and love in Him. No man on this earth can give you that. Although a man can be strong and close to Christ he is going to fail sooner or later. I feel like too many women today our trying to put their man on the pedestal of love that belongs to God only. I do blame part of the divorce and failed marriages on women because of that. Ladies, know that even if your man is the greatest Christian, he is going to fail at one point in life, he is human just like you and not perfect like your King. Do not place him in the spot where HE (King Jesus )belongs. Beloved, I pray that you know that His love for you is unfailing and that He is always there for you.  Willing to fight, protect and stand up for you in any battle.  For myself and all of you who are waiting patiently on an earthly man, keep waiting and trust in the Lord to bring him to you. A man after His own heart. Who will try with everything in him to love, protect, cherish, honor, and respect you.  

“For this reason I kneel before the Father,  from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.  I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen '– Eph 3: 14-21

God’s Path:

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

 Isaiah 55:8

 

Right now I am still in Atlanta , Georgia , not where I thought I would be at all right now. It is October and the leaves are just beginning to fall. I am sitting here, in my room with a cup of apple spiced cider beside me.  The fall months are my favorites. The past few months have been hard because all of the emotions and feelings they hold but moving past and looking to the Lord and the future has never felt so good. I might not be where I thought I was going to be but the Lord knew I would be here and I am right where He wants me to be. Through it all I have become so much stronger in my daily walk with Him. Truly, seeking Him first in all that I do. Don’t get me wrong, there are times I stumble or want to veer off the path but the Lord gentle says “No, daughter this way.”  His way is always right. Dear one, I have found out something through all of this. All my life I had been asking God to walk with me and instead I should have been walking with Him.  I, the clay, was telling the potter what to spin and make.   I have realized that God’s blessing would come when I did what He said, not what I “wanted” or what “I said” but only through walking with Him.  Dear one, we are wise to walk with Him for protection and satisfaction, instead of us pleading with Him to walk with us.  I would like to share this from my dear sister’s book. I really think she did a wonderful job at capturing what it might look like when we get to heaven and talk to God about the paths that we took. This is from Beth Moore:

 

Imagine going to heaven and standing by God as He lovingly shows you His plan for your life. It begins with the day you are born. Once you received Christ as Savior, every day that follows is outlined in red. You see footprints walking through each day of your life. On many of the days, two sets of footprints appear. You inquire:  

“Father, are those my footprints every day, and is the second set of prints when You joined me,” He answers,

 “No, My precious Child. The consistent footprints are Mine. The second set of footprints are when your joined Me.”

“Where were You going Father.”

“To the destiny I planned for you, hoping you would follow. “

 “But Father where are my footprints all those times?”

“ Sometimes you went back to look at old resentments and habits, sometimes you chose your own path. Other times your footprints appear on another person’s calendar because you liked their plan better. Sometimes , you simply stopped because you would not let go of something you could not take with you.”

 “But Father , we ended up OK even if I did not walk with your every day didn’t we.”

 “ Yes , Child we ended up OK but , you see OK was never what I had in mind for you.

I am not sure about you dear one, but this scenario was a little too close to conversations I see myself having with God. “ I made it , right “ How sad. As the child of the Lord most High, who only wants the best for us we are ok with settling for “We made it.”   Scriptures shows us that we should always walk with Him. Beloved, we should want what He wants for us not what we want. Do you not think that the King of the universe knows what our heart desires more than anyone, or anything else? And He longs to bless us with that.  ( Psalm 37:4). Please remember dear one that walking with Him does not mean that you will always be perfect. You may stumble but you will not fall.

“ If the Lord delights in a man’s way, he makes his steps firm; though he stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand. – Psalm 37: 23-24

He gives us the power of strength every day to keep walking with Him.  ( Isaiah 40:31. He knows this path is hard for us but we have the gift of freely asking Him for strength, daily. In these uncertain times He also gives us the promise of a sure foundation. ( Isaiah 33: 6 ), (2 Timothy  2:19). He gives us the wisdom that we ask for in order to make the right choices each day. (James 1:5). If we lack wisdom ask Him to show us where, what and when to do it. We are walking on His path to victory. Do we really stop and think that we are walking on this path leading up to Heaven? To a city beyond our wildest dreams, we are on the path to that beginning of spending every second at the throne of Jesus. Dear one ,this world holds nothing that we should veer off the path to chase after. If it is something God wants you to have, trust me, it will be on His right and perfect path. Although stumbles , temptation and dark days come remember all you have to do is cry out to Him and He will come quickly and carry you back to His path.( Psalm 20 :1), ( Psalm 23: 4).  He will hold your hand through every “dark” step and will see that you arrive safely with Him on His path.  Beloved walk with Him, and let Him lead you on the path that He planned from the very beginning for you and you only.

Preparing for Your Groom:

 

“Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come and his bride has made herself ready.”- Revelation 19:7

Dear sisters, I believe that almost every one of us has a yearning to one day, be a beautiful bride and to live happily ever after. I know I have had that longing and still do. To one day enjoy life with an earthly man and have our marriage and love for each other reflect the love of Christ.  I believe our dear, sweet brothers hold desires that are very similar to that as well. Men desire a heritage and they want to live happily ever after as well. The Devil wants to extinguish our dreams and desires and the Lord wants to surpass them.  Dear one, He gives us dreams and desires so that we will long for His final reality.  God designed marriage so that we could understand a greater relationship ( Ephesians 5: 23-33). A marriage here on earth between a man and a woman is supposed to be the beautiful relationship that we all have with Christ.  Male or female we are the bride of Christ and the intimacy of the relationship is between Christ and believers.  He calls us “His bride.” I find it interesting that He used the word “bride” not “wife.”  Isaiah 61 shows clearly the Lord sweeping away the ashes and replacing them with a crown. 

“I delight greatly in the Lord;my soul rejoices in my God.For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. “

We are the bride of the Prince of Peace dear one.  I believe that the Lord used the word “bride” instead of “wife” for a few different reasons. The word bride means a lot of things the word wife does not. Bride shows, newness, a beautiful new dress, twinkling eyes, and new love.  I believe this is how our relationship with Christ is. We will always be “new” brides to Him.  It’s like watching a couple who has been married over 35 years and seeing that love and sparkle  still in their eyes for each other. I adore when I hear an older man call his wife “his bride’ it just seems to mean more and means that he still sees her the same as the day that he married her.  Gorgeous! This brings me back to thinking of the wedding day. A bride does not get ready in just one day to marry the groom. Most of my friends who have gotten married have planned their weddings from anywhere to 6 months to a year away, because they want everything to be perfect for that one day. That one day when they marry the man of their dreams, so they take time to prepare for that day. This goes back to Revelations 19:4-8. These verses talk about all the believers and Christ at the marriage dinner of the Lamb. I love verse 7.

“Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come and his bride has made herself ready”

“His bride has made herself ready,” Dear one, that means we cannot make ourselves ready the minute we see Christ, anymore then a woman can prepare to meet her groom at the alter within a  5 minute warning.  We have to be preparing now and dwelling on Him now. We as ladies get to know the man we are marrying. We know his heart, we know our differences, what we have in common and we continue to get to know him better each day.  It is the same with Christ. We cannot make ourselves ready without thinking about Him, dwelling on Him, meditating in His word, and simply basking in His truth and wonderfulness.  Psalm 45 shows us many of the characteristics of our Groom. Remember, dear one, we cannot be prepared for Him unless we ‘know’ Him.

Psalm 45:2- You are the most excellent of men and your lips have been anointed with grace, since God has blessed you forever.”  ( Respect for Him)

Psalm 25:7 - You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.” (Ultimate joy found in Him)

Psalm 45: 11 – The King is enthralled by your beauty; honor him for he is your lord.  (Your King absolutely adores and loves you )

Dear ones, this is your Groom. The one you are preparing yourself for.  I pray that you will live each day to make yourself “ready” for Him! He is all we will ever need!

Rest

Rest for the Broken Hearted:

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,  because the Lord has anointed me
  to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
    to proclaim freedom for the captives
    and release from darkness for the prisoners

Isaiah 61:1

            Dear sister or brother can you remember your first day of school, when you rode a bike for the first time without “training wheels,” and when you lost your first tooth? Most of you may or may not be able to remember these moments in your life but I can almost guarantee that if I asked you to tell me about the first time your heart got broken, you probably would be able to tell me every little detail about that moment. Why is it that the injury to our heart cuts so deep and hurts us so badly? It’s like the pain of the heart is in a “class” of hurt all by itself. As I ponder this, I think back to heartbreaks that I have had in the past. I can almost feel the pain and the aches of some of them again. A broken heart is inescapable part of the time and it is also a key in maturity. However, many sisters and brothers, experience mature emotions long before they should and are left crushed and in pieces.

Beloved, I believe that only God can completely take a shatter heart and put it back together. If you jump back to Psalm we find David in great sorrow and hurt. 

“If an enemy were insulting me,  I could endure it; if a foe were rising against me,
    I could hide. But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend,
 with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship at the house of God, as we walked about
 among the worshipers. “ – Psalm 55:12-14

Beloved, only a person who has intimate contact to your heart can hurt you as much as David was describing. If you have ever been hurt by a sister, brother, mom, dad, friend, husband or wife you probably have experienced, firsthand the kind of pain and distress David is talking about.  If you have been hurt like this I beg you dear one, to not recoil emotionally from this. Allow the work of the Holy Spirit, to come and to ensure that healing has come to you. It breaks my heart to think of the pain of betrayal that I know many of you have gone through, but please remember that the Lord understands and does feel your pain. He is sympathetic and our heartbreaks aren’t anyone else’s concerns but the Lord’s.  Yes, friends and family members can reach out to us and offer love and support but there is only so much they can take. After a month of you still being shattered and broken, people beginning to wonder if you will ever get over it. The Lord knows that we cannot always be strong  all the time. Remember from Isaiah 61 He came to “bind up the brokenhearted.” He knows that we are weak and in pain over this heartbreak. Unlike friends here on earth, the Lord is never intimidated by the intensity of our need and the expression of our weakness. Beloved, do you know how thankful I am that I do not have to “keep it all together” and set a good example for others to follow, when I am completely alone with the Father.  He understands that and wants us to come to Him for “rest” when we are in pain ( Psalm 62:5).

Dear one He will heal your heart if you allow Him to, but we have to trust and believe in His sovereignty. That means, if a betrayal by a loved one knocks us completely down and shatters our heart, we still have to trust and know that if the Lord allowed something this appalling to happen, that He plans to use it in a powerful way. He would never allow anything to cross your path that He could not use for eternity. He saw everything and saw this coming before you were even born. His plan for you has not changed no matter what happen or what you did. You are God’s child and you are defined by Him! Find rest and never be shaken in Him.

“Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.. – Psalm 62:2

Idolatry

"Who shapes a god and casts an idol , which can profit him nothing"

Isaiah 44: 10

            So I have a simple question to ask you dear friend. Where is your satisfaction found? Is it in your amazing job? Is it in your wonderful family? It is in your awesome spouse? Is it in the bank sitting in a checking account? Where is your true and deep satisfaction found?

To find true satisfaction is to find it in God. He wants us to find our satisfaction in Him instead of wasting our time and energy on things that cannot satisfy because dear one, when we look to other sources for satisfaction we are guilty of idolatry.   I am not saying we cannot enjoy the things of life and find joy and pleasure in them but when we seek in them our true satisfaction, we have turned that something into a idol.  I love how Isaiah says it.

Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare. -Isaiah 55:2

The answer for those who have an inner thirst and hungry need only to follow Isaiah 55:6

            “Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near”

I believe that God creates and activates dissatisfaction in every person for a wonderful reason.  I believe that 2 Peter 3:9 holds the answer to this dissatisfaction that every person is plagued with.

“ The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance" 

Beloved, the Lord does not want anyone to perish. He wants everyone to come to repentance but He gave us free will to make the decision of whether we accept His invitation or not; however He did purposely create us with a need that only He can meet. If you have not noticed from other friends around you, one of the most general human experiences is the inability to be completely satisfied. Salvation alone does not completely fill this need and many come to Christ searching for something missing but after they receive His salvation they go elsewhere for satisfaction.  I can testify to that dear one. Christians can be miserably dissatisfied if they accept Christ salvation yet reject the fullness of a daily relationship with Him. He offers us so much more than we typically choose to enjoy. Dear one, please know that discovering dissatisfaction is not a terrible thing but a God thing. It is only a bad thing when we do not allow it to lead us to Christ. He wants His children to find the one source that will truly satisfy our thirst and fulfill our longing hunger in our hearts. We must realize beloved that God desires for us to find genuine satisfaction in Him. Settling for satisfaction with anything else is idolatry. I realize that, that word might seem harsh but beloved, anything we try to put in place where God belongs is a idol. I myself have been guilty of this more then once.  I have placed relationships, and things above where the Lord’s rightful place should have been. True peace and satisfaction in this world comes when we break free of this. Dear one, the void that God created in us for Himself will require attention. Our natural craving is to be filled so the moment that someone or something comes to meet that need we feel an overwhelming temptation to worship it.  Isaiah 44:20 states this so clearly I think. 

“ Such a person feeds on ashes; a deluded heart misleads him; he cannot save himself, or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie? ”

I am speechless reading this verse. How many times have I fed on ashes instead of feasting on the powerful word of God? How many times has my deluded heart mislead me and told me lies? Dear one I could cry right now just thinking about all the things I have tried to hold on to and all the while they were lies.  I finally have seen some of them were idols in my walk with the Lord. Finally I have let Him open my hands and have released the lies of “idols” I was holding on too. I have grasped His hands since then and am walking with Him daily. I urge you brother or sister that whatever you are holding on too, putting before God, and worshiping please release it and find true glory and satisfaction in Him. He is the truth that sets us free.. Open your hands and find satisfaction in Him.

“All of You is more than enough for all of me. For every thirst and every need. You satisfy me with Your love. And all I have in You is more than enough” – Enough by Chris Tomlin

Peace through the Storm

Peace in the Lord:

Now may the Lord of peace himself give you pace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you. – II Thessalonians 3:16

            Friends, the Lord placed it on my heart to write about peace in Him. As many of you know my story, peace and rest in the Lord has played a huge factor in giving glory and honor to the Lord in all this. Peace is such an important real and practical benefit of our relationship with God and through my past I have seen that. I seriously would be a wreck if the Lord did not step in with His unfailing love and peace. Through this situation in my life I have discovered that as daughters and brothers of the King we have the peace of Christ. It has already been given to you dear one, if you have received Christ in your life you have His peace, however we don’ t always know how to activate it. The Lord promises us peace dear friend ,  and all we have to do is simply activate it.

You will keep in perfect peace   those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. - Isaiah 26:3

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

John 14:27

He wants to give each of His children the ultimate peace through any situation. He offers His peace to you, all you have to do is take and receive it. Claim it in the victory of Jesus.

Jesus is the Prince of Peace and beloved when we permit him to govern our lives, peace in Him either seeps in immediately or ultimately. (Isaiah 9:6)  Beloved, peace comes in situations that are completely surrendered to the authority of Christ. We must relinquish the control that we “think” we have over the situation and completely turn it over to the sovereign hands of our Lord. I know this is hard to do. Believe me, I get it. You have never met a more determined daughter, then me in thinking that “I can make everything work out and I can make it all better.”  The true reality is that until the situation is turned over to God then peace cannot be received. It is so refreshing when I finally give up and decide to trust the sovereign God, unexpected peace just washes over like a cool, spring rain. I have finally turned my broken heart, and my shattered dreams over to the authority of the Lord and when I finally turned it all over to Him it was like the flood gates opened up and not only did he start to restore my brokenness but He has now turned my sad past into a wonderful story all for His glory. The Prince gave me His peace and has turned my something bad into something good ( Romans 8:28).  Beloved, if you have not yet surrendered a past area of your life over to God’s authority, something is holding you captive.  The Lord wants His children to experience His peace. You can experience this peace of Christ, dear friend, no matter what your trial or circumstance but you must, believe, bend the knee and receive it. Find joy in knowing that God inspired His Word with immense care and immaculate precision. Dear friend, He chose every word with intention.  He promises that we can have peace like a river in Isaiah 48:18. He meant that beloved. This kind of peace is found with awareness to God’s command by obedience through the power of the Holy Spirit. Not only is peace like a river promised but righteousness like the waves of the sea are promised when we are obedient to God’s authority. Dear sweet friend, God’s way is the secure way and the only way that peace is found in this hectic world. Receive the peace of God today and let His peace rule in your hearts (Colossians 3:15).  

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.

Colossians 3:15

Security in Him:

“May the Lord answer you when you are in trouble; may the God of Jacob make you secure!”- Psalm 20:1

           

            Alright dear sister I am a little upset. It seriously upsets me when I stand in the line at the store and I see all the headlines plaster across the magazines on the racks. “How to Look Good Enough for Him or “How to Make Him Fall in Love with You.”  Seriously, I am so sick of all the media throwing in the faces of beautiful women these lies that we have to be, good enough for him, thin enough for him, pretty enough for him, and the list goes on and on. Enough, please stop with these lies. Women desire and long to be told they are captivating, desirable and pretty. I completely get it. What woman would not want to hear that come out of the mouth of a man? I will be the first in line to sign up for that.  Any woman would thrive under that kind of affirmation from a man. However, what if no man ever tells you that beloved?  Or what if he only says it, because he wants something or because he is suppose to, but to be honest he is not really feeling it. Dear sister, is there no validation for a woman apart from a man? Do we only think we are valuable and have worth once we catch the eye of a man? From walking through the stores lately, I think that pretty much sums up what the world is telling women now. No wonder we are all plagued with massive insecurities issues.

            Dear one, I am going to be up front and say that men are not our problems but instead, it is what we are trying to get from them that messes us up. In the sweet words of my dear sister Beth Moore,” we use guys like mirrors to see if we’re valuable, beautiful, desirable, and worthy of notice. “  Sweet sisters, we are trying to get confirmation and security from earthly men and even with all the love and compassion, earthly men simply cannot fill that security for you. They barely are getting along with their own security issues that the world is throwing at them as well. They do not have any to spare for us sweet sisters. We must find our true security, worth, and value in the one who created us in His own image. (Genesis 1:27) Beloved you must draw close to the One and only One who can bring you this immense security. We, as women, are bombarded everyday with so much that causes us to have doubts and insecurities and we are craving to find a source that will never run dry.

“The Lord will guide you always ; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land  and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden,  like a spring whose waters never fail. “ Isaiah 58:11

He  alone will satisfy you. Just reflect in all that love for a second. No earthly man can make you as richly satisfied as the Lord. Let’s find our true security in the Lord and not throw all that at the men that come into our life. Show them that you are a strong, Christian woman rooted firmly in the garden of the Lord.  (Side note to add, a man is so much more attracted to a secure woman then to an emotional train wreck who insists he could complete her. )  In the words of another dear sister Christy Nockels, “ Men are not drawn to hysterical needy women.”  Wow, I am humiliated to say that I have played this role in the past but through the trials the Lord has carried me through I am finding my true love and security in Him. He never fails you, He will always be there, you can always trust Him, you can always count on Him and He will never just walk out on you. No other man can make that promise to you dear sister. Not one! Only your True Lover, Jesus can make all those promises and NEVER break them.  Take hope and have faith in Him and show earthly men where you stand. Do not believe the lies of the media, magazines and this world. Claim victory over it and stand strong (Psalm 90:17).  

“He will cover you with feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart” Psalm 90:4