My Child~

My Child,

You may not know me, but I know everything about you.
Psalm 139:1
 I know when you sit down and when you rise up.
Psalm 139:2

I am familiar with all your ways. Even the very hairs on your head are numbered.
Matthew 10:29-31
You were made in my image.
Genesis 1:27

  Beacuse of me you live and move and have your being.
Acts 17:28
You are my offspring.
Acts 17:28

I knew you even before you were conceived.
Jeremiah 1:4-5
I chose you when I planned creation.
Ephesians 1:11-12

You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book.
Psalm 139:15-16

I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live.
Acts 17:26

You are fearfully and wonderfully made.
Psalm 139:14

I knit you together in your mother's womb.
Exodus 19:5

I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul.
Jeremiah 32:41


And I want to show you great and marvelous things.
Jeremiah 33:3


If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me.

Deuteronomy 4:29


Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4


For it is I who gave you those desires.
Philippians 2:13


I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine.
Ephesians 3:20


For I am your greatest encourager.
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17


I am also the Father
who comforts you in all your troubles.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4


When you are brokenhearted,
 I am close to you.
 Psalm 34:18


As a shepherd carries a lamb,
I have carried you close to my heart.
Isaiah 40:11



One day I will wipe away
every tear from your eyes.
Revelation 21:3-4


And I'll take away all the pain
you have suffered on this earth.
Revelation 21:3-4



I am your Father, and I love you
even as I love my son, Jesus.
John 17:23


For in Jesus, my love for
you is revealed.
John 17:26

He is the exact representation
of my being.
Hebrews 1:3


He came to demonstrate that
I am for you, not against you.
Romans 8:31


And to tell you that I am
not counting your sins.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19

Jesus died so that you and
I could be reconciled.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19


His death was the ultimate
expression of my love for you.
1 John 4:10


I gave up everything I loved
 that I might gain your love.
Romans 8:31-32


If you receive the gift of my
 son Jesus, you receive me.
1 John 2:23


And nothing will ever separate
you from my love again.
Romans 8:38-39


Come home and I'll throw
the biggest party heaven has ever seen.
Luke 15:7


I have always been Father,
 and will always be Father.
Ephesians 3:14-15


My question is…
Will you be my child?
John 1:12-13

I am waiting for you.
Luke 15:11-32

For you are my treasured possession.

Love, Your Dad
Almighty God

Overwhelm Me!

God's grace,His presence and His POWER have been completely overwhelming me. Almost in a tangible way, where I can feel HIM pressing in to me. I have asked for simply MORE..MORE of Jesus. He needed to do a little work in this area called GRACE...giving Grace exactly. I began to see ways that I withold grace from certain people, in my own way. Often not too noticable, but it's there....He has given me new eyes to see those around me that need this grace and love spoken over them. This spoke to me and brought me to my knees!

Jesus dealt with the woman at the well without ever dealing directly with the issue of her living with a man who was not her husband. If I were Jesus, I would have made sure she understood the importance of getting out of that relationship of making things right. But in recording the story, the Holy Spirit seems to say to any who question this,"That's none of your business. You don't need to know whether Jesus dealt directly with that issue or not." Could this be because, knowing this woman had had five husands and was liviing wth a man to whom she as not married, she would have obviously been branded as an immoral woman whose only option to survive financially was thorugh prostitution? Could it be that Jesus was saying, "What the religious are concerned about, I'm not all that concerned about. And what the religious aren't concerned about, namely LOVE, concerns me to the utmost?" (John Courson's Application Commentary, New Testament)

I read this a few days ago, have shared it with many...I can't shut up about what HE has revealed to me. It's not my job to "help" them see their sin, It's my job to love them to Jesus and the Holy Spirit will do the rest! P-O-W-E-R-F-U-L!!

Wish I Could Hit Rewind!

Yesterday I had a parenting moment that I would like to quickly forget. An impatient moment, a quick, harsh word that brought tears to my sweet daughter's eyes quickly. Although, her words were careless, as well, I could've handled this tender heart in such a different way.  It breaks my heart to think about how my selfish,  ugly ways can spill out onto my kids! ugh! It all ended well, apologies, hugs and some time together eating dinner and watching her favorite tv show with her, under blankets on the couch. I still was sad and discouraged that it even happened! 

This morning, during my prayer time,  I was really asking the Lord why that happened...what is still in me, from the "old" Tracy, that still oozes out every once in awhile? I know we are human, we are sinful, but I have died to this daily..impatient, harsh,  quick, rude words...I LET THAT GO ALREADY....Just last week I wrote about the verse in James that says BE SLOW TO SPEAK..we've been there, done that, LORD!  And then I read this....it was straight from the Lord! 

Bring Me your weakness, and receive My Peace, Accpet yourself and your circumstances just as they are, remembering that I am sovereign over everything. Do not wear yourself out with analyzing and planning. Instead let thankfulness and trust be your guides through this day; they will keep you close to Me. As you live in the radiance of My Presence, My Peace shines upon you. You will cease to notice how weak or strong you feel, becasue you will be focusing on Me. The best way to get through this day is step by step with Me. Continue this intimate journey, trusting that the path you are following is headed for heaven!!!!

Wow, I love when He speaks to me so quickly and directly! These are the words I needed to hear from Him!  He is ALL that we need!

"Guard my words as your most precious possession… " Pr. 7:2 (LB)

* I have been a parent long enough to realize that we do have "not so good" parenting days and our God is gracious and our kids are too! This was more of a heart issue that I was not happy with and I needed some surgery, so to speak : )

Dance Hard til the End

i love the thought of starting a movement, having a movement started and watching a movement take form, watching people be unleashed to do what they were quite sure was impossible. Some words that i think of when i think of movement....to stir, to disturb, to move, to push, to change, TO NOT STAY THE SAME! when i watch this video, i can think of people that have come in and out of my life that i watch "start a movement" in fact, i immediately sent this to robin, telling her this had to have been her, somewhere, sometime! she was born to start a movement. she does nothing simple, including passionately loving jesus!

i don't view myself as being someone that can start the dance,that can figure out how to take the dream and get the move going but i do view myself as one of those first few that join in...the ones that say, i like this, i'm buying into this, i will join you, i will risk failing, looking different, be extreme, whatever those words that the pessimist comes up with....so i need people like this first "dancer" in my life, i thrive off of them...i pray for them to enter my life, inspire me and watching the movement take a life of it's own.

These are straight from carlos' blog: Check it out!

A few things I think we can learn from this video

.1. One man can start a movement.

2. A movement need not be started by the most skilled member of the
movement.

3. When beginning your movement and you look around and no one else is
joining the dance, just keep dancing.

4. When the one guy who joins your movement slowly fades away, keep
going.

5. Before you know it, the people joining your movement won’t even know you
started it.

6. When your movement takes a life of it’s own, just let go. There will be no
stopping it.

7. The very people who are staring at you like your nuts as you movement
alone, will be the very same people dancing the hardest in the end.

What's your next movement?