Spring is in the air!

God's funny like that. In the natural winter looms on the horizon, yet in the Spirit I see signs of spring everywhere.
Spring is in the air! Can you feel it, can you smell it? See, new things are sprouting up all over?

Even stranger is the sense that the harvest is ready.


Song of Songs 2:11-13 For, lo,the winter is past, ... Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

Something new in my life seems to be an apperciation of certain Chinese pop music, I don't even have to understand the lyrics (although I  like to). I must admit it has something to do with the artist, but I'm not sure just what it is. Here's my new favorite.

The Sun, Cleansed by The Spring Rain

After our separation, another year's spring
Memories melt like the snow
These images of you beside me
Have flown far, far away

Love in the summer is locked in the fall
When winter passes, I feel better
After the rain, a rainbow appears with a sky of blue

*I am under the clear sky after the heavy rain
This is the sun washed by the spring rain
Every winter, it brings loss-it hurts deeply
And then I suddenly see the meaning of the cloud's shapes

If you listen to the rhythm of the pouring rain
This is the sun washed by the spring rain
Every winter brings loss-it hurts deeply
Every breath is a new fragrance

(Repeat All)
Fallen tears left behind wisdom
Love's dawn will break, but will also darken
The world will wait for me, it asks me if winter has passed
(Repeat from *)

the sun washed by the spring rain

Credit: jpopasia

New Habit?

Hopefully. It's more like ending an old habit. This is day three of not taking a nap. I haven't tried not to I just didn't. It wasn't that I wasn't tired or didn't have that annoying headache it's just that I never got around to laying down. It's new, it's a change and I am determined not to despise small beginnings but to rejoice in them and watch them flourish and takehold. Thank you Daddy for all the wonderful things you do.

This morning i was asking the Lord to reveal the things in me that hinder my relationship with him. The things I can't see, don't recognize. I have been praying Psalm 86:11 (not diligently) asking for an undivided heart, no barriers, no broken places, no place that is not totally open and given over to Him. My hope is in Him. He works in me to will and to do His good pleasure. I just read the devotional below, encouragement from the one who knows me best. Thank you Lord.
 
 
SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND by Marsha Burns:
The light of revelation is shining as a beacon of understanding to reveal your own heart. You can't do anything about what you cannot see. But, when the light comes you will be able to see your thoughts, emotions, desires and will more completely and make adjustments where necessary. I am calling you to Myself to be the Bride without spot or wrinkle, and this is a time of preparation, says the Lord.
Ephesians 5:27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

One of the very biggest, observable changes in my new beginning is the laundry room . Old wainscoating, (on the walls and ceiling)  with decades of cooking and cigarette smoke (among other things) that had worked it's way deep into the old varnish  was very dark and gloomy. The water heater and old closet were  stategically located to take up as much space as possible and there were lots of other issues to numerous to mention. Which is partly why it took us over 20 years to begin to tackle it.  But here it is brighter and more functional. Too late however to worry about before pictures.

                                                                                                                  

What does new look like?

This blog is suppose to be about my new begining, the changing season of my life. As surely as the Lord has plans for Loriana he has plans for me as well. There is still much of routine in my life. How do I not settle but move forward. Is it possible that the enemy is not putting obstacles in my path. Lord give me eyes to see, ears to hear and an understanding heart.

A women's retreat is swiftly approaching. Not the kind planned out for months awesome speakers and worship leaders, a trip and hotel rooms. Just a spur of the moment beach house made available to a woman in the church, she's going to share.  It will be available most of the week, no schedual, no particular plans, can come and go, stay all night or not. Nothing about it really appeals to me except perhaps time to spend with a friend or two I don't see much anymore. Where is my sense of anticipation. You said when two or three are gathered in your name you are there in the midst of us.

I ask for direction.  I think I'm to go but when, how long, how much, what is my part before and during. What should I believe you for, ask for, seek after and beat on heavens door in anticipation of an answer. What do you want Daddy, your will not mine.

P.S. Loriana I'm glad you and Jesus are the only ones reading these

Inside the Mystery

 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10
Sometimes it is as if He speaks it to my soul, not to insist I do it, but to cause it to happen. In those moments I cease the hustle and bustle of the here and now, time and space. I stand in eternity, from which vantage point everything looks different. In those moments, worship flows, and swirls and binds us to Him. What a mystery. So much more to say which words cannot express.