Today I went to a funeral… for Laverle from my church… I didn’t know her that well, but she was someone who I would have loved to know, who I wanted to know. Why didn’t I? There are others who I think that of too… I want to know Mary Ellen, Anna May, Valerie, Pamela, Ina, Barbara, Tammy, Sarah, etc… I could go on. I want to know these women on more than a face to face basis, they are my sisters in Christ. Well, with Laverle, I knew of her, and thought of her because of her statement one Sunday near Christmas during an open time of giving thanks… when she said loudly from her standard second row seat, with her make up applied to perfection and her fingernails neetly manicured with red polish… “I’m so thankful that I am saved by God’s grace, and not by faith alone….” What a wonderful conviction (which I have, but don’t always know how to put the words on it, especailly in a situation like that ; ) But she was just like that… at 70 years of age, I guess you just become more and more sure. At her funeral today, I heard about her, and I was so inspired, and I know that God spoke to me. I need to encourage more, and follow through on the thoughts of “oh I need to call so & so..” or, “oh, I need to drop a card to so and so…” but somehow in the midst of mothering, I often forget what the Spirit gently reminds me of. I’m so glad that God takes me aside to help me to understand more and more.

Just the other night, I was still in the Spirit’s presense and wrote down what I heard… here it is:

Be a voice for the inner expressed thoughts of the Spirit that speaks to your heart. In tune, aware, sensing, all that there is to hear. Found treasures.. of hope and hidden knowledge, speaking and sounding on the verge or intersection of the multitude of God’s heart’s desires.

You can magnify the thoughts, to words, to details, and patterns form, unity begins, upon the voices.
Expressed content, flowing over (and soothing) the sounds of setbacks, mirroring the deepness of claiming hearts. Found beauty, resolving the heartaches, wonderful emotions of growth, claiming, to constitute a Kingdom.

Beckoning you… blanketing your heart in submission to My own. For years… supplying rewards immeasurable to you. Flowing voices, intertwined in concert to One meaning, of naming Love, defining Love. Refreshment for gifts in the Spirit and mind, in the recesses of your heart. Beginning daily a new journey to discover Me. I AM HERE, IN YOU, WITH YOU, BESIDE YOU. I AM ALL AROUND YOU. Fathomless, beyond beauty, filling you. Glorify Me! Respect Me! Represent Me! I will unite wanderers into place, they are valued and important to Me. I AM the Peacemaker. Placate pondering souls with ONLY ME, surrounding them with voices of My love, in guidance and grace… to fill and refill. Movement in line- towards rest and reunion. Claiming hearts, to solidarity in Me. Flowering voices, speaking My heart,
breathing bouquets of My truth.

I AM spilling sunlight,
revolving doors,
with no ceilings,
open all hours.

Youth of calm voices, hearing and seeking, truth, justification, and reason. Regrettable youth- in motionless opportunities (they) all denied Me. Schemes, plans, obsticales, cheating the hearts surrounding the voices of spoken truths. Finding shattered hearts, giving restoration to soar
to smile, to rebuild, in process… to learn things over again.

at first I didn’t know who it was for, but I was tired, so I didn’t examine it to well, but went to bed as it was 11:30pm…. but the next day, I re-read it and thought, wow… I wonder who it’s for. LOL! After setting it down again, and reading it the following day, I saw myself…. and I was so moved that God blessed me with that part of His heart and a piece of the puzzle to help me understand some things more clearly. Much is reaffirmation, but I know that as I pray into it, He will undoubtedly reveal more depth.

I feel the warmth of being in the center of His embrace….
*hugs*