Your Life is a Beautiful Garden
The Lord says,
It is a disorienting moment. It feels like the earth beneath you is shaking and swaying, and you have no control. Things that you were once able to rely on are now shifting and uncertain.
The Season of Strife is Done
The Lord says,
You feel the wounds from the battle. You feel the toll it has taken upon your heart and mind and spirit. You are battle weary My dear one. Your eyes are filled to the brim with tears, and your heart is bruised and hurting. Look up My child.
Justice Days Are Here!
The Lord says,
It’s time to sing! It’s time to worship! It’s time to celebrate! It’s time to dance! It’s time to feast! It’s time to rejoice! Your prayers have risen to me as a fragrant incense. And I have moved, and I have answered.
Let Joy Burst Out, It’s a New Day
The Lord says,
Let joy bubble forth. Let joy and hope bubble up and out of your heart. Let it touch others and be contagious. This is a new day. This is a new season. This is a new era. And life is going to be different here. Let your anticipation and your excitement bubble forth.
The Dawning of a New Day
The Lord says,
Don’t you worry about a thing. It will not add one minute to your life, and it will certainly steal enjoyment of the minutes you have. Don’t let the sorrow engulf you. Don’t let the pain penetrate your heart and make a home there.
This is a New Day
The Lord says,
Do you feel My love rising in your heart? Do you feel the hope I’ve deposited inside of you rising? Do you feel the burning in your cheeks because of the wide smile My Presence, My joy, My love is causing to spread across your face?
Live Out Loud and Stay in the Fight
The Lord says,
Love Me well. Worship Me with a full heart. Don’t be half-hearted in the way you live. Live and love fully. Let worship be a full expression of what is in your heart and bubbling out. People who live fully are kinetic. Their enthusiasm and vigor and excitement is infectious. Don’t hide your life, your expression, your being under a bushel. Shine! Live out loud.
Trust in the Unfailing Faithfulness of the Lord
The Lord says,
Keep your confidence in Me. Keep your eyes locked onto Me. Ability will not save you. Connections will not prosper you. A wise plan is one that is established in Me, with hope and trust in Me as its foundation.
How to Live in the In-Between
The Lord says,
Dwell in peace. Dwell with a recognition of My holiness. Stir up joy and expectation in your heart. The days are hard, but you don’t have to be hardened by them. The days are long, but you don’t have to live in defeat and exhaustion. Stir up joy. Stir up hope. Stir up expectation, and live from up higher.
Cultivate a Lifestyle of Thanksgiving
The Lord says,
Be grateful. Live a lifestyle of gratitude. This is the season of thanksgiving, but I Am calling you to an unceasing lifestyle of thanksgiving. Gratitude and honor should be marks of your life. Gratitude opens you up to My graces. Gratitude opens your heart and your mind to unexpected gifts in unlikely packages. Gratitude opens your eyes with expectation and fills your heart with hope.