Turn It Around...

Bring it back around....turn it, invert it, circle round....and see...see the goodness that God has for you right where you are, right now...this second, this minute. Standing right where you are at this moment in time...not when you're better, bigger, stronger, smarter...now...God sees the you you're meant to be...amidst the chaos, the craziness, the ringing of the gong....there is no waiting, no need to smash that victory, win that trophy...no dear hearts, you are seen in all your messiness and have already won the heart of God.

I contemplate my own life and the mess, the chaos that has enveloped me for the past few years and have thought that first I must rectify, reorganize, shuffle, until I am standing upright and ready for battle. I can't possibly be worthy of a love that made worlds we have not yet discovered, created the wonder we view each and everyday. I was reminded this morning that while I may feel unworthy most days, the truth is this....'we are fearfully and wonderfully made...' by one who declares His love for us and declares us worthy.

You see Dear Hearts, we are seen and loved for who we are, and more, we are seen for who we can be in the one who loves us beyond all measure. There is a battle fought for our souls...and the final choice is ours...to follow the light, or to follow the darkness. The darkness would tell us that we are ugly, useless, unnecessary...and for every victim still immersed in the world of shadows these words are unfortunately very familiar. For every survivor walking out their own unique path to victory, the darkness is as familiar as the air we breathe...it is the battle Royale to leave behind the acquaintance of dark words and darker thoughts....every minute of every day, a dogfight to drop the lies of the enemy and leave them where they lay...no longer picking them up to examine, to wonder if perhaps they're true....

I have left many a lie, many a poisonous mistruth to be crushed underfoot....is it so hard to believe then that we are warriors forged in the fires of hell? Warriors each one of you, whether you are still fighting for your life, your humanity...or out and surviving each day by the skin of your teeth....

I can attest that with each day that passes, strength is built upon...brick by brick, mortar by mortar...inch by inch, foot by foot...built to withstand the worst of sieges...

I stumble....I falter...I fall and fail.. I get back up and try again...one shuffling step at a time until I can stand to look back and see what God has done, how far He has brought me through the wilderness...through the driest of deserts, parched and thirsty...I stand on a foundation of stone, built in the beginning by one small stone, and then another...and another until what has been formed is stronger than anything created before.

There is hope dear friends...hope in better things to come...hope in the one who loves you, who created. you to just be...Faith, Hope and Love....this is what sustains us, buoys us up no matter what surrounds us...whether you believe in Jesus, Allah, Buddha or a higher power...there is a hope in the divine that will keep you firmly planted in the here, in the now. For myself...God has been my right hand, my peace and favour in the face of unbeatable odds....no matter the fear, the terror that would encroach on my mind, my heart, my spirit...I knew without a shadow of a doubt that there was one who would not let me go, that stood in the gap and shouted NO to the enemy....that kept me on this earth and in this time for a greater purpose. I will never forget, nor falter in my faith....this I declare to the heavens and to the darkness...I am protected and loved...

You Have Searched Me and Known Me

'…Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to the heavens,You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea…' Psalm 139:9

Go with God today and know your worth dear hearts...He has made you to shine, to live large...to love with all you have and to be loved in equal measure. May God bless you with His peace that passes all understanding...walk tall and with grace and mercy speak your truth, there is someone who needs to hear what you have to say, what you have to share...

You are uniquely His and uniquely special...May God richly bless your heart, your mind and mend all the broken places...