I am excited for this new year. I have never been one for resolutions, but last year I started with a word for the year, "reflections", this year God has given me the word restoration. I am super excited because we are coming out of almost a decade of a season in our lives where we poured all we had into those God placed in our path. I wouldn't trade that journey for anything. It was a time of growth, healing, loving, crying, and pure exhaustion. The relationships we made and the kids we watched bloom were so rewarding, and I am humbled to have been given the opportunity to get to know and guide such sweet beautiful souls. BUT OH THE EXCITEMENT OF RESTORATION!!!!
I have for many years felt like I have forgotten who I am, and I mean who I am from the bottom of my being. What do I love? What are my passions? What do I hate? What exhausts me? What energizes me? What do I long for? Dream about? If I had to describe me, who is that? Does anyone actually see ME? When I am sad, what helps? If I am feeling giddy, how do I express that? What is my "style"? LOL my kids would tell you I have no style, I have turned into a frumpy 40 yo who takes no time for herself. I can tell you that is going to change!!! I am coming out of a season of sacrificial serving and I am finding ME again. God has promised to restore us and I am standing on His promises and declaring that this is a year where I AM RESTORED. I am taking my health back, both physical and mentally. My relationships with my husband, kids, friends, are going to be so much more. Our office is going to be restored to what HE has designed it. He is going to show up in BIG ways and His goodness will shine! If you've taken the time to read this, I pray God's blessings and favor over your life and that you will be restored in the areas where you are crying out to Him. Love to you all!
Saturday, January 4, 2020
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Love letter
The following are "words from Father God/Jesu/Holy Spirit" I received during my Sozo session, I made it into a letter. So very humbling to see the words to me from my King. My Father. My friend.
As a dove flies through the sky, I see you, my sweet sweet child, how I love your strength and spirit. I will forever call you, my Ohra Rose. My son, Jesus, hands you a key to unlock your spirit. He will crush the lie you have been told that Spirit is unavailable. Spirit is fire, a pilot light in your heart. You will have true freedom when you let the Spirit burn rampant in your soul. As you walk out the door, let your new freedom glow fiercely into the world. As you take a key from Jesus, you will see your self worth through His eyes. Oh, how you will shine! Spirit calls to you, "Daughter, I love your sense of humor! You are older, mature, and a delegator, I am proud of who you have become!" Spirit embraces you in a hug, and slips a gift into your pocket. Jesus, my one and only son, holds your beautiful, glowing face in His hands, with gentleness and adoration. He treasures the tenderness of your heart and He calls you his precious friend. Grab his hand and run together like children free of all things! Run through His garden, filled with beautiful, unique, purple flowers. As you sit in the field of flowers, He picks for you, the perfect flowers, especially made for you. As you gaze on the beauty of the Garden, Jesus brings a tree stump and places it right in the middle of His garden. He wants you to have a place to sit awhile when you visit. Please come and visit us! Ohra Rose, our daughter, and friend, we love spending time with you! We love seeing you grow, as the flowers grow, and as each one has been planted and pruned and attended to with such gentle love, that is how we love you. We see you as an amethyst, such sincerity in your soul. Soar, our daughter, you are our beloved, you are our friend. We love you.
Love,
The Trinity
As a dove flies through the sky, I see you, my sweet sweet child, how I love your strength and spirit. I will forever call you, my Ohra Rose. My son, Jesus, hands you a key to unlock your spirit. He will crush the lie you have been told that Spirit is unavailable. Spirit is fire, a pilot light in your heart. You will have true freedom when you let the Spirit burn rampant in your soul. As you walk out the door, let your new freedom glow fiercely into the world. As you take a key from Jesus, you will see your self worth through His eyes. Oh, how you will shine! Spirit calls to you, "Daughter, I love your sense of humor! You are older, mature, and a delegator, I am proud of who you have become!" Spirit embraces you in a hug, and slips a gift into your pocket. Jesus, my one and only son, holds your beautiful, glowing face in His hands, with gentleness and adoration. He treasures the tenderness of your heart and He calls you his precious friend. Grab his hand and run together like children free of all things! Run through His garden, filled with beautiful, unique, purple flowers. As you sit in the field of flowers, He picks for you, the perfect flowers, especially made for you. As you gaze on the beauty of the Garden, Jesus brings a tree stump and places it right in the middle of His garden. He wants you to have a place to sit awhile when you visit. Please come and visit us! Ohra Rose, our daughter, and friend, we love spending time with you! We love seeing you grow, as the flowers grow, and as each one has been planted and pruned and attended to with such gentle love, that is how we love you. We see you as an amethyst, such sincerity in your soul. Soar, our daughter, you are our beloved, you are our friend. We love you.
Love,
The Trinity
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Winter Season
As I sit here looking out my window, I see a winter wonderland. We have been getting snow for a couple of days, the kids have a 2 hour delay today, because of the cold.(not the snow.) People are already complaining they can't wait for summer. I LOVE the snow, I love the pureness of freshly fallen snow, I love when my kids have a 2 hour delay and get to be home a little longer, I love watching them play in it, I love making homemade snow cream, I love how it covers everything in a calm freshness...I LOVE SNOW!! (yes I hate driving in it, that might be the only negative). In a season where everything looks dead and brown, snow brings something new and bright. I also love snow because I live in Pennsylvania and it is only with us for a few months and then we have another season to enjoy. God is an amazing artist and if you stop and take in the beauty that He gives us everyday you will be in awe, there is such detail in each and every thing.
Our lives are a lot like the seasons. I feel like we are in a season in our life of cold heavy snow, like we are in a rut that's just dead and not beautiful. We have struggles we are going through that seem so heavy, like inches of the snow on our back. Wondering if we will ever dig ourselves out. There are a lot of changes we are going through, God is directing us in a direction that seems impossible. Last summer it seemed as though things had finally started move in a positive direction, then not sure what happened but it has sort of hit a stand still. During the mist of this situation He tells us to pull our kids from the Christian school, and to get our house and rental ready to sell in the spring. Well in the fall I was super excited about all of that. However, now that spring is just around the bend, I am questioning Him. How is the world will all this fall into place? We will more than likely have to rent for a year, ummm but there are 11 of us, we can't just rent an apartment, we won't fit. How long will the houses take to sell? How do we find a place for all of us in the meantime? Just a little transition house, seems simple enough, but is it? I am a planner so all this unknown is a little stressful for me.
We are in a season that is not warm and full of sunshine, but my quiet times have been reassuring me to surrender and trust in The One who created it all, He fights our battles and His plan is so much better than we can imagine. The season of snow while, dark, gloomy, cold, and a bit heavy has beauty to it. It is a time to be still, to rest, and wait, because very shortly the snow will melt, the temperatures will rise, the sun will shine and everything will bloom! So, as we are blessed with this snow I pray that we can stop and enjoy the quietness, the freshness, and realize this season will soon pass.
Our lives are a lot like the seasons. I feel like we are in a season in our life of cold heavy snow, like we are in a rut that's just dead and not beautiful. We have struggles we are going through that seem so heavy, like inches of the snow on our back. Wondering if we will ever dig ourselves out. There are a lot of changes we are going through, God is directing us in a direction that seems impossible. Last summer it seemed as though things had finally started move in a positive direction, then not sure what happened but it has sort of hit a stand still. During the mist of this situation He tells us to pull our kids from the Christian school, and to get our house and rental ready to sell in the spring. Well in the fall I was super excited about all of that. However, now that spring is just around the bend, I am questioning Him. How is the world will all this fall into place? We will more than likely have to rent for a year, ummm but there are 11 of us, we can't just rent an apartment, we won't fit. How long will the houses take to sell? How do we find a place for all of us in the meantime? Just a little transition house, seems simple enough, but is it? I am a planner so all this unknown is a little stressful for me.
We are in a season that is not warm and full of sunshine, but my quiet times have been reassuring me to surrender and trust in The One who created it all, He fights our battles and His plan is so much better than we can imagine. The season of snow while, dark, gloomy, cold, and a bit heavy has beauty to it. It is a time to be still, to rest, and wait, because very shortly the snow will melt, the temperatures will rise, the sun will shine and everything will bloom! So, as we are blessed with this snow I pray that we can stop and enjoy the quietness, the freshness, and realize this season will soon pass.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
To every thing there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate;
A time of war, and a time of peace.
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