A Visual From Heaven ~

While talking with my friend Anita Perry today, we were sharing about the season that we are living in, how exciting it is and the fact that we are seeing and hearing things that we have never experienced before.

I would like to share  a story that she told me :


" I have never seen a time like this have you ?  One time the Lord gave me a visual of how the anointing was going to increase in the days to come.  He had me go outside and make a snowball.  At first it was hardly going anywhere but He asked me to go to the side of my house where there is a slight decline ( not a hill)  He instructed me to take my snowball and tap it towards the decline.  Within seconds the snowball was SO big that my son and I together could not move it!  It was literally crying and laughing at the same time.  What an amazing visual!
He said that the anointing was going to increase in unprecedented proportions, not one plus one anymore.  
Marnie I actually think that we are living in this time. I am in awe EVERY day!"
"It was funny because when I first went outside the sun had beaten down the snow and it had crusted over a bit and when I tried to move the snowball and ti wasn't going anywhere I was laughing with the Lord and said: "work with me here, I thought You were going to show me something!  It was a time that the Lord and I were laughing together.  BOY did He ever show me!  I am not exaggerating when I say the ball must have been three feet across in just a matter of seconds!"


This blessed me so much as I have no doubt that the Lord was showing her something and to think we are a part of it!
Seek the Lord while He may be found ~
Blessings

Such a Simple Thing

Years ago as a young mom of 2-3 little ones, we were getting ready for Sunday services, and I found myself in desperate need of a pin.  
Yes a pin!  
Seems so small today ~  but believe me when times are tighter than tight and you need a pin it can send you into a spin!
We looked high and low and found none.  We mentioned how we would pick some up the next time we went to the store (if we had an extra dollar (no joke)).   
But how about the present need?   
I honestly don't recall what I did about the situation but I do know that it did not hold us back from going to church.
As we parked our little truck full of too many people, I turned to open the door and there was a hand positioned  outside my window with a fist full of pins!  The pins were drooling down thru the fingers in long ropes and were piled high so that the hand could not close.  I rolled down the window and looked up and there stood our old friend John Dawson.    "Hey John,  what you doing?"    "Marnie,  Emma and I have been saving these pins for many years and this morning I sez to Emma,  "Emma,  I'm going to throw these pins away!"   She sez to me, "John! Don't throw them away,  I'm sure that there is someone who could use them!   How about Rich and Marnie"   " So what do you say? Can you use these pins?"


Guess you had to be there......
it was a miracle that has stayed with me for over 30 years.  The seemingly smallest of things has reminded me over and over that the Lord sees and knows all and that His timing is perfect!
Last winter, as I got my coats out of the closet, the Lord prompted me to make a chain of pins and hang them on the lapel of my jackets.   I have had many opportunities to tell of Jehovah Jireh.  My God Who supplies ALL my needs ACCORDING to His riches in glory.   
He started small in my life and held my hand over the years as He has taught me over and over  that there is NOTHING that is too difficult for Him!


Blessed Be His Holy Name!

The "Clothes of the Calling"

Have you ever heard the Lord calling you?


You hear but know that there is NO WAY that you can do what HE is asking......


What good company you keep!
Like Noah, David, Daniel, Joseph, Joshua, Moses, Abraham, Deborah, Esther, Mary  etc etc etc, you stammer and stutter that you are not cut out for the "Call", there has been a terrible mistake and you suggest that HE move on....to the next person on HIS list.


That's what the Lord plans.  
He is determined to get the Glory .  
He knows what we are made of.   
I heard a pastor this week say that after he heard the "Lord's Call" he began to pray that the Lord would put the "clothes of the calling" on him.  
I like that.  
I have been there more than once and I have seen HIM  fulfill HIS calling in and thru me in ways that I would have one day thought impossible.  I am continually astounded by HIM!


Let Him clothe you today.

What Does Your Doormat Say?

Excuse me?

Yes ~   Each one of us has a doormat in front of our lives;  You know that expression, the "vibe" that you give off at any given time..to those that you meet~

What does yours say?

Welcome

Home sweet home

Come back later, 

Go AWAY,

I don't like you,  

No time, 

Don't bother me.

Your friend lives here

How do you think that people perceive you?

As Christians we cannot say "I really don't care what people think...It's really none of their business.

Sorry...once you have come to the Lord you are not your own.  You have been bought with a price and you bear the name of Christ...CHRISTian

Look in the mirror or better yet ask a close friend.  It may be time to throw the old mat away and exchange it for the new name that Jesus has for you!

Brazil #2

She sits behind the door that is opened only a crack.  She waits for the next "client"   She must make money to provide for her children a 30 hour bus ride away.  She comes for 2 weeks, "works", and then returns home to be a homemaker.  Life is hard...She "works"

She hears noises outside of her small, confined closet of a room.  It is not unusual as men walk in a steady stream pass the door.  Some stop in.

Today is different.  A girl's voice,  some laughter and then with a knock her door pushes open.  There standing, with hands full, is the local pastor.  He holds a birthday cake and a few gifts.  His wife and a few others accompany him.  They are here to celebrate her!   She scurries for a few more clothes to put on and with wide smile relishes the pure love and attention.
The "guests" sit on her bed, once defiled, but now sanctified by HIS presence and then other girls push into the room to sing and celebrate their co-worker.

A glimpse of  hope, compassion, pure love  
Is it possible that there is a way out of this
That there is more?
A seed is sown

This is how Jesus loves

Father we lifts these girls to you, caught in the lack and the need for provision.  Using what does not "cost" them anything.  Protect them Father and pull them out one by one.  Prosper the ways of this pastor and family who determine to be Your hands, feet and family to the ones called "unclean"
You love like no other
xom

Brazil

He sits away from the crowd.
Layers of filthy clothes weigh his small frame down.  He is hollow and all alone, forgotten and overlooked.  Does he even exist anymore?
She feels compelled to go over, sits with the interpreter and begins to talk.  He is caught off guard and cannot believe someone is addressing him!
NO ONE talks to him.
She tells him that the Lord loves him and wants him to know it.  There are many tears as a story of a productive life unfolds ....then hardships come and reduce the man to a shell.

Yet Jesus cares..He see..He sends.

She holds his hands and realizes that they are covered with fresh blood.
She had a split second of concern but then tosses it to God for HE sent her here.
The gentleman's nose is bleeding, his beard is covered as well as his face and hands.  
After compassion and hope is expressed she goes and gets the "wet wipes" that are used by the drama team.  She begins to wash his hands, his face, his beard as his tears aid her in her efforts.

He eventually walks away to go and sleep on the street.

His eyes have seen compassion, his ears have heard hope and his spirit has been gifted by THE SPIRIT.   Who knows, but God, what will happen next to this man...who's "hollow" is beginning to fill up.

Father, grace this one that You  know so well.  Make a way where there seems to be no way.  Open opportunities up for life and freedom to abound again.  Thank You for Your love and concern.  You love like no other.

xo M