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Introspection on the Intimate Presence of The Lord.

Lately God has really been talking to me about my thank you’s. Looking back there is so many of them, both good and bad ones, I think we think thank you’s are only for good things. But God has shown me the thank you’s for the not so great things are sometimes the most important! To say thank you is expressing gratitude, well I do want to express gratitude for the not so great times, because I can look back and see that they are what God used to make me who I am, and who I am becoming in God! For instance I cannot imagine my life without writing, it helps me express myself, and it was birthed out of a very bad situation that occurred in my family, but I am so thankful, because without it I wouldn’t know how much I love to write! Trials give us the ability to relate to people, if you have experienced the loss of a loved one or been mistreated we can feel what they are feeling, you can reach out and minister when you have felt that pain. I am starting to see that these thank you’s are the most important. I have often wondered why my brother was taken at such a young age, and why my parents divorced, but now I see, these things caused me to feel very lonely, and it was that loneliness that helped me see my need for God in my life! Until a person sees their need for God they won’t feel that hunger in life for Him. There are many things we face t in this life, because God wants us to grow. The fruits of the spirit cannot grow in us until we face hardship. Love becomes strong in us when we see how much He loves us, when we feel Him holding us in His arms during the tough times. Peace comes when He calms our storms, and although we are facing the mighty winds we know all will be well, because we know Him. Joy comes when the fiercest of trials are smacking us left and right, that joy resides deep within us, and gives us His strength when we are weak. Patience comes when we learn to wait on God for the answer whether it takes two weeks or twenty years, it is in just knowing He will answer, in His time! Goodness is knowing there is no good in us, but in Him we have goodness, doing your best, and He will do the rest. Faithfulness, no one is faithful like God, it comes when we just keep doing what He has called us to even when no one notices, but Him! I could go on and on, but my point is God places these thanks you’s in us to show us to be thankful in all things. The seeds of these fruits are placed in us at the time we are filled with the Holy Ghost, but these good and bad thank you’s cause them to grow until we are what God wants us to be I have gotten to the point in my life where I am so happy, and grateful for every single thank you, the good, the bad and the ugly! The love, the teaching and even the loss has made me, who I am and who God wants me to be. Thank you God and thank you to those who have given me my thank you’s!

Scripture Text: ‘’God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord’’. (1 Corinthians 1:9 KJV)

I have always been a pack rat, of sorts. When I was little I kept things that no one else would probably keep, things that meant something to me, for whatever reason. But, as I have gotten older I have found a distinct need to de-clutter my life.

When you let the Master in You can accomplish anything that God wants you to do . Praise he Lord!! There is hope when there seems to be no hope and we can come out of the closet in JESUS name

And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to a yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. Matthew 17:20 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: But when it is sown, it growth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it. Mark 4:31-32 Faith has always been something that I have wondered about it really is one of the major building blocks of our Christian walk. It is so important, but really these days you don’t hear it preached as much as even a few years back, oh you hear it a lot in regards to monetary gain, but what about having complete faith in God to meet our every need? Many people think we have to be poor to be in this position, but I believe it takes more faith to trust completely in God when you are blessed with these resources, because it is easier to just do things yourself when you have the tools at your disposal. In Hebrews 11:1 the Bible says: Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. We need to replace our glasses of doubt with those of faith. We need to see our cities crying out to God…we need to see our lost loved ones, or backslidden family and friends hitting their knees in submission to His will in their lives! When I was younger I taught Sunday school for the beginner’s class, and one week the lesson was on faith, so I decided to take some mustard seeds to show my class, well when I got them out of the cupboard the container opened up, and the seeds fell all over the floor, it was then that I realized how small they really were! It was almost impossible to find all of them. Jesus said the mustard seed is the smallest seed that is planted, but when it grows to its’ potential it is a great tree, it serves as a resting place, and shade to many birds. Over recent days I have read many comments people have made about the parable of the mustard seed, there were all different opinions about it, but while I was praying and asking God about it, this was the response I received, there have been people who said this parable wasn’t based on facts, because a mustard seed grows into an herb, it is a small plant, but what I was really trying to say was if you have faith as of a mustard seed it will take you to places that seem impossible to others! Faith will take you into the unseen realm, and it is there that things will take place that are impossible to natural man!!!! I was wowed by this, I mean He knew what He meant, and He is God right? God doesn’t want us to settle for the “seed” of faith when we can have a “tree” of faith…He will do the impossible, but He wants us to see it happen before it actually does. I want to encourage you to let your faith grow into that great tree God has meant it to be, and rest in Him knowing the things that aren’t seen soon will be!!!