My Birthday Reflection

A few days ago, I celebrated my 60th birthday. Well...I actually celebrated it for about a month! Ha! Hitting milestones such as this brings about some moments of reflection...

I'm amazed at what God has done in these years. I truly feel like I'm the most blessed woman on the planet and yet, my life has not been void of trials. Yes, there have been many, and some are still being experienced. That's why I've been blessed with so many testimonies... some are still in their developmental phase. Hallelujah!!

There was a day that I lived in constant regret and condemnation for the mistakes I'd made. Sure, they are still a part of my story, but they are also a very real reminder of my healing and the blood of Jesus that was shed for me. I haven't arrived to where I'm going but the Lord has brought me such a long way, and His Word promises that He will complete the work He's begun in me!

Jesus has been the joy of my life and I feel so privileged to be called to teach and write about my favorite subject, The Secret Place...Oh, how my heart longs for the beauty of His presence...Time with Him never feels like enough and even when hours are given to worship and basking in His presence...still, I long for more... the tug of His Spirit is so strong... I'm so hungry and thirsty and only He can fill me and satisfy this longing. Without total surrender and committed time to studying His wonderful Word and seeking His beautiful face, I have nothing to offer. It's only by His anointing that anything of worth can flow through me.

Anything I would change about my life? At first thought, I would say yes, but when I realize the things I've learned over the years amid poor decisions, uncomplimentary behavior, embarrassment, heartache, sickness, pain, financial stress, marital problems, a backslidden child (my marriage is now incredible and my backslidden son is a Pastor, God is so good!), abuse, betrayals, and the list goes on and on...I understand how the Lord works it all out for our good. It's all a blessing when the results are repentance, healing, changed circumstances, and the realization of just how real and true God's Word is! He never lies and He forgives, touches, heals, and delivers those who trust Him!

No regrets! I've learned so much about the love, power, grace, and mercy of God through every situation that was once perceived as negative. He's truly amazing! You will never regret time spent with Him. Nothing in this life is more valuable or life changing. Don't waste another day living for yourself or merely surviving. It's time to make it all about Jesus and living to please Him! That's where you'll find your purpose and you will find joy, fulfillment and peace even while the testimony is being developed! 

Philippians 1:6 (KJV) Being confident of this very thing, that He who hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the Day of Jesus Christ.

Romans 8:28 (KJV) And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Numbers 23:19 (KJV) God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

John 7:37-38 (NLT)  On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”

John 4:13-14 (KJV) Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.