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My Macedonia

This is a blog I wrote last year July 2011... Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. I wanted to bring you up to date in all the things that the Lord has done and allowed me to see while I was in the Dominican Republic. As you all know in the beginning I was raising support to go to a Summer Project with Destino to a place in the Mediterranean but the Lord in His Mercy and Grace had other plans. This reminded me of... Paul’s Vision of the Man of Macedonia  Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to. So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas. During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, “Come over to Macedo
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Not self-reliant but all sufficiency from Christ

For quite some time now, I’ve entered a place where confidence, identity and self-worth were measured by what I could offer on my own accord. Talents, appearance, job standing, stability, and the list goes on. I confess this to be my personal habitual sin, however this time around I dug myself deeper into the slimy pit He once rescued me from. I found it to be dark, yet comforting, YES I said it COMFORTING. Darkness can bring forth comfort because it blinds you from looking at your own sin.  I believed the lies, you know the ones that shake you to the core, the ones that make you stumble and fall, the ones that leave you broken, wounded and scarred because they bind you until you cannot move, speak, or breathe. I had forgotten about the healer of all, the one that moves mountains, and caused breath into life.  The Lord used a wonderful dear friend today.  I admire her love towards those around her as she shared with me what it truly looks like to be self-reliant on the LORD alone.
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To Love is to be vulnerable...

"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, and irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable." -C.S. Lewis The word vulnerable what does that even mean?            By definition to be vulnerable is to be exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally: Synonym words for vulnerability: accessible, defenseless, exposed, NAKED, sensitive, sucker, susceptible, tender, thin-skinned, UNGUARDED, UNPROTECTED, UNSAFE, WEAK, wide open. Antonyms: closed, guarded, protected, safe, secure I don’t kn
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The Instrument of My Dreams

Let Your Glory Be over All the Earth 57  Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me,      for in you my soul  takes refuge; in  the shadow of your wings  I will take refuge,      till the storms of destruction pass by. 2  I cry out to God Most High,      to God who  fulfills his purpose for me. 3  He will send from heaven and save me;      he will put to shame  him who tramples on me.  Selah God will send out  his steadfast love and his faithfulness! 4  My soul is in the midst of  lions;      I lie down amid fiery beasts— the children of man, whose  teeth are spears and arrows,      whose  tongues are sharp swords. 5  Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!      Let your glory be over all the earth! 6  They set  a net for my steps;      my soul was  bowed down. They  dug a pit in my way,      but they have fallen into it themselves.  Selah 7  My heart is  steadfast, O God,      my heart is steadfast! I will sing and make melody! 8       Awake,  my
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Idol Hearts

Ezekiel 14:3  Idolaters Condemned 14  Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat down in front of me. 2  Then the word of the Lord came to me: 3  “Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I let them inquire of me at all? 4  Therefore speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When any of the Israelites set up idols in their hearts and put a wicked stumbling block before their faces and then go to a prophet, I the Lord will answer them myself in keeping with their great idolatry. 5  I will do this to recapture the hearts of the people of Israel, who have all deserted me for their idols.’ 6  “Therefore say to the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Repent! Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices! Ezekiel tells us that we all are "idols of the heart".  Jeremiah tells us that "The heart is DECEITFUL abov
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Open Heart … What is an open heart? Is it one that shares everything with everyone, or one that is selective on how it pours out? I’ve asked myself this question many times before, “Don’t I usually wear my heart on my sleeve?” The answer is no.  Even though I pour out I have to battle and understand that there is a very thin line that sometimes I don’t see myself crossing but I do. My whole desire is to please the Lord and to pour out in service to others, how could I not with knowing what He has done. Recently, however, it's seems as though I’ve been playing hopscotch with the intentions of my heart.     As I was talking to my friend over a study session he asked me why I didn't not blog my thoughts, my response shocked me when I said, "I'm afraid of what people might do to my heart. Afraid...I'm afraid? As I said that, God's word reminded me,  "Don't be afraid of those who want to kill your body; th
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