Spend time alone with the One who supplies all your daily oxygen. Will anyone believe me as I pen the truth? I was actually reluctant to drive 3 hours to a distant place in the Son? Now that I have escaped from my comfortable routine, I spy beauty with fresh eyes.
The truth is my Father knows what is best all the time. Savoring all that He has to show me. Just driving on regular roads without cobblestones is a treat! Walking on sidewalks and seeing new shops so delights my spirit. LaComer is an extravagant place to buy all sorts of international treats. It’s even better than Trader Joe’s! This is just day one of thirty. When He says “Follow Me” — and I do — I’m so very blessed!
Oh Lord forgive me for my pause of resistance. Of all the places You could have sent me, I continue to thrill over the palm trees, and the lovely people of Mexico. Without having to board a flight or pack light, this short trip, without traffic has been rather fantastic. Last year, I spent 30 days in Plano, Texas, during the season when God calls all the giant Jacaranda trees to flourish in purple. Every leap year, we all get an extra day of His grace. God led me to a new condo in a great, quiet location and just 6 blocks to stick my toes in the sand.
Ever wonder how God protects you? That traffic jam could be Him at work protecting you from harm. “Praise God in all things, always!” We were set free to roam the planet filled with His grace, His love and power, and by our witness, when we are singing in traffic, God is pleased! This country girl so loves her life outside of civilization, but God knows that I need a bit of City life now and then. Traffic and all.
Thinking of how my Father gave me the desire of my little girls dream. Today, I live in a brick house with my hand-picked-by-God husband and our perfect hound from heaven Rags. And like the 3 little pigs, our casa built on the Rock, and out of bricks, we can NOT be blown down by the big bad wolf. We leap ahead, knowing He has gone before us. When we determine to seek God with all our heart, He is faithful to His Word! He delivers us beyond our wildest ♥️ expectant dreams.
EYE SPY: On March 1st, whilst being stilled, on my favorite stretch of beach ⛱️ behind Walmart 😎 — I delighted to hear the ever rolling, cleansing, crashing waves! 👋 The grand pelicans nose diving! Sand crabs 🦀 busy carrying out their daily activities. Ships 🚢 bringing goods from around the globe. Fish jumping in joy and folks gathering along the shore that God created. “Come, see Me, hear Me, talk to Me.” What can I say but thank God.
LEAP AHEAD Posting this on my travel blog as a recommended long stay. Miguel on Airbnb is helpful on WhatsApp in English. The bed is comfy, and the shower pressure is great. With outdoor cooking, you feel like you are camping. I brought my own folding lounge chair and beach towels. Otherwise, it is fully equipped. Excellent location!
Always meeting new playmates sent by God. Peering at a morning sunrise through a barred window, I heard Him whisper “Walk with Me.” Free in Him, I walked in a nearby forest of palms and two dogs greeted me. Leaping up and running in playful circles all about me. TRUTH: The Joy of our Lord does not arrive according to our calendar. Do not expect Him to show up on a red carpet or in the perfect picture posted. His Joy sneaks in, while we are in the midst of the mundane. There He is as you pour a cup of coffee. As you watch the sun rise or set outside an ordinary window, He whispers His love to you. Do not dismiss His joy away with the selfish thought “I’m just not ready or in the mood .” When Joy interrupts a pity party, choose to join His delight “in you”. Your body is the house of the Holy Spirit. Hosting such a distinguished guest, we should expect His holy Presence to light up any dark place.. Joy does not care about your messy home. He lives in it with you. Joy slithers through the cracks of our imperfect life, and He invades us with glimpses of glory. Be ready to welcome Joy at this very moment. Embrace the everlasting Joy. Invite Jesus in and allow the Holy Spirit to transform your countenance. In this very moment, know that Joy chose you ❤️ you are His delight. AMEN
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Dear Barb,
I am so happy to see you treat yourself!! God loves you and smile when you are happy.
Be blessed my dear friend,
Lots of love,
Dr. Suzanne c. Eason
Ministries, Governing from the Heavens.
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Your encouragement means a whole lot to me. God bless you with His mighty protection and rest. Thank you for your faithfulness. MINISTRY is WORK and it DOES tax our stamina. You spend ALL energy that Holy Spirit gives us — and we get totally spent. That is why Jesus chose to go be alone to pray, and refuel. GOD trains us with long days or weeks. We endure and rely on His strength. Oral Roberts laid hands on 9,000 people in one afternoon; and he had to be carried out of the healing service that day because he was exhausted. While people talk about their Holy ghost encounters, He waits for us to say here I am use me. I’m excited for how He will use me after being recharged.
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PRAYER TIME: If a saints focus is only their physical comfort, health or ease while living, I really don’t’ think those prayers avail the fullness of God. The cripple at the pool was a lesson for all other folks watching. Jesus did NOT heal the remaining people around the pool? Peter and John at the opening of the book of ACTS healed a man who sat near the temple gate for years begging. Surely YESHUA must have past by him many, many times. Why didn’t’ HE heal him long before the day that Peter came by? It is God’s will for us to walk in good health. So what’s the problem? Well, there is no pat answer. Christianity is not a catalog of prescribed answers. It is a daily walk with Jesus through this ongoing power of THE HOLY SPIRIT. YESHUA had all the power of heaven backing HIM up. If we are HIS disciples, should we not do as HE did? Should we not steal away to the secret place and be alone with YEHOVAH so that HE can direct our steps as we tune in. NOTE: 10 out of 10 people die. We all will die in the flesh. No amount of faith will keep our bodies indefinitely out of the grave. The truth of the Bible in regards to how we should live our lives is no more popular today than it was in the day of Jesus. Smith Wigglesworth saw many people healed in his ministry, but NOT all. Surely he was more successful than most any other modern era minister. His KEY to SUCCESS? SEPARATION from the WORLD and living in FAITH. Smith couldn’t read or write. His wife taught him these skills. Then she gave him a BIBLE. He soon decided that it was the ONLY THING he NEEDED to READ. He would NOT read anything else. Smith did things the way YESHUA did them. He talked them over with the FATHER, and then obeyed the FATHER’s leading and guiding. God is more interested in our SPIRITUAL HEALTH than HE is in our physical health. Sometimes sickness or disease keeps us ever before Jesus and dependent on HIM, whereas if we were healed physically, our health might afford us the opportunity to get caught up in idolatry. Liberty is NOT always GOOD to some. Sickness and infirmity are often a means of getting ones’ heart turned toward God and keeping it there. The Holy Spirit was sent to empower the saunts to speak the gospel, and to encourage one another in our faith on Jesus Christ. For that to happen, we must set aside time to pray, yield, listen, and obey without questioning why? Flesh does NOT welcome death. Flesh does NOT welcome the cross. But if we are to live in THE MESSIAH, we must die with HIM, by faith. If we are to enjoy the fellowship of HIS victory, we must suffer death of our selves. If we labor to keep our life, we shall surely lose it. “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding”. I’ve seen hundreds leave a service in their wheel chairs, discouraged and disillusioned. Focus on spiritual healing and believe that what YESHUA wants is for HIS Body of believers to come back to HIM. Come back to HIM in faith. Come back to HIM in worship. Come back to HIM in personal relationship. Come back to HIM in separation from the world and all it’s idolatrous passions and lusts. We need to become a holy nation once again. Then we will see more people healed. But we will see countless more saved, and filled with HIS SPIRIT. Thanks be to ELOHIM. We must repent, and turn from our wicked ways, humble ourselves in prayer. We will find rest from our labors, and see clearly as we are shown. Healing is for our souls, and our bodies too. Each one’s walk with Jesus is personal and unique. Take your troubles to HIM. Make spiritual health your number one goal, and all other things shall be added unto you. AMEN
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