As painful as it is we come to understand, there is purpose in pain, wisdom in waiting, comfort in the confusion, glory revealed in grueling circumstances, peace in the pause, joy in being jostled about, rest during the test, and an end to the trial, and salvation in no other name, but Christ.
After the trial, glancing back, we see The Lord’s heartprints and footprints… He was, and is, and is to come.
Aleph, Mem, Tav
Truth
Only in Christ
You show that you are a letter from Christ, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on tender hearts (2 Corinthians 3:3).
God bless you and keep you and make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord cause His countenance to rise upon you and give you Shalom.
Until next time, thank you for listening with me. Laurette
“Your life will be clean, and you will be ready for the Master to use you for every good work.”
God died to heal our broken places. His redemption witnessed in your life is more precious than Gold. The work is hard, but hallowed. Grueling, but glorious, painful, yet powerful. The greatest part is the full assurance He is with us throughout the restoration process.
I tell others, “There is a hallelujah on the other side, but it is hell in the hallway. But whatever you do, don’t quit.”
Below is a piece of Kintsugi pottery. I received this as a Christmas gift from Greg.
If you’re not familiar with the art of Kintsugi, the story is truly fascinating. Learning about this art witnessed to me the work of redemption through Christ’ atonement.
The owner of the pottery studio wanted me to know how to identify (spot) a fake or a imitation. There are those who attempt to use paint giving the appearance of having been restored, but never being broken. He explained in great detail the difference and the process. This piece is repaired with lacquer and 23.5 karat gold. With the certificate of authenticity he included pictures of the broken pottery, (evidence).
The heavy or thicker gold is where the broken pottery piece was powdered and couldn’t be used. The places seemingly ground to dust, pulverized and hopeless Christ lavishly applies and covers with (GRACE) gold.
Allowing His precious redemption to become viable and visible we become valuable to God, vessels fit for the Master’s use.
This piece, now repaired is valuable and precious, no longer fit or intended for common use. It has been set apart, sanctified…
In our brokenness we truly understand compassion. In our restoration He can trust us for His purposes.
“But God’s truth stands firm like a foundation stone with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and “All who belong to the Lord must turn away from evil.”
In a wealthy home some utensils are made of gold and silver, and some are made of wood and clay.
The expensive utensils are used for special occasions, and the cheap ones are for everyday use. If you keep yourself pure, you will be a special utensil for honorable use. (Sanctified)
Your life will be clean, and you will be ready for the Master to use you for every good work.” 2 Timothy 2:19-21 NLT
God bless you and keep you and make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord cause His countenance to rise upon you and give you Shalom.
Until next time, thanks for listening with me. Laurette
“What’s more, I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you go. One day I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have finished giving you everything I have promised you.” (Genesis 28:15 NLT)
If it isn’t accomplished, He hasn’t fulfilled His promise, yet.
Baruch Ata Adonai Eloheinu Melech ha-olam, mevaker at amo
Blessed be the Lord our God, King of the Universe who visits His People
Visitation Time “Visit” in the Hebrew, paqad, means “to personally inspect and pay close attention to.”
Visitation Time
I sense a visitation Deep within my soul
I sense the promises of God Written long ago
I feel it in my bones Like a fire shut up now
But when the time is right He will reveal the how
The mysteries of God Continue to unfold
Truths from Ancient of Days Never ever grow old
I feel it in my spirit Coursing through my veins
The target indeed hit The time wasn’t named
What we prayed and sought Now purging through the land
Yes I feel it in my bones Another move by His mighty Right Hand
If you feel it too Stop and bend your knees
Pray for those you love Hearts of flesh that will believe
Ohhhh we feel it in our bones Nothing will thwart His plan
The fire of God’s Salvation Will rage across our land
Our God is a consuming fire! Hope changes everything!
In August of 2021, while recovering from the Delta variant of Covid, The Lord woke me early in the morning and said, “THE GOD OF SALVATION IS VISITING YOUR HOUSEHOLDS!”
I shared this word with close friends then later with my church, delving deeper into what The Lord meant. I have one (1) household, why the emphasis on the plural? There are many prophetic words that came forth after I received this word. The Hebrew aleph bet with the numerical value of two (2) is bet. The pictograph is the tent or the house. As I’ve studied, meditated, prayed, ask, and sought The Lord’s counsel, it is a word for His body of believers and for loved ones we are praying for. This is a promise from long ago, the time is now. Today is the day of salvation.
My prayer is that hearts will not harden, but respond and melt in His Holy presence. For it is God, Adonai, Eloheinu, Almighty Creator, The Sovereign LORD, Who is working both to will and to do FOR HIS GOOD PLEASURE.
God bless you and keep you and make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord cause His countenance to rise upon you and give you Shalom.
Until next time, thanks for listening with me. Laurette
Honor is BIG with God. However, we who have failed miserably understand His ( gift/charisma/dorea), Grace and Mercy that surrounds and sustains us in our ignorance.
Strong’s # 1431. dórea
a (free) gift, a gift (without repayment).HELPS Word-studies
1431dōreá (a feminine noun, derived from 1325/dídōmi) – a gift, freely given and hence not acquired by merit or “entitlement.” 1431/dōreá (a feminine noun) expresses a brand of giving that highlights the beneficent desire of the GIVER
As we move forward in the days ahead we can place our H-O-P-E in the Lord’s unfailing “hesed”. The GIVER gifted us, He summons us into covenant with Him. This covenant is His love toward us. Even when we’ve blown it; missed it; ignored it; refused it; or plain denied it; we have this Hope, He keeps His word when we don’t.
God’s love, while tender is intense (our God is a consuming fire), while unfailing, just, God is faithful yet fierce.
His Power so great we cannot fathom; yet tangible, transforming minds and hearts with an unseen touch, undeniable, only discerned and received by faith. Yes! This is why we HOPE in Him. Our Faithful God keeps covenant for a thousand generations, to those who love Him.
I never needed Him or His “gift” more than when I deserved it least. He freely gave that is why I love Him so!
But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His unfailing love, May Your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in You.” Psalms 33:18, 22 NIV
Hope in His unfailing love…
God bless you and keep you and make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord cause His countenance to rise upon you and give you Shalom.
Until next time, thanks for listening with me. Laurette
Baruch Ata Adonai Eloheinu Melech ha-olam, mevaker at amo
Blessed are You Lord our God, King of the Universe who visits His People
Time is precious, I pray we don’t waste one second. Hold your loved ones close. Things can change in a moment. If there is something between you and a loved one, I have a few sound words of wisdom for all of us. While there is time; forgive it, get over it, move past it, deal with it, release it, refuse it, heal it, face it, and erase it.
If we do The Lord will redeem it! He longs to restore it. We can count on it!!!
A treasury is a place in which stores of wealth are kept.
“We glide along through the tides of time— so quickly gone, like a dream that fades at dawn, like glistening grass that springs up one day and is dry and withered the next, ready to be cut down!
Lord, who fully knows the power of Your passion and the intensity of Your emotions? Help us to remember that our days are numbered, and help us to interpret our lives correctly. Set Your wisdom deeply in our hearts so that we may accept Your correction.” Psalms 90:5-6, 11-12 TPT
God bless you and keep you and make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord cause His countenance to rise upon you and give you Shalom.
Until next time, thank you for listening with me. Laurette
“Blessed (praised, glorified) be the Lord, the God of Israel, Because He has visited us and brought redemption to His people, And He has raised up a horn of salvation [a mighty and valiant Savior] for us In the house of David His servant—” Luke 1:68-69 AMP
A Mighty Valiant Savior
Salvations Horn
Can we review The happenings of old The Christmas story How it did unfold
In the city of Bethlehem Behold a King shall be born A descendant of David Salvation’s Horn
But only to those Who with expectant heart Came this message, as Gabriel Announced this start
They were looking Eagerly awaited The consolation of Israel As scriptures stated
When the timing was right That star shone bright Just then the chorus rang out Gloria, Oh Holy night
From The God of Israel Salvation has come And from no other His Arm is the Son
Salvation had come In the way of a babe Sight to the blind Strength to the lame
Noel Noel Come and see what God has done The greatest gift ever known Jesus, Messiah God’s perfect Son!
Noël comes to us from the Latin verb nasci, meaning “to be born.”
Noël is “Christmas” in French. Noel can also mean good news, coming from the French phrase bonnes nouvelles (“good news”). Noel can even mean birthday. With this meaning understood, no wonder we sing Noel at Christmas to celebrate the good news of the birth of Jesus!
In seasons of turmoil and confusion we are instructed to take, grab hold of, clasp, embrace: [a close encircling with the arms and pressure to the chest especially as a sign of affection :HUG] refuse to let go, hold fast our faith, which becomes our hope and courage, knowing our King, Valiant Savior reigns. We may not understand His timing, His ways or His why, but we can be assured when the time is right we will know and understand. (Isaiah 55:8-9)
And, in understanding we will see The Gift He planned long ago, still gives and continues to deliver. In the darkest hours His light shines the brightest. Perfectly delivers over and over, precisely at the kairos time, the Right time, the Perfect time, the opportune time…
My prayer is we embrace the change, understanding, if He brings us to it, He surely means to bring us through it and show others His amazing deliverance which is His faithfulness.
According to the scriptures.
“Glory to God in the highest [heaven], And on earth peace among men with whom He is well-pleased.” Luke 2:14 AMP
Merry Christmas
God bless you and keep you and make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord cause His countenance to rise upon you and give you Shalom.
“At that time the Ḥanukkah came to be in Yerushalayim, and it was winter. And יהושע was walking in the Set-apart Place, in the porch of Shelomoh.” Yoḥanan (John) 10:22-23 TS2009 (The Scriptures)
A Miracle Happened Here
A miracle happened here Our ancestors were shown The God of Israel Appeared, yet unknown
A miracle from then Time of Remembrance God saves and Gives Light The Light, His Entrance
A miracle happened there God’s house had been defiled Recapturing the Temple The people no longer beguiled
A bloody fight People deduce Never to bow Or worship Zeus
The miracle of God Hanukkah, a time to remember Working to rededicate One cold December
Kislev is December For us who study to know A miracle happened there Long many years ago
The miracle of oil Flows in human temples today If you rededicate The altar, purify Make Jesus THE ONLY WAY
Jesus said “I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD! Whoever follows Me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” (John 8:12 NIV).
We know our Savior Christ Jesus was not born on December 25th, but we celebrate His miraculous conception and coming birth on this date. Hanukkah begins on the 25th of Kislev.
God has ordained seven Feasts or moedims, (Leviticus 23) set apart times that we are to remember each year. And He also commanded them Sabbath, a time to meet every seven days. God is big on remembering, so much so He created and marks His very own calendar.
Christ fulfilled the first four feasts and no doubt He will fulfill the last three. Purim and Hanukkah have been added remembering miraculous deliverances by the sovereignty of God’s salvation and deliverance, which is Yeshua.
In the gospel of John, chapter 8 and again in chapter 9, Jesus announces and identifies Himself as The Light of the world. His announcement was between The Feast of Tabernacles and Celebrating Hanukkah, which He attended.
Was identifying Himself as The Light of the world at this time a coincidence? I don’t think so.
The miracle of Hanukkah is the miracle of oil, not the long bloody 24 yr. battle won by the Maccabees. Why?
Battles will continue but darkness will never dispel The Light of God. Light dispels darkness.
Jesus said in John 2:19, destroy this temple and I will rebuild it in three days!
By His blood we are cleansed and rededicated back to God. And now we are called the light of the world.
Salvation is the greatest continuation of God’s miracle oil, anointed to burn brightly, so we can go and tell others and share the light.
A miracle happened here and continues…
God bless you and keep you and make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord cause His countenance to rise upon you and give you Shalom.
Until next time, thank you for listening with me. Laurette
Hanukkah begins on Kislev 24, tomorrow night, November 28th on the Gregorian calendar. Our Jewish brothers and sisters light the first candle of the menorah in remembrance, commemorating the miracle of oil.
Are you familiar with Hanukkah? The Hanukkah story includes so many rich deep prophetic images, The Servant Candle, the miracle of oil, taking back the temple, rededication, lighting the menorah with only enough oil for one night available, due to the shortage of purified oil. If you are not I recommend you study this.
Our celebration of Christmas and the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah have many similarities. We know the Light of the World is Christ. Our Messiah is Christ Jesus. He paid the price to rededicate our earthly body back to God, cleansed by His blood, becoming a temple for God’s presence, anointed, housing the oil, giver of life, the light, the life, the eternal promise of Christ’s redemption. Yes, I Believe! It is a miracle.
When man reaches for God we call it prayer, when God reached down to man, we call it CHRIST-MASS. A Savior was born to be our King.
“For today in the city of David a Savior is born for you, He is Christ the Messiah” (Luke 2:11).
Yes I Believe! It is still the greatest miracle ever known to mankind.
“And of His kingdom there shall be no end”
“He will be great and eminent and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; and He will reign over the house of Jacob (Israel) forever, and of His kingdom there shall be no end.”” Luke 1:32-33 AMP
God bless you and keep you and make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord cause His countenance to rise upon you and give you Shalom.
Until next time, thank you for listening with me. Laurette
“And as he entered into a certain town, there met him ten men that were lepers, who stood afar off; And lifted up their voice, saying: Jesus, master, have mercy on us. Whom when he saw, he said: Go, shew yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass, as they went, they were made clean. And one of them, when he saw that he was made clean, went back, with a loud voice glorifying God. And he fell on his face before his feet, giving thanks: and this was a Samaritan. And Jesus answering, said, Were not ten made clean? and where are the nine? There is no one found to return and give glory to God, but this stranger. And he said to him: Arise, go thy way; for thy faith hath made thee whole.” St Luke 17:12-19
God bless you and keep you and make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord cause His countenance to rise upon you and give you Shalom.
Until next time, thank you for listening with me. Laurette
Happy Thanksgiving. This celebration is incorporated from our Puritan brothers and sisters.
The festival of Sukkot, gathering, celebrating, sharing, and tabernacling with our Lord.
Did you know the cornucopia is fashioned from the shofar?
Or that the booths at state fairs and carnivals are imitations is the sukkahs and celebrations?
As we clearly see, leaving God out it becomes twisted and marred, But, at the root the treasure to rebuild remains.
“Don’t neglect to show hospitality, for by doing this some have welcomed angels as guests without knowing it” (Hebrews 13:2).
No to Holiday Blues
The leaves have fallen, seasons change is here Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays draw near. Remember the reason and be fully present Never give up, pull back, or become hesitant.
The holiday blues are sure to pass you by If you’re determined to do this, not just try. For try, never accomplished not one thing, Just fills us full with regret, and leaves us wondering.
The spirit of the holidays is for pouring out love Just as we’re shown from heaven above. Rejoicing and sharing out of our abundance It’s the measure of our heart – never redundant.
If you find you are lonely and start to feel blue Look around and you’ll find someone who, Has need of much and is lacking provision Then simply turn and make this decision.
It is more blessed to give than it is to receive It works different in ‘The kingdom’ for those who believe. For when we love and do good to all people, We become the church, not merely a building holding a steeple.
Keeping things in perspective during the holidays…
The holidays can be a lonely time, especially if there has been a break in the family, or worse the death of a loved one. “It is more blessed to give” and extremely difficult, almost impossible when we are hurting, and our pain and wound is raw, and real, and fresh, and tender. We understand, Jesus Christ, taught this as a remedy, and a healing balm for broken hearts and wounded emotions, but even more our Savior walked this out for us, becoming our ensample.
Remember: Not everyone is in love; Everybody else doesn’t have it all; Every family isn’t together; Some families are dreading being together; Some will avoid family gatherings; BUT, some will find the beauty of the season and Give to those less fortunate. This is the time to Give Back and share with others, from the abundance The Lord has blessed you with. Go find someone in need and help them, you’ll never regret being the hands and feet of Jesus. Take His light into someone’s darkness and witness His glory transform their lives.
Look around, I dare you…
I double dog dare you…
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me” (Matthew 25:40 NIV).
“Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers” (Galatians 6:10 NIV).
God bless you and keep you and make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord cause His countenance to rise upon you and give you Shalom.
Until next time, thank you for listening with me. Laurette
Through All Seasons 