Category: Book Bits

There’s a place in my heart that wants to believe it is all going to be ok and you really are as good as you say you are and I really can trust you and all the wacky, wonky stuff is not about us but you are using it to glorify yourself and my willingness to trust you

Later, right as I was going to sleep, I felt like God was highlighting the “Mis”.  The misunderstood, misguided, mistook?  And I noticed the clock 11:11 The next morning I journal… If I believe God is good and we have both been crying out with tender hearts, the Spirit of Fear isn’t stronger than God. I believe you

A phone call from a well-meaning Christian family member with concern over our situation raised the issue again. Whose perspective am I going to choose? I listened, asked questions, listened, prayed and went to you Lord, again.  And here is where I started. Beth (B) – I am feeling this pushback on this whole Spirit of Fear thing. 

Victory. My created measuring stick and oh how short my circumstances fall. Victory with the baby.  I had my eyes so set on the prize for so long and thought that was the end game – matching my circumstances to the prophetic words and dreams, and it didn’t happen again and again. How different to have my eyes

Beth (B) – So if everything is upside down and inside out, what is it you see Lord? What is truth? What is Kingdom reality? What excruciating circumstances are really the Garden of Eden, or the promised land (picturing the image of the Holy Spirit garden in the Shack)? What is it to you Lord? What do you

Beth (B) – Lord, Lord, what do you say into the pit of despair that has no hope, no ladder, no light, no way out, no God – God (G) – I say I AM. Only think on Me and do NOT entertain the slimy pit of despair, thoughts that come from the deceiver. It is his way

Today reading My Utmost for His Highest, “ It is not only wrong to worry, it is infidelity, because worrying means that we do not think that God can look after the practical details of our lives, and it is never anything else that worries us.” What does unhinged (this word is unusual so feels like Holy Spirit

We came back to the car from an hour at the beach and I saw the broken window in the car. I was visiting a dear friend and we had walked a short bit from the parking lot with her two young kiddos. I had left my purse in the back, along with some other gear we didn’t

Proverbs 13:12 (TPT) When hope’s dream seems to drag on and on, the delay can be depressing. But when at last your dream comes true, life’s sweetness will satisfy your soul. Interesting reflection with Cole this morning on the disappointing fishing trip yesterday. Weather was windy and snowy, only one fish caught by Dave, but realized the memories

Beth (B) – Lord – I am sensing a prophetic act last night – what Lord? – for me to see – understand – I will sit and listen – coffee and then still – leave it – God (G) – Be still. (You saw) A strategy from me that was not a “normal” choice/behavior – choosing me