I wish I could see your faces as you read this particular blog. I pray joy and delight jump from your heart too as you see what I have seen!!! That today you will be more aware of God’s creation and how at times He chooses the most beautiful and sometimes crazy ways to reveal Himself..or even get us a much needed message! His Word says ALL creation testifies…I have come to see it is soooo! Literally:)

Since the weather here become beautiful and warm….my secret place moved to a local cemetery with great roads circling around it. The back of the cemetery is not yet developed so I have found it to be a very free and quiet place for me to spend time with the Lord. In this season of life there are many distractions and I simply needed to “steal away…” with Him…and literally “go” meet Him. Obviously, He is everywhere but there has been something sweet about getting in my car and driving to a place that is hallowed ground for our dates. My closet is still a lovely place do not get me wrong…but this place is where He has allured me for now.. the Spirit is always moving. We must be willing to move with Him…even if it means moving our secret places for a season.

In this place I have noticed things I never noticed before. I have seen things in a new way. I have seen Him in a new beautiful way. I have learned creation whether it is animals, flowers, the sky, clouds, or random treasures..He places them each one… Right where I will see them…just what I need and when I need it..

From daily meetings with roadrunners in which I have seen God use to remind me of being a herald..to turning a corner and seeing a turtle staring at me..reminding me to slow down…I have danced with Him and felt the warmth of the sun and caught goosebumps as He loved me by sending a sweet breeze of delight at my offering of praise. Then opened my eyes to watch 2 birds flying high as I heard Him whisper...”Soar..” I have cried as I have stepped on a rusty old metal heart with chunks missing from it …to discover the words on the back…”Home of the brave..” You may say it could be a coincidence since it’s most likely from a cemetery wreath..but I had been getting words daily from the Lord to “be strong and courageous” during a trial where my heart felt like this rusty and broken heart as I waited upon His healing and restoration. I remember the day also that I looked to the right to see one of the balloons from a flower bouquet that had drifted to the back of the cemetery ..only to find the words “I love You..”

One week I had been speaking to a friend involved in the recovery and restoration of girls from human trafficking. As I walked and was talking with the Lord I looked up to find the most incredible picture that God painted for me. There is no mistake from this picture that you will see the most amazing details of an OAK TREE…in that instant I heard Him say..”they shall be called oaks of righteousness..” I knew this passage but when I got back home I felt I should research a bit more regarding Oaks of Righteousness..to find out it had been the later part of a passage of scripture in Isaiah 61 that I had been studying already…Then realized it to be the founding scripture on my friends website and ministry  involving human trafficking…a message of direction for me for an event to come..

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Isaiah 61: 1-3

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,
² to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,
³     and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes,
the oil of joy
instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting of the Lord
for the display of his splendor.

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Passing along what I saw…so you too can see:)

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May you delight in Him revealing Himself to you in new ways my friends. I pray you will try what I have found myself doing…asking Him to send me more love letters…I have found it is exactly what His heart loves to do…

Love MUCH,