Day 4

God has revealed some exciting things for our sisterhood of peace this week. Today is day 4, I am fasting today. The morning started great!! Talked to one of my sisters on the way to work this morning and shared praise reports along with some feeble attempts of the enemy to weasel his way into my business.

God gave me a wonderful dream last night. In my dream I dreamt that I was dreaming. In the dream I was interpreting the dream I had dreamt while dreaming. The interpretation I had in the dream was that God was going to make all things new, the old was to be no more. Everything will be washed away for a new beginning. In the dream there was a reference of me poking at my natural father saying why did you give me such a dream!
However, in waking I felt as if it was me asking the Father, "God why would you give me a dream about a dream?". I prayed last night before I went to sleep that God would give me a revelation in my dreams last night. The revelation was awesome!! All things will be made new!! How much better could it get right!! In talking to one of the sisters, in her spirit she felt because I had a dream about a dream........God was reinforcing it. Almost like a double dream! Great!! Lord I'm ready to receive!!

On top of having a wonderful dream, I had two praise reports! My boyfriends eye was getting better the company he wasn't on permanently with was going to pay for everything under workman's comp. My truck was coming out of the shop with a newly upgraded computer! I was soo excited about! (After driving the two hottest months of the year so far with A\C you will be very THANKFUL for a vehicle with a\c.) On top of that it was only going to be $258 to get my truck out, that's with going to the Chevrolet dealership!! My God is mighty and able!!



The morning was a little tough on the fast. My beautiful, most wonderful boss who is always thinking of us brought in guess what??? My absolute favorite!! KRISPY- FREAKIN-KREME!!! Oh, how I love thee ...... Lord more than I love doughnuts. That's right folks. That's my office in which the delectable delights were left for 4 hours!!!!! About a few minutes to noon my boss decided she should take them and put them away! Whew, I had already made it through the struggle, the battle! I won, Krispy Kreme, chocolate covered yumminess lost!

The day bumbles along, I find out from my adorable boyfriend come to find out that his company is not paying him for time lost, not paying the doctor bills or prescriptions under workman's comp because he is not a full time employee! What! Satan, get behind me!

Later in the afternoon I get another call that the Tahoe will not be coming out of the shop today. It still isn't running good, it had to be sent back to the Chevy place for a new diagnosis.
After my praise reports from this morning had took a turn I started to sag my jaws a little. After I started praising the Lord, I decided that was what I needed! The enemy doesn't want me to have praise reports, he doesn't want me to share them with my sisters. He doesn't want anything to go my way. Guess what satan........too bad! I serve a God who gives me all authority over you, I will keep my head above the water, I have untied God's hands to work on my behalf! My sulking only lasted for a moment! I believe that I needed this today! I needed to be let down to see how I would react!! I know God is priming me for something much greater than a doctor bill and a broke down vehicle. This is my revelation through my fasting today. I need to be prepared in season and out of season. Prayed up, strapped in the armour of God, prepared for battle at any given moment!!!! The words we have been given this week in our fast all come to this. We MUST BE PREPARED TO PERSEVERE!! Much greater battles are ahead in our lives, there is but one way to make it through them! God the Father! I may fall down, but you won't keep me down satan. Not this time, I'm breaking off the old and breaking through to the new. Putting the past behind me and looking forward to the destiny that God has prepared for me! Using the past to haunt me and drag me down just isn't going to work anymore!

"My Soul is in anguish. How long, O LORD, how long." Psalm 6:3
"Turn, O LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love." Psalm 6:4

My life verse is Psalm 6:1-5. Notice today, the fourth day, Psalm 6:4 I know and realize and most importantly accept and receive that God is delivering me from my anguish. He is saving me from myself. From satans attempt to haunt me with the former so I cannot push through to the new. God has so much more in store for us sisters, I am on the edge of my seat waiting to see what happens next!!

This just in: I would like to report it is now 4:30 and I have held strong. No doughnuts!
Update as of 08/04/10: my boyfriend interviewed for a job position that he had been longing to have for quite some time - he got the job!! Now had we reacted harshly and in anger when we found out that his previous company was not going to pay for his eye injury - God may have not opened this door to usher my boyfriend through!

3 Weeks of Faith and Fasting

So we are three days into our 3 week fast ladies. God is so very good. Here are some of the highlights in just the first two and a half days..... doesn't matter which one of us they came from - we are a collected effort and want all of the glory to our Father.
Excerpts from Day 1
I began to pray in the Spirit and I knew I was praying for each of you..Tears began to flow and my heart was so turned to the Father. I began to praise Him and tell Him about how much we all love Him and are doing this to seek His face, not His Hand and because we truly want to honor our Lord and King. I felt the HS so strong..I felt that God just wants us to love on Him and to trust Him with everything! Times are about to get even darker and we're going to have to exercise our faith and trust in the Lord. I just felt that so strong...to trust Him...almost like a warning or preparation. But He was reassuring me that HE would take care of US...when it looks more scary than ever, He wants us to trust in Him.... Also, felt strongly to pay off my credit cards and be sure to be diligent in tithing and giving to His work. It was totally the Holy Spirit who held me to Malachi last night in my study time...He confirmed God's Word to me about tithing and remaining faithful even when the economy is so bad and the bills keep coming...
also heard: find a place of service and serve diligently. Our focus has got to get off our troubles and get focused on God's work...

Excerpts from Day 3

Imagine - God walking over the earth...He's searching for a heart that is desperate and longing for a child that will give HIM their all..... how much HE must love us. He truly deserves our whole heart, trust, admiration, and praise. He is so worthy.
During my early morning “quite” time – God wasn’t really all that quite this morning. For 10 days now I have sat on the front porch for about 15-20 minutes each morning between 5 and 5:30. Well 9 of those 10 days have started dark and as I would watch the dawn break I say beams of light – so beautiful – but had not seen anything in those 9 days like I saw this morning. This morning the morning sky was filled with bright colors of orange and pink. Not white beams of light as I had previously seen. I felt the Holy Spirit whisper “Perseverance” and then “Purity, Power and Authority”.

Now I have read Charlotte’s words from yesterday and I can confirm about the time coming ahead. I knew in my common sense this morning when I saw the orange - that “Perseverance” is only needed for when things get tougher. So we have got to hang on to our faith here girls. I also heard God say – pray that in the Authority and Power I am putting on you – that your heart stays pure. Like the old phrase from Spider Man – “With great power comes great responsibility”.

I was then directed to RE_READ the Elijah List that began this all. Three days into the fast and the words seem to have taken on a whole new meaning…
Elijah List
As soon as I gave the word on Saturday, there were big changes that began to happen.
This is a historical shift, and a $100,000 venture on this end. You can give into this shift and be part of this incredible change. Few ministries make this transition. This will be a great testimony for the future as the mantle is passed.
"I have said to you that the waters will not overtake you. Throughout the times you are walking in, I see you sinking and the waters rising above your head. Stay buoyant with Me. Stay in faith over these next 30 days. If you sink, there are many traps waiting for you at the bottom in the place of the circumstances that you are walking over. I say to you, YES, you are walking over and not under.
"Stay above. Stay above and do not go under in this situation! The traps are greater if you go under in this situation. Trust in Me and the faith to stay above will remain in you. Stay above! Walk with Me. Keep your head up and the waters will not overtake you!
"There are 24 days that you must stay above! There are traps that would ensnare you that are lined and ordered by the enemy. These traps look like a maze and you will find yourself saying, 'I can't find my way out, for when I get out of this one I am in another.' So ask Me to keep you buoyant. When I say 'COME', keep coming, keep coming and keep coming again. Do not look back or you will sink and the traps will encompass you and you will say, 'I can't find my way out.'"
"I'm putting a lifeline out right now, so don't think that the waters will overtake you. I have thrown out a lifeline already. Do not sink down under and do not lose sight of what I have said to you. Do not think that I am a fleeting apparition in your midst? I am not fleeting. I will be there over these next 24 days to keep you above till you get repositioned.
"I am watering you during the day to keep you from burning in the fire and the heat. Even the water cannot quench the fire. But the release of My presence and My wind, and the buoyancy of your faith is keeping your head above the waters and the fire from burning your feet. Many are watching how you walk at this time, so don't look at the circumstance, just look ahead and watch as you walk.
"The lifeline that I have extended before you is becoming a tightrope. You will say, 'Wait, wait, I see the way. It is very narrow and it is very dangerous, but my faith will keep my feet planted and my head above the water!'
"Understand who you are. Understand the authority you have. Now I'm inviting you to come into a new abundance. I realize what is coming against you. I have allowed this thing to be created so you will destroy it. It will not destroy you, and because of that, I have abundance waiting on you. You might say, 'Yes, I am in the new. But I don't like the new.'
"Many will not move into the new because the new can be much more uncomfortable than the old. Some people are made in such a way that they prefer the uncomfortable to the comfortable, because they know that the comfortable will lose its glory much more quickly! Be uncomfortable now and you will enter My rest in the days ahead!"
DO NOT LOOK BACK OR YOU WILL SINK. I gave the example of what happened to Lot’s wife the other day when she looked back on the perishing Cities. A pillar of salt would surely sink in the water.
I TRULY feel like a part of the lifeline for us – is each other. It’s been an overwhelming flood of emotions lately because of the connection that God has given us ladies. It’s nothing SHORT of God that we are all together.
Now we know that the natural mimics what’s going on in the spirit. So as I was sitting on my porch looking at my tomato plants – the Father showed me rain. Now the Elijah list said - "I am watering you during the day to keep you from burning in the fire and the heat. Even the water cannot quench the fire. But the release of My presence and My wind, and the buoyancy of your faith is keeping your head above the waters and the fire from burning your feet" – In the natural at my house – it has been BLISTERING hot! It’s making a record actually – with the heat index the temp has climbed upwards of 105 and this weekend it’s supposed to be 110 degrees. As I sit out on the porch and feel the rain – the watering during the day doesn’t even quench or touch the heat. The only thing that gives any sort of relief from the heat is a breeze blowing by. I believe this is mimicking what’s going on in the Heavens. The winds of the Holy Spirit are COMING – and they are coming so strongly that they are going to bust WIDE OPEN the doors and the windows of opportunity in each of our lives. This fast is to seek Him for the right way for us, for your little ones (the next generation) and for your possessions. God is speaking this so clearly: in the next 24 days there is some financial crisis that is stirring in the air. The winds are going to be so strong that we will not be able to stand under their power – they will be strong that in all of our power – we will not be able to close the doors and windows of opportunity. I saw this in a dream a few months back in which mom and my child and I felt the wind storm that’s ahead and that we are in the midst of now. And as I am typing this I see the dream with a greater understanding in preparation for this very fast. My Child – being for your little ones (the next generation) – my house and rv (in the dream) being - for your possessions and mom and I going in the same direction together then back together and then the opposite way – we would go to one door and close it and God would bust open a door in a different direction – seeking HIM for the right way for US (I wasn’t alone – mom was there to help it was an US).

More from Day 3 of fast

Isaiah 58..verse 6 talks about the benefits of fasting:

1. loose bonds of wickedness
2. undo heavy burdens
3. let oppressed go free
4. break every yoke.
further down God says that fasting is great for you, but pleasing Him is more than what we don't do or eat...He wants us to serve Him and others and be about the work of our Father.

Well I got a dream in which God spoke directly into a situation I am in and questions that I had. During my prayer time last night on the porch – God did something in me. I am not fully understanding at this time as to what HE did but it was something. I also had a vision of a train. It was a passenger train but it was new and sleek and silver – like aluminum or shiny metal (whatever they make the new trains out of) – not the old Norfolk Southern kind of metal. This train was something else – something special…..it was going uphill at a slight incline on tracks that were suspended in the air (not attached to the ground or anything for that matter)…. It was going at an amazingly, increadibly fast rate of speed – so fast you couldn’t see in the windows…. Just flying by….whizzing by (okay I guess you get the picture)….. the train was going into a covered tunnel. I felt the Holy Spirit say to me (for us all) – that our lives (ministries) were about to travel at an accelerated rate – IF – we will make the small climb of faith and enter into the unknown on faith alone – HE will work at an accelerated rate in our lives and ministries. When I also explained to mom what I saw - she said that silver represents God's redemption as well as the tunnel is a hidden place in God. I know this is gonna sound like I am literally riding the crazy train and this is the portion that I don’t quite fully understand just yet…. When I closed my eyes to pray and meditate on God – I started to spin – not like dizzy spin – I would open my eyes and nothing…. Then I would close my eyes and begin to praise and pray again…..and I began spinning again – spinning – spinning – spinning….then I realized I was caught up in a tornado – it wrapped completely around my body… I just felt God’s hand directly over the tornado and I watched as He lifted me from level/dimension to another. I felt a TOTAL peace, calmness, an almost stillness this morning during my prayer time on the porch. God also showed me one thing for each of you girls. HE says that it’s by NO accident that you choose the day you did to fast. Number represents the day of the week you are fasting = number = what the number means in the bible

1 = God
2 = Multiplication/Division
3 = Godhead (Triune God)
4 = God's Creative works/miracles
5 = Grace
no sixth day : )
7 = completion/perfection

We have already had 8 testimonies of God moving in just three days.
1. Went to look up the gas bill - had no bill - instead a months worth credit..
2. Boyfriend was taken care of - doctor's bills covered, sent home from work to heal - no metal in his eye. The door opened wide for him to see that God is good and prayer works.
3. God setup meeting and then orchestrated the timing and relieved all the stress of it.
4. Late house payment taken care of and reduced from $1613 to $917 to bring current.
5. Broke down vehicle - being repaired for $1183 but only being charge $258 total cost
6. Releasing a loved one - loved one turning to God
7. One of us was invovled in a vehicle accident.... not a scratch on our vehicle or the other parties.
8. Finding out that after 7 months of diligently making payments on a budget - one of our credit cards has a ZERO balance.

Surely NOT

Surely I am not the only person left in the world that knows how to put my coffee mug in the dish washer? It's funny to me that you live in a world of highly educated Joes but they can't seem to figure out how to put their daggum coffee cups in the dishwasher, their daggum plates and forks in the trashcan, or even clean THEIR dirty food out of the fridge. REALLY! Why do people think they have the right to have a maid follow around them every 15 seconds? It's just W_R_O_N_G! People this is NOT a complaint! It's a fact - clean up after yourselves - cause your momma and/or your wife aren't here!!!!

Jazz Hands

Okay so picture this... the parking deck on Friday at 4:30...




I am taking the mail down - all by my lonesome - well just me and (as Caleb calls it) my Ipot! Can you hear it now? We all know "California Gurls" by Katy Perry - if you haven't heard it yet - (PLEASE CRAWL OUT OF YOUR HOLE FOR A MOMENT). It starts of slow and then starts throbbing with beat! Well you know I am a sucker for a hot track and a thumping beat. So now it's just me, my Ipot, Katy Perry w/ guest appearances by Snoop Dogg. Since it's a GHOST TOWN - I mean you can see the tumble weeds tumbling end over end down the hall - I, Katy and Snoop decide that - we need to break it down. I mean like you break down when there is NO ONE and I mean NO ONE but God around. It's an extremely long hall mind you. So there we are - just the three of us - breakin' it down, bustin' a move - singin' our hearts out - then you know that creepy feeling you get when someone is watching' you? Well I slightly glance over my left shoulder - I mean cause it's gotta be either Katy or Snoop.... well at the end of the hall - I see a lady standing and starring at me like I have literally LOST my mind! So I just do the Michael Jackson twirl and spin around and dance my way right up the stairs! I wanted to say, "Hey Lady come on - don't look at me like that - everybody loves JAZZ HANDS".

Awe the Lazy Dog Days of Summer

It is my pleasure to introduce to you - the worlds best German Sheppard and the resoration and new beginning to Shiloh7 Kennels - Shiva Ashley! (pronounced Shy-Va)


She is taking a much needed rest after playing with the kiddos all afternoon!


Being a cute, little, fluffy puppy that everyone snuggles and loves is HARD work u know?


Oh she's awake now!! Don't get excited - someone opened the door to come in and set off the alarm chimes. After she realized what had happened she immediately went back to snoozing!


Summer is such a fun time that we get creative and use our E-MAGINATIONS. This is one of our many games however for some reason it happens to be my daughter's favorite game - it's called - duh da duh - CUP STACKING - the main theme of this game? You guessed it - stacking colorful cups!


And last but not least - we pulled a toof! This is a photo of my nephew Caleb. He busted his lip a couple of weeks ago and knocked loose a front toof that needed to be loose anyway. His permanent front toof had already began to come in. For two weeks he walked around wigglin' and jigglin' that thing. Yesterday afternoon we were sitting on the front porch at Shiloh and Caleb and my hubby John are suddenly silent. Then we hear this thunderous "WHAM". Caleb begans laughing so hard. Then we hear high pitched screams. John had tied fishin' twine to Caleb's loose tooth and Caleb LET HIM! After not letting anyone touch the vacinity of his face for TWO WEEKS - he let's Uncle John tie a string around his toof and SLAM THE DOOR! REALLY! YES REALLY! Awe Good Times at Shiloh!

Dumb "A" Signs

Okay so I was thinking today about the state not having money bc they sent the entire state letters about having not paid "Consumer Tax" - quick and dirty definition.... when you order something online - out of state - u don't pay taxes. Although you don't order the product in your state - YOU the TAXPAYER are responsible for paying the tax to the state in which you live because you are "consuming/using" that item in your state. I know I know - what the crap... Anyway I am looking around today and wondering aren't there smarter ways to use the taxpayers dollars than with Dumb "A" signs. So here are just a few that I have found TODAY alone...


REALLY? Are smokers so dumb that they need words AND pictures to know where to put out there smokes? I don't think so...


Okay? This door stays padlocked and deadbolted at ALL TIMES - you can't enter to see the personnel and there isn't a bell to ring?


Do they think that in the event of a fire - you are going to be in such a panic that you won't know which direction to pull the fire alarm when it ONLY GOES IN ONE DIRECTION? Seriously?

And Last but not least.... The plaque that every elevator across the state displays as a "WARNING" to all who dare to ride the elevator....

ALSO - in the event of a fire in your building - are you really going to wait five minutes to catch a ride on the elevator that's crammed full of 50 other idiots? I think I could find it in me to take the stairs if my building were BURNING TO THE GROUND!

Restoration

Websters Dictionary defines restoration as this:

1. an act of restoring or the condition of being restored as
a: a bringing back to a former position or condition: restoration of peace
b: a restoring to an unimpaired or improved condition
2. something that is restored; especially a representation or reconstruction of the original form

I have had restoration on my mind a lot lately and a funny thing happened today at work. One of our regular vendors came in and we had a short chat about the normal things... the weather, wishing it were Friday....blah blah... Then I said something to him that opened the door for him to share with me a story that I had JUST read over the weekend. I simply said, "I am sorry for rushing you". That was the simple statement I made. He said, "Honnie I have gotten in trouble so many times bc I was in a hurry". I said, "Yes you have to slow down and take thtime to enjoy life or you miss so much".

We talked about a story in the bible. A story about David, awe a man after God's own heart, it was during the reign of King Saul. David had every chance to kill Saul upon his betrayal. But bc he had his FATHER's heart...he still loved Saul despite everything. David and Jonathon (Saul's son) loved one another as brother's did. David made a covenant with Jonathon that he would watch keep over Jonathon and his descendants, a covenant which God blessed. King Saul and Jonathon both died in battle and David became King David. While in the kingdom King David stood and said, "Is there no one here left from the house of King Saul". David knew not of Jonathon's son bc he had been hidden and his identity kept secret. His nurse feared for the boys life bc she was sure that David would want to kill Saul's descendants. BUT the son was brought before King David - and David said to the son - "Come and eat at my table".

I realized today that this is a story of God's restoration. Saul basically betrayed David's love. BUT King David's heart would not allow him to break his covenant with Jonathon. His love was so strong that King David still wanted to do nothing but bless Jonathon's son. And so he did.

This story paints of picture of God's beautiful heart for us. He desires to keep covenant with us and to restore all things to former and even greater measure than all things former. God wants to restore everything the enemy has taken from us and even those things that we have freely given to the enemy.

Just a thought. I am in the process of seeing my dad's restoration process and it is a most beautiful thing. God is restoring all things to a greater measure of the former. Dad picked up a new puppy on Monday. She is six weeks old, mother picked her out and we all adore her. She is the smartest German Shepard already. Very responsive and most gentle with the kids. She knows that she is home. I helped them find a name for her. Her name is Shivah pronounced (shy-vah). It is the indian word for restoration. She is the foundation and the start to a new beginning - a new start. She is the first of many for the soon to be established - Shiloh7 kennels. Welcome to Shiloh Shivah. Shiloh - means God's property and a place of peace and rest!