Habakkuk 2: 2-3 And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. (3) For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
I admired my grandma’s unwavering faith. “Nothing is too great or too small for God,” she would say. Many times, when my spirit would scream in pain, I knew I could go to her. Her gentle arms embraced a broken Darlene. Her prayers and heartbeat echoed in my ear as I sat with my head buried in her chest.
Faith I’ve learned is something that is fought for. Circumstances and pain engulf us making hope not even possible to feel! We must remind ourselves that we are not fighting against flesh and blood, we can’t solve things instantly, although He has and can.
The woman with a blood issue did something that changed her circumstances. (Matthew 9:18-26, Mark 5:22-43, Luke 8:41-56) She pressed through the ocean of people to get to the One who made miracles possible! She defied the Levitical law that says, … “if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.” (Leviticus 15:19KJV) She touched the hem of His garment, not half-heartedly but with determination, knowing something would transpire!
Are you facing a situation that appears impossible and the little strength you have doesn’t feel enough? Keep pressing Beloved! Press through the sea of unforetold strategies that Satan throws to block you from your miracle!
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.” Hebrews 11:1-40 KJV
I didn’t write this but it makes me overwhelmed with gratitude!
If you feel unloved Jesus loves you this much ♥️
Scientific Death of Jesus, take the 1 min to read, if you don’t cry, you may not understand who He really is. I pray the Holy Spirit awaken in each soul that reads, in Jesus Name! Amen!
For the next 60 seconds, set aside whatever you’re doing and take this opportunity! Let’s see if Satan can stop this. At the age of 33, Jesus was condemned to death.
At the time, crucifixion was the “worst” death. Only the worst criminals were condemned to be crucified. Yet it was even more dreadful for Jesus. Unlike other criminals condemned to death by crucifixion, Jesus was to be nailed to the cross by His hands and feet.
Each nail was 6 to 8 inches long. The nails were driven into His wrist, not into His palms as is commonly portrayed. There’s a tendon in the wrist that extends to the shoulder. The Roman guards knew that when the nails were being hammered into the wrist, that tendon would tear and break, forcing Jesus to use His back muscles to support Himself so that He could breathe. Both of His feet were nailed together. Thus He was forced to support Himself on the single nail that impaled His feet to the cross. Jesus could not support Himself with His legs because of the pain so He was forced to alternate between arching His back then using His legs just to continue to breathe. Imagine the struggle, the pain, the suffering, the courage.
Jesus endured this reality for over 3 hours. Yes, over 3 hours! Can you imagine this kind of suffering? A few minutes before He died, Jesus stopped bleeding. He was simply pouring water from his wounds.
From common images we see wounds to His hands and feet and even the spear wound to His side… But do we realize His wounds were actually made in his body. A hammer driving large nails through the wrist, the feet overlapped and an even larger nail hammered through the arches, then a Roman guard piercing His side with a spear. But before the nails and the spear, Jesus was whipped and beaten. The whipping was so severe that it tore the flesh from His body. The beating so horrific that His face was torn and his beard ripped from His face. The crown of thorns cut deeply into His scalp. Most men would not have survived this torture.
He had no more blood to bleed out, only water poured from His wounds. The human adult body contains about 3.5 liters (just less than a gallon) of blood.
Jesus poured all 3.5 liters of his blood; He had three nails hammered into His members; a crown of thorns on His head and, beyond that, a Roman soldier who stabbed a spear into His chest.
All these without mentioning the humiliation He suffered after carrying His own cross for almost 2 kilometers, while the crowd spat in his face and threw stones (the cross was almost 30 kg of weight, only for its higher part, where His hands were nailed). Jesus had to endure this experience, to open the gates of Heaven, so that you can have free access to God.
So that your sins could be “washed” away. All of them, with no exception! Don’t ignore this situation.
JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR YOU! He died for you! It is easy to pass jokes or foolish photos by e-mail, but when it comes to God, sometimes you feel ashamed to forward to others because you are worried of what they may think about you.
God has plans for you, show all your friends what He experienced to save you. Now think about this! May God bless your life!
If you are not ashamed to do this, please, follow Jesus’ instructions. He said (Matthew 10:32 & 33): “Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before My Father in heaven; but whosoever denies Me before others, I will deny before My Father in heaven.”
Copied and pasted thank you Jesus, I could never repay you for carrying the cross to calvary for me. THANK YOU, LORD!!!!
During my morning walk at 8: 00, I stopped along the way to admire the flourishing of spring. Everything is so beautiful! From the sun kissing the mountains to the soft teasing breeze through the blossoming trees it all shouted, “Oh how great Thou art!” Everything is becoming new. That’s what spring right, becoming new?
For the new to come, the old must be dead and gone. New life for a new season! In August 1999 when my knees hit the floor as I surrendered to God, my life belonged to Him. I tried leading my own life creating chaos for myself. “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” (2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV) I have learned tremendously that it’s a fight.
“God, I didn’t know it would be like this?”
He asked me, “Would it have mattered?” I quickly knew it wouldn’t have because I did and always will need Him.
We are going to go through seasons of devastation. We will go through God cutting off our rough edges, so we are more like Jesus. We are going to experience joy, and peace, succumbing to His power. Abandonment is something we may feel during trials, but it’s not true. God is with us always!
“No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.” Matthew 9:16-17 KJV
Be encouraged, I know it’s difficult when pain is screaming back at you, hold on to God’s unchanging hand Beloved.
Thank you, Tommy Bailey, for permission to use your beautiful photography! God bless you!
Amazing, I thought as I embraced my pillow waiting to drift into sleep, how quickly news spreads. All it takes is a camera a news anchor and a script to spread the news worldwide. Most of the time it’s a report of chaos. It would be easy to influence the world to believe lies. Ok, I’m going to be quite blunt here. Why is it we fill our minds with junk instead of filling it with the word of God? Why do we believe the news before we believe the promises of God?
Something is happening though more people are refusing to turn on their TVs. They are tired of being lied to and they are waking up This is not one of those, throw your TV in the trash messages. This is a reality self-checkup with the word of God. I’m talking to myself as well.
Most of our anxiety is caused by believing lies. Satan is a reporter too. God uses ministering angels. The Bible tells us … “the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.” (John 14:17 KJV) The world can’t see the truth because they have no acquaintance with the One who is all Truth! For us that is in Him, we tend to fall asleep. We grow weary in well-doing; our bodies get worn down and there are life challenges. Our guard comes down.
I’ve been praying for a sound mind. We have to meditate on His Word.
“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7 KJV
A sound mind is clarity, balance, wisdom, and self-control, godly thinking. “Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;” (1 Peter 1:13 KJV)
Let’s stay in the word of God and pray always. Filters thoughts with His word.
Excitement swelled in my heart as my friend, and I talked about all that God is doing. He is moving because we are. Praying, praising, and thanking Him are all important acts and it gets His attention.
I understand the news sends out messages every single day about what is going on in the world. Rarely is there a positive report. One source is looked over, God’s Report. One day while sitting at my kitchen table filling out papers, the Lord said, “Darlene, too many are asking Me to do what I promised to do. Claim that promise.” That’s true. Imagine your child coming to you begging you to remember to fill their little tummies with food. You promised to nurture your child and you do not fail to do so. Same with God. He is our Heavenly Father. He promised to watch over us, heal our bodies, and make a way.
“God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.” 1 Corinthians 1:9 KJV
“God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?” Numbers 23:19 KJV
The Bible is full of His faithfulness! He wins every battle; failure isn’t in Him. He is a great God! I’m so grateful that His report exceeds the world’s! Nothing came to stop Him. He can’t be explained away, blotted out, swept under a rug, or ignored because He is all power!
Beloved be encouraged knowing that He’s in total control!
Tommy thank you for giving me permission to use your beautiful photography! God bless you!
“Lord, help me to love as You love.” I sat quietly at my desk remembering Jesus’ unending knock on my heart’s door as a sinner. Tears swelled in my eyes as the reel of memories played in my mind. Compassion, oh how this world needs Christlike compassion! The more I fail Him, the more I need Him, the more I fall in love with Him!
“Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.” (1 Peter 4:8KJV) Jesus’ love breaks every stronghold, and every addiction unfolds an impossible situation into a beautiful garden. Our hearts must be filled with that pure love to see broken people through the eyes of God. Instead of seeing a person as useless, see a soul being mended. God didn’t see us that way. He saw someone who would be on fire for Him, reach other broken souls. Early yesterday morning scrolling over Facebook someone’s profile popped up. “The spirit of God moved me to pray for this person. This individual has a lot of betrayals and hurts in his life. Pain drives people to do and say things out of the ordinary. The enemy will remind them of their past and even point a finger at us making it appear we are their enemy. Be patient and understand it’s not personal.
“This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.” (John 15:12 KJV)
Perfect love leads people to the path of righteousness.
“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.” (1 John 4:18 KJV) When we get into the presence of God we feel an unexplainable love. God corrects us not in a condemning way but in perfect love.
I leave you with this, don’t hate, instead cover them in prayer and the love of Jesus.
The weight of what was coming weighed heavily upon Him. He knew going back wasn’t an option and standing still didn’t cancel the trial before Him. Jesus opened His mouth to say, “Not My will but Your will be done. Although He was God the fleshly part of Him fought the will of the Father.
Yesterday, taking my usual route to the store, I realized something. For two months I refused to go out of my apartment, not wanting to socialize with anyone because of my broken heart. I don’t have to tell you that brokenness is a quick process to get through! Being ground into powder means there is no gluing yourself together.
God doesn’t waste anything! He lovingly scoops us up into the palm of His hands. He pours into us. We are newly made balls of clay smashed precisely in the middle of His potting wheel. We feel every bit of it! Let me share with you what’s been poured into me. A void is the absence of something. During the time of our trial, the void inside is like the void in the beginning. He spoke to the void and life came forth.
It’s difficult to pray not my will but thine be done. “For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.” Matthew 16:25 KJV)
I felt like a brand-new person after coming out of the trial. My usual path was a unique experience than a dull one. Things looked new to me because I was renewed and remade. God poured a fresh anointing, a new vision, and a stronger faith within me.
I encourage you to embrace all that you can out of your trial. God has a lot He wants to pour into you! You’ll see things in a different light.
“Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.” (Jeremiah 18:2-4 KJV)
“Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. “Isaiah 49:15 KJV
“I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more, but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.” (John 14:18-31 KJV)
In the Gospel of John, chapter 20, verses 22-24, we read about the disciples who were hiding in fear. At this point, Jesus had already been crucified, and the disciples were feeling lost and uncertain about what was to come. However, Mary Magdalene had an encounter with Jesus in His transformation. She had gone to the tomb where Jesus had been laid after His death, but when she arrived, she found that the tomb was open and empty.
Tears streaming down her face, Mary bitterly wept at the opened tomb. Suddenly, she heard a voice behind her. “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you seeking?” she heard. Believing that the voice belonged to the gardener, Mary answered, “If you have moved Him, tell me where He is, and I will take Him away.” But then, something remarkable happened. The voice spoke her name. And in that moment, Mary realized who He was. It was Jesus – alive and standing right in front of her. This encounter changed Mary’s life forever, and it serves as a powerful reminder of the transformative power of faith. His voice-activated consciousness as it does when a child hears their parent’s voice. “Rabboni,” which means teacher, came from within her. He instructed her to tell His brothers.
As the news reached their ears, a sudden surge of fear gripped their hearts, rendering them helpless and vulnerable. To seek refuge, they locked themselves in, hoping to feel safe and secure behind locked doors. However, to their surprise, even the locked doors couldn’t keep Jesus out. He miraculously appeared before them, showering them with his divine presence and offering words of comfort, “Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you” (John 20:21 KJV).
Locked doors didn’t stop Jesus from getting to them. Appearing in their midst, He then breathed on them, imparting the Holy Ghost, making it the only scripture in the Bible where anyone received the Holy Ghost before the day of Pentecost. The fear that had previously crippled their spirits now gave way to a newfound sense of hope and purpose. As they basked in the glory of his presence, they realized that their previous sense of abandonment had been replaced by a profound sense of belonging once again.
Abandonment is a feeling that can leave us feeling unloved, uncared for, rejected, and worthless. It can make us believe that there’s something fundamentally wrong with us. Even after becoming a born-again Christian, we may still be subject to these emotions. However, when we receive the Spirit of Adoption, we are no longer separated from God. According to Romans 8:14-19 KJV, “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.”
If we are born again of the water and Spirit, we are no longer wanderers. We belong to the King of kings and Lord of lords. Satan will try to deceive us with the lie that God has abandoned us, but we must hold on to our faith and refuse to believe it. As children of God, we are no longer orphans. Instead, we have Jesus as our shepherd and guide, taking care of us and leading us on the path of righteousness.
Whatever happens, hold on to His promises and refuse to take on other than what God tells us to.
I decree Romans 8:15 over you, “For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.”
I declare that the chains of rejection, fear, and abandonment are broken from you. I declare that the Spirit of adoption has fallen on you. Right now, you will feel our Heavenly Father’s love and mercy, in Jesus’ Name, Amen!
“This is no longer your concern,” the Lord responded to my attempt to determine the closure concerning long-lasting circumstances. The good Lord knows me better than I know myself. This habit of quickly slipping on life’s backpack needed to end.
God knows us inside out. Occasionally, I jest, thinking God is looking down on me, scratching His head, wondering how He will fix me. Many promises spoken by God quickly terminate that thought. “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.” (Jeremiah 29:11 KJV)
“Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book, all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned when as yet there was none of them.” (Psalms 139:16 KJV) David acknowledged his imperfections, knowing God had known him before his birth. Our existence transferred from the mind of God from beginning to end. Such wisdom is impossible to fathom!
Philippians 1:6 says, “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: (Philippians 1:6 KJV)
Be confident
Begun a good work
In you
Will be performed (completed)
God never fails to complete what He started. He does perform with excellence. God is changing us while He takes care of the prolonged circumstance(s).
My grandmother would say, “Darlene, think of it this way. You want the circumstance to change but God wants to change you.” While He is working, I’m pushing for results. I’ve learned a great deal of things. It hasn’t always been easy, most of the time it’s not. Eventually, a bold faith that lays dormant emerges from beneath the ashes.
Whatever you are going through remember child of God He will turn your struggles into something beautiful!
The Butterfly Struggle (The Man and The Butterfly Cocoon)
A Moral Story About Life and the Lessons of Struggle
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to squeeze its body through the tiny hole. Then it stopped as if it couldn’t go further.
So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bits of cocoon. The butterfly emerged easily but it had a swollen body and shriveled wings.
The man continued to watch it, expecting that any minute the wings would enlarge and expand enough to support the body, but neither happened! The butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around. It was never able to fly.
What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand: The restricting cocoon and the struggle required by the butterfly to get through the opening was a way of forcing the fluid from the body into the wings so that it would be ready for flight once that was achieved.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. Going through life with no obstacles would cripple us. We will not be as strong as we could have been, and we will never fly.
I have asked for strength… and life has provided me with hardships, to make me strong.
I have asked for wisdom… and life has provided me with problems to solve.
I have asked for prosperity… and life has provided me with a brain, and muscles to work.
I have asked for the capacity to fly… and life has provided me with obstacles to overcome.
I have asked for love… and life has provided me with people to help in their problems.
I have asked for favors… and life has provided me with potential.
I have received nothing of what I have been asking for… but I received everything that I needed!
Live your life without any fear, with the clear conscience that everything works for the best, engage yourself with all the hardships that come to you, and prove the fact that you can overcome them all. -Author unknown-
God has you in His enormous hands!
Thank you Tommy for the use of your beautiful photos. God bless you!
WRITING GOD'S VISION----AUTHOR DARLENE JUANITA CONARD 
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