This weeks #SongSunday is so fitting to ring in a New Year.
It’s amazing and quickly has become my favorite.
Clear The Stage by Jimmy Needham
Enjoy!
Month December 2017
Incomplete Stories
I just caught this #TedTalk and it was so good!
“Good and Bad are incomplete stories we tell ourselves” by Heather Lanier.
May this change your perspective on many many things in your life. Be encouraged!
~ XXOO Michelle Bollom
Manipulation Masquerades
Manipulation – It’s ugly – it’s rampant and many use it to abuse others. It’s in our homes, churches, workplace, communities….
And sometimes it’s hard to recognize it – it masquerades as love or flattery – not just control and guilt.
Be wise and recognize-Be who God made you to be!
~ XXOO Michelle Bollom
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Jesus Is The Gift
The Christmas hype is all but over,
with all that rushing about.
The presents have all been unwrapped
and soon Christmas will be all forgotten about.
The stores have packed all the Christmas
trees and tinsel away,
only to bring out next year again.
But if you live for the true purpose of Christmas with the One that was born of God.
Not a wrapped present under a tree,
but a babe in swaddling cloth.
For without the Son of God
there would be no Christmas at all.
Believe in the miracle of Christmas
and accept Him into your heart,
it doesn’t matter to Him when you start,
Then you would find you could have Christmas everyday because Jesus will never part.
Now wouldn’t that be just nice,
to give yourself the gift of Jesus,
the gift that keeps on giving,
He is the One and only perfect gift,
every single time.
He doesn’t cost you anything,
not a cent or one dime.
All He ask is that you put your faith
and trust in Him,
and He will be with you
at every moment in time.
~Karen Turner
December 2017
Jesus Is The Gift
Seasoned In Steadfast Love
“Has his steadfast love forever ceased? Are his promises at an end for all time?”~ Psalms 77:8 ESV
We are heading into a new season, a new beginning, a new year.
Seasons of incredible events along with life’s adverse circumstances will be inevitable. Experiences can help build us up or grow us. They can also hinder us, leaving no room for comfort or energy to lift our weary heart and head.
Whether the present moment is painful or joyful, let us not be shaken and overtaken by what we can’t see or blinded from what is still to come.
Let’s choose to be steadfast in the Holy Spirit, the one who creates movement in what is to come.
Be fervent in faith, acknowledging that God already knows the end of our beginning. Let’s stand in victory over every evil thing contrary to the work of the Lord.
God’s promises remain as a token of His love. They are available to us all. “I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your wonders of old.”“I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds.” ~ Psalms 77:11-12 ESV
Baring His Beauty,
Tiffany Thomas
Distinguished By My love – True Sons And Daughters
You couldn’t understand
When your life came crashing down
Quickly, without warning
Your life was invaded
Brought to a standstill
Nothing left of what was
You were taken away
on an unknown journey
To discover His heart
To discover His love
Gasping for air
Tossing and turning
You had to retreat
from all things familiar
Many questions on your lips
Your mind a battle ground
Your life turned upside down
Never to be the same again
You following Him blindly
Broken and hurt
Rejected and abandoned
Jobless, homeless, through many losses
Yet, the sound of His voice
Made you realise
That what He has to offer
Was worth searching for
You didn’t know that it was
the best place to be
To be broken and taken apart
To be mended by the Potter Himself
His voice has become your hope
For it’s in our trials and pain
In the storms and fiery furnace
In hiding, and longing for answers
That Pappa becomes our deepest desire
He quiets our fears
Hides us under His wings
Till the storms pass
We become clay in the hand of our Master
So that only His will, will be done in our lives
Obedience unto death is when our lives begin
When we are on a journey of finding Him
Lost to the world and what it has to offer
I walked through many fires
Yet I never burned
Found myself in the midst of fierce storms
Yet I never drowned
Found myself on the battleground
Scared, alone, in pain
Yet I never retreated
I knew who was with me
He knew me by name
His love for me, stronger than death itself
He gave me His life, on a hill
far away
What He asked of me
Could never compare
To the price He was willing
to pay
He wants to reveal His true sons and daughters
He trained away from all eyes
The ones who paid the price
Away from the crowd
The ones who were mocked and persecuted
Because they were too deep
They didn’t care
They died to self, with no reputation
Only the scars of many battle’s won
He was worth every tear
He was worth the whispers
and pain
You will look back and look for your mockers, and see them no more
They will look back and see
My glory eminating from you
Your whole being
dripping with oil
It came with the pressing
It cost a great price
You stood firm during the trials and storms
Nothing could move you
No one could stop you
You persevered, though tired and scared
Through abandonment and fear
You never gave into, those who can only kill the body
Led by My Spirit alone
So that I could get the glory
Through your surrendered life
My true sons and daughters
are marked by My love
Obedience unto death
set them apart
They couldn’t care less for religion and rituals
Couldn’t care less for manipulation and wealth
Couldn’t care less for a stage or popularity
They are only about their Father’s business
They will be revealed in due time
Distinguished by My love flowing through them.
~ Ebigale Wilson
Distinguished By My love
True sons and daughters
The Journey
Go Tell It!
I recently was listening to a Christmas station and this song came up. Being a HUGE NTB FAN … that’s Need To Breathe for those that don’t know; I was so excited!
Enjoy this remake of a wonderful classic of “Go Tell It On The Mountain.
~ XXOO Michelle Bollom
Pushed Out to Press In
No one wants to talk about it. No one wants to hear about it. Certainly, no one wants to take blame. The harshness of reality is too much because it requires personal examination of places within that one has laboriously worked at keeping hidden for longer than it takes to forgive.
They say, “What comes around, goes around,” and while I don’t truly know about that, I do know that the Lord says that nothing hidden shall remain hidden.
Interestingly, it’s when the darkness comes into light that I’ve seen responses of denial, false accusations, excommunication, and rejection…all leading away from acknowledgment of TRUTH. Again, no one wants to know the truth because then change must occur, and we all know that, for most, change is hard. HARD. It’s so much easier and simpler to remain complacent. Neutral. Idle. Right where the enemy wants us.
It took me a long time to recognize that I was idle. Let me rephrase because that isn’t exactly the truth. I knew. I knew long before I was pushed out that things were not as they seemed. You see, loving someone who has an eye to see the hidden isn’t hard. I was pretty good at that. But, loving someone who has an eye to see the hidden AND the gall to call it out – well, that was more than my “Fa-la-la-la-la…let’s keep the peace, and all will be well” mindset could handle.
I now know that the Lord was showing me through the eyes of another that it was time to move. My dependence on others – the many I loved and the place I called “home” – kept me from accepting what I knew to be truth. It is never okay to allow injustice to occur without a fight, and time and time again, I forced my eyes closed to that before me because it was too HARD to watch. I didn’t move, and God had no choice but to allow me to be pushed out. Falsely accused. Rejected. By those I loved. The place I called “home”.
The heartache, disappointment, anger, sorrow, confusion, and pain that ensued cannot be described. The dividing line between love and hate grew hazy, and I no longer knew where I was.
I now know. Love. If there were no love, there would be no pain. Truth. If there were no truth, there would be no pain.
Over the course of the past year and a half, an evolvement has taken place. The pain from love, and the pain from truth, have been transformed to joy. For, if there were no love, there would be no joy. If there were no truth, there would be no joy.
Getting here has not been easy – the method, the means – shall remain sacred between my Father and me. While sometimes the ghosts of the past lurk as an innocent word, thought, or photo attempt to trigger the pain, and though no one wants to talk about it, hear about it, or take blame, I, fortunately, have learned to be intentional about pressing in to the One who shows me daily that He delights in me.
As I consider the past, embrace the present, and contemplate the future, I recognize that I had to be pushed out to press in. That, my friends, makes it all worth it.
~ Stephanie R. Gable (12/17/2017)
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For nothing is hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light. ~ Luke 8:17
Therefore, do not fear them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. ~ Matthew 10:26
I press [in] toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. ~ Philippians 3:14
So let us know, let us press [in] to know the Lord. ~ Hosea 6:3
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~ XXOO Michelle Bollom
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