He is making perfect sense out of a perfectly senseless, messed up life!

Thursday, April 28, 2011

SHARE & ONGOING PRAYER REQUEST!

     I sent out the following share and prayer request this morning to some friends of mine and wanted to also share this with my blog followers, etc... since I love and cherish you all so much!

     "Good Morning! This morning I got the cart before the horse, so to speak, and started working on a project on my computer and then realized I’d forgotten to do the most important thing – seek God in prayer and ask for agreement and prayer support in this endeavor. Wow…how absolutely stupid of me! So, here I am to explain and ask for some prayer support! Much love to you all & thank you for reading my share & request!

     To explain, first of all I don’t know if all of you know what I do. I not only minister to many others on Facebook but I also have an Etsy.com shop where I sell my art and some vintage items also. And, I also sell on E-Bay. I have been doing this on and off since about 2004 but now I believe that God has been leading me in a direction to sell more and more (my art, vintage items, etc…) for a couple of years now and I thoroughly enjoy doing this. Now, I am seeing that it not only helps us some financially but it is also an outlet to share Jesus with others. Being my point, up until now I have not had the means to share the Lord with others as much as I’d like. I believe that more recently the Lord has touched my heart to reach out in a more significant means. I am now working on designing a small 2 part booklet to not only thank the buyers for their purchase(s) and ongoing support (as I now have some repeat buyers) but also to share a short writing (not sure exactly what as yet) and a prayer for salvation. I know the front of it will be a smaller spiritually oriented artwork by me.

     Along with all of this, Joe and I are both involved in projects to promote and glorify our Lord through the internet, websites, blogs, etc… (And I’m ecstatic) Joe is venturing to reach out to others to save through couponing to be able to give more to others. And, I am finally soon working on a website with whatever the Lord shows me. I believe you all know that He is my master and I more often feel like I’m just along for the ride! So, His will be done in all of this.

     All of this not only involves our intellect and the means of computer access but also our home to be accessible in an organized means to orchestrate these projects which can mean getting rid of even more than I have in the past few months to make room in our small house.

      So, I would fully appreciate your prayer support in all of this, if you would be willing to give it! I’m excited and see our household finally moving in a more appropriate direction for we who are God’s advocates! Ongoing prayer support is also needed and I would appreciate a response from any of you who are willing to help out in this area!

     Thanks and may you all have an amazingly blessed week and weekend!"

I'd love to hear from you if you are commited to praying for my family and our outreach - please comment below and if you'd like to receive updates, please e-mail me at juliana.pace@gmail.com
May God bless you through my writing. If He has especially touched you in any way, please leave a comment below. Your comments are so very encouraging to me to help me to keep writing. Also, click on the “Uptweet” button on the above right and share!  I pray you will keep coming back. I fully believe that my writing is by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit so if I am writing, there is someone that needs to read it! Maybe it’s you? Also, please be sure to share any questions you might have with me and if you would like to keep them personal (just between you and me) please don’t hesitate to e-mail me at juliana.pace@gmail.com. If I don’t know how to answer you, I will may every attempt to refer you to someone for more information. Thanks and may God bless all your days!
Video share - all the time I have been writing this, this song has been playing in my mind.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! 

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Love One Another

I truly believe the Lord showed me to reflect on the one thing that I remember the most from our church service this morning. To make this even more incredible is that I believe the Lord led me to read 1 John on day towards the end of last week. A young man in our church (who I believe is called to be an evangelist) stood up in the church service today and shared 1 John 3:16 "By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren."! Loving one another is so important that I've truly believed that God has shown me that love is the most important factor of sharing on Facebook. Then, I just shared this verse with some friends Romans 2:4a "knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?"! When I rededicated my life to the Lord, it was His vast goodness and love that drew me! We must reach out to others in the same way that God has reached out to us! This is the way they will see His love! Luke 11:33 " “No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a secret place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, that those who come in may see the light."

May God bless you through my writing. If He has especially touched you in any way, please leave a comment below. Your comments are so very encouraging to me to help me to keep writing. Also, click on the “Uptweet” button on the above right and share!  I pray you will keep coming back. I fully believe that my writing is by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit so if I am writing, there is someone that needs to read it! Maybe it’s you? Also, please be sure to share any questions you might have with me and if you would like to keep them personal (just between you and me) please don’t hesitate to e-mail me at juliana.pace@gmail.com. If I don’t know how to answer you, I will may every attempt to refer you to someone for more information. Thanks and may God bless all your days!


Friday, April 1, 2011

FREEDOM

Excerpt from my book "Beyond to Better Things" - written 1989 from Marysville State Reformatory for Women (Marysville, OH)


FREEDOM

Freedom is not a place. It’s not open spaces. A right to choose what shoes you want to wear or what TV shows you’ll watch. Freedom comes from within.

Most of us go through life imprisoned in our homes. Imprisoned in ourselves. Not knowing who we are or why we’re here.

I am in a prison of steel bars, concrete walls, and razor-wire fences, but the prison is not my own. Jesus set me free. 

With my eyes focused on Jesus, I’ve found true freedom. His love for all of us is so great that He came down from heaven and died for our sins so we may have freedom. True freedom. Freedom from sin.

Knowing God’s forgiveness in our hearts is freedom. He lifts the burdens and lightens our load. He guides us through our life. Freedom is God’s peace felt within your heart when you’ve put your trust in Him. We are no longer alone.

Jesus is my freedom. I know I will be free from this place. Free from this earth. And home in heaven with Him soon. Thanks and praise to Jesus.

                                                 Freedom - Collage by me 2010

May God bless you through my writing. If He has especially touched you in any way, please leave a comment below. Your comments are so very encouraging to me to help me to keep writing. Also, click on the “Uptweet” button on the above right and share!  I pray you will keep coming back. I fully believe that my writing is by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit so if I am writing, there is someone that needs to read it! Maybe it’s you? Also, please be sure to share any questions you might have with me and if you would like to keep them personal (just between you and me) please don’t hesitate to e-mail me at juliana.pace@gmail.com. If I don’t know how to answer you, I will may every attempt to refer you to someone for more information. Thanks and may God bless all your days!