He is Making Perfect Sense...

I must apologize for not writing. The AC went down in our computer room/studio 3 weeks ago today (from the date of this post) and since we live in Florida it became quite uncomfortable to work in here. We are, though, just starting to get into the weather where it is a bit cooler at night so I am able to write now. New AC in within a couple of days now.

A week or so ago I took my husband to work and used the car to run around in Brandon and Tampa. Oh how I surely needed that day!

I saved an e-mail reminder of inspiration to write about but I couldn't find it when it came time to write so I just listened for the inspiration. I’d run around all day, finding myself at Starbucks to relax, write, and kill a couple more hours. Soft lighting, sounds of jazz piano playing softly, super comfy chair, Sugar free Cinnamon Dulce Skinny Latte, and brought in my own gluten free double chocolate biscotti! As I sat and wrote, contemplating my day, I couldn't have asked for more! Just what I needed! One of those times I’ll remember – God gives each one of us what we need, individually! I love that! He doesn't lump us altogether, He treats each and every one of us as an individual. Good thing to remember because it surely helps with curbing a judgmental attitude – what I need, what you need, what they need, may be totally different things. Yet, He loves us enough to meet ALL of OUR NEEDS!

     *Philippians 4:19  "And my God shall supply all your need according to His        riches in glory by Christ Jesus."

Most of you know of the intense illness I went through. It has now been just over 10 years since I got out of bed. After all I’ve been through, this 53 year old (now a much older looking version of myself) is just starting to learn to love ME, ME with my early wrinkles and flaws. ME, now knowing that it doesn't take tremendous beauty on the outside!I actually got false eyelashes applied today! I’d chickened out after buying a new pair nearly two years ago. I finally did it today even though it felt like putting a new, bright & shiny hood ornament on an old jalopy!  

It felt so good to ME that I cried! I had to watch crying them off! It was the girliest thing I’d done for ME in years!



As I left Starbucks to go pick up my hubby, the song Miracle Maker came on my CD player – A perfect end to my playday!

He is making perfect sense out of a perfectly senseless, messed up life! He never ceases to amaze me!  (Check out my blog subtitle!)



Recommendations:Spend as much time as possible in God’s word and prayer. As much time as YOU need. Remember, we are ALL individuals. Pray and ask God how much time YOU NEED. I need more than just ½ hour per day to keep my head together, maybe YOU NEED that too, maybe not! Mostly I’ve heard ½ hour which is definitely not enough for me. I spend an hour to even 3 or 4 most days and occasionally I’m unable to spend no time at all but that is not determined by me. It is determined by Him! 
Spend as much time as possible listening to worship music. I have found that with ADD and a wicked past that it helps to keep ME focused. Pray about what YOU NEED!

PRAY…PRAY…PRAY!

      *1 John 5:14  "Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we         ask anything according to His will, He hears us."

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!

DRAWING NEAR to GOD (Update)

   

*James 4:8a “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.”

I was having a weird day! Just not right. Maybe exhausted. I felt confused trying to decide anything even as minimal as deciding what color to do my nails; what to wear out the next two days. Couldn't seem to grasp anything ; back hurting too so ate, took Ibuprophen, turned on Pandora worship; got in recliner. (I quit setting an alarm. Started praying for The Lord to wake me if I dozed off.). I just soaked for a bit; then dozed for maybe 1/2 hour. I woke up knowing what to do, what color to do my nails.

I started to share this but I believe that God told me to use this as a writing assignment. I'd posed the question to Him previously. Intimacy with God is the subject. How He cares about the smallest details of our lives! I know many don't get that! Awesome! I'm Bcc’ing this to myself to help me remember.”

intimacy
in·ti·ma·cy
[in-tuh-muh-see]
noun, plural in·ti·ma·cies.
1. the state of being intimate.
2. a close, familiar, and usually affectionate or loving personalrelationship with another person or group.
3. a close association with or detailed knowledge or deepunderstanding of a place, subject, period of history, etc.: anintimacy with Japan.
4. an act or expression serving as a token of familiarity, affection,or the like: to allow the intimacy of using first names.
Synonyms
2. closeness, familiarity, warmth, affection.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.

THAT’S IT!
You can have it too. It says so in His word! It is for everyone! If you “draw near to Him, He will draw near to you”. He will give you whatever you need. Do you think this means just material/physical needs?

*Phil. 4:19: “And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”

Of course not! Yes, we do have material/physical needs but we are spiritual, mental, and emotional beings, too. We have a spirit.


*Romans 8:16 “The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,”

*1 Corinthians 6:20 “For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.”

*Luke 12: 23-25 “Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds? And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?”

He is here for you. Cry out to Him. Ask Him to show you what life is really all about! You are the apple of His eye! He wants to care for you! He wants a relationship with you!

*Romans 8:5-8 “Those who think they can do it on their own end up obsessed with measuring their own moral muscle but never get around to exercising it in real life. Those who trust God’s action in them find that God’s Spirit is in them—living and breathing God! Obsession with self in these matters is a dead end; attention to God leads us out into the open, into a spacious, free life. Focusing on the self is the opposite of focusing on God. Anyone completely absorbed in self ignores God, ends up thinking more about self than God. That person ignores who God is and what he is doing. And God isn’t pleased at being ignored.

If you want to read more about this, please see some of my archives:

Writing at Beach - An Angel Visit

He Delivered Me From Depression

I'm Amazed - He's Better Than Drugs

*Mark 11:22-25 "Jesus was matter-of-fact: “Embrace this God-life. Really embrace it, and nothing will be too much for you. This mountain, for instance: Just say, ‘Go jump in the lake’—no shuffling or shilly-shallying—and it’s as good as done. That’s why I urge you to pray for absolutely everything, ranging from small to large. Include everything as you embrace this God-life, and you’ll get God’s everything. And when you assume the posture of prayer, remember that it’s not all asking. If you have anything against someone, forgive —only then will your heavenly Father be inclined to also wipe your slate clean of sins.”"

GET IN THE WORD! GET IN PRAYER! HE LOVES YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN COMPREHEND….FIND OUT HOW MUCH!

Find out more of how much He loves you:

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!

We Serve an Awesome God – Gotta Give a Testimony

I have just got to give a testimony! Most of you know that I have been in recovery from a major (supposed terminal) illness for 10 years now. I used to have some awful chronic painful spells until I went off of the wheat last year and that brought them down to maybe 5% of what they used to be. 

Since I started this “Relentless” class in church about 6 weeks ago I had been having more pain than normal and this morning was just almost unbearable. I sometimes get on the floor to alignment my back (stretch, etc.) and could just barely make it down there, moaning and groaning all the way. (The only way I know how to explain it is that I feel like I'm burning from head to toe...like I'm on fire!)  We went to church and when I hit the pew I sang the first worship song fighting back the tears. I pleaded with the Lord within the song as my eyes welled up. Next we were passed out the elements for Communion. As I sat holding them all of a sudden I thought “where’d the pain go?” Suddenly all of the pain had left and as I type this, I have had no more pain reliever and I’m fully out of pain still! Hallelujah!

Just thought I might share a song that our worship team led us in this morning that was already a favorite of mine by Kim Walker-Smith.  I hope you all enjoy it:  

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!