Shiloh Rose Archive

The God of The Morning

October 12, 2026

The Great Smoky Mountains (My Photo)

This morning I woke up at around 2am which is not uncommon for the life of a prayer warrior. The Lord picks times when we are the most still, quiet and often vulnerable to speak to us. I rolled out of bed planning to go to the bathroom, say a quick prayer in my closet and go on back to bed. However, the Lord kept me in prayer longer. As is his job to remind me of things to confess, or pray about. I sat there for a bit. Lately, I have been telling him how much I love him. I smile giddily like a young girl when I think of his goodness. Our relationship complex and yet so beautiful.

Do you talk to God? If so, how do you address him? Fatherly, Motherly, or maybe with fear? Maybe you have a sense of awe when you speak to him?

In prayer I have felt a wide range of emotions. As usual it’s based on circumstances often. I can imagine he shakes his head in frustration that we all worry so much! We grab for the reigns as if we are in control! Our plans are often proved futile in the long run! We can do our best, but ultimately life while take you on a ride of twists and turns. The expected and unexpected all happening simultaneously! God loves our dependency on him. He often demands it through the very circumstances we often try so hard to avoid.

I captured a Sun Dog the other day! So interesting that conditions have to be just right for this to happen. I see it as no coincide!

I heard a lady say earlier this week, that she is weaker now and that she knows God allowed it. He desires us to truly be like children depending on him for everything. We are capable of so much as humans, and we tend to rather independence. If you are like me, I hate to feel needy. Yet it’s in our neediness that God is truly able to meet those needs. If you have all the answers, and everything figured out; there isn’t much room for God.

This morning I had my own plans of what it would be like in my prayer time. Yet God spoke to me much differently this time. It was just when I left my prayer closet, and I had climbed back into bed. I felt a strong sense to grab a pen and paper. He had something to say, and he knows that I will end up yapping too much if he doesn’t calm me. He allowed me to be in a different state of mind. I was in this trance and although consciously, I was unsure of it all. God knows what he is doing. He gave me a message. It spoke very directly to my heart and I know it’s for others too.

The first thing I thought after it was all over was that I may vomit, from the intensity of the moment. My body exhausted from praying, and being used as a conduit for this writing. My hand felt like it was not my own as I wrote in the darkness, unsure if the words were even coming out legibly. None of this moment made any sense. Then when it was over, I laid the pen and pad down and I felt the Lord tell me to rest. As I laid down, I felt him speaking again. This time it was different yet again I could hear the voice in my mind, but I couldn’t really move. I felt very light, still, and calm. I listened and I tried to have my own conversation back in my mind.

This part of the conversation was strictly about something that I have been praying about for a while now. He spoke calmly and precise. I was relieved in a way, but also stunned. I rolled over after saying a few whispers of thanks and fell asleep. The message was comforting and yet in the natural doesn’t seem like much is happening. This is what faith is though right? Will I trust him with these messages? I have been pondering and praying about them all day. I am a logical person, the supernatural can still feel odd to me.

After so many supernatural experiences, I still try and find logical reasoning! This is where I have to pray and repent for my doubt. If I believe in an unseen God, why would I doubt the methods in which he decides to speak? I mean he spoke to Moses in a burning bush, he spoke to prophets in visions, and he speaks to me often in the night! Oh Lord forgive me, for the times I try and be too logically minded! The carnal mind cannot understand God! Is this stinging you too? Do you need to stop trying to fit God into an explainable box? The creator of the cosmos? The Holy, Divine, Lord of All; are you limiting him?

Thank you Lord for speaking to me and help me to not question it so much! Help all of us to open our eyes of FAITH! Give us ears to hear you Lord. Create in us clean hearts, that can access all that you have for us. I will share the message that I feel is for all believers soon. I want to make sure that I am being accountable to what it entails first. I need to purify my own ways and thoughts! The messenger is not beyond the message! What he gives me will always be for me to adhere to. I hope I can make him proud. I know I fall short so often. You are not alone in your mistakes, stumbling, or doubts, my friends!

Sometimes I get frustrated in myself, how can you have such great faith and still have these deep moments of doubt? It reminds me of Peter, when Jesus allowed him to walk on the water like him. Peter had faith that he could do it, but lost faith quickly once he actually started doing it! Is there something that you have stopped believing to be possible from God? Is there a prayer you have stopped praying? Now is not the time to lack faith! The world is getting darker and darker! We need to be bold and ask for great things! The Lord’s glory needs to be displayed greater!

That is the way that people came to believe in Jesus was through miracles, and bold teachings! We cannot claim to be his followers and not have any testimonies of his miraculous workings in our lives, or those we come in contact with! Faith without works is dead! People are waiting for the light we have to be turned up a notch! I am preaching to myself right now by the way! It stings my heart to know how often I sat on my light. Sometimes I was ashamed, embarrassed, or simply too prideful. Woe is me!

My roses are doing really good despite the time they went untended when we moved away! I am working to get them back healthier.

I hope that you will light a fire, in your own faith. Ask God for bigger, greater, and believe deeper! Ask for the faith that moves mountains! Stand on the water with Jesus, and ask for legs to walk! This world needs what you have, don’t sit on it! Live out loud, live on purpose, with passion! Ask God for your mission! Not one living soul is without purpose! Even the evildoers of this world have purpose! They make our light exist! They give us battles to conquer! Satan cannot defeat the children of light, but that doesn’t stop him from trying!

Get your faith back! Step out from the shadows! Speak up! Show up! I pray you all have a wonderful week! God bless & Happy Reading!

SCRIPTURES TO MEDITATE ON:

“And Peter answered him, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.” But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me.” Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?””
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭14‬:‭28‬, ‭30‬-‭31‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭21‬:‭21‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night, you have tested me, and you will find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭17‬:‭3‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you.”
‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭30‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭7‬ ‭ESV‬‬

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Unstoppable Gospel in Uncomfortable Times

October 8, 2026

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭15‬:‭13‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Hey guys! I thought I would do something different today and give you a video encouragement today! I felt that God wanted me to speak the words aloud for this one! I knew God didn’t want me to sit on it anymore. I hope you all are well, remember to pray! 🙏 This is a reminder to fellow believers to stay on mission for the gospel!

If you aren’t following Jesus, may this spark an interest!

It’s based on the Bible passage: Fulfill Your Ministry (2 Timothy 4 ESV)

“Showing up is non-negotiable. Most of life is just showing up.” — Maya Angelou

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My Cross To Bear

October 5, 2026

Great Smoky Mountains (My Photo)

I wrote this poem the other day after prayer, I was feeling the loneliness of the life of a follower of Jesus. Jesus never said it would be easy.

“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.””
‭‭John‬ ‭16‬:‭33‬ ‭ESV‬‬

I bear my cross, even if it feels like loss

I bow my head to pray even when my heart is weary

Your word I read to feed my longing soul

Carry your cross, my child

Denial may only be delay

Share the wisdom I give

And always pray

Cast not pearls before swine

Remember you are divine

Sometimes you will have to walk away

Everyone cannot stay

Lay down your life to gain

Begin again its a new day

Your heart may hurt

Trust my protection and do not stray

Keep my teachings close

Remember the way

I bore my cross for you

I bore my cross for them too

Forgive their sin

Follow me

Today my child be made new

Nothing is ever lost when you give it me

Hope restored I with you faithfully.

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Flowing With Grace

September 28, 2026

Photo is Mine (Boat: General Jackson)
“Faith does not need to push the river because faith is able to trust that there is a river. The river is flowing. We are in it.”
― Richard Rohr

These past couple of weeks have been agonizingly beautiful. Once I finally decided to set my face on the path forward there was of course opposition. The same old patterns began to resurface. I quickly noticed the trap and did my best to not take the bait! My ex has tried his best to disturb my peace and resolve. My therapist was very proud to see that I am noticing and she told me that I am well on my way! Healing is definitely not linear though. My heart has been on a bit of an emotional rollercoaster from ending my marriage earlier this year, to the realization that my heart is open to love again! That one scared me, I mean of course I have thought about it. As everyone keeps telling me lately, “I have a lot of life to live.”

“Don’t let the heart that didn’t love you keep you from the one that will.”

To fall in love again seems exciting because we all know how good it feels to be in love. However, staying in love and making it last takes a lot of effort. One thing I’ve learned is that you must have a partner you are compatible with. We all know opposites attract, but they don’t seem to have what it takes to make a lasting relationship. I have a list of what I am desiring in my next husband. I read over it often, because when you go shopping without a list you end up with random things. God cannot answer prayers that do not have specifics. He desires to be good to us but often we are too causal in our prayer life.

The moment I felt my heart awakening to these possibilities I had no idea how it would hit me so heavily! I have been in an abusive, stifling and stagnant marriage for a long time. I felt about half dead if I am honest. Intimacy, romance, excitement, and passion had long ago died. When your heart has perpetually been let down you learn to build walls. I had closed that part of me off for the most part. When I would desire intimacy and closeness it never seemed quite right, somehow I always left feeling shortchanged. I also felt an immense guilt about these feelings arising. Somehow it felt like a betrayal to God, myself, and even my abusive husband!

I am learning to not suppress my feelings anymore, but to sit with them and let them come and go as they should. I know that I gave all I could in my marriage, I was loyal and faithful. I did what was honorable and I have no reason to feel shame. My compassionate heart makes me feel the guilt and also feel sorry for my ex. However, I know that is just part of healing. When I took the photo above I was watching the sunset over the river. It was such a beautiful night. The water reminds me to go with the flow. I cannot control all the outcomes of this season. I didn’t full realize what I was feeling initially.

My harvest moon photo!

One day a couple of weeks ago, I finally admitted to myself and God that I have a crush! It felt like a secret that I had been keeping from my heart. I realize that it has been there for quite some time. How do I know this? I went back and read my journal and I saw that I casually mentioned it. I tried to keep it in a box the best I could. Lately, I am unable to hide from it as it consumes my mind quite often. When I admitted it out loud I felt God’s loving acceptance. He did not shame me. He understands me completely and he saw all that I’ve been through. He knows my heart.

Lately God has been using my story to draw other women to himself. The strange thing is sometimes, I don’t even have to say anything and he sends them directly to me! My prayer group leader connected me with two other women who have survived abuse. We are meeting every couple of weeks to chat, encourage and check in with each other. I get emotional when I think of how God had this planned all along. When I met Katie, I had no idea how our friendship would change my life. We were just serving together as agents of prayer. She has introduced me to a community of believers from all over the world! When we serve others, God always makes sure we get our needs met too!

There are so many moments that I am seeing God’s hand helping me through this season and making it beautiful.

“to grant to those who mourn in Zion— to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭61‬:‭3‬ ‭ESV‬‬

All the years I spent trying to guard my heart, protect myself, keep people at a distance, and close the walls securely proved to be fruitless. I realize that when we place our heart in the hands that created it we are much safer. God never meant for us to be closed off from others. He created us for each other. I am learning to be a well of water for others to be refreshed. I know how to create boundaries but I don’t have to isolate myself. Thank you Lord for helping me to heal, grow and help others! The past two Sunday’s at church I know I was at the right place and timing.

The importance of keeping our life open to God’s prompting and leading creates space for him to love on others through us. I was running late the Sunday before last. My son and I couldn’t sit in our usual area, so we slipped into a row in the back and there was a couple that followed in behind us. I noticed the woman next to me cried the whole service. When it was time to greet your neighbor, I knew I had to ask if she was okay. She was so emotional that I just instinctively grabbed her in for a hug. I thank God for using me as his vessel. I pray I never take that for granted! We prayed and she gave me her number and wanted to meet soon.

People need people.

I told my therapist about the encounter because I saw myself in her haunted eyes. It takes courage to talk to a stranger and accept their kindness. However, sometimes it’s all that is available in moments of our life. Family may not always be around, or we may be far from home. God knows how heavy things can get and when we live obedient to his guidance we step in at the right time for someone. Yesterday I was leaving church and I saw a girl from my class on Wednesday nights. We spoke briefly and she started to get emotional and asked if I would pray for her. I smiled from my heart because I love to care for people. Nothing brings me more joy!

There will always be so many moments we miss because of fear, rejection, or whatever. I try my best to keep my eyes open and my heart receptive to the call of God, to be his hands and feet. I said all this to say that I am so happy that I did not allow what happened to me through my childhood and abusive relationships to cause me to miss having an open heart! My heart is more tender now than it has been in a long time! Jesus has kept his word!

“And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.”
‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭36‬:‭26‬ ‭ESV‬‬

The feelings of love, possibilities of new connections, and the hope for a beautiful future belong to me! Even if my crush and I never become anything more, I wont regret feeling alive again! I am happily embracing my new life, even though some days are daunting. Some days wear me out from being so vulnerable but they are so rewarding. If you had told me a year ago I would feel this way I wouldn’t have believed it! Friends that’s what a relationship with Jesus can do for you. It changes your perspective and creates beauty from even the ugliest and darkest moments! I’ve known Jesus for so long but I was so afraid to let go of my relationship, for fear that I wasn’t strong enough! Take the leap, flow into the possibilities, release your grip.

“Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.”

The river so calm and beautiful that night.

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Joy In The Wilderness

September 18, 2026
The journey to the Promised Land.

“until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭32‬:‭15‬ ‭ESV‬‬

In the Bible, the wilderness—called midbar in Hebrew—means an untamed, empty place of danger and scarcity where God tests, humbles, and meets his people.

The children of Israel had been enslaved to in Egypt for four hundred years. They had been told for generations through prophecy that they would be redeemed and set free. They had long forgotten to keep hope alive! Finally Moses comes on the scene and leads them out with shouts of JOY! The entire process was scary and stressful getting away from Pharaoh and his cruel oppression. Moses himself I’m sure wanted to give up because Pharaoh was not wanting to let them GO!

Freedom intimidates people! So often people come accustomed to you being a certain way and seeing you set free irks them! The children of Israel felt abandoned by God for so many generations they had adapted to their life. They had accepted it as permanent. I am getting a divorce after being in an abusive marriage for almost ten years. I can admit that I had in a lot of ways lost hope and courage to leave. It was like a shift came in my mindset one day and I said “ENOUGH”! I know God was making me feel that longstanding discomfort in that relationship. It had long expired.

My loyalty, love, complacency, and fear kept me far too long. I had truly hoped that God would save the marriage. I have come to see that I must break free because the abuse continues even during separation. The children of Israel, had developed a stubborn, slavery mindset that required time to be dealt with. God was completely ready to take them into the land he had promised them but they had to be ready! That’s why this story resonates with me so much. Am I ready to let go of the past and take hold of the future? God is patient and long suffering.

God’s people were not ready to receive what God had for them because they clung to the old life. They lacked faith and trust in God. He took them the wilderness path to their future, it took forty years for them to get prepared and many did not make it! Many of the older generations died during those years. Lord don’t let me stay stuck in old ways. I am clinging to you Oh Lord! To leave everything you know behind, it takes your mind, body and spirit on a real ride! God is so faithful though, he has been working on my heart these seven months. I let go of family, friends, and whoever stood against my freedom!

I know the love and prayer of friends and community have truly helped me when I wanted to run back to my EGYPT. I admit that I would have went back had God not drawn the boundary line! Thank you Lord, when we stop fighting what is progressing we truly see the beauty! My heart has started opening in ways I never really felt before. The children of Israel learned the hard way many times. However I see joy in the wilderness despite the hardship that it brings! I gleaned over this story to learn from their journey. I want to know God more deeply and help you to understand his love too!

JOY IN THE WILDERNESS: (Takeaways & Reflections)
- The children of Israel sang for joy as they left. (I admit when I left my relationship, I felt guilty a lot for feeling joy!) “Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the LORD, saying, “I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.”
  ‭‭Exodus‬ ‭15‬:‭1‬ ‭ESV‬‬
  Sometimes we are so used to bad things we forget what true joy looks like!
- They didn’t immediately get led into comfort and ease. You think why would God allow them to suffer more? They had been treated poorly already! He did this to build their endurance, trust, faith, and to discern God’s voice. These seven months have been the hardest of my life! Many nights I was scared of how we would survive this! However the Lord continued to lead me into his bosom. I wrestled to hear his voice, I fought to stay in his word! I pressed my way into community for support even when the shame and grief almost killed me!
- The wilderness will teach you to rest on the Sabbath. Sometimes you can fight all you want to change something at it still be the same! God is asking you to rest sometimes. “And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws? See! The LORD has given you the Sabbath; therefore on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Remain each of you in his place; let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.””
  ‭‭Exodus‬ ‭16‬:‭28‬-‭29‬ ‭ESV‬ Rest is HOLY, it’s a sacred time that we can reflect, meditate, worship and rest in God’s love and care. This one is probably the hardest for me! Rest on the Sabbath proves we trust God to provide!
- Trust in Daily Bread: There are times of plenty and abundance and then sometimes God takes us into a season of just enough! You have enough to get by but it’s tight and it can be uncomfortable! My husband kept all the main items of furniture to punish me. I’ve not lived like this in many years and yet I’m learning that it wasn’t his control that kept it this way. It was God teaching me not to depend on material things. I lost so much weight that I had no clothes! I would have to buy little bits at a time, money was tight! Sometimes food was low but we always ATE! My God is true to his words! Doors shut for resources because sometimes you gotta learn to suffer well!
- Joy will return!! In my class the other night at church they circled me and prayed in tongues over me. They began to speak prophecy over me. They told me that my joy was returning! I was covered by a large hand and that I was oily!!! HALLELUJAH! They said the anointing was flowing down my face. They said they could feel the heaviness upon me as I wept. However they all agreed that it was being lifted! They said they saw a meadow of joy for me coming! A place of peace, rest, soft grass, and nourishment. “And the ransomed of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”
  ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭51‬:‭11‬ ‭ESV‬‬
- Sometimes we break God’s heart. He has to punish us to get us to understand. We are his “Segullah: Hebrew word meaning: Treasured possession, set aside property! If we learn to obey we gain more than we could imagine! “‘You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine;”
  ‭‭Exodus‬ ‭19‬:‭4‬-‭5‬ ‭ESV‬‬
- “In the wilderness we practice being garden people.” -YouVersion
- I dreamed in this wilderness of my own that I was planting with a tool. It was like a stick that broke up the ground and I was sowing seeds. While I was working so hard and feeling frustrated because the ground was hard and dry. My husband was deliberately not helping. He was riding around on a lawn mower! Ready to cut down anything that would come up! It takes work on our part to reap the blessings God has for us! We need to be with someone that will help us sow and reap! In the dream my daddy was there and he was sort of watching me work and he acknowledged how hard I was working!
- We need to learn to mature and depend on Jesus. I’ve also learned to depend on others which can be hard to be vulnerable and open. We have to learn to discern who is for us and who is not. Community is where growth happens. The wilderness is much worse alone.
You will never know the meadows you could grow, if you are fixated on the ashes of a garden you never had.” — Nikita Gill

The long, hard years are becoming more sacred to me. I am learning to appreciate my story. It is full of God’s provision, faithfulness, and my own resilience. He taught me to love myself in the wilderness. We cannot truly love until we know his love. We cannot truly love until we are comfortable with our light and darkness! We hand it over to Jesus the redeemer of all! The wilderness will last as long as you allow it! Stay faithful to God, learn what he teaches, and love your way through it!

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Delayed Gratification

September 18, 2026

A poem: Yearning Love, Hope, Faith, & Sacrifice

“It’s scary being loved. Because life is complicated and all too often it throws you off balance by sending you the right person at the wrong time.”
― Guillaume Musso

Delayed Gratification

Awakening my love with no place to land

Left me feeling exposed with my heart in my hand

The clock cruel and unforgiving

Why must timing keep me reliving

For years I waited to feel like this

Now I can see

My heart conditioned to expect the worst

Delayed gratification a stifled flow

Ready to burst

My nights filled with aching

My dreams confirm the diagnosis

Forbidden love perhaps

Maybe another lifetime

Just romantic psychosis

These images wont leave my mind

We lay in a bed of passionate desire

But you’re not mine

I grazed your arm but quickly pulled away

You beckoned me to stay

Two entities stand in our way

You rush to push her away

Some other love stealing our moment

My joy when I saw that you protected our flame

Yet we know purity and nobility must remain

Dare we fall into temptation and loose trust

True love cannot stand on passionate lust

There amongst our longing we took our pleas to the throne

Oh Lord please let this be?

Us together? Holy Matrimony?

Our hearts afraid of the answer

Our God whom we love must approve

Or we nail this to the cross

In true soldier fashion

Die to ourselves daily

But should he approve my cross I proclaim

To love you forever

While I bear his name

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SHOUT to the Lord!

September 14, 2026
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Yesterday at church, our pastor gave us these seven styles of praise that is referenced in the Bible. He was encouraging us to start worshipping God how the Bible tells us to and not hold back. We all have had those moments in a public worship setting that feels awkward and we remain silent or inhibited. God inhabits our praises and we must learn to give him all that he deserves. Let’s look at each of these and lean in when we are given the opportunity to praise.

Sometimes we allow our self consciousness, fear, anxiety, or problems weigh down the praise that needs to escape our Spirit! The Spirit knows the goodness of God and his great love despite, what we are experiencing in the natural. Do not worry about who is watching close your eyes, forget about the problems and lift up a praise to the heavens! GOD ALONE IS WORTHY! Your problems are quite small to a God that set an entire universe in motion!

Shofar Praise
1. Halal: (Root word of hallelujah) This is what worship leaders often reference to as “crazy praise”! This is the exact opposite of being muzzled and quiet its wild, foolishly loud praise! You are fully embedded in the moment without fear of those around you!
2. Yadah:To raise your hands up to without fear God. “I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:” Psalm‬ ‭22‬:‭22‬ ‭ESV‬‬
  Something about lifting my hands always makes me think of how my kids lift their arms up to me for me to hold them, or carry them.
3. Barack/Barouch:Bless by kneeling or bowing. “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.” EVERYTHING is under the GOD of all! Nothing is too big for him or too hard. We show our submission to live under his shadow and leading.
  ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭91‬:‭1‬ ‭ESV. ‬‬ “Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by.”
  ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭57‬:‭1‬ ‭ESV‬‬
4. Zamar: Making a joyful noise unto the Lord with musical instruments. “Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings! Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.”
  ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭33‬:‭2‬-‭3‬ ‭ESV‬‬
5. Shabach: Shout, lift up your voice to praise God with all of your might. “These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I would go with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God with glad shouts and songs of praise, a multitude keeping festival.”
  ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭42‬:‭4‬ ‭ESV‬‬ David is feeling great sorrow and in this sorrow he is reminding himself of the times he was going to church and worshipping God loudly and proudly! Sometimes in the dark moments we must remind ourselves of the former joy! Your joy will return!
6. Tehilah: Exuberant singing, and singing whatever praise comes to mind as we give over to the Holy Spirit. “Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises!”
  ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭98‬:‭4‬ ‭ESV‬‬
7. Towdah:Lifting up hands in expectation to God. A sacrificial praise, when we haven’t received the promise yet! Faith in advance, praising him for answered prayers. Future faith. “Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!”
  ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭100‬:‭4‬ ‭ESV‬‬
Now as King David would say PRAISE THE LORD! Give God your all, take a moment to get comfortable and use your body to praise and worship. I guarantee whatever you are worried about will leave you, and your heart’s posture will be changed. We can go from worry, fear, and anxiety to victory, surrender, hope, expectancy, deliverance, and joy!

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May this year be blessed and full of praise, repentance, love, healing, peace, joy and faithfulness! Praise your wonderful creator today!

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Abiding In His Love

September 7, 2026
“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”
‭‭John‬ ‭15‬:‭5‬ ‭ESV‬‬

I had a great weekend, but Saturday an unexpected thing happened and it really caught me off guard! I acted out of emotion and frustration. I blew up because for one, I was hungry and tired. I had just heard a sermon on Friday about the importance of HALT: Not getting too hungry, too angry, too lonely or too tired! I guess you can say I bombed when that temptation to react in the wrong way presented itself. Familiar ways of handling situations really need to be evaluated. We often relate to the world through our lens of what we have been through. I grew up in a great deal of violence and conflict. I learned to be reactive, argumentative, and destructive. I tried to bottle the anger over the years and it would end up exploding worse!

“Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;”
‭‭James‬ ‭1‬:‭19‬ ‭ESV‬‬

The turning point in unlearning these behaviors comes from identifying them and learning to choose differently. I was ashamed how quickly that I lost control of the anger. I spoke with harsh angry words, and I was shaking with the rage. I realize as I evaluate the situation that the emotion it came from was fear. I was panicked because I was in the middle of nowhere trying to pick up my teen son. I was supposed to meet at a certain time to get him.

At the last minute, he changed the time and I was already at the meeting place, at the agreed upon time. I was starving and had waited to eat because I wanted to go out eat with him. Suddenly all communication stopped, I waited and waited. As I checked his location to see if maybe I should grab a snack from the gas station. I see that the location shows he still had not left from where he was, and mind you this was over an hour away! It had been forty minutes and I began to get anxious.

I called and texted him and it kept saying undelivered! I had no idea if he was coming or where he was at! I tried to reach the mother of his friend but could not get her either! As the minutes passed I had no idea what to do! I got more and more angry. I thought maybe I should go get food and come back. I tried to calm down, but I just didn’t understand why I couldn’t get a hold of him. Finally he texted and said he had been trying to call me! He kept texting me and I kept trying to call him to no avail. When I finally saw him I snapped at him and yelled all the way home. He became angry at my reaction. I thought he was lying about the phone issues because lately he has been really pushing boundaries and getting in trouble.

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The Holy Spirit wanted me to calm down, but I wanted to be angry! I felt justified in my anger! Have you ever felt this way? Finally, I listened enough to him and realized that he was telling the truth. We had recently changed his phone number and the process was not fully complete so basically, his phone only worked on WiFi or in an area with strong signal. I felt so bad for not listening to him and I immediately apologized. I realized that is why it’s so important to check our anger because it can be distorted. As I am working to heal from all of my trauma and abuse I have to unlearn so much.

That night I felt really down about it because it felt like a setback to all the work I have been doing on healing and unlearning. However, the Lord gently reminded me of the growth that is there despite my disappointment. This used to be the very thing that would cause me to run from God and stay bound in sin. I would fall and feel so unworthy, ashamed, and defeated. I felt trapped by sin and I would think what is the point? Have you ever had something you struggle with and it feels like it will always be there? Maybe it’s not anger but overeating, cussing, lying, gossiping, porn addiction, drugs or alcohol addiction, etc. I am not here to accuse or shame you.

I want to encourage you not to give up! You can be set free! We may wrestle with sin, but we can continue to work at it! The winning moment of this story was when I woke up yesterday still thinking about it that I took it to God again. I knew God had forgiven me, but I was struggling to forgive myself! Then he gently reminded me the truth!
- His grace is sufficient. “But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
  ‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭12‬:‭9‬ ‭ESV‬‬
- Jesus is committed to our success. “And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.”
  ‭‭Philippians‬ ‭1‬:‭6‬ ‭ESV‬‬
- He is steadfast and unmovable. “The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.”
  ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭103‬:‭8‬ ‭ESV‬‬
- God doesn’t run away because of our unholiness, he is our Father. “For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
  ‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭38‬-‭39‬ ‭ESV‬‬
- Satan is a liar and he keeps us stuck in shame, guilt, and regret. “You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.”
  ‭‭John‬ ‭8‬:‭44‬ ‭ESV‬‬
- The price of sins has been paid, all we need to do is accept the payment. “But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.”
  ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭53‬:‭5‬ ‭ESV‬‬
- Don’t get stuck in cycles recognize it and keep going. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
  ‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭5‬:‭17‬ ‭ESV‬‬
- Accept that we are weak but he is our strength. “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
  ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭46‬:‭1‬ ‭ESV‬‬
- Nothing I ever do can earn his goodness and faithfulness. “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,”
  ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭2‬:‭8‬ ‭ESV‬‬
- God knows we have nothing to truly offer him and yet he still wants us. “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
  ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭3‬ ‭ESV‬‬
- Repent quickly, apologize, and forgive often. “Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,”
  ‭‭Acts‬ ‭3‬:‭19‬ ‭ESV‬‬
- “and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.”
  ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭12‬ ‭ESV‬‬
- Our only mission is to abide in him! “And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.”
  ‭‭1 John‬ ‭2‬:‭28‬ ‭ESV‬‬
I sit here with a grateful heart for a loving God that doesn’t give up on me! He continues to mold, correct, and uplift me! I realized that in my failure, that I was able to see these scriptures come to life in a new way. I realized what it means to abide in Him, to stop running away in guilt and shame. I turned to him each time instead of continue in sin. I admitted my wrongs, I apologized and I made things right with my son. I can admit so many times in my life the devil had me bound in selfish pride. I would do things like that and not apologize or make true amends. I would hide from God in fear of his rebuke.

God wants you to come to him in all your messiness and give it to him. Tell him your struggles and keep showing up each day. I felt so much peace after I prayed and acknowledged the truth of God’s word! His word has power over my doubts and his word reminds me that he alone is my righteousness! I was completely loved and welcomed. It’s it the turning, repenting, surrendering , and acknowledging that we find true freedom. What lies do you need to lay down? You are worthy! You are enough! Your inadequacies are not a reflection of your value. May you get the truth in your heart today.

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.”
‭‭John‬ ‭13‬:‭34‬ ‭ESV‬‬

After the big blow up and apology my son rushed into my arms and hugged me and he apologized for his part in the conflict. I knew in the moment that I had been forgiven. He saw my weakness and I was met with grace. Jesus wants to rush and hug you today!

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Hungry For Compassion

September 4, 2026

The house is quiet all the kids are gone and its as if the sound of my typewriter is magnified! The quiet is much needed but feels so loud in this moment. I have an instrumental playing and I am just flowing into this post. I had planned to talk about the story of the walls of Jericho falling down, but I think I will just let the natural flow carry me. To me the unscripted thoughts can sometimes be the best. This week went by rather quickly! I hope you all are well!

“Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭26‬:‭26‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Today as I was doing my Bible plan study with my prayer team, I was touched by a particular miracle that Jesus performed. The devotional that we are studying is about waiting. The space between what we are desiring from the Lord and the moment of fulfillment. The story in Matthew 14, when Jesus fed the five thousand. The devotional was comparing this moment to how we give God what we have and he multiplies it. For me, I was moved by Jesus’s great love, care and compassion for people.

Jesus was grieving the death of his friend, John The Baptist. He wanted nothing more than to get away from all the noise, and spend time with his Father. John was Jesus’s cousin in fact and they were only six months apart in age. Jesus literally took a boat to a remote place just for a time of solitude. Jesus often went to these places to pray and think. The crowds would follow him because of his profound teachings and miraculous healings. So even in this moment of sorrow they pursue him. Have you ever felt like this? You desire greatly to find a place to be alone and cannot?

“He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.”
‭‭Micah‬ ‭7‬:‭19‬ ‭ESV‬‬

The crowd that follows him is no little crowd! It’s five thousand plus people, all of them needy and anxious to get to him. I can imagine Jesus is weary, tired, and deeply saddened by the beheading of John. This was the man who leapt in his mother’s womb, at the very presence of his cousin Jesus! John was filled with the Holy Spirit from the womb because he was a miracle baby. John had the privilege of baptizing Jesus in the Jordan River. Jesus of course was in no mood for this when all he was trying to do is have a moment to process!

If it was me, I probably would have been complaining and had an attitude. Even Jesus’s disciples are used to Jesus leaving them to go be with his Father alone. They see in this moment the weight of ministry. The heaviness of constantly pouring yourself out for others. These people have nothing to offer Jesus in return. The moment he lands on shore he sees the crowds and instead of dismiss them he has compassion on them. He sees their needs are great. His grief and pain still raw and yet his heart still open to the pain of others.

“It is he who remembered us in our low estate, for his steadfast love endures forever;”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭136‬:‭23‬ ‭ESV‬‬

This kind of love and compassion is what our world needs! We all have stuff going on and yet we are still called to be the hands and feet of Jesus. This means that we are supposed to be looking for needs to meet, hands to hold, people to care for, words of encouragement to offer, etc. Jesus decided that despite his own weariness, that they were more important in that moment. Have you ever had someone drop everything to be there for you? Can you feel the great sense of comfort that it gave you?

Jesus heals the sick within the crowds and those who are not sick are carrying those who are to the healer! This is brotherly love on display. Who are you carrying to Jesus today? Oh HELP ME LORD, to see past myself! Give me eyes that blink through my tears and muster the strength to grab someone up. I’m sure you have seen the movie Forrest Gump, I am reminded of the scene where Forrest begins to save all the fallen soldiers around him. He could have easily just hid and stayed safe but instead he rescued several men. One man in particular, Lieutenant Dan, is extremely angry that Forrest saves him! You think, “Geez, this guy is ungrateful!”

The problem with the Lieutenant is that he wanted to die as an act of bravery! He wanted to die alongside the other fallen soldiers from his troop because that seemed honorable. Friends, you don’t need to die on the battlefield to prove a point! Jesus desires to heal and save you! Sometimes I think we feel unworthy of Jesus’s sacrificial love. Have you ever had a friend of family member like this? If you do something nice for them, they automatically get offensive? They feel like they have to repay you back or they are down right uncomfortable with your gift of love. Many people are dying on the battlefield of life, too ashamed, too broken, and too scared to ask for help!

After Jesus heals the people, he takes it a step further. He sees that it’s getting late, and in this isolated area it’s no place to buy any food. The disciples are over it and ask Jesus to send the hungry people away to go buy food, because they have been there all day with him. Jesus tells them not to send the people away. He says simply, “You give them something to eat.” I can imagine the disciples had a bit of the stank face! What do you mean feed them?! It’s over five thousand people, we barely even have enough for ourselves! How many times have you thought that when giving to others?

We all see things from a place of lack at times. Jesus never said anything about how much food they had, all he said was bring it to me! Bring me what you I have! The disciples bring him five loaves of bread and two fish. “BUT!” This is the word we all use so quickly with God! They tried it too and Jesus doesn’t stop to acknowledge their reasoning. All Jesus does is take the food and told the people to sit down and prepare to eat. Have you ever been without? How am I going to pay this bill, how will I have enough gas to make it to work, or how will we have enough to invite family over for dinner when money is tight?

Whatever we place in God’s hands he multiplies and whatever we give shall be given! Never let your mindset of lack, keep you from being generous! Jesus looks up to heaven and blessed the food. He began breaking it into pieces and giving it to the disciples to pass out to the crowd. I can imagine they’re holding the last piece thinking this must be the last of it, and yet it keeps multiplying. Not only did everyone eat until they were full there was twelve baskets of leftovers! Not only was it five thousand men, there were also women and children in the crowd as well that weren’t even numbered!

My daughter!

This story touches my heart on so many levels! I love that Jesus took the time for the people, and he taught his disciples to love and care for others too. He didn’t turn them away he nourished them! Many times I will sneak to my prayer closet for time alone with God. I will lay out all my worries, fears, and petitions and on good days remember to pray for others! In this season, my broken heart wants to lead. I have to submit it to God and remember that my destiny is tied to being about MY Father’s business. He very plainly says, “If you love me, feed my sheep.” Don’t get caught up in only yourself!

When we focus too heavily on our own needs we slowly become selfish. I understand we all have needs and some are great! I’m reminding you as I remind myself, that we need to focus on helping others too. The more we pour out we often think we will have nothing left to give, but God says the opposite. It’s when you refresh others that you will be refreshed! Trusting that God knows our needs we really don’t have to tell him so often! He loves our persistence but it’s not new knowledge.

Many times I will hear my children calling my name as I am in prayer. They are becoming accustomed to finding me there in the quiet. The other morning my daughter comes after she woke up. I often ask them to leave, but lately I stop and hold her tight. I remember that she matters in that moment just as much as my same prayers on repeat! Jesus was interrupted and he took time to care. I am learning to do the same, so what if I am anxious! My daughter needs to know she is important. I gather her up in my arms and I invite her into the moment. It is a sacred place, but with a cold heart it’s nothing more than a tomb.

I implore you today, make the time for someone. Listen, share a meal, send an encouraging text, pay for someone’s groceries, help the elderly to their car! Allow yourself to show up, slow down and give Jesus whatever you have in your hands to bless someone else! I promise you will not go without! You will be satisfied and they will be nourished and refreshed.

Happy Reading & God bless!

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To Ponder What I Cannot Speak

September 1, 2026

Have you ever felt like you were being drawn away from everything you thought you knew? Have you ever felt like life was changing into a completely new realm of possibilities?

Tonight I am full of energy that I cannot quite contain. It’s a restlessness that I am trying to bring into calm. I decided that I was far too restless to go to bed, scrolling only making it worse, and my mind going a mile a minute. Then as I sit down to write, I feel the familiar calm that comes from doing something that brings you peace and comfort. The energy moving from my legs to my hands as I click away on my typewriter. Ahh, my heartbeat slowing already!

What might you say brought on these feelings? Well I cannot quite speak on it at this moment. Oh how I want to but there are not words for what I feel just yet. I need time to process, and still with it for a while. I think of Mary in the Bible, when the angel of the Lord told her she would be the mother of the son of God. She had to ponder this information in her heart. It was too great for her to fathom it and the very nature of it went beyond human reasoning. Life can be full of twists and turns that do not make sense in the moment.

I am a believer of divine timing, divine connections and I love how God works in the details. This season of life has challenged everything that I thought I knew about life! We often think we know how things will be and we foolishly think we are in control of everything. My nature is to plan and prepare, but God often throws a plot twist out there for us! The woman I am becoming feels unfamiliar and yet deeply integrated with who I truly desire to be.

The fear of the unknown grips my heart, but I hear my name being called into that realm. I must answer because I know the call will only become louder if I try and ignore. There is a quiet anticipation in my heart. I feel the new life budding, it may not be the life that I had planned. I accept that God knows me well enough to lead me to what is best. The more I pray for God’s will to be done I am stepping into the unknown. I say yes, but my hands still tremble!

Lately I wake up early in the morning and I can literally feel the prayers of someone. I can feel a deep seated knowing that someone has been interceding on my behalf. I like to think that it is more than one person! Ask me how I know this, it just an unexplainable knowing. Of course I know that Jesus himself is praying for me always. It’s such a comforting feeling to wake up from because sometimes I awake from intense dreams. Prayer has always been apart of who I am but knowing others are thinking of you really is comforting.

Sunsets are magical, I captured this one tonight.

Lately I have found myself repenting to God more than ever before! Our relationship has gone to a deeper, more intimate connection. I used to walk away from him in anger, fear, or frustration. When I am angry at him now, I still repent and stay close to him. I am finally learning to trust him deeper. My thoughts are torn at times but there is a greater knowing. I long to be in his presence, and I crave his touch. No one can get me like this and I cannot fathom a love so pure.

I am a hopeless romantic, which I am sure all writers are in some form. We create from a deep place of raw emotion and its like love translated into a tangible source of output. Last night I dreamed of trying to clean up water that flowed out of a box. I am carrying so many emotions, but I am growing too. My mind processing all these changes and working to transition. There is something inside that I can no longer contain.

Often in the life of a creative we can be blocked in our creativity when we are carrying too much. However creative people need to release. My heart has feelings that I cannot speak about. I must flow it into my creativity or I will explode! The flow cannot be hindered. So often I go on hiatus when it comes to writing because I cannot write under certain moods. Every writer needs a muse, a reason that compels them to keep creating. I love to share my faith and that is one of my main reasons.

These past couple of months grief, transition, and pain have been a storm within me. I am leaning heavily on community to get me through it. After so many years feeling stifled, I am finally free to flow into who I want to be. It’s a beautiful feeling to be seen and known. We all need those types of connection that brings us back when we feel that we have lost part of ourselves. I didn’t realize how much of my truest self that I had lost until I began to find her again. Now God has not called me to go back into my old life or ways, but the purest form of who he created me originally is what I am talking about.

There is a richness to this season despite the bitter betrayals and heartbreak. The true meaning of our capacity to love has nothing to do with reciprocity. I know I love deeply and passionately. I am a giver of my time, talent and treasure as God asks of me. When we finally learn to appreciate ourselves we begin to grow. I used to think that unrequited love was the worst thing that could happen to someone, but that kind of love is never wasted.

There are all types of love, not just romantic. We should never close ourselves off from loving others due to fear. Love is pure, and it creates space for our own grace and empathy to grow. I used to hate being so sensitive, that I would hide my true feelings often. Now I realize that it’s not a weakness. The depth that I love shows my ABBA, it’s the way he loves. So often we reject his love and run to everything and everyone else. His love is all consuming.

Today, I want to leave you with this encouragement: Do not build walls around yourself, but rather a fence that can be opened when the time is right. We protect our hearts but we do not close it off from love. Remain soft, gentle, and pliable in a world that teaches only to love yourself. God desires hearts that are open to receive and give love to a dying world. I guess you can say I am IN LOVE!

May God place my love in the right place that he has prepared!

Happy Reading & God bless!

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