Will you ask God to bring you to the place where you're willing to be willing? - Johnny Hunt...

Meaning of willing ready, eager, or prepared to do something.

We located thirty verses in the Bible that point us to the word willing. 

When I began to search my heart and ask am I willing … My thought drifted here. Am I a willing messenger for Christ? Do I share His love with anyone that comes within six-foot proximity of my personal space? If we have learned anything from Covid six feet apart seemed the magical number… Not really… There was more… always more to do…. more to share… 

How much is enough?? Are we willing to listen? Are we willing to act? Just how much are we willing to sacrifice? It seems so simple. Yet so difficult to accomplish… When we deal with people, we seem to have too many choices? So many variables?

How can we become more? How do we as messengers know if our message falls into willing hearts? As I tried to unravel this word it seems that my heart got in the way and pointed my soul to a love that was willing…Willing to give me His all… Everything!! To the very last drop of His own blood. His last dying breath… He was willing to act…He was willing to love me for who I am. He was willing to sacrifice everything for my future, my love, and my heart... 

I will admit He invaded my personal space… But was it truly an invasion? Or did I willingly surrender my heart?? At first, I did not understand the magnitude of His greatness?? I did not understand the depth of His love…  Growing to know Him has made His sacrifice personal… And to think He willingly went to that degree for me… How can I match that kind of love…? Many say that it’s impossible!! 

 I am finding that we are so limited in our earthly bodies… But our soul can move our heart in ways we do not truly understand… Can we soulfully love Him deeper than anyone that walks upon this earth? Spiritually speaking, I am so willing to try…  Are you willing to join me? 

It does take commitment and a willing heart… But the rewards are heavenly…

It's Him. It's always Him… 

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. Deuteronomy 6:5

No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father.” John 10:18

Then the people rejoiced because they had given willingly, for with a whole heart, they had offered freely to the Lord. David, the king, also rejoiced greatly. 1 Chronicles 29:9 ESV

Take from among you a contribution to the Lord. Whoever is of a generous heart, let him bring the Lord's contribution: gold, silver, and bronze; Exodus 35:5

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"What we do in life echoes in eternity." The Gladiator

Meaning of tug: pull (something) hard or suddenly.

I cannot locate how many times the word tug appears in the Bible.  because I feel this yearning in my soul to move on... I was fast asleep. But felt this gentle tug at 3:33 am. 

What is this tugging in my heart I feel so deeply? What is the whisper I hear in my soul? What is this magnetic pull that takes me to places I could only dream of??  

Is this a heavenly call that we are waiting for?? Is this a spiritual connection that has been put into play since God breathed His breath into my lungs at birth???

Do we feel His gentle tug within guiding His us home?? Is this our purpose? Our destiny?  

If the Holy Spirit dwells within us. Then it is possible that this tug we feel is the Holy Spirit trying to pull the pieces of the much larger plan together? Are we such a small fraction of God's greater puzzle?? ... 

So many questions? I feel like a child, so small, so inquisitive, so in love with this wonderous spiritual presence of my God.  My Heavenly Father, my beautiful Creator. In the grand scheme of His amazing creations, I am just a spec in His eye. But He makes me feel like I am the most critical moment of His day? How does He do this? I know I am not alone. How does He give so many of His children His undivided attention?? I must say He still wows me...

Do you feel Him in your soul? Do feel His gentle tug in your heart? Do you hear His whisper echoing in your mind??? 

Are you awake? Have you been drawn into Him? Or is the human element in you so strong that you are playing tug-war with your soul... I do believe as humans we think surrendering is a weakness. 

But I ask you how we can think that it is up to us to surrender?  When we already belong to Him.  It's only our mind surrendering to our soul and opening our hearts to a spiritual world of His love. 

I actually love when He tugs at my heart and soul.  I do not care about the day or the time... 

My mind willingly surrenders. 

Because I have experienced His love, and it is not of this world... He truly cannot be described in any earthly language...  

He is a spiritual relationship, intimate, loving, and kind. 

As I studied the word “tug” I was drawn to this “tug of war” but as I wrote this word tug it became apparent to me that with God it became a “tug of love” 

And again, He walked me into a learning experience... Tug of love already exists it means.

1. A dispute over custody of a child or children.

It's His war against the evil one. To gain full custody of His children...   

It's Him!  It will always be Him.

I pray you to feel His tug. I pray you to wake up! I pray you to surrender because your life will never be the same... 

The Lord is my protector; he is my strong fortress. My God is my protection, and with him I am safe. He protects me like a shield; he defends me and keeps me safe. Psalms 18:2 

You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact, the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. Romans 8:9

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..."My task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel--it is, before all, to make you see." -Joseph Conrad...

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May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock, and my Redeemer. Psalms 19:14

It’s Him, It’s always Him.

I pray the words open your heart and you, too, are filled with His abundant love! May God bless you and keep you forever in His care.

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Meaning of fragile easily broken or damaged.

The word fragile only appears three times in the Bible... 

When I think of the word fragile my mind sees a gentle beautiful rose... how delicate each rose petal seems. She is much like our life... beautiful and delicate and as precious as the dew that gently kisses her each new day. 

Do we value this gift of life? Do we value each new day?  Do we value each soul that touches our life? Do we value the time spent with others? Do we value our Creator, or do we robotically take all things in our world for granted?? Life is fragile. Time is a fragile gift... How we spend and share our time can change how we value the things that surround us each new day...

If there is one thing, I have learned during this amazing journey is that I am fragile.  Life, Love, and time are all fragile!!! 

I had this idea in my head that I was in control!  I felt I was a fairly strong, confident human. 

But when God stripped me down to the rawness of who I truly was ... I became like a fragile infant in His caring hands...It was a scary but beautiful time of discovery ... I had to face who I had become... 

As He gently unraveled my mind, my body, and soul...  I remember saying ... 

I felt like I was coming apart at the seams... My heart felt like it was being circumcised... My heart became fragile, and it did bleed... I won’t lie it was sometimes a painful process...

But as He began to peel the layers of life away... My once bound soul began to breathe... My heart began to sing a new song... and Life seemed to burst into amazing living colors ...

It sounds strange, but I was not even aware that I was in this state of robotic living ... 

Until one day ... I met this amazing living loving God... He is my Knight in shining armor!!!  My Savior, My heart ... 

He gently held me as I spiritually became undone ... He wiped the many tears that fell ... and I was drawn into His heart as He gently whispered words of love to my soul...

He methodical began to teach me new ways to see the beauty of life...and I felt a love that is not of this world... and like the famous nursery rhyme Humpy Dumpty He began to put me together again... He lifted the fog and I could finally see... 

I now realize in my robotic state I was missing so much. I had become lost in life. My strength was a cloak that I adorned before others... So they could not see my internal fragile state... 

I found being in that vulnerable fragile state was not as bad as I once thought... I did learn, If I run to Him, and allow Him to hold me in His loving hands ... He is all I need… He is all I need to face each beautiful new day... 

He has realigned my heart and what I value most... Life... Love... Time & Relationships...

I am still a work in progress ...

He has given me a beautiful irreplaceable gift!!! 

It’s Him, It’s always Him!! 

My Knight. My Love... My strength!!! With Him all things are possible!!! He WOWs me.

“I leave the gift of peace with you—my peace. Not the kind of fragile peace given by the world, but my perfect peace. Don’t yield to fear or be troubled in your hearts—instead, be courageous! John 14:27 

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Judas sold his soul for thirty pieces of silver…. I wonder, what is the price for a soul these days??

Meaning of sold (sell) Transferring the property of a thing for a price or equivalent in money.

We located 101 verses that speak to the word sold.

As we embark on this Christmas Season the word sold came to my mind as I sat in my car in front of a group of retail stores...I sat there and just people watched... Many were bustling around, there seemed to be great excitement in the air..  I am not sure if the pace seemed fast because of excitement of the holiday or perhaps it was due to the cold weather... Many were taking great care in picking out the most beautiful tree on the lot. And soon a salesperson allowed the money to exchange hands and just like that the tree was sold....   

With Christmas Music playing softly on my car radio,  my mind soon drifted here.. This is the most amazing time of year... I for personal reasons love it!!! Because of a personal gift I received from my Creator!!  

But then I thought it is so sad that so many people have bought into the commercialism of such a significant day... And my eyes welled up with tears and my heart became heavy.  

So how and when did we lose our grip on what Christmas Day is truly about?? 

I feel it is a "Black Friday Day" when our main goal is to scurry into a store pick out a gift for our families and friends without asking ourselves if we are sold out to the Birthday Boy Himself?? What are we giving Him this year??  Have we bought into the most amazing LOVE we could ever receive??  It is no secret that we have already been bought for a price!! It is His priceless gift to all mankind... 

Have you asked Him, What do You want for your Birthday??? 

Or is He even on your shopping list?? Stop and think about that for just a moment? Only you and your heart know the answer... I say...

Celebrate Him this Christmas by giving Him your LOVE... It truly is what He desires most!!  Place Him at the top of your Christmas list today and forevermore. 

1.        Jesus 

It's Him! It’s always Him!!! 

Merry CHRISTmas... I pray you too become sold out for Jesus. It truly is where our treasure of life and love begins... 

 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:19 -21ESV

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The meaning of Waning and Waxing: Waxing means “growing” or expanding in illumination, and waning means “shrinking” or decreasing in illumination. 

When we look at these words they seem to point us to the moon phases… 

I truly have no idea why they tugged at my heart today… I can only say that I seem to feel those same types of pulls on my heart and soul. 

Our Creator seems to have placed a force that keeps every little detail of creation in its place…. The total Universe seems to be affected by what we know as gravitational pull… 

He created the moon to be the tidal force that causes Earth—and its water—to bulge out on the side closest to the moon and the side farthest from the moon. These bulges of water are called high tides. These tides interact with our earth's surface... 

I question, 

Do we have a similar pull that interacts with our Creator? Did our Creator put this gravitational pull into our very DNA? Are we all on this spiritual migration home? 

As I travel on the quest to unlock this mystery and grow closer to my Creator … my first love.. I have come to the realization of the similarities between the ebb tide of the ocean and our relationship with our Heavenly Father. 

I will admit there are times I feel Him so strong that it is difficult to contain the tears as they stream down my face. I can feel this beautiful yet mysterious gravitational pull that He so lovingly placed within the depths of my soul. 

But then there are the times I  feel He has placed some distance between us… and the closeness I once felt is lifted, and it grieves my soul  … My soul longs for His presence… The struggle to find Him is real… 

And then I remember that beautiful day in May when I felt a love so strong that it left me forever changed… He gave me a gift that filled my soul with a love far beyond my own understanding…. So, When we try to rationalize these moments in our mind, it can become a heartfelt perplexing feeling…. 

There is no way I can not deny His existence… I can only trust Him.. and wait… waiting is the most difficult task… longing for His presence is such an emotional quickening of the soul … 

The Waning and Waxing becomes a beautiful dance of the heart. It's a love story between me and a precious soul that has loved me before I was even born…  

He illuminates my life like the beautiful moon on the darkest of nights… 

I so love the moon... 

It’s Him, it will always be Him!! 

Dance with Him like no one is watching - slow, quick, quick. Your life will never be the same. 

Job 26:

He makes the moon wax and wane, putting it through its phases.

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"Stab the body and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime." ~ Mineko Iwasaki

The meaning of wound: an injury to living tissue caused by a cut, blow, or other impact, typically one in which the skin is cut or broken." a knife wound

We located 23 verses in the Bible that speak of the word wound... 

When we look at the word wound it can take us in a few different directions... There are wounds of the flesh... wounds of the heart and even wounds of the soul... 

How many of us can remember that when we received a wound as a child we would run to our parents for comfort... They would wipe our tears... examine the wound. Clean the area, dress the wound, kiss the boo-boo and that is where the healing begins...

Have you ever stopped to realize the wound heals from the inside? It continues to heal one layer at a time until we can see a scar over the spot where the wound once stood ... The hurt becomes just a memory...

The wounds of the heart and soul go much deeper... and seems to be harder to heal... I have lived long enough to feel the pain of a wounded heart... In various life trials... I have grieved the loss of loved ones... I do think the hurt gets better with time. But the yearning to see their face will linger for a lifetime... And we learn to continue to love them from afar.  

As we continue on this journey of life. There will be moments when words and actions from others cut into our hearts like a cold steel knife ... Those wounds bleed and leave deep scars... They seem to heal over time... but due to the emotional memories stored in the heart, they can resurface from time to time. The bleeding stops but our heart may revisit the hurtful memory... and tears may fall... it is part of God's cleansing process... 

I do believe we as a people can be more thoughtful towards others. Let’s work on treating others with kindness and understanding. There is enough pain and trauma in our world... Our love and actions toward others speak volumes to who we are.. not who they are.

I do believe that the soul can heal all wounds... because it knows to go to our Creator.  He is the only source that can cleanse all wounds from the inside, out. He heals our wounds one layer at a time... Some call it growth, some call it healing... and then there are those that claim the miracle. 

Abiding in His grace, His abundant love is the only medicine that has such amazing healing properties. With one gentle touch, He frees our heart...heals our mind, and brings new life to our soul... 

Knowing where to run when we are wounded in this thing we call life... is the key to healing... it’s the key to understanding... His LOVE is the Key to all things... even the deepest of wounds... Run to Him... Fall into His open arms... grieve not my child... 

It’s Him. it’s always Him!!! 

He is the key 🔑…and if I have not said it today...I love Him for who He is... the mighty healer of ALL.

Moreover, the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound. Isaiah 30:26

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Through love and memories, we are immortal.

Meaning of loss: to be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something).

We located twenty verses that speak to the subject of loss... 

When we feel the ache of loss. It can wound our hearts and crush our very soul... 

Why do we try to hang on to people, places, and or things?? 

What causes the yearning for a time gone by?  Are we selfishly clinging to memories of what we once had?  Or do we miss the ones that we once held so close?  Do miss their face, their smile, and long to hear their voice? 

I believe when you feel love in your heart, you ignite the fire within your soul, and you become alive... 

When the soul is alive beautiful memories can be made and felt with all your senses. These memories are stored within your mind, heart... and soul... And stay with you always. 

The ability to truly love is an amazing gift, from our Heavenly Father ... It’s beautifully, resilient, and pure... 

I believe true love never dies... We keep a small part if not all this love in our hearts forever until the end of time... 

However, I also believe people, life, and circumstances are fragile and unpredictable... Our love for others and their love for us can grow together or apart.

Some love deeply, Some love superficially. Some love unselfishly. And sadly, some are so lost they only have enough love to only love themselves... And some we must learn to love from a distance. 

I feel our hearts will be bound to the people we touch forever. Because of the loving memories, we make when our souls meet... 

Our memories can only be lost by losing one’s mind...But even then, you may not be able to recall them, but they will stay ingrained deep within our hearts.

Some people through no fault of their own are called home and leave the memories behind for us to cherish and hold dear ... Some do not realize the importance and impact of making loving memories.  The memories we leave behind are how we will be remembered by all the souls that have touched our lives...It’s our life’s legacy. 

Some souls are afraid of love and walk away... I feel that is such a great loss... but even then, the memories that were made will walk away with them...those memories will stay in their hearts… They will find out that they cannot run away from love, once touched by love it remains as a fiber woven into their tapestry life. 

No matter the circumstances. Love can never be taken away... When it is given from an unselfish heart it can never be taken back... it can never be returned to the giver like it never existed... There is no hiding from love.

That love becomes a part of who we are and will remain with us forever until the end of time!! 

You see we cannot lose love...Even if the person, place, or thing is no longer present in our life. 

I think love takes on a new form... You may not see it and or feel in the same way. But the loving memories can never be taken away or even altered... That love will stay hidden deep within our hearts for eternity. 

And as you reflect on the memories made...your heart will remember the love it once felt. and it will become alive if only for a brief moment in time.

Never, be afraid to love, never run from love… Love is a gift from God that we can never lose… 

It's Him. It's always Him...He the greatest gift…

God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. 1 John 4:16

And if I were to have the gift of prophecy with a profound understanding of God’s hidden secrets, and if I possessed unending supernatural knowledge, and if I had the greatest gift of faith that could move mountains, but have never learned to love, then I am nothing. 1 Corinthians 13 -2 

Photography & Written by Lori Garner

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