My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here. Jim Henson

Meaning of Foster: To encourage or promote the development of (something, typically something regarded as good). to cherish (a plan, hope, etc.) in one's mind.

The word foster is referred to approximately 6 times in the Bible.  

When I started my discovery of this word, I found that the word Foster is typically paired with the word child. I am not sure where this word will lead me, but I know our Heavenly Father has a plan... The word seemed to make its way into my thoughts while I was driving… How does He do that??

While studying the meaning above I began to ask do I foster anything or anyone in the world… Do I take the time to encourage dormant souls? Am I a small part of developing a message that can help someone find hope? Do I cherish the one who gave me life? He is teaching me so many things about life and love. 

But do we share our hearts and love with others as He has asked? Has that word vulnerable made a home in our souls?? Do we foster goodwill toward all men? I cannot be the only one that wonders… Am I listening to my Heavenly Father's voice? Or am I out here flying solo?? Are we helping Him touch others in His name? Or do we do things to show the world we are Christians? Instead of helping without praises. He knows our hearts… and our every thought.  

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 6 

I know we all think He is omni everything and can do it all… 

But since the beginning of time, He engaged man, in His master plan because of love not because of need. He wants to foster relationships with His children… These relationships cannot be formed in a vacuum it takes two loving souls. I invite you to ponder these thoughts and see where He leads you... I can only speak for myself.

I asked Him to be a part of my life three years ago… And I have been building a relationship one brick at a time, with one of the most incredible souls I have ever encountered. Every day is such an amazing adventure… However, I am afraid I have only begun to scratch the surface… He is so beyond our human comprehension...

But the one thing I am sure of is, He gave me a message of love to share… I can only pray that these words I have written penetrate your soul… 

If I sound zealous in my delivery it is because I have felt His great love stirring within my heart.  There is nothing that compares. He placed a burning desire within me to share His great love… I personally want anyone that reads this or hears His voice to receive His amazing gift… 

So, open your heart and invite Him in… And wait... He will take you in His loving arms and He will help you build your relationship one brick at a time… And your life will never be the same. 

He WOWs me

It's Him, It's always Him.

But those who embraced him and took hold of his name^., he gave authority to become the children of God! John 1:12

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“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.” –Og Mandino

“The Lord will conquer your enemies when they attack you. They will attack you from one direction, but they will scatter from you in seven! Deuteronomy 28:7 

Meaning of attack: an aggressive and violent action against a person or place: 
Take aggressive action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force, typically in a battle or war:

The word attack is in the Bible approximately 399 times... 

Is there a presence that creeps around and feeds on the darkness of this world?  This presence is just lingering waiting to attack when we are scared, vulnerable, and or lost??? Unfortunately too many can not escape from his devouring jaws...

I do not even utter his name!  He has no credence in my thoughts... He has no jurisdiction in my camp...  To even speak of him gives him some attention.. Something he does not deserve. 

I do witness his work in our world... And it makes me angry and sad...But I know in my heart better things are on the horizon... Because I trust in the power of the great and mighty Elohim... I believe with no doubt He can crush this no-name’s head beneath His powerful feet. 

I also believe in the power of the written word and there will be a time when a great battle between light and darkness will take place... We must ready ourselves. We must learn and understand the magnitude of what is to come... We must plug our soul into God's power source of life. We need to feel the very essence of Him beating within our hearts... 

I urge you do not succumb to the things of this world..  LISTEN to the sweet sound of our Masters's voice ... Place your eyes upon Him... He is arming His children with weapons to disarm any attack against His kingdom and our inheritance. He says stand fast. Stay strong ...He is building an army of believers. He will not bend - He will not break...He is the Chosen one!! Our warrior! Our King... 

It's He, that I feel living within my soul. My strength comes from Him and only His name will be carved upon my heart.  

There will be a day when every knee will bow... Every voice will sing in one accord... We will witness history being made.. or wait was this moment in time already prophesied? It seems that it was written in the heavens even before this monumental time was spoken into existence... 

Stand back and watch His majestic wonder unfold. His power, His grace, His Love leaves me speechless.  He is the total package!!! There is no one like Him anywhere!!! 

He is the light in the darkness.  He is our hope for a brighter world!!  

It’s Him, It has always been always Him.  The best day on earth will be when we can look to the heavens and say Hallelujah our King has arrived 🔥🔥🔥

"The LORD is my strength, my shield from every danger. I trust in him with all my heart.." Psalms 28:7

The LORD is a warrior; Yahweh is his name! Exodus 15:3 NLT

“That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

Philippians 2:10-11 KJV

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Count me in…. are you coming ??

Meaning of census a count for official purposes, especially one to count the number of people living in a country…

The word census is in the Bible approximately 36 times.. 

Counting, counting, counting... What is the purpose? Are we just a number??? 

Many of us have been part of a census... Many of us have not even realized that we have been included even without doing a thing... 

But the question that came to my mind is why do we need to segregate? Race and Ethnicity??? Class??? Rich... Poor... If truth be known we are more alike than we care to admit... When did being a part of the human race become less important than where we came from or what color of skin covers our inner soul... 

We are all looking for that golden ring... that peace in our hearts and that love that heals our scars and for that inner circle that accepts us for exactly who we are... We all dream of being included in what I call the census of the heart... 

The word census has taken me down memory lane!! I started my amazing journey 3 years ago. Without a religious background, I had a Holy Spirit Encounter that rocked my world... The first Sunday after my spiritual experience I found myself in Church. This quite private, awkward soul marched herself to the front row and took a seat... The music began to play and I slowly stood... Raised my hands... 

( something way out of my comfort zone) I closed my eyes... Tears began to stream down my face... And in my soul, I could feel Him... And I whispered in my heart ”count me in I am here!!!!” And from that day I was all in... There was no turning back... And then He proceeded to take me on the most amazing journey of my life... 

So when I think of the word census... I have committed to seeing beyond our world, beyond where we came from... and beyond the color of our skin... I will strive to look at the soul and the heart... I will look to Him for guidance on how to love beyond boundaries... We are not perfect... We the people have many flaws... But I have given Him my heart and my commitment to follow Him... 

So I urge you to raise your hand today...make your comment, be counted as one of His chosen people... You will be accepted just as you are... And you will experience love beyond this world... 

 “And we no longer see each other in our former state—Jew or non-Jew, rich or poor, male or female—because we’re all one through our union with Jesus Christ.”

Galatians 3:28 TPT

 It's Him, It's always Him... 

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"Agape is total love... Whoever knows and experiences Agape learns that nothing else in the world is important – just love." ― Paolo Coelho 

Pattern meaning: A Biblical pattern is a spiritual model or example given in Scripture for purposes of imitation.

The word pattern is referred to in 8 verses in the Bible.

I truly had no idea how this word came to my mind.. It not a word that I would normally think of... Is this a pattern in my journey?  Is this a word with more depth than I could ever wrap my head around.. 

As I opened this word I stepped back with great amazement... Many Bible scholars have studied in depth the patterns that seem to hold many secret messages throughout its delicate pages... 

I do believe I have found a gold mind hidden here... But unless I am prepared to spend a lifetime studying these nuggets of wisdom I would need to address this word on a much higher level or isolate one pattern that speaks to my heart... I will wait for guidance... 

Waiting on Him.. Now that is a pattern I understand... lol

This is such a daunting and challenging task... It is like trying to pick God’s brain... Which one of us is equipped to understand His complexity and depth? There are so many articles on the patterns in the written word. For instance, there are patterns that point us to Numbers, Prophecy, and Jubilee... just to name a few... 

Pattern hmm is this a secret code from our Heavenly Father? How do we with our limited thinking unlock this code? What type of Mastermind can create such an intricately woven Masterpiece of literature??  It has captured and maintained the hearts and minds of humankind since it was written ... How did He organize and orchestrate this with such rudimentary supplies? They did not have the technology that we have grown accustomed to. Let's just look at the statics of the Book itself. 

The Bible was written over a period of 1400 to 1800 years by more than 40 different authors. The Bible is a compilation of 66 separate books, divided into two primary divisions: the Old Testament (containing 39 books) and the New Testament (containing 27 books). It is believed that all of the books of the Bible were written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.(www.allabouttruth.org/when-was-the-bible-written) 

I do believe the only way this could have ever been accomplished is by Divine Intervention and inspiration... 

Just imagine the simplistic yet magnitude of this project. 

I am sure many words were written by Candlelite and scriptures show us that they were inscribed with an iron tool on a lead or engraved in rock forever! (Job 19:24) They had no computers, no file sharing... No, delete or save buttons ... No spell check... And every beautifully written word pointed to Yeshua, the Son of God, the pages are filled with a poetic love story between the Trinity and all of mankind... He wrote the words in a way to keep our hearts and souls interested for centuries!! Will we ever unlock all the messages within its pages... Will we truly ever understand all the patterns? Will we grow in our knowledge to understand the magnitude of His great love ??? 

I feel so ill-equipped... 

I can only stand in awe... His very presence blows my mind... He is so much more than my earthly mind can understand... I am so grateful that the pattern that fell from the sky into my heart that day was a “feel” clue. It is such a small word with such great power... He let me feel His love... He opened my spiritual heart and eyes. I know I should study this magnificent book, I should look for all the hidden clues... 

But I will admit ... my attention span is not that broad.. As I began to read I seem to always be swept away to thoughts and conversations with Him... Many call it prayer some call it devotionals... I call it heartfelt... 

As I traveled on this journey I have had the privilege of witnessing the great love He has for all of His children. As a parent that thought seemed simple enough for my earthly mind to understand... 

But it did not stop there... His LOVE is real, His love runs deep His love WOWs me... It is way beyond what my heart and soul have ever felt.. it boggles my mind.  As parents, we say we love our children. We would give our life for them... We would move Heaven and earth... And when that child looks at you with adoration, and smiles and says from their heart  I Love You ... You smile and your heart melts. 

And to think,  our love is only a fraction of the LOVE our Creator shares!

Double WOW 

It’s Him. it’s always been Him... there is no one that has ever or will ever come close... 

He is the master of my heart and soul. I rest on the pattern of His Love!

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“Love is not love until love’s vulnerable.” – Theodore Roethke...

Meaning of mute refraining from speech or temporarily speechless. 

The word mute is referred to in approximately 28 instances. 

Hold that thought!! What the cat got your tongue??? I’m speechless!!! 

If I share my feelings or thoughts, some people will think I am not good enough! Or maybe they may think that I am losing my mind?? Feeding my doubts which may factor into negative thoughts?

I don’t know about you but when I look back on my life, I too have had many silent moments... Moments when I did not speak my mind or share my feelings. I retreated many wondered why I did not have anything to say??? I thought, did my opinion really matter? I would find myself gravitating to people who were conversationist so my being quiet became comfortable and that grew into who I had become. I had crafted the art of listening... Which isn't really a bad thing.

But I became aloof and only shared my inner thoughts with a chosen few... Trust and loyalty are traits I deeply value. However, like many of us, I fell into that snare.  And cared too much what others would think... 

So with time I bound my heart and kept my soul buried deep within... 

I indeed found myself dancing on the edge of being mute...... 

But one day everything changed... I can only say I was chosen to be loved far beyond my own understanding... I still do not understand why things happened the way they did...

However, I will admit in the beginning, I felt a burning desire to share this amazing love. To be honest it was a struggle to contain it and spilled out many times. Many people did not understand. This was not my normal, it seemed that my behavior was changing.

What they did not realize is, I had been mute for so long, That I learned to fly under the radar... You could say I became invisible. I now was like a fish out of water? I had lost the ability to openly share without fear of judgment? 

Such a dilemma, I had been given this great love but my insecurities were raging. I felt bewildered and confused ... and I cried many tears... The struggle was real... What would others think?? But this LOVE was intensely beautiful and much greater than any fear... 

And my Savior did exactly what His name described. He saved me from me and He delivered such a beautiful life lesson for me to experience and to share. 

He loved me through my doubts and sang a beautiful love song to my soul... He opened my heart and freed my soul... 

This newfound love and freedom loosened my tongue... 

He gave me this message for a reason... This message is about greater love. He sings His love song to all mankind... Listen with your soulful ears...and hear His voice...

He has asked us to love beyond boundaries... We are all not so different... We all bleed the same... We will struggle with things in our lives. 

But in the end, we all crave to be accepted and loved by our Creator... It’s a love not of this world!!!! It’s a LOVE that surpasses all human understanding... 

I am no longer mute ... because to share Him and His Love is the greatest adventure we can share in this lifetime... The only time now that I am speechless is when I can feel His loving presence... I can only close my eyes and breathe Him in ... and bask in the moment... and my heart whispers I love you, thank you for the gift of you! 

He WOWs me #speechless 

It's Him. It's always HIM... But now it's you and me... He gave us a voice ...share Him... your life will never be the same. 

And at once his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he began to speak in praise of God. Luke 1:64 

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“We can only appreciate the miracle of a sunrise if we have waited in the darkness.” ~ Sapna Reddy 

The meaning of Sunrise; the colors and light visible in the sky on an occasion of the sun's first appearance in the morning, is considered as a view or spectacle.

The word sunrise is in the Bible approximately 28 times.

Long before I knew you, I was drawn like a moth to a flame just to watch the majestic beauty of a morning sunrise … As I sit in the darkness with my somber thoughts and wait for the first light to break and say I am here, remember me… Without me, you have no hope for tomorrow. No light to see the path you must travel… Without me, you would have no nourishment to sustain life. Without me, you would have no warmth for your soul… 

There is such a spiritual connection between man and nature… I know in my heart that we are all part of a much bigger picture. We are all part of a Divine Masterful Plan.

But who can Create such magnificent wonder? What kind of Mastermind is this? Every detail so carefully thought of, precisely connected, and executed with such love and care! How can we not stand in awe? How can we not be drawn to Him when we see the awesomeness of creation? Scientists have tried to dispute creation… But I have grown to know this Mastermind… He defies all the rules. He is magnificent splendor and beyond words. Man tries to rationalize and explain something that our human mind has difficulty comprehending. We are limited in our thoughts. He is the Creator of all things and cannot be put into a box, His greatness cannot be contained or fully understood while we still inhabit our earthly existence...  

When I watch how the light dances on the earth’s horizon. I can’t help but feel it’s ushering His message of love to all living things because, without it, our world could not exist… We would slowly succumb to the bleak cold darkness and all life as we know it would perish. 

Have you ever tried to describe a sunrise? Each daybreak is uniquely beautiful?  There is such an array of warm colors, reds, golds, and yellow…. I do believe the sun can feel her importance as she takes her time to make that slow and deliberate grand entrance… Can you even begin to wonder how many new days she has announced? I wish I could have been there to see the first sunrise. I think I would have fallen in love… Because I know I would have been swept up in the moment… And to watch Him work would have taken my breath away.  To witness the love He felt, as He created each amazing wonder …Especially His brightest star… His Son. The one whose majestic beauty can move heaven and earth… He is the reason the sun shares our Creator's message of hope with all mankind… 

I stand in awe as I see His Son's love in each new beautiful day... 

It’s Him. It’s always been Him…

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 

Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 11:7 

When God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was completely formless and empty, with nothing but darkness draped over the deep. God’s Spirit swept over the face of the waters. And then God announced: “Let there be light,” and light burst forth!"

Genesis 1:1-3

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Sweat equity is the most valuable equity there is.” — Mark Cuban..

Meaning of sweat moisture exuded through the pores of the skin, typically in profuse quantities as a reaction to heat, physical exertion, fever, or fear. 

The word sweat appears approximately 5 times in the Bible... 

Many of us have heard Jesus sweat blood🩸? But what does that mean? Do we even stop to understand the deeper implications or do we just pass over those words without feeling and pain in our own hearts?  

I did not even know that this was even possible, did you?

I did discover yes, that you can sweat blood... It was not just a symbolic view of a pivotal moment in history. 

There is an extremely rare condition called hematidrosis. The face and forehead are common locations for this to occur. Many people do not know anything about this condition. But many have heard about it from the Bible but how many of us have taken the time to understand the depth of this moment ??  

When we look to the Bible we see in Luke 22:44; “And being in agony he prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.” 

The operative word is agony... The rare condition can occur with great FEAR... 

Have we ever stopped and lingered in this moment? Or do we rush past this moment straight to the cross? I do not want to diminish the suffering of any of these precious heartbreak moments... 

But I do know from my own experience there are times we suffer long and hard before the actual event occurs. 

He was suffering in the garden long before that heart-crushing day occurred ... He was left to suffer in anguish alone and fear gripped His mind with such magnitude that He sweat those precious drops of blood... 

Even though His mind knew what was to come His soul knew it was written and the moment must be fulfilled for all of mankind... He could have walked away... But He knew it was part of His Heavenly Father's greater plan. 

What a beautiful heartfelt gift of LOVE. His only crime was that  He wanted is to teach us how to live and how to love...Crucifying Him was the biggest crime man will ever encounter. 

So I can only ask what sweat equity have we given Him in return ??? That is a question that only you can answer... 

All I know is that it would be a crime if we do not surrender our hearts to His commitment of love...  He sweat those tears of love for you and me.

He is the most amazing gift our Creator has ever shared. He is the brightest star and our guiding light... Our love for life! 

It’s Him... it’s always been Him 

Turn up the heat for Him &.... Sweat 💦 

And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling do And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. Luke 22:44