Engaging Women To Be Cage-Free and Spirit Led

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

The Cage of Responsibility Strikes Again!

It isn't as if I haven't been aware of the cages.  I have them posted in my office, they are in my briefcase, and on this Blog.  And yet, one of them has ever so subtly worked its' way back into my day.  In my job as a Realtor, I work with new people all the time.  Each new person brings another set of responsibilities that I take very seriously.  Recently, I have been blessed with a surge in business, therefore more reponsibility.  Don't get me wrong, I know that every client I get to serve is sent to me by God for a reason.  I am fully aware that most likely the relationship will bear spiritual fruit for one or both of us.  That makes it easy for me to use it as an excuse not to do something God is calling me to do.  You know what I mean;  That reoccuring voice in your head telling you to call someone, to write a note to someone, to start a Bible study for young women, to join the Hungry & Homeless ministry, to babysit a friend's children so she can have a moment to herself, to hire that teenager to help around the house, etc...  If I learned nothing in the Chase The Goose study, it was that every little call can lead to a huge call.  If not for you, for someone in your life.  Whatever time you think it will rob from you, God will return to you multiplied.

In Ecclesiates 8:5b it says: for a wise heart knows the proper time and procedure.  Don't use the excuse of Responsibility to keep you from what the Spirit is telling you in your heart.  Do It Now!

Be Blessed!
Terri

Friday, March 12, 2010

Sometimes, It Is The Small Stuff...

We seem to eagerly anticipate those moments when God does huge things for us, with us, through us.  The fact is, everything and anything God does with me is HUGE.  Why He would choose to pay any attention at all to me is baffling, but I am incredibly grateful He does.  For the past couple of weeks I have had a terrible time sleeping.  I can get to sleep, but I wake up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep.  I have done some reading, watching tv, (or should I say, infomercials), Photoshopping, and of course internet surfing.  Last night I got caught up on some of my favorite Blogs.  My all time favorite is Beth Moore's LPM Blog.  I have her new book So Long Insecurity You Have Been A Bad Friend To Us.  She is leading a Blog inspired study with that book, so I started perusing those posts.  Appearantly, last week, she asked her readers to Look up Scriptures that have to do with strength and power and victory and write some out in a comment.  The response was unbelievable and pouring through them I became empowered and blessed beyond measure.  One, however, jumped out at me because my sister and one of my newest friends have had a very tough week. Joy in the journey wrote:

"She will have no fear of bad news, her heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord, Her heart is secure, she will have no fear, and in the end, she will look in triumph on her adversaries."
psalm 112:7-8
YES, the enemy has NO place here!!


I immediately sent this in an email to my sister so she would have it first thing in the morning and I knew I was going to be seeing my friend in the morning and would share it with her then.

It is no surprise to any one reading this that I am sadly lacking any real insight.  I know women who seem to have empathy and wisdom coming through their pores, (Tara Hutton you know who you are!).  That is not me.  I am usually very intuitive about people concerning their character, but I fail at meeting their inner most needs.  Thankfully, God uses me anyway.

When I did see my friend this morning, or yesterday morning since it is 2:20 am, I could not wait to share the scripture with her and the rest of the group.  She had already had a morning of God inspired intervention in her plans and was overwhelmed when she heard the words God had given me for her.  Just having another human being share in what we can sometimes rationalize away as our wishful thinking, validates the fact that God still communicates with us here on earth and He IS paying attention!  Make no mistake, these are not coincidences.  A specific phrase or even a single word you have repeated over and over to yourself, mentioned by a Pastor in a message or given to you in a message from a friend is God's way of assuring us, He is.  That's it He IS!

I am going to bed now, Be Blessed!