The gift of Solitude

God bless you - You are amazing in His sight, never forget that!!! He created you in His image, and we all have a Purpose!!!

Hello my friends - I have to admit, the last weeks have been difficult for me......again my Faith has been tested - or maybe I should say: staying in my dwelling place of Grace and Peace was seriously challenged. It wasn't really my Faith that got tested, for thankfully God has lifted me above the doubt in that area. Yet through the people around me, who until this day are choosing to stay in a negative and grumbling attitude, I gradually was pulled down and farther away from Grace and Peace - I held on as long as I could, but eventually I crumbled, looking at life from the wrong angle, seeing fault myself and believing the lies of the father of lies - it has been almost 3 weeks, that I struggled. Being in a season of drought, I kept praying and praising God, but it was harder to see His Light than before. I had given the devil control over my life..... :(

Just yesterday, as my children left for Switzerland, to be with their Dad, I have spent some time in solitude - something that was almost impossible to have over the last 5 weeks - spending it talking to my Father in Heaven and reading His word, as well as just soaking up Music (contemporary Christian Music and Worship), and taking some time to read......has helped me to get my bearings back, and when I did that, I laid it all in front of my Daddy in Heaven, I told Him, that I so much need our daily fellowship with one another, that I  can't stand it, not to hear His voice........He heard my plea, and He came through for me all over again, and has set me free to fly once more.....

When we mean business with Him, when we press forward and not give up, He will make Himself known to us - I have never had such an amazing relationship, one that is forever close - actually really upclose and personal, for when we're real and authentic, and take all our infirmities to Him, who forgives all things, if we only ask, He will indeed set us free to fly, be with us all the time, just like He was with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. We will receive the gift of emerging into this person, He intended us to be......just like Amy Grant sings: All my life seems I've waited to be this person inside of me, unafraid of being me - no more faces to hide behind, just a smile and a dream that's mine...... - yes, that's true my friends, that's the gift we receive, when we surrender our will to Him, who holds our purpose/our destiny safe in His hands.

He knows all about us, and He created us with dreams and talents that are so uniquely ours, that only He can know, because He packed it into our being, to fulfill the purpose, He ordained for us - are you curious, what could be your purpose???? Pray about it, and let God do the talking and showing......and you just sit and listen - without time of solitude, when life has too many demands, we cannot do that......therefore, please accept His gift of Solitude for us, it strengthens our Faith and our Spiritual Muscle........let Him heal your heart and bring you closer into His presence. The key to arriving in this place of Peace and Grace, and staying in this place, is Solitude..... even if it's just time to think and go for a nice walk - you will be strengthened in your walk with Christ.

God is good, He knows what you need at all times, and He longs to give it to you!!!! Don't shy away - He's worth it!!! I promise.

Be blessed my friends - sweet dreams - 
Amen