Getting Things Straight

I'm feeling great. Believing I am healed. And so excited  in the things of the Lord. He is showing me amazing things. His Word has come alive for me again. I feel His strength and love and am excited to see what He has in store for me.

BUT first, I have some cleaning to do.  The other day our septic stopped up on the bathroom my 91 yr old Father in Law and his Visiting Angels use. I was about to feel blah when the Lord provided a rainbow for me. I could see the entire arc and ends. God is good. His promise that HE is there no matter what you are going through.

Yep, have to call one of these guys to come and take care of the septic. The Lord will provide.

But more than my septic system needing cleaning, my heart needs some major work.  So I am calling out to the Lord :

Psalm 51:10

Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Breast cancer is often caused by bitterness and unforgiveness. 

Bitter and unforgiving? I pondered that, Didn't sound like me. Really? Was there a mistaken attack? I really didn't qualify for the bitter unforgiving label. 

Hmm, It didn't take long and the Lord reminded me there is the whole half of the country I had deemed 'idiot' for electing the president we now have. And then there is the matter of that man in the White House and congress. 

Oops - I have a lot of repenting to do. A lot of forgiving to do. It doesn't matter if I am 'right' and they so wrong in my eyes. That comes from eating of the Tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil. The tree that bears the fruit that brings death. 

What matters is am I totally submitted to the Lord? 

Honestly, no. I see that there are things I am hanging onto. Rights. Humor trips me up, but I love funny. MINE, ugh that selfish side of me. And the worst -pride. And I am sure more cobwebs and dirt that I don't recognize yet.

I do desire to be wholly sold out to the Lord. It is a process, and the Lord is merciful and with His Grace I will submit to Him. So that is my top priority right now. 

How will I go about cleaning my heart - Read the Word. Washing of the word. Eating the Bread of Life and surrendering. 

God is good.

On the medical merry-go-round side - I have a Petscan Wed. at 8:20 am

Appreciate your prayers. I'm not worried or afraid. Just another of those things to do.  

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Proverbs 16:24

 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

A Farmin' did I Go : )

Whew, I feel like a farmer after going to Super Kroger and harvesting $195 worth of healthy foods. Organic is expensive, but  that would only be 12 times eating out. Plus I did get coconut oil, extra virgin olive oil, and flax seed oil, toothpaste, and shampoo - I wouldn't be buying those every week.

Just finished my berry smoothy.  Yummm. Now that is good.  Later I'll  make a veggie drink.

I am sure my body is wondering what in the world is going on.  No cokes or junk food. I've drank more water in 2 weeks than I have had in years. I am sure those cancer cells are cringing.  I can see them all huddled like the insects in a RAID commercial.  Hehe

Look what I found on FB yesterday.

SPIRIT OF PROPHECY BULLETIN~THURSDAY MARCH 7,2013:

SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND by MARSHA BURNS:

Let truth rule and reign in your heart, and be done with the presumption that  
comes with projecting yourself into the future.  No matter how much you  think 
you know about what is ahead, you only have a glimpse of that which has  not yet 
become reality.  And, the truth will be exaggerated and distorted  by your 
imagination.  It will benefit you greatly if you can get real and  stay real 
right here and now, says the Lord.

Had to laugh and thank the Lord. These prophetic words have somewhat followed this journey I am on.  

I am excited. God is working things out to good. My family is coming alive. Not just eating healthy but feasting on the Word of God. For the Bread of Life is what makes me alive. God's Living Word.  

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John 6:63

⁶³ It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

Feast on the Word of God. Strengthen your inner man and watch your faith grow strong. 

Live Abundantly!

Single-minded or Double Trouble!

Big ooops last night. Not sure what possessed me, but I got on the internet last night and looked at cancer things.  I know, not a bright move on my part. I am not saying researching things is bad, but really. I did myself no good being there.

Did I say I really don't like going to doctors?  I don't. Actually I have little faith at all in the medical system.

I did ask the surgeon after he told me I would have to have radiation, "Doesn't radiation cause cancer?"

"Uh, well yes it can. But the benefit outweighs the risk." Good Dr said.

Not saying DR are bad or people shouldn't go to them. I am going to them. BUT they have their place.

So, why did I go on the internet last night.

I will tell you why.  I was going down healing street when I came across doubt lane. I promptly turned and tried to go down both.  Well, that just doesn't do well. Can't get far if you're going back and forth.

James 1:8

A double minded man (or crazy lady) is unstable in all his ways.

I whipped my car around and headed back down Healing Street. I trust in the Lord. He will always do good. 

Psalm 103:1-3

 Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.² Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:³ Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

See, I am blessing the Lord. 

And happily riding down the single minded road.

Keep your thought toward the Lord. Toward the Truth and stand.   

I have lots to do to shore up my faith and keep it on the straight and narrow.

One thing - keep studying His Word. Feed my spirit.

Do what I can to get my body healthy by eating right. No cokes, no sugar.

I am excited for what the Lord is doing. 

Praise the Lord. 

Forward on the straight and narrow!

The Latest

Well, my sweet, awesome husband and I went to talk to the surgeon yesterday. Had to confess that yes, I am a  medical delinquent. No excuses.

He said he thought he would have to take off my right breast. A mastectomy [I'm telling my boob to hang in there. God's healing you.] Anyway the surgery is not until April which is fine with me because I want to go to Florida to visit Jim's sister.  The Dr looked at me and said, "you are coming back?"

LOL  Told him my word was good and I'd be back.

In the meantime, I am reading the Word of God and being so filled with life that I'm not sure my friends can stand me : )  But I am on fire. God has awakened me. And I cling to Him. His Word has once again come alive. So much so that I have to stop and just shout Hallelujah when I  read it.

I am alive!

Amazing that the enemy comes to give me a warrant for my death, and God intervenes and I have never felt more alive.

The other day the Lord told me - "I have ordered your steps. Fear Not. Trust Me. Walk it out and I will walk with you. Rejoice. Fear not the path still in shadow. You will be pleasantly surprised. Rejoice and lead others to life."

God is so good. My life is hid in Christ. I died in Baptism and have risen with Christ. Read Romans and chew on His word.  So deep  So Alive.

SO I am doing good. Proclaiming His Word.

Also looking into nutritional ideas to help my body recover from my diet of cokes and hamburgers and sittin like a lump.  No more.  Good foods are going in and I am moving. I no longer live to eat but am eating to live. My stomach is no longer the ruler of me.  I am submitted to the Lord.

Look at our culture - the only thing we do is eat together.  WE are a country that lives to eat. No wonder we are fat. So for me - no more cokes - 2 weeks now. My body has had more veggies and fruit in the last two weeks than its seen in years.

God bless you all.

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3 John 1:2  Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health even as thy soul prospereth.

Hope and Faith

Hope is not a wish. Hope is as solid as cement. It is not based on a wish on a star or before you blow out birthday candles. NO - Hope is tangible. Rock solid trust from the spirit. Hope lives in your core. Gives strength to you from the inside out.

In Strong's concordance - hope is defined as the expectation of good. Expected good, not a wimpy 'hope so'  But a strong I expect it to be.

Faith in Strong's means the conviction of the truth of a matter. Belief.

Hope and Faith are backed by God's Word.

Hebrews 11:1

11 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

We have good reason to fear not.  FAITH and HOPE

Now there are things that undermine our faith and hope

Faith stealers  

1. Negative thinking - confessing doom, bad reports rather than the Word of God

2. Not Reading the Word of God but wallowing in the lust and dust of the world.

3. Surrounding yourself with those who do not believe.

4. Knowledge without wisdom - 

5. Believing the EELs - Enemy's Evil Lies

6. Failure to spend time with the Lord

7. Fear is the biggest faith stealer there is. A believer should only fear God.

Instead - build up your faith and hope 

1. Read the Word of God and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal things you need to know.

2. Surround yourself with those who can believe and pray the prayer of faith

3. Immerse yourself in the things of God. 

4. Take the Lord's communion and ask if there be anything you need to repent of or anyone you need to ask forgiveness of.

5. Stir up the faith God has given you. For faith is a gift.  Eph 2:8

6. Put on the whole armor of God

7. Resist the devil

8. Write down the promises of God - scriptures that speak to your heart

9. Meditate on those. Memorize them. Speak them aloud. Record them and listen to yourself state the truth.

10. Rejoice, Praise the Lord, rejoice

Go boldly rejoicing in the Lord. For in Him we live and will not be defeated.

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1 John 5:4

⁴ For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

Bread of Life

John 6:35

And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

A good day today. Woke up early and met one of my best friends and we headed over to pick up a load of veggies from the co-op. But was it ever freezing.  BRRRR! 30 degrees and the wind blowing.
I know, if you live in the north that's nothing, but to Texas girls, that's cold.

Made myself and hubby a good juice drink of veggies and some fruit. Yum sort of. But it's healthy, right?

Then later in the day, the attack came.  The enemy took advantage of me and gave me a chill. Then he sent his EELS  - the Enemy's Evil Lies - to torment me.

The hissing evil lies went like this - you're going to catch a cold. 
                                     if you can't fight thru a cold and a headache what is cancer going to do you?
                                     you are doomed 

Well, I am not sick and feel better. But what happened?  I've been on a Jesus high for over a week. Where did it go?

The answer came to me - I had not fed on the Word of God. I'd run off in the morning and never fed on the Bread of Life.

So lesson learned - don't leave home without partaking of the Bread of Life. I need the Word of God  I need to commune with my Lord to start my day.  This is not a fight I will win on my own. But by His Spirit.

Now, I am reading the book I bought - Bible healing study course by Kenneth E. Hagin.  I'm on ch 2

I have some  big decisions to make in the coming weeks. And I need God's wisdom for sure.
God is my life. My life is hid in Christ.  Apart from Him I can do no good thing.

I will not leave home without my armor on.  [Eph 6]

Hallelujah!!  God is good!

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Matthew 8:17

¹⁷ That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.

Jesus took our infirmities and sickness upon Himself. He already lifted them from our shoulders. We no longer need to be subject to the works of the devil. Jesus defeated him.

Love, No Fear, and Tears

Love is all around. See the heart in this flower? God loves me. THAT I know. And the Bible does tell me so. Notice the heart looks like two tears put together.  Just saw that. : )

I won't shed one tear in fear to the nasty blob that has invaded me. All that enemy is going to see is the  mighty Hand of God coming after it. Squeezing the life out of each rebellious wicked cell until it is dead!!!

I hate to cry, but the one thing that brings me to instant tears is the mighty and fearless love of God and my family and friends who love me. That is humbling. And I do desire to be humble before the Lord. Yikes better start carrying Kleenex with me.

Tears spring forth even as I am writing this. I am blessed. And again I say blessed richly in the love of my family and friends. Can't buy that, Priceless.

Went to Baylor Jones Katz Breast Health Center and met with a navigation nurse who explained about breast cancer and the options available. She was a believer and a blessing. Found out she had downloaded my book, Liberty Belle, on kindle.  How cool is that.

The invading blob is a mean one. A grade 3, estrogen receptors, Ki67 at 30%, a few other things they don't know until surgery.  NO FEAR!  Mean or not this blob is dead.  DOA.  The enemy's plans are dead.

My life is hid in Christ and no one, or thing, is going to take it early. In Jesus Name!

I meet with the surgeon March 5th.  So pray that he has wisdom from on high.

I am blessed, joyful, confident of victory, and ... blessed!

Love my friends.
Today I was riding on the wings of their prayers and I know it!
My arms outstretched, face turned to the living God, and filled with joy.

Know this - God is good.  Never forget that. No matter what you are going through - God is good, And He holds your hand in His as you walk through the journey set before you.

God does not put disease on you. He does allow it but does not initiate it.  We have a formidable enemy in Satan, but he was defeated by the Son of God, Jesus.  So Fear Not. God promises to work it for good.
 Romans 8:28 God promises to work all things out to good for those called according to His purpose.

We fight this enemy not by might, not by power, but by His Spirit.

Healing Scripture
***Acts 10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil...