I awoke to these words ringing in my spirit this morning and throughout the night. As I went throughout the day I kept reminding myself to blog although it has been ages since I last wrote an entry. I washed windows and had an episode of Elijah Fire running in the background. I highly recommend this ministry to all who are drawn to the prophetic. A prophet named Andrew Whalen was being interviewed and he mentioned a dream he had about seeing a book title: The spoils of war. Holy Spirit told him that this was the grace on his life…to teach and equip the Body of Christ to appropriate what was won for us on the Cross by Jesus….I then had an aha moment about my dream. Could it be that Holy Spirit was telling me that I had the grace to share with people the honour of people being made in the image and the likeness of our Creator, God?

In Genesis 1:27 in the Amplified Bible it states this: So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them.

If we ponder the characteristics of our loving Heavenly Father, what does it mean to be made in his image and likeness? I keep thinking of a famous quote: With great power comes great responsibility. How does this apply to the image bearers of God? What power and responsibilities are ours? I invite you to sit with this Biblical truth and its implications. Since this is so fresh in my spirit I will have to do it as well…With the guidance of God’s Holy Spirit, whom the Bible also calls the Spirit of Truth and our ever-present Helper, I need time to appropriate this precious promise whom Peter says in ” Peter 1:4 allows us to partake in Christ’s divine nature.

We are divine image bearers of the God of Heaven and Earth. Let that sink deep into your spirit and ask the Lord how to steward this amazing responsibility.

Till next time,

Chantal 🙂

I just dropped my daughter off at her weekly sports lesson and though we will be reunited shortly we were blowing kisses and waving at each other as if the time apart would be longer…

How grateful I am to be a mother to the precious children God gave me. Especially since I thought that we would only have one son because in 2011 we received a diagnosis that I had no more egg cells to allow for natural pregnancy. I am pleased to say that God’s report trumped man’s report. We have three wonderful children. Thank you Abba Father. In Isaiah 53:1 a question is asked in this prophetic narrative about Jesus, the coming Messiah and what He would accomplish through His life and death of obedience. Who hath believed our report?and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?

If you read the 53rd chapter of Isaiah it is a declaration of the freedom Jesus buys for those who choose Him. This freedom was purchased with the precious blood and body of Jesus. Scripture describes it best: Surely He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows;yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed( Isaiah 53:4-5).

Could you ever imagine this awesome, magnanimous rescue plan instigated and carried out by God to ransom us not only from our sins but also from sickness, pain, fear and every other kind of torment that are hallmarks from God’s enemy….Who can fathom this kind of generosity? This lavish love?

Isaiah 53:10 goes onto state: Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him;He hath put Him to grief: When thou shalt make His soul an offering for sin….

I believe God’s reports over the world’s reports and I have seen the beautiful fruit thereof. We all get to decide for ourselves if we believe God’s report. The Bible is filled with promises available to those who choose Jesus as the bridge back to God. Hebrews 11:16 says: And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him. Do you believe?

Praise God that He sent His son Jesus…I will never be able to express the gratitude God, Jesus and Holy Spirit are due with words. It’s just not possible. So by the power of His Holy Spirit I purpose to live a life worthy of this precious gift of redemption. Not in perfection but in the righteousness conferred to me by saying yes to Jesus.

Thank you for your gracious generosity Most Holy Heavenly Father sending your Son, Jesus as the Saviour of the world!

Thank you Almighty Jesus for obedience unto death on a cross to buy us back from the enemy of our souls!

Thank you Holy Spirit for teaching us how to live this life of faith in Jesus!

In utter gratitude I bless your precious Name! Holy! Holy! Holy! is Our Lord God Almighty!

Till soon friends

Chantal XXX

Psalm 90:4 says: For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night. When you spend time in scripture and learning about the Lord you make awesome discoveries about the majesty of God. One of those discoveries is that God is not a man as we are limited to time and space. God is eternal and He exists outside of time and space….Wow, who can truly understand this concept. Eternity? What does that mean? I encourage you to draw close to the One who knows it all…you’ll be amazed at what you discover 🙂

Our family has a little end of year tradition. We collect ticket stubs, brochures, armbands etc. that we get when we attend events or go travelling throughout the year and gather it up in a little box. On New Year’s eve if we are up to it, 🙂 we unpack the box and reflect on some of the year’s past adventures. We were so blessed to have had wonderful adventures from travelling to South Africa, London, Legoland and others…in 2022. Earlier on New Years Eve we had a little church service as a family thanking God for sustaining us in the past and trusting Him with the future.

So looking back and looking forward, grateful and hopeful reflection and future ponderings can only be done looking through the lens of my faith. I look back and am grateful that we could travel in the greatness of His strength(Isaiah 63). Health challenges could be navigated with the confidence that by His stripes I was healed(Isaiah 53)… which I am currently reminding myself of as well, Praise God!

My son was applying for apprenticeships and we trusted God for that as well and we are pleased to say that we have signed the contract for an upcoming 4 year apprenticeship. Thank you Father! Here Proverbs 3:5-6 proves true yet again. Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will direct your paths.

I cannot believe that my son will soon be sixteen. Trusting the Lord with my precious son has been a significant journey. When I reflect on how God has redeemed our story it is once more a testimony of His loving-kindness. From the first day of kindergarten we embarked on a heart-wrenching journey where we were required to hear of everything our son was lacking socially, scholarly, medically….We had countless meetings with so-called professionals, teachers, other parents, school boards…just writing about it takes my breath away.

One day in May 2016 I had enough. I was tired of feeling hopeless and defeated. I sat with the Lord and we came up with a strategy. I took photos of my son’s school, classroom, sports hall and other places that he frequented. I printed out those photos and wrote prayers underneath the photos. I hung it up on a wall which is our designated prayer wall and prayed intentionally over my son, my other children, teachers, students and other matters concerning my children. Glory to God that I have seen those prayers answered in the most remarkable of ways. Our soon to be sixteen year old son is healthy, kind, respectful, successful but most importantly he loves the Lord. We have trusted God in the midst of these challenges and God has directed our paths for which we are filled with reverence and gratitude. The journey required prayer, speaking forward in our son’s life, looking beyond the challenges of the season, believing God’s Word over what well-meaning professionals said….It was not a walk in the park...But thanks be to God, who always causes us to triumph in Christ (2 Corinthians 2:14)

So dear ones, as we reflect and look forward I want to invite Jesus, Father God and Holy Spirit into the tiniest detail of ALL of it…My family, my health, my future, my finances, my thoughts, my words and my actions, my peace Acts 17.28 says: In Him we live and move and have our being….I choose to do so because He can be trusted and I need Him!

Life isn’t free from challenges. This journey isn’t for the faint of heart. There is a battle raging in the spirit realm between two Kingdoms of good and evil. However those who surrender to Jesus are on the winning side. He teaches us how to engage in the battles of the day, of the season because on the cross at Calvary Jesus conquered the forces of darkness. Colossians 2:15 says: Then Jesus made a public spectacle of all the powers and principalities of darkness, stripping away from them every weapon and all their spiritual authority and power to accuse us. And by the power of the cross, Jesus led them around as prisoners in a procession of triumph. He was not their prisoner;they were His!

Remember Jesus won the war on our behalves. Let’s start this new year not in our strength but in His. Knowing we already have victory changes the way we navigate our journey through time. I am grateful to be on the winning side. I am a walking talking testimony from the ghettos of South Africa, orphaned and homeless, growing up under an apartheid regime undergoing every kind of abuse….to a redeemed life….blessed with a home in Switzerland with a family of my own and making a positive difference in the lives of those I interact with. God is faithful! However, He will not violate our free will. He can only fight on our behalves if we invite Him to do so. Make Jesus Lord of your life and ask Him for wisdom on the journey. It will be the best first step in your journey ahead.

Happy New Year dear ones,

Chantal

Seasons are changing and where I live Autumn glory covers the countryside…and as I am writing it dawns on me that this seasonal change concerns more than just the weather. Last week my children attended a four-day kids gathering learning about Daniel and the lion. It required me to drive a particular route twice a day…and what stood out to me was the landscape with pronounced colours of red, orange, yellow in an exquisite range that delighted my senses. When the sun shone through the leaves, I just uttered the word: golden! because it felt like I was enveloped in a mist of gold. Over the course of those four days my son and daughter awaited my exclamation of golden!…and if I took too long to say it, they would say it and there would be a laughter eruption. I love these!!!!!

There are several times gold is mentioned in Scripture. When I ponder it at this particular time, a sweet story that someone said to encourage me comes to mind. At 18 years of age my mother died…Stability was not the season of the day. How would I survive? No home, no money, no parents….and I asked why?

He asked me what the difference was between 9 carat and 22 carat gold? I didn’t respond but I listened. He said that in order to have gold in its purest form, a lot of pressure has to be applied to the metal to make it pure. I might not have completely understood the value of the story back then, but I have thought of the story often. Pressure was being applied to me through circumstances and I was in process…being purified.

Firstly, I am so very grateful that seasons in life do change. By God’s grace alone I am in a different season. His song over my life was/is one of redemption. Hence the title of the blog. However, this purification process is …in process… until I see Jesus face to face :-). I read in Isaiah 60:17 that change will come to the people of God. A hard season in life will change into a more prosperous season.

Instead of bronze I will bring gold,

And instead of iron I will bring silver,

And instead of wood, bronze,

And instead of stones, iron,

And I will make peace your administrators

And righteousness your overseers…

Do you know that God is the author of redemption? By inviting Him into your circumstances you grab hold of hope. Hebrews 6:19 says: This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God’s inner sanctuary.

In chapter 4 of Hebrews we are encouraged to do the following: Let us come therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we my obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

What challenges are you facing? Where do you need to hold onto hope? Do you need to invite God into your story? Please do! He never disappoints. Thank you for your faithfulness, mercy and loving-kindness to us dear Heavenly Daddy. I love you.

Hold onto hope! Hope is a person, the person of Jesus Christ makes hope for redemption possible 🙂 and He changes all seasons in time 🙂

Till next time

Chantal

My son introduced me to a song by Chris Tomlin that I have listened to countless times called: Who you are to me. It can be found online and it poses the question as well as answers the question simultaneously of how we as listeners and those singing answer this question. Who is God to us?

I didn’t work outside of home today so I chose to spend time with God, reading His Truth and pondering life in general. It never ceases to amaze me that He graciously meets us where we are. I had questions about giving and generosity when this morning I turned a page in a book I am reading by Joanne Moody called: Everyday Supernatural. I turned the page and there I read the quote by Sir Winston Churchill; What we get is making a living, what we give is making a life….yes Lord, you know how to answer our questions.

I love the Hebrew names of God. In Hebrew a specific name is given to reverence the different aspects of God’s character. Jehovah Jireh (my Provider), Jehovah Rapha (my Healer), Jehovah Shalom (my Peace)….and sooooooo many more. Tears are welling up in my eyes as I write these names because all of us making this journey under the sun knows that we need help beyond ourselves.

Psalms 54:4 says: Surely God is my help; the Lord is the One who sustains me. One line in the aforementioned song says… God is the air that we breathe. I echo that truth. He is my Daddy without whom I would not be sitting here typing these words.

I will conclude with biblical encouragement that I rely on… Isaiah 40:28-31 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and His understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary and young men stumble and fall;but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Hallelujah, what awesome imagery. I claim that promise for myself and my family. Are you walking with the Lord? Are you able to claim this promise for yourself and your loved ones? Children of God have the unique privilege of living under the blessing of God’s promises. If you said yes to Jesus, believing that Jesus died for you, forgiving your sins and rose again on the third day to be seated in Heaven with God…those promises are yours to claim and enforce. It’s a story of redemption and power. You might not understand it all to begin with but I promise that saying yes to the adventure of living a life surrendered to Jesus will not diminish you in any way, instead it will equip you to live a life of wonder. It is not a life free from storms, because saying yes to Jesus means we inherit an adversary…. but Jesus already won the war and Holy Spirit teaches us how to enforce that victory daily. Are you tired? Are you weary? Are you hopeless? You need not be. Call on the holy name of Jesus! There is no better hope!

I call out the Holy, Matchless name of Jesus over you!

In gratitude to my King 🙂

Chantal

As I sit and prepare to write once more I re-read some previous posts. I realise that I have joined the throng of voices being vied for. Personally I would much rather be silent in my walk of faith….yet I sit, I write in obedience. Jesus in me, cannot be silent, despite the many voices opposing my faith.

Do you believe there is a God? I do! I recently listened to Dr. Ben Carson share his testimony. He is a devout man of God who has had the movie: Gifted hands made about him. He is also actively pushing back against the spiritual darkness in our world. He shared that while at university, the night before his Chemistry exam, which he was failing… he prayed. He fell asleep and had a dream. In this dream a figure appeared to him and this figure was solving chemistry problems on a black board in a huge auditorium. He awoke from the dream and went to all those problems the figure solved in the dream in his Chemistry textbook and studied them. The next morning all those problems that he dreamed about were in the test. He aced the test. Dr Ben Carson thanked God for helping him and told God that he would be more diligent in staying on top of his studies in the future.

Do you believe there is a God? I do! I believe! A God who wants a personal relationship with us and who cares about every single detail of our lives…even tests… 🙂 Thank you Father :-)…however here is a disclaimer…I am not saying God will do this in every test, trust Him for His supernatural assistance but it is our duty to be prepared for tests :-)… but as we see, with God all things are possible! Amen!

We see the outworking of the choice to turn away from God prevalent in society. If the world is making less and less sense to you, turn back to God. In Jeremiah 9:13 we read about Jeremiah, a prophet of God, whom God chooses to deliver a warning to the people, and not just any people. The Israelites…God’s chosen people who have veered off the path of obedience to God. It is recorded as such: Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice, nor walked according to it, but have walked according to the dictates of their own hearts and after Baals(idols), which their fathers taught them, therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed them, this people with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

Are you able to imagine the consequences of turning away from God and sadly to the point where we are teaching disobedience to our children?…even the consequences of self-reliance?

God in his holiness requires holiness from us. When we accept Jesus as our Lord, holiness is supernaturally conferred to us…but as a Christ-follower, simultaneously we are growing in holiness to the point that it affects our thoughts, words and actions. This is a life-long process and we are not left on our own. We receive God’s HOLY SPIRIT who will readily guide us in this journey. God gives us parameters within which to live that brings blessings to our lives. We see how people want to be free to do as they please without the thought of consequence. Can we imagine the chaos and confusion on the roads if everyone drove as they pleased without submitting to traffic rules? It would be chaos, unsafe and even deadly. Boundaries are blessings for our protection. I choose to submit to God and His ways because it is wise…because it is safe and because it is the best pathway to life. In a world where unsteadiness prevails, we need divine guidance to persevere and prevail.

Thus says the LORD:

Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Let not the mighty man glory in his might, Nor let let the rich man glory in his riches; But let him who glories glory in this, That he knows Me…Jeremiah 9:23

Do you know God, I don’t just mean knowing of God. There is a significant difference between the two. Really knowing God involves relationship, spending time with Him, talking with Him,listening to Him, walking with Him, trusting Him and submitting to Him because you realise He has your best interests at heart. It’s a beautiful life! Thank you Father God for your son Jesus who is our bridge to You! Thank you Jesus for giving us full provision on the Cross. Thank you Holy Spirit for transforming us into the image of Jesus.

Till next time friends!

God bless you and keep you steady 🙂

I am still in PJ’s, sitting at the PC munching on a piece of Zopf with ovomaltine spread which are awesome Swiss creations along with the world renowned pocket knife….amid tears streaming down my face. The reason for the tears are not straight forward. I was in the middle of changing my daughter’s bedding when Holy Spirit invited me to write. He knew that the tears would be allayed as my typing fingers wrestled with complexities within.

As I was engaged with the tasks at hand my mind went off in different directions. It went to severed or changed relationships. It went to home church last night in honour of Ascension. It went to conversations had, Bible passages remembered and teachings listened to. It went to areas of the Bible that is not yet that clear to me. In recent times the severing or changing of relationships has been due to my walk with Jesus.

Now I can giggle about my naivete…though sadly….I thought that everyone who calls themselves Christians are actually hungry to grow in the things of God…only to find a host of reasons why this is not always the case.

I listened to a Pastor one day mentioning how various denominations are not really denominations but actually different revelations of the heart of God. I am paraphrasing but this resonates with me, bearing witness with my spirit. He mentioned the Catholics understanding the passion of the Cross, the Wesley movement understanding holiness, the Pentecostals understanding the importance of speaking in tongues, the Word of faith movement understanding the power of speaking God’s Word in faith and more recently, divine healing and deliverance being revealed to the church. This list is not exhaustive but it certainly gets me thinking….

Before Jesus ascended into Heaven he prayed for His followers here on earth. He prayed that we would be ONE. Of all the things that Jesus could have prayed, He knew that unity was key to the power of the Church. (John 17)

In Ephesians 4 Paul beautifully sums this up: As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle, be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. But to each of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. This is why it says: When He ascended on high, He took many captives and gave gifts to His people.

What does He ascended mean except that He also descended to the lower, earthly regions? He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe. So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and the teachers, to equip His people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ… Hallelujah!!!!!!!

AAAAHHHH!!!! Ascension…now I see where you are leading me Holy Spirit. Could it be that we need to learn from each other? That we need to unite so that we can grasp the wonder of the gifts Jesus gave us when He ascended? Could it be that when Paul tells us to be humble, that part of that is to stop the in-fighting in the Church and invite God’s Spirit to lead us in maturing so that we can attain the whole measure of the fullness of Christ which includes the above revelations and others?

Division is a hallmark of the enemy. In Mark 3:25 Jesus states that if a house be divided against itself, that it cannot stand. Let us be wise to the schemes of the enemy, so that he does not outwit us. (2 Corinthians 2:11)

Lord I thank you that you have given us all we need for the gates of hell not to prevail against the Church. Show us how to unite in humility and be the Church you have called us to be….and all God’s people say: AMEN!

Till next time 🙂

This week we encountered a new word in English class. The spiritual implications do not escape me. Echolocation is an intuition, a sixth sense if you will that nocturnal animals have to help them find their way to food and home in the dark.

Ephesians 2:2 states this…And you were dead in the tresspasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience.

WOAH! There is so much to unpack form this verse, and I asked God’s sacred Holy spirit to enlighten us as I type because I don’t often know all He will reveal as I write a message He puts on my heart.

First, do you know that we are in a battle and you have an enemy that wants to destroy everything good in your life, your family, your future, your identity…the world for that matter? The verse describes him as the prince of the power of the air.

Second, do you know that there are means in which you communicate that is not visible and audible and it can be picked up in the air? Just think about the technology in the world today? Wi-fi? Please do not ask me to explain it but I see the effects in my household when that wi-fi light is green or red 🙂

Third, do you know that sin causes death? Both spiritual and physical?

Fourth, do you know there is a way to no longer walk in the death of tresspasses and sin so pervasive in this world? That is THE GOOD NEWS! You see our lives communicate messages in airwaves or in frequency pretty similar to echolocation. To change the frequency of your life to airwaves of victory you have to receive Jesus Christ as your personal saviour. That is the start of your path to victory and you would need discipleship to stay on that path by people who hold us accountable to the Truth and help us in the battle, always pointing us to Jesus. Remember it is a battle, now you will need to learn the rules of engagement. Find a healthy church and ask God’s spirit for guidance.

Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved-you and your household. (Acts 16:31)

Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved. (Acts 4:12)

Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. (Psalm 144:1)

If you are a human being you will try to make sense of the world around you. How did I get here? How does the world work? Why? What? How? There are so many questions and all the answers can be found in the pages of the longest love letter ever written, the Bible. It is the living, breathing, utmost authority-The Word of God. It can stand up to our intellect, our questions, our doubt….but it is a supernatural book, If you approach it with an open heart in search of the truth, God’s spirit will open up the scriptures to you. Jeremiah 29:13 says: If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.

Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do. (Joshua 1:8)

Are you seeking Truth today? Look no further. God always delivers on His promises. For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to Him. 2 Chronicles 30:9b

Till next time 🙂

Chantal

It is Easter Monday and I have a dialogue running in my head about the rules of engagement of faith as I fight for health in my spirit, soul and body. Just now as the noise of children squabbling and screaming at each other drives me to threaten one child I will not drive him somewhere if he persists, I am overcome by weariness and tears stream….It seems to be a battle between my spirit and body to write this blog and the message I think of writing about differs from the one I write in real time. Holding my head in my hands I whisper a thank you to God for his patience. I spent quite a lot of time seeking the Lord, children were taken to the circus by their Grandma, lovely meals were shared at home and elsewhere, projects around the house got completed….but the battle for it was real. For dramatic effect the sibling squabbles continue and I plug my ears with my fingers, pray in the spirit loudly, bind unclean spirits and call on Abba to help me with sobs of my own. This message was intended to encourage others but it is turning out to be a plea of my own to myself to remember what we just celebrated. We celebrated Good Friday where a supernatural transaction occurred on the cross of Calvary. Isaiah 53 comes to mind. This verse needs to be read with Holy Spirit’s enlightenment because there is just so much to unpack. The overriding message though is that Jesus Christ took upon Himself my sins, my iniquities, my curse, my sickness and disease and offers me freedom from it. Will I believe the Lord’s report? AND we celebrated Easter! The resurrection of Christ Jesus who conquered sin and death for us. Hallelujah! He is RISEN, upon which rests my faith. This supernatural wonder also needs to be unpacked with the leading of Holy Spirit. I am thinking of a Bible verse in the Psalms…I page to where I am thinking of and finding something more appropriate in Psalm 86:6 A prayer of David-Give ear, O Lord,to my prayer; And attend to the voice of my supplications. In the day of my trouble I will call upon You, For you will answer me. So what now, I remind myself that His grace is sufficient for me, for His power is made perfect in weakness. 2 Corinthians 12:9 🙂 I say Thank you Father aloud for a good husband who has put children to bed and I wait for the evidence of my faith to manifest once more that if God is for me, who can be against me/ I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me/ By His stripes I am healed/Because I, Chantal, have made the Lord who is my refuge, Even the Most High my dwelling place, No evil shall befall me….His Word is Mighty! I wield it knowing it is powerful! Knowing it is my victory! I might see ashes, but He sees beauty.

Till next time! Be strong in the Lord and the strength of His might 🙂 Off to take Holy Communion now….

It’s been a while since I wrote the last time. A lot has happened since then…I am now married for 20 years to my wonderful husband. My oldest son turned 15 and our family travelled to Cape Town, South Africa for 2.5 wonderful weeks. The extra half week was due to a positive covid test that my hubby and I received…but we were asymptomatic and could enjoy Cape Town a bit longer.

I read somewhere that tears are liquid prayers. I chose this title because I was so undone by God’s character during my alone time with Him that I could not contain the tears of utter gratitude. (Psalm 56:8 NLT states: You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book.)

Were you aware of this? God collects our tears and there are books about us? Can you imagine the love of a perfect father? My tears flow in the confidence of knowing that my heavenly Father is always good! All the time! (Psalm 145:9 states: The Lord is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all His works.)

As we live in this world with the backdrop of covid, war, pervasive injustice on multiple fronts can you stop the tears? I can’t…all that is within me is crying out for justice. I pray His Kingdom come, His Will be done on earth as it is in heaven. I trust in His goodness and I search for it intentionally to push back the darkness that can seem so overwhelming.

How did you experience God’s goodness today? Today I awoke to bustling kitchen sounds because my husband enjoys cooking. Thank you Jesus because I most certainly do not enjoy cooking :-). Signs and sounds of life drew me out of bed as I heard my two youngest children up and about. Forgiveness was given and received as one particular child requested to listen to audio books yet went online instead. It was a sunny day and I ventured outside to potter about and do some spring cleaning to the soundtrack of children playing in the backyard. My 15 year old and his father tended to some issues about his upcoming practical and they proceeded to cook dinner together. My husband helped me create order in different parts of the outer buildings of our farmhouse. We lost a chicken today. Her name was Rose. My youngest cried and I could comfort her knowing that Rose is in heaven….Life is not perfect, but it is good and I am so very grateful. My day was filled with God’s tender mercies all over His work in countless ways. Are you on the lookout for God’s goodness? Look around, taste and see that the Lord is good!

What does God’s goodness look like in your life this day?

Till next time 🙂