On my way to work one morning, I stopped in to get my morning cup of coffee. While I waited, I noticed a little girl, about the age of 4. She was all dressed up in a yellow party dress with pink patent leather shoes, and white tights. She had her hair all done up with curls and she was wearing lots of play jewelry. As I looked at her, the Lord began to speak to me about this little girl…
He spoke to me that when this child woke up that morning, she felt like a princess, and even believed she was one.
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This evening my girls were entertaining themselves with an App on my iPhone called, “What Does My Name Mean?” They were having a great time finding the meaning of their names, their siblings and friends. This got me thinking about my own name. By birth, I am “Barbara”, which means “Stranger”. When I was younger this use to always bother me. I didn’t like being referred to as a stranger. But as I’ve gotten older and have come to know Christ, I have fully embraced this birth name. I AM a stranger in a foreign land. I am simply passing through.
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I remember a simple time a while back when God opened my eyes to the beauty of His creation through the eyes of my then 5 year old son.
I was driving my youngest two children to day care one day. I listened as they were having a conversation about God and what they thought He looked like. My then 8 year old daughter was telling my son that God had brown hair and blue eyes, and a beard, similar to the pictures we’ve all seen that depict Jesus. I glanced in the rear view mirror and waited for my son’s reaction.
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Over the last couple of days, the Lord has been speaking to me about my freedom to fly with the purpose and destiny He has for my life. He has been teaching me that my life is much like that of a caterpillar. Before I met Christ, my life was good, but it lacked meaning. I would often move at a slow pace, not really sure what was around the corner. I was never content and I had no understanding of my true identity as a beloved creation of the most High God.
Since I have come to know the Lord, there have been many times where He has placed me in the cleft of the rock, the “cocoon”, away from the cares of this world, just me and Him.
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