What Hebrew word connotates with Holy?

"HOLY="lHa Ruach Ha Kedesha 

BE CAREFUL WHO YOU JUDGE!

Pressing on with life requires frank tenacity that is LEARNED NOT something you're born with. To press on through years of chronic illness and pain has been exhausting but telling. 

I was judged by some of my family because i wasn't living my life according to THEIR IDEAS, therefore, it was concluded that I'm not doing anything of value. Well, id say that God loves it when we press into Him, seeking Him with outstretched hand pleases the Lord. And He's the One I wont let go of, ever. And pleasing Him alone will be what I'm judged for( for rewards). And I happen to believe by faith that He's smiling down at me 

DON'T JUDGE A SITUATION UNLESS YOU HAVE WALKED IN THAT PERSONS SHOES!!!!

( pardon the a word) but its so fitting!

THAT THIS WOULD BE OUR HOUR

OH Lord, hear my plea, please oh Lord, come and rescue me! For You Oh Lord are a shield around me...You are glory; the One who holds my head above water, for I am Your daughter!                           

I cry to You from the holy mountain and You will be to me as a living fountain, living water !                                   

Father, show me Your heart; never let us be apart, fill my soul with words that give me life! Im ready to come to you as your bride.                                          

I lay down to sleep and You stand watching over me...Alas, Lord, rescue so that all can see! Your great and marvelous power

That this would be our hour..,,

AT EASE

"Lord, please surround us with Yourself. Help us feel your presence, like a warm ocean breeze...

I sit in peace by the edge of the sea. 

In my dream....

Waves break against the rocks with thunderous praise, 

Oh Lord let us praise Your mighty name,

Sea spray that sprinkles my face....

Oh my Lord, I praise you for this grace~

And this amazing place....

Im so at peace, my soul at ease.

M. Secord

6/15/2019

Fighting for the Kingdom

Jesus did not exaggerate when He used the term, “violence” to describe the progress of the Kingdom in this world. The citizens of the Kingdom are engaged in a turf war of cosmic proportions. So if we want to seek the Kingdom, we’d better get ready to rumble.

Jesus said that it is necessary for us to “force” our way into the Kingdom of God (Lk. 16:16). And the reason for this is that resistance to Kingdom progress is so constant and, yes, so violent

BEAUTY FROM ASHES

He will bring me beauty for ashes, and strength to my bones. Laughter and joy to call my very own; He is my lover and my laughter, keeper of my soul , I bow to Him in wonder and give Him all control. His eyes fix on to mine and I cannot look away, I want to stay forever under His eternal gaze and I am lost for words to say; except I love You Lord with all of my soul, You are my strong defense and lifter of my head, my strong tower I can run to for refuge and help in time of need, you are the chosen Seed.

~Michelle Secord

7/13/2014

Pastor Greg Laurie on worry & anxiety

https://youtu.be/ZsCHrTH3Gng.   

Worth the listen! 

https://youtu.be/rMhbVPOXD6Y

Check out the two preachersnon Youtube!

DUST AND ASH

Lord, i feel forsaken and abandoned to my core...,,

Please help because I've reached my limit and I can't take much more. 

Im searching and searching for you, to see or hear your voice like living waters , 

Lord, im parched and my soul so parched

This feels like a death march and ive so little strength. 

I have no emotional energy when I awake , please stop his yelling, stop his finger pointed in my face. 

There is no forgiveness, there is no grace, oh Lord, if i could but see your holy face. 

He wont even look at me

And my son ignores my pleas , it drops me to my knees

Please help me Lord, for youre the one and only way who can set me free. 

I pray for your mercy, I pray for your grace, but theres nothing

That i can see through my poor faith, and Lord,plesse be present

Help me not to break,

It just ALWAYS ACHES LORD!'

Im your little lamb O God

There is no mercy,! isthere, snd there is no grace.....! 

Dust and Ash, dust and ash.' 

Michelle secord

5/17/2019

Dust and Ash

Gifts that turn out for good

Michelle Secord Have you ever received a gift you did not like...only to see the gift's true value later on?

When I was in 7th grade, my mom gave me a particular Christmas present. It was a present that I felt, at the time, I had no need for…I did NOT like it!

In my immaturity and ungratefulness, I did not like the bible journal she had bought me that year.

Never mind that my mother had bought me other gifts, I just focused on the one gift I didn’t want.

Isn’t that how we ALL are with God at times?

He allows us marvelous gifts EACH & EVERY DAY…gifts we didn’t earn or deserve: His unconditional love & forgiveness, family, friends, health, jobs, homes, appliances to make our lives easier, churches, food, nature, laughter, music, cars, vacations, FUN, electronics, phones, everything good…yet we become angry, resentful, and distant when He gives us (or allows) something we didn’t want or ask for.

The “gifts” I received from God that I didn’t ask for were grief and being sick. Yes, they are gifts…and some of the most treasured gifts I have ever received.

I certainly didn’t think so at the time of receiving them…just like that bible journal from my mom…but NOTHING has shaped and formed me spiritually, emotionally, mentally, and physically as much as these very unwanted gifts.

The process of healing from grief and gaining my health back has been more meaningful because I know what it feels like to be brokenhearted and to totally not have my health. I haven’t yet arrived, but the journey I have walked with God is meaningful.

Today, think about a “gift in disguise” you didn’t want…something you resent God for. Ask Him to show you the gifts He has for you through your personal life storm.

Sometimes, the gifts you don’t want will often have great value…later on.

Sometimes, you will not know the worth and value of a gift until you get to heaven…but sometimes, they may end up being exactly what you need at a future date in life.

The bible journal my mom gave me back in the 7th grade became the journal I used after I got saved when I was 18. I also used that very special journal to read to my son (the part that had Bible pictures in it)…and he gave his life to the Lord because of that journal when he was 5. I also used that originally unwanted journal to write in after my sister died when I couldn’t form words to speak…and that special journal was the basis for my grief book that was published.

Never discount any gift God can offer you…even the ones you don’t want.

All gifts from God have great value.

LOVE, Grace, and Forgiveness

Love and blessings to you ! 

http://bible.com/111/1jn.4.15..

A new year is almost here, let it be filled with more of God in our hearts and lives and more grace and Good cheer. May we remember those friends that stay with us through the Good and the bad without judging for they are truly hard to find . Let the Lord always bring them to our minds. May we always treat them with love snd care lest someday we turn to see that they are no longer there! Love snd grace and always forgiveness! 

JUDGMENT

I was blind Bartimaeus but you would not come 

I was the woman thrown down at Jesus feet; your hand held a stone 

I spoke the truth but you called me a liar  

I begged for your mercy

But you called for fire 

Michelle Secord

11/5/2018

The amazing Orca

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsqa31WjQ9g/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=8gxbg1jrrklw

LONLINESS

“LONLINESS”

By Michelle Secord

8/11/2018

She makes her home in lonliness, 

And her hearts a mess....

Used and tossed away like an old toy 

She’s been depleted of all her joy...

The pain is raging back, under attack;

Pain like liquid fire burning hot throughout my body 

No strength to fight 

Inside... who she was is wearing out 

Nobody wants to know her deepest fears, feelings or longings, 

Because it adds on to “their own stress and dealings with strife”

She is number one in noones life

She is not even a beloved wife!

Always on the edge of strife and fights

No understanding, no effort, she is invisible. 

She wants to spread her wings and fly to the west to the Pacific Ocean

And the place she loves best! To the ocean where she is so at peace. Such a release. Please Lord, one more time please?

TRUST

"Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord, is the Rock eternal. Isaiah 26:4

"Those who know Your name will trust in You, for You, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek You. - Psalm 9:10

"Show me Your ways, O Lord, teach me Your paths; guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are God my Savior, and my hope is in You all day long." 

- Psalm 25:4-5

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; acknowledge Him in all your ways, and He will direct your paths."- Proverbs 3:5-6

HIS GREAT WORD

Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens;

Who created all of these? 

He who brings out the starry host one by one; and then calls them each by name?

How then can we, if we truly love Him, ever stay the same? 

Our name is engraved on the palm of His hand!

Yet, He's so deep and hard to understand....

This God of both power and love; sent His only Son from heaven above; to live our lives and feel our pain...

To be tempted as we are yet never sin;

To suffer horribly; die and rise again in 3 days;

Paying our debt so we could live for eternity in heaven with Him;

Yet most doubt all He did and what He said

He came so that we might have relationship NOT RELIGION!!

That is dead; there's no life there but still religion is where most people go...

The neither understand Christs great love or His free gift of true salvation;

By faith alone and grace alone!!

There's nothing that man can do to be "good enough" for heaven; He is the bread of life;we are just sinful leaven;

In a true relationship, we know Him and He knows us!He Loves us and we'll never be alone;

To look up in wonder and great love 

To see,"By faith alone" our heavenly home prepared for us by Christ Himself; to save us from a very real hell, we can know we'll forever be settled in His love and Light; every dream is there and our hearts delight! 

Do you not know? 

Have you not heard? 

We can only be changed by His love and by His great word....

Bread UponThe Waters

"Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days"~Ecc11:1

Do not be afraid to follow Me, nor draw back in doubt. I will provide all that you lack, and I will pave the way for you with My bounty.

You are not treading alone.?There are many on the same road. It is the road of faith and trust, and you will have sweet fellowship, for there are others who will join you in this walk.

You will rejoice with exceeding joy, and your joy will be shared by angels. They walk beside you and guard your way.

Never limit Me. I will take you through, though cliffs should rise before you. There will always be a provision, and in My mercy, I will see that you find it. 

Christ The Risen Reigning King

CHRIST; The Risen, Reigning King

Angels sing creations story

From the place of glory far above

Heaven is a place of continuous peace 

And unfettered love...

From the least to the greatest, God calls to man from up above; 

An angel will take flight on the wings of a dove;

And give salvations story of grace and love~

This broken world is in Gods more than capable hands and the outcome is His to command~

And we shall sing! 

He is come! He is come! Jesus Christ our holy One

Who sits in majesty on His throne of grace...

O Lord, we long to see Your radiant face! 

He is set to pour out His wrath upon the unbelieving and unrepentant; just as it is written

Whatever it may be, be sure the world will see...

The age of grace is coming to an end; but people still refuse to listen or be trees that bend~

Now people reject openly the Gospel story as saints await their rewards; before the altar bowing~

Reunited with our Lord who came as a thief in the night; let it be alright now as we face the end;

God will one day walk with men; the relationship without spot or tear; only the saved will walk with Him there; we will finally see our Lord cloaked in glory: all along its been Christ's story! 

So come and worship, come and worship;

Worship Christ our reigning King! To Him we will sing!  

So come and worship, come and worship;

Through all of heaven praises ring

For Christ, The Risen, Reigning King

Isaiah  59:19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.

A Prayer

"Oh LORD, hear me as I pray;

Pay attention to my groaning.

Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God,

For I pray to no one but you.

Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD."

-Psalm5:1-3