This is My Frame of Mind ~ What's Yours?

This is the frame of my mind which pictures all things past, present and future.  This is one of the conversations I have each morning with my Dad.  Who are you talking to each morning?  We say it is to ourselves.  But who else is there?  Is it a sister, brother, parent, boss, friend, spouse?  It is someone...or a presence.....think about it as you read more:

Good Morning Dad ~

I know and believe that you alone have all power provision and plans which accomplish pure good.

I know that you are the ONLY God who saves our hell bound souls.

There is no doubt that without you we fall.  Mere men who come from your earth; given life by your very breath.  We're your plan conceived by two; protected, carried and given birth.

We walk upon our own two feet.  We choose the life that we lead.  You tell us to respect free will and to discern as we understand: to walk upright, above reproach, to have compassion upon other men. To be angry and yet not sin, for there is a much higher thing.

You tell us your thoughts are not as our own; to be careful what we believe; to allow liberty to set captives free. You promise us many good things; yet we're told that our days do have pain.  We grow and mature as we live, when we follow the your wise ancient ways.  You lead us through valleys, plains and heights.  You show us your great wonders above.  You create mysteries till we comprehend, as a student we relate, learn and apply.

Then one day you say we may go.  We may walk by the faith we now own.  Our experience while under your wing, made us much stronger than we know; through you we can do mighty things.  On our own we will be great but fall.  We will be lead to doubt but not fear; because you called us steadfast in faith. 

We are righteous because in Christ we're saved.  We are holy because you are pure.  We are selected, given rights of your name ~ may we honor you in all that we say.  May we show you in all that we do. May we think on the things holy, lovely and pure.

 May we announce that your kingdom has come: to enliven the taste of this world, to shine light where the darkness has been, to speak of the justice of our King.  May we know at the time what to say, through the Spirit may we be not afraid.  May our anxious thoughts be cast far away, so in their need you are mighty to save.

May we call our Lord Jesus to come, in one voice as we usher Him in; though in our moments we keep our lamps lit.  May we stay on His pathway in hope, till we meet on this true road of Life ~ To Christ be the glory on High as we adorn Him, upon His head a crown.  May the splendor bring Him delight, in awe of what the Father has done ~ In His Spirit we all now unite!

Kisses,
C ~

Here is my challenge to each of you today:

•  Find at least one scripture referenced in this and post it, e-mail, call or text us and we will post it for you.  You may do it anonymously if desired. 
• Speak YOUR faith OUT LOUD today...

For GOODNESS sake!!

You Don’t Find Your Passion

You don’t find your passion ~ your passion finds YOU! ~CH

For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge. For not knowing about God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God ~ Romans 10:2,3

And Isaiah is very bold and says, “I was found by those who sought ME not, I became manifest to those who did not ask for ME” ~ Romans 10:20

The things we find in life are physical: people, places and things.  Passion is not physical it is emotional.  Pure passion is not stimulated from our emotions – it propels righteousness, rest, peace, joy, love, goodness.

We persevere to find passion but TRUE passion cannot be manufactured.  It is simply ignited like spontaneous combustion. Where as the passion we build will run out of propellant, it will dwindle, turn cold and fade if we do not keep stirring the emotional fires.

However, when we simply sit at the feet of Christ with no intent other than His presence, with no expectation only true love which also comes from Him, His passion fills us up.  In an overflow within His boundaries we are effective for His purposes.  We are unaware of what He is doing because we are so enamored with His presence.  All else is just happening.  We do not revel in it, take credit for it, worry about if it is happening or not, or even remember the details about it necessarily.  Why? Simple; our focus was on our King!

Do you remember what it was like when you were first enamored with someone.  It was probably someone you had a crush on and they finally asked you out / or accepted an invite.  Maybe it was the beautiful child you finally gave birth to or adopted.  The point is this, all time, responsibility and worry  went out the window when you were in their presence didn’t it?  You still had life going on and were functioning within it.  You interacted with others (hopefully) but you had so much joy – you were giddy and life was grand!

Can you remember that problems still happened, but they seemed trite.  All things were possible because you were so filled with passion for your beloved. This is what I am speaking of.  Hold these thoughts and look at the references to scriptures below.  I pray you glean new thoughts to ignite your relationship and understanding today.

God says to seek first Him, His Kingdom and all else will come.  What comes doesn’t bring sorrow, although we may be pressed on all sides at times we will not be crushed. Christ said to have hope in all things we face or endure because He overcame the trappings  / schemes of this world; He didn’t leave us but sent us the Holy Spirit which is what got Him through.  God promises that His arm is not too short and He is not slow in fulfilling His commitments as some say.

Remember God calls you His Delight.  He is for you and Christ has gone to prepare a place for you.  He is coming soon and there is a band of mighty angels all around us taking charge of all these truths.  So allow the spirit to prosper this day ~ all day ~

Seek for Christ because He is seeking you ~ with the power of the Sprit propelling the search while God is calling your name ~ Believe you will be found right where you are.  Then allow them to embrace you, reveal your inner most parts that have been hidden away.  Let them show you who you were Divinely created to be and LIVE in their LOVE.

Now THAT’s what I’m talking about!!

In Christ, BE passionately propelled….today.

Kisses,

Candace

©Candace Huffmaster, update 2012, original 2007 All Rights Reserved

Kaleidoscope Butterfly, Inc™

Controlled Verses Wild Fires

Anger stems from passion, however anger is not the first emotion felt.  Each one of those emotions kindle the fire, which ultimately causes a spontaneous combustion. We then are moved to action, the action we take moves us with zeal toward the passion. Keep in mind, unless the passion is righteous, we will be propelled deeper into darkness, despair and death.  ~ excerpt from Deeply Series 

Think about the pictures below and their captions:


Thoughts, Feelings, Information are no more than matches stored safely in our mind on which to reflect.



What We Perceive is Real, We Strike Out to Find



 





When We Are Not Discerning All Perspectives Before Releasing Our Passionate Effort Devastating Consequences May Occur

The main topic we were discussing Friday was keeping the reason for our HOPE as the center portrait where our eyes can never miss it.  We discussed some of the things we hope for as well as the verse which reminds us that wisdom does not hope for something which can be seen.  That would mean you have already reached it. 

I pray that we not be followers of people chasing after the wind, but that we follow the GOD who foresaw all things and can see the way to where we are going.....protected and safe from all things coming against us.

Read the following:

The Hope in us All  and Going for the Ask or Going for the Rip Cord

You can also reflect on the poem Choice of Life on our Art of Survival web page - click it on the right side bar.

My Love to Each of You,
Candace

What is Your Mind Frame?

I wanted to tell you guys how much I enjoyed our meeting today.  What is so awesome for me is that no matter how many times I talk about a subject, I learn something, go a bit deeper on the topic.  I am so very blessed to be able to glean from each of your experiences, laughter, silence, opinions, hugs and kisses.  And then there are those precious kiddo's - don't even get me started .....

In the gallery of my mind each of you have a plaque.  You are forever etched in my heart and no one can take that from me or from YOU.  Remember this week to look through your gallery.  Think about the "corners" and the quality of work which YOU choose to call "fine art".

As for me, I made my choice and I call each of you FINE ART!  You know what the best part is?  So does God.  No change is necessary for that either - He loved you before you did well or messed up.  He sees you in your fullness, not from the frail sights of man.

Believe that....because it is so.

Kisses to you all and much gratitude =D
Candace

If you want the notes from today, "What is Your Mind Frame" just let me know.

Which Came First the Chicken or the Egg?

We Love Him, because He first loved us ~ 1John 4:19 KJV
This is how much God loved the world: He gave His only begotten Son...... John 3:16 (the message)

God's love is a force chasing after us, protecting us, warning us, sending out wisdom to anyone that will open up to it.  What a driving force is the love of God!  It moves mountain, with even a mustard seed size snippet.  It heals our soul in order that our spirit may continue to travel out our days in community with all He is doing.  It chases us down to lavish itself upon us in mighty ways.......just because it IS.

 Do you have a passion burring so fiercely within you, that to hold it in would disintegrate your very existence????

Passion is a propellant which without a vehicle cannot be driven. 

We know this to be true, and our bodies are simply the vehicle by which we maneuver throughout the roadway of the physical realm.  We will not revisit all our past topic on this matter - but if you cannot remember them or find them in the archives post a comment and I will direct you.

Let's ponder a few other points about our general beliefs:  We know that God exists - He is holy, lovely, pure and just. We believe He abhors what is evil and demands that the things within His presence be sanctified.  We also think of God as loving, forgiving, a giver of good gifts and that He blesses us in life.
But we have to integrate the qualities of God in order to not visualize Him as mere man - having good days, bad days and negative responses based on our manipulation or purposes.

Without Christ in this equation we cannot unify the True image of God.  And left in the hands of the one we created there will always be a fracture, a flaw, an area where this god will fail to produce what we have imagined they are capable of.  As we come to know Christ, we see God through His character, His experience, His faith n God's faithfulness; because the Holy Spirit will show us the depths of God, the widths of His love, the breadth of what Christ was willing to believe and do in order to show the heights which God alone can reach ~

So do not put your faith in the shallow ways of this fractured world; which God sent Christ to save. Be FOR the Kingdom which is always at hand ~willing your soul to believe and travel the higher roads which ARE really in our midst - you just have to passionately seek them.

As for the answer to which came first the chicken or the egg...neither.  What came first was Gods passionate love seeking to HAVE chickens in our midst; And so it IS!

For the Love of God,
within Christ and He within us,
Kisses,
Candace

Don’t Forget to Take Caution When Stepping Passionately

Together, we have stopped to go Deeply into our lives. We have looked Honestly through the pieces which amassed our moments traveled. And now, we are going to Passionately search the truest view points and directives for emerging into a beautiful new life beyond chaotic mind sets which hinder our freedom.

Think about these things:

When we only look deeply at life, we become consumed with the depths and weight of life. Life can become heavy and constricted without balance.

When our eyes roam constantly for honesty, our view point can become critical toward our self and others. We must look deeply at our motives before we hold another up to our understanding.

When we are presumptuous and immature we may passionately do many things, however our immaturity or lack of understanding can get in the way of God’s best for our self and others in need.

When we speak the truth, if we are not grounded in God’s love, leaning on His understanding they will not know the essence of life which His liberty brings.

I am passionately looking forward to all we will be studying for the next few months.

With Love,

Candace

©Candace Huffmaster, 2007 All Rights Reserved

Kaleidoscope Butterfly, Inc™

What is Holy, Lovely and Pure

For Todays Thoughts go to Selah.

Magnificent Box

water color by Candace Huffmaster

 

A box no matter how magnificent is still a mere box.  It is the heart given which creates the present.~ ch

Having just come through the holidays, witnessing so many exchanges between individuals my mind opened wide to perceive a few things. 

Is it the quality of the content within the box which sets the value of wealth a recipient receives?  We know the verses which state it is better to give than to receive.  Yet as a society many times we are purchasing out of obligation and or for image reasons.  We can spend a great deal of money “doing the right thing” and looking good doing it but that little bit of good fades – people forget how great the gift was.  God tells us when we give love, charity, mercy, kindness, patience that not only are others blessed but we are blessed and He is given glory.

Let’s not put these gifts in a box, let’s simply share them as they freely flow down from our heavenly Father.  For when we do this each present moment will be more magnificent than the last.

Think on these things if only for today -

Kisses,

Candace

 

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Kaleidoscope Butterfly, Inc™