My God, My Needs

Question, have you ever heard this verse:  My God shall provide all my needs according to His riches and glory?

Personally, I hear it all the time.  I even hear it in my own thoughts when I feel like I want something or am afraid.  It is at that point when I have to stop and remember the truth.  The true, unchanged word of God really states: My God shall provide all YOUR needs according to His riches and glory IN CHRIST JESUS.
I paused to day long enough to examine the subtle nuances taking place in the piece of truth this morning. What I have more than final answers are a few thoughts we must ponder and reflect upon:

• Who is your God? 
• Is there any lasting riches or any righteousness to pour out of Him?  
• Do you work for what you want and obtain the desires of your flesh, or do you enjoy what He alone has poured out and care for it with gratitude toward His gift?
• Do you treat His wealth as disposable?
• Do you cling till the good things slip through your finders as sand?
• Do you dig and dig for more till the hole is over your head?

Proverbs 11:24 tells us there is one who scatters and yet increases all the more. And there is one who withholds what is due and yet only wants more.  Take notice this day: Who is YOUR God? Look deep beneath your surface, see if there is anyone you are caring for.  If all you see are your desires to have, to hold, to obtain....then realize the face in the reflection is a small g when announcing the riches of your god.  Your god wants his glory to be seen in you not found in Christ Jesus.  

I had to take that a look (below) this is who I found ~ but it wasn't always His face I saw.....I pray if this is not the God providing for your needs that you RUN.....and never look back!

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If I had not been called
I would not know how to answer
If I had not opened the door
He would not have had entry
If I had not have welcomed Him
He would not have stayed
If I had not have asked
He would not have answered me

If he had no patience with me
I would not be able to share of His love
If I had not needed His encouragement
He would not have made it available

If I had not experienced hardship
I would not have known that I needed Him
If he did not let me face the pain of my choices
I would not have known hardship

If he had no boundary's
I would not learn love and grow

If I did not turn to Him
I would never know peace

If I never desire to know His peace
I would never get to know my Lord

My Lord loves through teaching, embracing, encouraging, sacrificing, giving
He gives abundantly, strength and peace

The strength to face the task
And the the peace to mentally stay focused

There are so many qualities of His love, we have a tendency to only consider the ones that we can hope to accomplish in our own strength.

Until we truly seek our Sheppard, we have absolutely no means to gain understanding; because it is through conversing with Him that He grants us His visions ad understanding.

He desires to increase us because He has massive amounts to accomplish.  We have to be still and empty our lives of our "selves" in order to be filled with Him.  He dwells among us in any form that will give Him room.  He is not one, He is many....He is abundant....He is everyone that wishes to love Him!

He is patient, kind, understanding.....
He is rich, poor, every race and language.
He is every size and every age.....
And He wishes us all to love deeply, tenderly, openly, honestly, truly, passionately, eagerly, genuine....
But mostly ~ freely ~ with wings that can carry and cover, lift and give light.

Together.....we are ONE....we ARE complete ~ we are Christ.

If you believe in God...I ask that you also believe in Christ Jesus - let Him serve YOU and from that wealth know you have so much more than you will ever need ~ now when you believe, you too will be able to give from your abundance in Christ Jesus.

For His glory....forever in Christ.
Kisses,
C

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As Fragile As A Porcelain Soldier

I know the we all feel as fragile as a porcelain soldier at times. I also know that we each have ways of protecting our fragility as to not shatter what is left of us.  But remember, we may be pressed on all sides, but we are not crushed....in Christ. 

Sit with Him today as you read this.  Find another piece, a real, authentic, cherished piece and let Him hold it in His tender, healing hand.


Porcelain Soldier


Images shattered all around me
In my midst there is nothing as far as I can see
What I believed I saw in no longer standing
As I reach for what I held near, precious and dear
Like a porcelain soldier, attempting mighty battle
The truth attacked, needing only one direct blow
As the beautiful façade abruptly splintered
A vast cold darkness unknown to me appeared
My mind, heart and limbs now surely shaken
As the shards entered my tender trusting soul
What is real?  I feel as if all is reeling……
Why can I not see beyond this vast empty space
Me inside, all windows and doors now locked tightly
I hear deception creeping in from beneath the door
Sounding nothing familiar to my lovely soldier
Whom I trusted, loved... promising to adore
Why is not for me to know now......
To explain the unexplored depths of my ache
I hear the boast of the images past still mocking.....
Remembering their intent is to hurt showing they truly don't care
I believe I am loved and desired though,
By the only one who knows my deepest need
He tenderly cares while desiring to repair me
......All the cold callous rips into my very soul
He cries as I try to be strong, though it’s painful
To love them more than that which I have been shown
He encourages me to keep going
He gives me peace allowing me to try yet again
To believe in those things which are promised
To have hope in the things I still cannot see
He tells me He knows what has happened
And that only His truth will set us free
No matter how strong the force is appearing
He promises in no way will they ever again punish me

I live and I love,  crying sometimes…..
But now the tears are not covering me
They are poured out upon those bound, blind and hurting...
Trusting in shadows of all that is real, near and here
I pray that you reach out allowing life to touch you
To ensure that what is surrounding you is really there
Blow His truth in trust that He loves all things
Never desiring to harm what is righteous, lovely and pure
We love because He first loved us…..
This I know and is where my feet are firmly ground
Because it is He that conquered all of these things
So we must know, even now,  He in us will have His eternal victory.
 
I know your battles and I care – deeply, honestly, passionately and freely
Kisses,
C

By Candace Huffmaster
©2011 All Rights Reserved

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What Delights Me

Sometimes we are so focused on our story that we forget we are just a character with a bit part within His storyline.  (Just reminding you of our discussions from Deeply and Honestly)  Since we have been intently looking for our storyline, attempting to see our character, I wanted to "bring to remembrance" it is His story which is being told.

So here is nugget for you to ponder today (below).  Discern if you believe it. I pray that you do, that your faith will not fail.  Ask Him for all of the forces of His kingdom to lift you up, encourage your faith in His faithfulness today.  Pray that your faith be increased so that when you are tempted, you will surely be found faithful, even today.

With Love,
Candace

What Delights Me

Be hearers of My words
Be Doers of My will
Then My Spirit resounds….
Your actions are made through intent
Returning to Me, my desire
A body which I call My own

My Son came so that you might see
Straight from paradise to take back the keys
From a Father into His Son
My gift was with purpose
And for your eternal good

The blind may now truly believe
The world in which you see
Is not heaven on earth as you think
It is bound and away from me

Be released, even now at this time
With a true faith, which I call Divine
Not in things which you emulate
But my power filled with might by your faith

For the honor and name sake of the Lord
Don't reject My Spirit in your home
Be protective of those whom I've called
Be mindful that, I in them dwell
Be brothers and sisters till the end
For you are and in this there's no doubt

All the walls of division are torn down
When you unlock the chambers of your mind
Then all those prisoners shall be freed
In this there is Liberty indeed

Loose the Love which causes true force
Watch it descend with the grace of a dove
Let it perch on your soul; Let it sing
To share melody’s from the depth of Your King.

So in Love with YOU!
Kisses,
C

©Candace Huffmaster 2012, All Copyrights Reserved

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Missing Sunday Lunch With My Folks

Part of family is the traditions we build into our generations.  One of my fondest traditions is church and then lunch.  Just lunch wouldn't do it for me.  As for me, I find such a release of all things I am holding onto only when I am convicted as to what God should be holding against me personally. 

It is at that point that I am ashamed of any and all things I dare hold up against anyone else.  God is so gracious, forgiving, merciful and just.  I so want to be like that.  I thank Him that I can be as I allow Him to transform my mind so that I may see even a glimpse of what He tells me is true.

There are several things I want to post today: the first is something He was helping me understand just today, the second one is from many years ago, the third is a video which ties them together - at least for me.

After I studied this morning, went to church, had lunch with my husband and son.  I came home to write and talk with God about my thoughts, feelings etc.  He brought up the poem, The End of the Day.  It was then that I realized a bit more clearly this great journey I have been on.  I thank Him for his faithfulness to continue to refine me - as He refines what I understand about His ways.

So, Please enjoy every second of today.....
Till tomorrow,
Kisses,
Candace
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The End of the Day

Here at the table all faces in view
I watch them interact with each other in Love
I know not their words just the heart that they share
With pride for my family - I take it all in
I sit at the table by my Father's right hand
Amazed we're together - now time has no place
Their sweet interactions made all worth the wait
Their pain not remembered, their toil understood
My life worth the living, which brings high demands
This meal will now linger for days, months, maybe years
Who knows - there's no hurry our work is complete
Most important is our family and the fellowship we've missed

Those lost we won't long for, we forgive and we forget
Not all chose the commission, their choice we respect
For us all is simple, such beauty abounds
His divine revelation, our inspiration now known
The successes of our Saviour, the Glory of our Lord!

I pray this day you get even the smallest glimpse as He passes by....
In Love - For Him,
Kisses,
Candace
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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

There's a Cadence in My Soul

http://seecreativityspeaks.blogspot.com/2011/11/theres-cadence-in-my-soul.html

Today's post is on our web page "Art of Survival".  Do you have a Cadence in YOUR soul?  Read and tell us what you hear.

Kisses,
Candace

"The Truth of Gods' UnderStanding"

Since we have been discussing “not leaning on our own understanding” We are going to take three steps today. 

• Our first steps is to make sure we are standing on a solid definition of the word understanding:

 UNDERSTANDING is a mental grasp: comprehension. It is the power or capacity to apprehend general relations of particulars – the power to make experience intelligible by applying concepts and categories.  It is a friendly or harmonious relationship: in agreement of opinion or feeling meaning those in relationship make adjustment of differences when they are not on the same page. It is a mutual agreement not formally entered into but in some degree binding on each side. Understanding is an explanation, interpretation and relationally shows sympathy.

• Second step - to ensure both feet are grounded surely underneath us we are under-girding our definition with Gods’ wise words on the subject: Matthew 13:10-17 (GWT):

The disciples asked him, “Why do you use stories as illustrations when you speak to people?” Jesus answered, “Knowledge about the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you. But it has not been given to the crowd. Those who understand these mysteries will be given more knowledge, and they will excel in understanding them. However, some people don’t understand these mysteries. Even what they understand will be taken away from them. This is why I speak to them this way. They see, but they’re blind. They hear, but they don’t listen. They don’t even try to understand. So they make Isaiah’s prophecy come true:  ‘You will hear clearly but never understand. You will see clearly but never comprehend. These people have become close-minded and hard of hearing. They have shut their eyes so that their eyes never see. Their ears never hear. Their minds never understand. And they never return to me for healing!’  “Blessed are your eyes because they see and your ears because they hear. I can guarantee this truth: Many prophets and many of God’s people longed to see what you see but didn't see it, to hear what you hear but didn't hear it.

• Third step - to simply relax in His presence and read what is below – I pray wisdom lay wide open before you,  wooing you to turn the pages till you are filled with His peace, strength, courage and joy.

Have a lovely day!

Kisses,

Candace

The Truth of Gods’ UnderStanding

What are you standing under?

What do you not understand?

Take hold of the thoughts which under gird you,

These things keep you standing upright.

What of your "self" will not crumble?

What of mere man can withstand?

Look around at the mightiest of structures,

What will not be shaken by my hand?

Think of the surest of your steps,

Of them, what came to be?

What of your skills claim the successes?

The mightiest of your mere man made feats.

How sure of your “self” are you really?

Will you dare stand up to my face and brag?

If not for my unending love for you……..

If not for my desiring your success……….

If not for the blood of your Savior……

The moments of your life would not exist!

I tell you this not to Lord over you…..

I tell you this not to bring shame………

I am telling you that I adore you!

I desire you to see what is real…..

I know you cannot really see me,

But I believe you can feel as you read.

I trust that you hear My Spirit speaking.

I have faith in the power of My Truth.

I hope that today you spot a glimmer.....

And its brilliance will cause you to turn.....

To see the light in My eyes search you....

To hear My voice whisper your name.......

To feel the My warmth longing to embrace you....

To blanket your fears and set you free.....

To allow My Love to release you…….

From the gravity this world lords overhead.

There is a spiritual battle ensuing…..

The flesh and the soul are pressed between.

The burden of fear is to keep you.....

The liberty of Love voids all law........

The heavens above will not weight you.....

Do not lie in the earth of its open grave.....

Today, think with all your understanding.....

Apply the least of that which you know.......

What of these concepts are so complex……

Simply relate them to what you don’t know.

I Love You,  Dad

Kisses,

C

©2011 Candace Huffmaster, All Rights Reserved

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We Flail, He Prevails

Good Morning Sojourner! 

As we continue to think Honestly about where we are going - reflect on what we have been studying.  Think about what you understand Kingdom, Democracy, Authority and mocking God to be.  You do not have to write it down, just think (and write if you want to).

  

Read the thoughts for today,which are below and then write anything that comes to your heart and mind.  I would love to hear from you about it if you wish to have someone listen to your heart.

His peace I send, please keep it =D  

Kisses,

Candace

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We Flail, He Prevails 

I praise you Oh my Father  

Keep well my body, my soul

Our spirit forever united

Entwining all as we go

I pray for those you are seeking

To be able to hear your voice

Their hearts to quickly be softened

 Their minds to begin to change

Their actions forever altered

As their voice calls out your name

Believing, from you is their storehouse

Imparting their perfect gifts

In all ways may your kingdom be glorified

 As we learn to lean on you

Your wise ways and perfect understanding

Not that which mere man perceives

“Help us” oh dear heavenly Father

“Or your body will continue to flail!”

I see that we can do nothing

Unless your strong hand prevails

We need your mind for discerning

We’re appointed to oversee

So we will not mislead others……

” O God, made that never be!”

Bind your mercy and grace upon us

Protect us, Lord Jesus our Christ

The Sheppard not losing any

Just one, as you fought the good fight

We are His lambs and to Him precious

With peace, sent among wolves by His hand

Leading us not into temptation

But into your well laid plan

United unto our Father

 By His name we are blessed

We flow throughout the ages

Meeting them - face to face

Because your love has saved us

Your liberty paves their streets

Beseeching, “Lord, pass through us”

“Touch them where they’re deceived!”

“Show them of your reality"  

"Loose them from their dreams”

All heaven sings rejoicing:

 “Oh How He Loves Us So”

“Let’s celebrate their deliverance”

“Let’s open wide our doors”

“Let’s feast upon their presence”

“To hear of their hearts intent”

So rich in adoration

 For the grace that sought them out

Keep coming with a vengeance

For those in whom you delight

We thank God that you have risen

That you are His Righteous Son

Who walked out the way to salvation

And you rose to welcome us home!

 Candace Huffmaster©2011 All Rights Reserved

The Real You

The Real You

Today, there’s a cadence in my soul:

Chase light…. be salt….. extend peace

There is a real you lying in wait,

Planted deeply within your heart;

When young, I was all that you knew;

But under others you were buried from light;

Their debris covered what wouldn’t conform,

To their rules deemed over your life;

So this child that was to be,

Hid in darkness away from their sight.

For years the child tried to speak,

But it learned to adjust its own speech;

It tried desperately to develop alone,

Although its ways were never pleasing enough;

Soon it laid rest in the hope of its dreams;

Till what was to be, drifted off to sleep,

 Sending an alter to rise up in her stead;

At a distance which felt safe from shame.

There were times when she tried to awake,

To fill the empty halls with her sound;

But when stirred, a terror would scream;

In innocence to survive, she laid down;

Could it cope with all of their ways?

Could it face their manipulation of truth?

Such brutality from those touting “friends!”

Not one there to shield her in any way.

Naive to it all, she won’t leave;

Sleep appears, to be the most loving thing;

In her dreams maybe she'll see I am here;

So I prayed that one day you’d awake,

From the stir of a well rested state;

Her  vitality would well up inside,

That her dreams would fill the halls of your mind,

Chasing echos you'd see you’re not alone,

Without me your vision still incomplete.

There is truth which she found stored away,

Each one a treasure stored on distant shores;

All gifts for our walks through the tide,

Proving their evidence was no more than mere lies.

You were always so brave and so strong,

You kept going even when there were none,

Within you, was this child you protect,

Always mindful of the harms in your midst,

Because of your love, she’s alive today;

She sees things in a much different way,

When your hope defers her love heals;

When your words are strong, she keeps peace;

She waits for your strength to end.

In humility she listens as you share,
Please remember her love; how she cares.....

Today look at life through her eyes;

Through her focus see what she sees;

 Her sights are not searching for blame,

 She sees purity, enlightenment and peace.

Hear her voice as the innocence it is,

Whispering “Come with me live, love and laugh”

“For this journey is forever, but not long”

“Open up; just a glimpse and you'll see”

“Remember the real you; be free”

“Together we can do all this and more”

“Let’s not worry, for nothing we lack”

“We have all things, we'll ever need

..............To go, to dream to create”

“Release the weights of this world”

“This view changes all you perceive”

“Feel the wind of my words lift you up”

“Be stirred by the melody I sing”

“Keep the tune in your heart while we fly”

“So no harm, will our mind ever see”

“Do not enter the dark, we need light”

“Let’s extend wings of peace and be free”

“Share the truth as our flight takes us up”

“There are sleeping child everywhere to see”
"We must show them the way to be freed"

Candace Huffmaster ©2011 All Rights Reserved

When There Is No One Else....There Is God

When they have all left, still I wait

My hurt is too deep; beyond my reach

My tears form a valley as they flow

They drip to a halt; the saltiness I taste

Their out pour seems a wadi to my soul

As my flesh starts to burn, I beg, “Rain More!”

“Squelch this sensation before it meets the pain”

My temples start to throb; the shaking ceased

In the aftermath of shock I still wait

As the new wave begins, hope rises up

Reminding me all is well with my soul

His spirit counsels as I lay self low

His sweet whispers and gentle love rush to my side

 Saying “Rest, precious soul, in my peace”

“Now your will does not falter, by Grace”

In His mercy you may arise through your faith

And In time, the pain will be remembered no more

But today, let’s just take time to weep

You may groan as my spirit with you grieves

Be wary of any ploy to pull you aside

Some may use your weakened state for their means

Do not be alarmed, simply rest in His arms

Knowing He carries you safely through each day

For at just the right time, He heard your cry

And dying once for all, He ensures peace.

Candace Huffmaster

©2011 All Rights Reserved

Prayer in Prose ~ In Peace

Good morning Daddy ~

How I need you this day

Prepare my heart in your presence

Explore the deep things I know not

Perceive my intent with your wisdom

In holiness counsel my mind.

You and you alone are my strong tower
My watchman interceding for my life
I wait for your guidance and instruction
For my knowledge is from my own mind

I ask for reparation in your presence
Since I released all the bondage of the past
I liberate all those in its power
I desire all to be free in your will

Show me the ancient ways everlasting
The path protected by your agape love
Lead me not into temptation
Deliver me into your Zoë world

This day is filled with your mercy
I flourish because of your grace
Rise in me, lifting me higher
To extend my continence in faith

You alone are Lord God and Almighty
Your hand keeps me safe for your sake
The will of your presence is upon me
To be complete as I’m sealed with your name

Rain upon us the provision of a True Father
Increase your family one by one
Bear your lineage as you join us together
Give birth to the heritage spoken long ago

In peace we will travel among others
Leading truth in the light of each day
We pray for them now to be waiting
For them to see as your glory walks past

We request that their ears hear you call them
That they rejoice as they fall into their place
Let it Be as the Father has desired
a body, His body and His own.

In Love…..with Christ
Kisses,
Candace

Filled By His Tears

Father, I am broken from all this world has to offer
Make me whole even here in this space
The love of this place no longer pleasing
All I long for is held in your tender embrace
My heart longing to be in your presence
My eyes seeking for you in all ways near and far
My hand yearning to touch you if only for one single second
For I would cherish that moment till this life surely ends
Oh fill me in my deepest love losses
So that there is no dry arid space they may continue to haunt
Let my memories be filled with only your goodness
Bind me in the promise of your return
Barren and abandoned is not my heritage....
Because you never left me here alone
You are simply away in preparation,
Of our home, which I eagerly await
You have given me daily provision
You have ordered the care that I need
I am following your direct instructions
Ensuring where you have gone, there too, I will be
Thank you for this day of laughter
Thank you for this day full of  life
Thank you for Loving me with such great abandon
Thank you for calling me your wife
Let me be pleasing in your presence
Increase me to care for those in need
Allow me the grace to Love as you Love
So that they see you, as they peer through me
Be it done unto me as you will it
For I know you will allow me no harm
You are the creator of all good things
Protecting my very life with your righteous strong arm
Lift me with your prayers of intercession
For in this life I cannot make it on my own
Be one with me and our Father
As you have wished, I request it to be done
Within the holiest of Holies, I beg your forgiveness
For any way I brought your reputation harm
Repair your image - all stains forgotten
Lift me up as the bride you deserve
I ask that they too be forgiven
For it is only in unity we can be released
I ask for your kingdom to overwhelm us
As the angels usher in to assist
Prepare us to rejoice as you foresaw it
Teach us your words harmonizing the tune in full
Bring all your power into our abilities
For only then may we celebrate your spectacular reign
We shall not fear your perfect presence
We shall shine bright as we stand in the winds of your change
To light up your heavenly runway
Praising your glorious entry as our King
Clamouring with joy to embrace you
Bearing our most precious gifts to lay at your feet
Humbly in adoration you approach us
Each of us and yet some how one by one
Your eyes seek and search our every feature
As if you are looking at us for the very first time
Your hands, embracing our face, pull us toward you
Your lips touch the smoothness of our skin
Your tears of joy spill out upon us
To completely fill any arid space that exists
Together we sit and we ponder
We toast, we laugh and we enjoy
This table is the home we have longed for
Your presence is that space for which we have yearned
Now, in unity, not one thing is missing
So we are bound within your presences eternally.

To the One, the only Lord of my Life, Jesus Christ
Kisses,
C

©Candace Huffmaster 2011 All Rights Reserved