So Mari read the blog and knew who Dora was! She is a good Aunt staying in the know. Anyways, I forgot a character that ties in with this whole thing...Swiper! Swiper is symbolic of the devil and if you let him, he can take your life.
Here is something that Beth Moore said that made me want to jump up and scream AMEN!, Captivity is friendly but it doesn't stay friendly. How many times have we told the little white lie that turns into the never ending story, or the if you have this bottle of lotion it will make you age less, this one makes you smell great, ooh this one even smells better, next thing you know half the house is filled with crap you aren't using and it's overwhelming? This is my current senerio..so much stuff you don't even know where to start or how and when you muster up the courage there is Swiper saying oh, you paid for that, you might use it some day, making these material possesions seem as though they are everything but inreality they are chains. How true the old adage about Be careful of what you own as all the stuff you own will end up owning you is. This seems like a Proverb but I don't know and right now I don't have time to research, Mari take care of that one for me;)
Sometimes I try to be the Holy Spirit, I am NOT the Holy Spirit, I pray for him to move in and out of me like the wind and I feel his presence s and it brings tears, joy and even rest, just knowing that there is help with all the battles I am fighting. Sorry to Sharene and anyone else who has fallen victim to me masked as the Holy Spirit, please forgive me.
So Isaiah 47:8-10 are resounding through my heart right now.
"Now then, listen, you wanton creature, lounging in your security and saying to yourself, 'I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or suffer the loss of children.'
9 Both of these will overtake you in a moment, on a single day: loss of children and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and all your potent spells.
10 You have trusted in your wickedness and have said, 'No one sees me.' Your wisdom and knowledge mislead you when you say to yourself, 'I am, and there is none besides me.
Never think you are above the law of land. Once that happens, God disciplines as a reminder he is king. I recently have fallen victim, thanks to Sharene and Traci for the heads up. I had a friend come up to me and heed warning on me about someone at work, and when I was retelling the story to my friend the same message came back to me. Then I read this scripture, I thought I was above that because I know what it has done, I am watching this same scenerio unfold with a friend so I thought I had it "all figured out" Well, that's dangerous ground. Praise God for the people he has put into my life to hold me accountable and help me before mistakes were made...becasue we never know!
I am struggling right now. We are building a new home in here in Texas, this time someone else is building..praise God! I am having a difficult time with the materialism of it all, it is no where near the caliber of home we built in the hills and there my friends is where my problem lies. Pray for me as I focus on scripture to help me break the chains of materialism and focus on what matters most.
Kim and Jonathon are coming for Austin City Limits this weekend so I have got to do some cleaning!
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