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It is an honor that you have decided to come to my blog and read the thoughts and reflections that accompany my journey with Christ. Psalms 45:1 declares ...I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue [is] the pen of a ready writer. I pray that as you read and reflect on the words written here, the Holy Spirit will minister to you as I journal experiences from my life and ministry. MAY ALL GOD'S BLESSINGS BE YOURS, FOREVER. - ASW

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

3/30/10- This is Liberty

This morning I received an email from a co-worker.  Many times, after reading a few lines, I click the delete button without much thought, however the opening line of this email really drew me into its contents.  It spoke about having healthy relationships and high lighted some key points that have also been a part of my personal prayers to God lately.  I've expressed to God that I need Him to keep my heart tender and pure when dealing with others.  I encounter people on a regular basis, and sometimes the residue of painful experiences can try to taint the excitement and joy that comes when new people enter into my life.  I asked God to keep me in a place of effectiveness, and to also prune things that were proving to be harmful to myself and the ways I relate to others.  It's been a journey!  That's an understatement.

I know my mantle.  I'm a trail blazer.  I am to be an example in the earth.  I am to lay foundations that others will stand upon.  What was difficult for me will not be as difficult for others.  I feel like the opening line from one of my mother's favorite science fiction series, "Boldly going where no man has gone before."  I don't claim to be the inventor of this path but I do know that God has chosen me to set this trail ablaze.  I'm an Apostle.  Lord, help me.  In doing this work, there are those that require help.  Some are ministers that are sensing that God has called them to operate in another place.  Others are highly anointed but need exposure, so with the help of the Lord, I use my influence and give them a platform.  Yet, I meet those who are ungrateful.  I don't seek worship, that belongs to Jesus.  However, I would like to experience the loyalty of good character.  The kind of character that turns around to say "Thank you" would be nice to experience more than just every now and then.  I was struggling with the complexities that come along with experiencing backstabbers, opportunist that befriend you only to get know who you know, know what you know, and then leave once they've drawn everything from you that they desire.
With my great disappointment, I've felt the liberty of God.  I've felt the shackles breaking, and I know that I've been loosed to another place.  I'm grateful.  My heart is softened again, and I'm ready to meet, embrace, and receive others.  I'm also careful, having learned invaluable lessons from "the last time," but moving on with expectation and joy.  THIS IS THE LIBERTY that only Christ can give.

Psa 119:45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.



Isa 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to [them that are] bound;



2Cr 3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord [is], there [is] liberty.