Sunday, October 27, 2013

You Are A Super Hero!

As you dress up your little one in a few days in that costume that you meticulously chose for him remember that God has dressed you, and permanently marked you with the attire of a Supernatural Being.  It is as if you have a huge letter "S" marked on your body. Think of that "S" as Supernatural, Saved, Seal of God, and if I may go this far... Super Hero!

We know that it is not by our ability but because of what he did for us that enables us to be so bold in this analogy. Jesus paid an awesome price to take you out of the restrictions of this world and bring you to a place of honor as a son or daughter of the All Mighty God. What a privilege to be dressed in robes of righteousness. What a calling to be sent as Ambassadors to a lost and hurting people.

It's time to remove the Clark Kent persona and come out of the phone booth looking like the warrior that God made you to be! Remember, you were not born again so that you could start your messed up life over and somehow get it right this time. You were born again into something that is brand new, never created before. And you have been given a great world changing commission along with all the power & authority to bring it to pass.

The enemy has tricked us into thinking that we need to live defeated, depressed lives. That every now and then we see a glimpse of Glory and we should be satisfied with that. He wants to keep us from realizing fully our status as sons of the Most High God.

The word of God is truth and it paints a much different picture than a once and a while victory! You have been created with incorruptible seed. All power has been turned over to you for a specific purpose. God has dressed you as a Super Hero in this season. As the world gets more and more deceived and lost, it is high time that we work the work He called us to do. It is time to fly.


Super Hero Status

Jeremiah 33:3 NLT
Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.
(Ability to know the future)

Matthew 16:19 MSG
"And that's not all. You will have complete and free access to God's kingdom, keys to open any and every door: no more barriers between heaven and earth, earth and heaven. A yes on earth is yes in heaven. A no on earth is no in heaven."
(Ability to alter the present & future)

Luke 10:17-20 MSG
The seventy came back triumphant. "Master, even the demons danced to your tune!" Jesus said, "I know. I saw Satan fall, a bolt of lightning out of the sky. See what I've given you? Safe passage as you walk on snakes and scorpions, and protection from every assault of the Enemy. No one can put a hand on you. All the same, the great triumph is not in your authority over evil, but in God's authority over you and presence with you. Not what you do for God but what God does for you-that's the agenda for rejoicing."
(Full power over the enemy, divine protection)

Revelation 9:1-4, 10-12 NLT
Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen to earth from the sky, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. When he opened it, smoke poured out as though from a huge furnace, and the sunlight and air turned dark from the smoke. Then locusts came from the smoke and descended on the earth, and they were given power to sting like scorpions. They were told not to harm the grass or plants or trees, but only the people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. They had tails that stung like scorpions, and for five months they had the power to torment people. Their king is the angel from the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon -the Destroyer. The first terror is past, but look, two more terrors are coming!
(Pardon, reprieve, absolution - in the end time devastation)

Matthew 28:18-20 KJV
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
(You are a Super Hero, made through Christ Jesus to save the world)

Now get to work.


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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Quiet Before the Storm

Tomorrow is a pivotal date for me. It is the anniversary of the day my world came to a shocking excruciating end. It's been forty-one years and you think it wouldn't alter my day like this, but it does.

It's the reason I use broken scissors, torn cookbooks, and sixty year old thread ... because you touched them. It's the reason I won't close the pool early because when I'm in it, it reminds me of Florida, of you. It's the reason I have trouble sharing my kids, grand kids more than the norm. Maybe when the greatest thing is stolen from you at an early age it makes you punchy. While others wonder if their teenager ran out of gas if running late, I fight visions of decapitation or terrorist activity. Freaky but true.

There is a unique camaraderie among motherless daughters. It's not possible to explain it or expect anyone else to understand. Those who grew up without their mom or in some ways never grew up are in a state of perplexity. I can hardly remember a time when I didn't share joyous occasions with sorrow. It just shows up...lurking, piercing. In the bad times you need her. In the good times you miss not being able to share them with her. Life is a bit more fuzzy and uncertain.

If only I knew it would have been the last time I would see you, I would have waited until you were out of the bathroom to kiss you goodbye. I think about that often. Did I not want to miss the bus to school? Did I want to hang out at the bus stop early with friends? I Can't remember the pathetic, haunting reason. I just know it's forever regretted. I close my eyes sometimes and think about the days before you died. The memories are so fragile and scarce. Yet I still try.

I attempt to explain to young girls how precious it is to have their mom. Not a mother figure, a mother! I tell them not to dis her, disrespect her, or be embarrassed by her. If a girl lives to be a hundred years old, I say, there will never be times more important then these. The times when she was protected, cherished, and bragged on. Those days were short for me. And when lost they never reappear. Never.

So today, I want to tell you mom that missing you is my occupation. Full time. Like housework, I may "think" it is done, but in reality it's never really done. Growing up as a motherless daughter has made me forever odd in a world that plays by a different set of rules.  Four decades you lived, four decades I have lived without you. You were and will always be my world. The world that once was. The quiet before the storm.

I suppose your absence  made me quite strong ... and weak.

I love you,
Debbie.