Are You Ripe?

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance;
Against such there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23

I love this verse. It opposes everything that is evil, and it does prove that there truly is no law against such things.
Perfect!


Sometimes I think about sin. And although I have dealt with sin in my own life, it is always easier to see other people's sins and sometimes gain a greater knowledge of "your own" personal sins and convictions.

During one of these observations of mine -observing other people's sins and foolish ways (I am being facetious here if you simply cannot tell)- is that when I ponder people who love sin, like, lust, for example....I challenge the thought in my mind- like, just because a man is lusting after a woman, does he actually love her? Can he actually love her? (In the way of placing the sexuality into the proper place of marriage...
I'm trying to apply the truth in a way that dissolves the sin... so that people can see (of so that I can see, I guess) the vast difference between Right and Wrong.

Like, another example is, some people are consumed with greed - love and lust for money and material things.
But those material things cannot say anything to you--money can not make you "happy". Dollar amount does not equal joy. You can't buy happiness, or joy, or love, or peace. You could have a ton of gold bricks and stub your toe and have a miserable day because you stubbed your toe... but if you stub your toe and realize that maybe you're going too fast and God is trying to get your attention--- then I think that you will also have the Spirit of Peace inside you - that money can't buy. And stubbing your tow won't make you mad (at least not for long), and you will know that maybe it saved your day!

I am tired of the "world's ways" and trying to please people in lieu of the Glory of God.
It is so easy to fall into the trap of society- or popular belief- but... if we pay attention to what God says, or our hearts to lead us back to Him- He will show us what pleases Him. It's not often the way we would normally choose, but I guarantee, it is always much much better.

Remember theese: Love, joy, peace, longsuffering (patience), gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness (humbleness), temperance (self-control).
- these things cannot be denied!!!-
Merry Christmas!

P.S.

I'm making a Comeback!

God of Me- Live!

I am tired of trying to figure everything to make sense of it, or to be right so I have something good to say to others.. Like, to give advice to people. Most people don't take advice. And when they do, they still do what ever makes sense to themselves anyway.
And, you can't be right anyways. Righteousness is not about being right. It is about God being right, and you being Obedient to God's Truth (His Right Ways). You being right is self-righteousness... because you being right has to do with your own ego. And because, again, you can't be right- you can only do (or hope to do ) what is Right - in God's sight- by what He tells you is right - according to His Word. (The Holy Bible)
So...I yeah, I am tired of trying to figure out about life why this does or doesn't happen the way I want, and why an why not. I am tired of worrying about things I can't change. And I am tired of letting other people's emotions, control my own.
Don't react- respond.
Even if it hurts, I want to feel it- I pray to- to get to the other side of it all.
In a better place.
Hope you all enjoyed this one.
Obedience is you proving God right.
Disobedience is sin. Sin separates us from God.
self-righteousness is pride and contempt- wickedness before the eyes of God.
And love, should make you want to be -Holy.

I don't know what to say
I am having a good time in my life right now,
like the dawn of a new day.
Like a sunrise on the ocean shore
Where no body is,
except you and the LORD.

Where did those days go?
When the noise I heard was the silence of the soul....
Listening to:
The heartbeat
the rhythm
the calmness
the flow

The Light clear as can be
And totally Free

GodLovesoN, me

ashleigh b

i just thank Him, now, and forevermore.
:)

IF YOU DO WHAT GOD SAYS TO DO, HE WILL DO WHAT HE SAYS HE WILL DO :) AND NO, I DO NOT THINK ME BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE, ONLY BETER THAN WHAT I USED TO BE. HI BANKSY! GOOD TO SEE U BACK IN D-LAND. MERRY X-MAS EVERYBODY !!!

Hello!

I am still here... still thinking, still praying... still believing. I recently found a phrase I wish I had heard before! It quotes '' The challenges in life are supposed to make us better, not bitter~'' I really really liked that!
Sometimes, wait, Most times things don't go my way, I get angry and disappointed and unhappy and straight up bitter--and to God!
I think, ''it's not fair!!'' --and wonder why I deserve it, or why won't God change it!!??
I realize now that I have to accept that there are things I cannot control. And there are some things I may never understand.
BUT, the Bible says too, that we are not supposed to lean unto our own understanding, but to TRUST the LORD with ALL our heart.
That is hard to do when it hurts!!!
But I found that there is freedom in *accepting* God's will and the path He takes me on, no matter how many twists and turns there may be.
*Acceptance* of things has always been a stumbling block or stronghold for me.
I have been going through situations that force me to *accept* what is. and it is helping me grow. It is helping me learn to ''Let go and Let God.''
Which is a good thing!!

SO... as long as God's in control, everything will work out for the best.

I haven't spent anytime here at all lately and I do miss my writing time and devotions, and I've been extremely busy. But I am going to commit to making a comeback!!
Love you all and keep my in your prayers and you all are in mine!

Love is God is Love is Good all the time...

Some say Love is an action verb... Some say love is a feeling...Some say love is an emotion, or an idea.... Some say love is pain and hurt.
Some think they love when they say I love you... Some think love can not be seen.... Some think love can never be found... Some think love is inside of everything.
Some feel love when they smile... you can see it in their eyes... some feel love when they get a hug or a kiss.... it makes them warm and happy inside.... some feel love when they see the sunlight..... or a rainbow...... some feel love when they hear a special song.
Some think love is better to recieve than to give, some think otherwise.... and give.
I think love is a choice we make....
is it easy? Not always... sometimes its delightful..... love is more than just love to me... love is respect, and love is power, and love is boldness, and love is truth.
Love is a choice in the face of anything less than itself.

Love never fears.... Love never fails.... love never fades away, it cannot be quenched.... it doesn't die...
Love lives and is alive.... love is a choice for life.
You cannot unlove somebody....you might stop loving at one point or another, but love is love is love and it exists....
The Bible says God is love..... so love then, is infinite... love is powerful, passionate, thoughtful, intelligent. Love is real and true and undeniable, and pure. Love is holy and precious and self-sacrificing and sometimes incomprehensible.
But that is what God is sometimes..... and love is always Good, as God is always good!
Amen??

Mysteries of Love

What is Love?
How do you know if someone really loves you... or if you really and truly love someone?
What about all this.... instead of blaming the other person, see the fault or problem (and ultimately solution) in yourself...
How do you trust God when you don't know exactly what He will do?
It comes down to trusting His judgement.
Even when what happens doesn't always make sense to mortal minds.
But sometimes, if you think about it hard enough, it can make sense.
For example, I have a friend who spent a very long time incarcerated, and this person's parents obviously had bad feelings about it, when I talked to them about the incarceration.
But i mentioned, that maybe, just maybe, being imprisoned spared that person from other worse things.. Who knows, maybe it saved their life.
I learn more about myself everything I go through.
I realized that - i get really caught up in things-ideals, or "dreams" I guess. I have found myself believe things that weren't necessarily "real" in the situation.
Meaning, I have been in relationships that I thought were more than what they really were.
I have learned, too, that I can even have conversations with people, thinking that they fully understand me and are in he same mental perception as me, but then learned they were not.
Or maybe it was me that wasn't understanding them, or perceiving the same as they were.
these things make life hard for me, sometimes.
Because if I had it my way, I would always get what I really want, I would always be truly happy, contented and satisfied.
I think my biggest issue, is wanting "things" --not being happy or satisfied just to have my life, and freedom, and Salvation in Hand.
People will let you down, material things will grow old and become nothing...
I keep asking God to let me be how I used to be... before I was hurt by man. I was innocent, and I loved people without fear and with out judging them and without hatred.
I want to be that person again...
I don't want to be hurt or scared or angry or mean anymore.
I just want : LOVE.

I guess its easier to hate, than to bear the pain of loving someone when they hurt you.
That is why God teaches us to forgive.
People are so egotistical and humans are so naturally emotional, it us sometimes hard to know how to do what's right.
As simple as it's sounds, do what Jesus says, and in the end, everything will work out All Right.
It's a promise.

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God,
to those who are the called according to His purpose.
ROMANS 8:28

I guess it's foolish and self righteous of me to feel how I feel about my situation right now.
I am a woman redeemed by God. Before I "met" Jesus and asked him to wash away my sins, I was very much laden with sin, and evil and the filth of the world.
Even after I repented and was clean, I had a few personal relationship based strongholds that lead me away from the Cross.
I never really wanted to be "away" for God, and he always accepted me and loved me still when I came humbly and ashamedly back to him.

Now I am in a situation where I am forced to be put in my own place, so to say.
I am on the other side of the plate. I am not God, but I feel like I am in the place of knowing the Lord and trying to or wanting to live Right, and being opposed to my face by a significant other.
Even in the name of Jesus.

It frustrates me
It angers me
I want to go and leave
I'm torn because I believe God has told me to wait and stay and watch to see what He will do, but my disappointment and anger just grows, as I hope day in and day out, only to get let down again.
It has caused me to question my faith. It has caused me to question myself,... "was I wrong in what I believed of you LORD?"

It has made me so angry inside, that I almost would rather just walk away than try to wait it out and see if God will do a good thing ( that He said - I believe- He would do. )


I don't know how to get over this.
I just don't know what to do.

It's Your Choice!

So much in life is what we make of it, and I am determined to make my life Great. Why settle for less when you can have the best?! Anytime people are inhibited or held back from living their dreams, it's usually because of their own undealt with shortcomings, attitude problems and unacknowledged sin. Therefore, I say to you and everyone reading, Your life is your own, that you Are responsible and that you are the only one who can choose on which path you will go!
We that have Jesus have the Power of God! And Our God Never Fails~!
Have a Blessed Day !

What's up :)

I wish I had something to write about here that was loaded with emotion and self-actualization and all that jazz but lately all I had been dealing with was frustration, so it feels good to not have to come on here to vent :) :) :)


But, nonetheless I feel like there's not much to say, but I will say this, I have been thinking real hard and for a very long time about creating some sort of poetry artwork for my somewhat large collection of poetry writing. I have had a few different ideas but I think the easiest is to create (paint) some frames and write them up and sell them. I had wanted to find someone (possibly) to illustrate or create colorful backgrounds for some of the poems, but I haven't found any willing body. But if you are interested in either getting a framed and hand written poem by me, or even if you might be interested in designing beautiful backgrounds or if you have any other ideas you would like to share with me, send me an email @ innocenceangel56@yahoo.com
Put "iangel poetry" in the subject, and I will write you back!

Other than that your prayers and positive thoughts are always loved and much appreciated by me!
Hope everyone has a Great Weekend, God is Love and Godbless!
Love, iA

# 2

So I want to say, that after writing my last post (tonight), I decided to read some of the Word and I opened my Bible to Hebrews the end of chapter 6, and it was really encouraging... to not lose faith or hope, and it reminded me that God IS always faithful and will keep the promises he made me.
In my life I have figured out that I tend to retain feelings and thoughts and so writing became an outlet for me to get free. SO, I don't like to post such negative things all the time (referring to the last post) but to be honest, life has it's ups and downs. God is in them all... I feel better now though. Hopeful... Because I know that my God is Faithful. And True.

Challenging Faith or Challenging Myself?

My life as been so perfectly imperfect, sometimes I ask if it will ever be ... what I hope or desire or expect or want it to be. Without trying to sound pathetic, I must admit, at least 50% of the time I think, I ponder my troubles that just never seem to leave me. I try to "forgive" the people who have hurt me, but they continue to do so, or I never find consolation with their resolve and I feel like I'm left hanging... with such lack... with no one to fill their place.
And then, I have tried, like so many people I have met at churches and things say, Jesus will fill that empty place.
I pray, I talk to Him... but... I still feel empty.

I feel like there is something eternally wrong with me, and no matter what I do or say, or try, it is never Right (yeah, with a capital R ).
I try to praise Him (and in my heart I do and I AM grateful and thankful), but sometimes it feels so fake... I mean, you can't DENY your pain when you praise Him... I guess that is what I am trying to find out, or ... accept. God is good.. but, my life may not always be. I have things, but oftentimes, my heart aches. My soul.... I feel misunderstood... I feel like no one even cares to Try to understand.
I feel alone.
Most times being alone doesn't bother me.... but... I guess certain situations that I expect or desire to be... more unified, at failure, make me feel, solitary.
So small in such a big world..
And I see so much of what other people, other happy people have... and I question why can't my life be so?
Why can't I have what every healthy whole normal person wants in life?
Why is my life vexed with this vexation?
Is it me, or is it God?
Am I wrong for doing what I can? I ask Him for help, for guidance...for answers...
I guess I am so blind? I hate my own lack of humility. But how can a person try to be humble?
Who am I, or who do I think I am? that I am not. Who I want to be......
God help me!

O, Heavenly City~

It is interesting how, if you think about words and where they originated from, you can gain a deeper knowledge of what they truly mean. You can also look at a word and, through prayer, gain a more spiritual knowledge about them too.

Take for instance, the word "lust". If you change the letters around, you can create the word "slut" out of it.
And take the word "hatred". Hat-red. It makes me think of someone being "hot-headed"... angry hateful and mean all the time.

Or take the word "love". In England they write of like "ov", and if you take they letters LOVE, it can be percieved like Love = Lord's Love ov everyone.

But I was watching a show a week ago, a 48 hours mystery about some scandal that happened in California. (Another one of those words....)
But the scandal happened in Los Angeles- The City of Angels.

The Holy Spirit quickened me and I saw Lost Angels.
People so often glorify celebrities and movie stars and musicians they see on tv and movies and on the radio, that they lose sight of God, and even thier own life sometimes.

thw World has lead so many people to believe that what is on tv is the truth, or the way things are supposed to be. But in most cases, it is not, and in most cases, the stories and songs are made up. and all the pretty girls have been made up with make-up, and the ones on the magazines have been made up and also photo-shop edited to appear beyond perfect physically. and we don't see any emotions except pleasure, joy and the portrayal of a lavish life.

So many americans believe what they see.
and so they are deceived.

The Bible speaks of faith as being the evidence of things NOT seen... things of God, not even dreamed or imaginged, but better than what we could ever even THINK to ask of or expect of Him.

So- I think that is why the Lord showed me the City in California as being like "Lost angels"
because they lead people into a world of tangible temporary gratifications... while leaving the cross unremembered.

And isn't it funny how all it took was a "t" to bring this revelation to my heart?

We need to stop looking to the world and imitating the world to try and fit in and be like it (the world), and start looking wothin, where God is, and letting Him be glorified in us, and let Him express Who He Is, in us, as we were created for His Purpose, and in His Image.
amen

The Sky is Falling

So it is, by human world calender, the year of 2011. And on New Year Eve at 12 am birds - tons of birds dead- fell from the sky in Arkansas, fish have washed up dead in massive number, and these things have happened across the globe in a minor amount. The scientists nor psychologists have not figured out what it means... and no one else seems to know what is up... so why don't we inquire of the LORD?

Maybe that is the First question HE wants to ask US. Why don't we inquire of HIS infinite Wisdom and Perfect Counsel more? Why are we always turning inward to our own ways and devices, and forsaking His laws, precepts and ways? ~~~~~~~~~
The LORD thy God's ways are Perfect, and His instruction leads to life.

I think there is symbolism in what He has done. I don't think that is was a toxic odor, or a nuclear chemical or some freak accident that these animals have died in massive amounts in various places. I believe God is trying to tell us something(s).

Jesus Christ used birds and fish in quite a few of His messages, according to the Gospels. And if you take the time to read what He has said, you will see it evident that He is telling us that God the Father loves us His people.
He gives ample room for anyone and everyone to :
1 Love Him
2 Live for Him, in relationship with Him
3 Repent of sin therefore leading to
4 Turn from the death of wickedness and sin to a life of forgiveness and mercy and grace

But Do we do it???

This is what you have to ask yourself for your own life. Each person is held accountable TO JESUS CHRIST on that Great and Mighty Day!

Jesus said that a bird will not fall from the sky without God (Our Heavenly Father ) knowing it... how much more does He care about us then... we are only made in His Image and likeness. Why do we turn to things, people and ourselves when we should turn to the Master Copy so to say, for advice, guidance, counsel... comfort. TRUTH.


The WORD also says, If you ask your own earthly father for a fish, will he give you a serpent? NO!
Then how much more will your Heavenly Father give you the things you ask of from Him???

God is SOOO GOOOD!

What has taken us His people away from the Glory and truth and pleasures of LIFE that God Himself has ordained for us??
What about TV. What about traffic .... and cars... and hairstyles.... and outfits... and being better than so and so.... or being angry at so and so.... or looking down on people when you should be helping them... or having a million dollars.... or having every material thing you ever wanted.... or having the next i application invented every 10 seconds of the day???
Comeon people!!!!!!

Who has a right to complain about life or thier own life when they (you?) have the power OVER your own life Over your own choices OVER your own time OVER your own actions.
Yet people want to complain all the time!

When is the last time you went without a bed to sleep on???

When is the last time you were not able to have dinner because you couldn't afford it???

When is the last time you couldn't buy a pair of shoes for your precious feet? (And I am not being sarcastic here )...


Yet people, and especially in America IN MY OWN OPINION, have seemed to have LOST the VALUE of APPRECIATION of things.
And I am saying MORE than the value of "things". But hard work. Or generosity. Or Kindness. Or time. Purity. Honor. Trust. Truthfulness.

Just to name a few off the top of my head.

Yet people want More More More.
What is there to be had if you can't even enjoy what you already do have???


LOOK AT JOB.
JOB THE BOOK IN THE BIBLE.

OR GO FOR A HIKE. WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD TO TAKE THE BUS OR WALK TO THE STORE OR TO WORK BECAUSE YOU HAD NO GAS OR NO CAR OR NO BODY TO PICK YOU UP?

I AM JUST TRYING TO SHOW YOU WHAT IS REALLY REAL AND VALUABLE IN THIS LIFE, AND NOT TO BE CAUGHT UP IN THE WORLD AND IT'S WAYS THEREOF.

BE HONEST WITH YOURSELVES AND WITH EACH OTHER. WRITE IN YOUR JOURNAL. GO FOR A LOOONG WALK SOMEWHERE. GO SOMEWHERE BY YOURSELF ....BUY SOMEBODY SOMETHING WHO DOESN'T EXPECT IT... OR PAY FOR THE PERSON BEHIND YOU'S SANDWHICH AT THE STORE JUST FOR THE SAKE OF IT.
GOD CALLS US TO BE A LIGHT IN A DARK WORLD. HE CALLS US TO LOVE- NOT HATE. HE ASKS US TO - NO - HE COMMANDS US TO PUT HIM FIRST, NOTHING BEFORE HIM- TO HONOR HIM MORE THAN ANYTHING AND ANYONE. EVEN OURSELVES, AND ALL THOSE "THINGS" WE WANT.


THE ONLY THING THAT CAN AND EVER WILL FILL THAT VORACIOUS HUMAN APPETITE FOR "SOMETHING" IS GOD AND HIS DIVINE AND PERFECT LOVE. IF YOU HAVE THAT CRAVING FOR "SOMETHING" LIKE THERE IS SOMETHING MISSING FROM YOU OR YOUR LIFE, IT IS LOVE. AND IF YOU KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS, THEN YOU KNOW THAT GOD IS LOVE.

NOTHING ELSE WILL EVER TRULY SATISFY YOU MORE THAN BEING IN A LOVING RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THE FATHER AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST! AMEN!


LOVE~
IANGEL!