what's in your temple?

I've seen several posts on Facebook from friends - and I've been experiencing it here, too...

The enemy is selling his lies in the temples of our hearts - and we are buying them.
It's time to invite Jesus to upturn those tables and send Satan packing.
There isn't room for both.

Ask Him to expose the lies and katargeo them. Their familiarity makes them comfortable and dangerous. There is a mole in the kingdom of our souls - and it is us. Jesus is not King - He's an ornament we look at to feel better.
Enough is enough.
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unwrapping the now

I love my home!
I especially love my little corner of it - we call it The Studio. I always wanted one of those!
This week I'm sharing that space with one of my closest friends. She's here from out-of-state and we're busy as elves sewing our hearts out for Christmas. Christmas carols play, a pine-scented candle burns in the corner, and a pot of soup simmers on the stove. Life is good. :o)

 The reality is we don't know how long we'll have this house. The seller told a big lie that cost us lots of money we didn't have. At first, the Hunk and I were tempted to hold back... why pour ourselves into something we can't keep? Why get too attached? But God whispered to our hearts, encouraging us to embrace the now.
  
It's the perfect get-together place, with it's HUMONGOUS back yard and view of the stars. The outside looks sort of abandoned. And the inside still has boxes to unpack and lots of fixing-up we'd like to do.  


But we're not waiting for it to be "perfect" to enjoy it. To invite friends over for s'mores around the fire. To have Sunday dinners and game nights and sewing marathons.

We don't want to look back and regret not enjoying this wonderful space. Today it belongs to us. So we're unwrapping the gift that is now. Because that's all we're really ever promised. 

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unwrapping rest

The curve balls of life continue to come at me full speed. An already challenging task became almost impossible as the physical hindered the mental and skewed the emotional. At the start of the week I was in panic mode,  knowing what still needed to be done without enough time to do it. 
And I hit my wall. You know, the brick one that leaves you bloody because you keep charging into it thinking this time it will move. Out of sheer exhaustion, I decided to let it go. I quit. I even posted it on Facebook, which makes it official. (Right?)

Then something happened. The mental act of "quitting" gave me the freedom to relax. To allow things to be what they are. To allow God to worry about the details while I rest a little. I didn't quit and walk away. Instead I was able to face the task from a different direction. (I believe someone smart named Antoine said that...)
The circumstance hasn't changed. There will still be consequences to face and I'll worry about those when they present themselves. In the meantime, I'm still plugging away, and accomplishing a lot more from a place of rest.


"Are you tired? Worn out?... Come to me... Walk with me and work with me - watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace."  Matthew 11:28, The Message

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