Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Good Morning My Loves!

Amazing isn't it,  to have a clear understanding and knowledge of something, for it to slip away in a moment of truth. This was Eve's story. Genesis 3: 1-5 tells of the conversation that she had with the serpent, and what she REALLY knew...

At what moment did she make the exchange, the exchange being what she KNEW was sure and what was uncertain? Did Eve realize that Guilt and Fear were waiting just beyond her move to take the fruit from the tree? It's something to think about all that Eve had at her disposal, and what we as modern day Christians have. Eve had no foreknowledge; in fact many of the ill emotions that waited on her negative actions were emotions never known to her before the act of eating the fruit. Today, we have foreknowledge, examples and memories of things that we have done in times past, but yet, we still reach for that which is forbidden. What is it about our lack of REVERENCE for guilt and fear that pushes us to a place of no return? How is it that we are so able to transition from light to darkness without feeling the GRAVITY of where we are headed? 

I would daresay it is because we have never really thought about what lies beneath the guilt and fear, and where these emotions will take us in the course of our lives. Eve had no idea that she would suffer such extraneous circumstances, those that she was not designed or prepared for. What about you? Is the act worth the trouble?
~With Love, Towana~

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

The Giver of Life!

Good morning My Loves!
Last week we talked about Eve, the Act, and the guilt that followed. Oftentimes it is not the act but, it is being caught in the act and our failure to resolve our guilt. It is this lack of resolution that pushes us to experience masking emotions known as fear, disappointment, sadness, and grief (see chart below). Each of these emotions comes with a litany of others that, if left unchecked, will lead us into decisions and actions that will constantly cause pain, hurt, and loss of strength in character, between spouses, and within the family unit.
This was not God's perfect design that we experience any lack! The Bible says in John 10:10 the thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
God wants us to resolve our ills by depending on him in all things. He has come to give us LIFE! Join me this week as we look at fear and continue the journey to fullness of Life in God by uncovering the "Many Faces of Eve" and the Resolution.
God bless you today!
~With Love, Towana~

Fear

Good Morning My Loves!
Think back to the last time YOU did something contrary to the will of God. What enticed you to keep going even though you KNEW it was wrong? Once you completed the act, what guilty feelings rushed into your being? Were you fearful? What did that fear feel like?
Fear can be a paralyzing emotion. It suspends your ability think clearly and instead of acting, all actions become REACTIVE, based on your level of fear. Think back to Eve's story...once she and Adam ate the fruit, THEY HID. In that moment of fear they couldn't clearly process God's infinite love for them OR the fact that God sees all.
Isa 41:10 says this: So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
NO MATTER WHAT, allow God to be with you, strengthen and help you. HE IS our Righteousness!
~With Love, Towana~