Locamente Enamorada!

In Love

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Estoy Locamente Enamorada de EL. 

Lo necesito para vivir. Es mas importante que el aire que respiro. EL es mi vida, todo lo que necesito lo encuentro en EL. Lo amo. Lo anhelo. 

I ♥ YOU

Wedding with God!

I was at church and the church was packed, the way it is during convention. It was beautifully decorated everything was done to perfection, I was at a wedding. Then the bridesmaids started coming the aisle and the interesting part was that there were no groomsmen just bridesmaids and they were accompanied by children, I thought how cute and original. Then the bride was suppose to come down the aisle and at first she wanted all the people she loved and the people she cared about to walk her down the aisle and it was a group of about 50 people but at the last minute she said "no, I'm going to do alone, I don't need you" and normally brides walk down the aisle, well she started dancing and it was a dance of complete surrender and devotion (you have seen Valencia dance and she can dance but the way this bride was dancing was 100 times better) and so I wanted to see who the groom was and I kept looking at the alter and I saw no one and that's when I realized she was not marrying a man she was marrying GOD.

You know when you have a dream sometimes you don't see the face of the person but you know who they are? well in my dream the bride was Iza and I texted her and I told her, I had the most beautiful dream and you were in it. The reason why I had seen her was because that Friday (February 27) she was one of the people that went up and I saw her and her image stood on my mind. So I told her my dream and I was telling her the dream, Hosea 2:16 came to mind "And it shall be, in that day," says the Lord, "That you will call Me, 'My Husband.' And no longer call Me, 'My Master,'. Also in Hosea 2:17 it says "For I will take from her mouth the names of the Baals, And they shall be remembered by their name no more." That's what the bride did in my dream, she wanted the people she loved and held dear to her heart to walk her down the aisle but at the last minute she decided she didn't need them. We have to put aside the things that are hindering our relationship with God. 

Ever since that dream I been praying and seeking to understand so I read Hosea all over again and if you read Hosea 2:14-23 is God calling His bride to Him. This dream has not left my mind or my spirit since I had it. The other day I was meditating on Hosea and I felt as God was directing my hand as I wrote what He was saying in that book. This is what I wrote: 

He is complaining against the harlotry of His people. He is reminding them who He is, what He has done for them. His tenderness is felt even as He rebukes them and even in His anger, He is madly in love with His bride. He wants to give them knowledge but they reject it (4:6). God is merciful, loving, righteous, just and faithful (2:19-20). He is saying let Me love you, let Me allure you, let Me speak words of comfort to you (2:14). Do you not know that there is none like Me? There’s no savior besides Me! (13:4). Don’t you know that I heal you? (11:3) I am the one that ransom you from the power of the grave (13:14). Return to Me and I will take away all iniquity and I will receive you graciously (14:2). I am Holy and forever faithful. Don’t you know that I recompense you according to your deeds? (12:2) I draw you with gentle cords, with bands of love (11:4). I will change your shame for My Glory (4:7). I will sow you for Myself (2:23). I will remove the names of Baals from your mouth (2:17). I will do anything and everything to lie you down safely (2:18). I love you and out of bondage I have called you out (11:1). I love you freely (14:4) and My fruit is found in you (14:8). The place of your disgrace will be the place of your rebirth (1:10). Acknowledge your offense and seek My face earnestly (5:15). I will discipline and strengthen your arms (7:15). Don’t forget I am your maker (8:14) I have taught you how to walk and have taken you in My arms (11:3). Wait on Me continually (12:6). Sow for yourself righteousness; reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek Me, till I come and rain righteousness on you (10:12). I have redeemed you, cry out to Me with your heart (7:14) direct your deeds to Me, get to know Me! (5:4)

God is longing for His bride and even in His anger He says, "My heart churns within Me; My sympathy is stirred. I will not execute the fierceness of My anger, I will not again destroy...For I am GOD, and not man, The Holy One in your midst; And I will not come with terror." Hosea 11:8-9.

God is calling His bride, He is pleading with her, return to ME and I will take you graciously! TURN to me, cry out with your heart, seek Me, I LOVE YOU! 

We haven't yet grasp the love He has for us (His bride/His wife) because if we had we wouldn't be living the way we are living, our lives wouldn't be the same, they couldn't be the same. I use to think we had to wait until Christ comes to be marry to Him but we don't. We marry Him when we put everything that doesn't glorify Him aside, when the names of Baals (things of this world) are removed from our mouth its when we are able to call Him, husband. It becomes a delight to be in His presence, it becomes our desire to be with Him. Its no longer a duty and we stop calling Him master. 

God is calling out, Let Me allure you and speak words of comfort to you, let Me LOVE YOU!

I Love You!

Because I am God, your personal God,...your savior. 

I paid a huge price for you... That's how much you mean to Me!

 That's how much I love you! 

I'd sell off the whole world to get you back, trade the creation just for you.

Isaiah 43:3-4

I remember...

When you fall in love with Him, you realize He is all you ever needed. The following was written by a friend and I share the same feelings.

You made the sun rise for me

I remember the moment you found me

I remember the moment I first believed in your love

the moment i first felt so alive

I remember the first time I first felt your touch

I remember the first time you ever spoke to me

I remember the time, were because of you..I couldn’t stop smiling

I remember the first time I spoke our love language

I remember the first time we became friends

I remember the moment I fell in love with you

I remember the first time I danced with you

I remember the moment I first saw you, the first time my eyes were opened

I remember the time nothing else mattered but you

I remember when you became my favorite song

when you made my heart sing for joy

I remember when each moment had meaning,

were each breathe I took, I grasped your love

I remember when in my brokeness I was complete in you

I remember the moment you became my passion

I remember when Your arms held me close during the storm

I remember when the refreshing waters of your words , soothed me during the fire

You made the sun rise for me

You made all things new

You turned my sorrows to joy

You turned my mourning into dancing

You brought my battles into victory

You brought my life to purpose

You showed me the way to go

You prepared my hands for battle

You filled my mouth with your words

You shook everything I was holding on to,

& raised me up in your truth

You set my feet on solid ground

You changed my mind

You changed my life

You set me free

You lifted my eyes

Your spirit took over me

You became my everything

You wrote your name upon my heart

I will not forget the moment You made the sun rise for me

The moment I first came to know true Love

God is Love

Draw close

I am determined to have Him, All of Him in my life. But when we draw near He says, you stand in holy ground, therefore get rid of everything that is not adding to your life, get rid of the dirt, clean yourself, sanctify yourself and stand before me holy, for I have called you to be holy for I AM holy. When Moses drew near to the burning bush, God said "take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground" (Exodus 3:5). You cannot stand before God wearing the garments of the world. 

God has been dealing with me, He has been tugging at my heart, first with a whisper but its louder now and I cannot ignore Him. I am determined to have Him regardless of what it takes. God wants only the best for us and as we draw closer to Him, the cleaner we have to be. Even the smallest thing you thought would not show start showing when you draw near Him. He is saying "you say you want all of Me, now I say to you I want all of you. Every part of your life, I want it all, so let go of that that is keeping you from having all of Me, let it go and watch Me work." He is a jealous God and He doesn't share His lover with the world. He wants all of us, just as we want all of Him. If  we want ALL of HIM we have to be willing to get rid of all the junk and prepare a place for Him, a place worthy of a king. 

When the Philistines took the ark of God into the temples of their gods they saw how God destroyed their gods (1 Samuel 5). Are you ready for God to come into you (His temple) and start destroying everything that is not glorifying Him?

When words meet GOD

They fall silent. There's no need for them. Words cannot begin to express the greatness, the goodness and the beauty of God. No words to express His love, His devotion and desire for His bride. The most eloquent of writers meets his match when He encounters HIM. GOD does not listen to words, He listens to the heart. So when you speak with Him, He is not paying attention at the pretty words you are using, He is paying attention to your heart, He listens to the tone of voice of your heart. He longs for your heart, for your spirit to worship Him.

Monday Morning Word Search

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When words meet God, they fall silent, there's no need for them because God is looking for a broken heart and a contrite spirit, not for a poet or a scholar. 

Times

I came across this song today and it blessed me. Remember God is love and He loves you, He wants to be the first thing you think about in the morning and the last thing on your mind before you go sleep. God is merciful and amazing and He send His son to die on the cross for our sins. He is offering salvation, eternal life, He wants to be the lover of your soul, He wants to be your everything. He wants to be your friend, don't wait until its too late and He will no longer stand as your friend but as your judge.

Here are the lyrics, the song is called Times by Tenth Avenue North:

I know I need you

I need to love you

I love to see you, and its been so long

I long to feel you

I feel this need for you'

and I need to hear you

is that so wrong?

now you pulled me near you

when we're close i fear you

still I'm afraid to tell you

all that I've done

are you done forgiving?

or can you look pass my pretending?

Lord I'm so tired of defending

what I've become

what have I become?

I hear you say "my love is over,

its underneath, its inside, its in between

the times you doubt me, when you can't feel

the times that you've questioned 'is this for real?'

the times you've broken, the times that you mend

the times you hate me and the times that you bend

well my love is over, its underneath

its inside, its in between,

these times you're healing

and when your heart breaks

the times that you feel like you've fallen from grace

the times you're hurting

the times that you heal

the times you go hungry and attempted to steal

in times of confusion and chaos and pain

I'm there in your sorrow under the weight of your shame

I'm there through your heartache

I'm there in the storm

my love I will keep you by my power alone

I dont care where you've fallen, where you have been

I'll never forsake you

my love never ends, it never end

His love is forever, its never ending.... We have all fallen short of His grace don't try to go earn it, there's nothing you can do that will make you earn it. He has given it freely. He is saying "I don't care where you've fallen or have many times, I WILL NEVER FORSAKE YOU, I LOVE YOU, let me clean up your mess, let me be your perfect lover, LET ME and watch the wondrous works of my hands, but you must let me do it"

I love my God more and more each day... there are no words that could begin to explain!!! He overwhelms me, He caress me, He gives me butterflies, He makes me smile, He makes my heart skip a beat, He is my everything!!!!

I am in love with LOVE!!!

GuiDANCE

I found this in my docs, I don't know who wrote so I can't give them credit but I hope you enjoy it!

With Guidance You Can Dance
When I meditated on the word Guidance,

I kept seeing "dance" at the end of the word.

I remember reading that doing God's will is a lot like dancing.

When two people try to lead, nothing feels right.

The movement doesn't flow with the music,

And everything is quite uncomfortable and jerky.

When one person realizes that, and lets the other lead,

Both bodies begin to flow with the music.

One gives gentle cues, perhaps with a nudge to the back

Or by pressing Lightly in one direction or another.

It's as if two become one body, moving beautifully.

The dance takes surrender, willingness,

And attentiveness from one person

And gentle guidance and skill from the other.

daddy dance

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My eyes drew back to the word Guidance.

When I saw "G": I thought of God, followed by "U" and "I".

"God, "u" and "I" dance."

God, you, and I dance.

As I lowered my head, I became willing to trust

That I would get guidance about my life.

Once again, I became willing to let God lead.

My prayer for you today is that God's blessings

And mercies are upon you on this day and everyday.

May you abide in God, as God abides in you.

Dance together with God, trusting God to lead

And to guide you through each season of your life.

If God has done anything for you in your life,

Please share this message with someone else.

Interceding in prayer is one of the best gifts we can receive.

Faux everything...

We have gotten so use to the imitations, the fake Louis Vuitton, Prada, Gucci, fake leather, fake designer everything. We see them on the streets and we buy them and we think what a great deal! Sure not all of us can afford to spend thousands of dollars on designer goods so we settle for what we can get, low quality items and because of the low quality they don't last.

It would be okay if we just did this with designer good but the thing is that we do this with everything, including LOVE. We settle for imitations of the real thing and we take whatever we can find. Real Love is something that we should all be willing to pay the premium price for, its something worth everything we have. If you had the money to buy a real Loui you would probably not settle for the imitation, we have everything we need to acquire Real Love, yet we are settling.

(above image via flicker.com by {redheadz04)

I love a GOD who not only loves, but HE is LOVE and because He loves He shows His mercies, He shows His loving kindness, He saves and heals, He makes whole. I am in love with a God that only wants the best for me. I am in love with the only one that can satisfy my every need, He completes me, He protects me, He is my everything. Loving Him comes naturally, how can you not love someone that loves you? How can you not love someone that time and time again shows us that He cares? How can you not be willing to pay whatever price to have/to experience true love?

God is love and before you can love another you must first love Him, whole heartily, with everything you have, you need to give it all, surrender it all, leave everything that is keeping you from loving Him the way you should, leave it all behind. When you allow Him to love you, everything in your life changes, bad habits disappear, you start seeing yourself the way He sees you. Things are not the same once you experience His love.

I am in love with LOVE & GOD is love!

In love with LOVE

We live life looking for the love of our lives, but most of the times we look for it in the wrong places, we settle for less and instead of waiting on God we do things our way. I am in love with Love and its an amazing feeling. I found my first true love, every time I think of Him I get butterflies, I can't stop smiling, spending time with Him is the only thing I want to do. I love being with Him, I love everything about Him. I am in love with Love, and GOD is Love!

It has taken me a long time to get to where I am today and let me tell you, it was worth the wait. If I could describe the perfect lover it would be HIM. He is the perfect lover, the perfect mate. He makes me smile, He listens, He cleans up my mess, He loves me just as I am, He sees me the way he created me, perfect in His image. He is the lover of my soul and life is so much better now that I have found myself in Him. He quiets me down with His love. God is faithful and His goodness knows no bounds. 

I am dangerously in love with Him, I am willing to do anything and everything to have HIM in my life. He is the source of my existence, I am the apple of His eye, the works of His hands, His favorite dwelling place, His desire. He loves me and I love Him. Love has a new meaning. 

In Love

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To love someone that will never leave you, someone that has promised to quiet us down with His love, someone that rejoices over us with singing and gladness. To love someone that has promised to never put us to shame, to love someone that has promised to be our confidence, our refuge, our strength, our joy, our salvation, our healing, our provider, our banner. To love someone that has given all that He has to assure us eternal life, to love Him is the only thing I want to do, to please Him is my only desire.

There are no words that can describe what I am feeling the only thing that comes close to describing it is: I AM IN LOVE WITH LOVE!!!! 

God is amazing and I pray that you experience what I am experiencing... there is truly fulness of joy in His presence and everything your heart ever desired in a lover is found in Him!

"...'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.'" Matthew 22:37-38