My Delight Is In Her

“Something's coming…Something hungry for blood. A shadow grows on the wall behind you, swallowing you in darkness. It is almost here. - Mike Wheeler, Stranger Things 

" The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy .  I came that they may have life and have it abundantly." John 10:10 (ESV) 

 Spiritual Warfare Ephesians 6:12 (ESV)  For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

 I strangely got more excited about this topic than any of the other of the 12 steps to following God as single woman .  Something kind of odd or special about me is that I love and desire to go into the darkest places to help people.  I know some women who are true servants, like my mom, and I envy and desire that quality, but I wouldn't say that I possess it.  If you ask me to clean up or watch...

“These walls were not meant to shut out problems. You have to face them. You have to live the life you were born to live.”- Mother Abbess, The Sound of Music No Root of Bitterness Hebrews 12:14-17: Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal. For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears. As the old saying goes, “you can’t drink poison and expect it to kill your enemy.” It took me a long time to understand that not forgiving people only hurts you. “Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hate. Forgiveness breaks the chains of bittern...

Where do you let your thoughts take you? Do you harp on the pain of the past?  Do you daydream all day about sex, marriage, pregnancy, and being a mother when God hasn’t given you those blessings yet? Do you watch hours upon hours of mindless TV shows and imagine what your life would be like if you were Blair Waldorf, Lady Mary Crawley, Rachel Green, or whoever the star is of your favorite show? I know you do. I know because if I let myself, I will do the exact same thing. I’m not saying wanting to be a wife and a mother is a bad thing. Those aren’t bad desires at all, and I hope that if that’s what you want that you continue to ask God for those blessings, but you can't live in a fairytale that doesn’t exist. Also, if we let ourselves, we will be overcome with our own failures and insecurities when life doesn't go as expected. Take Every Thought Captive We take every thought captive by fighting back insecurities with scripture. We fight back all the lies that the ene...

Psalm 37:3-6 (ESV): Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. 6 He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday. Praying your desires can be tricky, but it’s not as complicated as we make it out to be. Obviously, you don’t want something to come about that isn’t God’s will for you. At the same time, God will start to speak to you about His will for your life as you draw nearer to Him. Furthermore, God cares about what you want!!!  Maybe we have felt shamed in the past for thinking that our desires were not important enough to bring to Him, but that just isn't true. It is true that not everyone will get married, but when God’s Spirit lives in us and we are walking by the Spirit, He controls our desires. That desire in your heart is there for a reason...