The Healing Garden

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“God is love. His nature requires that He cares for His creation unconditionally. This means that no matter what people do, think, or say – even if they reject Him – the Lord will not stop loving them. The only thing preventing us from experiencing that love is own response.” Dr. Charles F. Stanley

Welcome! If you happened to come across this blog, it’s not an accident or a coincidence. This is a call to the broken, the forgotten, the abused, the lonely, the invisible, the lost, and the hopeless. When all that you have to hold onto is shattered, someone is standing much closer and standing right by your side.

Welcome to the healing garden. The Lord’s desire is to heal those secret places, those wounded places, those places that are tied in knots.

Walk through the healing garden and pluck out the weeds of despair, grief, loss, depression, and failure. Plant new seeds of faith, hope, wisdom, strength, and power. Embrace the kaleidoscope of color. Seasons change. Flowers will bloom and dance in the sunlight.

Don’t give up on yourself. He will not give up on you. If you could only see, what the Lord sees in you. He makes no mistakes. He is able. He is the Great I Am.

He is near.  Just call His name. Keep pressing. Keep pushing. Keep moving forward. All things are working for your good. He loves you more than you could ever know. Trust Him. Rest in Him.

In the healing garden, there are tears. It’s a place of transformation and restoration. Surrender all. Just believe. Come to the healing garden. It’s a place where you learn to be still and gain patience.

In the healing garden, the lies that you believed have no power. You don’t have to please others to be accepted. There is only unconditional love in the healing garden. Won’t you come and dwell there?

It’s a place of harmony and melody. It’s tranquility and peace. Embrace a place where there’s no confusion, chaos, or distractions. It’s a place of instruction, direction, and order.

No excuses live in the healing garden. Step up to who you are called to be. There is no arrogance or competition here. Elevate your mind and drop the ego. No temptation or sin survives or thrives here, either. You’re free to be, naturally.

In the healing garden, there are unlimited possibilities and open doors of opportunities that outweigh impossibilities. Victory resides here.  You are welcome. Will you accept the invitation?

 

Scriptures of Inspiration

1 Peter 1:3-9New International Version (NIV)

Praise to God for a Living Hope

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

“This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. Joshua 1:8

“My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.” Proverbs 4:20-22


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Pick up Your Cross

When we reflect upon the Resurrection, we celebrate the triumph of Jesus overcoming the grave and sitting at the right hand of the Father in Heaven. We celebrate His victory and all He has done for our Salvation. He is alive and lives in our hearts and we await for His return. He will reign upon the earth as He did once before.

As followers of Christ, we must remain steadfast knowing that we should walk as Jesus and live as an example.  We should pick up our cross daily and follow Him. Mark 10:21

What exactly does that mean? Jesus requested the apostles to leave all they had to follow Him. In the New Testament, Jesus speaks of giving up everything to follow Him. He commanded to give riches and treasures to the poor and to put Him first in every area of our life. In Mark 10:25, Jesus said, “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God.”

Jesus want to know your heart is pure and that you can be content in all circumstances. Nothing should stand in the way of relationship with Him.  Of course, our Father gives us good pleasures, but He wants us to delight in Him. He wants us to honor and obey Him. He does not want us to be persuaded or enticed by glitz, glamour, fame and fortune.  Neither does He desire the church to become a den of thieves.

Picking up your cross also means to be obedient to what the Lord ask you to do.  When we follow and surrender to Jesus, we desire to please Him. He will also fulfill the desires of our heart. “If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” John 15:7

Moses answered the call to lead the Israelites through the wilderness to the promise land. Joseph was obedient to endure betrayal and be thrown into a pit, despite the jealousy of his brothers, and still blessed them in spite of their evil ways towards him. Jeremiah was obedient to prophesy over disobedience in the land.

It is not always easy to be obedient to the Lord. In many cases, it can be tough. However, the Lord supplies everything you need to overcome the challenges, obstacles and surprises life brings. God is not looking for perfect people. He calls the misfits, the outsiders, the prideful, the unqualified, and the sinful.  Mark 2:13-17

When we pick up our cross, we are not carrying the burdens of life on our shoulders. This may be a misinterpretation of what the verse means and easily misunderstood. Jesus already paid the price for the penalty of sin for all of us. He carries our burdens. The greatest love of all flows from the heart of Jesus. By no means, we are to believe that we are to carry the cross like Christ did. Our works or deeds on earth does not open the doors to heaven. Salvation does. That is the whole reason Christ died for us. Without the crucifixion of Christ, there would be no sacrifice. Nevertheless, our works will be rewarded once we enter into the Kingdom. “Through faith and patience we will inherit the promises.” Heb 6:12

All that you search for in this world is null and void and does not satisfy. Jesus said, “I am the bread of life: He that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.” John 6:35

Pick up your cross and follow Him daily. Be a disciple of Christ.  Share the Gospel. Uplift and encourage others. Ask for wisdom, discernment and understanding and walk as examples of Christ.

Just a few things to think about…

What can you do to welcome others who have a different lifestyle than you or do not have the same faith or values that you have? How do you react or respond to stress, worry, doubt or fear? How do you act when you’re angry, tired or frustrated? What can you do differently when emotions take over? How do you lead by example in the workplace? How do you share your testimony with others when they don’t know Christ?

You’re welcome to leave your comments. Thanks for your support.

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Additional Scripture References:

Matt 7:9-11

Phil 4:19

Heb 6:10

 John 18  and  John 19

 I Peter 1:3-9

 Romans 3:23-25

 I Corth 15:13-28