Windy path...

My prayer:

What a day of joy, healing and love! Thank you Jesus! You healed my leg. I could barely lift it yesterday and today, no pain at all. Then, you surround me with people who are generous, kind and make me feel so special. Thank you for this special day God.

What God Said Tonight:

I have you on a bit of a windy path right now. You will get where you need to go but you will not travel in a straight line.

There is purpose in the turns. Take time to enjoy the scenery. Take time to get to know those who are traveling with you in a deeper way. We are going to cover a lot of ground by taking this path.

You might say that is the reason for the serpentine route.

Protection...

My prayer:

Protection God. That is the word that is just echoing in my mind and my spirit tonight. I pray for your protection over us. Protection from violence, protection from fire, protection from evil and protection from ourselves and the decisions we make out of our pain. Blanket us in your protection.

What God Said Tonight:

I have built a fortress around you. My angels stand guard. My Holy Spirit watches over it all. I have a protection program set up that is infallible and unbreachable.

I will not only watch over you in this life but, when it is time, I have made the provision for you to live forever with me. That everlasting life is your guarantee of my protection.

I will not see you destroyed. Ever.

Complicated mess...

My prayer:

Today was pretty wonderful God. Thank you for every blessed minute. I have been praying and asking for your help for everyone else today. I think tonight I just want to listen.

What God Said Tonight:

Sometimes things that you think are a mess are really just complicated. Just because something is complicated, does not mean there is something wrong. The best things in life can be the result of very complicated preparation.

I have great things for you. Some of them you will see coming. Others, you will see emerge from the complicated "mess" that you thought was an issue to be solved when it was nothing more than the breeding ground for my blessing.

I love you.

The disease of evil...

My prayer:

God, I pray for your peace to blanket our country tonight.

Things have gotten really out of control. I don't understand how killing people became a viable course of action but it seems like every day, we have another mass shooting or other horrific violence.

We need your wisdom and your peace. We need your grace to overwhelm us so our reaction is love and not violence. We need your love, which is stronger than any hate, to heal us.

God, I give you my country and ask for your help.

What God Said Tonight:

I have seen great violence done over the ages. I will see yet more. Violence is a side effect, an outcome of evil living in the world. It is a symptom of the disease of evil.

The symptoms seem to be getting worse because the illness is coming to a head. It is like when you have a fever. Often, right before the fever breaks, you have a spike where your temperature rises a bit more, or at least it feels as though it does. The same is true of this world.

The end (or the beginning depending on how you look at it) is nearly here. For now, know that you are under my protection. Know that I have my children well and strategically placed. Know that no matter how out of control it feels, I will see it work for your good in the end.

We are in a battle but it is a battle that we win.

Hold on tight...

My prayer:

I am resting in your arms and in your love tonight God. My favorite place!

What God Said Tonight:

Strap on and hold tight. We have a bumpy road ahead.

You can choose to be frightened by the ups and downs or you can trust me in the middle of it and enjoy the ride. It is going to be exhilarating if you let yourself enjoy it. It will be terrifying if you don't trust me.

I love you sweet child. Hold on tight.

Living a life of grace...

My prayer:

Awesome God, THANK YOU! You made today go so smoothly. I was dreading returning back to work, worried about what I would find, but you took care of everything! Thank you Jesus!!

And yet, even in my giving thanks to you tonight, my mind strays to the one offense from today. The one thing that did not even bother me at the time but now, as I think about it, I find myself taking offense. Thinking, "She had no right to say that!"

But, that is ridiculous thinking. All it does is take the focus away from all of the blessings you heaped on me today. God, I ask for your help to let go of any offense. I choose to let it go and I ask for your help to not pick it up again. That offense is an enemy to me, to you and to the blessings you provided me and I will not allow it to fester in me. THANK YOU!

What God Said Tonight:

You will soon see the new heaven and the new earth. You will see that it is full of light and free from darkness. You will see that pain and offense do not live there.

The more you can live free of those things now, the more at home you will be in the new heaven and the new earth.

Letting go of an offense is not weakness. It is the strongest and kindest thing you can do. Living a life of grace means giving it as well as receiving it.

I love you sweet child. Go, in my grace.

When...

My prayer:

I just want to hear your voice.

What God Said Tonight:

I haven't done all that I need to do in you yet. I still have hurts to heal. I still have dreams to realize. I have much yet to do in you and for you.

I have not waited out of punishment. I have waited for the right time. I have waited for everything to be in proper alignment to ensure the best possible results.

I am the God of the universe and I can see the end from the beginning. You will look back on this night and realize that it was not a matter of "if" it was only a matter of "when". Your "when" is coming soon. I have great things yet for you.