Words are Words are Words ..... Right?

In my study time and prayer time and alone time with God, I learned something very interesting. One of those things that most folks would call "too good to be true". I would agree with that except, I'm not most folks; and, I didn't hear this from some folks ..... I heard it from God.

The one thing .... and I mean ONE thing .... that makes man uniquely in the likeness of God, is our ability to speak. Of all God's creation, man is the only thing gifted with the ability to speak. Jesus told us that each of us will have to give an account of every idle word we speak. (Matthew 12:35-37)

And, I thought to myself ...... speak to the mountain and the mountain will move.

hmmmmmmm ..........

Speak to the mountain of weight I desire to lose and it will disappear?

Speak to my family's finances and see the abundance of John 10:10?

Speak to my health and never be sick?

Here's the truly amazingly divine part of the entire equation? God never said I had to "do" anything.

Simply ...... speak!

The rest of my scripture reference actually proves the point. If we speak good things into our lives out of the good treasure in our hearts, we will have good things. We will have life. We will have peace. We will have joy and abundance and every good thing God wants to bless us with, and our own words will justify us. If we speak evil things, sinful things, ungodly things, we will have sickness and lack, stress and unrest, and our very own words will condemn us. And, I also believe that this applies to words spoken over us or about us. We need to receive and embrace the uplifting, truthful heartfelt words spoken, and we need to be quick to rebuke lies and ugly words spoken to or about us.

In addition, we need to be quite mindful of things we say about ourselves and about others, because we are going to have to give an account. Speak the truth in love or don't speak. Let your yes be yes and your no be no, because, right after that, you get into ignorance, half-truths, mistruths and flat out lies.

Think about it .... have you ever heard people say stuff like "my back is killing me" or "these kids are going to be the death of me"? Stuff like that .... Well, those folks might die from a back injury, or they may have a heart attack and die because of their kids ..... but the truth is ..... it was the words that came out of their own mouths that killed them. Job is a perfect example of how pining over the same thing over and over brings it to pass. he prayed for his sons daily to not be doing ungodly things and that is the very circumstance his words put into manifestation. I was actually quite surprised by how many examples the Bible gives on how we speak and what we say. The Bible also says "my people suffer for a lack of knowledge" so, I suppose knowing what the Bible says and actually believing it may be of some importance here. I mean, if we don't know things like this are in His Word, they are of no use to us. Here's what I do know, though .......

God "spoke" the world into existence. He NEVER lifted a finger. He very simply spoke,  and, as His blood bought covenant children, He has given us the ability to speak His wisdom, healing, grace, mercy and abundance into existence.

Could it really be so simple? I believe it is.

Talking my walk and Walking my talk,

Kalena Speaking

Innocence Lost

Oh my heart hurts!

It is my normal way, in tragedy, to find some humor in something that makes a distraction, even if only for moment, from the agony in the pain, because something has just happened that I never wanted to happen. I have always been like that, and I have had many opportunities in my life to demonstrate this ability.

Today, though, there is no humor. There is no laughter. There is only tears and anguish. My heart is too heavy for sleep. My heart is too torn for the Moms who are not sleeping tonight from the loss of their beautiful babies. My mind is stayed on the beautiful faces, I have never seen, of the innocent children the world lost in Newtown, Connecticut this morning.

I remember when my boys were in kindergarten and the things they were doing this time of year. Cutting paper stockings to hang in the hallway, making gingerbread houses with graham crackers, anxiously awaiting next week's Christmas party and getting all excited about Christmas morning that is soon approaching. I imagine those beautiful ones in Newtown were doing pretty much the same thing this morning.

I remember, also, that cold, cold day I stood on a mountainside in Marion, VA with my older sister as she buried her daughter. I am reminded today of the fact I came so close to on that day. There is no way to ever fully recover from losing a child, and I thank God that I cannot relate to this pain. Ever changed, life will go on in Newtown, and this is the greatest tragedy of all for those left to live through it.

I gain a great amount of peace knowing that these beautiful babies are all in heaven with our Lord, never to be hurt, scared or harmed again in anyway ever! However, this peace comes from a distance. I know in my heart, there are NO words available, even to the most devout in faith, to ease the pain of the families involved.

My heart weeps for the loss of tomorrows for these families!

America Lost Today

Over the upcoming days, more and more information will unfold about the unspeakable heartbreak that took place this morning in Newtown, Connecticut. Somewhere in all that comes to light, we are going to see images of the shooter and hear sorted details about his life and why he did this or how this happened. If the media covers this the same way they cover most stories, the villain in this story will get more sensationalized coverage than the beautiful babies that left our world today by his hand. As much as I love journalism and aspire to this day to be published, I despise this about our news coverage and the fact that our country has an unsettling addiction to hearing such details above the stories of the victims in these moments. Yet, this is the condition of the heart of this country. Needing to know who he was, how he was, why he was ........... the thing is ........ I DO NOT CARE ANYTHING ABOUT HIM! I don't want to see his face on my TV. I don't want to know what his malfunction was! I ABSOLUTELY do not want to hear about his dysfunctional childhood! Don't misunderstand .... his actions and his self inflicted death reveal a disturbed something, and I'm sure his "mental" state will be the topic of much discussion. Let me make my heartfelt opinion on this crystal clear ....... this is not a "mental" moment. What we have been witness to on this day in history is pure evil. And, make NO MISTAKE on the equally important part ...... these babies are victims! Innocent and defenseless! There is NO he said she said in this tragic moment. Kindergartners who five months ago were not even old enough to even be in that classroom today. Babies! Yes, America, today we witnessed EVIL. Call it what it is!

My heart is broken for those parents. My heart is broken for that community. My heart is broken for America. Today, we lost. ALL of America lost. And, I say that to say this .........

IF THERE WAS EVER A MOMENT IN HISTORY WHERE THE REDEEMED OF THE LORD NEED TO SAY SO ......... THIS IS THAT MOMENT!!!!!!

I saw a comment today about how sad it was this happened so close to Christmas.

REALLY?

Somebody ..... Anybody ..... tell me when would have been a good time for this to happen!!!!!!

America, Church, we have gone astray ..... NOW is the time time we need to diligently and fervently fall on our knees and turn our faces back toward God and pray He heal our nation and redeem the lost among us ..... lest we, as wheat, become fully suffocated! I truly believe America was founded on Judeo-Christian principles, sanctified by God to be the great nation our history has known. As "One Nation Under God", we have been abundantly blessed ..... yet, somewhere in our history, the church fell asleep, and, while we were sleeping, the thief came in and planted weeds that are over taking our land.

If this doesn't wake us up ..... then my earnest and genuine prayer is "Come, Lord Jesus, Come"!