For His Glory

Everyone Wants to be a Winner Recently, the AAU basketball team my husband coaches and our son plays on won the Oregon State Championship. They were recognized as the number one team in their age group (5th/6th) and division. It was a joyous time as we all celebrated their victory. Some of us, i.e. me, cried tears of mixed emotion as the relief that the season was finally over intertwined with the letdown that the season was now officially over. Many players' faces were also filled with tears as the thought of another season ending overcame their emotions.  So much of our lives are invested in the team and each other. We are really a family. We have traveled together five months out of the year for four years now. We laugh together, we cry together, we go broke together. It's great! But in all sincerity it's a very unique bond we share. As adults we understand that what we have as a team and family of parents and grandparents is once in a lifetime amazing. ...

WHY DOES THIS THEME - BOLD - KEEP TURNING UP EVERYWHERE  I GO????? WHEN IT STARTED: A few months ago our church had their annual winter conference. This year it was entitled Bold . If you don't believe me here is a picture of the bulletin from that conference: I didn't think anything of it. About that same time the Lord was working out all the details of my birthday trip to California for a Christian writer's conference (for those of you who have been following my posts I'm leaving for the conference in three days and I'm beyond excited. See  Dreams  post from earlier about the exciting ways God worked to make a dead dream resurrect. See future posts on how Jesus will take a resurrected dream and breathe life into it like only He can). When I went to register for the conference I saw this picture: That's right, people, I'm about to embark on another encounter with the same theme. I'm sure those of you who still believe in coin...

"God said of the lights in the sky, 'Let them be fore signs and seasons'" Genesis 1:14 Every morning while I'm in the shower I listen to a Tony Evans podcast. He is a pastor in Dallas, Texas, and has an app called The Urban Alternative.  He recently did a series on faith. In his sermon entitled, Slow of Heart to Believe Parts I and II    Link to the Podcast  he talked about something that relates to the wrap up of this series on the Gospel and the Zodiac. "What God wants to know after you have heard the Word is do you want Him? There's a disconnect in people's lives between Jesus on Sunday and the rest of the week... I am going to make a statement that may sound like heresy, but you will understand as we go along; the Bible is not enough. I believe in the inerrantcy of the Bible and that it is the Word of God from cover to cover. But like the pharisees, if you have the Bible and miss the Lord nothing will happen...the Scripture leads to a perso...

✰✰LEO (THE LION)✰✰ Corresponds with the tribe of Judah Hebrew - ahr YEH - meaning the lion Here we are! We finally made it to the twelfth and final chapter of our constellation circle. The "riddle of the sphinx" has been solved. Between Virgo and Leo is the grand story of salvationLeo the lion completes the circle and allows it to fully close. Did you know the word paradise means a garden enclosed ? The Mazzaroth is a circle of twelve signs enclosing paradise, and it is ONLY completed by the lion who is the Messiah. He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords. The Latin translation for this word is regulus  or prince . The Arabic meaning is the heart of the lion . Many words in Hebrew mean lion, but this particular version of the word is only translated a lion hunting its prey . When Jacob (Israel) laid dying, he have his final blessing to Judah. "Judah is a lion's welp. He lies down as a lion and as a lion who can rouse him?" Genesis 49:9. ...

✵✵CANCER (THE CRAB)✵✵ Corresponds with the tribe of Issachar Greek - carcinos - meaning holding or encircling Latin meaning is cancer Picture the Zodiac making one big circle with all the constellations hugging the outside perimeter. As we started in Virgo, at the top of the circle, we have nearly come full circle to Cancer. The only constellation left to make the circle complete is Leo (the lion). A crab is an odd thing to liken to the gospel, but once you hear its meaning I think it will excite you and keep your eyes open to what is right around the corner for us prophetically. The crab has many legs, or members. As the body of believers we too are made up of every tribe, tongue and nation. The Bible talks very clearly about the body of Christ having many parts  Click here :   12  For just as  the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body,  so it is with Christ. 13  Fo...

⚝⚝ GEMINI (THE TWINS) ⚝⚝ Corresponds with the tribe of Benjamin Hebrew - te-oh-MEEM - meaning to be complete; coupled, together; united; twinned This constellation depicts two twins walking toward us holding hands; the figure on the left is holding a club while the figure on the right is holding a bow and arrow in one hand and a harp in the other. When Paul left Malta, he was on an Alexandrian ship with the figurehead of twin gods, Caster and Pollux on the front. Acts 28:11 tells us, It was three months after the shipwreck that we set sail on another sip that had wintered at the island -- an Alexandrian ship with the twin gods as its figurehead." Caster and Pollux were linked with Hercules in Greek mythology. They are the two brightest stars in the constellation of Gemini. Caster means Apollo  who was the ruler and judge. Pollux means Hercules  which means strong one coming to labor or suffer. In these brief descriptions we get a strong sense not of th...

❈❈TAURUS (THE BULL)❈❈ Corresponds with the tribe of Joseph and his two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh Hebrew - SH OHR - meaning coming and ruling This Taurus constellation translates to bull  in Latin. It pictures a ferocious rushing bull with its head down ready to explode into his enemies. It corresponds with the tribe of Joseph and his two sons who are symbolized as the two horns of the bull. Joshua 17:17 tells us, "Then Joshua said to the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, the descendants of Joseph, 'Since you are so large and strong, you will be given more than one portion.'" The Meaning of the Bull: This bull exploding into his enemies is the sacrificial lamb who becomes a charging bull who will personally deliver the kingdom on earth as it is in Heaven. A bull is the personification of judgment and Christ coming to conquer and rule. Isaiah 34:2 tells us, "For the LORD is enraged against the nations. His furry is against all their armies. He wi...