Month: August 2011

Faith, God, the butterfly journey, women

Faith Without Works…

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Life gets rough sometimes.  There are times in our lives that we don’t know what to do or where to turn because our situations seem larger than we are.  What do we do to manage the things that loom over us and we have no control?

As a Christian we know we can turn to God, for He is our help in times of trouble.  But He is also there when our life is seemingly good.  Our faith is strong when things are going well.  It is easy to be hopeful when all things are working right.  But it is the test of our faith when things don’t look so good and we can’t find a solution anywhere.  God is still the same though.  We need to activate our faith more in those times when nothing seems to be coming together.  But is gets hard when the bills are due and you can’t see a way to pay.  It gets tough when your body is constantly in pain.  It gets rough when you can’t walk and do the simple things for yourself.  I know I have been there.  God said that faith without works is dead.  If can stir up a little more faith and push a little bit more, I know God will come to your rescue!  He is faithful!

I have a friend (and I call her a friend even though I have never met her) that has been suffering with physical pain.  I don’t know how long she has been suffering but I know it is a heavy burden on her right now.  I met her through this blog and she shared a little bit about her situation.  I have been praying for her ever since.  I have other people praying for her too.  But what God showed me is I can’t just pray, I need to activate some action behind those prayers.  My friend is in need right now and I need to help meet those physical needs somehow.

It is through the things that we do to make someone else’s life better, to meet their needs that brings glory to God.  As a vessel for Him we can show people that God is real.  That is what I am trying to do for my friend; that through me and other like-minded people God has sent us to help her in her time of need.

I hope that you are reading this right now, my friend (you know who you are), you are heavy on my mind.  I want to help you get to wholeness again through more than just elaborate words on a blog.  I want to share in your journey whether broken or whole.  I want to show the love of Christ.  If you need your house cleaned, we will find a way to do that.  If you need someone to pick up and pay for some groceries, God is able.  Please reach out to me and let me know what it is that we can do.  You have my contact information.

The Butterfly Journey ~ Lisa

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Amazing Grace

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Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me, I once was lost but now I am found, was blind but now I see!  Oh how the wonderful words of this hymn can be the anthem for any person I know who has found the sweet grace of God in their lives.

Oh the loving grace of a God that is “pure” love!  How can we even contain the joy that we feel when we think about His goodness.  I know for me it is like what King David said “it is like fire shut up in my bones”.  I have to let it out in my worship and my praise.  The awesomeness of  who God is we will never be able to wrap out infinite minds around.  But what we can understand is like sweet honey from the honeycomb.

God loves our praise and He inhabits our worship.  He deserves all that we can give.  Won’t you give Him the fruit of your praise today?  Won’t you stop where you are and worship Him with all that you have?  Will you dance like King David danced?

2 Corinthians 12:9 “But He said to me; My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” NIV

The Butterfly Journey ~ Lisa

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A Letter To My Sisters

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Dear Sisters,

I love you for who you are today!  You are strong and wise.  You are beautiful and kind.  You are resilient and focused.   You are a giver and caring.  You nurture, you love, and you live.

You are hurt and sad.  You are lonely and broken.  You are sick and depressed.  You are weak and fragile. You need healing, you need love and you need rest.

No matter where you are or where you have been, I accept you.  No matter how many mistakes you have made, I respect you.  No matter what you face, I stand with you.  I will lift you up when you fall.  When you are weak I will prop you up with prayers of love.  I may get busy with life but know that you are still a part of my heart.

Together we are strong.  Together we can move mountains.  Together we can accomplish dreams.  Together we can change the world!

You are worthy of all the good that God has for you.  You are special in His eyes.  His heart longs for you.  He desires to see you whole and prospering in the fullness of His love.

Please remember that you are not alone in this journey called life.  I am your sister and I am with you!

With love. . .

The Butterfly Journey ~ Lisa

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Radical Change

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The strangest thing happened this morning while writing my blog.  I completed what I thought was a pretty good blog and hit “publish”, all seemed well until I went to view the post and only the title was there.  Technical glitch or something else?  I understand that the opposite of good is evil and we can’t remain naive to the fact that the adversary is lurking around to try to “halt” the mighty plans of the Lord.  Unfortunately for him that is not an option.  Whatever plans the Lord sets in motion will prevail!

The ones close to me know that my life today is nowhere near where I was over 2 years ago.  I was stuck in a place of depression with little hope to make it through to the other side of sane much less a place of purpose and abundance.  But you see the journey that the Lord placed me on was a divine intervention of my life.  I truly have been transformed by the renewing of my mind.

It has taken an emotional toll on me to write about the place of desolation that I was in but God knew that was where I needed to be in order to be radically changed for His purpose in life.

I could have wasted away in my place of darkness, but instead God had plans far brighter than my most horrific days of depression.  It reminds me of one of my favorite scriptures: Jeremiah 29:11 ~ “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

God has great plans for your life too.  A radical change is waiting to take place in your life right in the middle of your struggles.  Will you embrace it?  Will you die in your place of desperation?  Or will you decide to live out your true purpose and have an abundant life full of promise, healing, and restoration?

I am here to help you through your journey; to coach you, to help you find the resources that you need to catapult you to the next level, and to pray for you in the midst of your storms.  Are you ready for your radical change today?

Join The Butterfly Journey Facebook page by clicking the “like” button and begin to live out your God-given plans!

The Butterfly Journey ~ Lisa

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The Time Has Come

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If you have been so gracious as to read any of my blogs, you know by now that I am currently writing my first book – The Butterfly’s Journey.  I just received my copyright papers today!  The time has come!  My deadline is set for October 2011.  I am sending another copy to the editor tonight!

Over the course of one week a shift has begun to occur in my journey.  I have been overly blessed to have connected to some amazing, encouraging, women who have been divinely connected to me.  These ladies have already touched my heart and I pray that our journey together will be one of amazement in God.

I didn’t think I was ready for the shift yet, but I knew it would come soon.  God has prepared me for such a time as this.  Now the time has come for me to move out into the territory in faith of ministering to hurting women.  I don’t take my mission and purpose lightly and I won’t move on anything until God tells me where to go, what to do, when to do it, and what to say when I get there.

This is such an awesome responsibility and I pray that I will accomplish all that God will set before me in an excellent way.

If you are feeling generous and have the desire to help me optimize my Facebook page, please go to The Butterfly Journey page and click “like”, as this will help me get the most exposure and reach the women that I desperately desire to touch.  On this page is where I will be holding online discussions, connecting with others, and posting upcoming events.  I am going to also use it to give the progress of my book, unveiling the cover design, and choosing a select few to pre-read one of the first copies to add a review to the back cover.

I thank you in advance for your support!

The Butterfly Journey – Lisa

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This is Who I Am

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I have been blogging for over 2 months now and I only had a few comments and one subscriber, but I that is not why I started blogging.  I wanted to have another avenue to reach out to other women to share my life as I live it.  It is my online journal of the lessons that God shows me everyday.

Perhaps you can relate to the fact that ever since I started blogging, posting, and tweeting, I have left little time to concentrate on my writing.  I am presently in the middle of writing my first book.  Because it is totally inspired by God I know that He has a fresh, relevant message that needs to reach the masses.  I am just the vessel in which He chose to deliver it.   But honestly I have been slacking back on the writing.  Wasting time on worthless stuff.  I know better than that.

Well on Saturday morning I woke up and as usual I checked all my social media sites to see what was going on.  And to my surprise I had a comment on one of my recent posts.  I was so excited that I accidentally called my mother at 7 o’clock in the morning (I know better than that).  But I couldn’t contain myself.  It was as if I had won the lottery or struck oil.  The reason for my great joy is because I had touched one person with my message that day.

You may not understand my wild excitement, but you see, God has ordained me to encourage and inspire women to live out their purpose in Him.  And to actually have one person touched by my blog meant the whole world to me.  This is who I am, this is what I was put on this earth to do.  And if I can help 1 or 1,000, my journey would not have been in vain.  I will be able to have glorified my God!  I may not have gotten it all right in life, but this one thing is burning on my spirit so deep that I must fulfill it before I die.

So needless to say I need to finish this book.  I can’t spend countless hours just looking at what everybody else is doing.  I need to be about my Father’s business!  I need to be helping hurting women know their true worth.  I need to be helping them discover their potential in God.  I need to be there to pray with them and for them as they go through their storms.  I need to be their sister-friend and encourage them in their dreams.

This is who I am! I am living out the purpose that God predestined for me to be in the world to help transform lives from ordinary to extraordinary in Him.

The Butterfly Journey – Lisa