Radiant Transparency

  Radiant: reflecting beams of light Transparency: having the ability to send or convey light from one person or place to another You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a peck measure, but on a lamp stand, and it gives light to all in the house. Let your light so shine before men that they may see your moral excellence and your praiseworthy, noble, and good deeds and recognize and honor and praise and glorify your Father Who is in heaven. (Matthew 5:14 -16 AMP) In the previous blog  Those Who Were Ready Went In I talked about God's light in us and how His word and relationship with Him is our oil. Eight months ago as I was sitting and thinking about how I can help others Radiant Transparency came to mind. It made perfect sense to me that through this vision I would allow the light that God gives to shine through me. Radiance is not something that can be taught, but groomed in you b...

Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God. And God's peace [shall be yours, that tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and being content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is, that peace] which transcends all understanding shall garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6, 7 AMP) Over the past 18 months of my life I had been praying about a situation. That situation itself brought me closer to God than I have ever been before in my entire life. It showed me His strength, His grace, His mercy and brought out gifts He has placed in me. The time spent with God has also given me courage that I never dreamed I would have. It has also proven to me that no matter how other people act or what they say I am called ...

THEN THE kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish (thoughtless, without forethought) and five were wise (sensible, intelligent, and prudent). For when the foolish took their lamps, they did not take any [extra] oil with them; But the wise took flasks of oil along with them [also] with their lamps. While the bridegroom lingered and was slow in coming, they all began nodding their heads, and they fell asleep. But at midnight there was a shout, Behold, the bridegroom! Go out to meet him! Then all those virgins got up and put their own lamps in order. And the foolish said to the wise, Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out. But while they were going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were prepared went in with him to the marriage feast; and the door was shut. Later the other virgins also came and said, Lord, Lord, open [the door] to us! But He replied, I solemnly decl...

As I am typing this I’m in the midst of preparing posts for the Facebook page; writing a post about how much the words we say affect every area of our lives. Words affect everything from our attitude that day, how we see our future and how we are viewed by others. The post further talks about not talking ourselves out of our destiny, which is extremely important. In order to get where God wants us to be we have to start trusting in the vision and His promises by speaking life into what He has said. As I was thinking about the post, my sister and brother in law popped into my head and I envisioned them telling my nieces “use your words”. From a very young age they’ve taught them to not just point to things or whine and fuss for things, but to use their words to explain what they want. My oldest niece who is now 5 and speaks so much like an adult that I sometimes forget that she is only 5. When they were younger it would have been easy for them to just point at the object the...