If I could pass on an encouraging word to the sisters of this generation. If I could stand in clothing stores, school hallways, bathroom stalls and yell one word it would be, "NO!" Heed to this word you Precious Gifts. For your purpose lives and it's worth protecting. For too long we have been passive in the greedy hands of the world. I'm tired of circumstances just happening to me. I look and see masses of weary women, downcast, downtrodden and used. We have allowed the robbery of the life within us and I'm done laying face down, side by side, with my sisters as our Oppressor continually tramples our backs (Isaiah 51: 23). With the love of our Father, I ask why we have learned to eat dust and like it!!? I was talking to several teenage girls the other day about whether they would rather be an animal in captivity or free in the wild. They quite logically reasoned that in captivity you would be protected, fed, and nurtured and I realized that is the mindset we've settle for today. Captivity has become familiar and deceivingly safe. If I can handle abuse why hassle with fighting? Sisters!! Wake up!! Own your life! Take up your hearts! Not for your own sakes, that won't do much, but for the sake of your Father the captain of the angel armies! Let us steward the lives we have been privileged to live and begin to take authority. No longer am I victim. I, Sophia, choose what I allow to pass through this temple. No longer are the highways of my mind a free for all. I take captive that which has been given to me and allow the enforcement of the Spirit to convict that which passes through that is not of Him! Sisters, we are soo much more than the our outside, what a waste of time! Why settle to be a second-rate decoration, enslaved to cookie-cutter molds of costumes and performance when we have been made to be vessels of GLORY! What riches lay within us that we have been distracted from. And in a world where opinions are offensive, I declare with freedom sisters to SIT ENTHRONED! (Isaiah 52:1). Rise up, and begin to say No! Your priorities don't belong to the world. "But, I jus wanna be held"NO! "I jus wanna feel good"NO!"I need attention"NO! "I'm feelin lonely"NO! "Nobody notices me unless..."NO! Say yes to eternal arms/ Everpresent Help/Ruthless Protector/ Guaranteed Love/ Steady Peace because there in lies a grace that takes your needs and wounds and transforms them into atmosphere-changing light. Set your face in His wind and know that what you need is not to get your way, but to commit your vulnerable heart to staying open to Him. Say yes to a purpose that reaches back to the beginning of time and fill your classroom/living room/ workplace/ grocery store/ chapel service/ dorm room with the relationship you share with your Father. Focus your eyes on Him who brings understanding in His time and let the world in on your life and the gifts that overflow from your relationship. Be the nurse in battle that doctors the wounded under protection, in wisdom and strength. Stand firm and allow your heart to fill with love for the captives who are jaded like you once were. Sisters, I pray for courage for it takes bravery to allow yourself to love again and again. Align yourselves with Him who is outside of your desires. His love calls. Be Chosen. Passionate, Unwavering Devotion
7/4/11
Amen!
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