war on grumbling day thirty eight

Day 38

I'm thankful that God sees me entirely different from the way I see myself. But I'm coming around to His way of thinking. #WarOnGrumbling #40DaysOfThanksgiving

Girl Holding Lily - John Simmons

Tonight I was out with a group of the young laid down lovers of Christ who I dig spending time with. One of them gave me a prophetic word that was something I've heard repetitively over the past decade from the Lord Himself and several other people. And I think it's high time that I receive it. 

It's purity. The word in Greek is katharos, meaning clean, pure, unstained, either literally or ceremonially or spiritually; guiltless, innocent, upright. I'm not going to lie, given my past, it's been a tall order accepting that not only does the Lord see me as pure, I am exactly that. But with healing and truth, I can finally say that purity is part of my identity. Mission accomplished Papa. O how I love You.

Cause there's a lack // There’s a gap in my soul //

Between the things that I believe and I know //

So Holy Spirit You who fill all and all //

Come and fill me // Holy Spirit, come and hold me together //

So I fall into grace again // Like a child I am

Who am I to You?

The questions I asked God started to get a little more personal. 

Day 4 - Who am I to You?

As soon as I asked the question, I got a picture in my mind's eye of feet walking on a paper map. Then the map was revolved and the feet headed into an entirely different direction.

Then God spoke to me: 

You are an adventurer, a mapmaker.

You chart the way.

Others are on roads they think are leading them places.That's who you are Gaylene. You help people who have been given confusing directions make sense of them. 

That's your unique teaching gift. You use your experiences to chart the way. Continue to be totally transparent about your story, your discoveries, your breakthroughs, your walk...it charts the way for others.

You know they've been reading the map wrong.

I just gave you a picture of how when you look at the map one way and just alter the way you hold it, it can change everything.

It is important to me. You are a discoverer no less important than Christopher Columbus.

Next: How do you see me Father God?