Hm... so these last two weeks have been A LOT of changes. Last Saturday was my last performance on "For His glory" dance company, and today will be my last day working at Evans Technology. And this morning it all of the sudden hit me, after today I am going full force into the area the Lord is calling me in..... It's no longer about me, not that it ever should have been. But I even more so now get to just scream His name all the time. Have his name written acrossed my forehead, branded on my heart.
So here is my hearts cry for this next season in my life. I want to be so drench in the Holy spirit, so wrapped in my Fathers love, that people would be able to feel it by talking to me, by hugging me, be just being around me. That I would be a dwelling place for Him, That even while I am driving that I would be so covered in His love that as people are driving by me that His love would go into their car, and their cars would take that love and carry it to where ever they are going. Sooner or later that love would touch everyone.
Hmm so that is my hearts cry.
So today I was to be drenched in His love and mercy. I want them to see Jesus in me!
Loving through His love,
-Naomi-June
Friday, May 15, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Would you please complete me
Marriage... so its happening. I look around and a large portion of my friends are engaged or married. And the ones of us who are not are beginning to have our hearts transfixed on the idea of being completed by someone. We yearn to be held, to be loved in a way that we think only our spouse can complete that 'void'.
Thats when my reality check came in. God did not create a man to complete me. He did not create my future husband to be my "other half". He created man and wife to separately reflect a different side of the Lords heart. And when they unite we get to bask in that aspect of the Lord's reflection I do not have but a man has, or a man does not have but a woman has. He is a jealous God, and he created a man and wife to not draw closer together but closer to Him. To have a relationship so holy that within each other they yearn for the Lord, and keep each other accountable.
So thats when reality check number two smacked me. Men are not supposed to be our source of love and beauty. No man will ever make me feel as beauty, as loved, as ravished and the Lord can. He created us so that we could draw close to Him and be fulfilled. No draw close to a man, yes he created them to love us, and us to respect them. But I will NEVER be able to fulfill my husbands desire to be respected nor him fulfill my desire to be loved. Because first we have to find out security in Jesus Christ, the ones our hearts were made for.
Today take time to bask in His love and affections for you. Do not seek a shallow relationship to fill the void, because it will always be void. Yearn for His love, let your heart beat to the rhythm of his heart. Focus on His beauty.
Loving through His love.
-Naomi
Thats when my reality check came in. God did not create a man to complete me. He did not create my future husband to be my "other half". He created man and wife to separately reflect a different side of the Lords heart. And when they unite we get to bask in that aspect of the Lord's reflection I do not have but a man has, or a man does not have but a woman has. He is a jealous God, and he created a man and wife to not draw closer together but closer to Him. To have a relationship so holy that within each other they yearn for the Lord, and keep each other accountable.
So thats when reality check number two smacked me. Men are not supposed to be our source of love and beauty. No man will ever make me feel as beauty, as loved, as ravished and the Lord can. He created us so that we could draw close to Him and be fulfilled. No draw close to a man, yes he created them to love us, and us to respect them. But I will NEVER be able to fulfill my husbands desire to be respected nor him fulfill my desire to be loved. Because first we have to find out security in Jesus Christ, the ones our hearts were made for.
Today take time to bask in His love and affections for you. Do not seek a shallow relationship to fill the void, because it will always be void. Yearn for His love, let your heart beat to the rhythm of his heart. Focus on His beauty.
Loving through His love.
-Naomi
A compus.
So one of my biggest prayers recently has been to really be an "arrow" pointing to Christ. I have probably been praying that about 75 percent of the time for the last 4 months. Well last night I was talking to an amazing man of God and he just mentioned I really liked that phrase. Then all of the sudden I just started laughing.
I did not even realize what to the extent of what I was praying. To be an arrow it is only possible to point in ONE direction. There is no half pointing, no jaded arrows, no confusion. But it is an intentional direction you are choosing to direct people to! There is no possible way to be an arrow directing people to heaven, and be pointing at myself.
It gave a whole new meaning to the die to yourself daily, and pick up your cross.
So today, look to see where your arrow is pointing. Where are you directing people to look? What is the path you are creating? Be living a life of intentional pursuit of the Holy spirit.
Loving through His love,
-Naomi
I did not even realize what to the extent of what I was praying. To be an arrow it is only possible to point in ONE direction. There is no half pointing, no jaded arrows, no confusion. But it is an intentional direction you are choosing to direct people to! There is no possible way to be an arrow directing people to heaven, and be pointing at myself.
It gave a whole new meaning to the die to yourself daily, and pick up your cross.
So today, look to see where your arrow is pointing. Where are you directing people to look? What is the path you are creating? Be living a life of intentional pursuit of the Holy spirit.
Loving through His love,
-Naomi
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Day dream
'Delight yourself in the Lord; And He will give you the desires of your heart.'
Ps. 37:4
So this is by far one of my favorite verse. But I feel like a lot of times this is manipulated to our "own" translation. No where in that verse does it say "Naomi Fowler's heart desire is to be 5'2." As much as I would like it to translate to that, not so much. Maybe in heaven.
But it says first DELIGHT your self in the Lord. Meaning hang out with Him, spend time in the secret of secret places, growing intimacy with Him. If we are truly living a life yearning for the Lord. Putting Him on the front burner for EVERYTHING we would start to be very close to Him. Well generally when you get extremely close to someone, and start spending long periods of time with them you start to become like them. Yes, how cool is that? We can become like Jesus if we take the time. So if we start to be like Jesus sooner or later we will start to think like Jesus. Starting to follow me here a little bit?
If we start to think like Jesus we will start wanting the same things Jesus wanted. So then our hearts desires will become in unity to the Lords desires. Our deepest desires, are the same of the Lord's. No this verse isn't a fortune cookie, its not a fun little verse. It is deep and rich in
wisdom.
So today bask in the secret place with the holy of holy's. Grow in intimacy with him so you can truly become a reflection of Jesus an arrow pointing start up. Only then will you desire the things the Lord MADE you to desire. Only then will you be truly satisfied.
Loving through His love,
-Naomi-June
Ps. 37:4
So this is by far one of my favorite verse. But I feel like a lot of times this is manipulated to our "own" translation. No where in that verse does it say "Naomi Fowler's heart desire is to be 5'2." As much as I would like it to translate to that, not so much. Maybe in heaven.
But it says first DELIGHT your self in the Lord. Meaning hang out with Him, spend time in the secret of secret places, growing intimacy with Him. If we are truly living a life yearning for the Lord. Putting Him on the front burner for EVERYTHING we would start to be very close to Him. Well generally when you get extremely close to someone, and start spending long periods of time with them you start to become like them. Yes, how cool is that? We can become like Jesus if we take the time. So if we start to be like Jesus sooner or later we will start to think like Jesus. Starting to follow me here a little bit?
If we start to think like Jesus we will start wanting the same things Jesus wanted. So then our hearts desires will become in unity to the Lords desires. Our deepest desires, are the same of the Lord's. No this verse isn't a fortune cookie, its not a fun little verse. It is deep and rich in
wisdom.
So today bask in the secret place with the holy of holy's. Grow in intimacy with him so you can truly become a reflection of Jesus an arrow pointing start up. Only then will you desire the things the Lord MADE you to desire. Only then will you be truly satisfied.
Loving through His love,
-Naomi-June
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
He loves me... he loves me not... he loves me.
Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Mathew 22:37-40
So pretty much every christian has heard this verse. Seems pretty generic not a big deal.
But when you think about it, it is pretty powerful.
Love the Lord your God with all your heart: that means no desires before Him, that the love you have for God is deeper and more passionate then any earthly thing or person.
Soul: That you are not living out of the flesh but being sensitive to the spirit at all times. Watching out out for His pulls through out each day.
Mind: Purifying yourself in the most brutal honest way. No one knows your thoughts but the Lord. Continuing to put Him first through every circumstance, creating a pure and holy life style.
I mean yes that part is important but this was the part that got me excited. If we are a hundred percent living in love with the Lord. And putting Him first in heart, soul and mind, there is NO way we could possibly not love His people. Because to love the Lord you have to love His children.
A lot to swallow, eh?
Today see where you thoughts are taking you, what your heart is beating after, what your soul is yearning for. Start directing it to the Lord, and start loving through Him, for Him.
Loving through His love,
-Naomi
Mathew 22:37-40
So pretty much every christian has heard this verse. Seems pretty generic not a big deal.
But when you think about it, it is pretty powerful.
Love the Lord your God with all your heart: that means no desires before Him, that the love you have for God is deeper and more passionate then any earthly thing or person.
Soul: That you are not living out of the flesh but being sensitive to the spirit at all times. Watching out out for His pulls through out each day.
Mind: Purifying yourself in the most brutal honest way. No one knows your thoughts but the Lord. Continuing to put Him first through every circumstance, creating a pure and holy life style.
I mean yes that part is important but this was the part that got me excited. If we are a hundred percent living in love with the Lord. And putting Him first in heart, soul and mind, there is NO way we could possibly not love His people. Because to love the Lord you have to love His children.
A lot to swallow, eh?
Today see where you thoughts are taking you, what your heart is beating after, what your soul is yearning for. Start directing it to the Lord, and start loving through Him, for Him.
Loving through His love,
-Naomi
Monday, April 13, 2009
Double standards
So this has been a deja vu conversation I keep having with people is my opp ion of Facebook.
Here goes...
I see facebook as a place where a lot of people tend to be a little double faced. You can see them on Sunday morning and they are a hundred percent in love with the Lord, then you see them on facebook or myspace, and there are pictures with some more inappropriate things going. Not that I have ANY place to judge them or say what they are doing is wrong. (Working on the log in my eye first -wink-).
But think about this please...
What if we started using Facebook and myspace, and blogs as a place to glorify the Lord? How amazing would that be? If just by looking at peoples Facebooks you just felt the presence of the Holy spirit? If we had EVERY aspect of our lives being arrows pointing straight up to heaven. Instead of showing how "cool" we think we are, or how attractive and having tons of pictures with the opposite sex. We are to be blameless in the eyes of the Lord. I am by no means perfect, and I am sure there might be stuff on my facebook that might not be the best. But make a conscience effort the glorify Him with your facebook. My sisters call me up the second something is questionable on my facebook, and its great accountability. I would never want the word of my testimony killed my something silly that was in a picture, or comment. And people who are role models, with some of your things, would you want kids who look up to you doing those things? If you were in a club, and you could have not have even drink en a sip or done anything but all they see is hey they are in a bar, and I look up to them as a spiritual leader? Then they go and do it because you in that portrait have told them you approve of that. Try not to give off any appearance of evil!
1 Timothy 1:5-7
The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart, and a good conscience and a sincere faith. Some have wandered away from these and turned to meaningless talk. They want to be teacher of the law, but they do not know what are talking about or what they so confidently affirm.
Titus 1:7
Since an overseer is entrust with God's work, he must be blameless- not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursing dishonest gain. Rather he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright holy and disciplined. He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refuse those who oppose it.
It is powerful to start trying to glorify God even in the small aspects of your life. In the things that do not seem like a big deal. Be a light for Jesus in EVERY dark place, even if it is already dimly light, make it brighter.
Loving through His love,
-Naomi
Here goes...
I see facebook as a place where a lot of people tend to be a little double faced. You can see them on Sunday morning and they are a hundred percent in love with the Lord, then you see them on facebook or myspace, and there are pictures with some more inappropriate things going. Not that I have ANY place to judge them or say what they are doing is wrong. (Working on the log in my eye first -wink-).
But think about this please...
What if we started using Facebook and myspace, and blogs as a place to glorify the Lord? How amazing would that be? If just by looking at peoples Facebooks you just felt the presence of the Holy spirit? If we had EVERY aspect of our lives being arrows pointing straight up to heaven. Instead of showing how "cool" we think we are, or how attractive and having tons of pictures with the opposite sex. We are to be blameless in the eyes of the Lord. I am by no means perfect, and I am sure there might be stuff on my facebook that might not be the best. But make a conscience effort the glorify Him with your facebook. My sisters call me up the second something is questionable on my facebook, and its great accountability. I would never want the word of my testimony killed my something silly that was in a picture, or comment. And people who are role models, with some of your things, would you want kids who look up to you doing those things? If you were in a club, and you could have not have even drink en a sip or done anything but all they see is hey they are in a bar, and I look up to them as a spiritual leader? Then they go and do it because you in that portrait have told them you approve of that. Try not to give off any appearance of evil!
1 Timothy 1:5-7
The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart, and a good conscience and a sincere faith. Some have wandered away from these and turned to meaningless talk. They want to be teacher of the law, but they do not know what are talking about or what they so confidently affirm.
Titus 1:7
Since an overseer is entrust with God's work, he must be blameless- not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursing dishonest gain. Rather he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright holy and disciplined. He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refuse those who oppose it.
It is powerful to start trying to glorify God even in the small aspects of your life. In the things that do not seem like a big deal. Be a light for Jesus in EVERY dark place, even if it is already dimly light, make it brighter.
Loving through His love,
-Naomi
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Leaper
So God has been really pushing me about just really talking to random people (Walmart and the Daily Grind are His favorite so far, lol) He's been giving me prophetic words for some and just and urge to talk to others. So at first I was just kind of making small chat with random strangers, then just saying "God bless" at the end of the conversation. Nothing big, no mountains moving. Just trying to be a light. Well then reality check came in, I do NOT want to be a dim light I want to be His light, and His light is blinding not a timid God bless you. So I started praying for people as I would walk through stores and so on.
So here is what God has been letting me translate in the last lets say three or four weeks maybe?
So about two weeks ago I was in Walmart and this lady was checking out in front of me, and she was casually talking to the cashier, so I kept seeing a picture of the Prodigal son. Of course I quickly dismiss and kind of argue with God like "seriously? Please let me just get my stuff and be on my way..." well obviously God won the fight, so I ask the lady as she is gathering her sacks if she had a son missing. She looks at me and starts sobbing, so I ask her if I can walk to her car and pray for her. Luckily she quickly nodded her head, so I proceed to follow her to car.
She begins to tell me the story of her son, he had Leukemia when he was about 4 and had been healed through much prayer, raised in a very christian family who loved the Lord. Well when he turned 16 he got hard core into drugs, achohol, and girls. By the time he was 17 he dropped out of high school and ran away from the house. He was gone for about a year then moved in with his grandparents. He had gone the hospital several times from over dossing on drugs.
I looked at her and asked if I could pray for the Lord's restoration in the relationship, and just for God to show himself to her son. She nodded, I prayed and then gave her my number and said please never hesitate to call. Exactly ONE week later almost to the hour she called, her son had returned home, and wanted to go to rehab and get his life back on track!
I was in daily grind about a month ago and this guy walked out of the bathroom and I just randomly start talking to him (surprise surprise I will talk to any one) so I start asking him about his life, and he tells me he has just put in his resume for a full-time job working with youth at a christian company who works in high schools, I ask him if I can pray with him (John Fajuke was with me too!) and so we laid our hands on him and prayed, he emailed me on facebook the next day and had received the job!
I have a few more, but I will leave it at that!
Do not be afraid to step out in faith! God will rock your world with it!
Loving through His love,
-Naomi
So here is what God has been letting me translate in the last lets say three or four weeks maybe?
So about two weeks ago I was in Walmart and this lady was checking out in front of me, and she was casually talking to the cashier, so I kept seeing a picture of the Prodigal son. Of course I quickly dismiss and kind of argue with God like "seriously? Please let me just get my stuff and be on my way..." well obviously God won the fight, so I ask the lady as she is gathering her sacks if she had a son missing. She looks at me and starts sobbing, so I ask her if I can walk to her car and pray for her. Luckily she quickly nodded her head, so I proceed to follow her to car.
She begins to tell me the story of her son, he had Leukemia when he was about 4 and had been healed through much prayer, raised in a very christian family who loved the Lord. Well when he turned 16 he got hard core into drugs, achohol, and girls. By the time he was 17 he dropped out of high school and ran away from the house. He was gone for about a year then moved in with his grandparents. He had gone the hospital several times from over dossing on drugs.
I looked at her and asked if I could pray for the Lord's restoration in the relationship, and just for God to show himself to her son. She nodded, I prayed and then gave her my number and said please never hesitate to call. Exactly ONE week later almost to the hour she called, her son had returned home, and wanted to go to rehab and get his life back on track!
I was in daily grind about a month ago and this guy walked out of the bathroom and I just randomly start talking to him (surprise surprise I will talk to any one) so I start asking him about his life, and he tells me he has just put in his resume for a full-time job working with youth at a christian company who works in high schools, I ask him if I can pray with him (John Fajuke was with me too!) and so we laid our hands on him and prayed, he emailed me on facebook the next day and had received the job!
I have a few more, but I will leave it at that!
Do not be afraid to step out in faith! God will rock your world with it!
Loving through His love,
-Naomi
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