THE LORD ALWAYS HAS THE VICTORY

Dear Heart, Precious One . . .I know you have been struggling and the Lord knows this completely and absolutely beyond anything I can try to express.  

Please be at peace and be gentle on your self.  You are adored and cherished beyond your imagination.  

The battle you perceive is already over.  The Lord already and always has the victory.  

This is reality and everything else that denies this truth is a lie.  Reject it.

You can only do what you can do in each moment.  

Let love prioritize what that is.  

Sometimes the best thing is not to struggle at all.  Let go and know you are upheld and protected.

Do not to try to do anything for anyone else. Allow the Lord to do it in and through you.

Trust that the Lord is meeting each one's needs.  It is not always up to you. 

In His loving reality, it is never up to you Instead He will accomplish all that is necessary.

All that is needed is up to the Lord.  You can leave it in His hands.

You are only responsible for knowing that HE is responsible. 

Love wins no matter how things seem to be in the short term or in this moment. 

You can live in the long view from His Throne of Love and Grace. From the position of resting in His arms, you can be sure you are welcome.  The Lord longs for you to be at home in Him.  

And each person you love is completely loved by the Lord, too.

So you and everyone you love is not only welcome, but desired and treasured by the Fullness of Love -- God in Christ Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit. 

This is what counts the most.  It is all that is worthwhile.

This love and peace in Him is the fulfillment He brings and in which you truly dwell. Everything else is just a reflection or an image projected on a thought.

When we completely entrust our selves and our loved ones into His care, we can be free to really receive the joy and peace that is ours.  

Yes!!

The victory is always His and He is the one who fights the battles.  

When we exhaust ourselves trying to fight and hold on -- or trying to make sure the disaster and pain and heartache that we foresee coming to someone we love -- or that we know he or she or they are immersed in . . . we miss the true reality.  The Fullness of Love is in charge each and every moment.  The Lord has as everything in hand and with Him nothing is impossible.

We can't make choices for anyone else.  We can't live their pain or solve their problems. 

We can only do what God allows us to do.  He is able to bring about much greater and much more valuable results in and through us.  All that He does is more helpful and more edifying than anything else we can try to do.

When we sit with Him we come to know that He is in us and we are in Him.  The Lord's love and grace and mercy are always victorious and always the is best in every situation. When we focus on His sovereignty, God in Christ truly reigns  in our hearts. 

We see and know reality.  

The pain and problems are only transitory.  

Love, peace, grace, joy and mercy are eternal and everlasting.

Anniversaries and reminders can trigger grief and heartache, but we can turn them around and use them as triggers that help us praise and open our hearts to receive more love.  

What counts are the decisions we make in each moment.  

Sometimes the effort to go against what seems to be true is overwhelming, but that just SEEMS to be the case.  

For God the troubles, or the doubts, or the problems are never overwhelming.  What flows through, flows past.

In Christ Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit, we are still standing.  

Our reality is NOT that we are helpless, grief-stricken, wounded, down-trodden.  

Our reality is that we are clothed in Christ and always victorious.

We have on the armor of God and no weapon formed against us will prosper.  

No matter what problems or evils or difficulties come our way, love always wins. 

And if that is not how it seems right now, we can just be comforted that we have not yet come to the end of the story.  

The end of the story is ALWAYS a happy ending. 

The conclusion may not be exactly how or when we want it to be,  However, when we accept and receive His gifts, we come to realize that God's way is the best.

He always has good intentions for us.

His gaze is never turned away from us.

Each and every part of our lives is monitored, protected, nurtured.  When we are able to release all that is negative and despairing into His hands, the way becomes clear.

Beyond the clouds the sun is always shining.  That light is the love and life and illumination of Jesus Christ.

Whenever we allow ourselves to say, "It's yours, Lord, not mine.  I trust you and I love you," we open a channel to receive more love, grace, peace, joy and mercy.

It is okay to say, "I can't do any more."  

It is okay to say, "I can't do anything at all."  

The Lord will do more than you can possibly do for each person you love.  Nothing will be lacking.  More blessings, more healing, more gifts and more grace will come to them.  Some may come through you, but the best and most important provision and blessing will be from the Lord of Love and Life and Light.  

The more you trust that is true, the more peace you will realize.  Every time you open your heart and mind even to the possibility of His love, more and more will come to you.

In each difficult situation, please get used to writing down essential elements in two columns.  

One column is -- "What I Can Do With God's Help." 

The second column is -- "What Only God Can Do".  

Then step by step in His time, do what you know is possible under the first column. You have the ability to act with His help, so act.  

But, please don't put your self under any time pressure. 

Don't put your self under any pressure at all.  

Don't judge and condemn your self or anyone else.  

And then consciously release to the Lord all the things in the second column one by one.

Keep making that conscious release activity a spiritual discipline.  

As you release each requirement or problem into His hands, thank the Lord.  Tell Him that you know He is doing everything and that He is able to bring it all about. 

Tell Him that you love and trust Him, even if you feel sure of that.  He will reward each little bit of love and trust in immeasurable ways.

Start with just knowing that you are who you were created to be. 

Know that you are loved.  

Release all worries, fears, cares and problems, doubts and despair into His hands.  

Then keep your hands and heart open to receive what comes back.

Don't focus on any thoughts or fears or doubts of what might come along for anyone you love or for your self. 

Focus only on God's love, joy, peace, mercy and grace. 

Each and every moment you can choose what to believe.

Always believe the love. 

When we are waiting for joy to return or don't think we will ever have it again, we forget that joy is not a state that comes.  

Joy is always within us already.  

Although joy seems to come, in reality it is revealed.

Joy is not somehow manufactured or on its way from a distant place or state of mind. 

Joy is an atmosphere and a component in which we abide because the Lord loves us and He IS that joy, love, mercy and peace.

I know that sometimes you feel numb and like there are huge barriers that can never be overcome.  But they are already overcome because He has overcome them.  

Don't anticipate difficulties and problems.  Don't dwell on them.  

Again, the problems, doubts, fears, injuries, pain and grief are not reality  

They are transitory and fleeting.  

Love abides and remains, always conquers and always carries us through.  

Love is never passive, but always active.

Love is always creating, always refining, always essential.

Keep seeking the Face of the Fullness of Love, Joy, Mercy and Peace. You will see your self reflected in the Lord's loving eyes.  

When you look, you will always see the light and life and joy of His love for you.  Always take it personally.  

Keep resting in Him and trusting Him. He loves you and all the people you love so very much.  

God's love in Christ is always greater than any problem or choice or difficulty.

Don't take to your self what belongs to Him.  

He has it all in hand and He will continue to help you receive all the joy, love, peace, mercy and loving kindness you need every moment of every day. 

I will keep praying for you, assured that the Lord is doing so much more than we can even think to ask.  The light always shines in the darkness and no darkness can ever overshadow the light.