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Did You Know You Are Cherished?

02.04.2020 by Tracy Stella //

I (Tracy) can’t wait for you to encounter what God has planned in advance for you to read, not just in this piece, but in each post in the weeks ahead. We did something a little different this time around: each of us has prayed & selected a word to share with you. Did you know you are …?

Check back each week to see what my friends have to share about the word they were given.  I believe God desires to bury each idea into our hearts as an encouragement.  That is our prayer for each of you reading, that you are encouraged. Read on and be encouraged friend!

IMAGE: Do You Know You Are...CherishedLast year I had a rotating family of birds flocking to my window planter.  Before you get visions of pretty blooms, fragrant and in season as their host, let me correct that visual.  All the flower box contained was dirt and some dead sticks. Nothing warm and welcoming about that. Curb appeal? Not even a little bit!

Each day I’d gaze out the window expectantly to see mama bird sitting patiently in the prickly remnant of the previous season’s foliage.  Mama bird seemed perfectly content to set aside any discomfort there might have been and wait. Often by herself. There she sat, perched and on mission. She knew her purpose ─ help those baby birds thrive. Feed them. Nourish them. Protect them.

I never did get flowers planted in my window box last year. They were purchased and sat in the shade waiting for the day when the birds flew the nest, so to speak.  But as soon as one family left, another moved in. I didn’t even have to advertise the home was for sale.  It was as if I’d started an inn for these peaceful creatures just looking for a safe place to land.  They were never evicted, even though I did long to see pretty blooms while working from my desk.

Instead, I got to see an example of God’s word coming alive in an almost literal way.

 “What is the price of five sparrows─two copper coins? Yet God does not forget a single one of them. And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.─Luke 12:6-7 NLT

Often when I looked out my window, I’d think of this verse.  God cared so much about those birds that He had provided for them through me.

The provision was left there in advance waiting for the day He knew those birds would need it.  It sat there ALL WINTER LONG.  Maybe you have been in a winter season. Take heart, my friend, God has provision waiting for you. It’s been there ALL WINTER LONG.

Not only did God provide well in advance, but He stopped me from “stealing” what He had provided for them.  I could have taken down the window planter before mama bird laid her eggs. I knew why she was settling in. I could have even tried to transplant them, I suppose, to a home more to my liking. But I didn’t. I couldn’t.  God gave me a tenderness for the little bird families who came to my flower box inn. I desired to protect them from any predators, shooing away any other birds who had ill intent.

Mama bird always eyed me suspiciously, always alert, always on duty. God gave her the stamina to sit up strong & observant.

He gives us that provision as well. We can sit up strong and observant to see what He has for us, to protect us from predators, and to receive His provision. Even if it’s through a storm.

I saw the mama bird shelter her babies, shielding them from rain and wind. It’s such a beautiful picture of what the Lord does for us. He is our shelter. He is our refuge through every storm.

And He paid far more that two copper coins to save us. He paid with His life.

That’s how valuable we are!

You, me, we … we’re all more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.  You, me we … we are cherished.

Do you know you are cherished?

You are cherished my friend!

Cherish isn’t a word we hear very often in today’s culture. I wish it were. I’m drawn to it like a bug to a light.  We might hear it at a wedding ceremony, a command for bride and groom to cherish one another. It’s a good command. But what does it mean, exactly?

cherish

to hold or treat as dear; feel love for

to care for tenderly; nurture

to cling fondly or inveterately

In the synonym study, it goes on to say “giving affection, care, or shelter to something. CHERISH suggests regarding or treating something as an object of affection or as valuable”.

My friend, YOU are the object of God’s affection. He VALUES you so much! I am cherished and so are you.

Remember, God provides for the birds. He will provide for you. YOU are more valuable than a whole flock of sparrows. He has window sill after window sill of provision for each of us. His storehouses are unlimited. We can’t contain the Lord’s goodness. It is immeasurable because HE is immeasurable. No eye has seen or ear heard all that He has for us.  (1 Cor 2:9) Not a one.  But I can guarantee you this, if you’ve surrendered your life to God, you have an amazing future ahead for all eternity.

Maybe you haven’t let God have your heart yet. He’s pursuing it, because He cherishes you. You’ll have an opportunity at the end of this post to say a prayer and surrender your heart to Him if that is your desire.

Deep down, don’t we all want to be cherished? I think that desire is hard wired into us so that we will seek out a relationship with Jesus. He’s already seeking one with us!

Let this next verse capture our hearts.

“I tell you the truth, everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, the Son of Man will also acknowledge in the presence of God’s angels.─Luke 12:8 NLT

The Son of capital “M” Man is Jesus. He cherishes you so much He will also acknowledge YOU in the presence of His angels when you acknowledge Him publicly here on earth.

God cherishes you so much that He celebrates you with the angels.

Let that sink in.  Please don’t miss the blessing of that truth.

Imagine Jesus celebrating YOU with the angels. What does that look like? What is He saying? What are they doing? What are the sights and sounds that might be going on as Jesus acknowledges you and I with angels in the heavenly realm? Envision it.

Wow!

God gives us the provision of His Word to reveal His heart for us, to reveal deep truths that we need to bury into our heart as a protection from the toils of this world.  It’s not without trouble.

The other day I saw a coyote out my window, definitely not as appealing as the cute little birds. It was a bit terrifying actually. The coyote walked right up our sidewalk. We live in a town home. There are young children and many small pets the coyote could prey upon. My dog, Enoch, could easily be carried off by Road Runner’s nemesis.

Early one morning as I was walking Enoch after the coyote sighting, I was fighting away fear. It was dark. No one was around. I was very observant, looking to see if any predator was lurking. I was on high alert. It came to me then, I should pray. After all, I don’t want fear to paralyze and steal the joy of being able to walk my dog.  As I was walking I prayed for God’s protection.

He said to my heart, “I will protect you.”

Moments later I found myself splayed out in the snow. I’d slipped and fallen on the icy surface hidden beneath the fresh flurries. I didn’t see the trouble lurking there, because I was very focused on that coyote problem.

A little disgruntled, I grumbled to God, “I thought you were going to protect me.” (Not a completely unreasonable thought since not even a minute had passed since He’d said He would.)

Guess what He impressed upon my heart.

“You didn’t get hurt.”

True that.

Who knows how many angels He sent my way to catch my fall? Maybe one day He’ll show me.

God did protect me.

I was unharmed. I could have hit my head. I could have broken a bone. I could have been knocked unconscious in the snow. None of that happened.

We don’t always see God’s protection when we think we’ve fallen victim to something or someone. But He’s always looking out for us. Always.  He provides. We just don’t always see it.  I think it’s okay to question and ask God. I don’t think He gets mad at us like people want to portray Him. I’ve experienced so much of His grace and mercy — immeasurable.

Think about how many times you see a child ask, “Why?”  They’re curious and they want to know.

I think God can do something pretty amazing with our curious hearts. Ask your questions. And expect He will provide answers. He cherishes you enough to provide divine insight and wisdom. He’ll teach you how to hear what He is saying. I know because He has taught, and is teaching me in new ways, how to “hear” Him.  You see, when you cherish someone, you want nothing more than to have a sweet relationship with them.  God wants that with each of us. Remember, to be cherished means you’re valued. You are valued by God. You are VALUABLE, a treasure to Him.

So, if you are on a journey to really (I mean really) believe you are cherished, look for ways God is providing for you. You will see His hand of goodness if you look for it. Sometimes it’s hard to see (like when I fell on the ice). Other times it’s easy to see (like the birds having a safe home). Either way, God is providing.

So what it is it that you need? Ask God.  Remember, the answer might not look like we think, but He’ll answer. Would you deny your children whom you cherish good things? No. Most parents want to give their children more than they themselves had. God is WAY more generous than we are. Expect good things from Him, not in a spoiled and entitled way. Rather, knowing He is good and faithful, generous and kind.

Do you need peace? Pray He fills that vessel to overflowing. Do you need love? Pray He fills your heart to fullness of measure and then some. Do you need literal financial provision? Pray God provides opportunities and resources. Do you need healing? Pray God delivers it to you, cleansing and purifying every cell in your body.

Because He cherishes you, He will provide an encounter with Him through it all. Watch for Him. There is evidence all around. We just need to notice it. Slow down and notice my friends.

Don’t miss the sweet provision of His presence.

I will praise you every day;

   Yes, I will praise you forever.

Great is the LORD! He is most worthy of praise!

   No one can measure his greatness.

Let each generation tell its children of your mighty acts;

   Let them proclaim your power.─Psalm 145:2-4 NLT

 

I have a “baby bird”, not so little anymore. I want him to know the greatness of the Lord. God has been incredibly faithful in my life. If you knew me before I knew Jesus, you’d be saying amen (a little on the loud side)!  We are never too far from God’s reach no matter how far we stray. And, man alive, when God gets ahold of our hearts, there’s a whole heap of His glory to be revealed.

God provided a way out of our sin. He sent His Son. Jesus was the sacrifice given in advance of our need.  Let me reassure you nothing you have done is beyond His forgiveness. Nothing you have done is beyond His mercy. Nothing you have done is beyond the reach of His salvation.

Receive it as a precious provision paid for each of us, His children. Then don’t hold back sharing with every generation the mighty acts the Lord has done in your life. We will proclaim His power.

Join me in receiving God’s provision for the first time, or maybe a renewed strength and vitality as you bask in the fullness of being a cherished child of God.

“I tell you the truth, everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, the Son of Man will also acknowledge in the presence of God’s angels.─Luke 12:8 NLT

Prayer: Jesus, I do acknowledge You publicly here on earth. Thank You for the promise that You will acknowledge me in the presence of angels. Thank You for cherishing me enough to send Your Son to pay in advance for my sin. Thank You for providing for my every need, not necessarily how I think it needs to be provided for, but how You see best. You see the unseen. You know what’s ahead, and You protect me. Thank You, Lord! Help me to hear Your voice and to know where You are leading. Help me listen and obey. Help me ask excellent questions and answer every genuine inquiry I have. Thank You that You know every hair on my head. You know everything about me, and none of it phases You. Thank You for helping me bury the truth in my heart that I am cherished, that I am cherished by You. And when I get a grasp on that, help me to help others know how much You cherish them too. You have a heart for all of us that is beyond understanding, but we thank You and praise You that you do, in Jesus’ name, amen!

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Categories // Faith, Tracy Stella's Perspective Tags // 1 Corinthians 2:9, Cherish, Luke 12:6-7, Luke 12:8, Protection, Provision, Psalm 145:2-4, Treasure, Valuable

Expect the Unexpected

12.05.2019 by Tracy Stella //

Welcome to FACETS of Faith, friends! Snuggle up under a cozy blanket and see what God has for you in this season. We pray each week you visit these pages God meets you and speaks to your heart fresh, alive, with challenge and encouragement. We pray He gifts you with nuggets of His love and guidance regardless of which one of us He has given a message to. Check back next week to see what Jennifer writes and stay tuned for a special announcement from the team! (It feels appropriate considering our topic.)

Expecting the Unexpected (Tracy Stella)Life isn’t always what we thought it would be. Sometimes that’s good. Sometimes it isn’t.

There have been moments in my own life where I wondered, “How did I get here?” The times when my life was in a ditch. The times when my life was exhilarating and full of hope and joy.

Both are curious.   But if one thing is true, we can expect unexpected moments.  None of us knows what lies ahead.

Granted, there are some truths we can cling to as believers. If we have accepted Christ, we know where we ultimately will abide for all eternity. There is absolutely comfort in that truth. Death was defeated thousands of years ago by the sacrifice Jesus paid on the cross.

He has saved us and called us to a holy life─not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.─1 Timothy 1:9-10 NIV (emphasis mine)

Some things we can bank on. God’s destruction of death is one of them.

It’s also a sad truth that if one doesn’t come to choose Christ, he or she will eternally reside in hell.

God’s grace and mercy will keep reaching for the children He so desperately loves. But He gives us free will to choose. We can choose life, or we can choose death. Ultimately, we decide our fate.

Beyond those two truths that feel extreme─I suppose because they are–one rich and full of experience with Christ, the other sad and full of despair. I can’t imagine hell for anyone, least of all for those I love.

I pray each one chooses to know Christ and can expect to live with Him for all eternity. I join you in praying that very thing for those you love and care for too. In Jesus’ name.

But what about when we are here on earth? There are a whole lot of unexpected moments while we are still here.

Would we really want it any other way? Do we want to know moment to moment what God is up to? Or do we want some anticipation, some excitement at the unknown He is bringing us to and through us? (Remind me to tell you how disappointed I was the year I secretly unwrapped all my Christmas gifts and then pretended to be surprised. Yeah, I was on Santa’s naughty list that year for sure! And my peeking took away from the wonder of Christmas.)

If we weren’t built for anticipation, why would we even bother wrapping gifts and setting them under the tree?  We could just tell people, “Here’s what you’re getting.”

Where’s the wonder in that?

What would life be like if we looked at every unexpected moment as a present wrapped with Love in Love for the purpose of wonder?

Expect the Unexpected – A Present Wrapped with Love in Love for the Purpose of Wonder

What if unexpected moments were the very thing to bring us to our knees and come to know our God? That was the case for me and for many of you too, I’m sure. Had those moments not happened, I wouldn’t know the immeasurable love of a Father who loved me before I was even born.

He has plans for me and you that we can’t fathom. Part of His plan absolutely is to save us to Him, to His heart for us that exudes generosity. It’s the most beautiful, unexpected, and undeserved gift we could receive. But isn’t that the beauty of a gift when it is given generously? It’s an unexpected, sometimes overwhelming surprise at the goodness of it. We could never be good enough to earn it, but because God loves us THAT MUCH, He reaches for us in our most unexpected dark moments of despair.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.─Jeremiah 29:11 NKJV

We are called to be curious and adventurous to know what those thoughts and plans are!  For someone like me, I love being granted permission to be curious and adventurous. Stepping into the unexpected, opens a great big adventurous world for us to experience.

As we grow to really know His love, He will leave us in wonder and give us courage to be bold. Those who question His love haven’t experienced it. While we might not understand it when we do, experience of His love changes us forever.  We wonder how we ever did life without knowing this love.  It’s there. Right there. For each of us.

If you hear His whisper, let Him in. That goes for all of us, whether we know Him or not. If we know Him, let Him into your heart further. If you don’t know Him, give Him a chance. I can promise you this: If you go to Him with a pure heart, He will meet you right where you are. It’s okay to be curious. It’s okay to have questions and doubts. God can handle those. He knows faith is hard, because it requires trust. And until we know Him and have experience of Him, that can be hard, especially if someone has violated our trust.  God is not like us. We are made in His image, not the other way around. Borrow His courage. Borrow His strength. He’ll give them, and many other unexpected gifts that help us get through our darkest hour.

Expect the Unexpected – A Present No One Wants and Then What?

This morning I’d been reflecting on some tragic news I heard. The situation seems unimaginable. It was an unexpected event no one could have anticipated, even in their best efforts to do the right thing, to serve others in love, when up out of the abyss this terrible thing happened. I wept for them. It’s that horrible. My spirit grieved for them.

These are the moments when people who don’t walk with God question why He allows bad things if He is good.

Not every event is from God. We do have an enemy. The enemy is not good. He doesn’t have good intentions. He would love nothing more than to destroy every good intention, every beautiful mission from God. The enemy would love to silence us. However, God says, “Sing through a storm, lovely one.”  Praise is one powerful weapon!

We need to remind satan he has been defeated. And as horrible as this tragedy is, any unimaginable tragedy, God has given us a very powerful gift. Several come to mind, actually.

We have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16). We can choose to believe what His word says to us. We have free will. We have the ability to make a conscious choice to know and believe and trust in God’s goodness.

For those of us who have been walking with God for awhile and these unexpected moments happen, the kind we’d like to run fast and far from, remember God’s faithfulness. Remember every good and perfect gift God has ever given you.

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change life shifting shadows.─James 1:17 NIV

God doesn’t change. He is unwavering and unshakable.  He is good and He gives good gifts.

Those truths have helped me through hard, unexpected moments. I didn’t see “it” coming. I couldn’t have, really. My world was shaken, but I was able to stand because God is unshakable. I could stand in His shadow, His strength. I’d experienced Him enough to know He is faithful. So as tough as that season was, I knew God would help me through it. And He did.

He allowed me time to rest and grieve. He gave me the gift of processing all my thoughts and emotions with Him, safely, where I could be real and raw and completely vulnerable.

The ability to be ourselves, good, bad, sad, mad, joyful, silly, all of whomever He made us to be and allows us to experience, is a gift He gives us. Be you – beauty and blemishes. We don’t have to be what anyone else wants us to be. We don’t have to put on our poker face and pretend with God. He doesn’t want that. He wants the real you, the real me, surrendered to Him and ready to receive His love, comfort, leading, guiding, teaching, and healing.

God reassures me the dream He gave isn’t dead. It’s just dormant. Sometimes we need to wait. We need to expect the unexpected WILL HAPPEN when we least expect it.  Like the first blossoms of spring that turn into a full-on explosion of life as the trees emerge from a long winter, dreams can (and do) jump to life in what can look to outsiders like an overnight “success”.  Really, those dreams were cultivated in the deep soil of time spent alone with God preparing us for what’s next.

When we don’t like where things ended, turn the page. God’s not done yet.

I look at how God used that negative, unexpected experience and used it for my good. I don’t think God was the author of what happened to me, but I do think He is writing the last word on it.

I can share this much with you. He took that situation and He worked it for my good. I DO love Him and He was (and is) faithful to His promises.

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.─Romans 8:28 NIV

This promise isn’t only for some of us, the “holy ones”, the ones who seem to be so “spiritual”. Nope! The ticket to all things working for our good? All God asks in this promise? That we love Him. He can work with that!

I don’t get a lot of things right, but I do love God. And He worked my situation for the good.

I experienced a very unexpected shift. In this transition I have met people I wouldn’t have otherwise. Some of these people are important to the dream He still has planted in my heart. Others, I have been blessed by. Some, I’ve been able to bless as an Ambassador of Christ doing His work.

There is purpose in where He has placed us.

God is a good Harvester, and He won’t waste any of us or our efforts when we desire to be good soil for Him.  He’ll still use us. Wherever we are. I think someone needs to hear that very thing today.  God’s not done with you yet! Expect the unexpected sweet one. God has something special for you. The time is near.

Expect the Unexpected – A Present to Treasure

If you’ve lived life in this world for any length of time, it can be easy to become discouraged, and maybe even a little frightened at the state of things.

But God came to save the world. He hasn’t lifted His sovereign hand from this earth, from our lives, or the lives of those we love. We shouldn’t be surprised by the sin of the world and how it’s manifesting. Read the books of prophecy. He told us what to expect. Sin and its consequences aren’t unexpected at all.

Because of sin, He came to save.

When Mary was pregnant with baby Jesus, she treasured up God’s goodness.  You can be certain she was not expecting to encounter God the way she did. Who would have thought the most precious gift the world was ever given, would come at the cost she paid?  She gave her reputation. She gave her body. She risked her relationship with Joseph to follow the Lord.

And through it all she treasured up the moments she was given with Christ that no one else got to experience.  I love that verse so much because it reminds me to treasure Him up too. There are things He’s given me, that He didn’t give to anyone else. Some of these things are hard things, but in them I can see His beauty. I encounter Him.  We can each treasure those moments with Him too (even if we don’t love the difficulty).

So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.─Luke 2:16-19 NIV (emphasis mine)

Mary had just given birth. Not easy. Painful, in fact. Yet, she treasured up these things and pondered them in her heart. We can learn from Mary.

There are moments God has given me that are sweet, special, sacred, and undeniable.  Granted, I never gave birth to Christ, but He has helped me experience His goodness in difficult times. If I hover over the memories too long, tears will spill over, overwhelmed by His goodness in the midst of mess─mine and the world’s.

Remember to share these moments with others. They are for God’s glory. Don’t withhold what He has done.

I pray you encounter these unexpected experiences of God’s goodness in your own life, when you are left with your jaw dropping to the floor in disbelief and overwhelm that God sees you and knows you, that He knows exactly what you need to be encouraged and to feel loved.

Deeply loved.

I think if we peered into the well of God’s love for us, we couldn’t see the depth of it. We’d expect there was a limit, because we have limits and they can be pushed.  But God’s love for us is never ending.

The faithful love of the LORD never ends!

His mercies never cease.

Great is his faithfulness;

his mercies begin afresh each morning.

I say to myself, “The LORD is my inheritance;

therefore, I will hope in him!” ─Lamentations 3:22-24 NLT

Treasure it up in your heart, sweet one, much like Mary did when she was expecting baby Jesus. Expect Him to show up in your life too.  He is birthing something beautiful.

I pray Jesus celebrates so many mountaintop moments with you that your faith runs deep, so deep that people see Christ’s reflection in you.

That seems kind of crazy to expect God trusts us enough to be His ambassadors of love. But He does! His trust in us might feel foreign and unexpected. Embrace it and let His grace guide you. Don’t put pressure on yourself to perform. Let Him show you who He’s assigned to you. Let Him show you how. Follow His lead.

Love is an unexpected lesson we can all learn. We are to give it, and we get to receive it. What if the person who needed it most didn’t get it, because we didn’t do our part? What if that person is US in this season? That’s okay too. Give. Receive. There’s a season for everything, even as there’s nothing new under the sun (Ecclesiastes 3).

Know this. A situation may feel unexpected to us, but God is never surprised by our circumstances.  Celebrate with Him in moments of joy. Run to Him in moments of trial. He is faithful to be with us in tragedy and triumph.  We can expect His presence to carry us through every season.

Be blessed this Christmas season, sweet one. Let the wonder of the season instill wonder in your heart for Christ.

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Categories // Expecting the Unexpected, Tracy Stella's Perspective Tags // 1 Timothy 1:9-10, 29:11, Anticipation, Birth of Christ, Christmas, gift, God's Faithfulness, God's Glory, God's goodness, hope, James 1:17, Jeremiah 29:11, Lamentations 3:22-24, Love, Luke 2:16-19, Mind of Christ, Present, Romans 8:28, Salvation, tragedy, Treasure, Trial, truth, Unexpected, Vulnerability, Wonder

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  • What are You Going Back to?
  • What Do I Have to Offer
  • What Do You Do for Fun?
  • What Do You Dream About?
  • What has God rescued you from?
  • Who Burnt My Turkey?
  • Who Do You Love?
  • Who Do You Say I Am?
  • Woman of God?

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