Psalm 60:2 You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking
Yesterday while at work in the middle of the day the unthinkable happened.
My desk started moving all by itself while I sat in my chair and tried to steady it. I began to realise that other things around me in my office were also shaking and after a few minutes of others in the office declaring that the same thing was happening to them, I soon realized that we were having an earthquake.
An earthquake in Milton, Ontario?
But after only a few minutes longer the information came flooding in as people all over Toronto and Ontario started emailing, texting, twittering and even calling me to say that they had felt the earthquake. The news on television finally reported that there was an earthquake measuring 5.0 magnitude on the Richtor scale, with the epicenter near Ottawa, Canada. Then a tornado occured in Midland and finally torrential rains around the area.
In just a few days the G8 and G20 Summit will begin in Toronto and Huntsville, Ontario,Canada. Decisions, major decisions will be made that will effect all of the world. The earth is shaking and crying out as we prepare to move into a new era. I don’t know about others but I will be in prayer lifting up the leaders and the changes that are about to be decided upon that will affect us from this day onward.
Psalm 16:8 I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Where Am I
I am blogging today about my heart and where I am. So I come to Him and ask “where am I Lord?``
He answers me as simply as He always does with “where I am there you will be also” so I ask again “ where are you Lord?” He chuckles as He says to me “ I am with you always even to the ends of the age”
So I stay still for a moment and block out all the noise and confusion and other things within that cause me not to be still. As I sit there in silence I hear my heart beating and my hands suddenly raise to the sky as I surrender with my body to let Him know how much I appreciate and thank Him for all that He has done in my life.
As the tears stream down my face, my heart starts to ache , you know the good kind of ache that happens when you long for something so bad and you know you cant live with out it. That’s how I feel when I think about Him. My life is not my own, I belong to Him and He belongs to me.
If I had all the words in the world – every language and every tongue, it still would not be enough to express how I feel about my relationship with Him. So I dance . I begin to move my body and just release the joy, the hunger, the longing, the satisfaction, the peace, everything I am and am not, unto Him.
With every movement something else begins to happen- I unwind and find a freedom that has momentum. Motion. I find the motion that connects me to Him and Him to me. So I begin to worship Him in motion. And I never want to stop.
Now I know where I am – right there with Him and He is right there with me.
No place in this world I would rather be.
Dancing with God.
He answers me as simply as He always does with “where I am there you will be also” so I ask again “ where are you Lord?” He chuckles as He says to me “ I am with you always even to the ends of the age”
So I stay still for a moment and block out all the noise and confusion and other things within that cause me not to be still. As I sit there in silence I hear my heart beating and my hands suddenly raise to the sky as I surrender with my body to let Him know how much I appreciate and thank Him for all that He has done in my life.
As the tears stream down my face, my heart starts to ache , you know the good kind of ache that happens when you long for something so bad and you know you cant live with out it. That’s how I feel when I think about Him. My life is not my own, I belong to Him and He belongs to me.
If I had all the words in the world – every language and every tongue, it still would not be enough to express how I feel about my relationship with Him. So I dance . I begin to move my body and just release the joy, the hunger, the longing, the satisfaction, the peace, everything I am and am not, unto Him.
With every movement something else begins to happen- I unwind and find a freedom that has momentum. Motion. I find the motion that connects me to Him and Him to me. So I begin to worship Him in motion. And I never want to stop.
Now I know where I am – right there with Him and He is right there with me.
No place in this world I would rather be.
Dancing with God.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Sisters
Today I had a great day out shopping with my sister. I know many of you are thinking " big deal". This is a big deal for my sister and me. We are two very busy women with no FREE time on our hands. We both have five children and very hectic schedules and we do not agree on anything. We are like night and day, and we cant even agree which one of us is night. Something amazing happened today as we both went shopping together and appreciated each other tastes and preferences as we encouraged each other to be ourselves. We didnt have one single fight and we even laughed about the crazy people in little Portugal over their daily win in the World Cup. We talked about our children and agreed that we needed to spend more time thinking about ourselves and the other relationships in our lives.
We made each other a promise to get together for lunch real soon-but we couldnt agree on where we would eat though!
I thanked God for my sister today.
We made each other a promise to get together for lunch real soon-but we couldnt agree on where we would eat though!
I thanked God for my sister today.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Wow !! This weekend was exhilarating and fun!!
June 20th, 2010
Wow !! This weekend was exhilarating and fun!!
I attended the Write Canada conference in Guelph, Ontario and my eyes were instantly opened again.
One of the very first gifts that I discovered that I had as a young girl was writing.
I loved to do two things read and write my feelings down. I think it began when I was about six or seven years of age and it has not stopped yet. I still love to read just my choices in reading material has shifted from fictional to more inspirational or tutorial. My writings are now more out of necessity than the sheer love of it and that is about to change. I have committed myself to become a blogger!
What that looks like just yet, I am not quite sure. This weekend I have been inspired by a workshop that I attended with Ann Voskamp. I so related to her emotion and kept feeling if she can do it so can I. So here I go getting ready to be real and risky as I take some time everyday to allow other people to read about my feelings, my passions, my desire and about me. This seems ironic as my blog is called Word of Spirit and Truth. I am about to embark upon a new journey with my Creator and as it unfolds I pray that my readers will have gained something from the few minutes that they take to read what I have poured out for the day. My spoon is full of opportunities!!! (this is from the workshop)
Blessings Charmaine
Wow !! This weekend was exhilarating and fun!!
I attended the Write Canada conference in Guelph, Ontario and my eyes were instantly opened again.
One of the very first gifts that I discovered that I had as a young girl was writing.
I loved to do two things read and write my feelings down. I think it began when I was about six or seven years of age and it has not stopped yet. I still love to read just my choices in reading material has shifted from fictional to more inspirational or tutorial. My writings are now more out of necessity than the sheer love of it and that is about to change. I have committed myself to become a blogger!
What that looks like just yet, I am not quite sure. This weekend I have been inspired by a workshop that I attended with Ann Voskamp. I so related to her emotion and kept feeling if she can do it so can I. So here I go getting ready to be real and risky as I take some time everyday to allow other people to read about my feelings, my passions, my desire and about me. This seems ironic as my blog is called Word of Spirit and Truth. I am about to embark upon a new journey with my Creator and as it unfolds I pray that my readers will have gained something from the few minutes that they take to read what I have poured out for the day. My spoon is full of opportunities!!! (this is from the workshop)
Blessings Charmaine
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Your Value in Gods' eyes
The definition for value is the quality ( positive or negative) that renders something desirable and valuable or the degree of importance that you put on something.
Matthew 10:31
Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows (God values you highly)
Luke 16:15
He said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in God's sight.
1 Timothy 1:8
For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. (eternal value)
Proverbs 16:13
Kings take pleasure in honest lips; they value a man who speaks the truth. ( moral values)
Where do you think the world gets there standard for value?
The world’s value is very different from Gods value
Society lets models, sports figures, celebrities and movie stars be our role models and we unfortunately set our self worth or value by these standards instead of the word of God
Unfortunatly the image that the world presents to you is not real and it does not realy exist. It is fake and just an image.
What makes something valuable/worth?
Does it have a purpose/ is it useful?
What condition is it in? excellent, good, damaged, aged,
Is it an original or unique?
Is it real?
Is it endorsed by someone of status?
Is it in high demand- Does everyone want it?
The value you put on yourself comes from your own self worth- or your acceptance of yourself the way God made you. If you have low self esteem then you will struggle with knowing your true value
The more you believe the truth about what God says about you the more you accept yourself for who you are and who God made you to be. You are of great value to God
You are Blessed- Deuteronomy 28:1-14
Strong in the Lord- Ephesians 6:10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
You are fearfully and wonderfully made- Psalm 139:14
I have called you by name: You are mine Isaiah 43:1
God say to you today that you are valuable to Him because He made you and you are special, one of a kind, unique, created with purpose for His plans.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
To Believe
Every day we face a choice that many dont even recognize or acknowledge. The choice to believe. The choice to choose is ours and no one elses.
What is it that you believe? Do you believe that when you go to take in the air that you need to survive that not only will there be enough, but that it will sustain you or do you just breathe?
Do you get up to walk and believe that your legs are strong enough to hold the weight of your body? Or do you take it for granted that everyone walks and that you have done it for so long that it is a given. How about life do you believe that you are here for a purpose or are you just some random set of molecules walking around taking up space until you die. What about death do you believe that when you die you become non-existent or do you believe in an afterlife?
Do not be mistaken each of these takes an act of either belief, doubt or unbelief.
Because we believe we act and how we act continues to shape the rest of our beliefs and ultimately our lives.
So take some time today and examine what it is that you truly believe. But be careful many times we face what we think we believe and it is not founded on anything- or maybe on something someone else believed and told us. Let us look for truth as we establish what we believe and to make it even more difficult lets not forget to add Faith, Love and Hope into the equation.
A definition from Wikipedia is:
Belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true.
I challenge you today to let it be more than a psychological state, but for you to add truth to what you believe. And then see where you stand.
Psalm 116:10
I believed, therefore have I spoken
C.Hinds
What is it that you believe? Do you believe that when you go to take in the air that you need to survive that not only will there be enough, but that it will sustain you or do you just breathe?
Do you get up to walk and believe that your legs are strong enough to hold the weight of your body? Or do you take it for granted that everyone walks and that you have done it for so long that it is a given. How about life do you believe that you are here for a purpose or are you just some random set of molecules walking around taking up space until you die. What about death do you believe that when you die you become non-existent or do you believe in an afterlife?
Do not be mistaken each of these takes an act of either belief, doubt or unbelief.
Because we believe we act and how we act continues to shape the rest of our beliefs and ultimately our lives.
So take some time today and examine what it is that you truly believe. But be careful many times we face what we think we believe and it is not founded on anything- or maybe on something someone else believed and told us. Let us look for truth as we establish what we believe and to make it even more difficult lets not forget to add Faith, Love and Hope into the equation.
A definition from Wikipedia is:
Belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true.
I challenge you today to let it be more than a psychological state, but for you to add truth to what you believe. And then see where you stand.
Psalm 116:10
I believed, therefore have I spoken
C.Hinds
Saturday, August 22, 2009
The Dance
The Dance
Deep within me there is a longing
A great burning desire
To reach out and grab a hold of Him
Yet I know I must go higher
Way down in the depths of my being
In the very center of my soul
There is a place of great intimacy
That to reach I've made my goal
Sometimes in the smallest split second I sense His presence
And yet I long for so more
And in that time the dance begins
One I have never done before
So I dance like no one else is watching
Like their eyes don't mean a thing
Always remembering that I do have an audience
For I dance before the King
So many things I want to say to Him
That words could never express
So in my movement I share with Him
All of my sorrow, pain, love, joy and my happiness
What led me to Him was my desire to worship
And now I have been given the chance
So with a humble heart, I let Him open me up
As I embrace
"The Dance"
C.Hinds/©2001
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