http://monicamatthews.com/news.html Monica Matthews: Journal Jannis' PHPRss class - http://www.jannis.to/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:53:11 -0800 http://monicamatthews.com/news.html#450
While you are embedded with knowledge of this world that may in fact, assist with the evolution of this place we call our temporary home, may you never forget from whence you came. And while you too will be reminded of my shortcomings, may the Truth bare witness to your little heart, that while I am not perfect, I am being perfected. I give myself grace in that and will no longer allow devils to tell me who or what I am or have been.

Time for a change. Time to see His glory made manifest in the realizing of dreams untold, if but only in the deepest chambers of my heart. Overshadowed by a father of lies that has held me prisoner long enough. Freedom little one, is the greatest gift I could offer you through your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Not religion according to man, but a real, tangible victory to live little girl..live.

xo]]> http://monicamatthews.com/news.html#450 Sun, 01 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 LOVE IS....The Song Of The Heart... - Monica Matthews - Journal http://monicamatthews.com/news.html#449 Blessings...xoxoxo
ciao]]> http://monicamatthews.com/news.html#449 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 LOVE IS....The Song Of The Heart... - Monica Matthews - Journal http://monicamatthews.com/news.html#448
You may not know me,
but I know everything about you.
Psalm 139:1
I know when you sit down and when you rise up.
Psalm 139:2
I am familiar with all your ways.
Psalm 139:3
Even the very hairs on your head are numbered.
Matthew 10:29-31
For you were made in my image.
Genesis 1:27
In me you live and move and have your being.
Acts 17:28
For you are my offspring.
Acts 17:28
I knew you even before you were conceived.
Jeremiah 1:4-5
I chose you when I planned creation.
Ephesians 1:11-12
You were not a mistake,
for all your days are written in my book.
Psalm 139:15-16
I determined the exact time of your birth
and where you would live.
Acts 17:26
You are fearfully and wonderfully made.
Psalm 139:14
I knit you together in your mother's womb.
Psalm 139:13
And brought you forth on the day you were born.
Psalm 71:6
I have been misrepresented
by those who don't know me.
John 8:41-44
I am not distant and angry,
but am the complete expression of love.
1 John 4:16
And it is my desire to lavish my love on you.
1 John 3:1
Simply because you are my child
and I am your Father.
1 John 3:1
I offer you more than your earthly father ever could.
Matthew 7:11
For I am the perfect father.
Matthew 5:48
Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand.
James 1:17
For I am your provider and I meet all your needs.
Matthew 6:31-33
My plan for your future has always been filled with hope.
Jeremiah 29:11
Because I love you with an everlasting love.
Jeremiah 31:3
My thoughts toward you are countless
as the sand on the seashore.
Psalms 139:17-18
And I rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17
I will never stop doing good to you. Jeremiah 32:40
For you are my treasured possession.
Exodus 19:5
I desire to establish you
with all my heart and all my soul.
Jeremiah 32:41
And I want to show you great and marvelous things.
Jeremiah 33:3
If you seek me with all your heart,
you will find me.
Deuteronomy 4:29
Delight in me and I will give you
the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4
For it is I who gave you those desires.
Philippians 2:13
I am able to do more for you
than you could possibly imagine.
Ephesians 3:20
For I am your greatest encourager.
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
I am also the Father who comforts you
in all your troubles.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4
When you are brokenhearted,
I am close to you.
Psalm 34:18
As a shepherd carries a lamb,
I have carried you close to my heart.
Isaiah 40:11
One day I will wipe away
every tear from your eyes.
Revelation 21:3-4
And I'll take away all the pain
you have suffered on this earth.
Revelation 21:3-4
I am your Father, and I love you
even as I love my son, Jesus.
John 17:23
For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed.
John 17:26
He is the exact representation of my being.
Hebrews 1:3
He came to demonstrate that I am for you,
not against you.
Romans 8:31
And to tell you that I am not counting your sins.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19
Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19
His death was the ultimate expression
of my love for you.
1 John 4:10
I gave up everything I loved
that I might gain your love.
Romans 8:31-32
If you receive the gift of my son Jesus,
you receive me.
1 John 2:23
And nothing will ever separate you
from my love again.
Romans 8:38-39
Come home and I'll throw the biggest party
heaven has ever seen.
Luke 15:7
I have always been Father,
and will always be Father.
Ephesians 3:14-15
My question is”¦
Will you be my child?
John 1:12-13
I am waiting for you.
Luke 15:11-32

Love, Your Dad
Almighty God

Father's Love Letter used by permission Father Heart Comnunications Copyright 1999-2008 www.FathersLoveLetter.com
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Yours Always,
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It's actually quite simple. I just need to be quiet.
It's an interesting, yet subtle substitution.. writing/imagining a relationship vs. actually having one. Living one. Mortified by the truth that I may have indeed shared my relationship and thoughts about God on an emotional/mental level yet not actually walking it out in my daily, physical choices. In the words of Mrs. Focker, "nicht Geet" (not good)

It's been an enormously long 6 months with so much growth, I've wanted to throw up at times and have. Taking up my cross has been given new meaning. Loving those (including myself) that hurt or betray me, isn't as easy as my imagination led me to believe, but doable. Keeping hope alive in the face of a dismal diagnosis isn't easy either, but doable. Being displaced for months isn't comfortable either, but doable. Accepting myself in the grey hasn't been easy either, but that too, has proven doable. With so much to learn and grow up in all I can find myself saying is thank you and He really did come to give us life and more abundantly.

It's quite different living amongst people. People that live with their eyes wide open. People with junk like me. The alienated, sexy life of a singer has afforded me an intricate existence with pretty much...myself. Yes, I have friends, but this is different. This is living as a community of believers that while goofy, hunger for righteousness and make an attempt to live as such. I think I forgot how relational God is. Afterall, the commandment of which all the law hangs is completely relational... a vast verb.. love. Him, ourselves, and one another.. pretty easy to do in your head, another thing entirely, to be.

I do hope you are all well in your lives. I've missed it here at times, but I've been busy finding out what service really means. I look forward to bringing it back to the creative gifts He has entrusted me with one day. I've given that up too. At least for now. It is true that whatever we "give up" upon His request, will return life to us 100 fold.

I love you all,
M]]> http://monicamatthews.com/news.html#446 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 LOVE IS....The Song Of The Heart... - Monica Matthews - Journal http://monicamatthews.com/news.html#445
Dare I find room for a single utterance? Humbled by your grace, your mercy. Living your life. The other has nothing to offer. A scandalous impression of a so called life leaving much to be admired and nothing to the imagination. As it is completely devoid to true imagination. Only lofty, earthly vain imagination that you write to us about.

As I turn to say goodbye to a life I thought was mine, I am reminded of Lot's wife. God forbid I should turn once again to that dreadful place of existence. May I grow in comfort in the grey of my life with a knowing that your Word is true.. it is indeed from glory to glory we move and you are in fact faithful to finish the good work you began.. in me.

Good night my love.]]> http://monicamatthews.com/news.html#445 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 LOVE IS....The Song Of The Heart... - Monica Matthews - Journal http://monicamatthews.com/news.html#444
Interesting that you would use my very gift to comfort me this evening,. but through someone I barely know. Wow. The whole room filled with your presence. Undeniable. When I felt forsaken, you were there. Thank you. Thank you so very much. May I not take visiting those on a bed of affliction lightly again and may I not underestimate the sweetness of the gift you have blessed me with to usher in Your presence. What an honor.

Thank you papa..
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serving. you, my Lord. thank you for sustaining my breath long enough to sing your praises. the unknowing. there is freedom here. the temptation is to seek it all out. the answers. the only answer i seek tonite is that of rest. a sweet surrender to all that you created me to be. thank you. i just need a kiss goodnight. pardon me as i climb into your lap. cover me with your wings papa. may i awake to a day full of new mercies, much love, joy & wonder. may i see you in it all.

love,
m]]> http://monicamatthews.com/news.html#443 Sun, 24 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 LOVE IS....The Song Of The Heart... - Monica Matthews - Journal http://monicamatthews.com/news.html#442
Tonight, I find myself wondering what that really means. Maybe it's just simple. Maybe it's just wanting to share your day with someone or know that at least one person on the planet is truly excited and thankful that you are alive. Maybe it's being able to know that you brighten someone else's day and make their life a little bit sweeter. Or.. maybe it's being able to sit in the same room and not say a word and speak volumes in the safety and comfort of that person's existence.
Even God said it wasn't good for man to be alone.Hum.. I think women could be included in that too.

Nice little line between needy and just desiring. My heart goes out to all of my fellow singles that wish they had that one person that just "got" them.. could share life... and my heart goes out to those of you that do and don't know it or forgot or do know it and are truly thankful. I pray you stay that way. Thankful.

Some people hate to see others hold hands, or kiss or show all the little warm and fuzzies as if no one else in the universe exsited.. I say.. kudos and thank you. Thank you for allowing me and others to be reminded that love is grand and passion is necessary and tenderness isn't a four letter word. Fine line between publicly obnoxious and what I call Europeanly (don't think that's a word:) affectionate.. I

I am thankful for the happy couples whether 2 weeks along or 50 years into it.. thank you. You remind me that it really does exist. And in some vicarious little way, I get to participate in something the world could sure use more of..
Love.


M]]> http://monicamatthews.com/news.html#442 Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 LOVE IS....The Song Of The Heart... - Monica Matthews - Journal http://monicamatthews.com/news.html#441
Sweet Jesus.

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