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arthouse EVENTS to open SUMMER 2014



May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing to you…AMEN

It is hard for me to put words to this post. It does not surprise me the minute I typed the words "it is hard to put words to this post" The following lyrics came forth from my radio.

"Nothing formed against me shall stand
You hold the whole world in your hand
I am holding on to your promises
you are faithful
you are faithful

I know who Goes before me
I know who stands behind
the God of angel armies is always by my side
the one who reigns forever he is a friend of mine
The God of Angel Army is always by my side. "

The first time I ever heard this song was the Sunday before my sweet Bonnie B passed away.

I have struggled for YEARS with stepping into the plan and purpose God has called me to. It was very clear to me in 1996 when God spoke to me audibly in the main sanctuary of St. John the Divine. God said, "I have a job for you to do." The message that day was on the fear of God. I pressed into His voice and the overwhelming feeling that he had something for me to do. Two weeks later I was hired at the Youth Minister for SJD. My job was to make relationships with preteens and teens. God showed me how gifted each one was and how it was my job to encourage them and show them the perspective that God had of them…PERFECTION, that they could do anything that they wanted to do!

This vision had persisted over the past 18 years. The whisper from my maker…"I have a job for you to do, I have a job for you to do…"I have done my best. I have followed SO many paths that I was certain was the GOLDmine to my purpose. Presenting OFFERING after OFFERING to the Lord… "Is this my job" "Is THIS my job?" I have poured out so many offering prepared specifically for the Lord only to pour them out. Just like Gideon, I have been confused and let down and disappointed. I am sure this IS the way Gideon felt when the Angel of the Lord told him to pour out the offering that he was so proud of. HE went against all odds to prepare an offering. Even after the devastation of his town, and his people hiding in caves outside their city, he entered back into the ruins to FIND the elements he needed to make an acceptable offering to the Lord. After ALL his work, the angel of the Lord asked him to pour it out upon the Rock, he did, he was obedient and DID it multiply.

That is where I am. I am surrendering my plan. I am being obedient to the Lord. I am pouring my offering upon the ROCK and it is multiplying. Whenever I hear the song ANGEL ARMY I know my Bonnie B is tapping me on the shoulder. "You can do this" One of her roles her on this earth was my encourager. An now she is encouraging me, tapping me on the shoulder, from the beyond. The cool thing is that I see God's plan and I am super excited.

Follow me on this journey. Things are about to get crazy and I am asking for support. Stand with me and watch God bring LIGHT into the DARKNESS with arthouseEVENTS, into your neighborhood, #arthouseevents  #commiunitycenter

Enjoy the pics from my first photo shoot in my soon to be SPACE.


Thank you Laura w/ BLUSHING MULBERRY for the beautiful images





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