Women of Proverbs

09/04/2025

Did you know that there are benefits for following after the Lord and doing His will for our lives? It says He will not forget none of His benefits. One is He pardons our iniquities. What is iniquities? Gross injustice and wickedness. Every time we are rude, snarky, miss the mark, lie, cheat, steal, etc. He pardons them all. He saw every one of them and has a right to judge us, but He doesn’t.

He heals ALL diseases. He redeems us from the pit. He crowns us with lovingkindness, even when we don’t feel like we are loved. He loves us no matter what we did, or did not do. No matter what we wear or say. He loves us anyway. He is compassionate with us. He satisfies our years with good things. We don’t get hand me downs, we get the best with that new smell to it.

One other thing that is a benefit for following after Him and doing His will is that He renews our youth like the eagle. I’ve seen many who are young but their bodies are very aged because of their lifestyle. Then, I see those who may be aged in years but their bodies are young as they walk out His will for their lives. His will, His way, are the best ways to follow. Many benefits are the reward for doing so. Psalm 103

09/04/2025

When we love the Lord our God with all our hearts, our minds, our wills, and our emotions, something happens. Do you know what that something is? Psalm 91 says, He will deliver us. He will securely set us on high. As I read this statement, in my mind, I pictured someone standing in a dry creek bed and a flash flood was happening. Then a large hand came, lifted them up and set them on firm, high ground.

They were protected. When we love the Lord it says, “He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him. With long life will I satisfy him and show him My salvation.” Knowing this not only in the back of our minds but in the deepest part of our hearts has a reassuring peace and calmness that comes with it.

So what should we do having this knowledge inside of us? Share it with those who feel like they have no hope. They think they are all alone, the only one going through what they are going through. We have a hope for a lost world. We have access to a love so strong that it breaks through every wall if we will live it and share it for others to see and to have. To know how much, they are truly loved. Psalm 91

09/01/2025

Have you been questioning about the length of your days? Have you been questioning why you are here? What you are supposed to be doing? When these thoughts come to mind, the Lord says, “So it shall be when all of these things have come upon you, the blessing and the curse…and you call them to mind. Return to the Lord your God and obey Him with all your heart and soul.”

What does that look like? It is pulling out the Word of God, not allowing it to collect dust on the shelf. Study it, meditate on what the Word says and not the lies of the thoughts coming against you. Declaring, out loud, what the Word tells us we are. We are strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. It’s not our might that defeats the enemy. It is the name of Jesus and His victory over the enemy.

Victory over wrong thoughts come from choosing life and not death. Loving the Lord our God with all our hearts, (where have our hearts been focused), our minds (what have we been allowing our minds to think upon). That which we think upon, we become. Lastly, our souls (our mind, our will, and our emotions). We have a choice. To focus on life, or to focus on death. I choose life. Deuteronomy 30

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08/29/2025

Every time we receive a victory in our lives, no matter how big or small, we should be singing praises to the Lord most-high. As I read and re-read the Bible, I am reminded time and time again, to give thanks to the Lord, for He is good and His mercy endures forever and ever. His mercy, endures. His mercy loves us time and time again, despite our mistakes.

Merriam, the sister of Moses, gave thanks with song and timbrel after the destruction of Pharaohs horses and chariots in the sea. She was also the one, who with Aaron her brother, grumbled about the choice of wife that Moses married. It was a mistake that brought leprosy to her body, BUT, because of Moses’ prayer and Gods mercy, after seven days she was restored to health.

The mercy of God loves us through any and all mistakes we make. He desires that no matter what, we seek Him. We seek Him in the good times and we seek Him in the bad times. He is always there, waiting to hear from us, waiting to speak to us, waiting to show His lovingkindness and mercy to us. Jesus gave the greatest sacrifice so that we could be restored, no matter what mistakes we have made. Exodus 15

08/28/2025

God always has a remnant! Even when things were really bad for the Israelites who would not listen to the warning of God, spoken through Jeremiah, there were a few who listened. As I was reading verse 16 of Jeremiah 52, it says, “But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen”. My spirit got excited.

Why? These were the remnant that did not get carried away into exile. These were ones that had deserted King Zedekiah, when Jeremiah instructed that those who do so, would be saved. It is hard to think that running to the one who is going to bring judgement, is the safest choice to make in this situation. That is a very interesting thought.

We live in a day that many are not listening to the voice of the Lord. He has been drawing us and wooing us and warning us, time and time again with most not listening, like in the days of Jeremiah. There is a day of judgement coming and the safest place to be, to survive and thrive, is to run to the one who is bringing that judgement. He is the Lord, He is Jesus. Let’s not wait until it’s too late. Now is the time. Jeremiah 52

08/27/2025

Each one of us is responsible for fulfilling the call of God for our lives. Each of us a part in the tapestry of what God has created. I cannot speak for how you will fulfill your part. What I do speak upon is what is revealed in the Word of God as I read it. Each of us is responsible for knowing the Word and how to use it to help fulfill our part in God’s plan.

Babylon had a part to play. They could have been the greatest influencer on the planet, to bring people to the knowledge and wisdom of who God is. They didn’t have the benefit of having Holy Spirit speak to them individually, but they had the nation of Israel to study. However, in this time frame, Israel was not doing well at being obedient to Gods guidelines.

Their hearts were focused on themselves and that example led to other nations. Instead of standing for righteousness and having a heart focused on the things of God, their hearts were focused on self. Much hasn’t changed over time. Each person has to choose in their lifetime, are they going to follow God with all their hearts, or are they going to live for self. Babylon chose self and look what happened. Jeremiah 51

08/25/2025

Too many times I have heard people put all the blame on God for bad things happening. They make God out to be a bad guy who is always bringing judgement upon men and women for no reason. I have learned to ask why certain things have taken place. There is no one set answer for every calamity that has happened to a person or area.

Take S***m and Gomorrah for example. Two cities that for some time had been going down the wrong track. God in His mercy postponed destruction for many years, in the hope that they would turn from their wicked ways to Him. Then, you jump to the New Testament with Ananias and Sapphira. They lied to the Holy Spirit and judgement was quick, bringing about their deaths.

What it boils down to, for me, is what is the motive inside a person’ heart? Are we choosing to get self out of the center of our hearts? Are we studying to see how we can best serve the Lord God, with all our hearts, our minds, our wills and our emotions? That which pleases God the most is our heart motive. It’s what keeps us alive and thriving or will bring swift judgement. I choose the way of the Lord. Jeremiah 49

08/23/2025

Every day we have a choice. To be on the Lord’ side or not. Time and time again, I read about groups of people and nations that are against God. They did what they wanted, when they wanted and however they wanted. For years. But, God never forgets those who are against Him. He has His own time frame of when He brings around justice.

There is always justice in the eyes of God. Though at times it’s not in our time frame. We see the wicked doing things that we can never understand and we question God on why they seem to have the freedom to do whatever they want and the enemy places lies in our heads talking about why we can’t get away with doing things that go contrary to the Word, yet we watch others do it all the time.

The question we need to ask is why are they doing what they are doing and why do we do what we do? They have no love for God and we do. They have self in the center and we don’t. There is a day of judgement coming for ALL. I can’t speak for you, but what I will say is that I want to stand before the Lord with a clean heart and clean hands. To have no regrets for not following God with everything I am. Jeremiah 47

08/22/2025

God wants to be the center of our lives. He wants to be the only source we run to. The one we talk to in bad times and the one we praise all the time, no matter what situation we may be facing, whether good or bad. He is even jealous of us having any other thing in that spot. He wants no job, no person, no item to be at the center of our lives. Just Him.

He has shown what happens to those who place other things in the center of their lives. Look at Judah and Jerusalem. They had many things at the center. They even had Egypt as part of their back up plan if things went South in their area. If pestilence, famine, or other nations came in to conquer, instead of seeking God for wisdom as their source, time and time again, they ran to Egypt.

God finally had to destroy the things that were in the center of their hearts, in an effort to have them make the right choice. To choose to follow Him. Are there people, places, or things that we have set on the pedestal of our hearts? If so, we need to take them down, put them to the side, pick up the Word and seek God for the answers on the path to walking out kingdom plans and purposes while we are here. Jeremiah 46

08/21/2025

It is important if not crucial, lifesaving even, to be connected to the man of God who walks and talks with God, who hears the voice of the Lord, for your life and for those who choose to walk after righteousness. No matter what society looks like in a person’ lifetime, if they will follow after God and His ways and Words, he will be delivered.

Look at Baruch. Who is Baruch you ask? Baruch was the scribe and servant of Jeremiah. He was with Jeremiah everywhere he went. Baruch was used to help in the details of paperwork for a piece of land Jeremiah purchased. He was the one who spoke the Word of the Lord to the leaders when Jeremiah was forbidden to go into the courts.

Because of Baruch being attached to Jeremiah, a word came forth to Baruch that even though destruction was coming to all who went to Egypt, Baruch’ life would be spared. No matter what or how things look like in the natural, when we are connected to the man or woman of God that follows after righteousness and the ways of God, our lives will be spared as well. Jeremiah 45

08/20/2025

Even though the Israelites knew that God was real, it is as though they thought that He could not see them as they were in Egypt doing what they wanted to do, instead of doing what they knew God had instructed them to do. Many times, I have heard people make statements that let me know they believe there is a God, however, they do not do those things they should.

Let me give you an example. I have seen people do and say things that when I ask them why they did what they did, because I knew it didn’t line up with the Word, they blow it off by saying, “God knows what I meant.” Believing that those words give them the right to give people a piece of their mind. We are supposed to love on others and not give them our judgmental opinions.

Many do not realize the power of their words. Our world is created by what we say and then comes to pass by what we do or do not do. The Israelites wanted the blessing of God but in their terms. They wanted to leave from fear, instead of taking territory with the assurance that God had already given it to them. We need to speak and do those things God has instructed us to say and do, and no more. Jeremiah 44

08/19/2025

As I read the book of Jeremiah, I see how we are connected to the prosperity or downfall of an area, depending upon our obedience to the Lord and to the written Word of God. Each person created has an opportunity to choose whom they will serve. It will either be God or our flesh which can be dominated by things of this world.

As people make their choices, just like they did in Jeremiah’ day, we see the result of those choices in events that happen in their lives. In Jeremiah’ day, they were given the choice to follow truth and remain in Judah, the land they were given, the land that they were returned to from a previous captivity or to run with their tails between their legs to the land of Egypt.

Judah would have been a land of protection and prosperity. By going to Egypt, their decision had God bring Nebuchadnezzar to the region to bring destruction. History repeats itself, whether good or bad. Our choices to follow the Lord or not, determines what history we keep repeating. I broke bad history of my family by choosing to follow after the Word. Each of us chooses our history to be written. Jeremiah 43