TODAY

TODAY
2 CORINTHIANS 5: 17 - 21 - Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away, behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation. To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. Now then we are embassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us; we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

PATCHY OR PATCHED UP!

Oh, how I love these definitions of PATCH! This was me! I was full of holes, breaks, weak places, wounds, injuries. I had things in my life that acted as a cover for things I didn't have answers for. I lived in an 'appearance'; only. I needed a mending, repairing, restoring. I was a ground, cultivating all manner of indescribable, desperate living. I needed someone to come along and put a good covering over me - to help me to find a 'better way' - if there truly was one to be found!

Then...then...then...

I met a man. His name: Jesus - Son of the Living God! Whom the Holy Spirit, ages ago, prophesied about, in saying:

Isaiah 61: 1 -3 - The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn. To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called the trees of righteousness; the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified. And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

The Bible, in the Old Testament, testified of Jesus' coming to the earth. It foretold that these words (in the above verses), would one day come from the very mouth of, the Son of God. And they did!

Luke 4: 18 - The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.

Jesus spoke these very words of Himself, as he began his ministry in the earth.

Now, 2000 years later (can you truly imagine that), I stand, as a beneficiary of those very words - in an amazing and oh, so powerful way!

The words, written in the scriptures above, actually happened to me, personally - in a reality! And now, as I said in Izzy Coming Out & Izzy Singing Still - I have a song to sing! I have a story to tell. And I have a 'burning fire' in me to tell it to as many as I possibly can!

Why or how could I put any confidence in these 'words'? Only because, once I read them, something took place in me! A performance of what was spoken, was now 'alive' in me. Jesus, showed himself to me. He healed and delivered me. He began to teach me everything that I needed to know, to live my life with Him, through Him, by Him and unto Him. And there is no more exciting life than that of living it with Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God!

Isaiah 53: 1 - Who hath believed our report? And to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?

But how many would believe that such a thing is real or even possible? It sounds so 'out there' to even believe such a thing. Oh, I know. For years I heard about the Christian faith and walk. But I could not believe that it was a valid thing. I was not entering into it. No matter how I tried, I could not seem to enter in.

But then...

I dared to believe because I was so desperate to know Him. I knew in myself, somewhere, that He had to be real; He just had to be. There had to be something more for all of us, than to be born, just to turn around and die. There had to be some greater view of life, something that no one was showing us. There had to be a hidden mystery, in all of life. A mystery, that if solved, would unlock the answer to every question that we could (and would) ever ask in our lifetime.

And now...

Once I took that step of faith, and I said, "Jesus, prove yourself to me - I need you to be real!" Oh my, how He has now, fulfilled all of the promises in His Word, in my life. There has been an absolute manifestation of who He is, in my life. He has given me gifts, shown me who He really is, what He really wants to be... He has blessed my heart and my mind. All I need do, is think on Him, and everything in me and around me - changes! He has become my 'everything'!

I live in an intense place with Him - high above all that exists here before our eyes. He is so marvelous. He has changed the way I feel about every single thing in life. There are no words to describe His presence, His love, His instructions, His desire to help, to heal, to uplift, to elevate, to make new, to transition and even to translate - to show Himself mighty on our behalf.

The Word of God, is the most beautiful thing on the face of this earth! Even His way of speaking - takes my breath away! No one speaks like God the Father! No one! His words are powerful and are embodied with the power to do what they say they will do! There are no words like those of the Heavenly Father - no other words on the earth to change and to create, what His words can!

Oh, that everyone could experience 'this life' that He has given me! Oh, that every man, woman and child, could see Jesus as I have seen Him. I only live to be an open display, before men, of what He is in my life and what He can be in anyone's life, who will open the door to Him and allow Him to come in!

Revelation 3: 20 - Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Oh, that supping, once you've opened that door!

Like the song: Izzy Herriette (displayed on Izzy Mysterious)....'now you've got a lot to look forward to, cause He's gonna' come and make you brand new'!

Romans 8: 11 - But if the Spirit of him that raised Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

Have you ever heard such words as these?

Ephesians 1: 18, 19 - The eyes of your understanding enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power.

Oh, and so much, much more for you to find in the precious and powerful Word of God, for your life - if you choose!

Deuteronomy 28: 1, 2 - And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.

Deuteronomy 30: 15 - See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil.

Deuteronomy 30: 19, 20 - I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live. that thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him; for he is thy life, and the length of thy days; that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

Yes, I once was in need of a patching up. But no longer. I once was alone. But no longer. I once had no real understanding of how my life was to be blessed by the Lord - that I was created to be blessed and to be a blessing. But now...

He has patched me up and brought all the loose ends together within me. He has brought about the wholeness that only He can bring; through His presence, His power and His Word.

There are times of struggle, times of wrangling over the words of God for my life. As I expressed on the Izzy Coming Out site, I still have times of gutter mutter that I find myself falling into. Then I have to place a guard, through the Word of God, over my mind and heart again. I must continually remind myself, as well as the enemies of the Lord, what God has truly said about me and what His intentions are towards me, my life and the lives of those in my family - my seed.

I pray that you too, have been patched up, put together by the only One who can truly do that work in and for you!

If you have not yet experienced or live that out in your life, then I extend my sincerest prayers to the Father on your behalf, that you will, right away, find The way!

John 14: 6 - Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father but by me.


Some of you may have already come to the Lord but maybe you've never learned or experienced that true walk that He's appointed for you - if that is the case, if you don't have this scripture, living itself out in your life:

John 10: 10 - The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy; I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

I pray for you today, that God will open up His Word to you, that He will enlighten the eyes of your understanding, that you will surely come to know His love and His awesome plans for your life; what is His power towards you, today, to elevate you into those heavenly and high places that He has foreordained that you should walk in.

God Bless you in this day and in every day to come!

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