When you call people by their NAME, you are reminding them of WHO they are & calling them forth & into who they are called to be. "What's in a name?" Shakespeare asked and then gave some bizarre answer about the properties of roses. A name is actually how God gives us a soul (neshama). By breathing (nashamah) a name (shem) into our unformed frames. For the Hebrews, the dawn was the only way to describe the creation of a soul. Shakespeare wasn't the only one to get it wrong.

Today I'm totally overwhelmed with joy because of the goodness & kindness of the Lord. 😊 Today I'm totally overwhelmed with joy because of the goodness & kindness of the Lord. 😊 This is a follow-up post of my previous post, Leading from the Stop & the testimony of the process to my breakthrough after being unraveled by reading "Another crisis will befall you. It’s not a case of ‘if’, but ‘when’. And when your world seems to come crashing down to an absolute halt, remember t

If there's confusion, at any time you can pick up your Bible & I will speak to you. I will show you the way. Follow Me in simple obedience. In You, o Lord I have taken refuge... Turn your ear to me... be my rock of refuge... Since you are my rock & my fortress, for the sake of Your name lead and guide me... Into Your hands I commit my spirit; deliver me, Lord my faithful God. Psalm 31:1-3;5 NIV Guard my life and rescue me; do not let me be put to shame, for I take refuge

‭Reflecting on 2023 & all the freedom God has brought... Psalms‬ ‭103:2‭-‬5‬ ‭NIV‬‬ [2] Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits— [3] who forgives all your sins and heals ALL your diseases, [4] who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, [5] who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. In January 2019, the Lord delivered me from a lifelong struggle with depression & suicidal thou

I've been having issues with backache lately when working on my tressle table, so we spent Sunday morning at Jesse's workplace to help...

This weekend we set up stall at the Glen Eden Twilight market Our next market stall will be at the Mairangi Bay Village Christmas Parade...

It's finally safe to reveal a one-of-kind surprise wedding gift for a very special young lady that I've been working on since April....

This was another one of those unproductive weeks in the painting arena When I got into the studio on Tuesday to go do a pour, I found my floors were wet & had to lift all the floor mats just to find the cement was soaked due to the heavy rain we've had. Needless to say, my whole week was rearranged & nothing but cleanup got done & then I had to wait for the cement to dry before I could put my floor mats back. Auckland has taken quite a battering with flooding in many of our f

Last night, 4 years ago I was listening to a sermon by Sarah Jakes Roberts. I can't even say I remember what she preached but during her closing prayer I felt the Lord lift the heaviness off my chest & for the first time in my life, I didn't cry myself to sleep on my birthday. A bruised reed He will not break, And smoking flax He will not quench, Till He sends forth justice to victory; Matthew 12:20 NKJV The enemy still comes knocking... Today I thank the Lord, for carrying m

With the holiday & trigger season, there hasn't been much painting except a few paint pours... not my best work, I may add but I guess...

Well, we've made it to the end of another year. We had a very quiet New Year's Eve with just a handful of friends over for a BBQ. To be quite honest, I got triggered into oblivion on Thursday night before Christmas & have struggled with this trigger season way more than I'd like to admit. I am aiming to get to the root of this annual November to January trigger season & praying for breakthrough that this will be the last year I will have to wage this war the enemy's been ser

I got triggered into oblivion on Thursday night & have been struggling way more than I'd like to admit this week. For the first time however, I wasn't able to suppress my feelings & found myself in tears during the day as opposed to crying myself to sleep at night. I am aiming to get to the root of this annual November to January trigger season & praying for breakthrough that this will be the last year I will have to wage this war. The enemy has been served his eviction notic

I attended another Elijah House Trauma seminar this weekend. Once again I go to learn & be equipped to help others heal BUT instead God removed a few more layers of neglect, loss, betrayal, displacement, sexual abuse & generational trauma just to prove He was serious when I heard Him say: "Wait, there's more!" after D-School prayer ministry. And so we edge a few more steps forward towards the abundant life He has promised. The bad news is that processing hasn't happened as l

Here's a post I've been sitting on since I bought my first dress, the blue one, for my first worship team event in August... I received this word from Sandra during prayer ministry on 4/6/2020... "Be still & know I am here. INVEST: The Lord wants you to invest in you personally. You're not a waste of time, money & effort. What would that look like? • Take time to discover what fills your creative well • New haircut? • New dress? • Take the time & money you need for qualif

On Tuesday we had some disruption due to the new air-conditioner being istalled in the lounge & the old one being moved into the studio....

I had another one of those totally freaked out moments as we were preparing to dance "The Blessing " during the service this morning......

It's taken a few weeks to get the last few things sorted but studio is finally completely finished. We're still missing some signage but here's what you'll find when you come visit me in my studio. The door to the left is a storage closet that has been fixed & can now be used & to the far left is our house entrance. When she renovated, the landlady insisted the studio also needed inside access to the house so visitors could comfortably use the bathroom so they broke through t