Grandma's peach preserves.

The Lord preserves us. When I think about preserves, I think about how my grandmother would "can" peaches.  We were from the south so someone was always coming through with fresh fruit and vegetables from their gardens. Whenever my grandmother got a few bushels of peaches, she would always put some aside to be preserved. My sisters and I always hated that she did that. We always wanted to eat all of the peaches.  After she preserved them, they always seemed to sit on a special table in the kitchen for years until she felt like opening them for us to eat.  I don't know how but those peaches tasted just as fresh and good as if she had just "canned" them.  

As I read through out the scriptures I see how the Lord preserves his people. Check out Psalm 41:2a The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth... When we trust the Lord, He is able to preserve us. We don't have to spend precious time worrying about insignificant things that really won't matter after some time has passed anyway. Worrying makes you look old and haggard, not preserved at all. Although my grandmothers peaches would sit for years, they never tasted rancid. They tasted just like the peaches that you purchase in the grocery store. Canned fruit should never taste bad because it has gone through the preservation process.

Worship gives us the opportunity to have an audience with God. If we are worshipping, then worry should never be apart of our lives.  Think about it...you are spending time with GOD! What on earth, under the earth, or above the earth could make us worry so much that we forget who our God is!  He is great, Almighty, El Shaddai!  If He can't take care of the situation, then the situation can't possibly be taken care of.

Worshipping God will give you a supernatural glow that is visible. Continuing to practice the presence of God is going to allow His glory to rest on you and people will see it. Remember when Moses came down from the mount in Exodus 34:35a And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone... His face had such a glow that the people were afraid and Moses had to walk around with a veil over his face.  People will definitely note when you have been spending time with God.  Some people may not understand what it is about your appearance. They may just call it beauty or attraction, but that is not the case.  It's the glory of God on you that people will be attracted to.

Wednesday, 2-25-09

I went to an awesome prayer summit this past weekend.  Since Monday I have been spending more time trying to get into the presence of God. Going to prayer conferences only whet your appetite and make you desire to experience more of God.  That is exactly what it did for me. Tonight I was on my way home from bible study and felt led to pray for a person. I don't even know this man's name but I know his wife. God laid them on my heart because they are definitely going through some trying times right now. When we spend time in worship its like our spiritual antennas go up and we pick up what is going on in the spirit. While praying for this man, I was actually praying a prayer of agreement with his wife for him to be reconciled to God. I certainly hope that the next time I go through any trying experiences God will put me on some one's heart to pray for me. 

OK, here we go. Is my mic on? Can everyone see me okay? Well, this is my blog about creating a lifestyle of worship that makes you beautiful. I have just started my own business, Statuesque Image Consulting. I want to help women to look & feel good about them selves. I can only help so much on the outside, but God Himself, has to do the work on the inside. So I will be talking about fashion & beauty tips and also the beauty benefits of worshiping God!

I believed I was called into the ministry in 2002. I initially knew that I was called to do wonderful things for God but didn't know how exactly. I did know that it would be through a creative route because He made me to be an extremely creative person. I like that about God. I think He really likes to make people creative because that is an amazing attribute of Him. When you think about it, we all have attributes that are like HIM. So for all of you who say, "I don't have a gift or talent...that is BULL CRAP! You do have one. You just haven't tapped into it yet. The first thing you need to do is spend some intimate time with God. In other words...Worship!