Moving on ... again ...

It's not what you think! Really!

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I'm hoping you'll come with me. 

My hope is that there, you might get a taste of freedom, that it may take hold of your heart and pull you into a journey of increasing freedom. Embrace it. I hope that we can share stories of grace, that you might find the courage to become vulnerable to go a little deeper, that you might discover a hope that will anchor you for life and a joy that strengthens. Oh and that we would laugh, from the depths of our bellies, till it’s silent and our sides hurt. Ok?

Thanks for sharing the journey with me this far!

The first post will be up later today. 

May you be filled with faith,Anchored by His hope, Transformed by His abundant, extravagant, relentless, pursuing love,And strengthened by His Spirit so you can change the world. 

Five minute Friday - Mighty - Eshet Chayil

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One of my fav stories in the bible is the story of Gideon. A man who is visited by an Angel of God and tasked with conquering a mighty army who were holding his people captive. He’s reluctant to begin with, because he is the smallest of his clan, the weakest in his family. Yet he is the one who is chosen. And during this visit he is called a “Mighty man of valour”.

Valour: Courage, Bravery, Spirit, Nerve, Heroism, Fearlessness, Boldness, Gallantry.

God uses the seemingly unlikely to achieve the impossible. To conquer the foe. To silence the avenger. To rescue the captive, to free the oppressed.

The Proberbs 31 women is described as "Eshet Chayil" … Woman of valour. See sometimes we read Proverbs 31 as a compliance document, a list of tasks, and it can be unnerving, overwhelming and oppressive. Here is a women who is called a Woman of valour.

A woman of Courage, Bravery, Spirit, Nerve, Heroism, Fearlessness, Boldness, Gallantry.

What ever she does, she does it with all her might, with valour, whether it’s sewing clothes for her family, or feeding the hungry. The task isn’t the focus here, it’s how she goes about whatever it is she is doing. This chapter speaks to me of character. Tasks aside, whatever each day holds, today in the here and now, I want to live as a mighty woman of valour. Eshet Chayil!

Stop.

I'm linking up with Lisa Jo Baker for five minute friday (writing for five minutes with whatever comes out not a perfect post, not a profound post, just five minutes of focused writing.) and todays prompt word is "Mighty"