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"He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end." Ecclesiastes 3:11

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Full… and Still Hungry

January 6, 2019March 23, 2019 ~ Tesia Grace ~ 1 Comment

A new year. The time where people take inventory of their lives and make resolutions in order to bring about change. It’s the time I stop and marvel at all God has done in the last year, and evaluate what I hope He will change in the coming year. And I say, “what I hope … Continue reading Full… and Still Hungry

Set Me Free

December 16, 2018January 10, 2019 ~ Tesia Grace ~ Leave a comment

What once soothed, doesn’t soothe What once healed, doesn’t heal What once saved, doesn’t save My heart is torn, broken and worn I’m weary and weak Satisfaction I seek But I can’t find Any comfort in my mind The corners I once hid in Are no longer there Everything laid bare I can’t bear the … Continue reading Set Me Free

Media Part 2: The Clean House Effect

November 2, 2018November 2, 2018 ~ Tesia Grace ~ 6 Comments

The more I clean my house, the easier it is to spot the dirt. When the whole house is dirty it’s just that; dirty everywhere, so I don’t notice the mess on my desk. After spending a Saturday afternoon cleaning my entire house, I notice the pile of dirty laundry in the corner of my … Continue reading Media Part 2: The Clean House Effect

Media Part 1: You Are What You Eat

November 2, 2018 ~ Tesia Grace ~ 5 Comments

“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” –Romans 12:2 We all know how the saying goes. “You are what you eat.” Anyone who has ever tried … Continue reading Media Part 1: You Are What You Eat

Honestly, The Light

October 7, 2018November 1, 2018 ~ Tesia Grace ~ Leave a comment

Honestly, The Light He cannot heal what we conceal and He only reveals in order to heal But if we choose  To walk away Then we loose on healing today What else can I say About bringing things to The Light? Honestly, honesty is worth the fight The Devil tries to get you to hide … Continue reading Honestly, The Light

She Met A Man

October 5, 2018February 7, 2019 ~ Tesia Grace ~ Leave a comment

She Met A Man There was a girl who was living alone She had friends, career, and place of her own Then one day came a gentleman They started off just as friends Suddenly spending more time together She wanted to be with him whenever He brought her a gift every single day Surprising her … Continue reading She Met A Man

I Trod

September 15, 2018 ~ Tesia Grace ~ Leave a comment

I Trod Jesus my Lord and my God Down here I trod I long to be At home with Thee Face to face Never put to disgrace But Jesus down here I trod My God How long down here Must I trod How long must I be Away from Thee Down here Where there’s fear … Continue reading I Trod

Forget Fear

September 13, 2018September 13, 2018 ~ Tesia Grace ~ Leave a comment

“God I can’t do this. I’m so sick and tired of fighting.” “Yes you can Tesia. You can do all things through Me, I give you strength.” “This isn’t fun anymore God.” “Trust me. I will lead you. I will give you the words. Do you trust Me Tesia?” “Yes Lord, I trust You.” “You … Continue reading Forget Fear

Just Don’t

August 7, 2018February 7, 2019 ~ Tesia Grace ~ Leave a comment

Just Don't Don't sow doubt into my life Sow faith Just because you don't trust And choose to control  Doesn't mean that I can't let go And free fall As I seek His face Don't give me your earthly advice Pray for me And don't pray prayers that God would turn me to fit into … Continue reading Just Don’t

To The Prodigal

July 19, 2018November 1, 2018 ~ Tesia Grace ~ 1 Comment

A drawing from 2010 when I was wayward, lost, and drinking. Today I address these words: To the one who knows, but has wandered off You have value  But because of promiscuous inflation your currency is weak Your body is a royal estate But you are defacing and trashing the property with your dress and … Continue reading To The Prodigal

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Hope. Hope and faith are what fuel. Doubt kills and good things die. Hope brings life, peace, and joy. But the object of your faith and hope is far more important than hope itself. Who you are hoping in. God and God alone. Believe Him. Even when the promises He made are long ago and the fulfillment of them still seem a long way off. Believe God. Hope is Jesus. Not once when God has said, “I will..” has it gone unfulfilled. When He says, “I will” He means it. “For no word from God will ever fail.” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭1:37‬ #jesus #ibelieve #hoperestored #nothingisimpossiblewithgod #believe #trust #obey #hope #peace #freedom #joy #faith
Humanity has a problem that can be traced back to the beginning. Sin. The only solution is the cross of Jesus Christ. Repent. Surrender. Trust. Believe. The Gospel of Jesus Christ saves. Have you trusted in Him today? #onlyhope #solution #answers #whyiexist #jesusismyeverything #nolifeistoofargone #onlyjesus
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is far more than we can comprehend. Salvation is far greater than we can possibly fathom. And our sin is so much worse than we truly understand. What we have been saved from and the magnitude of the true grace of God is amazing, awesome, and wonder-full. A love so great and perfect it is incomprehensible to us. Our finite, carnal minds can’t even grasp this love without God revealing it to us. In order to see the true brightness of The Light of the world, we have to contrast it against the darkness of our sin. Far too many Christians today cheapen grace by not acknowledging the severity of their sin. Continuing in willful sin they walk in spiritual pride saying, “God will forgive me. He always does.” God’s forgiveness and grace in our lives is a gift. Unmerited. Undeserved. When you see it for what it truly is your heart is overwhelmed. His loving kindness leads you to repentance. When you begin to understand the wrath that God not only saved you from, but poured out on His own Son, you begin to see His grace as something absolutely marvelous. When you begin to understand the wretchedness of your sinful state, the grace of God is miraculous. We don’t understand that kind of love. That love doesn’t exist in us. God puts His love in our hearts. God gives us every good and perfect gift. And I’m not saying live in a state of perpetual remorse over your sin. I’m saying see your sin for what it is, and live in a state of perpetual REJOICING over what God has done. Live in a love relationship with Jesus Christ. Surrender to Him. Thank Him. Honor Him. Serve Him with every fiber of your being for the rest of your life. Lord Jesus hear my prayer: to love You, the Lord my God with all my heart, all my soul, all my mind, and all my strength, all my days, all my days, all my days. To gaze on the beauty of the Lord and seek Him in His temple. To dwell in the house of the Lord forever. (Psalm 27:4) #jesus #saved #graceisamiracle #jesusisthebest #betterthanalltherest #lifeisbeautyfull #mylifeisamiracle #savedbygrace #gracealone #throughfaithalone #ilovejesus #hehasmyheart #hope #freedom #joy #godisthegreatest #peace
I remember when I underlined this verse a little over 3 years ago. My heart was so broken, bruised and mangled. My spirit crushed and barely hanging on. It was easier to numb and feel nothing than to actually feel the pain from the bullet holes and battering blows my heart had taken over the years. But the Lord is close to the broken hearted and Jesus really does save those who are crushed in spirit. All you have to do is trust Him. Which was so terrifying for my heart. ••• I used to wonder what was wrong with me, why I was unable to feel joy and happiness when I knew I wanted to. In order to feel the good things, you also have to feel the bad. When God transforms a heart of stone into a heart of flesh, all the wounds that have been calloused over are still there. I remember telling Jesus, “I wish I could just give you my heart with all the bullets, bruises, and thorns, and you give me a completely brand new heart.” He very clearly told me if He did that I would miss out on the intimacy with Him as He heals me. ••• Trust. As Jesus has removed the thorns and daggers that pierced my heart, I have walked alongside Him in trust. Relationship. That’s what He wants. That’s what comes with trusting God and doing things His way, one step of obedience at a time. ••• My life truly is an unbelievable Jesus fairy tale. It’s beauty-full. The life I live now was unimaginable and impossible to me back then. I have true joy, peace and freedom. My dead heart has been made alive and I physically feel it grow as God pours His love into me. Capacity. My heart’s capacity to love and be loved is exponentially enlarged. ••• You can have a beauty-full life too. You can be made alive. Healed. Renewed. Restored. Redeemed. Just trust Jesus. One step at a time. #healed #lifeisbeautyfull #hope #faith #onlyjesus #ilovehim #myheartisthelords #ibelongtohim
Is It Worth Keeping? “His love inspires me to lift my thoughts to higher things I was called to give my life instead of keep it There’s nothing worth keeping if it’s keeping us from Jesus” —“Mosaic” Beautiful Eulogy ••• There’s nothing worth keeping if it’s keeping me from Jesus. NO-THING. Do I really believe that? Does my heart live that? There are so many things I hold onto that would say otherwise. My diet and body image, material comforts, control of my time, unforgiveness, fear. Fear of the future and lack of finances. Lack of trust in God is actually the root of so many of my fears and the reason for distance in my relationship with Him. Why is it that I hold onto all these worthless things when they all fade and pass away? When they are keeping me from the One true love of my life? From the only One who can satisfy, fill, and sustain me? ••• When I look at it with my head it seems ludicrous that I would hold onto these things in exchange for intimacy with Jesus. But my heart doesn’t feel the same. My heart holds on because of the fear. My heart doesn’t want pain so it grabs tightly to whatever will bring comfort and avoid pain. Avoid what I fear. I am doing exactly the opposite of what will solve all my fears and heal all my pain. I am holding on tightly instead of completely letting go. Surrender. The answer is always in surrendering control to Jesus. ••• Someone wise recently put it this way, “Thank You Jesus for this gift of free will you gave me. Now as an act of my free will and gift to You, I’m going to give it right back.” When Jesus is in control, you can’t go wrong. As for God, His way is perfect. His way is the best way, always. Surrender. Trust. Obey. It really is the only way. ••• Lord Jesus help my heart let go of everything that is keeping me from You. Abandon. I want to abandon my life to follow You wherever You lead. Remove any and every obstacle that would prevent me from doing this. Especially the obstacles that I have an affection for. Obliterate them from my life. I want You and only You Jesus. #freedominsurrender #layitdownandletitgo #jesusistheonlyway #jesus #hope #faith #lovehim #servehim #knowhim #onlyjesus
Refuge “When you cry out for help, let your collection of idols save you! The wind will carry all of them off, a mere breath will blow them away. But whoever takes refuge in me will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain.”” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭57:13‬ ‭ ••• How often I run to worthless and broken things instead of Jesus to solve the emptiness inside. Recently God told me I have made food my refuge and reward. When I need filling I run to physical things—food, books, entertainment, music, Instagram,—they never satisfy. They are an experience that ends. And when the experience is over, I’m full, but still unfilled. I need more of something. There’s desire deep inside longing to be satisfied. Instead I need the one true Source who always satisfies and is limitless in supply. I need to feed on Jesus. I need Him to be my refuge. Him to be my reward. Food will never save me. ••• I have had this issue and stronghold with food in my life for years now. And trying to solve it has become an idol in and of itself. When I’m fixated on my problem and trying to solve it, it’s all I can see. It consumes me and usually gets worse. But when I’m fixed on Jesus, when He is all I can see, the problems seem to fall off. I think taking more control, being more rigid and restricted is the answer. Surrender. I need to let go and trust Jesus with my sinful habit patterns that I can’t seem to break free of. It seems counterintuitive, but letting go of the problem is actually what solves it. When Jesus is in control, you can’t go wrong. ••• “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭12:1-2‬ ••• Instead of zeroing on my problem in attempts to annihilate it, I’m zeroing in on Jesus. He is consuming my field of view and I’m chasing after Him with all I have. Let the rest fall by the wayside. Without Him it’s all worthless anyhow.
Fear God The Fear of the Lord is believe God so much that literally I’m afraid to sin. To take Him at His word. To believe in His judgement just as much as His grace. In fact, believing in His judgement makes His Grace all the more sweet. To realize what you’ve been saved from makes salvation truly Amazing grace. Not only that, to know God Himself came to save you from the wrath He must pour out in perfect justice, makes the cross the greatest love story ever told. To fear God doesn’t mean to live in fear. It is knowing and understanding the awesomeness of God. Knowing His great justice and judgement that will come on the earth while also rejoicing in His mercy and saving grace. The only right response to being saved from death is a life of gratitude and love spent serving King Jesus. “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” ‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭5:21‬ ‭ “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭1:7‬ “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.” ‭‭John‬ ‭3:36‬ #jesus #feargodnotman #amazinggrace #awesomegod #thankyoujesus #lifeisbeautyfull
Where There’s Flowers Knowing I needed to get out of the city to get with God, I was planning on heading out west to one of my spots. Something in me said, “Go to Lake Silverbell.” Now this was odd because Lake Silverbell is man made and nothing special to me. Not the quiet sanctuary I was looking for. So as I was pondering where to go I heard God say, “What if I wanted to take you where there’s flowers?” Lake Silverbell it is. I got to the lake and knew instantaneously this was not it. I thought, “Ok, I saw some flowers on the way. Maybe God wanted to give me those on the drive. Back to my original destination.” Windows down, music on, sun shining; I was enjoying the journey. Getting a bit lost, I stumbled across a park I had never heard of before. I pulled in the parking lot and knew. “What if I wanted to take you where there’s flowers?” Wild flowers all around. “Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her. There I will give her back her vineyards, and will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. There she will respond as in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt. “In that day,” declares the Lord, “you will call me ‘my husband’; you will no longer call me ‘my master. ’ I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips; no longer will their names be invoked.” ‭‭Hosea‬ ‭2:14-17‬ This story gets even better because God is doing just that. Literally I was going to the desert to cry out to God to remove the names and faces from sins long ago. I wasn’t even planning on reading Hosea. The wind blew the pages of my Bible just right and I thought, “Oh Hosea. I’ve never read all of Hosea and that story is a bit like mine.” Intimacy. Jesus loves intimately and intricately. He allured me into the desert and spoke tenderly to me. He gave me a door of hope. In the Lord there is unfailing love and with Him is full redemption. Jesus didn’t bring me this far only to have my past come calling and leave me in the midst of turmoil. Full redemption. When God does something He doesn’t leave any part undone. The same is true for you. Choose Jesus.

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  • Media Part 1: You Are What You Eat November 2, 2018
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