Echoes From Zion

Okay, so I don't mean DEEP like you're thinking! :) I find that the most simplest of truths are deep in nature. But this one is both simple and deep. I was journaling about humility and I simply asked the Lord this: Do I have a humble spirit? What is humility, child? Well, I’d say it You: willing to take the low seat, to serve...but still so strong in character. It’s not weakness…it’s preferring others in true love, in serving them from the nature of the heart and not duty. You have answered well, child. And speaking of well…look at this well.( I see me and Jesus at a well! ) Its depths are truly deep, are they not? They are, Lord. I can see deep down into darkness. Now I see Jesus and me on a rope, descending deep inside the well with spelunking lights on our heads and flashlights and picks in our hands. Where are we going, Lord? I want to show you the depths of humility, child. It is linked into the heart of a man, in the well of the spirit. It ...

So I was praying and journaling with God today, asking him to show me any attitudes in me, whether good or bad, that effect me. The Lord began to show me that weariness can be an attitude that creeps up in me. Most ministers can heartily agree with me that weariness can suddenly hit you. The Lord showed me something, however, that really opened my eyes today:                                                                                                           ...

Most Believers can quote John 14:1-3,   “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.   3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also." How many songs have been writen about this passage? How many prayers of comfort in the time of loss? Everyone is looking for heaven! I am amazed at how many hymns in my hymnbook talk about 'these many mansions' that Jesus has built. If we were to ask, according to this passage, 'Where has Jesus gone & where are we going?' most everyone would say, 'to heaven! Jesus has prepared a place for us.' And while this is true, I believe this passage shows us that streets of gold and mansions are not His destination nor is it ours. Keep reading:  " 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will...

The Birth The womb is darkness The blackest of night. But here in this ethereal void something springs forth from nothing. Visible from the unexisting, Dawning from the pitch. The seed of light implanted. The hope of life takes form. Something new is beginning. A creation never before seen, but all seeing eyes and stars alone observe it. Soon, the waters part and new life emerges, a baptism of earth and sky reborn, as up from the watery grave the clay arises. To windows still draped in heavy sleep, no sun yet shines. But the winds soon stir & the light gives life as face to face clay and Creator collide. An exchange of atmospheres is made - one breath to another, one soul spilled forth for man - until at last, the lifeless clay gasps it's infant breath, filling up the lungs with heavens winds.   The new birth has come. All is light and breath and life as dawn to dawn circles on and...

I was listening to a podcast sermon yesterday and the speaker quoted Joshua 1:1-7. The Lord, speaking to Joshua in this passage says in verses 6-7, "Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their father to give them.(7) Only be strong and very courageous that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the Left, that you may prosper wherever you go." As the speaker read this passage, I was suddenly struck by something in my hearing that I have never thought of...nor did the speaker even mention. Look at how verse 6 & 7 begin...first God says, "Be strong and of good courage." Then in verse 7 he says, "Only be strong and very courageous." Be courageous. Be very courageous. Obviously the Lord was emphasizing the importance of courage to Joshua. But something else hit me. First off, it's clear th...

Wow. I am utterly amazed at the HUMAN side of Jesus. He is so approachable and so real to Himself. I don't even know if I can explain it. The revelation the Lord has given me about this seems so profound and yet it is sooo simple. I journaled about it below. Read through some of my old entries and you will see that the Lord has spoken to me for a number of years about the Bride awakening to who she is made to be. This entry refers to that but overall,it's about being free from man's opinions BUT free to love them and how the two truths go hand in hand: Thank you, Lord. You are so awesome. You are so… You . You were truly true to yourself and your nature. You didn’t care about what others thought about you YET you were totally concerned about others. Oh, Jesus! I want to be like that! Free from the fear of man but free to love them without bars! Oh, let it be in me! This is what freedom looks like! Child, this revelation has your heart because it is a high calling and...

I asked Jesus a simple question and I encourage any of my readers to do the same: Show me, Lord, what does the door to my heart look like? I see Jesus showing me my door, the door to my heart. It is like something I’ve seen in pictures. It is a red, heavy wood door. The wood is old, weathered but charming in beauty. The red isn’t bright…is subdued. It is shaped like an old church door, not square or round. More like an arched doorway that has a point at the top. There is a small window in it. I can feel the roughness of the wood.   It’s weird, cause sometimes the door looks like it’s a soothing bluish green. Antique in color. There is stonework all around the door. Like in an old church or an old garden wall. The handle dangles down but is beautiful iron work. I can twist it somehow to push the door open. There is a step, a stone step right in front of the door. Ivy grows all around the stone wall. Grass is before the step. I can even hear birds singing. I know this has to be a...