the Exchange

Dripping with Honey!

I have walked with the Lord since I was 7...that adds up to over 40 years now and I have never backed away from my relationship with the King.  I was changed, forever changed, in my bedroom with my sister when she introduced me to Jesus as MY personal savior and I will never be the same again.  He also became my Lord that day as well.  Forever changing the course of my life.

With the ebbs-and-flow of life, people come-and-go, relationships change, feelings get hurt, relationships fail, new relationship start and we all experience the cycle-of-life as we walk out our days here on this planet.  Life is full of change.  Some good, some not-so-good.  Change none-the-less.

About 3 years ago my life was about to take on a change, a "shift" as James Goll calls it.  I was SO ready for it yet again, with all change, there are things we are prepared for and things we are not prepared to deal with.  Being the adventurer that I am, I usually LOVE change, especially when I am the one controlling it!

At this time in my life, I found myself seeing that God was calling me to a new church.  This can be a very difficult thing and yet a very wonderful thing all at the same time.  It reminds me of having a baby (which I have done a few times).  There is a new life bringing hope, joy, excitement and then there is also the needs that come with this life; more wash, meals, details and things to do.  Adding to the new dimension, the new bundle brings to the family dynamics change, the lack of sleep, the discomfort of healing from birth and you have a very interesting scenario.  This was where I was at. Full of excitement, hope, direction and yet tired, weary, maybe even a bit beaten-up.

Kerri was one of the first people at the new church that God introduced me to.  He brought her across my path in the very first weeks of us being there, for me personally, I am totally convinced. She was ministering to me by the bucketfuls even though I don't even think she was aware of the saturation that was happening in my soul just being near her.  See, the Glory of the Lord just dripped off her, like honey from a honeycomb. She just oozed with the love and compassion and the TRUTH of Jesus as she loved me in my brokenness.  I was like a "sticker" grabbing onto her "sock" in a farmer's field; a field of harvest. A beautiful field full of abundance, unknowns, and yes, even thistles and weeds.

Kerri shares a beautiful testimony of deliverance here in this clip called an exchange.  Don't just watch this video but deal with the "hurts" or "issues" that will surface in you as you watch it.  God is wanting to show you the truth regarding some things that happened in your life too, IF you will take a minute to ask Him the questions that she will ask.

BTW - she is a pastor's kid so it is interesting to me that even a child who grew up in a "ministry" home (free of worldly garbage), where parents were really trying to get it right, the devil would find a way to get in to plant seeds to try to destroy her.  All of us deal with seeds in our heart.  All of us.

I can so relate to her testimony as the failed parent.  How many times did I, in my fear, cause a wound or open a door to my children for corrupt seeds to be planted?  Father forgive me and may my children forgive me as well please! In Jesus' Name I ask,  Amen.

Enjoy the clip!