God is a designer. 

            We're His works of art.

Who would have thought there was a season geared towards second chances. By second chances i'm speaking on second chance after second chance.

This blog has afforded me an outlet to be transparent. It is transparency that has kept me holding on to this walk with Christ. I don't know about anyone else but I am no where near perfect so to hear perfection in the earth tends to discourage me. I press so hard towards the mark of perfection. So I enjoy hearing the uncut version of people's testimonies. It helps me and reaches me in the very places I struggle with. So hopefully you the reader are being blessed from my blog posts.

God is a just God! His wrath is nothing to play around with!!!! This morning God revealed an aspect to me that I knew of but didn't quite understand it for myself. I said this mornig But its actually every morning He's been doing it. 

Luke 13: 7-9 In this parable Jesus speaks of God being the vineyard owner and Jesus is the gardener, while we are the tree that needs to repent. In the parable Jesus, the gardener, tells God, the vineyard owner, to give the tree a second chance to produce fruit. 

Key word for the treem REPENT! Often times we think repenting is a prayer to God saying sorry for... please forgive me I will not do it again. But true repentence contains a renewal of the mind and heart. God is pleased with a broken spirit and contrite heart because its vulnerablity is pliable for Him to work in... harden not your heart!

The ax is at the root of every tree (person) that is not bearing good fruit. In Colossians 3:5 we are instructed to mortify (put to death) members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil, desire, and coveteousness, which is idolatry.

Let's break this scripture down God is not telling us to kill people! He is telling us to kill earthly thinking and habits. Some people may be waiting on their God sent mate and the passion (speaking about lust) is so strong it becomes an idol and covetness springs up alongside fornication. Ephesians 5: 3 directs us to let no fornication, and all uncleanness be named among us. That means if you are in a relationship with someone and you both can't refrain from fornicating or friendships where unclean speech takes place then you need to remove yourself! Your life is depending on it. God is instructing you its up to you to recieve knowledge and put it to work. 

  If we do not take heed to this opportunity of a second chance Luke 13:27 say I know you not, depart from me workers of iniquity. The gate is narrow and very few find it/ enter in. Please listen, hear, understand, and recieve this for we do not know when He's coming back! Be ready! Stay ready so you can recieve your crown of victory!

Father thank you for your patience and mercy! Without it the ax would have cut me down a long time ago. Thank you for every reader may this word reach firm ground. May it set a foundation in their hearts. I pray that you continue to nurture this word in their hearts by weeding and uprooting things that were hidden for their demise and instead water and saturate their hearts to they may grow in Your image. Father fogive give us for rebelling knowing and unknowingly against You. Give us a clean and renewed heart along with a fresh eyes and thinking. Help us to die daily so we may ressurect the Christlike characteristics in us. Forgive us for turning the blessings You have for us into idols. Tear down every idol that we have made and take back Your place in our lives which is the central part. Apart from You we are nothing. Thank You! We love You Abba. Amen.