(Ezekiel 36:26 NIV- I will give you a new heart and put a new Spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.)
This evening as I was just soaking in The Presence of God, I had a vision that left me weeping with tears of joy and praising The Lord for Him allowing me to experience and encounter Him in such an intimate and profoundly beautiful way.
In this vision, I saw myself in a white flowing dress standing on what seemed to be a golden-paved pathway. The pathway was very long and on both sides of it there was this smoke arising that had a sweet-smelling aroma to it. I say smoke, but it was more like a vapor because there was a mist within it.
I knew that I was in The Presence of The Lord and I felt this gentle tug upon my heart and noticed that without me ever taking a step His love was drawing me closer to Him. I never actually moved to walk, but before I knew it I was standing right in front of Him.
I never saw The Lord Himself, but through this vapor-like cloud I saw His hand stretch out and begin to open as if He was going to place something within my hand. As I opened my hand He placed within it this beautiful, bright red, heart-shaped ruby.
I closed my hand and drew it to my heart as we naturally often do with the things that we cherish. As I placed my closed hand over my heart I felt the heart that He had placed in my hand begin beat. When I opened my hand, what I saw was that that little heart-shaped ruby had been transformed and it was now in a beautiful gold setting that was connected to a gold necklace that was somehow already around my neck. And within the gold setting, the heart was pulsating with Life.
When my hand let go of this little heart that now beating with The Life of our Lord, it fell to my chest and it was hanging perfectly positioned over my heart.
I closed my eyes to savor the moment— this precious, Life-giving, life-changing moment where I could physically feel The Father’s heartbeat drumming against my own. In doing that, I began to intently focus on the rhythm of His heart and the very second I did that, my heart began to beat in perfect tune with His.
Perhaps there was more that The Lord was going to show me tonight, but I was so undone by the river of His love that began to wash over me the very instance that our hearts started beat as one that tears of worship and adoration began to uncontrollably stream down my cheeks and there was this praise leaping within my soul that was longing to cry out to Him and couldn’t be contained any longer.
I’m sharing this with you guys because I want you to know and understand that when The Lord said that He would give us a new heart and a new Spirit, He truly and wholeheartedly meant those very words. I think we often have the understanding that it’s just a metaphor of the transformation that takes place on the inside us once we’ve accepted Jesus as our Lord and Savior, but I’m here to tell you that it’s so much more than that.
If we’re willing, God will not just give us a new heart, but His heart; a heart that doesn’t just beat because of Him in the sense that He’s our source of life or for Him in the sense that that’s how we offer ourselves to Him in worship, but a heart that beats with Him and with His heart.
In receiving His heart, you’ll effortlessly feel His everlasting love for you. As your heart begins to beat in perfect rhythm with His you’ll begin to hear Him whispering to your heart His beloved thoughts towards you and all of the incredible plans that He has for your life.
Abba, as You give us Your heart and pour out Your Holy Spirit within and upon us, give us the understanding and knowing to receive, embrace, and cherish it as not just mere words or as this metaphoric Christian ritual, but as Your very Life that You are so freely gifting to us that we may intimately know You and commune with You every single day of our lives. Lord, You and You alone are worthy. We love You and our hearts beat with affection, adoration, and gratitude toward You as The One True Living God and The Lover of our souls. In the name of Jesus Christ, Your precious Son, and our Lord and Savior— I pray, Amen and so be it.
“Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.” ~ Saint Augustine of Hippo
Dear Hearts, welcome to week 15 of the “Fridays Are For Faith ‘n Friends” blog hop! I’m so happy to have you guys join me today and I pray that you were truly blessed by today’s message. Also, know that I am available to pray with or for you all throughout the day and you can contact me for prayer anytime by clicking here.
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God is so good to give us those special moments of revelation. A moment just between you and God that you can share with others to help them see all that God has given you. Thank you so much Tai!
Blessings,
Patti
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Awww! Patti, you are most welcome, Love! I love being able to share with you guys and it’s always the hope of my heart that it would draw you nearer to HIS heart. Thank you so much for visiting with me! GOD bless you, beautiful friend! 🙂
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Such beautiful imagery. I felt as if I was in that vision with you. Yes, Lord, change my hard heart and give me Yours! Amen.
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Liz, my heart truly delights in knowing that you were able to take the journey with me because I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to put into words the depth and beauty of what I saw.
Dear Heart, I pray that as THE LORD draws you near to HIS heart that HIS eternal love for you would flood your heart and soul in such a way that you would be utterly mesmerized in HIS PRESENCE knowing wholeheartedly that you are HIS beloved. 🙂
Thank you so much for visiting with me today! GOD bless you, beautiful friend! 🙂
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One of my favorite passages in Scripture! Thanks for sharing on the Thursday Blog Hop!
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You are most welcome! Thank you so much for visiting with me! GOD bless you, beautiful friend! 🙂
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Jennifer, those are amazing! Thanks so much for sharing! GOD bless you, beautiful friend! 🙂
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Isn’t it amazing that we don’t have to do a thing but believe. God has always been right there, drawing us near. You are a shining example in your for Him, Tai! I’ve seen you at Tuesday Talk several times, stopping in to reconnect and say thanks for joining us!
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Ruthie, HE’S so good to us and I’m so very grateful! And it’s always an honor to connect with you all at Tuesday Talk, Love! Thank you so much for visiting with me and for your kind comment as well! GOD bless you, beautiful friend! 🙂
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Hi beautiful friend!
“If we’re willing, GOD will not just give us a new heart, but HIS heart;” — AMEN! Thank you, Tai. This so blessed me. Our Father is love and I am so honored to be His child!
Blessings and smiles,
Lori
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Awww! Lori, you are most welcome, Love! I’m so happy to know that you were blessed by it! And know that you are in my prayers, Dear One. Thank you so much for visiting with me! GOD bless you, beautiful friend! 🙂
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Tai, you have no idea how much I needed to hear a message like this one today. Thanks so much for sharing with #SocialButterflySunday! Hope to see you link up again this week. Blessings 🙂
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Awww! Kelly, you are most welcome! And I’m elated to know that your heart was encouraged here, Love! I’m not writing this week, but I’ll definitely be linking up with you next week. Thank you so much for visiting with me! GOD bless you, beautiful friend! 🙂
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hello Tai! I featured this post on the Ruby for Women blog today and linked back here to your blog. Thank you so much for sharing your heart with your readers and with the members of the Ruby for Women community. I am finishing up the February issue of the Ruby magazine if you would like to send something in for us to include, please send it to me at editor@rubyforwomen.com
Also, I would like to link up with your Friday party. I’ll check back and see if I can join the fun! Thanks again, Nina @ Ruby for Women
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Awww! You are most welcome, Nina! I’ve had some computer issues, but the link-up will start again this coming Friday and I would love to have you join in. I’m not sure I’ll have time to write for the February issue, but I can definitely send you something for March. Thank you so much for visiting with me, Love! GOD bless you, beautiful friend! 🙂
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This is such a good reminder that sometimes we have to be awaken as a Christian. The part where God gave you a new heart made me realize that sometimes we are used to what we do everyday, it’s become a routine and being in the prsence of God or the word itself is just no pleasure at all.
Just like our personal relationship, the relationship that we have with Christ should also be renewed everyday. 🙂
God bless you Tai!
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Steve, your words here are so very true. So often our “routine” can smother our intimacy with THE LORD. But from this day forth, I pray that you and I both will be renewed and refreshed in HIS PRESENCE every single day. GOD bless you, my friend! 🙂
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Haven’t seen any posts or comments from you. Praying you are ok. Donna
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Hi, sweet Donna! Awww, thank you so much for checking on me! All is well with me, Love. I’ve had some computer issues, but thank GOD all is fixed now. I was planning write yesterday, but I didn’t get the chance to. So, I will post sometime tomorrow and I’m planning to really get back in the swing of these this coming week. I hope you have an awesome weekend! GOD bless you, beautiful friend! 🙂
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Just popping in to check on you too: glad to see you’re okay. xxx
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Awww! Thank you so much, sweet Anna! You are too kind. I took some time off to soak in GOD’S PRESENCE and to get some other things that HE had put on my heart to accomplish done, but I truly look forward to writing this week and connecting with all of you lovely hearts again. GOD bless you, beautiful friend! )
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Love the sound of this!! Look forward to reading more soon.
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I pray that you’ll truly be blessed by it, sweet friend! 😉
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Dear, precious friend! I have missed you and was just checking in to see if all is well with you? It has been a while since you posted, so I just wanted to be sure. 🙂 Sending you much love and many blessings!
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Awww! Cheryl, you are such a sweet heart! Thank you for thinking of me! All is well with my soul, Love! And I have missed you too, beautiful friend! It has been a while since I’ve posted, but I’m getting back in the swing of things now and I’m planning to post later this afternoon. Sending you love, hugs, and infinite blessings! 🙂
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I give you my heart. Song of Songs 1:10-11 and Prov. 1:6 and 6:20-21. The Jewels are a metaphor for love and faithfulness. Solomon is saying to His bride. How beautiful you are with the Holy Spirit upon your heart. Ez. 36:26. Just as Jewels are precious, valuable and desirable and so beautifully adorn your neck, in the same way love and faithfulness adorns your heart!
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I love this so much! Thank you for sharing beautiful insight with me. I’m grateful for these precious truths. GOD bless you, my Brother! *HUGS* 🙂
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I forgot, also see Song 4:8-9. The enemy slave girl is now forgiven, married in Chapter 4 and has just inherited the promised land. She got her prayer in Song 1:2-4 answered and Solomon or Christ takes her on the honeymoon on top of the mountains to show her her inheritance, Israel. She is on top of the mountain on her wedding night beholding what Christ has purchased for her, then He calls her down from the mountain to serve other’s “Come down. Song 4:8, She looks to him when Christ says come down from your vision and serve other’s. This one glance of her eye toward Him “Ravishes the heart of Christ” and is compared to a Jewel in 4:9. Obedience or Love to Christ is compared to a Jewel as well in Song 4:9 same as Song 1:10-11. So also he says in 1:10 she is morally beautiful, and in Song 1:11 ” We will make you earrings of Gold” this is Solomon or Christ saying “We will make you more beautiful”. You are beautiful and we will make you more like Christ, we will make you more holy, more love to God, a bigger heart, a more beautiful Jewel!! God bless you dear sister!
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Wow! Again, I’m so appreciative of you sharing such precious and powerful truth with me. It means more to me than you know. GOD often speaks to me through dreams and visions, mostly dreams. But this one in particular was confirmation on everything you’ve shared here, but also about something that was more personal to me. I make jewelry and I started dreaming about starting a Christian-inspired jewelry line. THE LORD would be speaking to me in the dreams and then over a period of several months I dreamt and still dream of the pieces in vivid detail—everything from the why I was making each piece to the material they were made out. I saw myself praying over the pieces and the people who received them encountering GOD in divine ways. So, this dream was just one of three ways that HE chose to confirm that all of these dreams were meant to be reality. Anyway, I’m so grateful that we’ve connected and I look forward to visiting with you more. When I stopped by yesterday it truly blessed me. You’re in my prayers, dear Brother! May GOD continually reveal wisdom and truth to you! Bless you now and always! 🙂
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Such a beautiful experience the Lord gave you and thank you for the insight about oneship with the Father and with his Son. Amazing!
I popped by to thank you for following my Purpose Driven Achiever blog. So appreciated.
I am not sure if you are aware, I sent you a prayer request via Google plus. I am not sure how to put you in a circle so the request may have gone astray.
Keep sweet in the Lord. You have a precious relationship with him that is an inspiration to me and I am sure, to many others.
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You are most welcome, Love! I did see your prayer request tonight and I have been praying for your sweet Mom. I left you a comment there to let you know. From now on, if you need me to pray about something, contact me through the prayer request link here on my blog because I check it regularly throughout the day/night. Sometimes I may not check my Google account for a few days at a time. Anyway, still sending prayers up for you Mom! Hugs and blessings, beautiful friend! 🙂
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Thank you so much Tai. Your prayers are really appreciated. God bless you and cause his face to shine upon you.
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You are most welcome, sweet Carol! And thank you so very much, Dear Heart! Likewise, Beautiful! *HUGS* 🙂
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Thanks so much for visiting with me, Jennifer! Love your greek art post! GOD bless you, Love! 🙂
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Your love for God is so evident and radiant! Thanks for inspiring us by giving us such a rich, wonderful glimpse into your moments with God!
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Awww! You are most welcome, David! I truly appreciate your affirming words of encouragement. Thank you so much for visiting with me and I hope you’ll stop by again soon! Abundant blessings to you, my friend! 🙂
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