by : Marion Healer; Healing

This Changed Everything

Celebrating Holy Week reminds me of how amazing Jesus is, all I can do is praise His name.

His death, horrible and undeserved.

His death brought great triumphant victory, and it broke the barrier between Heaven and Earth .

His death changed everything. It forgave the sins of humanity and defeated death once and for all.

Today we celebrate the day when everything changed.

The greatest day to be celebrated. Death defeated and redemption for all of those who come to Jesus.

Hope entered the world.

The Good News is celebrated and is true because the grave is empty and the veil was torn!

Jesus is the Savior of the world. 🙌

Thank you Jesus. I praise your name.

by : Marion Keeping Faith

Reflection and vision

Reflection and vision truly is a gift of and from the Holy spirt. It is crucial for growth and appreation for the Lord, our God.

I wrote this note to myself a while back.
“Be happy with where you have come.
   Be excited for where you will go.
   Be in the center of that.”

I am thankful to be able to look back and see all the circumstances God has brought me through in triumph. To look back and see Him in every moment especially the ones it was difficult to see.

I am blessed to have vision and something to work towards. When walking hand and hand with the Lord and keeping my head up and straight ahead I am able to see the direction in which the Lord is leading me.

The presents of the Lord is with us. Be Present with the Lord. To be able to know where you have been and know where the two of you are headed. The place to be. The present for it is such a wonderful gift.

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by : Marion Keeping Faith

The book of Leviticus

As I finish reading the book of Leviticus I am thankful.

I am thankful the Lord graciously sent his one and only son, Jesus to be the ultimate sacrifice.

Reading Leviticus has been eye opening to read about all the people had to do to be forgiven and to be in the presents of the Lord. A book of lists the people had to complete to be forgiven and welcomed to be with the Lord.

Thanks to Jesus all we have to do is repent and believe in Him. Once a heart receives the sacrifice the presents of the Lord will dwell with them forever.

The best gift.
Thank you Father God for being merciful when your people have not been over and over again for always keeping your promises.

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It all starts with being.

It all starts with being. This is what God placed on my heart this morning as I spent more time with Him. It all starts with the Lord.

I have always held myself to the standard of doing. So this knowledge came with a breathe of relief. With knowing Jesus I have been working on my habit of always doing and a busy mind. But still I have seen myself living days and weeks in this mindset.

I heard “Be in” Be in my presence and love. Be in the presence of the Holy Spirit and see the ways it wants to move and is moving.

Then I saw how it all starts with being. After I am in the presence of Jesus and the Holy Spirit I can then be myself, I will know how and I will have the confidence and ability to do so. After that I can fully be present in relationships. After I am in the presence of Jesus and the Holy Spirit I can serve.

I realized I have been like Martha in my relationships, how in Luke 10:38-42 Mary and Martha hosted Jesus and His disciples and Mary sat at Jesus’ feet while Martha was very busy serving and began to be anxious and troubled instead of being in the presence of Jesus and His disciples.

The peace it brought me to realize it all starts with being has been eye opening, I want to be in the state of being as much as I breathe. It is not just when I sit with God but in every second of everyday for eternity, this is so exciting and peace giving. It is also challenging for me, I already feel myself going in and out of being. It takes practice and dedication and a commitment every day. It starts with Jesus, being in his presence and the Holy Spirit then knowing myself and being present with others.

Peace be with you, be with the spirt that is within.

by : Marion Keeping Faith

Beyond Words: The reason for naming my blog “beyond words”

This is my prayer. Before I share a piece of writing I pray. My prayer is that the words I share go beyond the words written. Go beyond the readers mind as they read and that the words reach hearts and souls. I pray my words will be taken beyond all I can ever do with them and taken by the Holy spirt to do all God intends which is always beyond human comprehension.

I see writing as a gift. Something I love to do and something that can encourage people and share the good news of Christ to anyone and everyone. This is why I boldly allow the words I write to go beyond my journal and to this page praying God then takes it beyond to you.

I gave my blog the name Beyond Words because I am writing about faith, healing, the Healer, the Creator and His creation. All of this is beyond words. I share what God has placed on my heart, the prayer is it rests on your own heart as peace.

My professor gave a writing prompt of “What does writing mean to you?” As I pondered this question my answer became “writing is my souls voice” as a born again Christian my souls voice comes from living the life God intended for me to live from the beginning. My souls voice is joyful praises to the King, sharing what He has done and is doing. All while staying in an ever present wonder of getting to live in the blessing gifted by God.

I hope that these words start conversations and encourage steps towards the Lord.

Beyond Words for you Lord.
Amen

by : Marion Keeping Faith

Passion Conference 2023

Passion conference 2023 encouraged me to continue to give God my full yes to life with Him. My purpose, thanks to Christine Caine I became more and more real as I lingered in the proximity of God, the purpose is to “Go out and Tell” Jackie Hill Perry encouraged me so well by reminding me of the power of the Holy Spirt that lives within me as I go out and tell. Katherine Wolf shared from heart to heart waking me up to the fact that my suffering is not holding me back but can be the thing that pushes me forward. Johnathan Pokluda reminded me of the importance of sharing the Gospel with everyone and living out the gift of the gospel in my own life. Louie Giglio opened a space of a heart to heart with God, asking us to stand boldly if our answer to God is Yes. Standing ready for everything God has planned, with no questions asked. Tim Tebow’s vulnerability gave me courage to be vulnerable with my thoughts and see what I was most passionate about and that it needs to be Christ first. To always remember the cross and see all God has done in my life and others and continue share the Gospel news! God answered Sadie Huff’s prayer to speak through her. She had us leaving the place encouraged to life faith out in every aspect of life. Passion Music, Elevation Worship, Crowder and Cody Carnes heart and gift of worship made a space to meditate and linger in Gods loving presence. A space to hear His voice, soak up His word and process the call He has placed on my life.

I am so excited to see the ripples that come from passion conference 2023, started in Georgia but does not end in Georgia, for me it is headed to Michigan to continue to spread the good news. And from there others upon others can spread it. The most beautiful butterfly effect of all, spreading Jesus love. I am positive it will spread in ways my eyes will never see, God sees and people are reached.

by : Marion Healer; Healing

Truth to carry into the New Year

As we all head into the new year this can be exciting but also overwhelming as we put many expectations of what this new year will be. Many feelings can and do come with this. I want to share these words as we go into the new year:

All feelings are valid and have reasonings BUT feelings are not truth. Because feelings change truth remains the same

The truth is:
You are valued
You are worthy
You are forgiven
You are loved
You are special
You are wanted
You are known
You are seen

Feelings, emotions change. Listen to why they are there, the meaning and purpose. See if they match truth, If they don’t, let go and focus on the truth.

Let’s go into this New Year loving and seeing ourself the way God does.

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by : Marion Uncategorized

Word for the year, 2023

The beauty of Lake Michigan always draws me in, it is a place I love to pray. As I pondered what my word for this new year would be the word trust came to my heart and mind. God is most trustworthy and that is exactly why I am trusting Him with my entire life, not just this year but every year to come. The peace that comes from fully trusting in God is surreal. A sliver of His mighty power is reveal when the words “I got this” come from the death defeating spirt. The warm relief that flows from that is the unconditional love God has for His children. I trust you Father with every beautiful day and every very difficult day, knowing my life is forever in your hands as I pursue the plan you place on my life and encouraging others to do the same. The definition of the word trust is “firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.” Trust in God is having a firm faith. I have firm faith that Jesus has overcome the world and because of Him I have a never-ending Father-Daughter relationship with God. The trust God has placed on my heart is visible, it is Him giving me peace in every aspect of life as I follow Him and His love everyday. After choosing my word for the year I like to add a verse to go with it. The verse I am holding onto with much awareness this year is Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” Thank you Father for placing this word on my heart, for welcoming me into this new year with more love and peace as I trust you fully and enjoy the walk with you.

by : Marion In God's Image

Always growing

I created a book inside words, saying the things I love to do as a reminder to myself. Things I need to do to take care of myself. The things I am proud of, the circumstances I have overcome. I am statements and self prayers. By doing this I have brought healing and self love in my direction, I am grateful. My soul was incontrol of the making of this project.

My biggest weakness has always been not taking good care of myself. I have a passion for helping others. Since I am not good at taking care of myself it makes it harder and tiring for me to continue helping others. I cannot pour from an empty cup. This book of affirmations and self-love reminders. They will help me pour into my cup before pouring into others so I can be the best version of me and because of this I am able to do what God has called me to do.

One of the pages of my book is a drawing of a tree. At the roots are the hardest challenges I have ever faced. Challenges that could have prevented my tree from growing, but because of Jesus I was still able to grow and my tree produced so many branches filled with healthy leaves. Each branch is something I am proud of. The person I am becoming as I grow. My tree is still growing and more branches are on their way. As a tree ages more roots grow. More hard things will happen. That does not mean the branches stop growing, in fact it’s the opposite. It allows more branches to grow. through it all my three guardian angels are watching me grow from above, with the birds.

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Spontaneous gratitude

I had a dream I was at a young life camp and the camp speaker was talking about “spontaneous gratitude” what it is and why we do it.

This morning I wrote down my dream, I did my devotional and then I went to breakfast with my Christian mentor, Ashley. While we were there we had good conversation t and then after we finished eating we pulled our Bibles out of our bags.

There were two older guys sitting at the table next to us and noticed our Bibles and began talking to us.They said they had met at a restaurant over 25 years ago. One was reading his Bible and the other asked what it was. The one reading his Bible invited him to join him since then they’ve been mentors and mentees ever since. Now 78 years old they prayed over me and Ashley and our faith journeys and that God would bless us all our days

This was a simple act of spontaneous gratitude and makes me feel so blessed to be a Christian.

God breaks the barrier between strangers and brings community. Shows us the way He intended life to be

I’ll probably never see those two again. I never caught their names and know nothing about them but their prayer will stay with me for a very long time.

I want to challenge myself to partake in the spontaneous gratitude, I think you should too!