MORE LESSONS THROUGH REMODELLING

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nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness...Psalm 91:6a

You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in You. Isaiah 26:3

If you watched the video I put up earlier this morning, you will see Randy putting up insulation.

I had just finished taking down the old insulation for him last night.

The above picture is just a SMALL amount of what I found when I pulled out the old insulation.

I can't even begin to tell you how much I found attached to the insulation. I was quite shaken up.

Where had these comes bees come from?

How long had they been there to build such a large amount of hives?

When Randy was putting up the siding in September, he was bombarded by bees everywhere. He found old nests EVERYWHERE. On the side of the house under the old siding and on the roof.

When it was all completed, we noticed a large amount of bees congregated in the front of the house. Just grouped together in a VERY large patch.

Now I know why there were there. They no longer had entry into the house where they had been building their nest on the insulation that I had just taken down last night.

When I took down the insulation last night and noticed all those old nests, I felt the Lord speaking to my spirit:

This was your mind at one time Angela. Being swarmed with negativity.
Fear, doubt, worry, obsessiveness, and anxiety. Like bees swarming around your head, these thoughts were swarming in your mind.

I'm cleaning house Angela. Getting rid of the last remnants of those bondage's, old habits of thinking, speaking and walking in.



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My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest. Isaiah 32:18

When we began remodeling, I remember being on my hands and knees scraping off the black under pad that was left from the snot green carpet that had dog pee smell all over it. Some of you have heard me talk about this carpet REPEATEDLY haven't you, LOL.

As I scraped away, than swept and than throwing it in the garbage, I felt the Holy Spirit speak to my heart:

Angela, we are getting down to the foundation. We are digging deep into the foundation and building it back up.

Your family is being transformed. From the foundation up.

Restored. Strengthened. Made steadfast. Built up in Christ Jesus!

I have suffered for many years with pestilence.

You may have some of your own.

Worry. Laziness. Procrastination. Doubt. Distrust. Anxiety.

So much buzzing going on.

You just want to grab your head in agony at times.

God has promised that He will set us free from the pestilence.

He promised.

I believe Him.

As I have kept my focus on Jesus this past year I have found perfect peace. Perfect peace in the greatest trials, tribulations and storms my family has ever experienced.

My mind has become steadfast.

Steadfast: faithful, fixed, unwavering, steady.

My mind at one time was none of the above.

I said I trusted God.

I didn't though.

I can say I didn't because I did NOT have peace. My thoughts were not fixed on Him but on me, my trials, my tribulations, my problems.


My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest. Isaiah 32:18

This is what God Almighty has done for my family this past year.

Peaceful dwelling places where at one time was filled with anger, abuse, sorrow and pain.

Secure homes where at one time was filled with anxiety, worry and fear.

Undisturbed places of rest where at one time was filled with obsessiveness.
Obsessing over my children, obsessing over the hurts from my past and,
obsessing over failures.

Oh how the pestilence swarmed.

God our Father says,,My people will live....


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Please know that I am not saying my family is perfect. That we have it all together.

I desire to share my heart with all of you to let you know no matter what a mess your life may be, God CAN take it and make it His message of power and glory revealed.

I just want to break down in tears right now.

sigh.

God is transforming us and I bow down in awe, adoration and praise.

It's all His doing.

My family and I could NEVER take any credit for it.




Thy kingdom come Father God on earth as it is in heaven.
amen amen amen

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