One thing / one day at a time
One day at a time is about discussing and describing aspects of a ‘new beginning’ from someone who has been there and who continues to experience more depths and aspects of a walk with Christ. Each message has a distinct revelation which can be seen as a ‘kiss’ from God which has contributed to ongoing understanding and transformation into my unique individual purpose, identity and calling. ( The word kiss in Hebrew means nashaq..) This word means to be equipped for battle. Kisses from God are His revelations of who He is and His love towards us. So, we can say that every time we receive a new revelation of who He is, how He feels about us, how He operates, what He wants to say to us, we are being infused with the things that will help us to live a victorious life in Him.
My passion is around how a new life in and with Christ opens up a whole new way of being.
This new way of being brings with it new emphasis. This emphasis brings with it, a growing understAnd it transforms us.
That source brings with it sustenance, meaning, vitality, healing, direction, purpose and deep fulfilment. Over time we begin to discover that this source was always our original design.
This journey will show how ultimately, we are God’s masterpiece.
Day one November 2024
A whole new life began
1984, a whole new chapter began in my life. One that has brought with it much delight, discovery and fulfilment, along with challenges, misunderstanding and grief at times as well.
I wish I could say that I understood what was happening to me when I said a prayer one night, alone in my bed. After I had fed baby Christopher, I settled him down for the night and sat down and recited a prayer which my brother had shared with me,.I had just spoken to him. He had become a believer in Christ several years earlier. I asked him how I might take a leap of faith and start discovering who God was. I was keen to start this adventure and to see what this might mean for me and my family over time.
I did not understand exactly what I was looking for or what I expected by saying this prayer. I remember that I had a longing in my heart. On some level, I wanted to know something about my spirit’s true essence and I sensed that this had something to do with belonging. That is all I could say about the reason for me wanting to do this.
‘One day at a time’ had began. I said a prayer.
Reflection from day one.
It took quite some courage to be brave enough to admit my need for God
Question to reader
Have you ever thought you could do with some help from God?
Day two. December 2024
Why did I ‘see’ an orphanage?
Once I had fumbled out a few words in what was supposed to be a prayer before I went to sleep that night, I slept well as I usually do. Nothing seemed any different.
The next day we were due to return home from my brother’s house. I was wondering what would change now that I had ‘said something to God’. I did notice that the sky seemed brighter and nature itself seemed to be more alive to me. Upon reflection I now believe I was being welcomed in a way to engage with life in a new way. That was about the extent of what I noticed differently after I said ‘the prayer’.
The next thing that happened soon after this was that I had a picture pop up in my mind. Apart from the occasional dream that I managed to remember, this was the first time I had ever seen such a thing in my imagination. The interesting thing about receiving this ‘picture’ was the knowledge that came with it. I some how knew that the lady in the ‘picture’ was me and that I was standing in an orphanage with a few small orphans.
Reflection from day two.
Was I being told that I was going to an orphanage one day?Why do we get visions like this from God?
Question to the reader:
Have you ever attempted to ‘speak to God?’. If so, what was it like? Did anything change for you?
Day three. December 2024
Faith Comes from God
The next significant thing I remember which was making me feel connected to my new relationship with God was another time when I was actually going up a staircase. This time I was singing over and over as I ascended the stairs. It was a song I must have recently learned. Some how it seemed very familiar to me even though I was not used to thinking and seeing the things I now was thinking believing and singing. This song that I sang over and over came with something very significant. The significant thing was that I knew I was receiving ‘faith’. I know I did not have that faith before I started singing the song. Here are the words to the song:
God’s word is working mightily in me X2
No matter what the circumstances, what I feel or see
Gods word is working mightily in me.
Reflection from day three
This was supernatural faith I was being infused with. I had been given a gift from God. That gift was not something I asked for, God decided to give it to me. This had a profound impact on my life going forward. I was being changed. By God Himself.
Question for the reader
Can you think of a time when you were given supernatural faith that you did not have to work for or even ask for?
Day four December 2024
God was changing me through worship
The next most significant thing that was initiated by God was the fact that as I responded to a desire in my heart to worship God from my heart, I was beginning to radically change. I was experiencing a heavenly atmosphere within me. I was beginning to see that this is what I was searching for. I had come home to my heavenly Father and I was beginning to understand that God was actually unconditional love. This profound understanding took me into an even deeper place of hunger to know Him more.
Reflection from day four:
As unconditional love was being poured out a whole new understanding about God was developing.
Question
Did you know that faith was something God gives us? We do not develop this ourselves. It does however increase as we agree with God and take the things He is showing us into our heart where it can develop and grow. How does thia idea appeal to you?
Day five December 2024
God began showing me unconditional love and justice.
Something incredible began to happen once I began following the path that was set out before me in my new relationship with God. I was beginning to understand two things simultaneously. They were the love of God and the justice of God.
I was learning that God’s justice isn’t about Him punishing us or anybody else for that matter. It is about us becoming who He always knew we would be. Ones made in his image.
No one in creation is exempt from this privilege. The invitation is open to all to come to him and discover who you really are. The beloved child of God, made in His image and likeness. Made from His love and for His love…Completely His. Totally and unconditionally accepted and welcomed.
This is our true Father. We are family.
Reflection from day five
Sp who we become as God’s masterpiece aligns us with His values. What a miracle this is
Question
Have you considered how unconditional love and justice might work?
Day 6. December 2024
Just Veils
The next most significant impression I received at the time was a realisation that I was being changed through the very real connections and encounters I was having with God. A process of personal pursuit had begun and every time I connected with God with my heart, another aspect of who He was, was being revealed and imparted to me. I now know, although I didn’t realise it at the time, that I was being changed into who I was always created to be. Me. The me that resembled my heavenly Father. The me that I was uniquely and beautifully designed to be. Some things from my childhood (soul wounds) and the ramifications from many experiences that I had before I knew my heavenly father, were being healed and I was being restored and changed.
Reflection
God has the capacity to change us and completely heal our past
Question.
Does this all sound too good to be true to you?
Day 6. January 2025
A vision of the sea at my home town
Soon after beginning a new journey where I was being changed and being shown what God is like. I joined the church I was attending in an outreach to my home town.
During a meeting that was being held at the hall. I received a vision. The vision brought with it a profound sense of God’s love. I felt how He felt towards me and towards the people in the meeting while this vision was happening. The initial vision I saw was a picture of the sea much like the one in this picture.
This was another situation where God showed me His nature and character. At the time it was all rather overwhelming. I had no idea of the long term impact that this encounter with the spirit of God would have on my whole life. It profoundly impacted me for ever.
Reflection
I was being deeply impacted by God once again. It was all initiated by him.
Question
Can you think of a time when you think that God may have been revealing Himself to you? If so, what was it like? If not, would you like to know when God is revealing Himself to you? Do you believe He wants to relate to you in the unique way so that you know that it is Him?
April 13th 2025
Massive significance and unconditional love were being revealed to me at a deep and profound level. The result of this were incredible and tangibly real.
Over many years, I was drawn into a deep and meaningful relationship with my heavenly Father. One of the first things that happened on a regular basis over many months and even years was that I found that I worshipped God, He would heal my heart. Showing me I was safe and I was home now. I was learning that He would never leave me or forsake me. He loved cherished and adored me and I KNEW it.
Reflection
Being nourished and cherished by the very source of my life, was incredibly surreal. Very sure and very real.
Question
Have you ever thought that you would like to be deeply nourished and cherished and unconditionally loved? Do you believe this is even possible?
Profound thought
The Father wants you to know that He sees you, understands you and adores you. Nothing you could ever do or say will ever change this.