focusing on God – Positive Woman Connection

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During this most wonderful time of the year, let us turn our hearts upward as we focus on the glorious majesty of our God. This month I want to provide you with a daily attribute of the Lord on which to meditate throughout your day. May this give your heart a reason to rejoice and your mind an opportunity to praise His glorious name throughout the holiday season.

He is our Creator. In the beginning God create the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1
He is God Most High. I cry out to God Most High to God, who vindicates me. Psalm 57:2
He is our Shield. Do not be afraid…. I am your shield, your very great reward. Genesis 15:1
He sees You are the God who sees me…I have now seen the One who sees me. Genesis 16:13
He is the Great I Am. God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” Exodus 3:14
He is our Redeemer. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm. Exodus 6:6
He is our Strong Defender. The LORD is my strength and my defense. Exodus 15:2
He makes bitter waters sweet. Moses threw the piece of wood into the water and the water turned sweet. Exodus 15:25
He sanctifies I am the Lord who sanctifies you. Exodus 31:13
He is Holy. Be holy because I, the LORD your God am holy. Leviticus 19:2
He is Faithful and True. He is the faithful God, keeping His covenant of love to a thousand generations. Deuteronomy 7:9
He is a Defender of the downtrodden. He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow. Deuteronomy 10:18
He has a Mighty Hand and a Powerful Arm. The LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Deuteronomy 26:8
He is our Rock. He is the Rock, His works are perfect. Deuteronomy 32:4
He is a Generous. Take possession of the land the LORD our God is giving you for your own. Joshua 1:11
He does Amazing Acts. Tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you. Joshua 3:5
He is our Peace. Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The Lord is Peace. Judges 6:24
He Restores. I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten. Joel 2:25
He is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. I come to you in the name of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. I Samuel 17:45

He is Omnipotent. You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you. Nehemiah 9:6
He is our Shepherd. The LORD is my shepherd, I have all that I need. Psalm 23:1
He is our Guide. He guides me down the right path bringing honor to His name. Psalm 23:3
He is our Salvation. The LORD is my light and my salvation – whom shall I fear? Psalm 27:1
He loves us with an Unfailing Love. Your unfailing love will last forever. Your faithfulness is as enduring as the heavens. Psalm 89:2
He is Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

For to us a child is born,
    to us a son is given,
    and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
    Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
    Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
⁷Of the greatness of his government and peace
    there will be no end.
He will reign on David’s throne
    and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
    with justice and righteousness
    from that time on and forever.
The zeal of the Lord Almighty
    will accomplish this. Isaiah 9:6-7

I hope you have a wonderful Holy-Day season. May these verses lift your spirits and turn your heart toward Almighty God. Starting on Dec 26, I will begin posting specific attributes we see in Jesus, as we worship Emanuel, God with us.

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Sunny Sunflowers Oil painting on canvas.

When I first met a precious woman named Ellen, I was struck by her radiant smile. At first I didn’t notice her cane, but as she gracefully made her way over to meet me I could see that she walked with a slight limp. Ellen told me that she was diagnosed with Spinal Bifida at birth, yet she was able to walk, and she was still thriving at seventy years of age. Ellen is literally a walking miracle, because most children with Spina Bifida were not expected to live into adulthood. Ellen was able to be the recipient of an experimental surgery at a young age which enabled her to walk. When I told Ellen that I wanted to write her story she said, “Well make it all about Jesus, not about me.”

Ellen’s focus is not on herself; it is on the God who loves and cares for her and continues to shine His light through her. Ellen views her physical limitations from a positive perspective. She recognizes that her challenges offer her an opportunity to reach out and serve other women who have disabilities, and we all have disabilities of some sort. Ellen is a beauty consultant and uses the platform of make-up and outward beauty to talk about the importance of inner beauty which comes from knowing the Lord. Here’s her mission statement:

Making a DIFFERENCE in women whose lives have been touched by disability, assisting with their choice for their eternal destiny, one lipstick at a time!

Ellen realizes that no one is perfect, and our imperfections lead us to a perfect God. It is in Him that we experience strength and joy in life. Ellen’s understanding of who God is, makes a significant difference in her life. One more thing I must tell you about Ellen is that she loves to pray. She looks to the Lord as her strength day by day, moment by moment as she visits with Him through prayer. Several times as I was engaged in conversation with Ellen she stopped to say, “Let’s go to the Father in prayer about this.” Right then and there she prayed. And what a beautiful prayer it was, filled with love and trust and joy in her Heavenly Father. Ellen is an example of a woman who lives with a confident hope in the Lord. She lives with a perspective of thankfulness for the opportunity to serve God with her disability. She also lives with a Heavenly focus, knowing that this world is not her home and that one day her earthly body will be transformed into a glorious one.

Perspective is everything, and it is a choice. We can view our frustrations and our disappointing circumstances with anger toward God, believing that this life is all we have. Or we can view difficulties from the perspective of “Lord, my eyes are on you. Use me in these circumstances for your glory. Help me and give me strength along the way.” With an eternal perspective we can live with confidence knowing that this isn’t IT. We can look forward with confident hope toward Heaven and place our confident hope in the God who will care for us here. Ellen is a radiant woman with an eternal perspective. I want to view the world like Ellen!

This is an excerpt from A Woman’s Secret to Confident Living