I heard Him...LOUD and CLEAR!!

Sitting at my desk, I have this yearning to just open my Bible. I knew God wanted to say something to me. There was no need to go to a specific book or scripture, because God had it all worked out. God is so amazing. I am battling to give Him praise for being so faithful. It's like you should and want to praise, but you think "will my praise be enough for what he's doing?" 

have you ever been at this point? 

I know God is always busy working on something great for you and I, but we have to relax. He cannot have it manifest if we keep on murmuring. He gave me this scripture and I trust Him. The LORD said to Samuel, “Watch, I am going to do something in Israel that will shock those who hear about it." 1 Samuel 3:11 

If I were to tell you what happened in the beginning of this month, your question to me would be, "Why are you so calm?" Well, I am calm because I trust His word. I trust Him completely. He said "REST" in Me and I will show you what I will do. Those who doubt my ability will be shocked. Samuel didn't even know God when God told him those words. What more will He do for us who does know Him. 

Samuel said "Speak Lord, your servant listens", so we need to know how to respond when God speaks. We should listen and obey. This is what I try to do. It's so hard at times but I do get it right when I focus on and blot all else out. I heard God very clear this morning and I intend to rest in His word and wait. 

Won't you do the same? 

In His love

Leslene

We battle...

This life given to me, will be made use of. I know there is more I can do to change people's lives. So many woman battle with their inner self. Why do they battle? The keep on looking what other woman are doing.
Do you know that, that other woman might be battling with the very same demon you are battling with. If only we can focus on what we can do to keep us busy and stop focusing on others.
...And do you know what happens when you focus on others and what they do, it prevents you from celebrating the other woman and their success. It prevents you from being a true blessing to others. I battle inside as well, that is why I'm writing this. I'm writing because I want a constant reminder of what I was battling with and how I have overcome that battle. My plea to you today, is to do something that can keep you busy, to overcome that battle inside of.
Discover your inner ability and let it out. Be that woman who know when to focus on yourself and when to focus on others in a positive way.
Life should be enjoyed and not endured. I looked at myself, looked at the other woman who battle inside and I discovered, I Am She!

--
In His Love
Leslene Allicia Britz

Now more than ever

I am the girl who can loose focus so easily...and God is saying to me; "Not now Leslene" "Now you have to be more focused than ever before"
The enemy is out to get the child of God and if we're not prayerful and watchful. Things will drastically change. He can use anything or anyone to come up against you.
Have you ever had this feeling while reading a scripture and suddenly you feel something is about to happen and that scripture is an actual warning, that scripture is a sign of what's to come.
That is what I felt yesterday. It happened many times before. You don't know what to do to stop what's about to happen, so you just pray. You might think that God will stop what's to happen because you're praying, but in many of the instances God didn't stop the event but it was for me to work on my response to the event.
God is so amazing, and I believe that if He were to stop every happening in our lives, we will never learn the "How's & When, and Why's"
Whatever happens in our lives, we just have to remember that God is in all things. We give Him glory for all things, because He is mindful of us and He will never leave us nor forsake us.
I Am She!

When a door closes

I have prayed and trusted God for so many things in my life and time after time I never received what I've prayed for.
I have tried so many things in my life, business ventures and it failed so many times. You hear people say, when you don't get what you've prayed for, it's not in God's plan for you. Well, it is actually true. God says in His word that when He opens a door no person can shut it and when He closes that door, no person can open it.
I am so encouraged! Yet again God shoes me that He is not man that He should lie. He gives us what we need in order for us to use it for His glory. We sometimes want to focus on so many things, jumping from pillar to post, forgetting what truly matters.
Be encouraged like I am today and don't ever be disappointed when any venture doesn't work out. Keep on trusting God.
In His Love
Leslene

Your number one relationship - Angela Thomas

Relationships are extremely important in the life of every woman. And because woman are inclined to be sentimental, we are happy and fulfilled only when we have a successful relationship with someone. However, all other relationships in your life will fall into place only when you are in the right relationship with God. 

God is a jealous God who requires absolute faithfulness from you. 

Work on your relationship with God first; make absolutely certain that nothing else is gradually taking his place in your life. 

Then you can use God's guidelines to love the people in your life and care for them.

Do you think I'm Beautiful - Angela Thomas

The longing to be known as beautiful is part of our design as woman. God put is together this way on purpose. When no one notices you, we learn to pretend that it doesn't matter, to pretend that it's ok. It's not okay. You were made to be seen and known and loved deeply.
A season came for me when the pretending had to end. It was so completely put out with God for the canyon that existed between the life I wanted and the life I really lived. Mad that I wanted to be beautiful but had to live as if the desire were not mine.

Finally these words made their way into my journal: Oh, God, do You think I'm beautiful?
I once thought that my struggle was intensely personal, but now I know that it's intensely feminine. Every woman longs to know from the deepest places of her heart, 'Oh, God, do You think I'm beautiful?'
The deeper beauty I long for is about complete acceptance. 'God, do You see me flawed and sinful and still call me beautiful? Do You see the loneliness? Do You see me struggle? Do You see the unmet desires of my heart? Do You see me cry for time that is lost and the life I will not know? God, do You see me in all this mess and still think I'm beautiful?
Maybe all that really matters is what He thinks of me.
Then let these words embrace you with their truth: the God who slung the stars across the heavens....the same One who shaped the mountains and the valleys with the palm of his hand....the God whose very breath gives life...that God, the King, has always been taken with you.
In His Love
Leslene

It Takes Place There!!

What happens when you come out your prayer closet. What happens when you have spent time with God? 

Do you feel different or do you just do it because others are doing it, or just because? 

Something must happen when you spend time with the God. 

It doesn't matter where you pray or when you pray, we pray because we feel the need to and we want change, a miracle, either for ourselves or for someone in need. 

David says: "Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty takes place in the sanctuary" Psalm 95:6

Beauty takes place in the sanctuary. David knew what he's talking about. He had so many battles and I can tell you, not one person in my life time can say they don't have any challenges. We pray because we long for something to happen. Jesus was tested in every way, and how did He overcome all those tests? He spent it with the Father in prayer. 

Don't be afraid to speak to God, He Himself will deliver you but you have to call on Him. 

Lord, teach me Your way, and I will walk your way. Give me an undivided heart to fear Your name.(Psalm 86:11)In Jesus name. Amen

She Got up!

January 2014 has been a challenging month. I said to myself, "I have nothing to write about", but God was actually preparing for the month of February and the months to come. I have so much to write about and the one thing I can write with boldness and much assurance, is that GOD IS GOOG ANG GOD IS FAITHFUL.
Through all the challenges, God has never left my side. I Am still standing.
Whatever I've been through, I see God's hand in it. Whatever I've lost, I see God's hand in it. Praise God!...whatever I've gained, God gets all the glory.
I Am excited for 2014. I know what this year means to God. He wants all of me. God looks at me as this perfect girl, because He created me and He created me for His pleasure. I stumble and fail God so many times, but He picks me up and draws me close with so much compassion forgets how I disappointed Him.
That is my desire, to never remind any person of their faults, and as a friend of mine declares the year 2014 (To let love be your motivation).
So...it does not matter who did what to who, I want to be the believing wife, mother, friend and sister who prays for everyone and for all things without ceasing just as Jesus did.
Jesus said in Luke 22 "Simon(Leslene), Simon!(Leslene) Listen! Satan has received permission to test all of you, to separate the good from the bad, as a farmer separates the wheat from the chaff. But I have prayed for you Simon(Leslene), that your faith will not fail."
Satan still gets permission today to test us, but Jesus intercedes for us. That is so comforting. I'm not alone in any battle. I have to stand firm, because Christ has liberated me in to freedom and I shouldn't fall back in to a yoke of slavery, and when the enemy comes in like a flood, The Holy Spirit will raise that standard, but my faith should not fail.
I'm trusting God for so much and I know He is rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
From a portion of the book I'm busy writing:
She Lives In Relationship with Herself
"Every day she strives to live with herself on both the spiritual and physical levels. She realises that God is concerned about her total personhood."
And she discovers: I Am She!
My encouragement to you, be strong, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord.
In His Love
Leslene
I Am She!

I'm giving it to You

I suppose when I write how I feel, make the burden lighter. When I can't seem to find the peace I had a week ago or even an hour ago.
Writing what and how I feel keeps me sane, because that is how God deals with me. That Is how can I can express myself through words spoken by God.
Time after time I ask God to remove any sort of burden, but it never works. There are even times that I feel so lost, forgetting the same who carried me through last year, did it again this year. He even carried me through the night by allowing me to rest so I can be fresh to complete today's assignments, but that is what I forget about this powerful God.
Instead of just trusting God, I complain to Him, I tell Him to remove this cup from me.
Then He reminds me of Jesus who asked Him to remove this cup (Luke 22:41-42). Then I'm reminded that Jesus also said "But do what You want and not what I want."
"Easy for Him to say, He is the Son of God" I'm thinking to myself. I'm only human. I'm so weak. Look at how I'm complaining for every thing that comes my way.
God is saying, "Let SELF die and let Me be the take care of what's bothering you."
I'm sitting here today thinking, so many of my friends lost a husband. So many of my friends lost a child, so many miscarried, so many have no home, no food, no family to call their own, and I complain. Yes, it's not nice to go though pain. When all you want is peace in your life. I then once again realise, that PEACE is the magic word.
I will never have peace if I want to solve the problems by making my own plans. I cannot move forward when I'm the one who cannot lay that burden down, at the feet of the Cross. I cannot tell others of the goodness of God when I choose to forget what great things He has done for me yesterday or any other day.
I will stay where I am if I focus and complain about things that's not even my problem.
The Spirit of God wants me to do all things without complaining so that I can be blameless in this perverse and wicked world.
I am well aware there will always be challenges. I am well aware that my faith will always be tested, but I choose to ask God, "Lord, what can I lesson learn from this challenge I'm facing today?"
I choose to say, "Father, if you will, please don't make suffer by having me drink from this cup. But do what you want, and not what I want." Luke 22:41-42
Let us be strong and know that the peace God gives, is far greater than what the world gives.
"I Am She"
Leslene
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Never Forgotten...Always Loved

Many things we face try to rob us of the sense of God's peace and presence in our lives. Pressures, hectic schedules and disappointments are some of the enemies that war against us.
In the midst of life's stress we need to be reminded of the heart and mind of God towards us. he assures us that we are never out of His thoughts and always close to His heart. 
There is never a time when He is indifferent to our pain or unresponsive to our needs. His arms are always open...His ear is always listening...His eyes is always watching...His heart is always loving.

The need for us to 'encourage one another" is the aim of my writing and what you will read when the book is done. That you will always remember, each one of us have a story to tell and some write about it. 
I have been around the same mountain many times, until I decided "it stops right here and right now". God has beautiful thoughts towards us and when we go through the fire think of what David says:

"How precious are Your thoughts that are far beyond my understanding. I try to count Your thoughts, but they outnumber the grains of sand on the beach. And when I awake, I will find You nearby."

 Psalm 139:17-18

Wherever we find ourselves at, God is and will always be near. He is so faithful. He will do what He says in His word. Please spend as much time in the word of God in order for you to over come any obstacle, any situation and to discover peace. I have heard of and seen many people go through difficult times, but they have over come. They are victorious.

I AM SHE!!!  I AM VICTORIOUS!

The [Lord] Is Always Near

You have looked deep into my heart, [Lord], and you know all about me.
You know when I am resting
or when I am working, and from heaven you discover my thoughts.
You notice everything I do and everywhere I go.
Before I even speak a word, you know what I will say,
and with your powerful arm you protect me from every side.
I can't understand all of this!
Such wonderful knowledge is far above me.
Where could I go to escape from your Spirit or from your sight?
If I were to climb up to the highest heavens, you would be there. If I were to dig down to the world of the dead you would also be there.
Suppose I had wings like the dawning day and flew across the ocean.
Even then your powerful arm
would guide and protect me.
Or suppose I said, "I'll hide in the dark until night comes to cover me over."
But you see in the dark because daylight and dark are all the same to you.
You are the one who put me together inside my mother's body,
and I praise you because of
the wonderful way you created me. Everything you do is marvelous! Of this I have no doubt.  Nothing about me is hidden from you! I was secretly woven together out of human sight,
but with your own eyes you saw my body being formed. Even before I was born, you had written in your book everything about me.
Your thoughts are far beyond my understanding, much more than I could ever imagine.
I try to count your thoughts,
but they outnumber the grains of sand on the beach. And when I awake, I will find you nearby.
How I wish that you would kill
all cruel and heartless people and protect me from them!
They are always rebelling and speaking evil of you.
You know I hate anyone who hates you, [Lord], and refuses to obey.
They are my enemies too, and I truly hate them.
Look deep into my heart, God,
and find out everything I am thinking.
Don't let me follow evil ways,
but lead me in the way that time has proven true.
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