Your soul is My garden

I am treading out the soil in the garden of your heart Beloved. I am preparing the earth for fresh grass. Only the finest, greenest grass will spring up here! Where you have felt barrenness in your soul you shall feel a new surge of life. It will be as though spring is sprouting up within you.

You have seen only mud and dirt but I have been turning over the soil to oxygenate it in preparation for the seeds I will sow. Now I am treading it down flat so that it will be an even surface. The lawn will have no bumps or ditches. It shall be even and stable for I do a perfect work.

This rich green grass will spread out like a soft carpet in your soul and we shall walk together, feeling its softness under our feet and we shall lie down and rest together with the sun shining on us as a warm summer’s day.

This is My paradise garden and the birds will sing here once again.

Look at the clear blue sky I have created within you. The clouds were your worries and I have swept them away like cobwebs! Now there is not a cloud in sight! Look as far as you can in any direction and you will see only a clear blue sky! This is My expression of peace to you My love. Receive My peace as a gift.

I am growing a hedge around your borders to keep out the foxes. I am growing herbs and spices that will fill our garden with the sweetest aroma and keep the flies away. When they smell the scent of my sacred spices they will not come near.

Here comes a robin to watch Me work. His feet may tickle you slightly as he hops around on the soil. Enjoy the work I am doing Beloved. Just as the robin watches me curiously and inquisitively, observe My work too My love. Do not despise the day of small beginnings. Rejoice in the work I am doing. The robin will catch the worms of past memories and traumas that burrow through your soul. He will fly away with them so that you can know freedom. The worms of the past will not torment you any more. I will pour oil on your land so that the tunnels the worms created are soothed with healing oil, the oil of gladness. You shall be filled with gladness! This oil shall provide the nourishment your soul needs, I will breathe into the earth of your garden that it may live. I will be its source of life. In Me you live and move and have your being. When the grass ripples in the breeze you will know that I am blowing on you by My Spirit. I will sustain you. I will sustain My paradise garden, this holy place where we dwell together as one, as bride and groom, as undisturbed lovers.

My Spirit wind is stirring. He is blowing and awakening your soul to life, your soul shall be filled and blessed with the abundance of life. Here will grow fig trees and pomegranates, henna and nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon. Your trees will be fruitful and we will shelter under them in the heat of the sun. You will not be scorched! We will lean together against the fig tree, I will hold you in My arms and you will rest your head against my chest. You will love the garden I am creating within you. It will be known as Peace and we shall dwell here together daily. Just you and Me, the two of us and I will share My heart with you here. I will feed you My choice fruits and your land will be married. I have chosen your soul! I have purchased your land to inhabit Myself. I will marry you and we shall never be parted. You will always find Me here in the garden of your soul. I wait for you daily My bride, come and tarry here with Me.

SCRIPTURES:

No longer will they call you Deserted,
or name your land Desolate.
But you will be called Hephzibah,
and your land Beulah ;
for the Lord will take delight in you,
and your land will be married.
As a young man marries a young woman,
so will your Builder marry you;
as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride,
so will your God rejoice over you. Isaiah 62:4-5

“I have tasted and enjoyed
My wine within you.
With pleasure I have tasted
My pure milk, My honeycomb,
Which you yield to Me.
I delight in gathering My sacred spice,
All the fruits of My life
I have gathered from within you,
My paradise-garden!”
Song of Songs 5:1 The Passion Translation

…and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. Ephesians 5:27

Look, the winter is past, and the rains are over and gone. The flowers are springing up, the season of singing birds has come, and the cooing of turtledoves fills the air. Song of Songs 2:11-12

Do not despise these small beginnings, for the LORD rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand.” (The seven lamps represent the eyes of the LORD that search all around the world.) Zechariah 4:10

You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the ground. Psalm 104:30

Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones, ‘Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life’ Ezekiel 37:5

“I will put My Spirit within you and you will come to life, and I will place you on your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken and done it,” declares the LORD.'” Ezekiel 37:14

The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit. John 3:8

“A garden locked is my sister, my bride, A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up. “Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates with choice fruits, henna with nard plants, Nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, With all the trees of frankincense, Myrrh and aloes, along with all the finest spices.”You are a garden spring, A well of fresh water, And streams flowing from Lebanon.”

“Awake, O north wind, And come, wind of the south; Make my garden breathe out fragrance, Let its spices be wafted abroad. May my beloved come into his garden And eat its choice fruits!” Song of Songs 4:12-16

“Fear not, for you will not be put to shame;
And do not feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced;
But you will forget the shame of your youth,
And the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.

5“For your husband is your Maker,
Whose name is the LORD of hosts;
And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel,
Who is called the God of all the earth.

6“For the LORD has called you,
Like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit,
Even like a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,” Isaiah 54:4-6

The Seed/Bursting with Joy

I pictured Jesus doing some gardening! He had a trowel in His hand. He was uncovering a seed that had been hidden for a long, long time. It should have been uncovered and started to grow by now but it was not sprouting. Jesus spoke to the little seed in an encouraging voice and shifted the earth on top of it so that it could be exposed to the light and warmth of the sun.

The soil tickled the tiny seed and it started to laugh as the soil moved around it. As it began to laugh it suddenly began to sprout and shoots of life burst through it’s shell. It was erupting with joy!

For so long it had been forgotten and hidden away that it was very afraid of popping its head up into the light, fearing the scorn of other seeds because it was so much smaller than they. But now it was bursting out and breaking through with joy and laughter, soaking in the encouragement and kindness of Jesus. Jesus was so tenderly removing the soil from the seed and the seed felt so loved.

So the seed sprang up and uncurled its leaves and there appeared beautiful and bright butterflies coming as if to kiss its leaves. They landed on it, crowning the young plant with beauty. A ring of bright butterflies sat at the top of the plant as a garland of beauty.

Jesus smiled and said, “See little flower, there was nothing to fear! You are beautiful to Me and I have put laughter in your veins! Laugh little plant for your laughter sings out into the atmosphere that all is well. All is well because I AM your gardener. You grow in My garden and I tend to you. You worried that you would be smaller than the other plants and your flowers not as beautiful or fragrant but look how the butterflies of grace clothe you, kiss you and crown you. You are My trophy. I have waited to see your face for a long time. And here you are and you are no disappointment to me. You are just as I planned, just as I anticipated and I love you! Welcome to My paradise garden! Breathe in the air of My Spirit and drink in the Water of Life. Never forget that you came forth with joy so always rejoice and be glad. Noone can take your joy from you”.

Magnificence in the Desert

Let Me tell you what I see as I look inside you Beloved.

You see barrenness in your soul; dry, parched, thirsty ground. But I see a flower blooming, having pushed through a crack in the hardened earth.

The cracks are your injuries, your suffering, your wounding, Beloved, but look at the pure white petals on the flower; purity has survived the drought and has emerged through the pain. Purity for pain, beauty for barrenness, life for desolation, gentleness in the midst of harsh adversity.

See how strong and healthy, glad and cheerful the flower is? See how it dances in the breeze? There is a never failing supply of living water underneath the dry, cracked earth. The flower drinks from this source.

You saw drought because you looked on the surface, but look down deeper with Me; let us look under the surface. Look at the surging river of living water; see how fast it moves! Feel the power of the water! You never once dried out!

You observed your circumstances and saw the dearth of rain; you watched your once lush land become a desert in the drought. But all of this is on the surface. None of these things matter! What matters is what is underneath, what is not visible to the naked eye.

Can I not turn the desert into springs of water? Can I not carpet the desert in beauty, in living flowers of brilliant colours? Can I not call to the birds of the air to come and sing over the desert land once again? Yes Beloved! But do not despise the small beginnings for already a flower has pushed through the surface and bloomed. There is already beauty to be seen in the parched desert land!

Keep your ears tuned on the sound of rushing waters under the surface for is not My voice the roar of many waters? Does My voice not thunder like mighty ocean waves? And you know My voice. So still yourself to hear My voice within you.

My Spirit of Life is the substance of the water, the power of the water, and My Spirit of life is within you so do not look only to the surface, to your circumstances, but continue to look deeper. For I AM the mighty, rushing waters under the surface! And I will cause your desert to bloom again.

There are seeds you have forgotten about. They are so small, hidden in the cracks of the earth, that you do not see them. But they are there; I see them. And they shall not be without water. At the sound of My voice, at the sound of rushing waters- this Living Water within you- they will spring up into life.

Magnificence will colour the wasteland, splendour will cover the dry, barren land. The colours will be so vivid and stunning, this very desert land you look upon will be a display of My glory! Watch and see, watch and see!

SCRIPTURES:

Revelation 1:5

New International Version
His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.

New Living Translation
His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice thundered like mighty ocean waves.

English Standard Version
his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters.

Coming out with bounty

For people going through a hard time, especially those trying find God in the midst of sickness that doesn’t seem to shift…

You look up at the vast sky and wonder where I am Beloved. You look into the heavens and think you escape My notice. You think that you are too small and your life too insignificant to catch My attention. You cry out to Me from the depths of your being; you search the clouds, the sky, the heavens, the plants and creatures around you and you grieve that I am silent.

You look to the ant for wisdom. You see him hard at work. He knows where he is going. You wish you could ask him questions, about the purpose of life, of existence. You wish he would direct you and tell you where to go. You watch how fast he moves and are reminded that your own body won’t work. You feel I am withholding from you. So you withdraw from Me, believing I have failed you.

You look at the flowers around you. You congratulate Me on my artwork, My colour and texture designs, but you look at yourself, clothed in sickness, and mourn. The flowers bring you no comfort; they are meaningless to you.

You look at the trees and the longing grows within you to stand tall and straight, firm, immovable. The leaves are the trees’ crowning glory. You look away, disappointed, remembering all your mistakes. You sigh that you have lost your glory covering.

You look up at the birds wishing you had wings to fly. You see them far off in the sky, soaring together. You hear them calling out to one another. You begin to dream of flying and then you shut your mind, telling yourself it is nonsense to dream.

Then you look back up to the heavens, straining to catch a glimpse of Me. But you turn away disappointed. You say I’m too busy for you. You ask why would the Creator God care about your life, why would I pay attention to your hopes and give credence to your dreams?

Oh Beloved, I am not only Creator, I am that I am! I am self sufficient and am He who stoops down to hear your heart’s cry. I examine your heart daily and bend down to hear your voice. I lift you onto My lap and hold you in My arms. I am the God who sustains you, who carries you, who teaches you to fly. Remember My promise Beloved; Those who wait on Me renew their strength. They shall soar on wings as eagles, they shall run and not grow weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Patience is being outworked in you. It is a virtue I see lacking when I examine mankind. But patience must have its way, Beloved. I draw alongside the patient, sitting with them in their troubles. I come to them as a faithful companion and they grow a special bond with Me. The blessings for patience cannot be overestimated. Only the patient learn of its great reward. To them I show Myself strong on their behalf. They come to a greater, deeper, more meaningful knowledge of Me. Their relationship with Me lays a firm foundation. Their trust in Me becomes unshakeable.

Let patience finish her perfect work so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing! When I say lacking nothing, what do you think I mean by that? Is there anything I have missed out? No Beloved, I am standing by you as you develop patience. I am supporting you every day. So count it as pure joy, Beloved, whenever you face trials, because the testing of your faith produces patience.

I have given you a hope that won’t disappoint you. So keep rejoicing, Beloved. Keep singing, keep blessing, keep praising. Get ready for My wave of glory to wash over you. Prepare to receive because while you are cultivating patience, your harvest is maturing. Get ready for the bounty! You are coming out with gold!

© Patience RP June 2015

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SCRIPTURES

…we exult in hope of the glory of God. And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. Romans 5:2-4

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. James 1:2-4

When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their spoil, they found much among them, including goods, garments and valuable things which they took for themselves, more than they could carry. And they were three days taking the spoil because there was so much. 2 Chronicles 20:25

You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11

All creatures look to you to give them their food at the proper time. When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are satisfied with good things. Psalm 104:27-28

“…He will watch over his flock like a shepherd.’ For the Lord will deliver Jacob and redeem them from the hand of those stronger than they. They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will rejoice in the bounty of the Lord— the grain, the new wine and the olive oil, the young of the flocks and herds. They will be like a well-watered garden, and they will sorrow no more. Then young women will dance and be glad, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow. I will satisfy the priests with abundance, and my people will be filled with my bounty,” Jeremiah 31:10-14

The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. Deuteronomy 28:12

When you, God, went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness, the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel. You gave abundant showers, O God; you refreshed your weary inheritance. Your people settled in it, and from your bounty, God, you provided for the poor. The Lord announces the word, and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng: “Kings and armies flee in haste; the women at home divide the plunder. Psalm 68:7-12

“But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him. When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him. But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. Job 23:8-10

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12

Substance of Faith

As I was trying to focus on Jesus in the midst of intense symptoms of illness, I asked Him to show me something that would help people who are going through similar suffering. I had a picture come to mind that I felt was symbolic of how He is working behind the scenes in people’s lives even when they cannot see or feel Him at work in any way.

I saw Jesus standing with a big pot and He was stirring a substance inside. I saw flames of fire heating up the pot from underneath which I felt was symbolic of the Holy Spirit (He came like tongues of fire on the day of Pentecost in Acts 2:3).

I felt that Jesus said with a smile, “This is My faith recipe! The finest faith you can find! I am stirring faith!”

I remembered that faith is the “substance of things hoped for” and sensed that in with faith He had mixed hope and patience. I saw Him take some sort of salt pot and He sprinkled the contents of peace into the substance too.

Then He poured fresh oil and fresh wine into the mixture. He held the wineskin up to show me that it was a new wineskin, as if He was saying, “Look, a fresh wineskin for fresh wine!

He tasted a sip of the mixture and such a big smile spread across His face. Then He began to rejoice! He was loving the recipe and thoroughly enjoying preparing it!

The mixture looked and tasted like sparkling, clear, golden honey. Then He sprinkled some rose petals in to it which symbolised love and gentleness. They dissolved in the mixture and a beautiful aroma spread out of the mixture around the room.

The scripture also came to mind that “faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God” and I sensed that this substance of faith would be consumed through feasting on the word of God.

I also had a picture of Jesus rolling up sickness like a rug from the toes up and removing it. I felt that this is an example of what can happen through reading God’s word. The more we consume His word, which is like sweet honey, it becomes health and medicine to all our flesh (Proverbs 4:22).

Jesus is the Living Word! His words are Spirit and life but also when we enjoy intimacy with Him it is as though He feeds us the sweet, medicinal honey and we become strong and alive in Him.

Further to this I saw Him setting fire to spoonfuls of honey He was feeding people who were too weak or sick to feed themselves. So that as they consumed the ignited honey, His Holy, cleansing, purifying fire burned through them; it burnt up all the dross inside them. Some scriptures came to mind, of Him being the one who baptises with the Holy Spirit and with fire (Matthew 3:11),

And Jeremiah 23:29 which says, “Is not My word like fire?” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer which shatters a rock?”

Also Jeremiah 20:9, “But if I say, “I will not mention his word or speak anymore in his name,” his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.”

Romans 8:11 says, “And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.”

Ephesians 5:18 “…ever be filled and stimulated with the [Holy] Spirit.” AMP

His word is cleansing, holy, powerful, healing, sweet, life-giving. I feel He is calling people to spend more time devouring His words of life and more time in His presence, enjoying sweet intimacy and fellowship with Him.

© Patience RP June 2015

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Scriptures:

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Romans 10:17

Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O LORD, God of hosts. Jeremiah 15:16

For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things. Psalm 107:9

How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Psalm 119:113

I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread. Job 23:12

Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. Psalm 34:8

Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s. Psalm 103:5

The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever. The decrees of the Lord are firm, and all of them are righteous. They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the honeycomb. Psalm 19:9,10

Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” John 6:35

“I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.” John 6:48-51

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14

For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Hebrews 4:12

It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. John 6:63

Oh, the joys of those who are kind to the poor! The Lord rescues them when they are in trouble. The Lord protects them and keeps them alive. He gives them prosperity in the land and rescues them from their enemies. The Lord nurses them when they are sick and restores them to health. Isaiah 41:1-3

My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh. Proverbs 4:20-22

“This is my comfort in my affliction, That Your word has revived me.” Psalm 119:50