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    Where Your Heart Meets God's
    Where Your Heart Meets God's
    Where Your Heart Meets God's
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    Where Your Heart Meets God's

    By Flora Reigada

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    God has life changing messages for you, but how would you know, and what would He say?

    You might be surprised to find His words shining like jewels in everyday life, but also where we need to search and dig. Recognizing these messages of life and love can be compared to discovering hidden treasures just for you, then exploring these jewels one at a time, each with numerous facets. Such is the divine treasure with your name, if you will but receive. Where Your Heart Meets God’s can help illuminate these inner riches right where you are, whatever your circumstances or struggles. Open the pages and your heart for an everlasting adventure in hearing and experiencing God.

    Discover the many ways He is calling your name.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMillerWords, LLC
    Release dateDec 2, 2017
    ISBN9781386223634
    Where Your Heart Meets God's
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    Flora Reigada

    Flora Reigada is an award-winning journalist and novelist. She and her husband, Dan, have been a reporter/photographer team for several newspapers, including the Florida Today. At present, they cover Brevard County/Space Coast news for Senior Life newspaper. Interesting places they have explored in pursuit of a story include a “castle,” the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, Florida. In Titusville Florida’s historic Vassar B. Carlton Courthouse, they climbed a hidden stairway to a long-abandoned jail. While covering events at a local ranch, Flora narrowly avoided being trampled by a “spooked” horse. She has also been a staff writer for Warner Press, contributing to their Pathways to God devotional and Christian Art Bulletin. In addition, she has written for Guideposts Magazine, Decision Magazine, the Upper Room Daily Devotional and more. She and Dan are proud parents and grandparents. “Our lives have been filled with adventure,” Flora says.

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      Where Your Heart Meets God's - Flora Reigada

      The Jewel of Pondering

      B ut Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. Luke 2:19, NIV

      On the title page of Pilgrim's Progress, a statement and a Bible verse stood out.

      The statement was that the book had been delivered under the similitude of a dream.

      The author supports this with Hosea 12:10 from the King James Bible, I have ... used similitudes.[2]

      Both echoed what I had read in the Bible about God speaking through dreams and visions. The Old Testament tells of Jacob,[3] Joseph[4] and Daniel.[5] New Testament examples include Joseph[6] and Peter.[7]

      However, I believed what I'd heard from pastors and was taught by Biblical scholars, namely; after the canon of Scripture was complete, there was no longer the need for God to speak in any way, other than through the Bible. This is one interpretation of 1 Corinthians 13:10. But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away. (NKJV). According to this interpretation, that which is perfect is the completed Bible.

      I have heard ministers warn that Christians should be wary of wild-eyed mystics. One pastor even attributed visions, dreams and personal communion to indigestion from eating too much pizza. Along with many others in the congregation, I laughed at the notion. Now my laughter was being challenged.

      The New International Version of the Bible translates Hosea 12:10 into more contemporary language. I spoke to the prophets, gave them many visions and told parables through them.

      I lingered on that verse and John Bunyan's claim that his book had been delivered through a dream. Like precious jewels, the verse and statement contained many facets. I thought about the word delivered. Babies and packages are delivered. But could a book or a message be delivered from God?

      I knew this was true of the Bible, which 2 Peter 1:20-21 describes as written by men inspired by God. Of course, the Bible is the foundation against which all doctrine is weighed.

      What about individuals? Does God deliver books and messages to you and me? The questions wouldn't go away.

      PEARL TO PONDER: Do you believe that God still speaks in ways described in the Bible, such as visions and dreams?

      LOVE NUGGET: God is your friend and you are His. In two-way conversations, friends share their hearts. As we read in the Bible, I have called you friends.[8]

      The Jewel of Waiting in Expectation

      T ake delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4, NIV

      Reading Pilgrim's Progress, I set out with Christian as he fled the City of Destruction (symbolizing earth and sin) to begin his journey toward the Celestial City (symbolizing Christian growth and eternal life.)

      Along the way, he met characters that depict aspects of our lives and values: Evangelist, Pliable, Obstinate, Money-Love and Faithful. He even encountered and battled evil in the form of Apollyon. Christian was also provided with places of respite and instruction. One of these was the Interpreter's house where he was shown two children, each named according to his temperament: Passion and Patience.

      Both were to receive the best things, also described as a bag of treasure, at the appropriate time. True to his name, a discontented Passion insisted on receiving all immediately. But quickly squandering and consuming his treasure, he was left with only rags.

      Assured of things yet unseen, Patience was willing to wait in quiet anticipation. As I read about Patience, something new and extraordinary happened. Although written centuries before, those words suddenly became more than ink on a page in a musty book. The Holy Spirit breathed on them and brought them alive. From God's very heart, a message had been delivered to mine. Like Patience, I too would receive a treasure, or the best things.

      Wondering what form this might take, I felt like an excited child anticipating gifts on Christmas morning. At first, I thought the treasure might be some remarkable one-time event, such as a long-awaited answer to prayer or a miraculous healing. Over the years, I would learn it might involve those things, but it is much, much more. It is something personal between God and each believer, who is chosen and favored.

      This one-on-one relationship is spoken of in Revelation 2:17, where the overcomer is promised hidden manna and a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it (NIV).

      What is written on your stone will mean something precious to you and God. So it is with our individual treasures. For now and throughout eternity, what God writes on your heart, will have your name.

      PEARL TO PONDER: In Pilgrim's Progress, characters were named according to their attributes and disposition. If you were named likewise, what positive trait or loving quality might your name be?

      LOVE NUGGET: Even though, like Passion, we might have squandered some of God's gifts, anyone can start anew. As one pastor has said, He is the God of a thousand chances.

      Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.[9]

      The Jewel of Favor

      T hen was I in his eyes as one that found favour. Song of Solomon 8:10, KJV

      God's words to us generally fall into two categories, called logos and rhema. The Rev. Danny Daniels, Director of Prayer and Prophetic at Park Avenue Baptist Church in Titusville, Florida, explained the meaning of these Greek words.

      Logos is the written word of God, as well as the living Word, Jesus Christ. Rhema is a personalized word from God, which might come out of the logos.

      To illustrate these terms, I would ask the reader to imagine herself standing in a cheering crowd, straining to catch a glimpse of a king as he passes in his royal carriage, surrounded by his entourage.

      You might see him for a moment, or you might be inspired by some words he may pause to speak. However, to you, the king would remain distant—someone you read about, see on the news or know facts about. He would not be a friend in whom you would confide your joys and sorrows.

      Sadly, this is how many Christians relate to God. They read their Bibles and learn facts about Him, even life-changing facts. But God is not someone with whom they carry on a two-way conversation. His word, the Bible, remains the logos written word. It might address the reader's finances, marriage, family or life situations; however, she does not hear the personal love song of the author's heart.

      Now, imagine yourself back in the crowd, but this time you see the king glance in your direction. Across the multitudes, his eyes meet yours. The king orders his driver to stop and he emerges from his carriage.

      The throngs hush and part as he makes his way closer and closer, causing your heart to beat faster and faster. Reaching you at last, the king extends his hand and leads you to his carriage, where you commune face to face.

      This is the rhema message, the kingdom of God within the believer's heart.[10] It is heaven here and now—reaching out to you.

      PEARL TO PONDER: In the 16th century, St. Teresa of Avila, Spain, wrote a book, The Interior Castle. What does that title mean to you?

      LOVE NUGGET: I have summoned you by name; you are mine.[11]

      The Jewel of a Young Man's Wisdom

      "B UT OUR GOD IS IN heaven ; He does whatever He

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