I feel and sense the Lord moving in people’s lives in the area of healing. There is a new season upon us. But some of the experiences from the old season (and farther back) need to be healed. We cannot move into the new season and function in it to our full capacity without revisiting and processing—with the Lord—things that occurred in the previous season. There are scars that need healing, mindsets that need to be shifted, and experiences that need to be processed through the Lord’s insight.  

This nudge towards healing has been masked in an unusual way. It has manifested in painful memories re-emerging. Memories that you thought you had dealt with coming back to the surface. Sometimes it manifests as throbbing or irritating pain in various parts of your body. There is an unexplainable restlessness and irritability that catches you unaware. And then, there are rare times where anger rises up and you don’t know why. 

It is easy to mistake this for the chaos that we are currently experiencing in the world. But, if you take the time to stop, breathe, and focus on what is coming to the surface, you will notice a theme. They are memories of things from your past that are still trapped in your body and they are surfacing because it is time that they are processed and completely released. 

I have been experiencing this for the past several weeks. It took some time and the Lord’s help to realize what was going on. Now, when one of these issues occurs, I am able to recognize that something trapped is coming to the surface. Instead of the urge to fight against it, I recognize and am grateful that it means that it is time for the issue to be released. 

In the new season, these things from the past would hinder us and God’s heart is for us to operate in His fullness.It is important that we take this time now to fully process these issues with the Lord. The Lord is asking us to allow Him to come in and reveal the truth of the situations we have misinterpreted as a result of the pain of our experiences. This heals us in those areas, allowing the stored memories to leave us for good, and freeing us to operate in His fullness for what is coming.

Sometimes, it can be difficult to distinguish that the changes around you are really the transition from the end of one season into the beginning of a new season. Change can be uncomfortable but we don’t grow when we’re comfortable. So many are in a time of transition right now, which is a good thing! Realizing what is going on and embracing the change helps facilitate the emergence of the next season.

“As children of God, there comes a time where He begins to prepare us for greatness. We discover how God speaks to us and mentors us in ways in which we learn timeless lessons that shape us into the warriors of tomorrow.”

There comes a time in everyone’s life when the Lord invites them to step out of the boat and into the deep with Him. It is an invitation to join Him on an epic journey of transformation and redemption. The Lord desires for all of His children to live in His victory and freedom. The secret to living in the Lord’s freedom are key tools that are learned and developed through basicelements of relationship with Him. Using these keys will transform you, set you free, empower you, and release all your God-given abilities.

Tanya shares powerful lessons in this book to help you truly experience God’s wisdom, strength, peace, joy, and miracles in your own life. Applying these lessons will enable you to live an extraordinary life filled with freedom and victory.

Recently, the Lord showed me a brief scene of a relay race as I was in that dream-like state right before waking. I was running my leg of the race and I could see the baton in my hand. It was near the end of my portion of the race. I took two more strides, stretched out my arm, passed the baton, and the next runner took off. Instead of being sad, I felt a sense of relief and accomplishment. I had run my race to the best of my ability, completed what I was meant to do, and passed the race off to the next runner. As the dream was about to end, I ever so gently heard the Lord say, “Now you are free to go join another race.” 

I woke up with a sense of excitement and encouragement. I am at a place in my life where one season is ending and I know I am transitioning into a new season. Rather than trying to hold onto the old, the Lord’s encouragement is making it easy to let go and embrace the new.

What a beautiful image the Lord used — a relay race! You are not alone in your endeavor. You have others working towards a similar goal. And, when you have completed what He has called you to do, there are other people there to pickup where you left off and keep things going. It creates a beautiful, free-flowing, and never ending cycle. How freeing!

So now I find myself eagerly scanning the field looking to see what baton the Lord is ready to hand me and embark on the next leg of the relay He guides me to join.

Did a little writing today at my favorite local coffee shop. There’s nothing like a good cup of coffee and a book.

The theme of “do it afraid” keeps coming up in my life recently. I hate to admit that there are areas that I need to step out in courage and make changes but I’ve been letting fear get the better of me. When I look back over my life, the best things that have ever happened to me have been on the other side of overcoming my fear and taking action. As Eleanor Roosevelt simply and clearly stated, “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the one thing which you think you cannot.”

I guess it’s time for me to just get on with it and do it afraid! Are there areas in your life that you are holding back due to fear? Is there something that you need to do afraid?