♥ "Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing" (Ezekiel 47:12).
♥ "For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea" (Habakkuk 2:14).
♥ "Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers" (Psalm 1:1-3).
♥ "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).
♥ "Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them" (John 7:38).
He led me to these very similar verses all in one week! They are all on how God plants us in His river and that He is the water that gives us Life! They describe how in Him, we never wither or hunger and He always satisfies us and produces fruit in us! God also reminded me this week with these verses, that He is more than enough! He is living in us and since He is eternally flowing, then there is always more love, more peace, everything from Him! He is so good! (See also, 'Breakthrough 12: There is always more faith, hope and love in the LORD!') It's crazy that He led me to them all this past few weeks! Isn't that cool! God is that living water in us and we are satisfied when we eat of Him! He is always LOVE! (1 John 4:16) Here are even more Scriptures and quotes on How by faith, He is loving inside of us!
♥ From, 'GOD pours out HIS LOVE in us!'
God's continual refreshment in Him reminds me of something He wrote through Heidi Baker in 'Compelled by LOVE.' He reminded her of the passage in Habakuk 2:14, "For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea." He often gives His people visions and words, and Heidi explained that many of the children were receiving revelation from Him, or even seeing Him! God's love is everywhere, for He is everywhere! He pours out His love into us and cares for the orphan and the widow! Seeing His love in so many, and the purity that He brings, taught Heidi to want to stay in His heart, filled with Him. He reminded her of the verse in Ezekiel 47:12, about how He is the river and to be planted in Him. "Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing." He gave her the insight that when we are yielded to Him, then He can have His kind, perfect, loving way in us, and pour that out to the nations! When He fills us with His love, He pours it out to the many!
♥ God plants us in His waters, and comforts, warms and grows us through His Son. This Ezekiel 47 river is also a lot like the river described in Psalm 1:1-3, a life-verse for me:
"Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers" (Psalm 1:1-3; Also, this is prospering in God, not the world. God gives us His love and freedom and peace and He desires us to be filled with Him, flowing out to others, showing that He is beautiful and He is Love. Here is one of my new favorite quotes He led Mother Teresa to write: "God does not demand that I be successful. God demands that I be faithful. When facing God, results are not important. Faithfulness is what is important." By simple child-like faith, God flows His loves through us! He is the Life! "But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us" (2 Corinthians 4:7). Praise Him! He is faithful!).
-It is beautiful to note that the tree yields fruit, just as He led Heidi to write about yielded hearts for Him; being in His heart! I pray that His heart beats in all of us as we look to Him, seeing His beautiful face. He is pouring out His love in us! His eyes are waters of love!
♥ "All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God" (2 Corinthians 4:15).
♥ "Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it" (Malachi 3:10; Also, God says not to put Him to the test (Matthew 4:7; quoting from Deuteronomy 6:16), but here since He is asking, it is good, for it is from Him! Let's go to Him! He has so much to offer, and let's give Him what is His, including the tenth, or tithe offering! "Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him" (Psalm 34:8). Hallelujah!).
♥ Here are additional resources God led on how He pours out His love into us!
'Breakthrough 12: There is always more faith, hope and love in the LORD!'
'GOD pours out HIS LOVE in us!'
'Faith Like Potatoes' in the Inspiration section!
Iris Ministries, Compelled by LOVE, and the 'Mama Heidi' documentary in the Inspiration section!
Also, to read more about eating the Bread of Life, Jesus, see a summary on drinking that Coke, from 'Compelled by LOVE,' in 'Breakthrough 11: John 17:20-21; One with the Father!', and 'Jesus picnics!'
May you feel God's love being poured out into you! He loves you!
GOD IS AMAZING!!!!!!! He has so much to share about how He loves us and is the Living Water and the Bread of Life! He alone satisfies us, and He does it forever! He is so kind and awesome! He loves you and is waiting for you with open arms! He wants to sing and dance with you and laugh with you! Look into His eyes! He loves you!!!!!!
I'm so thankful for all the times that He has helped me with this He Art cookbook and overflowed me with His love to produce His fruit! I've just been watching and enjoying Him at work! Here is a brief overview of the major miracles He did, for He always works miraculously, to get the book here and make it ripen!
After He led me to initially write the He Art cookbook, God provided the time to write it! He asked me to return home, and gave me the time. Over two years, God provided what to say for each page. Many times I would not have the slightest idea of what to write, but I would pray that He would write through me every time, by His Holy Spirit. Sometimes the ideas would flow out right away, and other times, like some fruit, it took a little longer to ripen. He would give me ideas at night or during the day and I would write them down; ideas for titles, recipes, descriptive sentences, images, metaphors, messages, photos, food styling; everything! He gave all the ideas! One of my favorite times was when He wrote, 'Marionberry pie.' He wrote it through me in about 15 minutes! All of the other recipes took at least 1 day, and some took over 2 weeks to work on and pray about. This one came right out, and needed hardly any editing! He is so good! That was fun! And He is always talking to us! Prayer is a two-way conversation, so let's always listen to what He has to say, or what images, Bible verses, words, lessons, everything, He wants to give us, or to give to us for others! Hallelujah!!! He is so good!
During Him writing the book, He would often give me little jokes. He is really funny! Some of this might not make sense because it is so specific, but that is how He works! He really knows us! Well, He knows I love the number 7! In the Bible, 7 is the number used most often to represent perfection or completion. Also, the numbers 12 and 40 are used here. I love groups of seven, like 21. I made a template for each chapter section, and on the final page I was working on one day, it was untitled #21. This was just nice after a long day! It may seem small, but the odds of that were decreased because many times my computer would crash after a few, for it is very old, and can only take so much processing. Since it hadn't crashed in a while, it was up to 21! That was neat! (And I do often save things! Praise God for saving us!). God did this other times too. Like pg 77, Orzo Pasta is one of my favorite recipes, and pg. 25, 'Bread of Life' is on 25! I like the number 25 as well because it is 2+5! I know that is odd, but I have for a long time! Also, I really like the number 34 for the same reason; 3+4. The notes section, right after the main recipes started at 134. All of these things are very little to most people, but I thought they were all nice gifts from Him, showing me that He was taking care of it all!
As the book came to completion over the two years, I needed to find a printer. God led me to self-publish, so I just needed to have it printed at a good quality. At first I felt led to look at purchasing a printer of my own. It was much too expensive, but God gave me many pleasant conversations over the phone, I'm sure of which He used for good! After that He led me to six different printing companies in the Portland area! Some were just not in my budget, and finally, one night the seventh came! Again, it was really the seventh! -He is so good! There was a book on our coffee table, 'Walking with God in America,' that had been printed by Thomas Nelson. At the time, my mom suggested that I call them to see where they print! I called the Thomas Nelson company and heard back where they printed! I was already thankful for that! After I called the reputable company in China, I realized that they didn't speak English on the phone. That was funny, and so I e-mailed them. An extremely nice and professional account manager there has helped take care of the rest!
God gave me this perfect company who gave me beautiful samples, and technically amazing work! I just prayed and prayed that they would agree to my contract, and praise God, then they did! This was the start of printing! Hallelujah! Over the next 9 months, then, the workers there were very patient to get the coloring just right! God showed me that there was so much to color editing! Now, He has had me color-manage all my monitors and learn quite a bit! And we've been through many many samples, as well as press-maintenace and other adjustments, to finally get it here! Hallelujah and thank you God for this generous company!
I was relived when God sent to me the final proof! It was just right! He had given me an image of what the cover should look like over three years ago and it matched what He had put in my heart and head! I was delighted! The next steps were to set up customs!
Well, thank God again, because the most recently assigned agent, and there had been about seven by now that I've been working with, contacted me along with the rest, to let me know something very urgent! Hmm, yes, I called him back and he said that unless I filed a certain form, and had a broker in one day's time, I would have to pay a $5000 fee! I was very thankful to God when He said that he could do the paperwork this time! What a blessing! His help and the help from the rest has been paramount! Thank God for working through all of them!
Now, it's finally on the boat! God will bring it to port, and then help us arrange the transportation from the port to our final mailing address! What a journey indeed! But, God provided the Way; who is Jesus! "Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6).
I'm so relieved that His cookbook is almost here! Praise God for His provision through all of these miracles, large and 'small.' As one of my dear grandma figures used to say at a green light, 'Thank you God for every blessing, great and small!' God uses everything to bring Him the deserved Glory! All of this happened because of God! Praise Him for overflowing His love into all of our lives, forever!
As you can see, God provides! And the whole time, He was also filling and flowing with His Holy Spirit! I've loved growing with Him, in trusting in Him through this process. "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight" (Proverbs 3:5-6). And, "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future" (Jeremiah 29:11). It has been very hard at times, but He has always given more and more LOVE, and He always is here! He is more than enough! He just pours out His LOVE into us! HE IS AMAZING! HE IS GOD! HE IS LOVE! FOREVER! Praise God for His He Art cookbook, but much more so, Praise Him for being our real sustenance! He is our LIFE! Let's hunger no more! "Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). And, "Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes tome will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty" (John 6:35).
