You can't give what you don't have.....

When I was ministering down in Nowra a few weekends ago there was an ongoing theme that kept popping up. If you haven't walked it you can't talk it. In other words you can't give what you don't have. The theme of my life particularly over the last 18 months has been brokeness. Much of what I speak about these days is my journey through brokeness to restoration. I realised that I am in good company....pretty much all the people God used throughout the bible had brokeness in common. I don't want to flipantly say, "I am so glad I am broken" but I can say I am glad that in my brokeness my Father does His awesome ministry of restoration and I am continually seeing the fruit of that. It's in our brokeness we discover how much we need our Father and surrender ourselves to Him. I can testify that as He heals my brokeness and restores me I am far more inclined to recline into Him and let Him use me as clay in His hands. I am sure deep down I wish there was an easier way but no doubt God will turn what the enemy intended for evil into something good. He did promise that He would work all things together for good for those that love Him. I also receive the word given to me last year that what the enemy intended for evil the Lord would enable me to forge it into a weapon to route the kingdom of darkness. I feel more equipped to minister into peoples brokeness as I have walked my own journey in it and lived to tell the story.

Gordies First Thought Of The Week

"Every man dies! but does every man live" - Quote William Wallace (Braveheart Movie) I love this quote!

As people we so often spend much of our mind space worrying about the future or regretting the past. So often we forget to really live NOW!

As quoted in "Dead Poets Society" I want to 'Carpe Diem' - Sieze The Day. I want to suck the marrow out of life afterall thats why my Saviour came....."To give us live Fully/Abundantly" John 10:10.

Sure there are days I don't feel like it especially when I have depression/anxiety. However i will learn to adjust my life to function despite this illness. Don't here me wrong I am not giving into it. I just won't expend energy fighting or battling it anymore. I will rest & be Blah! when I need to and will make up for lost time when I am well.

As my new song say's, "Though it's hard I will not give in, When I'm down I will not be out, If cut off I will grow back again - Stronger! Though in fire I will not be burned, When I'm drowned the water will be purged, If attacked I'll take what I've learned to become - Stronger! This life will not be dictated to, I'm going to live like there's nothing left to lose, I will grow in always trusting You - And thats the plan! I'm going to stand come what may, tommorrow is a better day, There's nothing more that can be said - I'll keep holding on!