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As some of you know on January 26, 2014 my life suddenly changed in a moments flash. As quick as the blink of an eye, my husband, Jim Cook stepped over from his life here into his heavenly home. This is a only a small recount of my amazing journey over the last 7+ years and the awesome power of my Papa to heal me and restore me. I am going to start with a post I placed on Facebook on January 26, 2018, the 4th anniversary of when Jim moved to heaven. This is about the Hope found only in Jesus that we can all have! He’s awesome, majestic and His love will fill every empty place in your life, if you will let Him! Please read it and I hope you enjoy it.

This post is about the grace, love and goodness of my precious Lord! 

4 years ago tonight my life changed in a moments time. As we were preparing to go to bed, my husband, Jim Cook suddenly fell in the floor and he was gone. He stepped over into heaven that quickly! I performed CPR on him for approximately 14 minutes before the paramedics arrived. However, their attempts were not successful and he was home with Jesus to stay! 

I was alone by myself for about 20 hours until my son and daughter-in-law arrived from Texas the next day. However, God was with me in such a powerful way during that time! Looking back on it, I was so calm and at peace, which I know now had to be the powerful presence of God that was with me and in me. He is AMAZING!

There were times during those next few months that I would be so overcome with the horrific pain gripping my heart and in my uncontrollable sobs and weeping all I could do was cry out to God, “Help me, Lord!” Almost instantly, the weeping and tears would begin to subside and within about 35-45 seconds the tears and pain would be completely gone. I know experientially now what God meant when He told the Apostle Paul, “My grace is sufficient for you” because when I was at the end of my human ability His grace rescued and delivered me many times!

Although this has been the hardest and most difficult thing I have ever had to walk through in my life, I can say that when God does a work He does it completely! He has not only healed me of the trauma of how Jim passed and the emotional pain of losing my precious husband, but He has also healed me of all the emotional baggage that I had carried all my life! It has been an amazing journey with God that has changed me forever! So much more than I ever expected! He loves us so much! He promised that He will never leave us nor forsake us, that He will be with us in trouble, He will deliver us and honor us! He is faithful to uphold His Word, His promise to us! 

Do I miss Jim? Absolutely! Every minute! I miss his presence with me, his love for me, his affection, his smile, his infectious laugh and sense of humor, our life together and the years that we won’t have here! Do I grieve for him? Only for what I don’t have, not for what he has! Would I bring him back? NO! He is home! He talked about heaven with a smile and a sparkle in his eye! He said to me many times, “Honey, it’s going to be soooo good we won’t miss anything here!” He had an eternal perspective and he is right where he wants to be! Someday, I’ll be with him again!

But until then I will sing, shout and proclaim the amazing love, goodness, grace, and mercy of my Lord, Jesus Christ and how He has made us all overcomers! 

2 Corinthians 2:14 But, thanks be to God, who always causes us to triumph in Christ…

Are you happy? Truly happy? True happiness doesn’t come from our surroundings, material goods, circumstances or other people. It can only come from inside! It took me a lot of years to understand that. It wasn’t until I encountered God’s unconditional love for me and His love became a reality to me. Then, I was able to forgive myself and love myself, because He first loved me! That’s when the inner joy and peace came that gave me the true happiness I’d always sought externally! Of course, there will be things in my life that aren’t perfect, but that doesn’t affect my happiness and peace of mind because that comes from within me and from Who is living in me! I know Who I am and I know Whose I am! This heart revelation changed everything in my life and it will change your life, too!

This is my son, Joshua Davis. He is in his second year of Bible College at Kenneth Copeland Bible College in Fort Worth, TX. This is his first sermon that he delivered today, October 22, 2019 in class. He had to keep it between 7-8 minutes. I think he done an excellent job and I am so proud of him! It blesses a Mama’s heart to see all her children following after God and having a heart for Him and His Word. Thank You, Father! Praise God!

Ok, I’m gonna be real here! I just feel like sharing something that may help someone today. All my life I struggled with rejection, but I didn’t know what it was until God revealed it to me these past few years. This is something so many struggle with, both men and women alike. But, the Truth of God when it is revealed to your heart will set you free.

He began to show me that “feeling rejected” is a lie based on many things, particularly experiences we have had that caused the wrong thoughts and the wrong emotions and that it is a trick and strategy of the enemy. He shared His love, pouring it out on me in such an overwhelming display of Who He is and He told me how beautiful I am to Him, that there isn’t anything wrong with me because Jesus Christ made me accepted in the Beloved!

Then, He showed me this truth: when that nasty old emotion of rejection tries to arise as a result of something that someone has done or said, that there is nothing wrong with me. He showed me that person is the one with the problem, not me!

Wow! That set me free! I no longer allow the enemy to play that card with me and when those old thoughts and feelings/emotions try to arise, I speak to them out loud. I say, “That’s a lie! There’s nothing wrong with me!” I take those thoughts and emotions captive according to the Word of God, and I take authority over them in the Name of Jesus! I refuse to allow them to have a place in my mind!

My Papa loves me and what more do I need? What more do you need than to know that Father God loves you, has accepted you, and is pleased with you?

 

Complacency – A feeling of being satisfied with the way things are and unconcerned with changing them or making them better; a feeling of calm satisfaction with your own abilities or situation that prevents you from trying harder.

Synonyms – apathetic, casual, disinterested, unconcerned, contented

Antonyms- discontent, insecure, dissatisfied, unhappy

God spoke to me a few years ago that complacency is a deception of the enemy and its purpose is to steal our desire and motivation to change our circumstances, thus robbing us of our destiny.

If we are content with things the way they are, then we won’t do anything to change ourselves or our situation, whatever it might be. We lack the motivation to step out to change the things in our life that need to change. Often, this is because it is so much easier to not do anything than to put forth the work or the effort needed to change. In other words, taking the easy way. Another reason for complacency could be because we are fearful of taking a step of faith, of getting out of the boat to walk on the water!

However, we cannot live the abundant life here on this earth or do mighty things for the Kingdom of God if we are just going to sit in our little place of safety and security, being content with what we have and not willing to risk changing. We are satisfied with our little, menial life! We are complacent and this robs us of the peace and joy that we will have if we are willing to get off our laurels and work toward fulfilling God’s plan and destiny for our lives! 

Psalms 82:5 AMP says, “They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in the darkness (of complacent satisfaction).

The Word of God calls complacency “darkness”! It is a tactic of the enemy to rob us of the great and mighty things that God has destined for us. It will cause us to abort God’s plan for our lives.

We should desire being uncomfortable, be willing to get out of our little comfort zone and stretch ourselves to fulfill God’s purpose for our life. God had to take Abraham into an unfamiliar, uncomfortable place to bring about the Promised Heir! Think about that! If Abraham had refused to leave his place of comfort and security, God could not have fulfilled through him the birth of Isaac and the coming of the Promised Seed, Jesus Christ, our Redeemer! Abraham would not be known today as Our Father of Faith!

Look at the antonyms above. Are you discontent, unhappy, and dissatisfied with your life? What great things do you think God wants to do through you? Are you willing to step out of your comfort zone, to take a leap of faith to accomplish God’s plan for your life? Do you realize that there are people God wants to reach through you? Step out today! Do something radical for yourself and for God!

I love this passage of scripture! I will read and re-read it aloud in first-person, meditating on just what it is saying about what was freely given to me when I received Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and what He accomplished for me at Calvary! Hallelujah!

Ephesians 2:8-10 (AMP)

8 For it is by free grace (God’s unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God;

9 Not because of works [not the fulfillment of the Law’s demands], lest any man should boast. [It is not the result of what anyone can possibly do, so no one can pride himself in it or take glory to himself.]

10 For we are God’s [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live].

How marvelous this is!! I am so thankful for the freedom that I have in Jesus Christ, knowing that I don’t have to perform with religious and denominational rules to be in right standing with God, but that Jesus fully met every demand for me and He made me righteous.

2 Corinthians 5:21 (AMP) For our sake He made Christ [virtually] to be sin Who knew no sin, so that in and through Him we might become [endued with, viewed as being in, and examples of] the righteousness of God [what we ought to be, approved and acceptable and in right relationship with Him, by His goodness].

We are righteous, approved, acceptable and in right relationship with God only by the finished work of Jesus Christ at the cross. He accomplished this for every person, for all time.

Hebrews 10:10 (ERV) Jesus Christ did the things God wanted him to do. And because of that, we are made holy through the sacrifice of Christ’s body. Christ made that sacrifice one time—enough for all time.

Oh, how I love Him! And the really cool thing is, this free gift of salvation is available to everyone who will freely receive it! It’s yours for the taking!

If you haven’t done that and would like to, it is a very simple thing! Romans 10:9 says, “If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”

You receive it by faith and it is as easy as saying, “Jesus, I acknowledge that You are the Son of God and that You died on the cross for my sins and was raised from the dead. I receive You as my Lord and Savior and I thank You for the free gift of salvation that You have so freely given me. In the name of Jesus, I declare that I am born again!”

You are now a new creation, recreated in Christ Jesus. This new birth took place in your spirit. You are a three part being: spirit (which is the real you), soul (your mind, will and emotions), and your body. Your spirit is what was recreated in Christ Jesus by receiving Him and it is sealed by the Holy Spirit.

Ephesians 1:13 (NKJV) In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.

Now begin to read the Bible and find out what you have received and who you are now in your spirit. The soul (mind, will and emotions) must be renewed by reading the Bible.

Romans 12:1-2 (CEV) Dear friends, God is good. So I beg you to offer your bodies to him as a living sacrifice, pure and pleasing. That’s the most sensible way to serve God. 2 Don’t be like the people of this world, but let God change the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to him.

Don’t read it as a religious exercise! Read it and allow the Life of God that is in it change you from the inside out! It will truly be life-changing!

Blessings in the name of Jesus!