Doors and More Doors

Doors and More Doors,

Heavenly Doors...

What are the God-given doorways

in your life?

"BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO LISTENS TO ME, WATCHING DAILY AT MY DOORS, WAITING AT MY DOORWAY. FOR THOSE WHO FIND ME FIND LIFE AND RECEIVE FAVOR FROM THE LORD " Proverbs 8:34-35

Have you ever given much thought to the doors that the Lord might be opening in your life? Especially when you wait on him to call you, then as you truly listen to Him and proceed to take the courage to actually do what He asks of you? The LORD God Himself actually escorts you as you take the steps! If you commence to walking with Him you soon will be astonished with the incredible journey He will take you on! For me it has been truly grand!

As I become more and more obedient to Him, to His direction, the blessings just keep coming my way! I have been so busy these last few months experiencing the many doors He has opened unto me! I have been astounded by His abundance and blessing upon my life. All of the Holy Spirit directed connections, the new women He has place in my life and all that we are up to together for Him is huge!

God has so much to bestow upon those who seek Him and seek His will. What perspective do you take as you begin to view the Heavenly Doors? Have you ever really thought about doors and the passageways as heavenly?

Do you choose to stay in the room with your ears plugged and the doors shut tightly all around you in order not to venture out? Does that idea feel safer to you so that you do not have to take any risks?

What would it be like for you if you were to view the word risk and shift the perspective of it? Shift the viewpoint of RISK to FAITH? Faithfully seeing a door as a heavenly opening? What doors are you keeping tightly shut that you know you should be opening? What might be on the other side of the door should you open it?

In the verse above you see that as you listen to the calling of the LORD you will be blessed! I am so amazed at the way He calls us forth to do His work! Until the end of time we must be listening to Him, listening to His voice, His Words of wisdom, His Words of direction, His Words of love. his true desire is to bless us, not to cause us to fear Him or His calling on our lives.

I love the second part of this passage as we are instructed to watch DAILY at His doors. Not just every now and then, or once a month when we think about it, but every single day we are to be WAITING AND WATCHING at His doors, waiting for Him to bless us!

The thought of this is beautiful to me as I begin to become more and more aware of the doors that He is guiding me to walk through each and every day.

Picture the glow peeking through, radiating from underneath the door, beckoning you to come... to draw closer and closer to the door. Laying on your tummy with your face up close to the door, you begin to peer through the opening seeing the lights luminosity and your nostrils take in the smells of fresh air, smelling the sweet fragrance of a magnolia tree! The scent fills you with warmth and hope for the day!

You begin to rise, placing your hand upon the old antique door knob which juts out from the old wooden hewn door - leading to the heavenly places of God, as He calls you forth; you go... you go...

You journey on with expectancy from Him who leads...

On the amazing journey with you,

Kathryn

Taste The Rain...

Taste The Rain!!

It's raining.

I am listening.

Love the sound of the rain...

Wash away everyone's pain...

Allow us to glean and gain...

Thunder whispers...

Thunder roars...

I am listening...

Taste and Flood our veins with love...

Allow us the Holy Spirit's dove...

Heaven here, presence from above...

Taste the Cleansing Grace filling the earth...

Cleansing Grace filling each heart...

Cleansing Grace filling each mind...

Renewal My Lord

Renewal My God

Renewal My King

Grace Raining Down...

Washing away frowns...

Replacing with crowns...

Rain... Rain... Rain...

Tasting...

Listening...

Humbled...

Loved.

GATES & DOORS --- Devotional

"The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, it's gates and its walls." Revelation 21:15

"The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of pure gold, like transparent glass." Revelation 21:21

Oh Lord, to see the vision of this angel---

This angel talking with John!

I picture this and even can experience it in a seemingly smoky kind of way. I know that this is something extraordinary - yet not to You God - not to You at all.

Gold, glorious gold, the angels measuring rod - obviously yielding powers of You God - with abilities far beyond our earthly comprehension. But you have shown us throughout your Word what power you can bring forth - what amazing acts and mighty power can come through a simple stick - or a staff- even a snake.

So... I know that this Golden Measuring Rod was used in Revelation 11 to ensure protection and here in chapter 21 to be used for measuring.... -- mmmmmm.... mmmmm... I soak in your power and majesty. I soak in awe - and joy- and holy fear of all that you are capable of.

Measure me my LORD - let me grow taller and stronger and more powerful through you to be used for You. Grow me, stretch me, let me "measure up" let me in my own unworthiness take on and be cloaked in Your worthiness. Keep me within the bounds of your Holy Walls and Gates, let me not step outside of Your will or Your protection. Protect me with Your rod, keep me within Your gates so that I remain always focused on You - serving You - through Your power.

Let me have every bit of the power You want me to have through the Holy Spirit - let me be fully surrendered and keep measuring me. Allow Your Angels to speak to me. Allow Your Angels to measure me. Keep the Angels that You assign to me ever present, let me hear their words, let me respond accordingly. Thank you my LORD for Your amazing protection - for Your amazing love and your amazing creation!!

With love and devotion,

Kathryn

(the photo above is an actual picture of my journaling devotion taken by me of these particular Scriptures)

WOMEN OF PASSIONATE PURPOSE CHRISTIAN WRITERS' RETREAT

CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S WRITING RETREAT NEAR THE POCONO MOUNTAINS

SEPTEMBER 21ST - 25TH, 2009

Oh... ladies!!! Here we go! We are beginning an unforgettable Writers' Retreat together. Each of us will all be woven together forever more as sisters who are on the writers path together. Can you believe it?

Each on the verge of writing... some for the first time, some who have done so for years...

Writing books and plays and devotions and life stories all divulging pieces of our own journey and heart, all for the glory of God. Can you feel it? Can you feel the blowing breezes of the Holy Spirit, the excitement that we all have? Many of you are coming with the ability to finally admit that you have a book or song (or something) within you that it ready to be born. Ready to speak your truth, to be vulnerable as you share the things that God has beckoned you to. You will be a jeweler or words, string each shiny word together, creating something of incredible worth page after page.

We are just a few short weeks away from our writing retreat! Marykay and I have truly enjoyed putting this retreat together for you. We have been in daily prayer for each of you as you prepare and process what you are embarking upon. Please keep both of us in your daily prayers as well.

Here in Austin we have had record high temps that have left many of us parched and thirsty for places just like Pennsylvania! There will be several Texas gals coming who I know will welcome this wonderful reprieve from the heat...

I can see many of you in my mind clicking away at your computers after reading this newsletter booking the best flight for your arrival! I see the cracks of smiles in your faces as you think about the getaway, as you contemplate the beautiful women (from many parts of the US and one all the way from Canada) that you are on the verge of meeting... coupled with a bit of stress knowing that you still have things to do in order to leave. BUT the ability to have these days of pure bliss... writing, worshipping, wondering... mmmmm... mmmmm... soaking it all in is what propels you onward. Ahh... to write and dream and listen to the Holy Spirit's leading.

I can't wait to see each of your faces and I can't wait to hear about all that the Lord propels you to write!

We only have three slots left, so be sure to let your girl friends know if they want to join you. Have them go to the website at www.WomenOfPassionatePurpose.com to register and pay.

Writing & Worshipping,
Kathryn

COME TO OUR FALL CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S WRITING RETREAT! SEPTEMBER 21ST - 25TH, 2009

DO YOU HAVE A SONG IN YOUR HEART TO WRITE?

A small seed of a book that is within you desperate to be birthed?

Poems to share? Devotionals to bring hope?

Could it be a Bible study you have been putting off?

Perhaps it is a special children's book that has been rising up within you!

Songs to sing in praise to our King,

Pages to turn, Passages to scribble,

Quotes to Quote!

Whether you are a beginning or experienced writer, you will be welcomed to this haven where pens are whirling and twirling on the pages all around...

Join us for a Christian Writes Retreat for Women during the breath taking months of Fall in Mt. Bethel, PA. Enjoy this rare opportunity to settle into a week of deep writing, fellowship and workshops from September 21st - 25th, 2009. You will find plenty of quiet time and sacred space to strengthen and enhance your writing practice, to reach desired goals and to explore your relationship to yourself and your connection to God.

RETREAT HOSTS - WOMEN OF PASSIONATE PURPOSE:

KATHRYN BONNER: Author of "CONFESSIONS OF A PASTOR'S WIFE" - Speaker, Life Purpose Coach, Life Plan Facilitator, Pastor's wife and Writer.

MARYKAY MOORE: Speaker, Life Purpose Coach, Life Plan Facilitator, Assoc Pastor, Spiritual Director and Writer.

REGISTER ON LINE AT

http://www.womenofpassionatepurpose.com/

Woman of God, Have a WRITING ASSIGNMENT from God you're running from? Run no more -RETREAT WITH US... www.WomenOfPassionatePurpose.com

“A poem begins with a lump in the throat.” –Robert Frost -- Join us for Christian Women's Writers Retreat: www.WomenOfPassionatePurpose.com