Dear Mothers,
After a night in prayer, this morning the Lord reminded me of when I was pregnant with Jimmy. I had to go to the Free Clinic for my check-ups. The doctors there would tell me I was very small and wondered if Jimmy would be premature. But in about my eighth month, a more experienced doctor checked me and said I was fine. He sat back in his chair and said, "You aren't too small -- you just carry your baby like a lady!" The Lord reminded me of this as I prayed this morning. And the Lord spoke to me about long suffering being a fruit of the Spirit. I mean we can pray day and night when we are pregnant but we won't have our baby until the Lord says it's time. It takes about 9 months and if he comes any sooner than that, the baby isn't full term or ready.
In the beginning, folks who really know the Lord told me, "This may take a while with Mary." Jill and MaryL, who are mature Christians, said that, too. But I thought, "Man, I can't take this for 5 minutes, let alone a year or more." I mean I hear so much teaching on Now faith. But that means you get the faith in your heart but the timing is God's. And the Lord speaks to me, "Connie, don't let the devil see ya sweat. Carry this burden like a lady." Well I am tryin', Lord!
Ya know we plant the Word in the ground. But we don't want to leave it alone and let it grow. We run out and dig it up to see if it is growing, huh? But along with long suffering and patience, we need self control. I mean wouldn't you hate to see a criminal comin' at ya with confidence and a willingness to never give up? Well, as we become this way to Satan, we scare him to DEATH. He knows we are confident and orderly in our attacks on him. We are calculating and full of wit in battle. Smart, cutting edge, not skittish but "head strong." Full of the Word in season and out of season. We carry a heavy burden but we carry it like a lady. We refuse to bow to the devil or give him a place in our hearts. We don't have to bow and won't. We come at our foe silently and slowly. Confident and full of self control. Our Sword is gleaming in the noonday Son. Our shield is our covering. We are not guilt ridden as the blood is our Salvation. We are covenant women. We are headstrong with a helmet of salvation. We are visionaries and our mind is full of His presence and our hair is wet with anointing. On our loins (our wombs) we are girt with truth. This concerns the teachings on Keepers at Home. Babies and submission to husband. Our feet are shod with the preparation of Gospel of peace. Now if you were the devil, wouldn't you be afraid of a woman comin' at you who looked like that? Well, we ain't supposed to be afraid of the devil -- he is supposed to be afraid of us. And as we fight the fear, we fight Satan's control over us. And when we refuse to fear, we are home free.
As Mothers of faith, we must carry our burdens with grace from Jesus. I know so many will say, "Give your burdens to the Lord." But as the scriptures say, when all the babies were killed under 2 years old when Jesus was born, the Mothers could not be comforted. Any Mother with a child who is being held captive by sin can't just give her burdens to the Lord. All she can do is carry her burden like a lady. As a queen fighting for her people. She cannot be comforted until she sees His glory. Any Mother who is totally at peace over her wayward children won't fight for them and won't see His glory. Those who don't weep for the lost have no value in God. Without passion, a war cannot be waged or fought. But the Lord is showing me to quit shooting off cannons and stand strong with the full armor, fully confident that the war set before us is hard, but God is harder.
We have marching orders from the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. He will fight our battles. Faith is the Victory that overcomes the world.
Love,
Connie
