WELL ITS BEEN SOME TIME SINCE IVE PUT MY WORDS TO USE ON THIS HANDY LITTLE BLOG, BUT I MUST .....
ITS BEEN QUITE CRAZY IN LUMINATE LAND... WE ALL HAVE BEEN SUPER BUSY LATELY, WRITING IN NASHVILLE AND TRAVELING SOME WHAT... IN FACT LAST WEEK WE WERE ALL IN A DIFFERENT STATE...AND OUR BROTHER DUSTY IS IN ANOTHER COUNTRY RIGHT NOW...WE MISS HIM DEARLY
I HAVE TO SAY GOD IS SMILING DOWN RIGHT NOW, AS A RUN AROUND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT JUST WHAT HE IS DOING. IF YOU EVER HAVE HAD YOUR MIND MADE UP OR THOUGHT TO YOURSELF " HERE IS WHAT GOD IS GOING TO DO" AND THEN YOU SLOWLY FIGURE OUT THAT HE IS TAKING YOU RIGHT BACK TO THE START.... HMMM THATS MY LIFE ABOUT NOW... COULDNT BE BETTER THOUGH.. I SEEM TO FIND EVERYDAY THAT GOD MUST BE THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING... EVERYTHING...EVERYTHING...EVERYTHING.. OH THAT SAYING , WHAT IS IT....TRUST... TRUSTING GOD... BELIEVING WHAT HE TOLD YOU
IN MY CASE... IVE SEEN THE VISION OF WHAT HE HAS FOR ME .. NOW I JUST HAVE TO BELIEVE IT.. LIVE IT... AND PURSUE IT...
FOR YOU WHO READ THIS I DONT HAVE CRAZY STORIES OR EXPERIENCES FOR THIS SEASON... JUST THE DRY TIME IN A VALLEY LIKE MOST OF YOU... AND TO WHERE AND WHAT I DO WITH THIS.... THAT IS MY COMMON WORD TO ALL... IT IS IN THIS TIME THAT MOST OF US TURN BACK TO WHAT WE ALWAYS HAVE... WE KNOW THE LORD HAS SHOWED US SOMETHING GREAT.. SOMETHING THATS ALMOST A FAIRY TALE SKETCHED DREAM.. WE TEND TO FORGET THAT WHAT HE SHOWED US WAS REAL... AND IS REAL.. THAT TIME WHEN YOU FELT HIM BREATH ON YOU... YOU KNEW IT WAS HIM.. AND FOR .. THAT SPLIT SECOND.. THOSE WORDS BECAME SO REAL... " I HAVE PLANS TO PROSPER YOU.. PLANS TO GIVE YOU LIFE ... PLANS TO OPEN YOUR EYES TO WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN SO BLIND TO.. FOR SO LONG" ... YOU KNEW THIS IS MEANT FOR YOU.. YOU KNEW THAT MORE THAN ANYTHING ... THIS... THIS IS REAL!!
I AM NOT A GREAT WRITER, NOR A GREAT PERSON OF HUGE WORDS AND ARTISTIC STATEMENTS... BUT I AM REAL.. AND I TOO.. HAVE FELT HIM BREATH ON ME.. I WRITE TODAY TO ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO READS THIS BLOG OUT OF PURELY JUST BEING BORD... OR BECAUSE YOU CARE ABOUT CODY FRANK CLARK.. OR ABOUT THE GUYS OF LUMINATE.."WHICH I TRULY AM THANKFUL FOR" THAT MAYBE YOU TOO.. HAVE FELT THIS BREATHE .. AND NOW YOU ARE IN THE VALLEY AS WELL
THIS IS THE TIME ... THE TIME THAT MATTERS THE MOST.. I CANT EMPHASIZE THAT ENOUGH.. WHAT GOD WILL SHOW YOU NOW... IF YOU JUST CONTINUE TO TRUST HIM... WILL BRING ALL TRUTH AND REALITY BACK TO WHAT HE ONCE BREATHED IN YOU.. HIS TOUCH IS REAL.. I TOO AM EXPERIENCING THE VALLEY MY FRIEND.. NOTHING IS WRONG.. NOTHING IS BAD.. JUST THE TIME OF WAITING TO SEE THIS VISION COME TO LIFE.. BUT TO LIVE THIS VISION AND WHAT HE SPOKE.. I MUST LIVE THE VALLEY AS IF IT IS THE VISION!!
I HOPE ALL OF YOU WHO ARE IN AN AREA OF GROWING AND TRUSTING THE LORD FIND HOPE IN THIS... THAT HE WANTS TO PROSPER YOU .. HE WANTS TO BRING THAT VISION TO LIFE.. BUT HE WANTS YOU TO TRUST HIM.. MARINATE IN HIM... AND LET HIM MOLD U... US ..
I LOVE YOU ALL....
YOUR FAVORITE GUITAR PLAYER IN LUMINATE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STAGE CODY
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Meaningful meandering Cody! I know that valley well, but you are right that it can be a place of growth, and that we are called to live the vision even in the valley. It's like the scripture that talks about living like citizens of heaven while we are still here on earth. I'm living in some positive changes this month, but God keeps showing me a dream for some time in my future. Still praying for all of you. Thanks for the encouragement.
You know, I don't know you, but something you said about just being a dry season like most of us struck a cord.
A few months ago, I was just getting home late one night from babysitting, and it started raining just as I pulled into the driveway. I started to run inside, but decided to stay out for a little bit. I stood under a big pecan tree close to the house, which kept me from getting wet. Then, I just started talking to God.
I told Him about my day, thanked Him for some things He'd done for me that day, sang to Him a little.....Then I just begged Him to speak to me. I was so tired, and so frustrated from not hearing His voice in so long that I just cried out to Him. He told me to go stand in the street.
So I did. I walked through my yard in the pouring rain and stood right in the middle of the road. It took me a minute to realize that I wasn't getting wet anymore. It was raining 6 feet around me in all directions, but not on me. I looked up, and directly above me was a small hole where the clouds had parted, and I could see the stars. Through the rain and thunder...I could see stars.
I took that night as God's promise of protection in the midst of any storm...A promise that, even when I can't hear His voice, He'll be there. He'll part the clouds...He'll be my hope.
And He's proven that real over and over...More times than I'm even aware of, I'm sure. So, I look forward to the rain.
Alz
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