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Thursday, May 29, 2025

Strength disguised as weakness



Fragile seedling reaches up to the sun as a loving hand drips water onto it


The world values might, intelligence, and self-sufficiency, but I do not. My Kingdom is upside down—where the weak are strong (2 Corinthians 12:10), where the foolish confound the wise (1 Corinthians 1:27-29), and where the powerless inherit My strength. Even on earth, I was despised and rejected—a Man of Sorrows, well acquainted with grief (Isaiah 53:3). But sorrow was not defeat. Suffering, endured with faith, leads to glory and redemption.

My beloved child, rest in your limitations. Though I am all-powerful, spanning eternity, you are finite—and that is no flaw. Weakness is not a deficiency, but a vessel through which My power flows. I have designed it this way—strength disguised as frailty, victory hidden within surrender.

I was crucified in weakness (2 Corinthians 13:4) yet raised in power. The cross looked like failure but became the greatest victory of all time (Colossians 2:15). Strength is perfected in weakness—this is My pattern.

So if you feel frail, if you feel small, if you feel incapable—you are exactly where I move most powerfully. Rest in your weakness, and let Me be your strength (Psalm 28:7).

"Do you believe this?" (John 11:26) Leave a comment below—your thoughts matter.

AUTHOR’S NOTE: I personally have struggled with weakness and failure because I have rheumatoid arthritis and stage 4 kidney disease, as well as other conditions. But Christ has used my suffering to draw me into vital intimacy with Himself which has given me the ability to create this blog. If you feel you can’t make an impact, remember that is not from God. He will use you where you are, how you are. 


With love beyond measure,


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Sunday, May 25, 2025

Finding God in the Beauty of the Now


Find God in the now. He is the "I AM"—present within you and around you. Open your heart, breathe, and seek Him in life's beauty today.

With love beyond measure,



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Thursday, May 22, 2025

Love: The Flame of the Soul

 

A WWII soldier in a foxhole, with a look of intense compassion, trying to nurse a newborn kitten with a dropper full of milk

Faith is not so much believing as receiving. When you put your faith in Me, My love and My beauty get inside you and shake up your thinking and your perspectives, for the better. When you receive My love, you begin to be able to love those around you—even those EGR souls (Extra Grace Required) who are so difficult to love. My infinite love will flow through you to them.

Just as love can makeover an unlovely soul when one human being loves another. How much exponentially greater can My love transform your soul, you’re very self. In the same way, as Sleeping Beauty was awakened by the kiss of the Prince, so too does My love awaken the sleeping soul—transforming you from darkness into life and love. I am the Holy Prince, and My kiss is not of fleeting romance, but of eternal redemption. Let My light awaken your heart. Let your heart swell with My love. The more it does, the more you will become a vessel—a conduit of My love flowing through you. 

You do not need to strive or struggle—only rest in My love. Light your candle, surrender to My grace, and let My love flow through you, bringing light to a darkened world.


With love beyond measure,



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Monday, May 19, 2025

A Shadow No More: Stepping into Your Identity in Christ

This post was published before but the video was unknowingly cut off. Here is the complete video:


Step out of darkness and into Light. Discover God’s transforming love and embrace your new identity in Christ—fully forgiven, fully renewed

With love beyond measure,



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Thursday, May 1, 2025

Cease Striving and Swim Free



Consider this: If you truly believed that 
resting in Me was the most powerful act of obedience, 
how would your life transform?


With love beyond measure,


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Monday, March 31, 2025

Freedom From the Hamster Wheel of Life


Is this your life?

Are you weary from the relentless pursuit of doing more, achieving more, and being more? Many of My beloved children are on the brink of exhaustion, caught in a cycle of overcommitment, sleepless nights, and emotional turmoil. You have heard it said, “If the Enemy can’t keep you from doing good things, he’ll get you doing too many good things.”


It’s a common belief that true obedience means trying harder and relentlessly working for Me. But, “anyone who enters My rest also rests from his own work, just as I did from Mine” (Hebrews 4:10). And John 6:29 declares, “This is the only work I want from you: Believe in the one I have sent.”It’s a common belief that true obedience means trying harder and relentlessly working for Me. But, “anyone who enters My rest also rests from his own work, just as I did from Mine” (Hebrews 4:10). And John 6:29 declares, “This is the only work I want from you: Believe in the one I have sent.”

I dwell within your heart, but do you ever wonder what I am doing there? I long to see through your eyes, touch through your hands, and love through your will and emotions. I yearn to live My life through your heart and body. I want you to be a window through which My Light shines, drawing others to Me with love.



Rest is not a passive activity; it requires surrender. It is the willingness to abandon self-effort and live by

Faith Makes You Good







And even the faith that gains my acceptance is a gift from me. (Eph 2:7-9)

Love,







About the author

About the Author:
Cyndi is a spiritual writer with a heart for grace and freedom in Christ. Through poetic reflections and scripture-rooted devotionals, she invites readers into rest and relationship. She lives in Florida with her husband of 37 years and their dog, Smudge. Learn more →