Extracts of Truth & Encouragement from a Growth Journey with God
Posted on January 13, 2023 by Michelle Taylor Baum
It was nearing the end of the season. A snow storm was coming toward California, and the time was now. Alex Honnold (Free Solo climber and the first person to climb Yosemite’s El Capitan without a safety rope) and Emily Harrington (five-time US Sport-Climbing… Continue Reading “Words and Hearts: On a Cliff Edge or Plummeting Down the Mountain?”
Category: MeaningTags: Acceptable, Allowed, Appropriate, Blameless, Cleanse, Cliff, Concentrated, Continuous, Control, Danger, Declare, Edge, Eternal, Everywhere, Feelings, God's Glory, Heart, Jesus, Limits, LORD, Mountain, Offering, Private, Public, Reason, Redeemer, Refuge, Sacrifice, Safety, Saved, Savior, Self-Existent, Thorough, Thoughts, Trouble, Understanding, Weightiness, Will, Words
Posted on February 5, 2022 by Michelle Taylor Baum
It was 4:45 a.m. when I woke from a dream. I don’t remember what I dreamed, but I do remember vividly how tightly clenched my fists were in the dream…and when I woke up…so much so that my hands hurt. It took a conscious… Continue Reading “Clenched Fist or Open Hand?”
Posted on August 14, 2021 by Michelle Taylor Baum
I’ve been sitting with this for a couple weeks, now, and WOW! The LORD has given me a LOT to experience and observe!! In fact, one example is a statement, which was directly addressed to me! I’ve been known to tell my family and… Continue Reading “What are You Communicating?”
Category: LifeTags: Actions, Actions Display Our Hearts, Anger, Build Up, Change, Communicating, Communication, Control, Conversation, Death, Destructive, Discern, Evil, Foolish, Gossip, Guard, Helpful, Interjecting, Interrupting, Knowledge, Life, Listening, Loved, Offenses, Pleasant to Someone's Ears, Rash, Religion, Silence, Talk, Tongue, Wisdom, Words, Worthless
Posted on June 4, 2021 by Michelle Taylor Baum
It’s been said that after a husband and wife have been married for a long time, they start to look like each other. Maybe it’s especially so, if they’re best friends, as it’s also been said that best friends’ faces start to look alike!… Continue Reading “Transformed or Conformed?”
Category: God's Word, MeaningTags: Adonai, Behavior, Conform, Control, Decision, GOD of Gods, God's Authority, Identified With, Look Like, LORD, Master, Mind, Outward Form, Outward Results, Ruler, Sovereign, Spirit of God, Thoughts, Transformed, Words, Yahweh
Posted on February 16, 2021 by Michelle Taylor Baum
He had just left for a two-week long missions trip to another continent. The weeks leading up to my husband’s departure were excruciating, internally. There was SO much spiritual warfare going on; I could feel it, like a thick, heavy fog settling in. I… Continue Reading “Blessings: You Get and You Give”
Category: God's Word, MeaningTags: A Wonder, Adoration, Adore God, Agenda, Are Giving, At God's Feet, At Home, Bent Knees in Submission, Bent Knees in Worship, Bless, Bless God, Blessings, Blessings of God, Camp, Control, Controlled Energy, Dan, Decisive, Depend on God, Dependency on God, Don't Make Sense, Don't Seem Fair, Don't Seem Right, Encampment, Eshtaol, Experience, Foreshadowing, Getting, Given, God Showing Himself, God's Spirit, Hebrew, Honor, Honor God, Isn't Clear, Journey, Judgment, King of Kings, Kneel, Lay Down Agenda, Lay Down Control, Lay Down Pride, Leaving Home, Location, Melted, Move, Moved, One True God, Opportunities, Philistines, Place of Trust, Point of Dependency, Power of God, Praise, Praise God, Presence of God, Pride, Purpose, Push, Push in a Specific Direction, Received, Right Timing, Ropes, Rushing Upon, Samson's Dad, Say the Words, Snapped in Two, Spirit of God, Story, Supernatural, Thread, Tied, To My Knees, Tribe, Tribe of Dan, Trust, Urge to Do Something Specific, Vanished, Wage a War, Warnings, Worship, Worship God, Zorah
Posted on January 23, 2021 by Michelle Taylor Baum
It was the…I don’t know (I lost count)…time that I told him, “No,” and redirected him to something he could have. My patience was getting exercised, for sure! Our puppy is growing quickly and has found that it’s pretty easy for him to get… Continue Reading “Take a Look in the Mirror”
Category: KidsTags: Absolute Word, Acceptance, Annoyed, At Home, Bring God Glory, Cain, Cheerful, Choose, Choose Differently, Choose Otherwise, Choosing Well, Control, Decent Choice, Decision, Desire, Desire Arises, Desire to Control, Desire to Serve God, Discussions, Do the Opposite, Do Well, Do What We Shouldn't, Doing the Wrong Thing, Don't Act out of Emotions, Don't Do Well, Door, Door of Our Minds, Door of Your Soul, Ecstatic, Emotions, Entrance, Exercised, Face, Facial Expressions, Filter, Forgiveness, Frustrated, Genesis, Gently Guide, Goal, God's Design, God's Intension for Us, God's View of Wrong, Good Things, Happier, Honor God, I Do the Same Thing, Instruction, Know, Lay Down, Lifted Up, Listen the First Time, Look, Look at Decisions as a Whole, Look in the Mirror, Make Its Home, Make the Right Choice, Making a Mistake, Making an Error, Master It, Maturing, Missing the Mark, Morally Right Choices, More Optimistic, No, No One Listening, Not a Comparative View, Overwhelms, Patience, Pleased, Preparation, Proud, Puppy, Redirect, Redirected, Right Decisions, Showed, Shown Me the Best Way, Sin, Sin Lurks at the Door, Stand Firm, Target, The LORD, Thought, Thoughts, Told, Verse, Visibly Different, What God Thinks is Right, Will
Posted on December 19, 2020 by Michelle Taylor Baum
I know we have been marinating on a similar theme for three posts already, but the LORD has made it clear that He wants us to know Him for Who He is! Today, we are going to continue looking at Jesus, A Wonder–a name… Continue Reading “Wonder…Son Will Judge”
Category: God's WordTags: A Child is Born, A Son is Given, Abundance, Abundant Control, Abundant Peace, Alone, Angel of the LORD, Appeared, Attention, Authority, Awe, Body of Christ, Busy, Christ's Birth, Christ's Mission, Comparison, Confirm, Confusion, Constant Noise, Content, Control, Correlation, Counselor, Destructive, Do It Well, Encourage, Encourage One Another, Establish It, Everlasting, Everlasting Father, Father Time, Focused, Foreshadowing, Forever, God Answers Our Prayers, God Hears Our Prayers, God Shows Himself in a Way That was Clear to See, His Kingdom, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Joy, Joyful, Judge, Judgment, Justice, Know God, LORD of Hosts, Main Contact, Manoah, Manoah's Wife, Mighty God, Names of Jesus, Nazirite, Need to Do, Need to Know, No End, Order It, Originator of Time, Pray, Prayer, Prince of Peace, Quiet, Recognize Him, Rest, Serve God, Set Apart, Shoulder, Solely Focused, Son, Son of God, Source of Wisdom, Spirit of God, Stand in Awe, The Coming of Christ, Theophanic Angel, Trust, Want to Know, War, What God is Directing Us To Do, What Kind of a Man, What We Are Equipped For, What We Have Been Called To, Wisdom, Won't End, Wonder, Wonderful, Zeal