22/03/2021
“Hope Diamond”
Part 2
She leans in, and with a slight giggle in her voice and says, “The quietness isn’t because we don’t know what to say, it’s because the spotlight is on you, the Lord says. — He’s letting you stand in the spotlight... relax in the spotlight, get used to the spotlight.” This is just the a small part of the prophetic word that was given to me that beautiful night, I’m sure you will be writing more in the future.
Days later on February 5th - It was a Monday, “Manic Monday. My emotions were swirling and I just couldn’t get them under control. I quickly realized that I was starting the grieving process of the life I’d lost. The reality of the man I was once married to was no longer there. My future was so uncertain, I didn’t know what I was going to do for work, or how I’d make money to provide for me and the boys.
I often say, “I was a kept woman, kept in the dark.” Until the day came it was all brought out into the light. The divorce brought our financial situation to light. Scared and so uncertain about my future...How was I ever going to make it on a hairdressers income, pay the bills, taxes, insurance, etc? It was a mess. I was about to hit the wall in more ways then one. I was watching both of my grandsons on this day and did something I really never do, I took a NAP. When I placed them down for a nap, I laid down too. As my eyes closed, I instantly saw these giant words, like words on a computer screen but they were HUGE...the FONT was BIG! They weren't just any’o words. They were the words from the whole prophetic word about the spotlight and much more. I was like God, what is this? What are you showing me? He said, “I’m making my words BIG in you. They will be your reality. They are more real to you then the truth you are living in. Come along side my people, and I’ll come along side of you. Take care of my people and I’ll take care of you.” I said, this is good and all, but how is this going to pay my bills?! I felt Him smile and the next thing I knew, I was waking up from what was the most rest I’d had in a few years. My Father’s words are branded in my heart and mind. It was time to take a deep dive into more revelation of meaning.
Let’s start here... He said, “I’m making my words BIG in you. They will be your reality. They are more real to you then the truth you are living in”.
John 8:32 says, For you will know the truth and the truth will set you free. The Greek word for “TRUTH” here means REALITY. Who is the only one that has real reality about our lives? Jesus does. You have your “truth/reality”, they have their “truth/reality”, and then there is real reality...Jesus, He's the one that knows what really happened. He's the only one that can change your reality. In other words we can say it like this...For if you embrace REAL REALITY, REAL REALITY will release more freedom into your lives. Embracing God’s REALITY as the ULTIMATE TRUTH, His REALITY will allow you to make peace with your past and lay it to rest so you can live the rest of your life in peace.
This prophetic word was a Kaleidoscope turn for me. It was a truth that I was living in the brutality of a messy divorce, BUT the TRUTH is that the REAL REALITY is my life is BEAUTIFUL.
Which do you want? Your Truth or His Reality? I want His REALITY. It’s the right one. God is the only one that has the Right Reality of your beautiful life. The truth is your past was BRUTAL. You did experience the hurt, the pain. You were wounded. You were abandoned, abused, alone, and rejected, but the reality is God was there. The truth was I did go through abuse on many levels. I went through the trauma of dealing with an addict. Every story I tell is true, I lived it. I experienced it, but Gods Reality was and is for me to be free from that truth. His reality is for me to live in total freedom. His reality is exceedingly, abundantly, above all I could ever ask, think, or hope for. Far beyond what I could ever dream, wish or imagine. I want God’s reality. I want His perspective. I want His heart. I want Him to turn the Kaleidoscope of my perspective and I want to see my life His way, and He will do it for you too.
“You come along side My people and I’ll come along side of you. Take care of My people and I’ll take care of you.” When I laid down that day and intentionally began to replay these words in my head. I asked God about the spotlight. God what is this spotlight? God what do You mean when You say, you come along side My people and I’ll come along side of you; take care of My people and I’ll take care of you?
When I do research and study, I open my heart to wherever I’m lead. I found a blog called “The 11’s”. It seemed kinda random, but as I kept reading it quotes 2 Corinthians 1:3-5 in the Message, and it says, “God of all healing counsel! He comes alongside us when we go through hard times, and before you know it, He brings us alongside someone else who is going through hard times so that we can be there for that person just as God was there for us.” Jaw dropping moment! God, etch this into my identity, this is what I want to be and this is me.
I don’t know what the spotlight is exactly, it’s still unfolding, but I do believe it’s attached to coming along side the broken, the hurting, the lost, the bound, the captive, and the abused. It’s my calling, my purpose and my destiny. I’ve come to discover that I’m kinda like a Highlighter. When my world collides with yours, you get highlighted. The God in me, hits the God light in you, and discovery of beautiful things begin to happen for the both of us.
There is not a day that goes by that I don’t see someone being highlighted, and I get to experience the awaking moments with them. I get to watch as the spotlight shines down on them, and they see a glimpse of the invisible story that God is writing for them.
As you are reading this blog, this is my hope for you that the spotlight of real reality will hit your heart like light hits a diamond and radiates massive amounts of BEAUTIFUL COLOR out of your heart.
Rachel B...
Xoxo!
