Cisterns/ blackhole
I have seen a cistern on an old farm. It was a huge rock and cement container probably the size of a small bedroom. The water that ran off the roof of the farm house was directed by drain pipes into the cistern. During spring rains the water was collected in the cistern. Then used when needed in dry spells.
The Old Testament talks of BROKEN CISTERNS. They may hold a down pour of rain but it slowly or quickly (depending on the hole) drains out. When I've heard preachers say that as Christians we "leak" this is my MENTAL picture. The person with a huge gaping hole in their cistern are what I spoke of as having a "black hole". Fire hoses of water can pour in but it runs right out the hole. In a person's life these HUGE holes can come through very difficult early years when they were trying to become whole, circumstances or people kept blowing holes in their foundation stones. I have GREAT compassion for this difficulty!! There is something that can be done because our GOD is a REDEEMER! Trust me I have personal experience here!!
Listen to your inner conversations
Turn off that inner taperecorder of hopelessness and helplessness (start small-- 5 minutes is good) Cheer for your success--tell a confidant and let them cheer you on.
Replace it with some praise and thankfulness (if you can't think of anything positive--go to any Psalm that says "Praise the Lord" and think on what King David was thankful for)
Grab some promises -- Small ones we teach our kids -- Jesus LOVES me--God is GOOD --all the time--- learn your kids memory verses.
Take small steps --5 minutes a day of positive hopeful prayers --5 minutes of rejecting those negative voices. If you keep this up, time will eventually increase on it's own...you won't have to TRY to make it increase.
Listen to Mike Bickles 'Confident in love' 100 or 200 times if you need to-- 10 times is not enough as that only convinces your mind, YOUR HEART NEEDS TO LISTEN.
When you see, know, feel, the hurts of the broken places ----immediately invite GOD into that space. If you've never done this before--ask a friend to pray for Jesus to come and begin to heal the holes in your cistern. This is one of my great PASSIONS to see broken places healed. Sorry for being so wordy in this blog. And, by the way Cindy, you may have holes in your cistern like the rest of us---but I've seen 'black holes' and YOU do not fit the description.
The Old Testament talks of BROKEN CISTERNS. They may hold a down pour of rain but it slowly or quickly (depending on the hole) drains out. When I've heard preachers say that as Christians we "leak" this is my MENTAL picture. The person with a huge gaping hole in their cistern are what I spoke of as having a "black hole". Fire hoses of water can pour in but it runs right out the hole. In a person's life these HUGE holes can come through very difficult early years when they were trying to become whole, circumstances or people kept blowing holes in their foundation stones. I have GREAT compassion for this difficulty!! There is something that can be done because our GOD is a REDEEMER! Trust me I have personal experience here!!
Listen to your inner conversations
Turn off that inner taperecorder of hopelessness and helplessness (start small-- 5 minutes is good) Cheer for your success--tell a confidant and let them cheer you on.
Replace it with some praise and thankfulness (if you can't think of anything positive--go to any Psalm that says "Praise the Lord" and think on what King David was thankful for)
Grab some promises -- Small ones we teach our kids -- Jesus LOVES me--God is GOOD --all the time--- learn your kids memory verses.
Take small steps --5 minutes a day of positive hopeful prayers --5 minutes of rejecting those negative voices. If you keep this up, time will eventually increase on it's own...you won't have to TRY to make it increase.
Listen to Mike Bickles 'Confident in love' 100 or 200 times if you need to-- 10 times is not enough as that only convinces your mind, YOUR HEART NEEDS TO LISTEN.
When you see, know, feel, the hurts of the broken places ----immediately invite GOD into that space. If you've never done this before--ask a friend to pray for Jesus to come and begin to heal the holes in your cistern. This is one of my great PASSIONS to see broken places healed. Sorry for being so wordy in this blog. And, by the way Cindy, you may have holes in your cistern like the rest of us---but I've seen 'black holes' and YOU do not fit the description.
posted by Bev at 8:08 AM
