Category: beauty
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Receiving Esther’s Garments
By Kathi Pelton During this time of Purim, I have been meditating on the Book of Esther. As I have read this book over and over again. The part that has stood out to me more than any other part begins in Esther 2:15. “Esther was the daughter of Abihail, who was Mordecai’s uncle. (Mordecai…
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I Saw a Great Washing and Refreshing
By Kathi Pelton As we all know 2020 was a year of extremes. Many experienced extreme losses and at the same time many in the Church experienced extreme transformations. But, without a doubt, all of us were subject to the deep darkness of evil that was revealed and vile accusations that came from the evil…
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Leaning On Your Beloved
By Kathi Pelton Yesterday I was on a Zoom call and a beautiful discussion began regarding the words in Song of Solomon 8:5 that says, “Who is this coming up from the wilderness leaning on her beloved?” We shared deep things about how 2020 has brought the Ecclesia globally into a desert place where He…
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Rise Up My Love…Your Spiritual Winter is Over
By Kathi Pelton I awoke this morning with the sweetest scent wafting through my room. I immediately began to see in my spirit lilies, roses and fresh baked pastries. The atmosphere was filled with His goodness and the sweetness of His love. Everything felt fresh and new. Then I heard the familiar words from Song…
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Stop and Look Up
By Kathi Pelton Last night we spend the evening at friend’s house who live out in the country. As we shared dinner and fellowship on their deck, “creation began to reveal God’s glory!” It began with the most glorious clouds which took on a vibrant pink glow as the sun lowered in the sky. Then…
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Enter In
By Kathi Pelton When guests come to our front door I want them to feel as though they’ve come home. Not merely coming as a visitor but as a member of our family. I intentionally create a welcoming walkway, front porch and front door. Then, when they enter I want them greeted with honor, warmth,…
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The Alabaster Wineskin
By Kathi Pelton For two months now I have been seeing in my spirit the new wineskin but had no words to describe what I was seeing other than to say it was seamless and the word, “Oneness” was the best representation of what I was seeing. Then, yesterday I was caught completely by surprise…
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May Is A Time To Blossom! June Is A Time of Revealing!
By Kathi Pelton The word “blossom” has been one of my quarantine words. Why? Well, as we all began to cover our faces and separate from one another I began to see a picture emerging of a flower bud—closed and hidden—then, as the earth slept it opened up in all of it’s beauty and brilliance…
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It’s No Longer Time To Survive But It’s Time To Thrive
By Kathi Pelton I often think that we aren’t aware of when we begin living out of a 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑒𝑡. It is like an old default setting that was hardwired into our souls that we depend upon when things around us begin to be out of our ability to control them. For me, I learned…
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𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗜𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀- 𝗔 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗼𝘆 𝗜𝘀 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗧𝗼 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗨𝗽!
By Kathi Pelton “Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. Those who go out weeping,carrying seed to sow,will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them.” Psalm 126:5-6 As I meditated on these two verses the Lord highlighted the portion that says, 𝑇ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜…
Oceans in the Desert 