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Excellent Wanda. I have came to the same conclusion after burning myself out many times. There is certainly rest in surrender 🙏 and much more peace.
Yes, Wanda, we all need this Word today! Let’s sing, “I SURRENDER ALL!” The Lord wants us to rest in Him and that is literal as well and to have great JOY, to laugh (it is the best medicine) and quit striving, because Holy Spirit is the One to move; we are to pray and ask and then leave it to Yeshua. Have a great First Friday of the month!
That was so good! I have been tired lately! Thank you for sharing this possibility!
Dear Wanda:
The wisdom God is giving you, is showing through your most recent posts!
My dear sister, that is what you are gifted in.
Encouraging, truthful, wisdom-filled posts.
Denise E.
Yes. God bless you, Wanda.
Thanks for being so transparent and honest with yourself, God, and us. Your words draw me to humbly admit I too often have Jesus as a participant in my life, not the director.
Thank you, good word for all. Blessings.
Thank you Wanda. This is what I’ve been going through. So much stress that it has taken a toll onmy body. I needed to get back to singing and dancing before the Lord only. That’s the only time I am truly happy.
I have so much on my plate
Thank you… much needed words. I have been struggling with loosing “independence and control,” perceived or real. coming with old age. Now seeing it as selfish ego. Opps!!! well, you shed light on my struggle. So here goes. “Let go and let God.” Breathe ! Amen Praise GOD and Thank you. BLESSINGS…
Wanda,
Your words deeply strike me. I appreciate your vulnerability in sharing your struggles, as it instructs us to our own vulnerabilities. The foundation of everything you said is the letter to the church at Ephesus. It is the centrality of our love in and for Jesus Christ. We are all vulnerable to losing our focus, with everything’s priority resting in the love of Christ. We eat from the Tree of Life that is in the Paradise of God. That is His Presence, and as we sit under the Tree of Life, and rest in His Presence, we find our home place. He is our strength.
Wow, what a messsge, Wanda! Just what I needed to hear! I so appreciate your transparency and honesty and I agree with Denise … “ the wisdom God is giving you in your more recent posts” is impacting lives and I am so so grateful! I have notebooks full of all your writings and refer to them often. You have truly been an inspiration to me since @ 2014. I have learned so much from your writings and I love sharing them with others!
Blessings and prayers,
This really resonated with me today. I too have been feeling burned out. The Lord told me to stop trying to perform for him, and that he loves me and wants me to be carefree. You are a blessing. Thanks for your vulnerability.
Wanda, this is a lovely post. You always sound so perfect, (not that you are saying your are, at all.) So wise, so together, so knowledgeable, and now, so human. Bless, bless, bless you. I couldn’t, in a million years, do what you do. It consoles me that there is someone who can, and does; that is you Wanda. I bet the Lord is giving you such an enormous hug right now.
I get to write a few lines for our church newsletter. One of the readings this week is Ecclesiastes 1: 2. 2: 21-23
What does a man gain for all his toil?
Vanity. Vanity of vanities, the Preacher says. Vanity of vanities. All is vanity!
For so it is that a man who has laboured wisely, skilfully and successfully must leave what is his own to someone who has not toiled for it at all. This, too, is vanity and great injustice; for what does he gain for all the toil and strain that he has undergone under the sun?
What of all his laborious days, his cares of office, his restless nights? This, too, is vanity.
Well, I don’t really see it as vanity. I mean, this man laboured wisely, skilfully and successfully. But, there is another message there.
This is what I wrote;
Ever had the feeling you are not in control? This has been a week when plans fell apart, changed, re-changed and then new, surprising ones, successfully glided into place. We are often not in control, as in Ecclesiastes, but we are known to the One who is. More importantly, He is devoted to us. Hold the reins of life lightly and trust His ways when He sets them in motion.
Basically, let Him carry the weight. Stand back and be loved when you need it. Don’t be so dutiful that you are not carried. We appreciate you Wanda. We really do.
Thanks for your transparency. I believe that a willingness to be transparent is one of the many dividing lines for leaders in these days. Well written.
Wonderful testimony, Wanda. Much of my walk has been in the prophetic. I was in this before I knew what it was. In 1982, I was confirmed a prophet, a title I have downplayed and would rather be termed as a son of God. It has been quite a journey that has caused my hair to turn grey. The burden of what I have seen at times caused me great physical and emotional stress. Twenty years ago, I fell into a depression. There was abuse that took place. I ride motorcycles, and what I know of the biker gangs, there was more loyalty than what I found in the church, especially among the leaders. No one went after another biker’s woman. I found this not to be true in some churches. After a situation of disloyalty from a friend and pastor, I ended up in a psych ward for weeks. I was told I would never be able to work again. I did come out of it, and all is good. I had to dump a whole lot of stuff. People I ministered to and learn a new way to walk in grace. Wanda, there is the church that was and the one that is to come. Do you think perhaps God wants you to let go of the church that was and reach for the church He is building, much in the invisible realms, but soon to bring it into our natural walk. You are a prophet. Hebrews 6 talks of a gate past the elementary teaching. This is the gate of future power coming to the church. Perhaps this is your time for this.
Thank You For your transparency.
Every confession you made,I made also as best I could.
August 10, 2025, at 3:45 EST, GOD has kept me Keith Marcellus Jones, SAVED for 52 years.Glory to God.He is Faithful!!!!!!!!!!!!