Flow

Hi Friends!

What would it feel like to flow through life like a river? To flow in and flow out of each project, relationship, even to flow into and out of sleep?

God has been speaking to me a lot about partnering with Him and cooperating. He has also been showing me water and rivers.

First of all, I wasn’t even aware that I wasn’t cooperating. What a good Father we have that He showed me the places He wants me to be with Him. Obedience. Living for Him in all aspects of my life. Wanting to hear Him say, “Well done.” Making His heart happy and bringing Heaven to Earth.

One of the places He wants to be honored is with my finances. Now, I am a radical giver. I love to give. Jeremy and I tithe and we love to go above and beyond to bless others. The area where I am lacking is in the receiving. Giving and Receiving go hand in hand. I plain suck at receiving! If someone compliments me, I brush it off instead of receiving. If someone helps me unexpectedly, I don’t know how to react. My brain does not compute. The flow of giving and receiving isn’t operating the way it was meant to. The root of this is ultimately pride. I have this mentality that I can do it all myself and would rather die than ask for help. Come on, Tahnee!

I had to be good at receiving help when I was sick. Then somewhere over the last few years, I went back to my “I don’t need help” attitude of living. It wasn’t until recently that God showed me this is an area I need to let go of.

How loved are we that the King of the Universe will show us what we need to do if only we seek Him.

Now, for the river and water part. I see a large river and my heart is in the middle of it. It flows down, through my heart and out. This is how Giving and Receiving should be. A constant flow.

I’m going to be working on the receiving part of this. What about you? Is this something that resonates with you?

If you want to work on the giving part, I saw today that my friend Hannah Perry is looking for donations so she can go to YWAM. Pray about it, share it on the socials. Hannah graduated high school last year and she is so meant to be a missionary. She is on fire for Jesus! Here is her donation link:

https://www.spotfund.com/story/12db20e0-c9a7-4d7d-af4d-e3ce175d6a1a?SFID=31DC43

If you are like me and need to work on the receiving, please know you are not alone in this! Be aware of when you need help and when you receive, don’t stomp it down. Know it is straight from God and raise a Hallelujah!

Keep the flow going through your heart like a river.

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Love you,

Tahnee

6 thoughts on “Flow”

  1. Dear friend – I learned this lesson a long time ago when someone offered to help me and I refused. That friend quickly rapped me on the knuckles by saving “Why are you refusing me and robbing me of my blessing?” I quickly learned that in refusing I am robbing the giver their glorious reward.

    If God has laid something on a person’s heart to help another the receiver has no right to refuse them their blessing. Changed my thinking after that. Hugs my sweet friend!

    1. Totally! I don’t want to be robbed of blessing others and I have no right to rob others from blessing me. It’s so good!!!!

  3. This does resonate with me. Thankful for the people God places into our lives at just the times we need them. God is so good. I love you 💕

  4. Aww, His good and faithful servant – that’s SO who you are. Always there and helping others.

    I love everything you wrote and I love you!

  5. Tahnee, as always you are just so Amazing!!!! God is good. If we do listen to him, he does direct us every day in our lives. I always had a hard time also excepting help for anything, I have now learned that you actually hurt people by denying them their help. It’s a lesson everyone should learn. Love reading your blogs. Blessings to you…..Love you to the moon and back forever and always

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