lys&ladies

It’s no surpise that Isaiah travels all the time, that is the call..the will of God…the sacrifice that we all signed up for very early on. This has been life (since even before we were married), and I pray that it continues to be our life. Traveling is hard (on everyone really) but seeing the reward is worth it all,  I know that sounds super cliche, but once you see tangible lives changed- nothing else compares. Now that we have children, things can tend to get a little messy when he’s gone- but in those times, I have to make a choice deep down in my soul- to go to the cross, and operate from the grace that God gives. I will never let, nor teach my children to complain, or be “upset that He has to leave“, yes we can be sad & miss him, but we must turn that sadness into joy and prayer. My children will know what it’s like to pray when you feel unsure, when you feel lonely or when you need something. Very early on in our marriage I found myself always answering questions from people like oh “how do you do it?” “how do you handle it” etc, and my response is always the same (I think i’ve even wrote about it before) I have my own relationship with God & I love Him more than I love Isaiah. I dont feel like my world ends when he leaves, I never feel like my life starts crumbling, I never feel like I cant “handle it” because God is always with me. My relationship is secure in God, my trust, comfort and hope is in Him alone and I know that no matter what storm we encounter, He is on the other side. My girls will learn (kinda over my dead body type thing) to put God first, to lean on Him for everything, to pray hard & love deep. If the call of God feels “more than you can handle by yourself” then you are probably exactly where God wants you. Just because life happens, kids happen, situations happen…doesn’t mean that you need to lose your fire and your passion. Children should make you feel more hungry for God, more dedicated to bringing the Truth into your house, more deep into prayer…and not running away or getting complacent. My kids do everything with me, they will never be an excuse as to why I “cant do” something for Christ. Your children can pray (and pray for others!), they can go to church with you (actually they shouldn’t have a choice because you’re the PARENT but thats for a different day hahaa) and hello, they can worship God!  I am no where near a professional, just giving helpful advice because I live this 24/7. In our ministry, we all started having kids at once, we ended up with like 13 toddlers and nothing for them to do but sit in prayer/meetings with us so I created a children’s ministry from scratch, not to push them aside or put them on the backburner, but simply to give them GOD AT THEIR LEVEL. Kids want God, they desire truth, but they also ‘do as they see done’ and if God isn’t a priority in your home, or to the parents, it’s very hard for the child to stay on fire (not impossible, but hard). My personality is very “I can handle it”, very type A, “be quiet and get it done/do what you’re supposed to” kinda thing, so raising weak women, weak children, weak ministry is never an option for me. My nino has told me since day one “Alyssa, our women must put down the purse & carry a sword” that was 6 years ago, and it’s still ever so true. There is no time to play the weak card, to feel defeated, to pray prayers and not even believe them, to make excuses as to why you “can’t”, to fall into sin, to get complacent, to let the devil make a mockery of you.

Get up, drink some coffee, pray and fight back. 

Even in the times that you don’t feel strong, you are strong.  All you need in this life is Jesus, and He will supply you the strength to run this race. Never complain about the call of God, because that might be the same day the anointing lifts off. Prayer is a treasure.

pep talk over,

xo, lys.