~Love Letter~
 
Trust and do not be afraid, for I, the Lord God, am your strength and song; yes, I have become your salvation. Think about this good Word. The more you trust and believe, the stronger you become.  When you are not afraid you can accomplish so much. Fear holds you back from doing the things I desire of you and from doing the things you desire of yourself.
 
Salvation is more than just saving you from your sin, that's just the beginning. Salvation is also confessing your faith in Me, sharing the gospel with those around you. It is also remaining faithful. This is an eye-opener for some who thinks they can do anything they want because of grace.
 
The Bible also says that salvation is a result of being sealed with the Holy Spirit. Now this is exciting. As you live and walk in Me, you will see different ways to express and receive salvation. Every time you overcome a difficulty, that is salvation. Every time you choose Me over the world, that is salvation.
 
Look at how this could work in your life. Salvation is also known as deliverance or redemption. Think of the meanings of those words and how it is continually working in your life. Salvation is a continual work in your life removing the old, the dead and producing life, and health.
 
Remember, Scripture tells you of My pruning of the vines to produce good fruit; this is also a part of salvation. Look at how good this will be for you when you begin to see new vines spring forth, to produce better fruit.
 
Beloved, isn't that what you want, better fruit with no fear pulling on you? 
 
 ~DebraDolce
 

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​During the rain, I had an incredibly long and stressful day beginning with a drive to my deposition that normally takes 50 minutes, but with the rain, it took over 2 hours! As I’m setting up, I’m realizing they have me sitting behind the witness, but I didn’t dare complain as I was late, and they were waiting. The deposition was filled with arguing and fast talking and by the end of it, I was physically and emotionally drained.

As I got on the freeway, in the rain, my first thought was I’m going to be late for my Connection Group. As my thoughts were speeding through my head faster than I was traveling, thinking of all I needed to do, including homework, I knew in my heart I’d have to pass on attending as I was depleted and would have nothing to offer and needed to just be…at home.
 
And while I knew that being with them would deposit into my soul, I knew my need to just be at home without any talking would deposit more into my well-being.
 
Friend sometimes life requires us to deposit into ourselves before we give to others.
 
Truthfully,
Kim-Evinda

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​Her head was spinning with details for the upcoming event, and she just couldn’t seem to stop it when she laid her head down to sleep.
 
Thanks for joining us for Wednesday’s Word with Kim-Evinda and Trench Classes United. Today’s blog is a great reminder that what concerns us shouldn’t consume us. 

Looking back through my journal this past week, reviewing the highs and lows, the lessons I’ve learned, those I’m still learning and even those I’m unlearning, I am pleasantly astounded at how He speaks to us through His Word, if we’ll only stop and listen.  And I don’t even know why I’m so surprised because He does it again and again, despite me😊
 
No matter what situation we find ourselves in, this verse I’d like to share is a powerful source of encouragement. It can be a life preserver out in the stormy seas of life, an anchor for our souls. What is so sovereign about this verse is it speaks to us differently EVERY time we read it. Why or how? Because life keeps happening and with life comes different storms of trials and circumstances.
 
Friend, may I encourage you to look at this verse, read it, then say it aloud again and again. I guarantee that when you do this and allow it to soak into your soul, it will bloom in your life:


Psalm 138:8: The Lord will perfect that which concerns me.
 
Now put the “thing that concerns you” in that portion of scripture. I’ll go first:
When I look back a year ago, my rewrite looked like this: The Lord will perfect and heal my broken heart.
 
This year, this verse still speaks to me and calms me:
The Lord will perfect my plans and all the details for a successful event, and increasing our territory with more participants…
 
Here’s the condition to the promise: Does it concern us or consume us? If it’s consuming us, then we’re not trusting Him to perfect whatever it is that is concerning.
 
What if we were to live like we believed the words in this promise? Would we finally stay still on the Potter’s wheel and let Him have His way, allowing Him to perfect us in the process of preparing us for the promise, not allowing ourselves to be consumed by that which concerns us?
 
Trying to not be consumed by that which concerns me…
 
Love,
Kim-Evinda

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Thanks for joining me for Tuesday’s Life-Coaching Truth. I love seeing the a-ha’s that happen when I give such a reminder to the trenchers and in our “How to Love Who You Love” trench, this is a great reminder: we don’t look back to blame; we look back to learn, as Milan & Kay Yerkovich remind us.
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Life is all about un-learning and learning and if we don’t look back, we won’t move forward.
 
Love,
Kim-Evinda

​What do you do when you are surrounded by pain and loss?
Thanks for joining us for Monday’s Message with Abigail Rice and Trench Classes United. Today’s poem/message is a raw revealing of pain and loss…with a solution.
The power of life and death is on the tongue…
 
even when the battle is already won
even when death still comes
 
Today has been nothing short of a hard day on the ranch
death seems to lurking
and my heart is hurting 

​this morning, I watched my husband attempt to bring a newborn baby lamb back to life
as he washed it off in the warm water of the bathtub
we prayed for a miracle
to no avail
another loss
another fail…
 
The sister lamb was weak and frail
but is still hanging on as we attempt to keep her well
and as I was trying to get this newborn baby to drink from a bottle
And help her find her way to her mama
my 4 year old son walks up
with our beloved rooster, Tyson
Hanging dead in his hands
another one bites the dust…
 
let’s just say today has not been super fun
 
I wish i could say there’s a reason
there’s a meaning
as I attempt to see this silver lining
between loss and dreaming
 
there’s a fine line between death and life
and ultimately we have the power to decide
If our tongues will sing Him praise
despite the drops of death
that spill like red paint
Or will we choose to let it leave a mark
With our souls left in the dark
 
despite the pain
despite the hurt
the power comes
when we decide to look beneath the dirt
 
6ft deep can have two different meanings
Roots that are deepening
or a life defeating
 
For me
I pray for open eyes
open hands
and an open heart
because then and only then
can the work begin to start
and then and only then
can the darkness begin to depart
 
like a newborn baby from the womb
Searching for its mother
searching for food
We are too
 
and the time is now
time to make room
to let His Holy Spirit move
 
Just as it is written,
But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” - Romans 8:36-38
 
Love,
Abigail

​Has anyone ever promised to do or not do something and then broken that promise to you?
 
Thanks for joining us for Faith-Filled Friday with Debra Dolce and Trench Classes United. Today’s Love Letter is a great reminder that when we believe in the ultimate Promise Keeper, we won’t fall when others let us down.

~Love Letter~
​
I keep every promise I've ever made to you! Since My love for you is constant and endless, I, the Lord, will finish every good thing that I've begun in you! Finishing the good work I've begun inside of you is proof of My constant and endless love.
 
I have to continue the work I've begun because I like how you look from change to change, from level to level. Don't you love it too?
 
Everything I do is good. That's why I tell you over and over to walk in all My ways. Every time you say no to your own way and rise above it to walk in My way, you shine My light. The more you choose My way, the more The Light shines in you and the better you can see how that choice helps you become more like Me.
 
I will always help you walk in My way; that's part of the plan I have for you. You should know I'll do whatever I can to help you accomplish My will and walk in My path. This is a promise from Me to you and I long for you to believe that I keep every promise I've ever made to you. You can look expectantly for My promise rather than fighting doubt to see if you believe it or not.
My Word is sure; My Word is trustworthy; My Word is perfect. Many omit the parts they don't like or don't want to follow. I say, whoa to you. My Word is God breathed and should be followed, all of it. If you're struggling with anything, come and sit with Me until you learn to believe or surrender.
 
Sometimes this journey requires blind faith. You can do this, I know you can because I empower you.
 
Beloved, someday you'll understand all of it. 
 
 ~DebraDolce
 
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Thanks for joining me for Thursday’s Life-Coaching truth.
 
The Bible is full of examples of the power of choice…both good and bad. What is consistent throughout history is that trust is a choice; choosing to trust Him, especially when we can’t see Him or any light at the end of a tunnel, much less the end of the tunnel, is a choice.

Perhaps we need to choose to re-evaluate who and in what are we putting our trust in because whom or what we trust is whom or what we’ll obey!
 
Truthfully,
Kim-Evinda
 
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​She replayed the disagreement over and over in her mind. Her thoughts of frustration moved like critters scurrying around and around, stuck, like a truck in the mud, unable to move towards understanding.
 
Thanks for joining us today which picks up with another segment of Driving your Thoughts instead of Letting Them Drive You with Kim-Evinda and Trench Classes United. If thoughts were a car, where would they be driving you today?
Have you ever been stuck in a conflict, unable to understand the other person’s point of view? Today’s blog is meant to encourage you through it.

She couldn’t believe what they had said, had done what they did. And try as she might to think of a way that she could have steered the final disagreement toward resolution, she hadn’t been successful. In fact, as she replayed the last couple of interactions, it had been obvious then, as it was now, that there was built up resentment used to defend their attitudes, actions, and beliefs, all of which were completely out of her control.
 
She desperately wanted to make it better, to un-hear what she had heard, not just the words but the attitude with which they were spoken, but she couldn’t. She could only run them through the eight-point thought test found in Philippians 4:8 to get unstuck, own what was hers, and set her thoughts on higher ground:
 
She began to go thru them, inviting Abba into her time: “Whatever is true.” “Well, they believed their words were true, Lord, she cried out.
“Unresolved resentment shades the truth.”
 
His answer brought some clarity. “Well, they definitely believe they were/are in the right,” she continued.
 
“It’s not about who’s right but what is right. As they seek me in this matter, I will speak to them as I am speaking to you.”
 
She continued through the eight-point thought test: “Well, neither of us were being pure in our words, and certainly the way it was all handled wasn’t admirable, excellent or praiseworthy, so now what, Lord”? “Do not add to the conflict by speaking about them in a way that is not true, pure, admirable, excellent or praiseworthy!”
 
Ouch!!
 
While His admonishment stung, its truth settled into her soul and settled her thoughts. Yes, this conversation with God and His Word had taken her thoughts to a higher place, no longer stuck like a truck in the mud on the last conversations with her friends. God’s Word had steered her clear of any detour of resentment which had begun because of their unresolved resentments and this unresolved conflict.  She smiled, knowing that somehow, some way, He would resolve it if she stayed out of it by not adding to it.
 
Friend, if you’re stuck amid an unresolved conflict, can I encourage you to take this eight-point thought test found in His Love Letters to you and me?  There’s a guarantee that His Words will not come back void!


Love,
Kim-Evinda
 
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Thanks for joining me for a little bit of truthful humor.
After she woke up, a woman told her husband, "I just dreamed that you gave me a pearl necklace for Valentine’s Day. What do you think it means?"
      
"You'll know tonight." he said.

That evening, the man came home with a small package and gave it to his wife. Delighted, she opened it to find a book entitled "The Meaning of Dreams"
 
I don’t know about you, but my first internal response – notice I said internal – would have been what the heck, where’s my pearl necklace? But, when we stop and look at the heart of this sweet truth in this little funny, we can ascertain the truth that her husband was listening, and because men like to solve problems, he brought her something that would give her the solution, an answer to her question.
 
Isn’t that just as thoughtful?
 
Hey, speaking of humor, join us for A Night of Laughter, featuring squeaky clean comedy happening 3-2. Doors open at 6:30 for hors d’ oeuvres and dessert and the show starts soon after.
 
Get your tickets today!
Truthfully,
Kim-Evinda
 
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​Life is full of choices, bridges and turns.
 
Thanks for joining us for Monday’s Message with Abigail Rice and Trench Classes United. Today’s message reminds us that when it comes to loving, even the unlovable, love is a choice and because He first loved us, we can choose to love.

When you come to a bridge on the road
There is a sign you will see
That you probably don’t even read
Stating weight limit is “XYZ”
 
Whatever that amount may be
The big trucks know
That in order to cross over this bridge
They must meet the requirements
Or let go of their load
 
Crossing the bridge
Is something we all have to do
In this life
To choose
 
Will you let go
Of the baggage you hold?
In order to cross
Over the bridge
Of life and death..?
 
Or should I say love
Because of the love portrayed in His death
 
He sacrificed His life
In order for us to have victory over death
 
Yet we can’t even sacrifice
Something as small as the telephone in our hands…
 
Maybe for you, that something small to sacrifice
Isn’t the amount of screen time spent with your phone in front of your face
Maybe it’s simply your time
Your gifts
Or your talent
Or maybe it’s finally kicking that bad habit
 
Or it simply could be your belief
In your works
And your worth
 
Whatever that something “small” is to you
I promise it doesn’t even compare
To the blood that was shed
To have victory over death
 
So what are you willing to lose?
 
Your time
Or your life
 
I pray next time you see that weight limit sign
You are reminded to let go
 
Before you cross over the bridge before you
Drop your baggage
And hand it over to Christ
 
Because Jesus already paid the price
And all He asks is for your heart
In exchange for a new life
 
It’s all waiting for you
Right past that weight limit sign…
 
Love,
Abigail
 
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