Pearls before swine

 By Todd Coconato

You Need To Hear This...Don't Cast Pearls Before Swine

There are times when the Lord presses something on your heart so strongly that you almost feel it before you think it. You need to hear this...not everything God has given you is meant for everyone.

Not every person in your life is ready for the depth of what He has placed in your spirit. Jesus said, "Do not cast your pearls before swine," and even though that sounds intense at first, it is actually tender wisdom from a Father who wants to protect you. Pearls don't look dramatic. They are quiet....steady...formed through pressure and hidden process. They are valuable because they cost something. The things God has been building in you, the things you've prayed over, wept over, waited for, and fought through...those are your pearls.

And in today's world, you really see how important this warning is. Everyone has a platform. Everyone has an opinion. People judge quickly...comment quickly...misunderstand quickly. There are people who watch your life without truly seeing you. Some don't want to understand what God is doing in you...they just want something to talk about. Some only show up to criticize or compare.

When Jesus said not to cast your pearls before swine, He wasn't calling people names. He was saying,"Be careful who you trust with the holy things." Some folks simply don't have the spiritual capacity or maturity to handle what God has given you. That doesn't make them bad...it just makes your pearls too precious for careless hands.

Maybe you've been trying to open your heart to people who don't value what you carry. Maybe you've been explaining your calling to people who aren't walking with the Lord at that depth. Maybe you've been sharing dreams with folks who barely believe for their own future. You need to hear this...you are not required to hand over the treasures God gave you to people who don't recognize their worth.

Protect what is sacred. Guard your anointing. It's not pride...it's wisdom. There is a difference between being open and being unprotected. God never asked you to be transparent with people who are committed to misunderstanding you.

This matter even more right now because the spiritual atmosphere is intense. The battle is real. The world feels noisy. People are easily triggered by truth. And here you are, carrying revelation...carrying discernment...carrying a sense of what God is doing in this hour. But not every ear can hear it. Not every heart is ready for it. And not every person is safe.

The Holy Spirit will show you who can handle your pearls. He will highlight the ones who will cherish what you share...who will pray with you...who will carry the burden with you instead of picking it apart.

So here is the word for today. Be kind. Be loving. Be generous. But be wise. Stop explaining yourself to people who only show up to argue. Stop trying to convince people who have already made up their minds. Stop setting yourself up for unnecessary hurt by giving sacred things to people who don't know what to do with them. Instead, pour your pearls into the Kingdom. Into the hungry. Into the faithful. Into those who walk in honor and humility. Those are the ones who will value what God has placed inside you.

You need to hear this...your pearls are precious. Treat them like they are.

Born again

 born again.

in english, we say, "i am born again."

in poetry, we say, "some people are so

poor that they have only been born once.

but to know a second birth is to be rich

in such a way that death will not have

the final say over my existence."

~ullie-kaye

Nothing to do

A gentle reminder that the

way people treat you, has 

everything to do with their

character and nothing to do

with your worth

A difference

 There is a difference

between giving up

and

knowing when you

have had

enough.

Clarity

 God wants you to 

hear this today...

Someone is thinking

about you with a  

clarity they didn't 

have before.

Repeated actions

From Issues of Life

Before she broke up with me, she said:

"I'm not here to control you. I'm here to build with

you. I wanted a partnership, a connection where

both of us feel safe, valued, and respected. You

have every right to live your life, make your

choices, follow your path...but the choices you

kept making kept showing me exactly where I 

stood in your life -- and it wasn't where I deserved

to be.

I've told you what hurts me, what makes me feel 

unsafe, what crosses the boundaries I've set with

love and care. I've been honest, I've

communicated, I've tried to be clear -- but you kept

doing the same things anyway.

At some point, repeated actions stop being

mistakes and start showing who a person truly is.

And I can't keep loving someone who won't stand

with me, who won't meet me in this life we were

trying to build. I can't keep giving my heart to

someone who won't protect it as fiercely as I

protect theirs."

Before she broke up with me she said:

"I'm not here to control you. I'm here

to build with you. You have every

right to live your life...but your

choices keep showing me exactly

where I stand in it. I've told you what

hurts me, what makes me feel unsafe,

what crosses a boundary but you still

do it anyway.

At some point it stops being a mistake

and starts being who you are. And I

can't keep loving someone who won't

stay on my side."

Silent treatment

The silent treatment:

1.  Silent treatment is emotional punishment disguised as "needing space."

2.  Silent treatment is withdrawing love to control your reactions.

3.  Silent treatment is manipulation that forces you to chase clarity.

4.  Silent treatment is a power play meant to create insecurity.

5.  Silent treatment is refusing communication to avoid accountability.

6.  Silent treatment is blocking healing by shutting down dialogue completely.

7.  Silent treatment is making you beg for basic human connection.

8.  Silent treatment is emotional abandonment used to regain dominance. 

What do you do

 "What do you do when the person you

love doesn't love you back?" she asked.

"You keep loving them," I said. "Because

love is like a disease. You don't get to

decide when to stop. You don't get to

make that choice."

Power

there is power

between

the two of us

an electricity

we could power a city with

if only we knew how

there is something

between us

you and I

some kind 

of magic

Go silent

 People who go silent when something

upsets or hurts them, are often

experiencing a coping mechanism called

emotional withdrawal. It's not that they

have nothing to say, it's that their system

learned that silence is safer than being

misunderstood. Instead of expressing anger

or frustration, they hold it in.

High place

 God didn't design marriage

to be an idol or the source

of your peace, rest, and stability.

That's why it hurts so bad when

your spouse lets you down. You've 

had them lifted up in a high place

that they never belonged.

In return

I didn't even realize

that I was lying

when I told you

"I will love you,

unconditionally..."

Because, I did

have a condition.

I expected

to be loved in return.

~E.V.

Allowed

 If God allowed the 

separation, He has a reason

for the season, even this

Thanksgiving.

Real

 From Soulful Videos

we slept together,

showered skin to skin,

created soul ties,

said i love you,

kissed with morning breath,

talked about our past, present, future,

our dreams,

cried in each other's arms.

so no,

i cannot thug this out.

it's not just a physical connection,

it's the emotional bond,

the intimacy shared,

the vulnerability exposed.

you can't just walk away from that,

not without feeling the weight of it.

it's not something you can turn off,

not something you can ignore.

this was real.

and it hurts more than people think.

Purest things

 One of the purest things is

someone trying to fix themselves so

they can love you exactly how you

deserve to be loved.

Avoided

 The person who avoided their own

feelings was never going to know

how to hold yours. You were asking

for something they didn't know how

to give, even though they cared.

~Dean Blankfield

Not happy

 Only people who are not

happy with themselves are

mean to others. Always 

remember that. 

Busy solitude

 The happiest of all

lives is a busy solitude.

~Voltaire, Correspondence

Love right

"It's okay, I didn't know how to love

you right either. The only difference

is that while you gave up, I never

wanted to stop trying to learn how."

~Moriah Pearson

All of it

 I'm thankful

for all of it.

The highs.

The lows.

The blessings.

The lessons.

The setbacks.

The comebacks.

Everything.

by TobyMac

Softening the heart

 Before you start

your day, God wants

to remind you...He's

softening the heart

of someone who

needed divine

correction.

Loves best

 A wife loves her husband best

when she cherishes God most.

Different person

 ALICE IN WONDERLAND

Lewis Carroll

"It's no use going back to yesterday,

because I was a different person then."

Lighthouses

Lighthouses aren't loud.

They don't argue with the sailors.

They don't ban the ships with

stains from coming through.

They don't grab them by their

masts and turn them around.

They don't claim to own the waters.

They simply shine

in the right direction.

Be a lighthouse.

~ullie kaye

Can love

You can love God and still suffer.

You can love God and still question

where He's been lately.

You can love God and still be

a long griever.

A deep feeler.

A slow healer.

You can love God and still be

disappointed at the chapter

you are walking through.

You can love God and still

struggle to find gratitude

on the day where everybody

else makes it look so easy.

~ullie-kaye

Come back

 Posted recently, but worth repeating...

"I think that maybe I would always let

you come back," she said, softly. "Not

that I'd stay here waiting, exactly. But, if

you came, told me you loved me, and

asked me to be yours...I'm not sure if

there's anything in the world I wouldn't 

drop for you."

-Or anyone

Tired

 When a woman starts getting quiet, unbothered,

and letting you do whatever you want, that's the

moment she's tired.

Not tired of loving you, but tired of hurting over

the same actions.

She's drained from repeating herself, exhausted

from giving chances, and done begging for the

bare minimum.

Her silence isn't peace, it's her heart protecting

what's left of it.

And once a woman reaches that point, she's not

sulling away to punish you, she's pulling away to

save herself.

Knocks harder

When God comes knocking

on your door and you choose

not to listen - 

don't be surprised if He knocks

a little harder.

Sometimes He runs after our

hearts through illness, loss or

anything else that brings us down

to rock bottom and forces us to

rely on Him.

Because when God knocks on

your door once, twice, or even

three times and you still do not

answer, He will find another way.

If a soft wind isn't enough,

you may get a storm.

This is a measure of His love

that we do not always understand.

~ullie-kaye

Wait

 From J.I. Packer, Knowing God

"Wait on the Lord" -- is a constant refrain

in the Psalms, and it is a necessary word,

for God often keeps us waiting.

He is not in such a hurry as we are, and it is

not his way to give more light on the future

than we need for action in the present -- or to

guide us more than one step at a time.

When in doubt -- do nothing -- but continue

to wait on God. When action is needed,

light will come.