ALICE in WONDERLAND, 3-D

****SPOILER ALERT!******* Do NOT read if you do not want at least some "clues" to the ending!

ALICE in WONDERLAND, 3-D

I went to see this movie last night......was supposed to meet up with some other ladies, and for whatever reason (I believe a God-reason)......that didnt' happen. When I went to the ticket counter and bought my ticket, they handed me a pair of 3-D glasses. After waiting in a line along the wall, they allowed us to find our seat inside the movie theater, and we watched some "commercials", and previews, and then on the screen popped a message, "It is now time to put on your 3-D glasses."......so I did. The next previews were for 3-D movies, and it always amazes me at how these images "come alive" with these glasses on. It was then, that God reminded me that that is what it is like when we become believers and baptized in His Holy Spirit, and unlike John Conlee's song in 1978, "Rose Colored Glasses", as we "see" in Him and "walk" in Him, we now do so with "Blood Colored Glasses" and we not ONLY see the beauty, but we DO see the Truth too! And that is because everything now is seen and done through the blood of Jesus and the finished work of His cross. If we take those glasses off, or choose NOT to see through them, things get "fuzzy" (yes, I had to compare what I was seeing THROUGH the glasses, and what it looked like without them......really fuzzy!). Therefore, I chose to wear the glasses to view the movie (but occasionally, I would pop them down a little to see what it looked like without them...LOL!).

Alice was a dreamer, and a visioneer, just like her father (aren't we too, hopefully, as believers, just like our Father???). In these dreams, she "saw" things that seemed "impossible" and even a little "crazy" and unexplainable. Some in her family tried to tell her that it was just a vivid imagination and others dismissed it as coming from a crazy girl, but her father, encouraged her. Isn't that the same with us (hopefully) as believers. Over in over in God's Word, He spoke to His children through dreams and visions. In Joel 2:28-29 & Acts 2:17-19, it says, " I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days. I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and billows of smoke." I believe God shows us things everyday, even multiple times a day, if we are listening......if we have our "Blood-Colored Glasses" on. We even dream dreams, but we must learn how to retain them, train ourselves to remember them in all their glorious detail (keep a small notebook by your bedside & write them down, even in the night-times, as they happen).
Alice then left the world as she knew it, to "walk" and "talk" and "see".....just like a Star-Trekker....."To Boldly Go Where No Man (or woman) has gone before". What an adventure. How many adventures have we missed out on, because we're "stuck in a box, stuck in a rut" and refused to chase a rabbit down a rabbit hole (even if we kinda have to "fall into it" to get there")? I want to go on that adventure! I want to live an ALICE life!

ALICE =
A.
L.ife
I.n
C.hrist
E.xtraordinaire

Alice, saw new things, did the impossible, made new friends, and lived the "life". She had to face her enemies, she had to find a key (God gives us keys everyday), to unlock that sword that would not only save her life, but the lives of many others. God gave us a Sword.....His Word. But, we have to use the keys (through Holy Spirit) to unlock it and then hold onto it and use it offensively in battle, to defeat the enemy (satan) in our lives and for the lives of others. Alice was urged to "hold onto the sword"....we have to "hold onto God's Word", especially in those times that it seems the impossible is staring us in the face, and the darkness seems to be all around us and the enemy mocking us and our loved ones. Wield your sword, speak His Word to those circumstances, and to your enemy. Go at it with all you've got, because your life & the life of others depend on it. When Alice did so, she "disarmed" the enemy and they dropped their swords. It also helped to "unmask" those that had been walking around in disguise and not being who they really were.

Also, when Alice first started in her "new world", much like when we first believed in Christ, she didn't know who she was. Even, those around her said, "No, this isn't the right Alice". We all hear the lies of the enemy everyday, and sometimes through the words of those around us, that say, no, you can't do that, or "You're not worthy". Those words can even be lodged in our minds through years of hearing our own self-talk or the words of those around us. It is when we truly become grounded in Him, and learn who we are in Christ (through His Word), that we can walk on that "impossible" level and boldly go where no man has gone before. The movie even ends with the caterpillar turning into the butterfly & soaring off....."Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!"---1 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV). Shake off that caterpillar mentality, and FLY!, because in Christ, you are a new creation. WOO HOO!!!

One other thing I want to point out from the movie, is the "time-piece". IT IS TIME! It is time for you to become all that God created you to be! Just like in Esther 4:14 (NKJV), "For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" YOU WERE CREATED FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS! God made you, when He made you, for such a time as this.

Okay, all you "Alices" out there.......put on your armor (Ephesians 6:10-19---NIV):
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.

As women of God, we are to be warriors for (and to) our families, homes, churches, communities and the world. Are you up to the challenge to live

A. L.ife I.n C.hrist E.xtraordinaire ?

I double-dog dare ya.......now whatcha gonna do about it?

Go GOD......and Go GOD in YOU!!!!!

God's love & mine,
Lauren
(aka Nonnie)