Anna M. Aquino

As most of you realize I absolutely do flow in the prophetic, but not a lot in this blog.   There is an occasional one here and there.   This blog is typically for teaching stories etc.   However this morning as I was getting around I felt the Lord clearly impressing upon me, “It’s the season of Redefining and Realigning.”   I questioned posting this publicly.   As many of you know Dan and I are seeking the Lord in some areas right now, and I never want to prophesy out of my own issues.   However I continue to feel a heavenly nudge that this word is not only something for my family, but it is a corprate word over the body in this season of time. Before I begin to dive into what I believe God is saying here let me put out here that God speaks to His children corporately on a regular basis.   We are one in the spirit and often I find that when one of us is going through situations many of us are as well.   That doesn’t mean the situation is exactly the same for everyone.   Som

I have become a believer in the Dugger family motto of “Buy Used and Save the Difference.”   I’m a fan of Dave Ramsey and living within you can and using credit as the last possible option.   It doesn’t mean we never use it, it just means you have to be wise.   Honestly even if I had a million dollars tomorrow I probably would still adhere to this idea.   Don’t get me wrong it’s okay to splurge every now and again if you have it, it’s just I believe in being wise with what you have financially.   Of course that wisdom is at all levels of funds, and it’s relative of what you have. . .    God talks a lot about this in the Bible.   Proverbs 22:7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender .               I could preach on all of that, but I’m not going to for the sake of this blog…It just explains where I’m coming from when on Tuesdays my washer spun it’s last spun and washed it’s last load.   It was kaput.   I confess I started to panic a

We as children of God, and mostly in the charismatic church, have perpetuated a lie.   We have taught and believed that we could do things and it would get God to move.    Some of you just about started to throw things at my computer so let me try to explain this better.   I have found myself in seasons of frustration, so badly where I really wanted to bang my head against a wall and cry out to God, “What are you thinking?”   So when my situation and circumstance doesn’t change I think, “I have to do something?   I know I’ll go on a fast.”   So I try to fast, and because God didn’t tell me to fast there is no grace on it.   I just end up getting really hungry and more frustrated.               The lie we’ve perpetuated is if our circumstances aren’t lining up with what God has said then somehow it’s our fault and we have to “do” something to fix it.   So we try to fast, we try to pray harder, we try to give more, and we just continue on that spiral of frustration.   I be

      A few years ago I began mulling the idea about writing a book regarding the infamous feud between the Hatfield’s and McCoy’s in the 1800’s.   After mentioning this to my parents, they told me that a new miniseries had been filmed about the feud and suggested I watch it.   Truthfully I’d forgotten about the whole thing.   Other projects have come and gone, and the verdict is still out if I’ll ever write a book on the subject.   However when I saw that Netflix had the miniseries starring Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton the historian-junkie-curiosity in me was piqued.   I again will add here how much I love what I do.   Part historian, part writer, part minister, yes, God knew what he was doing when he called me to this field.      As I took the last few days to watch this miniseries, that is very violent and has some language in it, I was so saddened at this story.   I will confess to yelling at the TV a few times.   Culturally while I always joke that my ethnicity is Ohio Redneck

              Sunday we got home from church to find our darling-loves-to-chew-puppy-Mojo had gotten into my youngest room and attacked a hot pink play feather boa.   Granted it could have been a lot worse; I only found a handful of loose hot pink feathers scattered on the floor.   However he knew he was busted.   Instead he saw us wagged his tail and was like, “Boa, What Boa, I didn’t do anything.   I am cute do not look at the feathers look at me.   Rub my belly.   I am cute!”                 We’ve all done the same thing in a sense.   While the reaction may be a tad different we all know when we’re in trouble.   When Adam and Eve sinned in the garden they hid (Genesis 3:8).   It’s not uncommon to want to hide our sin and pretend it didn’t happen, but the Bible offers up another suggestion.                 As a little Lutheran girl we repeated this scripture as part of our worship weekly, “ 8  If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in