• Allow Irritants to Form The Beauty of a Pearl in You

    Allow Irritants to Form The Beauty of a Pearl in You

    When I think of the description of New Jerusalem that is found in Revelations 21 it is overwhelming for my punitive mind. For some people it might be the measurements of New Jerusalem, for some it might be the materials of the walls such as jasper, or the foundations stones of jasper, sapphire, chalcedony, emerald, Read more

  • Life Is All About Balance     

    Life Is All About Balance     

    For years my favorite scripture has been Proverbs 11: 1 which talks about a balance out of order or false is an abomination to the Lord, but God’s delight is an accurate or a just weight meaning that the scales have not been tampered. That has been my heart’s desire is that I would be Read more

  • False Identities – Who Are We Believing?

    False Identities – Who Are We Believing?

    Have you ever been to a garbage enclosure where you back up the truck of refuse that you must empty in an enclosed building and the smells are overwhelming, you want to faint, you want to have a shower and immediately clean that dirt off you.  This is how we look and smell when we Read more

  • Seeds and Weeds

    Seeds and Weeds

    Growing up on a farm and in a farming community I saw the planting process of breaking the ground to prepare to plant the seeds. Depending upon what had been planted in that field the previous year would decide how much breaking of ground was needed before planting the beautiful seeds. Then came the waiting Read more

  • How Do We Feel About Change?

    How Do We Feel About Change?

    It is sad how many of us (me) do not like to change even when change is being forced upon us because we have gotten comfortable and enjoy where we are, to a certain degree that is, if we are truly honest with ourselves. However, when you are believing for a breakthrough or a promise Read more

  • What Does Consistency Look Like?

    What Does Consistency Look Like?

    When I think of consistency I see and hear a regular heartbeat on a machine in the hospital. Problems occur when that heartbeat is not consistent, such as a heart attack, or it goes flatline and the person dies. This is an extravagant way to think of consistency, but consistency affects every part of our Read more

Hey there! I am Lisa Lumley and I am a wife, mom, and grandmother but I prefer to be called Gran. I love the Lord Jesus Christ and I love to pray. My blog Come Up Here and See is about seeing how God sees.

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