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Motherhood doesn’t always look pretty; it is messy, dirty, and downright painful and beautiful all at the same time. No one said motherhood wasn’t going to be painful. Sometimes it doesn’t feel good and there will be seasons of heartbreak and then there are seasons of beautiful. In those season’s we can easily say God you heard my prayers, and you are faithful. I have also learned the hard way that we as mothers were not meant to take Gods place. It is not our job to change them but to be an example and point them to God and His infallible word.
I know as a parent I have fallen short of this and have made a lot of mistakes and thank God for God’s forgiveness and grace. God is so much bigger, and his love is so much deeper, pure, and unconditional.
 
Prayer.
Thank you, God, that your loving-kindness leads me to repentance when I need to repent and turn to you. Teach us how to have Your heart towards our children. You created them, and You know their hearts, and you know what moves them. Help us to get out of your way and trust you when our children are wayward and heading in the wrong direction. I choose to trust You that You know what’s best. You will give me wisdom in every decision and the grace and strength to work it out.
 
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Introducción de Belleza Interior

La historia es el viaje de cada mujer hacia la autoaceptación y la comprensión de la verdadera belleza. Me estaba embarcando en un nuevo viaje, un viaje de libertad, amor y disfrute de la vida. Había descubierto al Rey con nuevos ojos que capturaban toda su belleza. Experimenté una resistencia y una fuerza que solo se encuentran a través de su gracia y pude lograr nuevas metas y sueños que él había establecido ante mí. Medio la fuerza para no rendirme, sin importar el obstáculo o las luchas que encontrara.
El Rey me mostró una belleza interior que poseía y que ni siquiera sabía que tenía, y me reveló lo que realmente era la verdadera belleza.
Estas temporadas con mi amado rey me ayudaron a tener confianza en quién era yo para él, y finalmente pude ver estas cosas en mí misma.
Comencé a creer lo que él veía en mí, y sentí que podía lograr cualquier cosa con él de mi lado. Estas verdades me llevaron a este nuevo viaje, que comenzó en un nuevo año. Mi precioso tiempo en el jardín lo pasé cara a cara con mi amado el Rey estaba llegando a su fin. Había sido una temporada hermosa. El jardín
había sido un lugar de comodidad y seguridad para mí.
Me sentí segura y confiada allí, pero era hora de que esas verdades se pusieran a prueba.
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Conocía muy bien las presiones de grupo a las que me enfrentaría: dictados de los falsos paradigmas de la sociedad de que las mujeres tienen que verse de cierta manera, pesar un cierto peso o incluso vestirse de una manera falsa solo para encajar. Es una trampa, una fachada, porque la belleza exterior es fugaz. El Rey me había revelado cómo las mujeres poseen una belleza interior que sólo se encuentra a través de su Hijo Jesús, mi amado, el verdadero paradigma de la verdadera belleza y el amor perfecto.
Mi viaje es tu viaje. Sigue leyendo para aprender lo que aprendí de mis éxitos, fracasos, decepciones y una revelación de la verdadera belleza creada por Dios.

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Good Morning, Beauties and Gents

I wanted to share yesterday's devotional. The lord woke me up at 3:33 am and to me this was a personal  confirmation and reminder that He is going to keep His promise to me.

I went to my usual place where I sit every morning in my living room, turned on the Christmas lights to my tree and nativity scene and lit up some candles and lit the fireplace. I so look forward to this every Saturday, especially since its the only time when it is quiet and its just me and my Lord.

I grabbed my bible and it opened up right to this devotional on Isaiah 9:6

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Before I even started reading the presence of God just rested on me and I began to cry and then this Peace, the prince of peace resting on me. All  my worries and concerns of the world had lifted, all I could do is just enjoy this overwhelming Peace and knowing that He is in control of everything and everyone.

I felt like the world stood still, it was silent and all I could hear was the crackling of the firewood burning and the Prince of Peace resting on me.

I couldn't help but to worship Him, over and over

"Holy Holy Holy Lord God Almighty, Heaven and earth proclaim your name, You alone are worthy, Lord God almighty, Heaven and earth proclaim your name."

He is worthy to worshiped no matter how we feel and no matter whats going on in our life or around us, He is worthy.

I can still feel it now even as I am writing this blog. The Lord gives us peace in a world of Chaos, He is waiting for us to meet with Him so that He can give us something better, which is Himself, the greatest gift and His Peace.

He is our Wonderful counselor, A Mighty God, Everlasting Father and Prince of Peace.

My prayer is this, that we receive the greatest gift this Christmas, our heavenly father has given us and that is His son Jesus Christ.

He will come again to judge the earth and come for a spotless bride.

O' Come O' Come Emmanuel


​Isabel Perez McCoy
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Hello Beauties and Gents,

I am so excited to announce that Belleza Interior is now available on Amazon. For more info on Inner Beauty book check out about Inner Beauty book on my website www.ravishedbyhisbeauty.com

Blessing Isabel (Bella)

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Hello, Beauties and Gents, 

I am so excited and thankful to God and my Editor Teresa and her assistant Carmen for designing, formatting, and editing my new book and just being able to accomplish it this year and for trying some new things I have been wanting to do for a while now.
 
My husband and I learned the Viennese waltz to celebrate our 25th anniversary and set up and decorated our celebration in our backyard, now that was a task, but well worth it.
 
We also got to rest and celebrate in the island of Kauai Hawaii, which I am so thankful for.
It is gorgeous. You don’t want to come back home after experiencing such peace and beauty.
 
Here is a sneak peak of my new book in Spanish, Belleza Interior NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON
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Blessing Isabel
 

​He has made everything Beautiful in its time. Ecc. 3:11
 
Good Morning Beauties,

It's 52 degrees here in KC and I love my October weather.

I am sitting here enjoying my cup of pumpkin spice coffee and enjoying the aroma of my pumpkin Souffle’ scented candle curled up in my blankie journaling.
 
It’s that time of the year when I start making plans to host tea parties for November and December.

With everything that’s been going on and some restrictions still intact it can put a hamper on your mood if you let it. All we can do is continue to pray and continue doing what God has called us individually, and as the body of Christ to do to make it a better place.
 
I believe that’s why God has put in my heart to host a live tea party once a month featuring one person to share about all the beautiful things they are doing in their homes, family, workplace, ministry and other things they do that go un-noticed.
 
I remember sitting one morning complaining about all the negative news on media, some social media, and well, it can make you depressed and discouraged if that’s all you keep watching.

It’s good to stay updated but not let it affect you. Scripture says to set our minds on things above and not on earthly things. (Colossians 3:2 NIV)
 
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy- think about such things. Philippians 4:8
 
That evening I felt prompted to focus on people that are doing excellent and praiseworthy things on the earth and in secret. I fell asleep thinking about what was this going to look like? The next morning, I opened up my devotional and my spirit leaped, because this is what it said.
 
“IF ANYTHING IS EXCELLENT OR PRAISEWORTHY, think about such things. People who work in the media almost always shine their spotlights on what is wrong. They rarely bother to report good things that are happening especially the many good things My people are doing.”
By Sarah Young, Jesus always embracing joy in His presence.
 
I knew God was calling me to step out of my comfort zone and host a live tea party and interview the women He was highlighting to me.

I love creating a peaceful and comfortable atmosphere for women to bless and serve them, but now God is stretching me and calling me to promote women that are hidden and not in the spotlight. To spotlight their Inner Beauty, their giftings, and all the Beautiful things they are doing that may seem unimportant to them, but to God everything we do is important. Everything we do is worship unto God.
 
I want to encourage you this morning, if you feel unnoticed or unimportant, God see’s you! He hears you! He notices you! YOU are important to Him. You shine bright in Gods kingdom.
 
Some of us may never reach fame or the spotlight here on earth, but our name is famous to God and in the heavens. God knows who you are. The most important thing we can do on this earth is to know God, make Him known and know that we are known by Him.
 
SELAH
 
Blessings Isabel Perez McCoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Hello, Beauties and Gents,

I wanted to share several of my summer blooms.

This red gladiolus is one of my favorites, which represents love and passion.

Three of the gladiolus were red, six of them were white, four were different shades of pink, but I have to say the red ones were stunning, I wish I would have planted more, which I will be doing so that we can have some fall blooms.

Some of my other favorites are the white and pink rose of sharon which are blooming beautifully this summer.

The pink mamosa trees, the red iris, I named these fourth of July flowers with its bright orange and red color they always seem to be blooming during early July.

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Here are photos of my flowers hope you enjoy.

Blessings Bella

​Good morning, beauties, and Gents,
I can’t believe we are eight days away from summer being official. It feels like summer already. We have had 90-degree weather, humidity, storms, and tornadic weather kicking in the Midwest, not my favorite season because it’s so hot but not only are we having tornadic weather but havoc going on everywhere in the world. Unjust things going on, losing loved ones, innocent children killed by these shooters that make no sense. The continued sex trafficking victims that are being tortured and kept in cages, family and marriages falling apart. So many people sick and dying and so many people hurting and those same people hurting others. I would love to just sit in my garden and only think about Gods beauty which some days I need too, to keep myself in peace, but I can’t ignore the reality we live in. Some days I just cry out to God and say, “God breakthrough! Release justice to the injustice especially to the innocent children being killed and trafficked. Some days I feel the oppression, the sadness, and grieve of what’s going on in the world and in my own family, because we are all hurting in some capacity, some more than others. I honestly can’t imagine not having God in my life or being able to cry out to Him and asking Him what is going on? Show me how to pray God? God is the only one with the answers, it’s all in his word, the bible. I like to pray psalms because a lot of those prayers David prayed to God were intense and so real to what was going on in his life. I should not be surprised because Jesus warned us about all these things to come, in Luke 21:11 it says, “There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places and fearful events and great signs from heaven.

But we have this hope that miraculous signs from heaven will be happening and are happening right now. God is healing, He is saving us and redeeming us from darkness, He is restoring and making those crooked places straight if we let Him, He is rescuing women and children from sex trafficking.

Our only hope is in Jesus, He is our savior, our lifeline, our refuge, our redeemer in times of trouble that make no sense. Here is todays psalm from David crying to God, He felt like he was forgotten, and he had so many enemies coming against him, but he remembered Gods unfailing love and all the time God had rescued him and been there for him.
 
O’ lord, how long will you forget me? Forever? How long will you look the other way?
How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul, with sorrow in my heart every day?
How long will my enemy have the upper hand?
 
Turn and answer me, O Lord my God! Restore the sparkle to my eyes or I will die.
Don’t let my enemies gloat, saying, “We have defeated him!”
Don’t let them rejoice at my downfall!”
 
But I trust in your unfailing Love
I will rejoice because you have rescued me.
I will sing to the Lord because he is good to me.
Psalm 13 1:6
SELAH!
 
Isabel Perez McCoy

Good Morning, Happy Sunday

I wanted to share a few of my new blooms this Spring, this one is the Little flirt miniature rose.

This flower is known for its vigorous growth and slight fragrance.


The pink double knockout rose  are blooming their heart out, so vibrant in color this year.

Facts: They are disease resistant, require little maintenance, easy to grow and are the longest blooming roses and this is why I love them.

The peonies are beautiful, fluffy and fragrant flowers which are known for being reliable and vigorous.

I get to enjoy these all the month of May.

The Lily of the Valley are a sweetly scented, pendent, bell-shaped white flower symbolizing traditional feminine values such as motherhood, purity, chastity and sweetness.


Here are a couple of more new blooms, the crawling clematis and this blooms all spring, summer and fall so I get to enjoy these all seasons except the winter.

The purple Iris only last for the spring and early summer.

My favorite flowers I have enjoyed in the past are the gladiolus and the pink roses.

A lot of my flowers are featured in my new journal I just published last year, "Journal through Bella's Garden ​© copyright 2021 by Isabel Perez McCoy published by Bella'z Threshold

Below is a video I did on how I set the mood for journaling, sharing my ideas and pictures of my blooms.

Hope you enjoy, Blessings Isabel

The Beauty of Motherhood and Intercession
The joy of Motherhood comes in moments. There will be hard times and frustrating times, but amid the challenges there are shining moments of joy and satisfaction.                   ~Elder M Russell Ballard


I remember one morning I was in the living room crying out and praying to God regarding my daughter. I was asking for God to show her he loved her and how he views her.
I had asked several of my closest sisters in Christ to join with me to pray for her, and one of the responses I got from one of my sisters was to praise out loud. My spirit confirmed yes, I need to praise God and worship.

I started to worship and felt led to declare this song by Corey Asbury, Reckless Love.
I stood in the gap for my daughter as if my daughter was singing this song herself. It was declaring that there was no darkness God couldn’t break in with light, no mountain too high God could not climb, no lie he couldn’t tear down, and no wall he couldn’t break down that would keep him from coming after her with his love. After about an hour of worshiping and praying God started replaying my past—how broken I was, how I was living in sin, had no fear of God, and had so many misconceptions about him.
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I was reminded of my own sin, shortcomings, and failures as young adult and as a young mother. That my sins that I did as a young adult not only affected me, but my daughter and family members close to me. I had asked forgiveness before, and I knew God had forgiven me, but I think I needed a reminder of where I came from and how God had rescued me, delivered me, and healed me, and restored me.
He came to me with arms wide open of unconditional love that led me to repentance. I had peace for the remainder of the day, but still my heart was restless that evening.

The following morning, I sat in my usual place in the living-room where I spend time with God, pray, and journal. I asked God,
“God, what do you have to say about my daughter, and about this situation we are facing right now?”
This was God’s response:
“I am calling you too a fast and intercession. There is still much more for you to learn about motherhood. Motherhood doesn’t always look pretty; it is messy, dirty and downright painful. No one said motherhood wasn’t going to be painful. It doesn’t feel good, doesn’t look good, and there will be seasons of heartbreak.
“But that’s where I, the great I Am come along. You need to cry out and stand in the gap for your daughter through intercession—that she will come to a revelation of the Father’s love I have for her. When a mother’s love or father’s love falls short, I have a perfect love that heals, restores, and redeems. I have a perfect love that casts out all fear and torment.
“I entrusted this child to you. Abide in me, because in your own strength you can do nothing, but in my strength, you can do all things.”

I can do all things through him who gives me strength 
                                                                              (Philippians 4:13).

He also said that we as mothers were never meant to take God’s place in our children’s lives. No matter what decisions they make, no matter who they choose to love—it was not up to us.
We would like to have a say-so, especially when we see them heading in the wrong direction or about to make a big mistake. I’m learning that I don’t always know what’s best for my young-adult daughter. I’m learning I don’t always have a solution to her problems. But God does; he really knows what’s best for our children even if it means going through heartaches, making bad decisions, and learning the hard way.

Our role as parents to our young-adult children is to direct them to God—to fear God and to love him and to go to God first before anyone else when they are facing challenges. I am learning our job as a mother is to love them unconditionally like God does.
It’s not our job to change them, but to be an example and point them to God and his infallible Word. It was never our job to judge them, criticize, or beat them with the bible or theology but only to direct their hearts to Jesus.
I know as parents we have fallen short of this and made a lot of mistakes, but there is grace and forgiveness in God.

God is so much bigger, and his love is so much deeper, purer, and unconditional. His love conquers all, but he can understand a mother’s heart for her children. I believe he gave us that heart to want to nurture and protect our children from all harm. We’re like lionesses when it comes to our children, but God loves our children even more than we do, and he wants to be their protector and their everything when we fall short. His answers to our prayers don’t always look like we think they should. His ways and thoughts are so much higher, wider, and deeper. He sees the overall picture of what is yet to take place.
Sometimes he takes us deeper through pain, disappointments, and unexpected circumstance.  He is always faithful, and he always answers. He is the perfect Father and gives perfect love. I’m learning to have a heart like his. To love like he does.

I miss those times when my daughter was small, and I used to sing to her and teach her how to read. Those were priceless memories.

The adolescent years were the hardest, but they drew me closer to the Father for wisdom, strength, and more of his love.

The young-adult years are about learning how to let go and trust God. I think it’s the hardest phase.
You learn that by helping them too much you’re enabling them and making them to depend on you instead of depending on God. You learn that even your advice isn’t always the best advice for their problem, because we think we know what’s best for them.

You learn to ask if you can share your advice, rather than just give it. Sometimes we just need to listen and let them figure it out for themselves and trust God that he will show them the right direction or solution. And then watch, pray, and be there when they make mistakes, because they will learn through their mistakes.     

God is that way with us as his children. He always points us in the right direction, but sometimes we don’t always make that right choice, and we learn, and he give us grace to walk it out and get it right the next time.

 It makes me think of Jesus's mother to have to see her son go through excruciating pain to fulfill God’s will for the world. I can’t even imagine having to go through that or compare it, but I know he understands a mother’s heart for her children.

 “But we proved to be gentle among you, as a nursing mother tenderly cares for own children”          (1 Thessalonians 2:7).

Prayer:

Thank you, God that your loving kindness leads me to repentance when I need to repent and turn to you.  Teach us how to have your heart towards our children.  You created them, and you know their, hearts, and you know what moves them.  Help us to get out of your way and trust you when our children are wayward and heading in the wrong direction. I choose to trust you that you know what’s best. You will give me wisdom in every decision and the grace and strength to walk it out.

Questions:

1.  Do you have children, nieces or nephews or even a friend’s child/adult children that you tend to worry a lot about because they are clearly with bad company? Are they doing drugs, being in jail, or heading in the wrong direction without God in their life?

2.  Can you choose to trust God and surrender them into God’s hands right now?

3.  Are you willing to sacrifice time too fast and pray when God calls you to?

From Inner Beauty book copyright ​© 2019 Isabel Perez McCoy

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