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Showing posts with label #transforming. Show all posts

Friday, October 09, 2020

Where are you at?

October 09, 2020 0 Comments






 It is only 83 days left in the year of 2020 and my question to you is,  Where are you at?  Are you still in January going over all the New York resolutions/ promise you made  for this year but did not do yet?  Maybe you are in March when the coronavirus came on the scene and take us on a roller coaster ride of emotions and/or  illness. Maybe you are in July where you move pass all of that stuff that happened before  but you are stuck hurting from the trauma of what left behind.  Wherever you are, OWE IT.  Yes,  I said OWE IT.  You need to owe your feeling about what has or hasn't happened for you this year. There is nothing wrong with say am happy or that God has blessed me. Are maybe you are am not happy and I felt alone. These are feelings and that are yours.  

We all go through this and I can prove it.  In the bible there is a chapter that expresses this very thing. In Ecclesiastes the 3 chapter it talks about seasons. 





We all have seasons and times . We can be in a time of harvest where we are receive the blessings of God from every directions even the ones we did not know we were going to receive. We also can be in a time of tear down where we lose possessions ,a job, a married or worse a love one.  We may be in a time of mending. You need to talk to people that have hurt you and you have hurt and mend those fences.  Maybe you are at war. Well, put on your armor of God and fight the devil  and just so you know you win. These seasons and times come to us all. We all have to walk through them. Some may feel good like a sun shiny day or feel bad like  a snow storm that last for days .  

The seasons may change but god does not. Our feelings during our  seasons and  times does not change the ways of the God we served. He is with us through it all. He will never leave us alone or wanting. The scripture below says it best:



You are his people. He was pleased to make us a part of his family. We come from a royalty and so we lack nothing. God will always supply for his people. 

I want you to know that as we close into the end of 2020 please don't look back . Look forward and live in the season you are in. Trust that God has you and is working to make every crooked path straight, every broken heart healed and all spirit to rejoice in him and his blessings. Don't give up but given into the Holy Spirit and allow him to guided you into the perfect will of God in your life. 


Be Healed and Be Blessed
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Thursday, September 17, 2020

It ain't easy loving me

September 17, 2020 0 Comments







Hey everybody, I’m back. I had to step away for a minute, but I am back now. The last few months have been crazy LOL. The COVID-19, civil unrest and sky-high unemployment have left people all over the world feeling alone, frighten and discouraged. I know those feeling all too well. I have been there and can sympathize and empathize with everyone in that place. From now on, I plan to tap into some feelings and what is going on in our world. I believe that my tagline I have been using for years applies for this time perfect My Crazy is Real. In this blog, I am going to be dealing with loving me. 











I have realized that loving me ain’t easy. I can be caring, funny, sweet and a joy to be around. I can also be mean, moody, sarcastic and stubborn. This is just in one day or in one hour. Can you see why I say loving me ain’t easy. 






I started wondering  how God does it. I am just one of his many children. Can you imagine loving over a billion plus people just like me? Think about the earthly parent/child relationships, a parent we spend days and night thinking we will do everything we can to protect them. Then they grow up and go on their own, and we have to let them go. We have to allow them to walk without us. They will have to learn how to communicate to others instead of us to speak for them.We trust that if we let them go with their friends, they will return as happy and healthy as when they left. But what happens when they don’t. What happens when they doubt our love for them. When they believe we don’t love them because their judgement is impaired. They question your motives for why you do what you do to them. You don’t love me rings out in the air. They say things like you just tolerate me, but really you hate me. Those words are like a dagger to your heart to a caring and loving parent. How can they say that with a straight face? Years of sleepless nights, days that are spent sacrificing time, money for what. Love. Sometime loving me ain’t easy.






 But God is not that way. He loves us because. His love came before we ever came into the world. He leads us now to all the gifts and blessings he has in store for us.And then he has a place for us (eternal life, to be accurate). Our concerns, issues trial and tribulation do not move. When we throw a tantrum because we did not get what we wanted when we wanted because we wanted I mean the flesh wanted it he keeps on loving us. No, if this will stop our Heavenly Father from loving us .


                    Gods, love shows you for us daily.

Global John 3:16/ “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. “

Kingdom Mark 4:11/ “And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:”

His image- Genesis 1:26-27/  “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”


His Son- John 1:12-13 / “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”

Priesthood- 1 Peter 2:9/ “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;”

Personal-1 John 4:10/ “Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”


         Now if that is not enough he shows his love through our:

Fear 1 John 4:18/ There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

Trial: James 1:12 / “Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.”

Doubt Mathew 17:20 “And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.”







It ain’t easy to love me, but I am so grateful God does. As I know God's love me. I must love myself. I can’t say I love God but don’t love his child, me.I have to learn to love me with all my faults and fears. I am not perfect, but his loves make me perfect. His love will teach me and correct me on how I feel about me. His love passes through my fears, doubts, and I may go through. I CAN TRUST IN HIS LOVE. I can seat in heavenly place with him because of love. I can love me so much easier knowing that God loves me and has done everything to prove it. I am easier to love because his love lives in, through and towards me.


It’s a easier to love me when God love surrounds me. 


 
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Saturday, June 16, 2018

Push Yourself

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“All the girls jumped up and trimmed their lamps. Then the five who hadn’t any oil begged the others to share with them, for their lamps were going out. Matthew 25:7-8 LTB

This month I'm talking about jumping. It is important for you to take a leap of faith. Trust that God will take care of you no matter what the circumstance or situation. He is with you and that whatever life brings you can make it. 
(1 Cor.10:13)


 First, what does jump mean? They define the word jump as "push oneself off a surface and into the air by using the muscles in one's legs and feet." I love the first two words, push oneself. This is the perfect definition. We all need to push ourselves. This life is difficult.  Kermit the Frog says it best   "That ain't being green.". He wasn't lying. Being different in this world makes your life harder. Whether you are small or tall, black or white, Latino or not, disable or anything that people can see a difference between you and them life becomes harder. People may not like you because of your differences but that means they have to grow. God w bore you to achieve no matter the green in you. That's why you have jumped on every opportunity to live your life to the fullest. You are here for a purpose and let no one tell you different.

Now having said that you have to realize you have to push yourself. Have a determined mind that no matter what I will do it. There will have obstacles in your way whether other people stuff or your stuff. You will have the moments where you will to second guess your decision. Some may not have been the best way to go about but it's done. Fail but keep going. Push forward the purpose and destiny within you. Push yourself because no one else knows what you offer the world. Some may see a piece of it but not all.  

I have a personal checklist that works for me. I will share it with you maybe it can help you. It's called the Push Checklist list. It comprises only three bullet point but they are powerful:
1. Thank God
2. Appreciate yourself 
3. Go bless the world

I will explain all three a little further.

     

Thank God, you must thank him for all he has done. You would not be here without him. He breathed life into you so he has a plan . You are the apple of God's eye and just know that he wants nothing but the best for you and from you.  Thank him for the good and the bad. The days of joy and the days of sorrow. Learn to be thankful because life can make you bitter. Be mindful that there is some else in control and when you follow his plan you can Push yourself to do it.


Appreciate yourself, Life is hard enough without you doubting you. Appreciate the fact that you are where you are because growth needs to happen. Stop saying I'm are not in the right place or it is not the right time". Stop acting like you don't you. You keep criticising yourself for past failures, stuff that you did not do, the things you wish you had done, the people you wish you would have talked to, the job you should have taken. STOP IT. You are where you are for purpose and plan. You are learning a life lesson so you can go back and teach someone else. Stop making life that much harder on yourself. You are right where you need to be, now Push.
                                         



Go bless the world. Show off your gift. The word of God says that gifts are given with repentance. So why are you asking for forgiven for your gift? Everybody is not going to understand or appreciate the gift God gave YOU, God knows who will get you and like you and love you. Whether its two people or millions you have a gift to enhance world show it every day in every way and let God get the glory not you. 


Be the virgins with the oil in the lamp prepared to jump when the time comes. 
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Acceptance requires change

April 11, 2018 0 Comments


This week I will talk about a familiar prayer. Serenity Prayer. This prayer is used by People in AA. The prayer is short but profound. The three sentences convey three messages that work together. They sum up what we should pray daily. I will use this prayer for us to learn acceptance requires change.

The first sentence says 'God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change".  I love the place of this sentence in the prayer. The first sentence the author asks God to grant him something. He asked for serenity. Serenity means, the state of being calm, peaceful and untroubled. That is deep. I mean you ask God to allow you to be calm, peaceful and untroubled. But from what? To accept the things I cannot change. He didn't ask God for money, fame or for God to hurt the people that hurt him. No, he wants to be untroubled about accepting change.

The word accept means to consent to receive. We must be calm to consent to receive the things we can't change (alter). We can't change others. Our families, the neighbourhood in which we grow up in, the elementary and high school we went to. The Ministers or Pastors that guided our former years in the church. The Co-workers and managers we worked with. These people are things we couldn't change because they were placed in your lives. These people opinions of us at the times may be harsh. It may not just be verbal but also physical. As this may be true we can't change those situations or circumstances. We need to be calm, peaceful and untroubled to accept (consent to receive) what we can't change (alter). We can't change the past behaviour of others in our lives. All we can do is accept that it has happened and not allow it to be our future. 

The second sentences say "Courage to change the things I can". Now the second sentences he places the responsibility on himself for his change. He asks for courage to change the things he can. We all need courage (brave) and begin the process of changing (altering) ourselves. We must change. In the word of God, it tells us we are to be transformed Romans 12:2. Transformation only happens when we are ready.  We must give up your old self for a new and improve version.  

If you want to change you, first change the way you feel, talk and see yourself. The person who hurts us the most is us. We feel bad about things we did or didn't do and instead of taking responsibility we make excuses why nothing is working out. Change requires accepting responsibility.   We see ourselves as overweight but continue to eat our feelings of past hurts and pains and expect to lose weight. It will not happen. We must accept the pain of our past, receive change (alter) to live the life we want.

The last sentences say "Wisdom to know the difference". This is three sentences and so important. If we lack wisdom (experience) we are in trouble. We need to be clear on the difference between their stuff and our stuff. Without this wisdom, we will repeat  the same cycle.
Wisdom means the quality of having experience, knowledge and good judgement, the quality of being wise. The wisdom factor looks like this. Your stuff is the things you think about ourselves that we don't tell their people. Example " I need to shed a few pounds so I can look better in my clothes.  Their stuff is their opinion about who you are or have been or will be.  Example, " I notice you have put on some weight lately. Don't get mad about it you were always chunky. Being big isnt so bad plus you have a pretty face  "

As we accept the things we can't change and the things we can our lives will get better. Like the people in AA that are learning to live in sobriety, we must do the same. We must stop being intoxicated with pass hurts and pains and work to be alert to see our future. We can live a calm life just accept it.
 I hope you like the following prayer: 
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