Zip It!

Ain't no use in complaining - Life always gets its person in the end – when it is all said and done.  Life has walked each and every person down – one by one – and won.  There are billions on the earth and billions quite possibly that came before the ones here now… and counting.  We all know that death is inevitable, so our focus should be on the life that we have today, tomorrow or years from now.  Life doesn't have to kill you – it just allows time itself to erode away one day at a time.  Life doesn't care about your age, your money or the lack thereof – it only cares about what it came here to do.  Now living is something else – living can be done at any given time.  We have to make up our minds that whatever comes our way that God will see us through it all.  God cares for us so much that he created a planet for his children to live on; he intended for all of us to pass through this space and see just how much he cares for our well-being – How much more does he have in-store for us one has to wonder.  When life keeps coming at you and you want to give up or even worse – complain and speak against what God says that we can have – Zip It!  Make up your mind once and for all that you are going to trust God or re-make it up every day, just so long as you renew your mind against everything that rises up to tell you that God won’t do it, no matter how many times it takes you.  

Mars & Venus

It’s crazy – women manipulate to get our way and men try to out rationalize to get what they want.  Women cry to God to try and get him to bend to our wants and men try to out think God.  God is touched by the feelings of our infirmities but our praise and worship through the infirmities are what brings the breakthrough.  God does care about us and sometimes the tears are needed; and then there are times when God is saying get over it.  Men aren't that smart to outwitting God who is all knowing.  Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus but God is the God of both Heavens, Earth  and the universe– that is all that we need to trust in. 

The Assignment!

I am simplistic not linguistic, so I can only speak from my heart.  It’s not that I have attained but rather the farther I have stretched toward the mark of the high calling of God.  He has kept his word; so I choose to reach even further.  Even Jesus had to go through a process and didn’t attain until he finished the assignment.  There was one time I used to fret over death but death isn’t the worst thing that can happen – All of these 41 years have caused me to learn that living without Christ is the worst thing that can happen; I know that I have come a long way and still have a ways to go but I give Thanks to God for how far he has brought me.  Yesterday I received an early Birthday gift and card from my sister and it blessed me tremendously because it spoke to who I am in Christ; and not stretch the truth about how much she loved me or how great of a sister, mother, wife or aunt – THAT I KNOW THAT I AM NOT.  It spoke to who I was and what she recognized and saw in me – which is CHRIST the Lord doing an amazing work and transformation. Allow God to work his process and I guarantee you will see success in the land of the living.  Stay on assignment.

Why Me?

Don’t ask why when things aren’t going your way or people do you wrong. Just know that if you have spent time in the Lord and logged more hours with him than on social media and other worldly habits; you will be able to withdraw from what you deposited; and those who don’t spend time in and with the Lord FAINT in the day of adversity because their strength was small. The only way to build the muscles of faith is to work out in time spent with the Lord. When you spend time with the Lord you find peace and almost miraculously the answer you were searching for in the natural gets dropped into your spirit by the Holy Spirit. If you don’t take the time in God’s presence you are missing out on every answer you need in your life. God honors those who enjoy spending time in his presence.

Believe For The Harvest

Being blessed is hard – sometimes. It’s easy to believe for a car when cars exist and are readily available. It’s easy to believe for a roof over your head because apartments and houses are available – I don’t know of anyone personally who is homeless. A promise from God is just as real as anything else that we need to live productive lives e.g. houses and cars. However, it is foreign to us because many are still in the sowing period of life and it has not come time to reap the harvest. When a farmer plants he “hopes” for a return on his time, but he doesn’t know if insects or weather will destroy his crop - Nevertheless – he still plants with hope for a return.
When God gives a promise we can take it to the bank and trust just like the farmer that his crop will come in. You must first plant in faith.

40 is the New 20!

40 really isn’t the new 20; it’s just that 40 feels like you are 20 - BUT with knowledge and wisdom. When we were 20, we were trying to figure out what it was that we wanted and by the time we get to 40, we finally know more about ourselves and what we expect out of others. Living life is the new 20. If you live long enough you learn to appreciate life for all that we have been through.

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Get It Out!

Do you remember back in school when some people walked around with the pizza face (acne) because they chose not to bust the pimple because it might leave a mark?  However, we now know that if you don’t get out the puss (the dirt and bacteria) that are causing the blemishes in the first place, it will take longer to heal and dissipate.  Yeah… it might hurt or leave a mark but it is far better for us to get them out than to allow them to remain.  We can apply all the ointments and scrubs we want, but if the problem is still hidden down deep in the skin, then we are only giving a temporary solution to a long term problem.  The same goes for us who have deep ROOTED issues that are hindering us from healing and being able to hear and get a breakthrough from God.  God wants to cleanse us from all unrighteousness and to heal us, but we keep telling him that it might hurt or we don’t want to be wounded and have lasting scars.  To be blessed sometimes, we have to endure a little pain and anguish but in the end - when it is all said and done – God will make us like new – that is if we trust him to be God.  So whatever it is that you have inside of you that is keeping you from confessing your sins and getting right with God – bust that bump and start your healing process - and progress.  You will even realize that once it is out – even with an open wound, it doesn't hurt as bad as it did with the pimple was still full.  Get it out!

No DJ Needed...

I pray to be blessed so much so that I am able to slow my life down to point where I can play old vinyl records. To be able to take the record out of its sleeve and carefully place it down and lower the needle; and hear the less-than perfect quality of what we digitally have today. To not be able to skip to the next track but listen to the entire album and concept of what the artist was trying to convey through their music. Do you realize how much of a blessing that would be to do in today's time?

Taboo Tuesday - Uh Oh!

What is the purpose that an orgasm feels good?  We could be like the animals and only mate totally for the procreation of our species.  During orgasms we care nothing about what is taking place, other than the orgasm itself.  Orgasm is that point during sexual intimacy when pleasure is strongest; an intense or paroxysmal excitement like nothing else that we can experience on earth.  I do not think that it is a coincidence that God gifted us with sensual pleasures and stimulation.  I believe that it is a reward, sort of speak to do what he commanded, which was “to be fruitful and multiply”.  That is how we ought to be in God – praising and worshiping in spiritual truth, and existing and only caring about that moment where we are totally and completely caught up in the spirit of who he is.  Those of us who are honest with ourselves and love the Lord and who seek real worship in his presence know that “true worship” only last for a few intense moments because that place we go into him is too powerful to remain there for an extended period of time.  We are constantly connected to God daily, but there is a place in worship that we are caught up and the intensity of God’s Holy Spirit surpasses even that of an orgasm – it’s like nothing else known to man.  It is where dreams are born and destiny’s manifested.  Just as when an orgasm happens and it is at that point where conception is produced and later the birth of a blessing called our children.  God has much to birth out of us, if we will only allow him to touch us in that special place that we must go in him in order to conceive.  The subject maybe taboo but there is nothing too taboo for God.  If we take the stigma away from what he gave to us to be used as tools, we could get a revelation and see generational blessings as progenitors of God’s word to the masses.

GREED...

Isn’t it amazing how “Greed” will drive some people to become cruel and merciless to another individual who has done nothing to them?  For instance, during slavery the master could have chosen to give his workers (the slaves) sufficient meals and clothing; especially when they worked from sun up to sun down, six days a week in all weather – oh yeah and for FREE.  But instead chose to give them the least of everything – dirt floor shacks – really?  Who would think to feed someone intestines, stomachs, brains, ears, knuckles and feet of an animal – to keep only the good part for themselves; especially when there was better to be had by all?  There is nothing new up under the sun and the same is going on right now in today’s society.  The rich are choosing to hoard and keep to themselves and not to distribute a trickle down to the lower classes.  And many base their decisions supposedly on biblical principles.  Not the give and it shall be given to you pressed down, shaken together and running over; but rather the Rich man who decided to tear down his current barns in order to build larger ones so that he could store more stuff.  But little did he know that his soul would be required of him that night.  Of course I am not saying just give without regards to the what, the when, the who, and the why because to give frivolously without a purpose is throwing good money after bad but the distribution of the wealth could be done with a little more heart, care and discernment; instead of the mentality of “what’s mine is mine and you get yours the best way that you can” attitude.  They can accumulate all they want but the fullness of the earth is the Lord’s.  None of us can take anything with us anyway.  We all fall short of the glory of God, so when you stand before the Father who owns it all, you might want to have something else in your spiritual bank account because God isn’t counting dollars and cents, he is counting souls and the concerns we had towards others – which to him counts more than all the wealth in the world.

Live Mas!

Those who have kids understand what I am about to say.  It has to be an indescribable feeling to see your child raised from birth to teenager or early adulthood, to go through the sometimes pain of rearing them through school, the crushes, the arguments, the Christmas’ and birthday’s and all that comes between – because that would run this list off of the page.  There is just a lot of both trial and error because we as the adults understand what our kids are wanting, but because we know what is best for them in the long run, we try and assist them the best way that we know how to correct their course of action before that action leads to destruction AND DEATH.  To see your child snatched away from you prematurely has to be devastating.  I pray that that is one pain that I don t have to endure in order to learn something from.  I know that we can learn something out of every experience of life, but that one can miss me.  All that to say this… I wonder how God must feel when one of us – his children don t get all there is out of this life before leaving this earth.  All the trials, tests, ministering words from Pastors, church attendance, intercessory prayer, the laying of hands and his abiding Spirit within us, in hopes that we will fulfill our destiny; and then to fall short, has to be disappointing to him when all we had to do was believe and take him at his word, that he would be keep us and be with us.  Many of us are upset and justly so for the Mike Brown, Jordan Davis, Trayvon Martin, and Eric Garner; and like tragedies taking pace daily.  But the greatest tragedy of all are for any of us to come all this way in life and not see the promises of God come to pass in our own lives.  Death is tragic but a life wasted is even worse.

ISRAELI Man tells the Blacks of USA, they're the True Jews Ok... Let's say that this is true for argument sake - then what? We are a very rebellious creature but we also had to, I would say, had to learn our God all over again because we were rebellious but God said that he would always be with us and he has indeed kept his word. When we heard the truth again, we knew it was the truth being related to us - Again. And, now we believe that God has sent his Son to redeem us. So... all-in-all - we are exactly where we were supposed to end up being; if this be true.

Coming Attractions!!!

Book trailers, movie trailers and even the Bible whet our appetites for the soon to be “Coming Attractions” whether in a spiritual sense or not.  However, those of us that are in Christ are assured the featured presentation of a “better to come” and it will be to God’s glory and for our good pleasure.  Call me old fashion but I choose to believe God and take him at his word, rather than to allow my own primitive thoughts or lend myself to wayward and contrary imaginations towards what I perceive he may or might not do.  And he being God told me that I could both do and become more.  Rated G films are good for the entire family – Rated G for God.  Who goes to a movie or reads a book and not expect to be entertained or to get your monies worth?  God has already promised us an expected end which means that we will enjoy the ending to this thing called – Life.  I just expect more from the God that I say that I serve - to honor his word to me.  How about you? Do you believe that God has a block-bluster life in-store for you?

Helpful Tips!

Pray without ceasing.  Trust God in all your ways and he will direct your path.  Know that you will see the good of God in the land of the living.  God is faithful.  Trust that there will be a way - out of no way.  God is faith and just to cleanse from all unrighteousness.  God is a keeper and we are the redeemed of the Lord.  God is Holy.  Jesus is Lord and Savior – King of Kings and Lord of Lords.  Know that the word of God is a lamp to your feet and a light on your path.  Lean not unto your own understand but in all thy ways acknowledge him.  God’s word doesn't return to him void but will accomplish that which he sent it out to do.  Ask and it shall be given, Seek and you shall find, Knock and it shall be opened.  Jesus died for our sins.  Sin is death but there is Life in Christ Jesus.  God is both Alpha and Omega – The beginning and the end.  Though he slay me, yet will I trust him.  And without faith it is impossible to please God.  Repeat daily!

Conceited???

Conceited? The answer is “No”.  It’s not conceited to know that you are Blessed of God, but rather a privilege, a benefit, a comfort, a blessing and a right - as a child of God.  Are you conceited that you know your parents love you and will do whatever in their power for you?  How much more is God than even our parents?  There is a confidence that only trusting in God over all else will give a believer.   The question is, “Who is it that you believe?”  I am totally convinced that God will do what he promised he would do!

Reminder!!!

In case you forgot – God is Good!  Trust in him and not of yourself.  There is nothing you can do to ever be good enough to bring yourself into where you want or ought to be (apart from him).  Only God can give you all that you desire and not just some of the things that you need, not to mention the wants.  Trust in God alone to bring it to pass.

Great Expectations!

“And he shall supply all of my needs according to his riches in Glory in Christ Jesus”.  My needs surpass the normal day-to-day routine of only my bills being paid and for my family to be kept.  My needs also include the Promise Land, exceeding and abundance; miracles and blessings – Daily!  Many stop God short of blessing every area of their life because they only pray for the basics needs to be addressed when there is so much more that God wants to show us.  If your need list is short, then don’t be upset at God for only giving you what you asked for.  It takes faith to believe for me and it takes even more faith to believe that you will receive every heart’s desire.  God will surely take us from faith-to-faith but we have to trust him to do it.  Get out of the habit of settling and get into the habit of expecting.  Great Expectations are found in a book – called the Bible.