A Little Confession... Truth be told, it's good for the Soul...

A Little Confession… Truth be told, it’s good for the Soul...

When you realize that you have been literally “walking” in error although you thought you were walking with God; it’s best to correct the error immediately in order to walk right with God.  And a little confession, truth be told – is always, always good for the soul.

I haven’t gotten personal in a while and I guess now is a better time than any.  Much of the time I speak in general public admonishment, but today I come humbly before God asking for his forgiveness regarding a personal matter.

What did I do to cause an offense?  I gave God’s glory to something else and it’s one of the worse offenses that we can commit when wanting to walk circumspectly before God.  None are perfect but we can stray off course, oftentimes, unaware but when he brings you front and center with the offense; the best thing to do is accept your wrongdoing in the matter and ask for forgiveness and keep on pressing.

That’s where many continue on the wrong course of action; reacting instead of halting all action until you get things back right with God.

My real reason why I was able to lose close to 80 pounds was because I first sought God.  You might be thinking, why do you have to confess that?  It’s because I was giving God second-hand credit when He should have received the credit first.  Had I not started chasing after God first, the initial pounds or any that followed would have not begun to shed; and instead of giving him all credit, I gave him some – after the fact.  I gave credit to eating better (and I did), but it was a result of first experiencing that the weight could come off simply by walking and having conversation with him. 

I next gave credit to vitamin supplements that I was taking (and they did aid in giving me an energy), but had I not made up in my mind to pursue him through the vessel of walking and talking to him, I would have never gained the impetus to start moving my body in the first place.  I put profit before peace with God and I want to right that wrong by telling God that I confess publicly that I was wrong and ask to be made right in his sight.

The best thing that you can do for yourself and your soul is to want to be right with God to the best of your ability.  No one is perfect and God knows that already… He just wants us to fess-up about it for our own sake.  

It Don't Come Easy...

It Don’t Come Easy… 

It doesn't matter if you were born into poverty or with a silver spoon in your mouth; that which you desperately would have, somehow evades you.  It’s designed that way in order for us to seek out God, in  order for us to possess it.

Some would like to think that there is a system in place that is designed to keep a person or a group down, but those who believe and trust in the Lord know that “Good things take time”. 

Peace isn't inherited, peace isn't able to be purchased, peace cannot be smoked, injected, snorted, inhaled or even created.  Peace is a gift of God should any man be able to boast, saying that it was given of or by them.  And without God, peace will elude you.

If we would only chase after God as we do people, success and the money, those things that we chase would chase us down and overtake us. 

Why do we make seeking God hard, as if he cannot be found?  Nothing worth having is found outside of the grace of God.  The lover you seek could be sitting right next to you on a park bench but unless God reveals that to your spirit, you will aimlessly go throughout this life chasing one bad relationship after another. Or that business that you keep throwing good money after bad will ever-be that one big break, that one hand-shake away; and there you were standing in-line at the Starbucks behind the financier who could have given you the financial loan, had you not been rude to them when they bumped into you on their way out, but God could have provoked you to hold the door for them as they struggled with several cups of latte and cappuccinos.  Only God drops those invaluable nuggets that only those with discerning spirits can detect; and not detect but act upon.

If you say that you trust God – Trust God.

God Cannot Lie

God Cannot Lie

Every promise in His Word belongs to those of us who can believe God for them ALL! 

Every now and again we have to remind ourselves of one indelible truth about our God, and that is that God cannot lie. 

Hold God to His Word to YOU!  Only you know what God has promised specifically to you and if he told you; if he said it! Then He is held accountable to you to bring it to pass. 

God loves what “we” consider to be a challenge and those things that appear to “us” to be impossible.

Allow God to be God in your life.

God will always reveal and show up on the behalf of those of us who keep our hope, trust and faith in Him and Him alone.

Once you masticate and ruminate upon that thought... It should put you at ease and you hit cruise control because ultimately; it's up to God to honor His Word; and before His Word returns void - it will perform what He sent it forth to accomplish.

God's Word is wonderfully sound in the fact that it keeps God honest, it keeps our faith honest; and not resting on our laurels but instead in the Word of God.  Because God cannot lie - we can always have faith!  That’s faith not based on works! God does the heavy lifting of moving blessings into place.

What’s the point of saying that He is your God and you do not trust him to be just that? Stop lying to yourself because God surely cannot lie!

Free-Thinkers... It Cost Too Much To Think!

Free-Thinkers… It Cost Too Much To Think!

Free-Thinking and Thinkers don’t realize that the cost they pay is too high!  It cost too much!  Nothing in life is free – Nothing!

Even God, who owns all, still expects something from us; in the form of faith, praise, glory, reverence and honor; and when you choose to think freely, you miss both the mandate and the opportunity to return to him the only thing(s) that is worth anything to Him.

It’s a terrible thing to believe that you are free when you are indeed in the worst form of bondage there is… Free to think as one ought instead of trusting in the wisdom that only God Almighty provides.

Free Thinkers suggest that you “Think before you believe”, God is admonishing you to “Believe before you ever attempt to think”.

“My Inkwell” Meet Me At the Well…

Father,

      Don’t let me leave this Earth without having seen your promise(s) to me come to pass.  You have inspired me with great ideas, thoughts, hopes, dreams and aspirations; through your Word and the word that I inspire within others.  And the possibilities are endless…

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind and soul.”  In other words, with all that you got!  Without a heart we are dead.  If we lose our minds we are useless.  If we lose our soul we are spiritually deceased and sure enough a goner!

Every time I reach a point wherein I think that I haven’t a drop of spiritual ink left to write or utter a Word, God you find a way to renew my strength and I overflow from the inkwell that never runs dry from within.

I guess I just wanted to say Thank You for your faithfulness and to say Thank You for having chosen me and trusting me to finish my course strong and in longhand.

I Love You,

Yolanda-

P.S.

Now I understand my love for pens and writing instruments…  I am your pen, your instrument; and your spirit is the ink in my well. 

The Montblanc is a must-have!

One Lone Voice... Getting Some Things Off of My Chest!

One Lone Voice… Getting Some Things Off of My Chest!

At times I think that my voice is nothing more than a needle in a haystack, impossible to see or find or comprehend where to even begin.  Some may give up on what I have to say, and think it toilsome to understand where it is that I am coming from.  Doing God’s work is sometimes hard but it is always worth it.

My needle reverberates, sends shock-waves and tremors; that way finding it really isn't that difficult to pluck out of the many bristles surrounding it.  God is able to keep that which is committed to him.  Some might ask what “that” is - Just that… Whatever “that” is to you – He is able to do.  He’s awesome like that.  God says that He is the Great I Am.  Once again… You might ask “I Am what”?  And His response is whatever you need me to be – I Am!

Every time I hear that statement, I say to myself, “I serve a bad God”.  There is no one like him. 

I know that I am not the only voice standing on and up for His Word, but sometimes it gets lonely out in the world, not the wilderness.  The wilderness would be a welcomed solitude against the world that tends to be dead-set against the Word of God or anyone who seeks to educate, inform, evangelize and preach the way unto salvation.

We all know that no one is perfect but to attempt to live righteously and with some semblance of decency and morality is frowned upon in today’s establishment of “Do what you want and live however you want”.  And to not speak directly against any one particular group but to only say what “Thus saith the Lord”, will get one shunned, blocked or deleted.  Wait a minute… I thought that we were being tolerant?  I thought that I had the right, same as you, to formulate and speak on and espouse my own opinion(s).  When did the rights of the Saints become violated or better yet, a violation?  When did the hearts of men no longer want to hear or do the Word of God?

The world is in the worst state it has ever been regarding our position being non-prostrate towards God and the world is suffering because of it, but people would still rather choose to do and to live as though there is no God; and reverence even from amongst the Saints is lacking and underwhelming to say the least.

I knew when God called me to do what I am doing that it would be hard, that it would be some resistance from the enemy and that it would take some time in seeing fruit produced; but I underestimated that it would be more like competing in the Iron Man Competition, UFC Championship (The real deal, not that WWE scripted, for entertainment purposes only), The Tour De’ France, Triathlon, all at the same time.  And had he told me that it was good for me to take the thought into consideration that it would be difficult, but not just how much, he did me a favor.  But, no matter how difficult – Who can say no to God when they are called?  It’s better to fight and battle with Him because there is surely no win against him. 

There are many in the Bible who were called and mostly all of the time, it was them alone God spoke his secrets to… but aided by others along the way of their journey.  The weight and stress of those that are called oftentimes feels unbearable to the one carrying the load because we know that God has entrusted us with a task that he expects us to complete and we don’t want to let him down.

Therefore if God said it can be done, it will be done.  If God called me to it, then it will be done according to his Word and His power that works in me.

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”  But I will keep on writing until the story is finished!

Semantics Are Nothing More Than Antics...

Semantics Are Nothing More Than Antics…

How many times are we going to fall?  How many times are we going to ask for God’s help and when he does, we turn our backs on Him and what he stands for?

I have and haven’t been having a hard time deciding on whom to vote for.  I knew that Hillary was not the choice – first and foremost.  We’ll stick a pin in that and come back to it later.  Donald and his shenanigans don’t scare me, it upsets me that anyone of his character could ever be a party nominee and it is insulting to this country as a whole.  For anyone to vote for this imbecile makes me question their character, down to its central core.  It’s past personal political vendettas and party lines, this issue of voting matters and to not take it seriously; is just an insult to all who laid down life and deeds to create this great Nation.  In regards to “The Donald”, it’s not an issue of Semantics but of arrogance and pure Antics!!! 

When did we as a Nation sink so low as to not honor our political process?  When did we start to care more for antics and the propensity towards anarchy?  Donald Trump is not a choice; it’s a mistake that can only be rectified – after-the-fact; like an unwanted-pregnancy, not even a late-stage abortion can save us, we have gone too far, and it’s a decision that will affect the lives of many – Forever.

Question: Who did the subtle enemy in the Garden of Eden speak to in order to cause the fall of Man?  Not the man, but the woman.  Most would rather their punishment having come from their Mother rather than their Father. 

Who cares about emails when she smiles and tells us with poison in her cup that she hands to us and says its medicine, the panacea to all our problems and supports wholeheartedly gay marriage?  God doesn't care about her emails, he cares about where her heart is towards Him, and towards His people, and to His Nation.  There was a covenant between the Forefathers of this country and God; and God is holding us to it.

Every President before has not ran on the political platform as a proponent of gay rights, to the point of making laws in support of furthering the cause, and I believe that has been one of the reasons God’s hand has stayed from the wrath that wants to come forth and consume this Nation.  Everyone has a right to their own opinions and the will to live out their lives as they see fit (gay or not), but when laws are being made that threaten the opposition, those who choose not to be in support of a gay lifestyle, to be viewed as outlaws; that makes me sit up and wonder what’s really going on here?  Tolerance goes both ways…

When was the last time you went to a fast-food establishment, restaurant with a waiter/waitress, clothier shop; Heck! Viewed television, including National Sports or listened to your favorite radio station and wasn't bombarded with the ever-present gay kiss, gay relationship, or gay personality.  It’s not that they have finally arrived, they have in-fact infiltrated the fabric of society and now Pandora ’s Box has been wedged open and the only one that can close that door is God.

If you wanted to know how the mark of the beast could be used to control commerce, now you have an answer.  And you didn't even realize that you were causing your own detriment by simply voting for a candidate that doesn't realize the full ramifications of her actions - Same as Eve.

Our power to vote means nothing, if it’s not wielded for a candidate that is for the principles of God Almighty.  Yes, Blacks once used to vote primarily for the Republican Party, but once their policies no longer aligned themselves with our views, we cast our vote for the candidate and party that did. 

Voting is more than casting a ballot, it’s about saying on whose side you are on – God’s or not; it’s not about choosing the lessor of two evils but eschewing evil altogether; because no one else may not know which candidate you will select inside of the polling booth, once the curtain is drawn; but God will.  He’s asking will you choose Him over your own views or what you deem to be best right now, but trust in Him to cause all things to work together for your (our) good, for the long-haul.

It’s not a wasted vote if you write-in God.  Remember let your Yea be Yea and your Nay Be Nay.  Yes, go vote, but if neither one of them is suitable or palatable, God will always be.