BLOG ENTRY TWELVE: Staying Within God's Speed Limit-Learning to Trust Him

A message for you...
What do you do when God has shown you something, but yet what you have heard in the spirit doesn't line up with your current situation?

• You trust God anyhow, trust that his timing is perfect.

• Trust him that the desire that he has placed inside of you shall come to pass.

• Trust that it will bring him glory in his due season.

So just hold out and simply trust him.

Often we try and rush God and his timing. His timing is perfect for ALL of his children. He wants the best for you and he loves you unconditionally.

Do we really trust God or do we do our own thing and then expect/pray that God bless our hasty decisions?

• Allow God to order your steps daily.

Speed Limit Part One
A past put to rest and a future not yet seen,
I've chosen to stay within God's speed limit,
Trying to fulfill my dreams,

Feeling rushed in the fast lane,
Forgetting to fill up,
I am running out of gas,
Lord, want you please fill my cup,

Hit some road bumps,
Had to overcome some hills and humps,
But God saved me when I almost crashed,
He spared my life and ended what could have been my last,

So I am staying within God's speed limit,
So if you don't like it then go around,
As long as I know where I'm headed,
HEAVEN BOUND

Speed Limit Part Two

My heart isn't reassured,
Lord I think I'm running late,
Let me go pass this speed limit,
For goodness sake

God says...
Keep going the pace that I have directed,
I have placed the signs,
That are around for instruction to protect you

What's the point I ponder...

God allows me to look in my rear view mirror,
I see where he has brought me from,
All for his purpose,
Located in the holes of his palm

Thank you Lord,
A tear falls as I tell God,
I want give up

I didn't even realize how far I had come,
Changing lives,
For I know the battle has already been won,

So my lesson to you,
When it feels like God's way isn't working,
Keep going,
He will bring you through

BLOG ENTRY ELEVEN: You Can't Buy Me Love- Video Version Exclusive

BLOG ENTRY TEN: Don't Worry

 

 

 

 

 

Lesson 7: DON’T WORRY (Matthew 6:25-34)

 

Don’t try and rush the existence of time

Finding yourself so entwined in its mystery

That you find yourself left far behind

 

Don’t try and rush the unknowns of life

Building up unnecessary worry and strife

 

Don’t try to play yourself

Wanting things that life has not prepared you for

But wait patiently

And God will open that door

 

 

 

BLOG ENTRY NINE: Let's Talk About L-O-V-E

Lesson 6: Let’s talk about L-O-V-E

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is no easily angered, and it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with truth. It always protects, always trust, always hopes, and always perseveres. Love never fails. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

You Can’t Buy Me Love

Don’t fall in love with material possessions and what a man can give you. Know who you are and stand upon that. Let your love always be sincere based on the right reasons and God will bless you.

This is one thing I want all young women to understand to truly value yourself. It you don’t understand what your true value is then open up the word of God. (Psalm 139:14) (Proverbs 3:15)

If you know who you are then you conduct yourself in a new way. It doesn’t matter what your past looks like or what others have told you. I am telling you that you are beautiful, you are intelligent, and you can do anything you put your mind to. We are all a work in progress. Often times we get not only trapped in the past, but what I like to call the twilight zone of the “now”. The now is the place that you feel like your trapped in where nothing seems to work out. It appears as everyone has left you. The “now” is the place that calls for the greatest faith.

PUBLIC NOTICE: If I don’t see a future with you and my discernment tells me otherwise then I am not even going out with you for a free meal or whatever. My time is too precious and I don’t have time to be playing with people’s heart. It is not on my agenda to neither use other people nor be used. Ladies, follow your intuition and ask God for wisdom.

Boy says…

Baby, I can offer you the world with caviar and limousines

Diamonds, rubies, and all the shiny things

I can give you money, and whenever you would like

I can buy you shoes, the designer’s best, and room service all night

My clothes are fresh

And so is my car

I’m riding on chrome

And baby I’m a star

Girl Responds…

Don’t want to be mean, but I have got to be real.

So let me break it down

Here’s the deal…

You can’t buy my live with a couple of stacks

Sugar daddies, a happy meal, or a jumbo jack

I don’t care what type of car you have

I heard it all before

I need something real

I need something more

I don’t care what is in your pocket

If there is nothing in your brain

I rather be alone

Than go insane

Don’t get me wrong

I like jazzy things and diamonds too

But when it comes down to it

That’s a limited review

So change up your game

It is very whack

Hope you appreciated

My feedback

BLOG ENTRY EIGHT: The Reality/The Illusion

Lesson 5: It is time to wake up. As I look around the world, the things that are happening daily saddening my heart, but yet I still I have and unexplainable hope for a better tomorrow. The reality is that it is time to wake up. We should always strive to be better than we were the day before.

 

“For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave him thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts darkened.” Romans 1:20

 

THE REALITY

 

The reality is that the lust of the world and the temporary feelings of pleasure have trapped us into the deceitful mind frame that has caused us to neglect the realities of real life situations

 

That our black communities are being plagued by the reality of aids, selfishness, and greed

 

The reality that instead of being restrained by the prejudices of society…

We continue to trap ourselves in the webs of repeated history of poverty and the streets

 

The reality is that we have got to teach our children who they are and where they come from

But where we come from does not define the product of who we are

 

The reality that America isn’t getting any better so we must not hide and run from our troubles

 

The reality that we have got to face the fear of failure

The reality that our babies are having babies

The reality that our black men are getting fewer and fewer

 

The reality that our children are being raised in front of the television instead of by their parents

 

The reality that we are crying out, crying out, crying out for help but no one is listening

 

The reality that mental deprivation has an effect on a child that has to watch his father beat his mother

 

The reality of the tears continuously being shed over the same type of situations because the next person thought it couldn’t happen to them

 

The reality that blood has been shed over innocent lives and drugs are still killing

 

The reality that a young woman would do anything, even sale her child for drugs

 

Searching for an unreachable high through the insanities of the world

We will never reach that destination

 

The reality is…

If you want purpose…

If you want to go anywhere in life…

You have got to wake up and take action…

Starting with the person starting you back in the mirror

 

 

 

The Illusion

 

I begin to evaluate the things in my life

The acquisition of things, relationships, and endless strife

Seeing a future stretched out in a path of wait

Getting lonely in the midst of fate

The illusions of Satan’s fulfillment of sexual desires

Being young and still yet tired

 

Satan plays tricks with the minds of the young

But it never measures up and it only gets you hung

Hung up on lies that lead to hate

Hung up on greed that you didn’t even anticipate

Hung up in situations

Leaving your heart filled with pain

Blocking out the world

In the midst of your shame

 

Blaming it on others and where you come from

Blaming on society and the glamour of smoking crack and sipping rum

Trying to erase your problems

But they still remain

Emotions so bottled up

You wouldn’t know love if it called your name

 

Baby, Jesus is the only way to find peace

Among the insecurities of grief

Tried him for myself

And now I have relief

BLOG ENTRY SEVEN: Real Talk

Real Talk

Real Talk…

Baby girl, twisting hard and rolling her eyes

With them clothes on, I know you attracting all the wrong guys

Mama, kicked you out for the third time

Don’t have anywhere to go and don’t have a dime

 

Baby boy, think he hard and cutting up in school

Playing little girls and thinking he cool

Got the new Js so you can’t tell him nothing

But in the fundamentals of life, he flunking

 

Where are my sisters who are trying to do it right?

Where are my brothers who will not give up the fight?

Real Talk…

 

 

BLOG ENTRY SIX: Never Give In, Never Let Go, Never Let Up

Lesson 4: Don’t Give Up! Just like a clock take one tick at a time. You can do it!

Never Give in, Never Let Go, Never Let Up

 

When life seems upside down

And the pain is so unbearable what you want to frown

When your friends are nowhere around

And your heart is trapped and bound

When the fear of success

Keeps you from climbing

And you’re tired of all those nights that you’ve spent crying

Trust in God

He will lead you

You’ll never grow hungry

For this word shall feed you

Find your help on your knees

And confess your sins

Yet while you breathe

Never Give In…

Never Let Go…

Never Let Up…

 

BLOG ENTRY FIVE: Lord, Take it Away

Lesson Three:  My Prayer for Today-We are not perfect, but we should strive to be better.

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices holy and pleasing to God.” Romans 12:1

“Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.” Romans 8:8

 

Lord, Take It Away

ANYTHING in my heart that would cause destruction, jealously, or fear

ANYTHING of deceit whispering those sweet nothings in my ear

ANYTHING disregarding accordance to your will; despite, the insecurities I should temporally feel

ANYTHING that would take me out of my rightful mind

ANYTHING that would lapse the salvation of my time

ANYTHING that would deliberately hurt someone else, for the selfish benefits of myself

ANYTHING that would cause me to hate and not forgive

ANYTHING that would motivate my unwillingness to give

ANYTHING that would allow me to lie, curse, backbite, or throw rocks and hide my hands

Even belittle those who at one point I thought were my friends

ANYTHING that would allow me to criticize someone’s story I don’t even know

To try and walk through life for show

 

Examine me Lord, when I feel like I have to compromise what is real

Realizing love doesn’t cost but sin do

Lord, so I’m asking to please take away anything that is not of you

 

 

 

 

BLOG ENTRY FOUR-What's wrong with that?

What’s wrong with that?

These are just thoughts to ponder upon…

 

How many times have we frowned upon somebody else in their mess and the moment it becomes public we talk about them when in reality you are doing the same things and just hadn’t gotten caught.

How can we corrupt our children that watch us as examples and then get upset when they choose the paths that we unconsciously set up for them?

How can our children learn all the lyrics of a rap song, but can’t learn the alphabet?

How are the abnormal things of the world beginning to seem normal?

 

Will you be a follower or the voice for change? Your voice starts through our actions.

BLOG ENTRY THREE: Be careful how you treat others!

Lesson Two: Be careful how you treat others. Even if I am having a bad day at work then I shake it out if I know it comes at the expense of others and the learning of my students. Why make more people miserable? Every day will not be a good day, but we should check our minds and hearts to make sure we are showing the love of Christ.

Friend

To brighten up someone’s day of misery

Would be my delight

To show someone I cared

The light in my heart I would shared

To take a loner by the hand

I would learn to be a better friend

To do without anything in return

Would be my main concern

To give my time and words would express that

I want to think about others more than myself.

 

 

 

 

BLOG ENTRY TWO- Keep Moving On

Lesson1: Sometimes one of the hardest things to do is to move on in the midst of defeat. Sometimes we get distracted in the midst of the now, but I have come to find that there is nothing too hard for God all in his perfect timing.

Everything that happens is for a reason. Storms and then happiness are all in life’s seasons.

 “For I know the plans I have for you, “declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11

 

Keep Moving On

Me:

Lord, I been sitting here alone

Cried most of the day

Thinking of the hours

I can’t repay

 

Thinking of the minutes

That I let slip by

Thinking of the seconds

That were ALL a lie

 

My story, my past

I can’t put to rest

A life of trials, temptations, and

Never ending test

 

 

How I made it?

I wonder how…

Shouldn’t I be dead or insane by now?

 

 

God’s Response:

Baby girl,

These are just the things that came to make you strong

When you felt like you couldn’t make it

I was there all along…

 

How in your heart

You thought all hope was gone

But I woke you up the next day

Provided you with grace

To keep you strong

 

You kept going

Seven years later

Blood still flowing

 

I have made you

The young lady you are

And my love for you will continue to soar

You wondered why I took away

The guy you once loved

You just knew he was sent from above

In your eyes he was flawless, faultless, and knew what to say

Buy you had no idea

That in his heart deceitfulness and trickery lay

And when he cheated

You were hurt

Blinded by infatuation

Feeling sorry for yourself

Thinking you were less

Girl, know you are my anointed and blessed

 

But your answer was revealed with time

Couldn’t you see

My favor was upon you

And I’m still molding you

To be all I want you be

 

 

 

Me talking to God:

I understand…

I can’t change my past

But my present and future isn’t denied

Never taking anything for granite

In the midst of my pride

Wanting to do better

After each mistake

Saying despite the odds

“I will be great.”

I begged and pleaded to you

For another chance

My prayers were answered

In the midst of my test

…I’m alive…

Still breathing…

So let it all go

Simply keep my head up

Do my best

No worries because God

I know you will do the rest!

 

 

BLOG ENTRY ONE: The Introduction

Introduction:

I published my first book back in 2008 entitled, Just Simply Me and my second book back in 2009 entitled, A Journey Traveled. It is now 2015. I have found that in the midst of teaching and higher learning, I haven’t written as much. So I decided to start a BLOG featuring some of my favorite past poems and new ones. This may be in the form of brief videos or written work. I don’t write just for myself, but that my writing may be a blessing unto others and that you may understand that there is power in your words.

 

WORDS

“I understand the power of words…The identity of a single word can incorporate a spirit of life or death that lies in the product of its atmosphere.

The words of a simple song can build emotions within the interior of your heart.

They can break bridges and cause relationships to fall apart.

Choose your words carefully for they shape the character of the young.

The power of eternity lies in your tongue.”

 

WHY I WRITE

I write for purpose

I write for the cause

This aint no ballgame

Or no trip to Oz

The power of words

Declares the truth

That incorporates

A voice that can

Raise the roof

So much is going on

And the world is getting crazy

Sometimes the noise

Makes life a little hazy

 

So I write

And let out it all

My hopes, dreams, and constant flaws

How I made it and overcome

That my story or testimony may encourage someone

I write to embrace the imagination

In scenarios of life

Circumstances of glory and strife

I write not for your approval

Or for the fame

Not for the money or to embarrass

Anyone in shame

 

Writing is in my heart

God has given me a part

Let me share it with you…