I want to be a Proverbs 31 woman! (BLOG Entry 24)

I want to be a Proverbs 31 woman!

 I want to be a Proverbs 31 woman!

A woman who follows God’s word,

For his voice she has constantly heard,

And her life is a reflection of the ear of that direction,

Lacking the desperation of any selfish ambitions,

So each day she walks in love….

She fast and she prays.

I want to be a Proverbs 31 woman!

She loves God with a sincere heart so divine,

That it touches and captures those lost and blind,  

Not because she has followed her own lust,

But in the instructions of God’s plan will she trust.

So each day she walks in love…

She worships and she praises.

I want to be a Proverbs 31 woman!

Whether young or old,

She cherishes life as it is gold,

Because she knows that her help comes from above,

So each day she walks in love…

She encourages and she lifts up.

I want to be a Proverbs 31 woman!

Whether married or single,

She trusts her current season of her life and embraces every wrinkle,

For she knows of a man who has a grander plan,

He is the greatest creator of the age of man,

So each day she walks in love…

She stands beyond tears and refuses to be bitter and depressed.

I want to be a Proverbs 31 woman!

She works hard every day wherever she maybe,

Planting seeds that will one day grow into a beautiful tree,

For she knows whether at home, work, or wherever she may flee,

That her life is a ministry for the entire world to see,

So each day she walks in love...

She knows where her purpose lies and she walks in character.

I want to be a Proverbs 31 woman!

She walks in wisdom for she knows the power of the tongue,

Her truth spits like rivers of a hope unsung,

For her goal is to uplift,

As she allows this to become the walk of her gift,

So each day she walks in love…

She knows that words are very powerful.

I want to be a Proverbs 31 woman!

So that all can see that Christ lives in me!

NOT WITHOUT A FIGHT: BLOG ENTRY 23

Prayer is what will see you through on this journey. It is a source of communication between God and you that will restore strength of peace in the midst of ANY type of situation.

 “This fight that we fight is not a physical fight, but yet a spiritual one.” I have heard this phrase several times as we have entered 2016 and as our church studies the Book of James. But even more so I have come to understand the dynamic power of prayer as my dad would always quote, “Much prayer, much power…little prayer, little power…no prayer, no power.”  

          Let us just be real. We face daily battles on the job, with our families, friends, enemies, frenemies, and even in the least expected places situations still come up.  We run into health issues and financial woes. We face rejection that scars us and leaves a trial of constant disappointments and hopelessness. Sometimes, we just go through it! But even in our frustrations, God provides a word of strength unto his people.

James 5:16 (NIV) Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

The bible has many scriptures relating to prayer, but I have come to understand just how powerful and effective it is.

          I use to think well if everything is going to happen the way God wants it to happen anyway then why pray. Then, I begin to grow more in the word of God and develop a different way of thinking. The benefit of knowing God and appreciating him for simply who he is will equip us in making our lives accountable and therefore pleasing to his sight. We should desire to want to grow for HIS timing shall lead us to our purpose. Notice, I said HIS timing.

           Often times we worship God and honor him secretly thinking that if I do what God wants me to do then he will follow the plans that I want him to follow. He will do what I want him to do because I did A-Z. OOOOOO Look at me! 

I have followed all the rules and now God where is my prize. 

Go sit down please!!

This is very dangerous thinking!

          We should not worship God for what he can do, but get to that place where you can begin to worship him for who he is. When you get to this place, you will begin to see yolks broken and lives changed for the better because you have taken yourself out of it and have acknowledged that it is all about him. 

          So I challenge you today to seek him. Yet know this, it will not be without a fight! But the good news is that the battle is already won. Your finish will be victorious. Today, fight for your mind, fight for your peace, and fight for your joy.

           

Lord, thank you for another day. You didn’t promise the fight would be easy, but you did promise that I would have victory in you. So today Lord, I speak peace and joy over my mind and my life. Today, I speak victory over my family and friends. Today, I declare your power in me to stand victoriously upon your word. I declare that today, victory is mine.  I thank you in advance for what you are doing and shall do not only in my life, but the lives of your people.

 In Jesus Name I pray

AMEN

A Place Called Home

Living in this fancy dwelling,

There is always something to see beyond the gamboling lights of gleam,

Beyond the hours of every existence of fate,

I dream great dreams and yet I am living them in abundance of today’s clemency.

 

But yet beneath the shadows of tomorrow I love to visit one place….

 

 

 

This place where the stars are so dazzling and mystical,

It captures every frazzled and arid place,

Where the grass is always greener than the grass on the other side,

Where I smell the sweet smell of thorny red roses on this country-side plain,

And these thorns are secretly cat teeth in the joking imagination of innocence,

Where laughter never ends as I gaze from afar,

On a creaky porch that seems too small to the human eye,

But inside it is full of love and the foundation upon where dreams begin,

The aroma of prayer fills the air even after the silence takes over,

And my heart hears music built like great pyramids in the days of ancient Greece,

And even as I return to my fancy place of dreams…

 I will always understand why HOME is simply where my heart is.

 

Do you suffer from One Tree-itis? (BLOG ENTRY 21)

Do you suffer from One Tree-itis?

Amazing Author, Michelle Hammond once asked a very deep question when she asked, Do you suffer from One Tree-itis? What is it that you are so focused on that is stealing your joy of who God made you to be? What is it?

Often times we focus on the one thing that we don’t have and fail to appreciate what we do have.  Although Adam and Eve had everything they needed, the serpent came and brought Eve’s attention to the one thing that she didn’t have.  He became that little voice in her ear to take her attention off all the wonderful things that God had blessed her with. He brought her attention to the one tree that she couldn’t eat from in thinking that God was withholding something good from her. 

 

Psalm 84:11 (KJV) For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

God knows my dear child and he hasn’t forgotten about you. He knows what is suitable for you. He knows what is best for you.  These are the best days of your life my sisters and brothers. So enjoy them and stop focusing on what you don’t have.  STOP, LOOK, and LISTEN silly, you are missing what is right in front of you.

God has seen your heart,

So play your part,

In the perfection of his story,

It shall be for his honor and glory.

The time is near,

So don’t you dare fear,

You have everything you need,

So don’t be hasty with greed.

God is writing this beautiful piece,

So the worry can cease,

If you yet trust him…

Others may walk away,

But his love shall never stray,

Wait, fight, and pray…

TODAY IS YOUR DAY!

 

 

 

BLOG ENTRY 20: The List

“No honey, nothing is wrong with you if you don’t fit on his/her list. You just don’t fit on their list. Build a bridge, get over it and know that God has so much more for you.”

         

 

         I get so tired of people getting upset and hurt behind not fitting into the expectations of others. We spend too much time wearing the weight of people’s approval instead of being happy with whom we are.

•     Am I good enough?
•      Am I successful enough?
•      Am I beautiful enough?
•     Am I smart enough?

          Yes, you are all these things and more. People’s expectations don’t define who you are. God sees it, knows it, and allows it all in your favor. 

Jeremiah 29:11 (MSG) says, I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.

          God has already planned out great things for your life. In translation, what God has for you is for you. Priscilla Shirer once said, “We don’t mind God being God as long as it fits in with what we have outlined. Are you pouting when you yield to God and yielding to him doesn’t yield the results that you thought it was going to?”

          We want God to adjust his plans on our terms to suit what we want and become angry when God decides to do differently than what we expected of him. The moment it becomes uncomfortable and the moment we don’t understand what God is doing then we lose faith. We get impatient with God when his timing doesn’t fit our timing. We get bitter with God when we begin to feel entitled to things because of what we did or didn’t do. We try to place God in a box, but he can do more and above what we could ever think or even ask for. So sometimes it takes for us to simply move out of his way and completely trust him. Sometimes it takes for us to continue praying even when we get weary that our will becomes his will and that our ways become his ways. He wants us to completely trust him with our whole hearts.

          I want to know the fullness of God and I can only do that by letting go. All I have to do is purely trust him.  

         And if the truth is told when it comes down to it then the only list I really need to be on is God’s list. So if I am not on your list, then hey you're probably not on mine either because the path that I am following is the will of God. 

         My word to you is to believe in yourself and be confident. Do not let rejection of people cause you to doubt who you are in God. It is okay not to be on someones so called list or agenda. It does not make them a bad person, but that is not God's plan for you. God's desire is to give you his best for YOUR life.  We must accept that he knows what he is doing and that his favor is upon your life.