The Special Encounters

The last couple of months I have allowed the worries of the world to interfere with my spiritual growth.  About a week ago I got a tweet from a new follower named Stephanie and it read: “Hey lady! How is God treating you today?”  I literally stopped what I was doing because it caught me off guard. I was just tweeting random craziness and out of nowhere here was someone asking how God was treating me.  I instantly felt condemned about my recent actions, words and thoughts.  I responded “Hi, he’s been great to me, what about you?” I replied but you know, sometimes we go through the motions and say what we feel people expect us to say or we answer with truth not really pondering the significance of the words we speak.  Later that week Stephanie tweeted Everyone has something they feel strongly about.  But the question becomes are you going to do anything about it.

Yesterday I went to the track to walk and I had the pleasure of accompanying a beautiful young lady around my age that I knew while growing up.  It was my first time really talking to her and her spirit was AH-MAY-ZING! She spoke with such grace and conviction about her love for God and all he’s done and is doing in her life.  I saw in her what I need to see in myself.  She truly inspired me and spoke to my heart and made me do inventory of my spiritual characteristics.  After leaving the track, I felt like God put us on the track at the same time for a reason.  I thought back to the tweet Everyone has something they feel strongly about.  But the question becomes are you going to do anything about it. And it meant something totally different at that moment.  I ‘claim’ to have such a Fear Of and Love For God, yet I do nothing about it.  It’s not in my everyday talk or my walk and definitely not in my tweets LOL. I’m not saying that it should be all that I talk about, but it should be evident when coming into contact with me.

So Today my Voices are Praying: praying for forgiveness of my transgressions, strength in my never ending journey of being a better person, awareness of my actions both good and bad, control to guard my tongue from the things that are unlike him and I pray most of all for a more profound voice to speak of his greatness!

In the words of Stephanie How is God treating you today? And what are you going to do about it?

…Until Next Time

It Starts With You

Most people have to be able to see and know how things will get done before they try to change their situation for the better. Take goingback to school for instance; there are a lot of people that would love to go back to school, if for no other reason than to have that accomplishment under their belt. But, they look at their situation and find a million and one reasons that would make that goal impossible to obtain...no babysitter, what about work, how will I get there, when will I study, what about my family, will it consume too much of my time, can I finish, how will I pay for it (the list goes on and on)? Usually people focus so much on negativity that they rule out any future goals that they may want to accomplish because of the negative clutter already in their minds. The term we "speak things into existence" is quite true. When you think negatively and consider yourself defeated before beginning, you take yourself out of the equation by NOT believing that ALL things can be changed…people, circumstances as well as finances.

What people fail to realize is before you expect someone else to come through for you, you have to make the first move and come through for yourself. Make some moves to better your OWN life and change your OWN circumstances.  No one wants to help someone that isn’t helping themselves. My point is, people are more inclined to help those that want something out of life, besides a hand out.

So Today my Voices are Asking you for a Favor:  please change your way of thinking?  Instead of thinking about millions of reasons things can't be done, think about the opportunities that may arise if you put yourself in a prosperous position. Just start doing things and deal with the hick-ups in life as they arise. You will be amazed at the help and support you get when you step out on faith!

A situation will never change by doing the same things over and over again.  You MUST change your way of thinking,  if you want any type of change in your life.  It starts with you…

Until Next Time

Introduction to Your Victory

I know all the things that people say about my pastor but he always gives me exactly what I need to continue my walk her on earth with my head held high and my dignity in tact. His sermon today meant a lot to me so I decided to share a synopsis of his sermon. 

Today pastor talked about ‘How to live for God, How to have Rest, How to apply faith and How the Holy Spirit Works.’  He explained that the only way to prevent sin from having dominion over you is to stay strong and grow in the lord and live according to his word.  He made it clear that simply knowing the word does not get you into heaven “Heaven is not an Automatic Truth!”  You have to protect your heart, your soul and your body from working by feelings…because feelings are easily tied to sin.  Without righteous morals we will live like heathens…and morals can only come from the fear of God.

My pastor has this uncanny way of preaching about whatever it is I may be going through at any given Sunday.  It's as if he peeks into my life…sees my past, predicts my future and tries to stop me from doing anything that will deter me from the path of righteousness. 

The thing that stood out the most to me today was when Pastor was talking about how sometimes we are so busy trying to tell people the right things to do, that we are perceived in a way that’s not like God.  Not because we don’t mean well, but because these people are unevenly yoked so they do not understand our perspective of things.  Sometimes people have a tendency to overlook your heart and not understand that you’re coming from a place of love.

“When your test is at its worse, just sit down! No running around, fussing, cussing and crying”

“Don’t allow your feelings to dictate your faith”

“Don’t allow anything or anyone to contaminate your Faith!”

“Stay plugged into the word, to prevent the devil from plugging in to you!”

How you React Today, Alters your Tomorrow

First I would like to thank you guys for taking the time out to read my blog. I really appreciate it.  A few people told me that they were unable to post a comment if the problem still exists please let me know.

Now back to the many voices that cloud my mind :-) …I want to elaborate more on what I started talking about on yesterday.  The title Favor isn’t Fair can be interpreted in many ways.  The interpretation that most people need to understand is when someone has favor in their life it is not to be envied, because everyone has their season to prosper.   Everyone has a past that dictates their present and shapes their future, the choices we make today influences our tomorrow.  So we should learn to rejoice for the blessings of others and bring forth positive energy instead of negative vibes.  You never know what struggles a person has endured, what prayers they have prayed and what they have sacrificed in order to make it to their season of favor.  Every second you take envying someone else’s life could be used to better your own.  Instead of trying to figure out why things ‘seem’ to be going right for someone else, make preparations to change the path that you’re taking. There are always multiple routes to a destination and it’s never to late to change your itinerary for life.  So begin with not judging what you think others deserve and what they don’t…you may be blocking the entrance of favor in your life by having such negative thoughts.

We are all blessed in different ways and what some people can accomplish by not trying, others have to work hard at...but that doesn’t mean that it’s out of reach. Simply put, Life isn’t fair or easy but if you fight through the obstacles to accomplish the task at hand, favor may be in your corner the next time around…but if you give up you’ll never know.   So today my voices are screaming: You may think favor isn’t fair today, but when you’re the one with the favor you’ll think it’s well deserved.  So be happy for others just as you would want them to be happy for you. Don’t wait until you feel your life is better to treat someone nice...it may be too late. 

How you React Today, Alters your Tomorrow and Yesterday is Obsolete!!

Until Next Time…