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

Because of Who You Are

My sister came down for a couple of weeks recently so we got to spend some time together. As we were sitting talking a song came on, it was 'Because of Who You Are' by Juanita Bynum and I began to frown and I told my sister  “I don’t like that song” she looked at me strange and asked why and I couldn’t answer her.  All I knew was, every time the song comes on I find myself frowning and depicting the song word for word.  So I told her “I just don't understand  why she said she praise him because of who he is” My sister is rather opinionated but this time she didn’t say anything... to my surprise. 

A couple of days after that conversation I said my prayers and laid down to go asleep and in my mind I began singing… “Because of who you are I give you glory, because of who you are I give you praise” and I started frowning and then it came to me clear as day why I react the way that I do to that song.  I realized that I frown when I hear that song because that’s not why I give him praise. I give him praise because of the person he has helped me become and the person he makes me want to be.  I couldn’t wait to talk to my sister again to give her the reason why I don’t like that song and she said “Gal, I’m glad you came up with something because I was like why she don’t like that song?” Then she went on to say “That may not be your truth but it is the truth to some people; that's the only person we should praise because of who they are” and I just sat there and listened. After I talked to her I realized she was right and I was being judgmental about why someone else gives God praise and that is wrong!  Just as everyone’s struggle is specific to them so are their reasons for doing things. 

So I decided to start typing, and as I’m typing I had another revelation… I have always known God, BUT  that was never enough for me to truly give him my all and try to become a better person. So basically I didn’t understand the song because it was the fear of God that I didn’t possess. (If this were a cartoon my jaw would now be on the floor from shame)   So notice my shock right now to realize that this blog is actually to reveal a truth about myself that I never realized before.  The Fear of God is something everyone should have and understand and since I didn't have it I did not understand it. How sad is that?

So Today My Voices are checking me saying “Your reaction to some things may be about an internal truth that has not yet been revealed so don’t be so quick to judge people… YOU may be the one that needs evaluation!”

Until Next Time...