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04/04/2023

FIT TO STAND TRIAL(S)

I had a recent conversation with a friend and he informed me that there were some people who had been making disparaging remarks about me. We laughed because their remarks weren't based off of anything that I'd since WRONG, but over what I'd been doing RIGHT!

That conversation led me to a revelation! Your competency won't always be based on how WELL you do something; it will sometimes be based on how much people LIKE how you're doing something.

If you have the expectation for others to do the job that they're SUPPOSED to do, expect to come up against opposition and negativity. It is the trial that you will have to endure to do YOUR assignment well. If you let people slack off, they'll probably love you, but then YOUR work takes a hit and, eventually it WILL catch up to you 🤷🏽‍♀️.

God built you the way that He did for a purpose. He made you with a plan and He has equipped you with everything that you need to stand these trials and tribulations. You might be the (negative) talk of the town, but hold fast and set your face as stone. Do what you do as into God and don't worry about the report of men. After all, men will love you today and hate you tomorrow, but God's love is eternal.

You ARE competent. You ARE enough. You ARE strong. Stand firm and flat-footed. Continue doing your assignment well even if your not getting applause or complimented.

04/02/2023

Psalm 91:10-12

10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

During these uncertain times, there is one the we can be certain of, and that's God and all the encumbers Him.

(Verse 10) We are certain that nothing can overtake us or the space we dwell in...unless we allow it!!!

(Verse 11) We are certain that God has assigned angels to guard and watch over us and will fight for us daily-(EVERYDAY)

(Verse 12) We are certain that the angels assigned to us, in the time of adversity, will lift us up and away from the situation so we don't get hurt or bruised

04/02/2023

My prayer this week is that God protect during this dispensation

03/25/2023

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PITCHER AND THE NEED OF THE CUP

As a child, I was constantly overlooked🤷🏽‍♀️. With VERY few exceptions, I was passed over. I watched family members come to take my siblings, but leaving me home. I watched friendship circles get formed while I was ostracized and bullied...

I don't say any of this because I'm seeking attention. In fact, I want to thank and praise God for keeping me when, more often than not, I didn't even feel wanted.

Because of my past, I completely grasp the IMPORTANCE of the pitcher and the NEED of the cup...

Oftentimes, I am met with disdain because I give compliments and love without hesitation. I live and love by the motto "Give flowers while others can smell them" 🤷🏽‍♀️. I see no need in withholding any good thing because I understand how a kind word can make a HUGE difference in a person's day or life. So, therefore, like a pitcher, I POUR OUT.

I've been the cup... I NEEDED for someone to say ANY kind words to me. I've NEEDED for someone to notice me; to validate me; to tell me that I'm worth it. I've NEEDED for someone not to point out not just the flaws that I felt, but the ones that they decided I had, too 😢. I've felt like I wanted to shatter...

A cup NEEDS to be poured into. It NEEDS to be filled. More importantly, it needs to be filled with the RIGHT things: love, peace, acknowledgement, forgiveness, joy.

Think back on all those times in your life when you could have used a kind word or gesture. Think of the time when you felt alone or forgotten. Keep these things on the forefront of your mind so that any AND EVERY time that you see a "cup", you will pour.

In this world where social media and internet platforms gives so many people a "voice" to spew out negativity, be a pitcher that pours out positivity. Our children are inundated and overtaken with so many trends, so much violence and so much hate. They NEED a positive fountain from which to receive and be revived. Today's cup becomes tomorrow's pitcher. Whatever gets poured into them is what they will pour out in turn.

"The world is full of kind people. If you can't FIND one, then BE one".

03/16/2023

TOO LAZY TO GO TO THE ALTAR
(long but worth the read)

Tonight, during my Bible reading, God revealed an interesting (and convicting) thing to me.

After Israel had conquered the land of Canaan, the Israelites who had already received their land inheritance on the other side of the Jordan were thanked for their service and told that they could return back to their homes. They were told to not forget their God who had done amazing things right before their eyes. They agreed and went home.

When they got back to their land, they built an altar. This infuriated the Israelites in Canaan because the Tent of Meeting/Tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant was on THEIR side of the Jordan and it had already been established that NO sacrifices were to be made on any other altar than that one which was before God! However, when they were questioned, the Israelites calmed them and explained that the altar wasn't for sacrifice; it was to inform/remind future generations that the people on both sides of the Jordan were actually related and served the same God.

Now, although that's interesting, that wasn't God's lesson to me 😂...

Anyway, no other altars were supposed to be built on which sacrifices were to be made to God. There was ONE altar and it was where the Ark of the Covenant was housed: first, in the Tent of Meeting; then, in the tabernacle built by Solomon.

As the descendents of Abraham increased (a promise made to him by God), they spread further throughout the land. The location of the altar remained the same, but the people got further and further from it. As the distance increased, more of them began to begrudge making the long journey back to the altar to make their sacrifices. So, they began to build altars that were closer so that they didn't have to travel so far. Surely the God who had delivered them from slavery and hardship was with them EVERYWHERE (fact) and would accept their sacrifice wherever it was offered, right? WRONG!!!

The problem was that when they stopped going TO God, they began to worship OTHER gods and THEN (the horror 😱), they sacrificed to the other gods on their man made altars 😢.

Fast forward to the Crucifixion. When Christ died for our sins, the veil (the separation that kept us from approaching God) was torn. We were given access to God. No more brick & mortar. Now, the altar was built in our hearts!

Hallelujah! Christ is living IN us and the Holy Spirit is making intercession for us! Our heart is the altar with which we can approach God and make our sacrifice. It's right inside of us! It couldn't be any closer! That makes it so easy, right? 🤔 WRONG!!!

Many of us have still become TOO lazy to travel to the altar. We don't worship and praise like we should; we don't read our Word like we should; we don't pray like we should; we don't sacrifice LIKE WE SHOULD (Rom 12:1).

Although we are never to forsake our assembling (Heb 10:25), it is of little value if we're not going to the altar. Not the altar in our CHURCH, but the altar in our HEARTS. When we cease to go to God at the altar, other things start to become our gods. When we cease to go to God at the altar, we forget that HE is our Provider and that He is ENOUGH! When we cease to go to God at the altar, we get into the dangerous place of worshiping the creatED instead of the CREATOR because our minds become occupied with worldly things.

DON'T become too lazy to make the DAILY journey to the altar. If we're too lazy to offer our bodies as living sacrifices, God will not honor any other sacrifice that we make.

03/14/2023

IS HOME OWNERSHIP IN YOUR FUTURE?