Old Girl Dead, New Girl Reborn.....

Psalm 118:5 When hard pressed, I cried to the LORD; he brought me into a spacious place. Sometimes in our lives, we go through. And I'm for real. We really GO THROUGH. Whether it's in finances. Living paycheck to paycheck. Making things stretch as far as they will go. And then its summer vacation the kids are home. They are eating you out of house and home which is NOT in the budget. Believe me, I know. The financial struggle is real. Or if that's not your issue, there is the general behavior of the kids. They are acting a fool. Being defiant for absolutely no reason. Things they are doing make absolutely no sense to you. People always say how wonderful having kids is. And it really is. But everyone seems to skip this section of parenting. It's not that hard to follow just a few rules, right? Believe me. I know. The struggle in parenting is very real. Or if that's not your issue either, you are just slam tired of this every day job. You may be g...

Hi everyone, I really don't know why God put this topic in my heart. But it's heavy on my heart. Maybe there are some things in me that I need to take a look at to be sure that I'm being the faithful servant that God called me to be. And servant hood is sometimes so hard to get right, because we as people naturally would like to be a lead or in some form of leadership. After all, God called us to be the head and not the tail right? Well, in order to be the head, you HAVE to go through the process of learning how to truly serve. And in order to truly be a good servant, you have to have a humble heart. You can't be a servant with motives. You can't say, I am going to serve you, but as long as it works out within my schedule because I got things to do too. You have to have a certain level of sacrifice. God knows we all have a family to take care of, and I do not believe that He would interfere in that. But I do believe that He would be happy to know that if you are n...

I guess that's really the way I used to say it too. Keep my name out your mouth. Yea, I know, I had a few expletives added into that sentence. I could really master those expletives. Wow. But that was what it was back then. If somebody was dragging your name, or talking a little trash, or really telling it like it was, that's what we all found ourselves saying.  But this time, i'm taking that sentence from a different angle. This time, i'm talking about standing in judgement of others. Not only of people in the world, but within the church. Within your family. There are a lot of scriptures about people being in judgement of others. There's also scriptures about believers standing in judgement of non-believers. Sometimes I giggle when I hear people talk about this scripture and how people get so lost with it. Here's that one. 1 Corinthians 5:12-13 For what have I to do with judging outsiders?  Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge?  G...

What's up Everyone, I promise not to be all scriptural today. This is just me being real. So, I have that spirit that sees Jesus and His messages in everything I see and everything I hear. I was not always this way. Many can tell you. But I've had a wonderful journey of conversion with the Lord. Well, today on my prayer walk on my lunch break as I prayed, suddenly a song that I had not heard in a long time popped in my head. It was in direct relation to my own prayer asking the Lord to teach me how to love like He did. Then suddenly I was singing...... You had a lot of crooks try'na steal your heart, Never really had luck. Couldn't ever figure out,  How to Love... How to Love... You had a lot of moments that didn't last forever Now you're in a corner try'na put it together How to love,  How to love... Thank you for this song Lil Wayne. This part of the song reminded me of all those times that I was looking for love in all the wrong places a...

1Samuel 26 David Spares Saul Again Now some men from Ziph came to Saul at Gibeah to tell him, “David is hiding on the hill of Hakilah, which overlooks Jeshimon.”  So Saul took 3,000 of Israel’s elite troops and went to hunt him down in the wilderness of Ziph.  Saul camped along the road beside the hill of Hakilah, near Jeshimon, where David was hiding. When David learned that Saul had come after him into the wilderness,  he sent out spies to verify the report of Saul’s arrival. David slipped over to Saul’s camp one night to look around. Saul and Abner son of Ner, the commander of his army, were sleeping inside a ring formed by the slumbering warriors.  “Who will volunteer to go in there with me?” David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother. “I’ll go with you,” Abishai replied.  So David and Abishai went right into Saul’s camp and found him asleep, with his spear stuck in the ground beside his head. Abner and the soldiers...

James 5:13-18 Are any of you suffering hardships? You should pray. Are any of you happy? You should sing praises.  Are any of you sick? You should call for the elders of the church to come and pray over you, anointing you with oil in the name of the Lord.  Such a prayer offered in faith will heal the sick, and the Lord will make you well. And if you have committed any sins, you will be forgiven. Confess your sins to each othe r and pray for each other so that you may be healed . The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.  Elijah was as human as we are, and yet when he prayed earnestly that no rain would fall, none fell for three and a half years!   Then, when he prayed again, the sky sent down rain and the earth began to yield its crops. Hi Everyone, I pray everyone is doing well! Today my topic is very recent for me. Very real for me. And I've become a walking testimony once again. I have had some issues with ...

John 20:3-6   Peter and the other disciple started out for the tomb. They were both running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He stooped and looked in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he didn’t go in. Then Simon Peter arrived and went inside. Hi everyone, I was talking to one of my girls about a friend she has. This friend is a great person. Young and  he has a dream for his life. Unfortunately, in his young age, he has decided to settle and for some reason is not pursuing his dream. This reminds me of the days when I had "a dream". I had my dream for a little while. I lived it. Then life started to occur. And one day, I realized, I can't do my dream anymore. Not like this. And that dream was aborted. Since then, my dreams have changed. They have evolved into things more meaningful, more special. And I have learned how to protect that dream. How to do what I can to keep it alive. So today, I want to ask you. Where is...

Is that not a crazy revelation? I didn't realize it, until I had an issue and I needed to run in tears to one about a situation that I had with the other. Everyone, I am In Love with My Husband, Reggie.  I am also In Love with My God. It's crazy. Usually when you have a situation, you run to a sister, a brother, a parent, a trusted friend, someone close to you. I found myself running to the bathroom to find My God and to cry out about a situation. Once I got past my own feelings, I could feel God comforting me, and my tension began to loosen, and my mind slowed down from the racing, and I could breathe again. Then I was calm enough to hear what I needed to do. Isn't that what our "best friends" and family do for us? They listen to what we have to say, they get us to calm down, reassure us that everything will be OK, give us good sound advice (if they are a best friend for real they will. It's those other ones that come back with the "other" ...

"If A Change Is Desired, A Challenge Is Required" I heard that stated on the radio once, and it impacted me so hard that I took it, printed it and posted in my work area as soon as I got to work. Everyday I look at it and I wonder what it means in my life for the day. What needs to change? What do I WANT in my life? Well, the first think I knew, was that I wanted more income. Well, that just doesn't fall out of the sky when you call it, so I had to think deeper than that. I had to ask myself, if I want that income change, what's the challenge that I need to go through in order to spark it? Duh, a promotion or new position right? Ok, so now that we have that answered, how in the world do I get there? I am in a place where promotion is not available in my immediate area. So my only option is new position. Now the question is Where? There are so many departments in my company that I could go Anywhere!! Well, that sounds really great, but truth be told, I need tr...

Proverbs 29:15 ESV The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother. Thank God for fathers that are not afraid to discipline and fully raise the children WITH mom, so mom can be proud! 1 Peter 5:3 ESV Not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. Its not about being on CONTROL of the children, but being the example they need to see. Our children cannot grow in the "Do as I say, Not as I do" motto in this day and age. If we want them to live right, we need to be the example they need to see.  Happy Fathers Day To All The Dads Out There!!!!! Ladies, celebrate your man, they work hard for us and the kids even when we aren't paying attention!!!! Be blessed, I love you all!!!!! I consider myself lucky because I still have my dad, But this image is dedicated to all the dads and father figures who are gone, but never ever forgotten.

Psalm 94:16-19 MSG   Who stood up for me against the wicked? Who took my side against evil workers? If God hadn’t been there for me, I never would have made it. The minute I said, “I’m slipping, I’m falling,” your love, God , took hold and held me fast. When I was upset and beside myself, you calmed me down and cheered me up.  When you really think about it, man, He was there for me when I was crying "Oh My God!" and I had no idea that He was there listening to me, telling me "Baby i'm right here. I got you."  How many times I said "My God, I don't know what i'm going to do!" and He was right there comforting me. How many times I said "Lord God, help me now cause i'm gonna lose it!" and He would say "Hush baby, it's ok". How many times did you say those words yourself, and you didn't REALLY realize He was responding to your cry? How many times did you cry out, and suddenly you were ok, and you just didn...

Good Morning Everyone! Today, I've been close to tears over something I heard on the radio. A particular church (who I will not name because it's just not worth the extra publicity) is going to boycott the funerals of 2 of God's children who were killed in the Orlando Nightclub Massacre. They aren't protesting it because of anything legitimate in my eyes. They are protesting because the people they are going to bury were homosexual. I just can't imagine the gall. There were valid points that they said in the interview. Yes, the homosexual lifestyle is not biblical. It is a sin. But guess what, so was sooooo much of the stuff we all used to do, and some of us "Saved" people still do. A few days ago, I put up a post that said "Don't Judge Someone Just Because They Sin Differently Than You". That is so true. It so many times that we forget, that we were adulterous in our own lives. That we were happily locked into premarital sex. That's s...