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

Merry Christmas Everyone!!! What a month it has been leading up to this Wonderful Day.  I will admit, I was feeling like scrooge this year. I was not my normal "Christmas Season" person. Even knowing the reason for the season was not moving my spirit like lit had years prior. I could not pin point the reason why I was so down. I knew of the immediate things on my mind, and they were only contributing factors to my "scrooge-ness". About 2-3 Sundays ago, a brother of mine from church delivered a message that truly began to shift something in my spirit. He talked about breaking things off your life. Things that can not only trip you up, but your fellow brother/sister. And even your children and grandchildren down the line. Honestly, we talk about that all year long. About how as we walk this walk with Jesus, we need to consistently shed more and more of ourselves and become more like Him. Well, last week, God finally spoke exactly what He was trying to say to me.

Hey Family, I was recalling a message that a sister of mine delivered in church a few weeks ago. She finds Jesus everywhere. In places where you find entertainment, she can find Jesus. But it must have rubbed off on me. So in her message, she was referencing a character from the movie Coming To America. Of course, I keep replaying the movie in my mind and about a week ago, I found something that really struck me in my spirit. Prince Hakim found his love. And in the struggles he was having between the Kingdom he was going to inherit was creating friction within the relationship with the newfound love of his life. She could not handle the "lifestyle" that was presented. And yes, I know in the end of the movie he ends up able to keep the girl and the kingdom. But there was one thing I want to point out. He found a love that he wanted so deeply. He chased after her through the city and onto the train. He confessed his love for her, but yet, she didn't quite believe h

Do you know God's voice when He is calling you? Will you go somewhere just because someone/anyone called you? We teach our children as they are growing up about stranger danger. We tell them you don't talk to people you don't know. Even if they call you by the "right name". And you especially don't go towards anyone's car.  An evil person says "(I wonder if her name is Ana.) Excuse me Ana, can you tell me where tina lives? I have $5 if you can help me." It's just dangerous. In the same way it's dangerous for us adults to go to everyone who calls us. We think because we are adults that we have so much wisdom. We think because we've experienced a certain amount of life that we know better. Especially with people. But you just never know anyone's intentions. Just like a child does not realize the intentions of an evil person who may be trying to lure them. WE can't always know that the person that we've known for a whi

"Girl come on! Let's go to the club”. Nah girl, I’m good. Clubs ain’t my thing no more ." "Girl I can't stand my boss, he makes me so sick!” Girl you need to be grateful for the job that you got. You know God gave it to you. Plus, it could be worse, you could have NO job ." "Girl I'm so worn out praying for this chick. She so stuck in herself, she ain't ever going to act right! Girl I'm pretty sure someone was saying the same thing about you before you got delivered but they didn't stop praying for you did they ?" Romans 12:3 NLT Because of the privilege and authority God has given me, I give each of you this warning: Don’t think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us. Matthew 18:3 Shouldn’t you have mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?’ Hey Family, These things all used to be me. And