Me with students at Washington United Christian Academy after Speaking.
…the next generation is watching you!
Why should I sit here and die when I can leave here and LIVE??
9 Apr
Why should I sit here and die when I can leave here and LIVE?? Sometimes God has called us to move from certain situations, things, people, and places not because of who we are but because of what we have inside of us…what you carry is great, greatness dwells inside of you…it first reflects inside you before it reflects around you. God has given you the green light, move in him knowing if he gave you the WILL to move he’ll give you the WHEELS to move!!
He Moved the children of Israel from Egypt, a place of bondage and desperation so that they could move because he afforded them a chance to a PROMISE…but in order to receive that promise they had to move. This wasn’t because of who they were but it was because of whose they were. They were the children of an incredible king. There moving was not only an indication of their faith but it was their desire to boldly declare that “my surroundings do not fit who God has called me to be”. (Exodus 12)
Ruth moved from Moab (the familiar and accursed thing) to Judah (destiny) because she had a lineage of kingship that would be birthed out of her. It could not be birthed in a familiar place because it was an extraordinary thing that she carried. (Ruth 1-4)
4 lepers made a decision to risk their lives by going from outside of the gates of the city where they knew they would die to go into a city where they had a 50/50 chance of living…because they decided to move they found that the enemies they thought were in the city were already taken care of by God and they entered into the camp of the enemy and got to eat and LIVE. (2 Kings 7:3-8)
You see moving on, moving forward, moving without is a very difficult thing to do because it requires faith with out boundaries. We can all move into a place that is familiar, comfortable, and conducive but it takes something more to move into unfamiliar territory. If God gave you a vision, a desire, a purpose…he will give you everything you need to fulfill it. LIFE happens when we transition from where we are now to where God wants us to be!
Just. Be. Genuine
5 Apr
Look at what you love and you will see what you are driven by. I always pray everyday that God humbles me and reminds me to make sure my reasoning behind the things I do are always pure. We can get so caught up in the benefits behind our actions that we forget to examine the purpose behind it all. Be genuine about your attempts to love people beyond what you see because Jesus did the same for you. Imagine if he dwelt on what we looked like to him before forgiving us, before choosing to love us, before giving us a second chance?
Created to Shine
5 Apr
When you choose to make a stand outside of what the majority is doing you’ll always be considered the “outcast”, “black sheep”, “unpopular” “lame” “geek”. You will go through periods of loneliness and pain that you have to experience in order to get to your greater. God has placed a light inside of you that no one can take away. A light that was meant to shine even when everything else around it is dark. You are seen as different because you were not created to become accustom to your environment…you were created to disturb it, shake it up, and change it! It doesn’t matter where you are or how painful your experience may be in that place because even in your dark place you still carry the light, and because you have a light—this beacon of hope that you can cling tight to even in darkness…you still have your life, your hope, your peace!! That’s what matters most, that in your tribulation you don’t allow your situation to dim what God has given you.
He Never Stopped Saving Me<3
12 Mar
And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: (Colossians 1:21, 22 KJV)
It is amazing to me how Jesus died for us because he loved us, and we owe him but he still blesses us. We were his enemy and he came and lived as one of us, endured ridicule and death only to bring us closer to him. I realize now more than ever that Christ’s ability to save me doesn’t just stop at his death, burial, and resurrection. You see even though he saved me he never stops saving me. Everyday he allows me to wake up for another chance to get it right with him he is saving me, when he makes provision for me he is saving me, and when he heals me he’s saving me. I realize that all of the things we look at as mere “blessings” is really God vocalizing his love for us by saying I will never stop saving you. He makes us safe everyday, prevents so much from happening, and covers us. I will no longer just stop at remembering that he saved my life but I will know that everyday he is saving me.
“It’s only when we begin to recognize the true depth of our sin, that we can even begin to comprehend the sweetness of our salvation”. -Toby Mac
Brave enough to stand alone
4 Mar
When you make the decision to do what’s right, everything wrong in your life will get left. Separation isn’t easy when it comes to things you’re “comfortable” having as apart of your everyday routine. You see I was comfortable with having attention, friends, being loved, money….everything that could fade in an instance. When I made a decision to really live for Christ I knew that meant I had to give up some things, everybody wouldn’t like me, my name would be tarnished falsely, and my circle of friends would shrink. I was not comfortable with being alone because the things I attached myself to made me feel like without it I was nobody. As I grow closer to God, I realize much like the girl in the picture that I have a long road ahead of me. This journey is packed with purpose but it also requires something. Anything worth having is costly but when you really make the sacrifice, you’ll find out in the end it’s worth more than you got it for in the first place. When I feel I’m at my lowest point, I remember that Jesus is watching over me, covering me, and reminding me that he paid the price so I don’t have to. I no longer think about my losses because I gained everything when I decided to accept Jesus into my life…now, I am brave enough to stand alone.
Created to Love & Be LOVED
14 Feb
So a few days ago I was thinking about how much I’m growing and developing into the women God wants me to be. I couldn’t help but thinking that apart from him I am nothing and I would have never come as far as I have without him. I used to see myself as something ugly, weird, and misplaced…but God took my ugly and made something beautiful!! He reminded me a view days ago that he created ME just for HIM. It’s overwhelming to think that the God of the entire universe created me for him. THEN he didn’t just stop there, but he looked on me (his creation) and called me good. How I have viewed myself has changed over the years. I went from seeing myself through my own tainted point-of-view to learning to see myself as God sees me. I can’t help but love who I am because God IS Love and I am a reflection of him.
Guess what?…You are too (Smiling yet?)lol
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