Ok, so I witnessed something recently and I automatically think of the lesson in it- so here are my thoughts. A woman shouts angrily at her 13 year old daughter in the middle of the street for having sexual intercourse with the 4th or 5th new boy of the week in the alley behind their residence. She proceeds to remind her of all the times she would sneak boys in the house as the rest of the family slept. The Mom finally reaches her emotional breaking point and yells in a screeching voice that could easily stop traffic, "WWHHHYYY?" The teen poised herself with a surprisingly confident stance with her index finger aimed at her mother and said, "I saw you having sex. I saw you with different men. I even saw one of your man's 'expletive'. I saw you sucking 'expletive' in the living room and you are no better than me!". In shock, I sat in the awkwardly sad presence of that moment and did the only thing that made sense to me at the time, I prayed. This experience left me heartbroken and saddened by the generations of hurt building in their lives and in so many lives around me. The brokenness that society feels deep down is empty and craves the affection of things, people and situations which cannot be filled by anyone but God. FB, I believe that people are so deficient for love, we will settle for anything! We will do anything, we will tolerate anything in the perfect set of circumstances. If I may be frank, I believe it is truly a twisted lie from the pit of hell to believe that God does not want more for us than an opaque web of false intimacy, we are too trapped in lies to see through. Young women, young moms, seasoned moms, young men, young fathers, seasoned men. To seek anything but God in an effort to feel loved is a common error . . . looking to feel loved, even when somewhere deep inside it is known, love does not degrade, treat with malice and defilement, abuse or neglect. It is embraced as if there is no other way, oh but there is. Sex is designed to come with a covenant because the true covenant will endure the storm. The 'storms' life is designed to include since the fall of mankind. Women, let us think about who we let into our souls, our homes, near our children. Let us be an example to them because they are inclined to follow. Men, be mindful that even the strongest women have the most fragile souls. If you are the leader, yet you choose not to lead into the right direction, where are we going? You need not announce yourself, just be yourself. It is not enough to say, you don't know my story - the fact is, we all have a story and a choice. Let's just choose to treat each other right. If he ain't the one, keep it moving. If she ain't the one, keep it moving. Don't hang on just to hang out! If you love yourself, you won't intentionally cause harm to anyone else. May your day be filled with moments that tug your heart to be your best you. We all got mess. . . but God loves us in spite of it all. Pray for somebody today. Be kind to someone today, you never know who is in need of true love. Be well and encouraged.
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Psalm 139-13..."You created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb...My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together...your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." I am patterned after an original, .'the image of God'...the adverse is designed to steal away the true understanding of purpose. To deny yourself acceptance of this truth is to deny the very image of God, in you. Don't short change your soul- celebration and kinship with our GLORIOUS GOD! I could sing of His love forever!
I saw a teenage girl discretely stuffing underwear in her purse today. It still had the tag on it. I thought to myself, maybe I should offer to buy them for her - then I noticed - she was traveling with a group, literally - a group of teenagers looking for a thrill. . . .decisions, decisions. Realizing that the life we live is the life we will have to give to God completely, over and over again, in order to remain sane. As we begin each day giving our life to God, slowly, the negativity tries to chip away at the life committed to Him. I watched a Mother and child cursing each other out and for a moment, I didn't know who was the parent. A student smoking marijuana in the middle school bathroom. A parent who would do anything to help her child fail, by giving him drugs. . . instead encouraging their success, by taking them away. Realities of the tiny voices I am honored to hear each day - where to begin, how hard to pray, when to intervene, when to dry the eyes, and accept; its not your job to save them. To love them, teach them, and just do what God says do - that is our job. When it's all said and done, we are left with the decisions we make, every single one of them. I would rather be broke and serve the Lord in my purpose than be wealthy and serve man in a lie. Just sayin. . . have a great night. Oh, btw, thanks for being you because no matter who you are, what you believe or where you come from; the fact that you are still breathing, makes your life on earth valuable to the one who created you. For those who made it to the other side of death, their purpose was fulfilled in this stage of the journey and hopefully one day, ours will be as well. Who am I interested in? Jesus. If you aren't interested in Him, you can't be genuinely interested in me! If you haven't decided to fall head over hills for Him, you sure won't have a clue in how to treat me. If you haven't made it work with God, you won't make it work with me. True love, true loyalty, and true longevity is born out of a true relationship with Christ. My friends deserve the best God has and I pray that He will continue to intervene on behalf of His purpose in every area of our lives. . . He has a plan. May the Lord keep yielding us all to focus our attention on the best thing and fall in all the right places for all the right reasons. Be well. Blessings, T
At 2:33P today, my father said, "I love you and I apologize. . ." This day, this feeling, this moment is one that is etched in my heart, FOREVER. When I asked God to heal me completely, I never knew how deep into my pain He would go to redeem the broken places. For every hurt, even those I set aside and tucked away in the deepest parts of my soul, He even reconciles those. Some people would keep it to themselves, I want you to know that there is NOTHING too hard for God. Not one thing. Not one situation, not one heartache, not one experience is beyond the favor, redemption and love of our God. "Whom the son sets free is free indeed." . . . It ain't no joke. Don't believe the hype. . . GOT JESUS!?!?!?
What an honor to love the Lord. Just to worship Him, talk with Him and be near Him is a privilege which I am not worthy to know. . . . His love is sovereign and His mercy is relentless in healing the pains of life. Cling to Him. . . Yearn for Him. . . Thirst for Him. . . May we make Him our biggest obsession - He is worthy, He is faithful and just a choice is all we need to make, every second, every minute every hour . . . striving to be closer to our one true love. More and more of Him is all I want, all I need. I enjoy the kind of love that has no measure. Rest well FB. Be well. Blessings, T
Well, God is faithful, how bout you? . . . Just because God has already died for our sins doesn't offer us a 'get out of hell' free card. We are accountable for every deed, every action and every thought. The more we cling, NOT JUST to God's word but also toward living a life that is holy and acceptable unto Him (through His word), the more likely we are to experience a slice of heaven on earth, not just when we die. I used to think there was no such thing but friends, there is. That ' heaven ', that peace is present when we truly embrace what to live for and learn which battles to fight. I don't have it all figured out and I will likely be dead when I do but I can tell you for sure, when people do or say mean or hurtful things to me, I try to remind myself that its not about the person who treats you wrong, its about the person you are within the wrong treatment. Take authority to its proper place. . . its already been given. This is heaven, are you there yet? . . . . I'm on my way.
Formally making a point. If someone approaches you with a concern or misunderstanding - let them say how they feel - even if you disagree. If you know who you are and you are confident in your behavior in Christ, you have nothing to feel guilty about. Just acknowledge the concern, take accountability for your part in it or lack thereof and move on. Being defensive communicates that you are not considering the other person's feeling. Even if you don't feel like you did it on purpose, remember - its not about you. When you care, it sounds like it, you act like it - you don't curse people out - that ain't right! Effective communication is an exchange of very selfless acts when done properly, I am learning that more and more. Quite honestly you listen for how to love a person better. Listen for God's voice to whisper His response in the midst of someone else 's concerns. Its kind of hard to hear God though when you are so busy defending yourself. It is well. God is still in control. Blessings, T
Prostitution is still legal in some places, child pornography, drugs find their way into our households, it is frowned upon to have moral beliefs that step on the immoral toes of some citizens, God is being omitted from citizen related events, publication, school systems, the me/myself/I game is played continually helping the hungry starve, the rich get richer and we are still wondering why we aren't one of em, no matter how hard we work, more is less and less is sometimes even less than that! Yet we sit around and shake our heads everytime one person takes another person's life. We are creating a society that encourages less and less value for human life. If we are not part of the problem, we are definitely part of the solution.......Let's spread the word somehow, even if you are too consumed with your own life to start a million people march against children in prison because of our societal demoralizing practices. The least we can do is pass on the message!!! Stay on Top of the World!!
Why is love soo unpredictable. Has anyone ever been soo in love you could think about someone and tears of joy appear? Then been soo heartbroken to see or even think of that same person brings tears of sadness? I guess maybe loving hard is not such a good thing..........Unless It is When You Love the Lord.
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