Keep Hoping, Praying & Believing

Keep Hoping, Praying & Believing

As you travel down the highway of life, you will encounter many obstacles along the way.  On your journey you will have twist, turns, hills, and valleys that tend to slow you down from reaching your destination.  There are times you will make a wrong turn, and wind up going the wrong way.  Only, to find out in the end, that your way wasn't the right way at all in the beginning.  You pray, you have hope, and you believe, but the situations around you still stand.  You tend to get upset, try to fix the problem, and in it, you want to question God over things that are beyond your control.  You start reasoning with yourself, allowing worry and doubt to take root in your heart.  "Why did this have to happen this way?", "Why did this have to happen to me?"  As you go through, know God is in head of everything, and His ways exceeds ours.  "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts." (Isaiah 55:8-9).   You may not understand it now, but in time you will.  So, keep hoping, praying and believing.  Before everything is over, you may go through a domino effect of problems.  You may start off with a flat tire on Monday, run off the road on Tuesday, engine overheats on Wednesday, get side swiped on Thursday, car won't start on Friday, and before the week is out, you run out of gas on Saturday.  Still, keep hoping, praying and believing.  You may have had the whole trip mapped out.  You may have had a certain time that you wanted to reach your goal, but things didn't go the way you planned.  Remember, God always has something better for us in the end, and His way will bring peace. 

"For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off." (Proverbs 23:18).  Through it all, God tells us to "Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee." (Deuteronomy 31:6).  Keep hoping, praying and believing.  Always have faith, and remain hopeful.  "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." (Hebrews 11:1). 

Through the good and the bad, "Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God." (Philippians 4:6).  Always "Pray without ceasing. In ever thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you."  (1 Thessalonians 5:17-18).  Have faith and believe in what you have prayed for.  "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:" (Matthew 7:7).  "And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive." (Matthew 21:22).  Keep hoping and never give up.  Keep praying, and know that God can.  Keep believing that God can and that God will.  May peace abound in you all that you keep "Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;" (Romans 12:12).  Open your heart, listen to the voice of God, and He will renew your strength.  The journey will become easier once you allow Jesus to be the head of your life.  "I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:" (Isaiah 45:2).  And,

The storms on the highway of life will be over, and soon a distant memory of the past.  You will look back and appreciate all that happened when it did.  "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." - Soren Kierkegaard"  Stay focused on Jesus Christ, and the heavenly things that are beyond this earth.  Keep hoping, praying and believing!!!  To God be the glory!!!

Have a blessed day dear friends...

Choose To Walk In Love

Choose To Walk In Love

"Love As The Creator Loves"

I have learned that people fear what they don't understand.  The lack of knowledge plays a major role with a lot of the disagreements, and arguments we have.  The enemy thrives where there is a lot of confusion.  He also thrives where there is the lack of love.  For, God is love!  "And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him." (1 John 4:16).  For, He is the creator, and sustainer of love.  All believers are to be vessels of God's love and light!  For, it is He who shines within us!  Love and light can drive out all powers of evil.  Hate begets hate, and evil begets evil.  We cannot cure the other with same thing!

 We need more love circulating in the world.  "Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:" (Ephesians 4:31).  But, "With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forebearing one another in love;" (Ephesians 4:2).  Speaking with love, and through love we should "Choose To Walk In Love."  To forgive as God has forgiven you.  To show mercy, as mercy was shown unto you, to treat others, as God would treat them, and to see people as God sees them.  God sees everyone as His own treasures, so we should be cautious of how we treat them.  Look at others as Jesus would look at them.  Let us be guided by the spirit, and not to trust our own judgments.  "For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's. (Philippians 2:21).  Even when we have the best intentions in our heart, it doesn't mean they are always the right ones.  Do everything in love, and place love everywhere.  Guide others in love, teach others in love, correct others in love, and reproof one another in love.  "And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour." (Ephesians 5:2)

We can't change anyone, only God can.  So, we should leave it in His hands!  We can do a lot for someone just by loving them.  There is nothing that is happening that should be a surprise, because of the times we are in.  "And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold." (Matthew 24:12).  That is why I will, "Choose To Walk In Love."  Because...

 We should always be in continual prayer for those who have not repented, and turned away from sin.  So, let us walk in unity with another, spreading the love, and gospel of Jesus Christ."  Everyone has the right to the tree of life, and all have a chance to be freed.  Walk in love, and love as the creator loves!  Let us be together on one accord, to edify, and build up the body of Christ in preparation for the kingdom.  "If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die." - Maya Angelou.  Let us sing praises unto Him together, and lift His holy name!  Jesus said, "And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me."  (John 12:32).  To God Be The Glory!!!

Have a blessed day dear friends...    

God's Love & Mercy Endures Forever

God's Love & Mercy Endures Forever

"O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble." (Isaiah 33:2).

 "Though we are incomplete, God loves us completely.  Though we are imperfect, He loves us perfectly.  Though we may feel lost and without compass, God's love encompass us completely." - Dieter F. Uchtdorf.

 God's love surpasses anything, and everything.  There is no other love higher or greater than the creator's!!!  For, "The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy." (Psalms 103:8).  What would become of us, if God truly dealt with us!  The enemy would want nothing more than to take us, devour, and destroy us.  He is not playing with us, so, why do we play with God?  For, "It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is they faithfulness." (Lamentations 3:22-23).  The moment we rise up, the Lord clothes us with fresh graces and mercies.  How amazingly wonderful God is!!!  "Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he deligheth in mercy." (Micah 7:18).  My heart will continuously rejoice in Him, praise Him, honor Him, and worship Him!  If it wasn't for God's love, grace, and mercy; I don't know where I would I be!!!  "For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations." (Psalms 100:5).  May all His people sing praises unto Him!!!  I say again...

"O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever." (Psalms 136:2-4).  To God be the glory!!!

Have a blessed day dear friends...

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3 Things God Has Never Seen

3 Things God Has Never Seen

If there is blood flowing through your veins, air flowing through your lungs, and you still have a pulsating heart, then it is not too late.  God does not discriminate!!!  "For there is no respect of person with God." (Romans 2:11).  Thank you Jesus for your love, mercy, and saving grace!!! “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9 ).  “But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” (James 4:16-17).  “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:8-9).  “Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.” (2 Peter 3:14).  “Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.” (Romans 12:21).  But, may we all...

“For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.” (Romans 5:10-11).  “In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:” (Colossians 1:22).  Christ died to save us, not in our sins, but from our sins; and we were yet sinners when He died for us.  Jesus Christ's unconditional love will always reign surpreme!!!  To God be the glory!!! 

Have a blessed day dear friends...

Focus on the Promises of God

Focus on the Promises of God

Focus more on the promises of what God has in store for you instead of the problems you are facing to get there.  By focusing in on God and His promises you allow inner peace to flow throughout your heart, and mind.  What God has purposed here on earth will come to pass unfailing, and sure.  His word brings peace, love, and restoration.  Max Lucado said, "God is either God of all or not God at all.  Semi-sovereignty is not an option."  There is nothing that happens on the earth or universe that God is not aware of.  He is all powerful, all knowing, and triumphant over Satan, sin, and death.  "So shall my words be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands." (Isaiah 55:11-12).  Such powerful words!    The promise in the word is hope, and should urge all believers to spread the gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ.  Whatever God has willed for you, whatever God, has spoken to you,  and whatever God has promised you, he intends to finish it in you.  He is going to do it.  The battle is not yours, but the Lords!  If God said, trust, and believe it!  

When you start to feel like everything is closing in, you began to worry, or you start having doubts, take a deep breath, and call on God.  When the enemy starts to tell you that you are not capable, not worthy for the task, plagues you with self-guilt, and condemnation, just call on Jesus!  Remember, that battle is not yours.  That victory was won when Jesus died on the cross.  You are victorious!  Take a stand, and don't allow the enemy to tell you that you are the victim.  Keep your head held high in confidence with Christ Jesus!  Having a "looking forward to" mindset will help you to "Focus on the Promises of God", and not the problems faced of this world. Knowing that,

Having faith, and "Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:" (Philippians 1:6).  And He, "Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ." (1 Corinthians 1:8).  Those that wait for the coming of our Lord Jesus will be kept by Him to the end by and with free grace.  "Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord." (Psalms 27:4).  You will never fail, nor be ashamed by waiting on God.

“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” (Isaiah 40:31).  What promises!!!  To God be the glory!  "Grace will complete what grace begins!"

Have a blessed day dear friends!

Being Alive and Revived In Christ

Being Alive and Revived In Christ

"Just because there are fish swimming in the river, does not mean they are all swimming upstream. A dead fish can swim, but it takes a live one to swim up." - Kenya Hodge

Being alive and revived in Christ!  "But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenlyplaces in Christ Jesus:"  (Ephesians 2:4-6).  Thank God for his love, grace, and mercy!  The unconditional love that God showed to us by sending His only son to die for our sins.  His everlasting grace, and unmerited favor that allows us to be partakers of His salvation, and kingdom.  His river flowing mercy that pours on us, and showers us with His compassion and forgiveness, that we may have a chance of eternal life.  Sin + man = Death, but Christ + man = Life. 

  

 "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death." (Romans 8:2). The grace that saves is free, and is a gift from God.  The undeserved goodness saves all, not by works of the law, but through love, and faith in Christ Jesus.  

Once Christ is accepted in the heart of man, Christ's blood showers us covering, freeing, and saving us from sin and the wrath of God.  God hates evil, and he hates sin.  If someone commits a murder, and is executed for the crime, they are no longer tied to the law, because of death that has freed them from their sin or crime.  Jesus, on the other hand, had no sin, but died like a sinner with all the world's crimes on His shoulders.  "Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 6:11).  It shows how deeply God loves us, and cares for us.  The unconditioned love that loves unconditionally.  "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:" (John 11:25).  Christians, let us continue to swim upstream to God, displaying the very same to all, as He has displayed to us.  We are no better than any other, and all deserves God's love, grace, and mercy.  Let our love deepen for one another, by spreading love and the gospel of Jesus Christ to everybody.  

Have a blessed day dear friends...

A Heartfelt Scripture Share To All Christians

Heartfelt Scripture Share To All Christians

As Christians, in our daily walk, we are to talk, act, and represent the things of Christ.  On this journey you will face many trails, and tribulations.  The roads will get rough, and the going will be tough, but we can have ultimate joy, and peace even in the midst of it all.  Jesus said, “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33).  By doing so, in our everyday lives we strive to share God's words, His works, and most importantly His unconditional love to everyone. In that we should serve Him, "With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all."  (Ephesians 4:2-6).  By doing this we should, "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.” (1 Peter 5:8-9).  If, and when you are being attacked, look to God.  "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;" (Ephesians 6:10-18).  The full armor was given to all Christians to guard the front of our bodies.  It is to protect the vital organs, and most importantly it protects our hearts.  There is no armor mentioned for the back, because we are to trust in God, face the devil, and take a stand against him.  It never mentioned for us to fight him, but to stand, and doing all we can to stand.  The battle against him was defeated when Jesus died on the cross.  “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” (James 4:7). Where ever you may go, pray, and ask God for His guidance, wisdom, and discernment.  For guidance,

  For discernment, "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:" (1 John 4:1-2).  Being loving, kind, and yet wise.  "Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves." (Matthew 10:16).  For wisdom,

 The pure, and peaceable wisdom from God above in love.  "Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.  But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace." (James 3:13-18).  And finally, dear brothers, and sisters, "Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. And of some have compassion, making a difference: And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.” (Jude 1:21-25)✟   We must all come together in love, and in unity to inspire others.    Not just with our words, but with the Words of God.  Jesus said, "Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid." (Matthew 5:14).  So, 

Have a blessed day dear friends...

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Crossing The Timeless Bar

Crossing The Timeless Bar

Throughout the journey of life, we've all had to face the ups, downs, good, and bad.  Question is, which of these emotions have we allowed to control our mindset, and the way we look at life.  

Over the years, I have learned that the world will always bring you down, but I have also learned that it can't keep you there.  We were all destined to achieve, and succeed in this lifetime.  Over the years of my life, I had always written poetry, but I never took the time out to pursue it.  It has been embedded deep within my heart to do for a long time, just like my passion to sing.  About 15 years ago I wrote this particular poem, and kept it tucked away in an old journal.  I remember sitting down, and crying as I wrote it.  No one knew about this poem but, me and God.  At the time when I had written it, I was going through several hardships, and was facing a state of depression.  It seemed to last forever.  But, this poem in itself, seemed different than my other pieces of poetry.  The name of it was "Crossing The Timeless Bar."  I didn't know the reason why I wrote this poem at the time.  I just knew the words flowed so perfectly that even my own will couldn't stop the pen.  Nevertheless, the trails of life had beckoned me, and I lost thought of it, and lost thought of pursing my dreams.  Why should I?  The enemy already had me in a pit of depression, where I felt useless, and hopeless to myself, and the world.  He didn't stop there.  Just within a couple of years the enemy tried to take my life on several occasions.  The last time he tried, everyone around me, including myself, thought he had succeed.  But, God said "No!"  "When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee." (Isaiah 43:2 KJV).  God's love, and His light filled me so high that all of what the enemy tried to take from me was restored with one touch.  The doctors didn't even know what to think.  I had been clinically dead.  For whatever reason, my throat had closed shut, and I couldn't breathe.  This is how I woke up the morning after I had come home from receiving a thyroidectomy.  I was petrified.  I knew that if I didn't get oxygen it would be over for me soon.  Lying there unable to breathe was a horrible feeling.  I literally wished myself dead.  I couldn't get any air down to my lungs.  Everything was cut off.  When I tried to breathe in, everything back up at the back of my throat.  I had a mass amount of pressure that was going down in my chest, and filling my head like a balloon.  Death itself beckoned to me, and called my name.  And yet, through it all, the enemy kept screaming in my ear, "You are going to die!!!"  You can't go a long time without oxygen, but my experience felt like it went over 30 minutes.  Everything else from then on went in slow motion.  I remember looking up, and thinking, "God just take me."  My brother ran to me, and I recall hearing these last words, "What's wrong, can you breathe?"  The next thing I knew I was inside of a tunnel floating up to an illumination.  There was total darkness all around me, and I didn't see my body.  The only thing I saw was this remarkable light.  No sunshine, no candle, or no electricity could fathom the wonder I saw.  I remember reaching out with my hands to not even see them.  I immediately felt an enormous amount of love and peace.  I can assure it was nothing like I have ever experienced before.  I thought to myself, it is done, and I'm dead.  I was a piece of metal, and He was the magnet, the magnifying light.  I was just drawn to His brightness, His peace, and His love.  I recall thinking I'm here, and I don't have to worry anymore.  Why should I?  I was with Him, and I didn't want to leave.  He stood by my side filling the empty holes, and all the brokenness within me.  He also filled me with what I needed the most.  His love.  I looked over at Him, and asked Him if I could see my mother.  I lost my mother to a massive stroke in 2005.  The last thing I remember after that was hearing doctors all around me screaming, "Hurry up, we are going to lose her again!!!"  I could feel tears fall from my face, and I remember thinking, "Why!"  It was very blurry, but I could see images of people all around.  Then a man came up to the side of me, and said, "It's going to be okay, and you are going to be fine."  The inside of me was screaming no, no I won't.  I went back out again.  I woke up on a ventilator strapped to my bed.  I also saw that they had my hands and feet tied down.  I was coherent, and felt that machine stuffed down my throat into my lungs.  It was a very painful experience, but God saw me through it all.  I had lost my voice behind the whole matter, and lost all of my dreams to start back singing.  They said the ventilator may have played a role, and damage my voice.  They told me I probably wouldn't get my voice back to even talk, and that they would send me to a vocal cord specialist later.  I cried, and prayed for my voice back.  I would see people at church singing, and I would try, but everything was hoarse.  I remember thinking how I had sung all the time at church, and I felt the greatest joy when I did.  I prayed about it, hoped, and continued to sing with my hoarseness.  All I have to say on that is, "But, God!!!"  I got my voice back, and it was given to me even stronger than before.  "And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you."  (Joel 2:25 KJV)  Nothing is ever meant to destroy us, but to strengthen us.  God will turn around what seemed to be bad, and make it good.  I wrote the poem, "My Epiphany", describing the personal experience with God.  Soon after that my dream to write resurfaced into my heart again.  At the time, I was working as a Phlebotomist, and I tried to squeeze in the time to write.  The two didn't work well together.  "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:" (Matthew 7:7 KJV). So, I started praying.  I prayed to God that He would grant me the opportunity to be able to write again.  God answered my prayers, and that door I knocked on soon opened.  To make a long story short, I joined a writer's guild, and started presenting my poetry.  "Crossing The Timeless Bar", was one of my first pieces to present.  I felt in my heart to do so.  The feedback was eye opening, and surprising.  What surprised me the most about everything is that I was accused by some, for plagiarizing Alfred Lord Tennyson poem, "Crossing The Bar.?"  I was emailed on the fact that our poems were so much alike, but I didn't take no thought of the notion behind it.  So, I took the beating of being accused of plagiarizing his poem.  I never heard of Alfred Lord Tennyson.  I always read Robert Frost, Edgar Allan Poe, Shel Silverstein, Dr. Suess, Maya Angelou, and several others.  Alfred Lord Tennyson was not one of them.  When you read his poem to my poem, you will see a major resemblance.  I don't fault anyone for thinking in anyway, but sometimes we can be judgmental to each other by lack of understanding, and not knowing the known.  "Crossing The Timeless Bar" is a poem that has been tucked away in my journal for over 15 years, and I refuse to leave it there.  When I look back at all the things I went through, I trust God in this.  I had even changed up the poem up, and was still accused of copying.  Here is Alfred Lord Tennyson "Crossing The Bar."  You can see it here below...

Crossing The Bar

My original version of my poem, "Crossing The Timeless Bar"

Crossing The Timeless Bar

The sunset will fall to an evening star soon

With only one clear call for me

And may there be no nightly moon

For me to go out and see

Such as the morning seems to fall asleep

Can hit you hard like rocks

When that which drew you out of the deep

Has no key to open the locks

Twilight and the ring of a summers bell

Then after it, comes the dark

May there be no letters of farewell 

When the moon comes out and claims the dark

From out of our bound of time and peace

The road just may take me far

I hope to see my maker face to face

When I cross the timeless bar.

Very similar pieces of poetry.  Everyone else thinks the same way.  I have respect for Alfred Lord Tennyson poem.  Enough respect not to copy his work.  I most importantly reverence to God.  I also know He knows and loves each of us deeply.  He can and will rescue us when we are in trouble.  I truly believe that the very One who spoke to me in writing this poem, was also the One who had spoken with Tennyson.  All things are possible with God!  Not some, but all.  "It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." - E. E. Cummings.  I choose to ride the clouds dear friends.  We should not allow the enemy of fear to kindle the flames of our faith.  God is working out a divine plan in us all.  "And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God."  (Mark 11:22 KJV). This is only a mere insert to all what happened.  I've always heard that "Your test will be your testimony, Your mess will be your message, and Your storm will be your story."  Choose now, that you will be the defender, and not the defendant.  The victor, and not the victim!  I am victorious through Jesus Christ!!!  

Have a blessed day dear friends!  

Giving and Trusting God With All Your Heart

Giving and Trusting God with all your Heart

"Give your heart to the one who will take care of it, and not take advantage of it...Only Jesus!!!"

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. (Proverbs 3:5 KJV).  We must trust in the Lord with all our hearts, believing He is able, and wise to do what is best for us, and never forsaking us.  Giving God our upmost attention with the desires of serving Him righteously, wholeheartedly, humbly, wisely, and fearfully.  Diligently seek God in all you do, that you can have happiness, peace, rest, and dwell in safety through Jesus Christ our Lord.  "But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul." (Deuteronomy 4:29 KJV).  God speaks to us through our hearts.  "My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways." (Proverbs 23:26 KJV).  "Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart." (Jeremiah 29:12-13 KJV).  Loving God always, and knowing He will take care of you.

 "And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:" (Deuteronomy 6:5-6 KJV).   "For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." (Romans 10:10 KJV).  Because,

Giving, and Trusting in God with all your Heart...❤️

Have a blessed day dear friends...

Comfort Zone or Faith...Mountain or Cloud

Comfort Zone or Faith...Mountain or Cloud

"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - Saint Augustine

We walk everyday in this life with a visual perception of what lies ahead before us.  We can visually see it with our eyes, and our mind reflects what we see.  There are other times we walk with a spiritual perception of what we believe is ahead of us.  We can't visual see it, but we have hope that it is there.  "Now faith is substances of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." (Hebrew 11:1).  But, do we actually rest on the confides of faith, or do we depend on the comfort of the zone.  Are you currently in a situation, yet your heart desires to do something else?  Do you have dreams, goals or accomplishments you seek to achieve, but your current situation will suffice?  Are you sitting on the mountain, or are you floating on the cloud of unlimited possibilities?  When you are resting on the mountain you feel safe, secure and grounded.  You know you can always rely on a mountain to be a stable foundation for you to fall back on.  It isn't going anywhere, so why is there a need to leave and go elsewhere.  While you are sitting secure on the mountain, you see in front of you, a huge, pretty, fluffy cloud.  You not only see a cloud, but you see potential to do so much more.  You know in your heart that the mountain can only get so high, and then it can't go any further.  But, the cloud, can float here, there, and take you anywhere you want you to go.  You tell yourself, "It looks comfortable, but is it stable?"  You have never road on a cloud before, but you imagine, dream, and hope that it would be a great adventurous ride.  "Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth." (Mark 9:23).  Now, you have a choice.  Do you remain on the mountain, and allow fear to kindle the flame of your most desired dream, or take a leap of faith on the clouds to see how far up you can go.  From your view it may seem impossible.  "But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible." (Matthew 19:26).

Face your ultimate fears, trust in God, and walk on the cloud of faith.  You see the cloud ahead,  but you must have faith, and believe that you will get there.  For, it is faith, that pleases God!  Don't ever lose heart, and keep praying to Him.  He never said the road would be easy, but He did say it would be worth it.  

"And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief:  for verily I say to you, If ye have faith as a grain of a mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you." (Matthew 17:20).  

In the end, the very mountain you climbed to get where you are now, will be the very mountain to put you where you need to be!  That is how good God is!!!  Thank you Jesus!!!

Have a blessed day dear friends...

     

Your Destiny, Your Purpose, Your Calling

Your Purpose, Your Calling, Your Destiny

Whatever gift God has given you, He intends for you to use it.  Whatever God has started within you, He intends to finish it.  Whatever God has designed for you to be, He intends to walk with you to your destiny. "The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands."  (Psalms 138:8 KJV).  Whatever God has place in your heart, He will help see you through it.  And, whatever God has called you to do, He will make a way for you to do it.  For, He is a God that doesn't break promises, or change with the time as we do.  "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever."  (Hebrews 13:8 KJV).  If God placed it within your heart, know it will be completed.  "God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?"  (Numbers 23:19 KJV)

Trust, believe,  and know He is working things out for you even when it seems He is not there.  The path may not seem clear, but the road up ahead will be.  His timing is perfect, far beyond what we understand.  "O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. (Romans 11:33-36 KJV)

Have a blessed day friends...