You're On His Mind

Welllll, not his (Idris Elba) mind...but HIS (God's) mind....yes I did use a sex symbol to get your attention...ohhhh well, you'll be okay...but I do need to get a point across..


*clears throat* I wouldn't mind being on Idris Elba's mind...i'm just saying. Annnnyway, before I lose some people...It does something to me to know that I'm on someone's mind...that good feeling rushes over me, whether it's my Mama or any other family member, or my friends, or just someone who thought enough to think of me and say or do something. And my, my, my if it's that special someone and he actually verbalizes it or gives me a gift, or does soemthing for me, well my whole day gets better. That foolishness that's been going on, I forget about it.  You know that you do too...he or she sends you that special text message, or a quick phone call, flowers, a gift or whatever it is to let you know that you're on they're mind. Butterflies stir up in us ladies and men, well your egos bloooowww up!


But then they fail you or they forget about you, or they're not consistent, or they're too busy caught up with what's going on with on themselves. They don't display any form of thoughtfulness or concern, whether intentionally, or unintentionally, then that's when all hell breaks loose. Sometimes we keep it bottled up and sometimes we goooo off...I'll take the latter for $500 Alex (excuse me, but He's still working on me...a deep, gentle work)


We're always on God's mind, always! And to sit and think that I'm on HIS mind does something way more than just cause butterflies in my stomach or a smile on my face. The one person that I've turned my back on, dishonored, disrepected, disobeyed, not even thought about on soooo many occasions...I'm on HIS mind! Unbelievable? Almost...but Psalms 139: 17-18, God, your thoughts are precious to me. They are so many!  If I could count them, they would be more than all the grains of sand. When I wake up, I am still with you. He thinks about us so much, until His thoughts can't be numbered. How do you know He thought about you? He woke you up this morning.


I'm sure the next thought for some is "He woke me up, but everything is going wrong." Jeremiah 29:11 says "For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome....Not only does he has thoughts about you but he has plans for you...


No good father wants their child to suffer...are there lessons to be taught? Yes, but His thoughts are always that you become your best, that you have the best...you have to let go (lose control) and trust Him on this...


And then for some, you know he has your best interest at heart, but you just don't see what you've been looking for...yet Psalms 138:8 The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. He is thinking about you and working on everything that concerns you...everything...the word concerned is really what hits me...because it's one thing to think about me (my enemies can think about me) but it's "a whole nother" thing to know that God is concerned about you me...


You're on HIS mind, and when HE thinks about you, HE has plans for your peace and for your good, and then HE works it all out! Now that REAL LOVE! (Check out the link at the end of this psot for addtional information on being on God's mind)


Enjoy your holiday weekend and be safe!!!


P.S. Thanks Kim for the right on time Word (Jeremiah 29:11) ...kept me from wasting energy on gettin angry and put my mind on the right thing...

 A weeklong meditation/devotional about being on God's mind

Get Your Vision

Me being the unique child of God that I am...I attempted to "write the vision" in a beautiful journal that a good friend gave me just for this purpose...let me just tell you, I type faster than fast and I rarely write unless absolutely necessary...been typing super fast since 1996...so when I learned about vision and writing it I attempted to several times...especially after a good friend bought be a beautiful journal just for this purpose...I wrote for 3 minutes...hand started hurting...I started getting irritated"....sooooo, my plans are to TYPE the vision...keeping my journal on my laptop and of course backed up as well...as long as you get it out of your mind, out of your spirit, it doesn't matter...just get it out!!! I don't think God has an issue with you typing it...the issues He has is that we don't consult Him and we don't believe...seek Him, believe Him, and get to writing or typing!


Lately, I've been hearing words like "dream" "vision" "faith" "struggles" "storm" "fear"  and to me all these words are related...I don't address things in a normal way because I'm not really normal...these days I have no problem being unique sooo don't expect it to be a series that's in perfect order. As it comes to me that's how I will blog/write it....


What is VISION??? Vision can be defined as "the act or power of anticipating that which will or may come to be...Vision seems to be what I would call a hot word these days, but it's always been there...from what I could tell the word vision appears in the King James Version of the Bible 96 times sooo vision isn't anything new for God's people, or is it? It isn't, it's just some of us act brand new about it...I know I did up until about 2 years ago. 


WHAT is WRITING THE VISION??? It is written in KJV Bible in Habakkuk 2:2 And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. What does that mean? You have to write a vision and not a complicated one, but a simple, effective one for your life...literally write it! It doesn't mean to do what I've been doing...just thinking it and making mental notes...I love what The Message Bible says, "And then God answered: "Write this. Write what you see.Write it out in big block letters so that it can be read on the run. This vision-message is a witness pointing to what's coming. It aches for the coming—it can hardly wait! And it doesn't lie. If it seems slow in coming, wait.    It's on its way. It will come right on time.


LET GO OF THE EXCUSES Let's see...what are some things that you write down or times you write? Grocery list, notes when you're in class, notes when you're in a meeting, teachers write lesson plans, recipes, memos, messages, if you're like me you're texting alllll day, Twitter, Facebook...but you mean to tell me you haven't taken the time or the energy to write down the plan/vision for your life???? Hmph!!! Don't worry about, I haven't either....pitiful!


YOU CAN'T AFFORD NOT TO WRITE IT... I can't say this enough: Write it!!! Not just for your business but also for your education, for your children, for your health, for your relationships, for your career...Make it clear...in your own way, your own style...The Word says it points to what is coming!! You want better? Write it! You want things to fall in place? Write it? You want to see it come to pass? Write it! Stop being lazy and write it! Stop being scared and write it!!! Even if it seems slow to come...keep writing it, reviewing it, and praying it!

Guard YOUR Heart! Part 2 of He Told YYYY-OOOOO-UUUUUU!!!

Just about everyone I know has had their heart broken at some point, and as far as the others go that say they haven't....welll, I'm thinking they're probably in denial. A broken heart does not discriminate based on age, gender, race and so on and it doesn't feel good...AT ALL! There are times when it can't be avoided, such as the death of a loved one. But there are other times, when it could have been avoided...it was your fault! Yessss, your fault (my fault too!). Up until about a couple of weeks, I blamed everyone else for the times when my heart has been broken...****He did this, she did this, he said that, she said that, he wrong for that, she didn't have to do that, and to think I trusted her, I don't have nothing for him anymore...he can go to......you get what I mean**** Well guess what?? It was not THEIR responsibility to guard my heart! (Whew! That was hard to say!) Were they wrong, especially if it was intentional? Yes! But that does excuse, overlook, cover up the fact that I did not do what I was told to do? No! I was told to guard MY heart! In other words I put myself in a position that caused my heart to be hurt. God gave you charge over your own heart in Proverbs 4:23 Guard your heart above all else for it determines the course of your life (NLT)...The Message Bible says "that's where life starts".... Of course this was written by David, but it was inspired by God so at the end of the day, He(God) told YYYY-OOOO-UUUUU!!! If you don't get anything else from this, please get this: Your heart is precious and of great value because it determines how your life is going to play out...it determines the path you are going to take in life...in my mind, it's more important than your DNA and DNA is what makes your overall, complete, unique being...but it's still more important! It's of more value than all of your possessions put together....billions of dollars cannot fix a broken heart...I don't care what anyone says......Soooo why would YOU let people play with YOUR heart???  Stop handing it over, make up your mind to stop letting any and everyone into your heart...(this is not a voucher to allow you to be cold hearted...I'll deal with that at another time)....Look at yourself, look at your family, look at your friends, look at your co-workers, look at your church members...how many people can you identify that are either depressed, lonely, sad, hurt, miserable, and/or unhappy?? I can bet you that the source of the majority of that is the heart and it's issues! And for that reason, that's one of the reasons why we encounter a lot of emotional problems and emotional problems lead to so many other problems...Where do you start in resolving these issues and getting on a better path (we can all afford to have a better path) First, give your heart to God, and then guard it (YOU, not Mama, not Daddy, not your best friend, not your spouse, not your guy or girl...YOU guard YOUR heart) And for those of you who are in the midst of experiencing a broken heart, or have never healed from having your heart broken in the past...here is your comfort: Psalms 34:18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted;  he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.....Now to know that YOU messed up (yeah, I said messed up) and put your heart in a position to be broken and God sees that but yet He still will run to you and rescue you and stay with you lets you know that YOU and YOUR heart are of extremely great value in His eyes, no number can measure that value...for that YOU should want to guard it and only allow those that He tells YOU are worthy of experiencing what your heart has to offer to enter into that experience....Remember: He told YYYYY-OOOOO-UUUU!!!

He Told YYYY-OOOO-UUUUU!!! (PART 1)

Hey everyone!!! I'm baaaaaackkkk! Yep, I was MIA for minute...had to regroup for the last 2 months... okay let me just tell the truth...I've been lazy, lacking motivation, frustrated, throwing temper tantrums, and all of that good stuff! But guess what none of that changed my situation! Sooo I've had to just get over it and keep my eyes open and wait with an expectancy for this "thang" to change...Anyway, I'm back doing what I'm supposed to be doing...blogging! Let me thank you in advance for reading and supporting this blog!


This is Part 1 of  a series about what God told you to do...we get soooo caught up in what he told others and what they are doing to us and against us, what situations and circumstances are rising against us....Hellllloooo? Didn't he already tell you that things, people, situations, the enemy would come against you???? I could find many scriptures that tells you what's going to happen and how to handle it but I'll go for this one right now: Luke 6:27-28 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which desspitefully use you....so let me ask you this why are you shocked by the "haters" especially after you've had them for years...why are you constantly letting the people that always have something to say about you disturb your peace...why when you know that people are doing you wrong, that's all your mind can concentrate on (these are questions I had to ask myself) He told you what to do, so do what He told you to do and watch Him work it out.....and when you find your mind wandering and peace being disturbed and anger rising up....you betta start meditating on the one thing He told you to do first and above everything else LOVE!!!!!!!!!  Let me take a pause here before I get deep (really it's simple, I just like sounding deep, lol) and tell you a little bit about me: I used to pride myself on being the Queen of walking yo ___________ down(use your imagination...it wasn't necessarily a cuss word) if you did me wrong! You know that blank could be a cuss word or just a negative description of the person!   Let me just tell YOU this: no matter what "they" do God told YOU to love! He told YYYYY-OOOOOOO-UUUUUU!! He gave YOU the charge to keep not matter what "they" do or say! I know it's easy to dislike, not be able to stand or tolerate, or even hate a person!!! I know you wanna vent...I know you wanna talk about them! I know you wanna slap the taste out of their mouth because they hurt you or they did something and thought they got away with it...but when you get through rolling your eyes, talking your smack, huffing, puffing, cussing, and all of that,,,,,the charge, the command, the instruction was still given to YOU!!! He told YOU to LOVE and at end of the day he's going to hold YOU accountable...YOUR blessings depend on it not THEIRS!!! And let me make this clear: It's okay to vent, you're human! You can talk, you can say what's on your mind but be careful about how you say it, where you say it, who say it to, and the motive behind what you're saying ...it's okay to be angry, as long as you don't sin in your anger...but it not okay to be in violation of the commandment to love and know you're in violation and to continue on  Bottom line: Stop all that talking and thinking and start handling the charge/commandment he gave YOU....it belongs to YOU...it defines YOU...it shows people and Him where YOU really are....it was a most precious gift given to YOU on the cross before YOU even knew YOU.....LOVE!!! And it's not how the world defines it, it's defined in The Message Bible in 1 Corinthians 13 as the following: Love never gives up. Love cares more for others than for self. Love doesn't want what it doesn't have.  Love doesn't strut, Doesn't have a swelled head,  Doesn't force itself on others,   Isn't always "me first,"  Doesn't fly off the handle, Doesn't keep score of the sins of others, Doesn't revel when others grovel, Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,    Puts up with anything, Trusts God always, Always looks for the best,  Never looks back,    But keeps going to the end.  




Here's the disclaimer: Exercise wisdom, he didn't tell you to be a fool...in actuality love (true love, the love that God wants you to have, it possesses wisdom)  Enjoy your weekend and take joy in knowing He loved you so much that He died just for YOU!!!

It Could Have Been Different (Part 1)

The other day I had a conversation with a friend and we were discussing enjoying life and to what degree we are enjoying life. We both ended up saying that on a scale from 1 to 10, our enjoyment was about a 7. As I was telling another friend about the level at which I felt like I was enjoying life, my friend responded by saying that was relatively high. I responded by saying that it was the simple things in life that keep me going and happy. Don't get me wrong, I like things and success just like everyone else but it's a lot of the simple things. And when I thought about it, in the world we live in, a 7 is kind of high. There are so many unhappy people, miserable people, depressed people, sad people, people always frowned up, people whose joy was stolen years ago and they've never recovered it. As I was thanking God for my happiness, I even had to ask Him why do I get down and frustrated only for a short time. Why do I bounce back from so many different situations, people, and things...maybe it's because I haven't had what one consider "a hard life"...but then I heard God say these words "IT COULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT"  Well now!!! As I begin to think over my life I started remembering some things that I had somewhat forgotten and I realized it really could have been different... My mom should have died when I was in the 3rd grade and she asked God to take her, but God spared her and healed her...our family should have fallen apart when both my Grandmother and Grandfather became sick and disabled at the same time and we became their primary caregivers, but we stuck together...my Grandmother should have wilted away when she had to bury 13 brothers and sisters, 2 children, and 1 grandchild over the years, but she didn't...she managed to be the one to provide immense strength and unfailing love to the rest of the family...I should be angry and unforgiving toward the father I've never met, but instead I literally shrug my shoulders when people ask me about him and then start talking about the Grandfather, Uncles, Cousins, and Male Family Friends He gave me in place of a biological father...where 1 man was absent 10 men took his place...when the man put a gun to me early one morning 8 years ago and I refused to give up my money (I don't always have good sense, pray fa me, lol) and he chased me, but I got away...the many times when I've been disobedient to God, and He should have turn His back...God showed his unfailing, unconditional, everlasting love... *in the words of T.D. Jakes* when TRUTH was saying "Thou shall not, thou shall not, thou shall not"  MERCY was saying "If you do, if you do, if you do" So, you see my 7 is kind of high but in actuality it probably should be higher!!! Though I haven't lived "a hard life" I've still had to endure the ups and downs as we all have, but everytime I've come out on top! What I want you to know today is that no matter what your childhood was like, no matter how many failed relationships you've had, no matter what they said you couldn't do or what they're saying at this very moment, no matter what names you've been called, no matter how many people have judged you, no matter how many people have walked out of your life, no matter if you've been molested, raped, abused, put down, mistreated, persecuted, ignored, looked down on, rejected, no matter if you feel like you've hit rock bottom, no matter how hard life has been...IT COULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT!!! Because if God hasn't turned His back on you, and if I remember correctly He said "I will never leave you, nor forsake you" then you're good to go!!!!!!!!!!! He probably should have turned his back a long time ago on some of us, BUT HE DIDN'T...So, look at the picture to the left. I choose to be a smile in the middle of a bunch of frowns because I know what it could have been like for me...Won't you do the same today?

I Don't See It, I Don't Feel It

We are soooo very driven by what we see and what we feel, and sometimes those two things are what gets us in trouble...I am sooooo very tired of waiting, waiting on this, waiting on that...I'm thinking to myself it's almost February (yeah, a whole 4 weeks into 2012, lol) I have been diligently working on achieving my goals, getting some issues removed in my life and still, there is NOTHING!!! I'm thinking I have my plans for this year...Lord, I'm finally trying to go all the way on my goals, and yet nothing is happening! What's really going on? I don't see it, I don't feel it...I haven't even had the motivation to do a blog post or a video post or a Facebook post for my business I haven't had any ideas coming to me...Lord, about  my goals, my needs, my desires, the needs of those around me, I've been speaking, decreeing it, declaring it, praying agreeing with others...Lord I finally know all the terminology, I've looked into the Word and I've prayed your Word back to you, but I DON'T SEEEEEEE IT and I DON'T FEEEEEL IT! What is it? It is the car I'm in need of, it is the new job I'm in need of, it is deliverance from the wrong mindset, it is victory over the flesh, it is the ability to go from being a borrower to a lender, it is to see the promises of God go forth in my life, the lives of my friends, within my church, in my community, in my family...BUT I DOOOOON'TTTTT SEEEEE ITTTTT and I sure DON'T FEEEEEEL ITTTTT! Doesn't He want us to have an expectant heart? Welllllll, I'm expecting and I still haven't seen it!!! I'm expecting miracles, signs, and wonders....hmph! Because guess what? I have a couple of situations that need a miracle...some situations that God's favor is going to have to be over so that they can be resolved.....Lord, you gave me a vision, but now the vision is foggy, what happened??? I'm about to get upset (Some of y'all don't know about getting upset with God, so look over me, but for those of you that do, you know how it is when you pitch that fit and get upset with God...still doesn't do you any good except now in addition to your issues, you now have to ask for forgiveness for what you 've done...been there, done that, got the tshirt).....Anyway, after all of my "Don't see it, don't feel it" He brought one word back to my mind...the very word that gave birth to this blog  TRUST....  We trust our family, our friends, our doctors to figure out what's wrong with us, our mailman to deliver the mail, our garbage man to pick up our garbage, our bankers to not steal our money, our employers to pay us our money MORE than we trust God...it's simply crazy and the moment God doesn't give us what we want at the exact time we want, we start thinking and acting like a NUT...and if you read this and you tell yourself "I've never done that", you need to quit lying to yourself ... So to answer the question what happened? The answer is I've never actually put my trust in God and really developed a TRUE relationship with Him until the last year or so...and now that I'm finally in a mode that I'm not trying to conjure up something, I'm freaking out...I've always made things happen and so that's where that I DON'T FEEL ANYTHING, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING comes from...God wants us to know and believe He's God so that after our waiting and our obedience, the promise comes and others will know that God did and we ourselves didn't do it...Don't get me wrong, it doesn't mean he wants you to sit around and twiddle your thumbs and look in the sky...When He gives you a vision, he gives you instructions and resources, it's up to you to TRUST and DO...even when you don't feel like it or you don't see the fruit of your labor...JUST "DO"!!! Don't over analyze, JUST "DO"!! You can't afford to stop trusting and doing, because that's where you'll end up in a rut and start looking for what your physical eyes cannot see and what you cannot feel...Let your life operate the vision He gives you, not the vision you think you should see and let it operate on FAITH, not on feelings...Everything He has given me to DO, I will DO...and I look forward to when I can tell you guys the great things TRUSTING and DOING produced in my life as well as what TRUSTING AND DOING produced in your lives....Phillipians 4:9 "Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, DO: and the God of peace shall be with you          P.S. I didn't feel like doing this blog post...at all...but I DID it...

Days of Our Lives, Part II

If you know me, then you know my godbabies are my heart...a 3 year old goddaughter and a 2 year old godson...and it seemed like just yesterday they were laying in cribs at Delta Regional as we welcomed them into the world...now they are driving us crazy on a daily basis, and I say that with love...the little girl explaining to me how the world works and the little boy climbing on me, wrestling me down, both calling my best friend's (their mom) and my name every 28 seconds...I think it's a conspiracy to wear us down...lol!!! But as much as they can drive us crazy, they cause our days to be filled with joy, laughter, and are rays of sunshine in our lives, true blessings...we wouldn't trade them for the world...and as I looked at them last night, growing up so fast and learning so much so quickly...I am reminded of another statement my Grandad used to make all the time (if you remember from part I, it was "Time has a way of changing things")...this other statement he frequently said was "Time waits for no man" and that sounds so simple but yet look at again, say it to yourself...no matter what children learn or don't learn, no matter what they do or don't do, no matter if you enjoy the moments or you don't enjoy the moments with them, whether it's tough times or great times, time will NOT stop!!! That's why we take time to enjoy the moments and the days with them!!! They will one day be adults...and it is the same way with our lives...time does not wait on us...the day does not stop because you decide you don't like what someone did to you yesterday, and you wake up with a bad attitude...the day goes on without you, whether you decide to participate or not...it goes on...If you haven't learned to maximize every moment, I urge you to do so...start TODAY...this is YOUR DAY...because HE has given it to you...this doesn't mean you have to spend it busy with work, or running here and there, or spend every moment talking (I need sooome help in that area, whew!). It even means that YOU CAN maximize your resting time, your vacation time, quiet moments with your loved ones...Remember the devil comes to do three things: Steal, Kill, and Destroy and  a lot of times it's not a direct attack, it's an indirect attack...if He can still a day at a time from you, then He can still years from you...and his strategy is to tell you if you lost yesterday, then you might as well give up on today....THAT'S A LIEEEEEEEEE!! You could have had the wrong mindset and behavior for 30 years, but if you wake up ONE day and choose to change ONE thing for the better, that's the beginning! What a difference a day makes!!!!  And today I present you with even better news: You cannot get time back you have lost, but you can redeem the time!!! What do I mean by that? You remember when you didn't finish pursuing your education, you remember when you didn't start your business, you remember when you didn't lose that weight, you remember when you didn't take that much needed vacation, you remember when you didn't obey God...unh huh...yeah, you remember, because I clearly remember what I didn't do just yesterday... think about it...it will come to you...seek God and His will, and guess what? All that time you wasted, I believe He will let you make it up if you're obedient...and God's make up session goes much faster than man's...I'm a living witness...because I don't know about y'all but I can MESS UP some stuff...I have messed up "a many day" got some areas in my life now that I'm having to stand back and evaluate the mess (that's another blog) but I do know some of my wasted time is being redeemed even as I type this... remember Ephesians 5:15-16 from Part I of this series...the King James Version says "See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil." And v. 17 says "Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is." Now only God can give us some days, we mess them up, didn't do what we were supposed to do with them, and then He gives us more time to do what we didn't do and speeds up  the process so we'll have time to reap the benefits, enjoy the results, only thing He asks us to is be obedient and exercise the wisdom He gives!!!  Now if you don't get excited about that...I ought to slap YOU through this screen! *SSSSLLLLAAAAAPPPP* That's for the folks that still don't get it.......Let me put like this I AM GLAD THAT GOD ISN'T A GOD OF A SECOND CHANCE, BUT A GOD OF ANOTHER CHANCE" ....I passed my second chance thousands of chances ago!!! He gives you another day everyday for a reason!!!  Psalms 90:12 says "So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom" ... Tell God to show you how to use each day wisely so that you will have the life He wants you to have, a life of abundance...so you know that degree you didn't get it, you can get it, you know that right relationship you don't have, you can have it; you know that soulmate that's intended for you, you can have him or her; that business you didn't start, you can start it; those pounds you didn't lose, you can lose them; that bad attitude you can't seem to get rid of, you can get rid of it; that life He promised you that you don't have, He will give it you!!! These are YOUR DAYS, these are MY DAYS, these are the DAYS OF OUR LIVES....I'm determined to maximize the moment, you should try it!!!!!!!!!!!  Have a great DAY!!!!!!