I Just Wanna Say...

Our God is so awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He keeps me protected and loved through His grace, that I did NOT merit, but was given through His loving kindness. The Lord gave me an awesome video last night at 3:30 am, lol - He knows how to speak your language. He Never leaves us or forsakes us, but instead promises to cleave to us - AMAZING. That's why we are human and HE is GOD!




A Little Craziness


(This picture has nothing to do with the poem. I just Love the picture with all of the colors)


Sometimes all we need is a little craziness


Sometimes heartache leads to discovery


Sometimes laughter leads to recovery


Sometimes love is in few eyes


Sometimes whispers are our mantle


Sometimes gray hairs meet our temples


Sometimes people speak out right


Sometimes quietness isn't still


Sometimes life ignites the passion


Sometimes cold is warmer than alone


Sometimes practical is overrated


Sometimes dreams hold close to our soul


Sometimes won't always be there


This time let's make sure we crave a little craziness

"Breathe"

The way I breathe, I take in the breaths of eternity; clenched in the jaws of humanity, lost in a heart of sanity.

I breathe, but, only for the moment to see that life is eternal, everlasting and...
breathe in the moments disappearing, the time we could be sharing,

Breathe for the second because you'll never get it back....

Yes breathe for the space of an eternity we think we lack...

Breathe, because it is God given... BREATHE










Positive Family Example - "Franchising the Family"

I love seeing positive family examples! This is an example of the "heart" of the kind of family that I desire to have one day :-) Enjoy the Video!


In the Presence of Ants and Egles - Shifting Seasons!





Today and Yesterday, I went about doing all of the things that people do for Christmas - Clean and Decorate like crazy to get ready for family and cook their hearts out! Well it turned out that due to the inclement weather, our family was unable to come together. This season has most of our family stuck in their homes with no way to come together to celebrate Christ's birth. It was still an amazing day. I spent it with my mother and it is amazing the things that I learn from this woman. Her spirit wasn't down and she had GODTV (awesome channel, btw) playing just about the entire day, lol.

As she decided to go into the shower, I decided to get out of my pity party and watch the Hillsong Conference 2007. As I was watching the message, TD. Jakes captured me. It is amazing when you take time to LISTEN and realize that something inside of you just clicks ON - how pertinent the message being shared is for your spiritual man (woman, in my case, lol)! He discussed Eagles, which automatically made me think of ants. Isn't our God so amazing - how God tells us to liken ourselves to two completely different creatures, both powerful in their own right. Looking at them with human eyes we can't understand; we look at their size and their power or weakness and outwardly judge them. God chooses the most amazing creatures to confound us and teach us powerful and relateable messages!



Back to the point, lol. I was watching the Hillsong conference and T.D. Jakes struck a chord when he discussed the importance of being with eagles! Eagles are strikingliy, distinct creatures! They have no competition, in fact, even the smallest eagle, "the booted eagle - comparable in size to a common buzzard, have relatively longer and more evenly broad wings, and more direct, faster flight." We should strive to be like eagles in every aspect and area of our lives. Being an eagle means going to another level. It's a part of an entirely different order! What am I saying? - that when we become a part of a different order; we walk into a different season in our lives.

We need to use this example to keep track of the time we have in our lives. We could for instance, decide that we only want to be chickens. Chickens are comfortable, they never leave land because they don't fly, and because they don't fly, they will never know what it is like to discover what the skies hold. Metaphorically, there are certain people in your life, whom you may love, but who will never encourage you for greatness but rather unknowingly clip your wings to keep you from taking off! What does this have to do with seasons?

It has everything to do with seasons! It is time to re-position ourselves for the next level! We can't live our lives with chickens anymore. As a people, when we live our lives as chickens, we can only see that which is in front of us, but when we elevate to the level of an eagle our vision becomes circumspect - We can not only see what is around us, but the higher we go the more we become exposed to... This is necessary for success in our lives and fulfilling the will God has placed in us - whether you believe it or not.

As I look into the next season of my life, which will most likely be filled with missions no matter where I am and marriage (whomever God chooses for me), this is a staple that I must hold on to. I don't know if you know this, but eagles mate in the air! This is significant because an eagle knows that only another eagle can fly that high :-) An eagle can not take a chicken in the air to mate. You will know that God has given you the right one when you are both soaring like eagles. Don't settle to be a chicken in any aspect of your life because it is comfortable. Being a chicken robs you of a fulfilled future - and what you don't know is bound hurt you!

Ok well that's enough for tonight; sorry for the scatterbrained post, lol -I hope it benefits!

MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MA DADDY WORKIN'

There is something specifically that I am believing God for...that I am placing my trust in and hoping on... This thing has plagued my family and been a generational curse and I am looking to God to see it broken IN MY GENERATION & EVEN IN THE GENERATION BEFORE ME. Somedays I get discouraged or lose sight of what He has promised, but today I watched a video by Darlene Bishop! This video had me in awe, now I love Darlene Bishop, but she wasn't what silenced me. The messgae that God gave her through her granddaughter is what silenced me. ALL I NEED TO KNOW IS THAT MY DADDY IS WORKING! Life is as simple as that...if only we would stop worrying and wondering and just calm down and realize - MY DADDY'S WORKING.........


Precious Little ones vs. Shelter Shut-Ins







I have something that I must get off my chest.... I LOVE LOVE LOVE children. In fact, I've been preparing for my precious little ones for a while (although I am still in my last year of college waiting on the Lord for a husband, lol). I find myself spending time with other's children and working in a daycare facility. It is just a passion that I know the Lord has given me. I have a vehement desire to care for them with all I have giving them as much love and encouragement as I can. Saying this, there is something I just have to get off of my chest!

If you watch animal planet as much as I do, I know you have seen those commercials for saving animals from less than perfect conditions. Well, if you haven't let me key you in. For starters, I am an animal lover, but there are times when animal loverdom can take things a bit too far. In these commercials they show the most pitiful animals with their eyes falling out, missing limbs, and bodies that look like they just came out of the dump, along with Sarah McLachlan's song, "In the Arms of the Angel." Yah...yah ...yah...yah...I know at first you get all teary eyed and want to start a farm by adopting every single one that comes through the animal shelter, but then something CRAZY appears. As I am watching this commercial, they procede to tell you that you can help these poor little creatures by donating $19-25 dollars a month...Yes you heard me correctly $19-25 dollars a month. To several of you, this may not seem like much, but you'll soon see why I believe that this is an obscene amount of money.

Let's clear something up! On several commercials that are broadcast to help aid children who are starving or victims of civil wars, they ask their veiwers for 5-25cents at most for those children a day. I'm no mathmetician, but 25 cents a day at 31 days in a month comes out to...dun...dun...dun...dun...a whopping $7.75!!!!!! You can obviously see my disappointment! How can one be willing to spend $19-25 on and animal and only $7.75 on a child!!!!! This makes absolutely NO SENSE and is completely INFURIATING! Our society has lost its mind these days. Michael Vick goes to jail for using animals as killing machines (which I believe is absolutely disgusting by the way) while doctors all across America are given a whopping pay raise for aborting BABIES, not Fetuses! I digress... That's for a later post, but basically you can understand my frustration. I wish our world wasn't so backward sometimes. I'm so glad that I have someone in my life who makes whole and complete sense, even when I'm not sure just how He wants to use me at times, JESUS!

There should be no comparison! An animal or one of God's precious little ones! It sickens me to watch this dog get the best care with a vet nurse by his side, while it is a struggle to get food over to children who desperately need it and who are lacking medical attention....