The journey inbetween the now and the harvest.

Isn't it just the most amazing feeling in the world when you receive revelation knowledge of great and mighty things to come in your future?! You've had dreams, visions, prophecies, etc. and you know that your latter will indeed be greater than your past. What is not mentioned sometimes is the "in-between" or the journey to get from point A to point C. I am reminded of the story of Joseph when as a child he had a dream that he would be a great leader and that his family would bow down to him. Joseph probably could not help but to feel a sense of excitement, who wouldn't? Oh but God did not show Joseph any dreams about him being thrown into a pit by his brothers, thrown in jail, lied on, etc. I sometimes wonder if God had showed Joseph these things, would he have been as excited...? Would he have gotten off that bus at the next stop-lol! As I continue to mature in Christ I have come to the understanding that when God has a purpose for your life which was designed of course to fulfill his will, and bring glory to his name, he takes you through levels, sometimes even dimensions before you are able to walk in the higher calling he has placed on your life. On this journey to your higher calling, you experience many, many things, people, and situations which may seem like set backs, dissapointments, failure, heartache, you may even feel as though God has forsaken you. Sometimes you are stripped of everything except your very life in order to gain. Doesn't make you run to sign up for this deal huh?lol! I myself am on a journey to my promised land, to my higher calling and let me tell you, it has been UNCOMFORTABLE! Basically anytime you're challenged to come out of your comfort zone, you will be uncomfortable. But even though at times I get discouraged, and God is constantly maturing my faith and dependance in him, I look at me now and I look at the me about a year ago and I can truly see God's hand at work in my life. I used to be a "worry wart", I used to stress out often, panick, my faith and trust in God was low. Yes I KNEW the scriptures but I was not living the scriptures on faith and believing God. It took me going through many test to build my faith because when all of your doors close around you...you learn to lean and depend on God or you will find yourself contemplating ending your life or endangering it one, because a lack of faith in God will cause you to lay down and give up. The closer I got to God the more I began to understand that the plan that he has for my life is already set but that there was a transformation of the human mind and logic that needed to take place in order for him to bring me into my Canaan.

SOUL SEARCHING

There comes a point in life where one must stand still, take a look around and assess where they are and how they got there. Good or bad, self searching in my opinion, is the key to advancing in life. After all the unexamined life is not a life worth living right? To search one's self effectively, one must have the ability to be honest with oneself. One must seek to gain wisdom, understanding into the deepest depths of their innermost being, and be brave enough to look face to face the thoughts, issues, desires that become hidden in and out of time by society's rash demands of the "ideal" person or perhaps they are our own demands of "our ideal person". Whichever the case, we are more than the surface that is our skin and our smile. We are the untold stories written before we came out of our mother's vaginas and the unsung songs sung from the souls of those gone on before us. Who are we? Our destiny was determined before the sperm and the egg even met in agreement to bring forth the unknown. What do we want? Where are we headed? I for one am a HUGE fan of soul searching...do you dare to search your own?

WAIT ON IT!!

So through my line of work, watching those around me, reading magazine columns, etc. I have observed something very disturbing....the misery of settling. What I mean is this, it seems as though when people settle, be it in relationships, careers, living arrangements, spirtituality, etc. they end up being very miserable. I am a firm believer of getting to the root causes of things, I do not believe that to find a solution to this settling epidemic that we can stay surface level so....here we go! I am saddened at the sight of watching my peers and even those significantly older than I settle for Mr. or Ms. "good enough" "right now""he got money""she can cook" "he may not want to work but girl he got that....!" NEED I CONTINUE! lol! It sounds funny but it is the truth being lived out daily by many. Sometimes people settle because waiting is just not an option when they are feeling lonely and abandoned by their so called version of "love". I have even witnessed those who have settled all the way to the altar only to find themselves a few years into the marriage "growing apart". It's not that they grew apart necessarily but I dare to say it's the corridor of a part of their heart that they covered with temporary infatuation, telling themselves that "love will come". But you see the mind does not do what the heart tells it and in time they find that although married Mr. or Ms. "right now" their hearts still long for the one who is "bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh." I see people settle into careers because of what family wants or for money sake and go to work miserable everyday, die before their time due to stress, and never understand the concept of getting paid for doing something that fulfills your God given purpose and that you actually love to do.  It's sad to say, but I see people settle into a comfort zone in their spirituality instead of accepting the challenge to go higher, pursue greatness, show others that there is a more excellent way, daring to stand up and say I'm not going to be and do the things that everyone else is doing because I have an appointment with purpose and a divine destiny that was put into place even before the foundation of the world! Or maybe the reason for settling is simply because many may not even know who they truly are so settling for "good enough" instead of receiving God's BESTseems perfectly appropriate to them? When you understand who you are, where you're going, and what your purpose(s) is in this cycled life, you will take to heart my favorite quote; "TO SETTLE IS TO SUFFER, AND TO SETTLE BECAUSE OF SUFFERING IS TO SUFFER IN VAIN!" What do you think?

RELIGION=BONDAGE?

What happens when one is raised in religion and religion's demands of "right" actions=salvation or redemption? To me religion represents a list of laws, impossible demands, old covenant shackles which leave a person depressed, feeling unworthy, and leaves your conscience burdened. What kind of a God would want his beloved children to live like that? Some examples of religion are, having to pray a certain number of times a day in order to fulfill an OBLIGATION to gain access to God, or here is one that I hear people say sometimes, "I have to fast for however many days so God can forgive me because I've sinned so much!" WOW! What did Jesus die for then?? What do you think?


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