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I've made you Saul placing your armor on me because I've seen fruit in your life and, in order to see those trees in my garden; I had to garden the way you garden. I've made you my brothers in the battle giving a list of opinions and, insights interpreted as suggestions or directives. For years when I wanted Godly relationships more than I wanted GOD, these templates were sufficient. Molds laid out for me to choose and, apply as needed. But, I was created to be creative. There is now fruit on my tree. I have a hybrid crop of vegetation sprouting. You never called yourself Saul. You never saw yourself as the brothers who questioned David's validity. Yet, the approval rate of my previous proposals all the met the predetermined templates. The only complaints, concerns, and red flags fell on the potential harvests I planted. Now, here I stand in front of goliath with a slingshot and, a rock. This isn't the wisest choice when you have the history of the a...

My Mother used to used to say the phrase, “ on the strength of.” This made think of faith and how we apply it in our lives. I believe the deeper meaning is the grace of a situation. I believe every, experience, endeavor, journey has a designated amount of grace. The grace to endure. The grace to withstand. On the strength of grace we have enough patience for the temporary in- laws living in the home. The embodiment of peace surpassing understanding. Grace gives that extra endurance when a single mother takes on a degree plan while working full time. The extra time when a father is dropping off kids and, keeping business meetings. As we walk into March; I challenge you to start acknowledging the grace you operate in our daily lives. Like daily bread, only getting the portion needed. This revelation is the reason we must seize each opportunity because like you cannot have winter in the summer you cannot get a moment back once it’s season of grace has lifted. It will come aro...

     I once heard a man of GOD say in the seasons of our lives to find someone in the Word of GOD who went through our situation in order to build strategy to navigate out of the current situation. I have taken this to heart in my life. I now realize that because I am too lax on myself I use the wrong examples at the wrong times. I have learned that lack of self discipline counteracts the application of these great lesson legacies. Meaning the times in my life when I should have been anticipating my walk to Golgotha in consecration I was hanging with the children of Israel laughing at the golden calf. See, because I was not building the calf I thought I was safe. No one wants to be Joseph sleep in the side of the mountain waiting. Everyone can not bear the mantle of being Moses face to face with GOD.        This brings us to our current stage. How do we determine the season we are currently in? I have learned in my own life I am all th...

     If home is where the heart is; where does the wandering heart find home? If all growth is born from adversity then that wandering heart is in for a great outcome. This is the tale I shared with my heart. On the tail end of the closing of one year to the gaping hole of polarized images that bombared eyes by monopolizing newsfeeds galore. As I come up for air I like the toy in the arcade look for the large claw from the heavens to pluck me from the rest and take me into the unknown. I find my home in CHRIST. In times like these when the world around me matches the aesthetics of the world that was once inside me I turn to the age old remedy that pulled me through then. My heart wandered because of love loss to betrayal, death, ignorance, and self loathing. Now, my heart wanders because of love hidden, chaos, and mistrust. I am a reminded that I have a FRIEND that is closer than a brother. I find my home in the only Living GOD. Please feel free to share Him if you like. ...

     In the womb a mother has to believe unseen. In the womb a father relies on touches and impressions. Both parents are trusting GOD to be with the one whom they cannot see. Yes, there is growth, yes, there are pictures captured of this new life forming. However, the life itself is not viewed. Parents believe by faith their little one is brewing correctly. So, why lose hope in that same GOD for the life of your child when they are outside of the womb? The next phase of the journey; your child is out of the womb, personally trained, and equipped with a little life experience. You have given them GOD, given them to GOD, now you have to believe in the unseen, again. The cold air that shifts with the wind is the cold air that falls on two sides of town. The cold air that envelops a mother as the seasons change is the same cold breeze that reminds her child of that once warm bosom.        The same song in the air that ushers in sleigh bells echoe...

     Day to day. We all go through the day to day. We all have our daily ups and downs. Who makes the rules? Who decides if you have a good day or not? Smile by faith. I have had days that I could not hold my head up. I have seen and felt pain that did not so much leave but, slept only to wake the next morning before me. What changed? What happened to me? I was loved. Not the I met someone, now I have a soul mate kind of love. Not the rush from a new job after months of being unemployed. I found hope. We talk about, read about, see it in glimpses but, I have learned that though it be transferable it does not stay. I had to not only find hope but, plug in directly for myself. I specifically plugged into Christ. HE teaches us that HE is a vine. Christ in me in is the hope of glory. Now, day to day. I have hope. Day to day, I have promises for each hurt, difficulty, and challenge. Day to day I might have to be reminded that hope is in me. See, tha...

     Be encouraged! Sometimes we have just no words. Smile!!! Sometimes your smile is the only faith you can display. We smile past our feelings because we know that GOD has us in the palm of HIS hands. HE promised never to leave nor forsake. We hold this to be truth we can identify with, on experiencing it for ourselves. The ongoing to solution to "I heard HE is a burden barrier versus "I know HE is heavy load sharer." Push through; because after this moment is our break through. Please do not walk away because your "moment" exceeds the previously expected time frame. The strategy is to have expectation with out an expiration date. Have a vision with the patience for the manifestation of that vision. Begin to prepare for the outcome, byproduct, and caring of that vision in your season of growth. You are not abandoned. Quite contrary; you are so loved you are being groomed with personal care.