Mirror Him

"Emotions arise to remind us that we are growing"-Iyanla Vanzant


Ahhhh that is sooo good. Here is a lil note I wrote to myself.....

If you want to grow, you have to be willing to grow through the pain. God can take it away, but He wont most times because He wants us to grow. When we pray to have a heart like His we are gonna have to go through some things that test us and eventually grow us into the person He wants us to be with a heart that mirors His. Pray the prayer. Prepare for the blessing. Grow through the pain (of testing) and then walk in your harvest.

Hope this blesses someone!

Love,

Sweet Lady!

Product Discountinued

Contrary to my previous profile picture I have ALL natural hair.  I have been natural for two years now. I love my natural hair. It’s a lot of work but, I love it. Needless to say this journey has not been easy. Having to buy products can be detrimental on your pockets. You never know if a certain product will work for your hair type.  Recently, I had decided to get box braids as a protective style. I kept them in for about a month and a half. After taking them out, I had to restock some of my “staple” products. One of them being the, control paste by Curls. I use this paste to slick my hair back when it’s in a puff and I even use it to do my twist outs (gives me a more defined look).  However, I have been two every local Walmart, Target and Sally’s and cannot find it. The Sally’s beauty supply associate told me that Sally’s has discontinued selling it. Which lead me to believe the product could have been discontinued by the brand as well. Today I went to the curls website to look for the product and it was not listed. To my dismay it seems that the product has been discontinued.

On the hunt I go for a new control paste to slick these edges and define my twists. Quickly, after doing a YouTube search I came across the crème of nature, perfect edges. Its looks very similar to the Curls control paste I was using. The curls control paste was $7.99 and the crème of nature, perfect edges is 4.98 at Walmart.  The frugal side of me was ecstatic about the price decrease.  I will be purchasing the Crème of nature perfect edges this weekend. Wish me luck on my results.

I say all this to say, sometimes God will discontinue things or people in our lives that we hate to see go but,  we have to trust His process. Once it’s all said and done, He does it to SAVE us from headache and heartache in the future. So don’t be reluctant  when God discontinues things or people in your life. Sit back and enjoy the ride and remember that God works everything out for our good. (Romans 8:28) J

Have a great day!

Sweet Lady

Just Do it

So I know your probably wondering, why the Nike symbol?  Well, one of the most vital lessons that God has is teaching me currently is to Just do it and to be obedient to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. I truly believe that joy and peace come from being obedient to God.  Being obedient to God isn’t easy but we have to do it to remain in the will of God and to live out his full purpose for our lives.

Life is hard! It really never gets easy. There are good times and bad times.  But what I have learned is that sitting around with excuses of why we can’t, will not get us anywhere. The key is to be consistently content in both the good and bad times. In my life I have had so many plans of what should be and what could have been but most times they didn't happen the way I had envisioned in my little fantasy world. God had other plans. I guess that’s why he requires us to freely let him work in our lives. It’s ok to plan your day if that is what keeps you accountable, but there is no need to plan every second preparing for the worst more than the good.  We have to have faith that good will happen, but if bad does god allowed it for a reason and will work it out for our good. His word says no weapon formed against us shall prosper.

 Let go, let flow. When I lived in a space of just flowing I had so much more peace. God showed up in my life so many times over and over. Many times bringing me to tears. It’s hard to be obedient to God. I am not going to lie. That’s when we must remember  Hebrews 12:11:

 “No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it’s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way.” (NLT)

When you receive your harvest from planting seeds of obedience your life will be forever changed. God has so much he wants to do in our lives. Let God lead you through the promptings of the Holy Spirit. 

#Hashtag

I have been MIA from posting on my blog, however I still write notes to myself in my phone. Here is one as of lately....( I apologize in advance for any inappropriate words)

 

Hair tied. Crust around the rim of my lips. Hello Kitty sweat pants. Tank. Fuzzy Socks.  That's when I'm the prettiest. Makeup, groomed eyebrows, fancy clothes, Louis bag, those things are just accessories to the beauty that I already see within me. I may not have the fattest ass, the biggest or most perkiest boobs, or even curves for days ( I happen to think my best curve is my smile). I may not even have extreme sex appeal and I cant do a sexually enticing facial expression to save my life. (Yall know them sexy face selfies??)

 

 Look, I am NOT that bad BITCH you see on Instagram or Facebook. Sorry I rather keep the body God has graced me with sacred for you and I. I don't feel the need to post pics of my ass or tits or with just my panties with captions like " Look back at it or Twerk Suthing Gurl" HAAAASHTAAG #doitforthelikes. I am much more secure than that. I'm confident and sexy. I know it. I do not need 300 followers that have no significant impact on my life and did not die for me to tell me that. I am a Queen. Thank God. I am not the most secure Queen ( I have my insecurities,who doesn't) but, I'm a work in progress. Growing and maturing in Gods image. I am loyal, kind, sweet, trust worthy and loving. I appreciate those things about me. I can only hope others do as well but, if not I will not force friendships or relationships with people to see the bright light that shines from within me.

 

 

Whine and Complain

So I recently became an owner of the sweetest lil shih tzu, Daisy. However, every morning while I am getting dressed for work she goes under my bed and hides because she knows its almost time for me to leave. So, to stop this from happening, I leave her in the living room while I am in my bedroom putting on my clothes. Needless to say, she doesn't like that much. Every morning she scratches the door and whines. So this morning when I come out, I tell her " Honey you put some much unnecessary energy into whining when you know momma would not leave you out here forever. I coming right back." That was such an ah ha moment. God said to me right then. That's the same thing with me. Why do you whine and complain like, I am not coming back. I am not going to leave you there forever. Just sit and be patient. God can use anything or anyone to speak to us! Love our relationship. Have a Great Weekend!

Sweet Lady

Lately

Lately, ALOT has been going on. God has really been working on me from the inside out. So to say the least it has been HARD. But who said that His way was easy? I want to began to write more here. At least once a week. I can do it! lol <<< self encouragement lol  Anyways, Hope everyone is great and having an even greater day!

Sweet Lady

Irony of Affirmation

We can't truly love until we don't need it. We have to be not just full of love, but over flowing with Gods love. If we are not overflowing with love we will just need more and more of it to be satisfied. Which no human can ultimately satisfy. Only God can. Receive Gods love and pour out His overflow onto others.

Jesus died on the cross so that we don't have to need anyone to affirm us. The ultimate sacrifice. That's what love is anyways (if we are doing it Gods way). If we are not willing to sacrifice or risk then we are not ready to love. We have to be willing to take a risk that the love we give will not be reciprocated. Love and fear don't go hand in hand. We all fear and that won't change, but when we operate in love we do it despite the fear we may feel on the inside.


We have to get to the place where Gods love is enough and are content regardless of our circumstances. When we don't need the love of others that is when our "cup" will overflow with His love and we can finally pour out His love.


Have a great weekend!

Love,

Sweet Lady

Crying to God

I am learning that we have to put ALL of our expectations in God. He wants us to come to Him for everything. Sometimes we just need to have a cry session with God. Instead of crying and whining to people that can never meet all of our expectations.

Learning to put our full expectations in God through prayer is essential. Hard but essential. However, when we do this we have to leave it up to God to decide what and whom he decides to bless us through. Doing this will allow us to live the life of peace God intended us to.

Prayer and spending quality time with Him is vital.

Love,

Sweet Lady

Everything isn't what it SEEMS!!!

Recently, God has been revealing to me that everything is NOT always what it seems. So often we look at other people's life and think, “WOW they seem so happy” or “They have it all”. They have the perfect job, house, car, husband, if only I could have that. But, what God has been revealing to me is that you don't know what Hell they may have going on behind closed doors.

God is funny. Most times, the very things that I am praying for He won't give it to me right away(Only In His own time). But, what He will do is start to bless my friends and family with those exact things (This has taught me to be humble and how to be genuinely happy for others). He always puts in my spirit, "I'm saving the best for last". I love when He drops little nuggets in my spirit like that. He is the best friend a girl could have!  He always comes through and proves himself faithful and trustworthy.

I say this to say, don't envy or idol  what other people seem to have because you have NO IDEA what HELL they may be going through behind closed doors. Idol God and then all things will fall into place for you. (Matthew 6:33)

New Year's Blessings

Happy New Year!

Here is a listing of 2012 quotes that I took down in the notepad of my Iphone throughout the year. I do not have as many as last year because this year I began journaling a lot more and spending time with God.

I wish each of you that may read this, a blessed New Year!

*Disclaimer* Please excuse any typos, as I just emailed this to myself to share with you.

Insecurity causes us to focus on ourselves and what we want instead of focusing on Him and what He wants.

Don't try to make it happen. Trust Him to and He'll make it happen.

With every new level your gonna face a new Devil-jm (Joyce Meyer)

Your faith is not to keep u from tough times but to allow u to remain stable through tough times-JM


We shouldnt be trying to get victory we already have it through God who lives within us! Jm

A person without self-control
is like a city with broken-down walls. (Proverbs 25:28 NLT)


When u know there is nothing u can do just stand a say god is fighting my battles, if u can do something than do it, if not stand-JM

Learn to say I don't have to have my way to b happy-JM

Trade ur questions for trust! -JM

Complain and remain or praise and be raised-JM

You should want someone to b your better whole not half.

“So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.
“So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today. (Matthew 6:31-34 NLt

So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing. (James 1:4 NLT)

Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don't try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way. (James 1:2-4 MSG)

Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away. Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. (2 Corinthians 12:8, 9 NLT)

YOU don't have to get the attention of man. When GOD shines OUT of you.. it draws all PEOPLE to you. So & be easy. Keep those eyes focused.you know, sometimes-- my  hubby has a long day or he forgets to tell me I look nice. I don't get BENT out of shape. My EYES are on Christ.I don't put a ton of pressure on my husband to do this or that. I ... get on my face before God & stay desperate for GOD. HE is all I need.-heather lidnesy

Discipline is delayed gratification

God is teaching me a new level of spiritual warfare! LOVE! treat others the way He would and do what he has spoke to u and don't worry about why they may or may not do or may or may not think. Let God do the work! I'm just need to obey!

No, a true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. And true circumcision is not merely obeying the letter of the law; rather, it is a change of heart produced by God’s Spirit. And a person with a changed heart seeks praise from God, not from people. (Romans 2:29 NLT)

God works on the law of gradual growth-JM

Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life. (Proverbs 13:12 NLT)

Affirm on purpose so that u can live a life of purpose!

You have to go through it to get to it! Shanel Cooper

When the Queen is ready the king will appear


Matthew 4:1-11Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil. For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry.
During that time the devil came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”
But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say,
‘People do not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Then the devil took him to the holy city, Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple, and said, “If you are the Son of God, jump off! For the Scriptures say,
‘He will order his angels to protect you.
And they will hold you up with their hands
so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.’” Jesus responded, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the LORD your God.’”
Next the devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. “I will give it all to you,” he said, “if you will kneel down and worship me.”
“Get out of here, Satan,” Jesus told him. “For the Scriptures say,
‘You must worship the LORD your God
and serve only him.’” Then the devil went away, and angels came and took care of Jesus. (Matthew 4:1-11 NLT)


If he doesn't take it away he gives u the grace to deal with it!

When u talk to other people about ur problems instead of God it causes u to have ungodly wisdom poured into you. So b/c what they are telling u may not b of God and what His desires are it can cause the problem most times to elevate instead of defusing it. When problems, hurt or disappointments come get on your face before God. Let Him speak to you through the Holy Spirit and give u peace. Then Stand on His promises and rest peace knowing that Godly wisdom will be brought to my life. Thank God I do not have to worry because God is taking care of all of my wants and needs! Everything is working out How he planned it. ME

Don't get made when God answers my prayers and it's not everything I envisioned. I need to  B content with what he has blessed me with and anything lacking is for my good. What use to be or what I imagined may not b what God wants right now. Learn to accept that and praise Him for the good He is working out on my behalf.  ME


So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you have to endure many trials for a little while. (1 Peter 1:6 NLT)

He never sinned,
nor ever deceived anyone. He did not retaliate when he was insulted,
nor threaten revenge when he suffered.
He left his case in the hands of God,
who always judges fairly. He personally carried our sins
in his body on the cross
so that we can be dead to sin
and live for what is right.
By his wounds
you are healed. Once you were like sheep
who wandered away.
But now you have turned to your Shepherd,
the Guardian of your souls. (1 Peter 2:22-25 NLT)

Be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind(having fresh mental and spiritual attitude) Ephesians 4:23 AMP

You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But you must subdue it and be its master.” (Genesis 4:7 NLT)

Make the best decisions you can and trust God with the results

Focus on the solution not the problem. Whatever u focus on becomes bigger.

Enjoy EVERYDAY life!


Put in  God remembrance of his promises

You said u would give me beuty for ashes

My end will be better than my beginning


God your words says u will make my name great.  Ephesians


Your disappointment does not have the power to dis-appoint you but may actually place you in a strategic position to be used by God.

It's a small thing to a giant-diamond (Crime Mob)

You don't have to say a word...He Knows!

Love that God knows my heart. I don't have to make a big fuss, scream or shout but He sees my desires and if I seek him first above all then he will give me the desires of my heart. (According to His will) So many things have happened in the past few weeks that I didn't ask for but it was a desire of my heart and when they happened this scripture immediately came to mind "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. (Matthew 6:33 NIV)" God desires our heart and mind! To have this happen we must spend DAILY time with Him so that we can identify Him in our spirit versus our flesh. It's hard to choose Him believe me I don't always do the right thing but each day and with each choice that we make we get a ill bit stronger! I just would like to encourage u today to seek God in all things! God has and is changing me bringing people in and out of my life and showing His might works and I'm a just sitting back and trying to enjoy the ride I must admit it gets hard at times. Lol

PS PLEASE pay attention to that uncomfortable feeling that may come. That could be the Holy Spirit trying to warn u against something. If I don't have peace don't do it. Seek God and if its His will it will happen.

Dont Pick at it!

Today at work my hand touched my face, only to notice that I had a pimple coming in. My first thought was to pick at it. But then something else came to mind saying no dont pick at it, that will only make it larger. So I stopped and continued with my work.

That is the same action that we all need to take when dealing with any issue that we may have in life. DONT PICK AT IT! Because if we do, that issue that we continue to give more and more attention will only become larger. If we continue on with our daily activities and have faith we will look up one day and that minor "pimple" will have disappeared.

So the next time you have a pimple (issue), make up your mind to not pick at it.


Sweet Lady :)

Trust issues

Another of my notes to self from the notepad of my iPhone....

So yeah I have trust issues. So what. Forgive me if sometimes I want to look through your phone, check your facebook and twitter, log into your email. But I have been hurt time and time again and sometimes when things don't go my way and lil thoughts come in my mind or a lil pain comes inside that makes me think, damn not this again. Who's to say you won't cheat, by the girl a bear or even invite her over because u thought it was ok. So what I have trust issues, my issues...damn I need a tissue to suck up all of the tears and just deal with my issues.

Plans for me....

This is another note from my phone. Please excuse any errors as this is only a raw and somewhat transparent post of something that came off the top of my head… Enjoy!

The plans you have for me...

Create worry. I often wonder when, where, how.

But I'm often reminded to stand on Your promises.

To know that I know, that I know that what You say in Your word are honest and true.

As a man thinkth then so is he.

So I often act on my emotions instead of the promises that Your word reminds me of. The devil creeps in and tells me that I will be single forever…why can’t I be in a relationship like everyone around me…I will never have my own children and that I will only be able to adopt( Which I really want to do regardless, however I want to experience the amazing feeling of my own child growing inside of me). Sometimes he (the devil) creeps in saying, I’m not doing a good job at work and I’m going be fired tomorrow and fear creeps in at night nervous that someone will break into my apartment. Why can't I have clear skin like so and so, calves like this one of gluts like her! 

BUT GOD! I am made in the image of god! Beautifully and wonderfully made.  When the devil attacks, I attack back with the word and promises of God! Sometimes, shoot, a lot of times, I fail but God's grace and mercies are new every morning and for that I am thankful. How awesome is that?!?

Let me tell you not living by your emotions is one of the hardest things to NOT do and takes a lot of SHUTTING UP and allowing your flesh to die and God’s love to shine through. But, seek God and through His strength it is possible.

Love ya,

Sweet Lady

Under Construction....

Soooo I have decided to redo my blog. So with that being said I will not be making frequent post. I want to reach a much broader audience and before I do that I want to enhance the look of my page. I have even found a designer to design my page! :) So stay tuned in the coming months for a NEW LOOK!

Guard your Heart and Mind

I receive Tyler Perry emails this is a recent one...Enjoy!

If you can get this, this will change your life… I was out taking my morning run. I love how still it is when I’m running. I can hear clearly and really commune with God. I wanted to share this with you. It’s a lesson I had to learn.

One of the keys to success is to be able to guard your heart. Now, usually when someone says guard your heart they are talking about keeping yourself from heartbreak. Although that is important (as long as you don’t go overboard... but that’s another conversation) that isn’t what I’m talking about. When we are born into this world we enter with such a pure heart but as we grow older situations, circumstances and people tend to make us change. Now I know it is nearly impossible to keep a childlike innocence in our hearts all of our lives, especially after people have betrayed, lied, mistreated and downright been the devil. Trust me when I tell you, I have seen it all. I have been there big time. If you’re like me you’ve been there too. But if this is your situation I want you to know two very important things about those moments of heartbreak. Number one, learn the lesson in it. See how it will work together for your good, because it will. Once you do, it’s easier to forgive and move on. Secondly, and this is just as important as the first one, you must not let that person or people change your heart. What do I mean by that? Well, if you are a giver and someone you have given to misuses your gift, don’t stop giving… just give to someone else. If you are a person that loves people and someone you love hates you, don’t stop loving… love someone else. Eventually, you will find people who appreciate your kindness and your love. Remember this, lots of people have been conditioned to not be able to accept purity of heart. They can’t take it in. Most times it’s not even their fault. It’s just what has happened to them on their journey in life. But don’t let them turn you into one of them. There will be a lot of people in your life who will not appreciate your pureness of heart. If they hurt you don’t stop being you… just be you with someone else.

Why is this so important? Because God blesses you according to what is in your heart. If you are being kind, giving, loving and sharing because it is in your heart and you are not looking for anything in return, then that is a heart that God wants to bless. If you change who you are because you’ve been hurt, then you’ve changed the thing that God wants to bless you according to, and that is your heart. The people who hurt you are not worth that. You can lose everything that you have, but don’t let anybody change your heart.

So much going on...

So I have soo much going on in this lil head of mine that I would LOVE to write about. But, I need to find the time. This week as been rather busy for me. EXCUSES EXCUSES, I know. But hopefully, I will squeeze some time in before church tonight to write a quick entry. Also, I want to revamp my blog to try and reach a broader audience. I think I will work on that during the fall/winter when things slow down a bit.

Hope everyone is having a GREAT DAY!!!

Listen to this song! Makes me want to worship God all day, needless to say I havent gotten much work done today because of it....lol

Love yall,

Sweet Lady

Hope and Ask....

God has been speaking to me a lot recently about putting my hope in Him ALONE. Now he has been speaking to me through various outlets about not just hoping and thinking things will work out but Hoping and Asking Him. Recently, I read this portion of Joel and Victoria Osteen's blog...

It's not enough to just think about it. It's not enough to just hope for it. Something supernatural happens when you ask. It puts a demand on your faith. When you ask, God releases His favor. When you ask, the angels go to work. When you ask, supernatural doors will begin to open. Ask in faith knowing that He hears you, and He is faithful. He will complete the good work He started in you!

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you" (Matthew 7:7, NIV).

So with that being said we must not just put our hope in Jesus but ask him for the things we are hoping for IF they align with His will.  He wants to communicate with us.

Love ya,

Have a great weekend!

Endings before beginnings

 

Sharing my thoughts...Not sure if its poetry but...

 

It's like we end before we begin
Like our time is never well spent

Like night is before day even begins
Like desert and no entree
It just ends before it begins

Like a climax with no intercourse
Like credits with no previews
It just ends before it begins

Just to b without  the worries a new day brings just to b in your arms loving,  appreciating and captivated by each moment spent.

He is.....

So as of this past Sunday I decided to get a new tattoo. At first, I wanted Yahweh, which is God in Hebrew. Then I changed my mind. Noooo, I thought. I should get my fav scriputre, Hebrews 12:11. Then tonight in my quiet time...

As I was drawn to read Exodus 3:1. I devoted a portion of my quiet time to being Humble. This scripture tells the story of Moses being a sheperd and how God used this experience to humble him. I began reading the footnotes in my Life Application Bible. I came down to verses 13-15 which states:

"God called himself I AM, a name describing his eternal power and unchangeable character." That alone excites me! He never changes! Life is all about change and learning to adapt from the things and people that will always change, yet we must still grow and remain humble and keep Him first. So when life gets a little unstable and things and people began to change, I will always be reminded that He IS!