My Dad

I recently lost a very important person to me: My Dad. Throughout his short sickness and death, God's glory was ever present. Even now, after the funeral, whenever I have a weepy moment, I feel His comfort all over and around me. The Holy Spirit is truly a comforter. I love my dad and he was truly a GOOD DADDY. He loved us dearly and he TAUGHT US many life lessons that I feel are not taught as much now or with as much emphasis. He made us work and he made us save. NO. No blowing money on foolish things like kids do today. He made us to get bank accounts and we had to get our school supplies FIRST before we spent it on wants. He taught us how to be diligent and to work hard. He taught us to be responsible. When I was growing up, some of these lessons were hard and many times I thought dad was mean, but in reality, he was teaching us and now that I am grown with a family of my own, I appreciate all his life lessons.
My dad was a man of strong integrity and character. You always knew where you stood with him. There was never any confusion. The world has truly lost an old school teacher who did not believe in short cuts or deception, but honesty and hard work. He will truly be missed. And, although earth might not have his wisdom and strength here, it lives on in our hearts.
We are his legacy and every heart that he touched carries it. Heaven has gained a warrior!

CONSTIPATION!

On the way back from bible study, the Lord dropped in me the revelation that sometimes out spirit gets CONSTIPATED! When the body gets constipated, we are steadily putting stuff in, eating and drinking but NOTHING is coming out! We have waste to get rid of the harmful toxins in our body. If we become constipated, we are unable to get rid of these toxin and they can actually back up in our body and cause all kinds of havoc to our system. It literally begins to poison us. Left unchecked, it can KILL us.
That's how it is with our spirits. I can think of two different ways right off the bat! How about going to church and bible study every single sunday and during the week. Getting all that word. Storing it up...but, we are never DOING the word or SHARING that word with someone else. We don't pour blessings into others with the blessed word that we received. We don't encourage others, pray for others and walk in the word, but every time the church doors are open...WE ARE THERE! HUH? When Jesus healed, He felt virtue go out of Him. When we are actually ministering to others, we are literally giving others what Christ has given us. We are sharing Him with others so they can be blessed. When we do this, we are able to receive times of refreshing from the Lord..But if we hold it in and NEVER do anything with it and not benefiting from it ourselves, it becomes an offense unto us. It will judge us. We begin to become toxic and when times of the refreshing from the Lord comes, we are so full of toxins, we can't receive! (I hope this makes sense! LOL)
Another way to look at it is holding on to sin, grudges and things in our lives that should not be there and not crying out to God for deliverance. We are literally poisoning ourselves with these toxins in our system. David said, when he kept silent, his bones groaned within him. (I looked all over for that scripture but couldn't find it...ok bible scholars, enlighten me) When he didn't cry out to God and get rid of all that was within, he begin to get weak and sick and depressed! Only when He began to cry out to God with repentance and worship and praise was he able to get rid of the toxins and receive the refreshing from the Lord. Which are you? Which were you? I can truly say I was both and God delivered. See, we can't hold sin in our hearts and not go to God for Him to cleanse us and think it won't begin to poison us, it will. And, we can't continue to hear the word and receive the Word and not allow it to CHANGE US. It will be that same word that will one day judge us. I'm just keeping it real! Let's keep the body and the spirit healthy by continuously flushing it with the Word of God and Greater Works!

BE BLESSED!
THE LIMITLESS LADY!

Time For Bed!

I remember when I was young, newly married, new baby. I was exhausted all the time. That was understandable when she was new born but when she was going on two years old, i was still tired and exhausted! I felt like I had not time for myself nor time for my husband. I was young and it just seemed easier that our daughter sleep with us. Sometimes we would be trying to go to sleep and she would be wide away playing in our faces or coo-ing! I remember talking to my mom one night, totally exhausted when she gave me some advice that literally changed my life..LOL. She said "That baby needs a bed time! And, get her out of your bed!" My husband thought it was the hardest thing! I mean, the other bedroom seemed so far away! What if she was afraid or woke up during the night wanting us? My mom suggested that I get a christian CD with soft music or children's music and play it for her in her own room in her own bed with a night light one. So, that is what I did. Put the CD on continuous play, tucked her in and went to our room. Thus it began. After nights and nights of patiently walking her back to her own room and her own bed and reassuring her, she finally stayed and slept all night and there were no more problems after that! I realized just by giving her a set bedtime, I had more time to wind down from my hectic day and relax. I had more conversations with my husband and we were able to spend quality alone time together. I was relaxed and at peace and being that my daughter had a set routine of bed every night, her mood was even better! I love my mom for that advice and I pass it on whenever I can. Don't get discouraged when you are trying to move the baby out of your bed or give him/her a bed time and they don't want to go, patience and persistence will surely pay off if you just hold on!! BE BLESSED!!

THE LIMITLESS LADY

Moving Forward!

Today I traveled to Rocky Mount to speak at a Women's Ministry Meeting regarding my book. I had no clue what I was going to say at all! LOL. When my sister asked me to speak a while back, of course my flesh hesitated but at the same time, I knew that I could NOT stall out or draw back now. God is moving His people into new territory. Scared or not...I'm going with Him! My comfort zone is no longer comfortable but my comfort zone is not in the will of God! I accepted it knowing that God was going to be with me. I encourage anyone who wants to walk in their purposes of God to not let fear stop them from their destiny!
One thing that I want to stress is how much it is not about us...but about the cause of Christ. We are not our own, we are bought with a price and that price was the Blood of Jesus. We belong to Him. Our reasonable sacrifice is presenting our bodies to Him to be used for His Glory.
I was blessed today and I thank God for using me to bless others.

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Thanking God for the NOW

Today on the way to work I prayed. I normally use this time to talk to the Lord because its just me in the car. Sometimes I will turn worship/praise music on and sometimes I will just talk to Him or just enjoy the silence in Him. This morning was no different except I just felt His presence in a more "sweeter" way. I was praying and I FELT Him listening. I know He hears us but there was an attentiveness in the spirit that just made me love Him more! I proceeded to go to work and all day I watched GOD. It started out with thanking Him for my NOW. The NOW that I'm in. The NOW that I might not be where I wanna be and doing what I wanna do. In the space of time I was in I THANKED GOD FOR THAT!!! I thanked Him for exactly where I am in my life today and for where I am not. I thanked Him for who HE IS and who He is to me. I thanked Him for the good and the bad and the ugly of my life RIGHT NOW because His Grace and His love is SUFFICIENT FOR ME. We're either always looking behind us or way in front of us. We're always setting goals and working toward them or either stuck in a past that is really not even relevant anymore. What about our NOW? Lord, forgive us! THANK YOU GOD FOR MY NOW!!! As I set goals and strive to become better and to grow and to do great things, help me not neglect being thankful of the NOW that you have blessed me with that will prepare me for my future and will strengthen me to let go of my past! Help us not to neglect you in the moment we find ourselves in between coming out of something and going into something else. Help us to be humble and to acknowledge you in every moment of our lives. Whether it be good or bad let us see you in it because, you are always there and you watch over us so lovingly, so closely. As I sat there and reflected on where my life was at the present moment, I smiled. I thanked God. And as a result of that, the atmosphere of my day changed. I went from the victim to the victor. I went from dragging to work to skipping to work. I went from faking a smile to giving a real one. GOD IS GOOD. Let's give thanks in the NOW. Be blessed!

Limitless