My Rock!!

My Rock

Some people say that their husband or wife is their rock.  There use to be a commercial for prudential insurance, " stand on the rock", as if to say you can never go wrong. The definition for rock is ' relatively hard  naturally formed mineral, stone.  The bible also uses the Term rock in describing God. He is our rock,  He is strong and mighty.  He stands forever.  

Some people need a drink to get them through the day. There are others who need to smoke or take drugs just to cope with life, then there are those who must be in a relationship to feel wanted or needed. In order to have a true relationship with someone we must first have a relationship with Jesus Christ. In order to love ourselves we must first love Jesus Christ. When we love and seek him first, he will give us the understanding of his love, mercy, grace and power over our life. Once we start to walk with him, talk with him, commune with him we start to feel his presence and no longer become dependent on those worldly negative things, because in reality, we are only masking a deeper problem. In no way does drinking, drugs and ungodly relationships help us. They only destroy us slowly over time. I remember being told by someone close to me that I needed a psychiatrist to help me with my mental issues. I told this person that God was my psychiatrist. I just have a strong belief that Jesus being here on earth and healing people From all kinds of ailments is proof enough for me to continue my belief in him. He is still healing people and there is nothing impossible for him to do. No matter the problem or situation just give it to God. If we pay attention to every one in the bible who Christ Jesus healed, they all were healed because of their faith. They believed that he could heal them and they were healed. Mathew 7:8 says' that for everyone who ask receives, and he who seeks finds, and to everyone who knocks the door shall be opened. 

Mark 11:24 says' therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer believe that you have received it and it will be granted unto to you. James 1:6 says' The one who doubts is like a wave of the sea being driven and tossed by the wind. So when we pray we must have faith in our prayer in believing that God will answer our prayer. Luke 17:6 say' if you have faith  as small as a mustard seed you can say to this mulberry tree " be uprooted and planted in the sea and it will obey you. Psalm 18: 2 says' The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer. My God is my rock in whom I take refuge. Beyonce has a song called 'baby you are my rock, ' but there is no greater rock than Jesus Christ, my shield and my deliverer. 

Committed.

Committed

We commit ourselves to our job, our spouses and family but I am working on committing myself to God.   There is only one God, the God who created the heavens and the earth and all that is in it.  To him do I commit my life.  I have had so many ups and downs, sometimes more down than ups. I have struggled trying to raise 2 daughters by myself, sometimes maintaining 2 jobs while going back to school. It was very hard but I lived through it. I have been evicted more times than I care to remember, But in the words of Maya Angelo " still I rise". 

In good times and bad times I have learned to call on God. I never had friends that I could run to and ask for help. I do know however that if someone decided to help me that it was God who sent them. I remember being in my 20's and I only had one child and without a job. I was home with nothing to eat and wondering what will I feed myself and my child for the next day. I felt I had no one to call and was too proud to ask anyone for help. Well" I went to bed that night  with nothing in my cabinets or refrigerator to eat. The very next day I woke up to someone ringing my doorbell. To my surprise it was a friend who I had not seen nor spoke to in 2 weeks. Out of the blue she decided to send her daughter to my house with a basket of food. I was so surprised because I did not tell her my troubles nor did I call her to ask for anything. I could only ask the question " how on earth or what made her do this for me. My only reasoning is that it was God who gave her the inclination to bring me that basket of food. This shows me that almighty God is very real and he truly cares about me. Not only does he care about me but he cares about his children, ( we are his children) This world belongs to God and he loves and cares about all of his creation. What he does not have a love for is wickedness and sin. Job 38:10 States" by the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straightened. 11, also by watering he wearies the thick cloud: he scatters his bright cloud; 12, and it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commands them upon the face of the world in the earth 13, he causes it to come , whether for correction, or for his land , or for mercy. 41, who provides for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto God. 39, wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? Or fill the appetite of the young lions. Luke 13:34  states " Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which kills the prophets and stones them that are sent to thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings and ye would not". As I am writing this I am understanding the love that God has for us and the love that we should have for others. I know that when I get angry I tend to be angry at everyone and everything.  Being angry at everyone and everything is very unlike  God. God says for us to love one another just like he loves us.John 13:34 says " a new commandment I give you' that you love one another, as I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciple's if you love one another. When we make it our responsibility to hate we  are showing God that we hate his creation. As if to say that we do not care about his commandments. The bible ask the question" how can we say we love God who we have not seen but hate our fellow man who we see each day. At times I find myself having hateful thoughts but thankfully God is a forgiving God and as I commit myself to him he is teaching me to love my neighbor as myself. It is hard especially when someone is displaying hate towards me but when I think of all the moments when Christ has had my back in situations. The times when he has proven over and over that he loves me, ( undeserving as I am, as we all are) who am I to harbor hate when someone like Jesus Christ from the beginning has only showed me love. Yesterday I was talking to a co- worker and I told her about a company that I heard of that puts God first, family second and business third. Her response was" I'm sorry but family comes first for me, I said to her" what do you mean? It is God who gave you your family. I don't think she grasped what I meant.  The point is that whatever we acquire in life or whoever we are " God gave it all to us. Whether we are African,  European, Asian, Spanish, Arabic, Indian, rich or poor God gives it to us all. None of us can change our DNA and I don't know of anyone who wants to.  

Committing myself to God is not easy, I have to be forgiving just like him and God knows it can be a hard task. I must love others just like he loves us. That's another hard task. I am a work in progress. I write this blog to help myself and hopefully help someone else. Not only do I have the bible as an example of Gods love but my experiences in life also serves as examples of his love towards me. So I have no other alternative but to thank him and try my best to honor and uphold his words because it is he who has kept me this long. It is he who has protected me from harm. There is no one else who came to my rescue but God. 

How Valuable Are You!!!

How valuable are you?

If you acquired all the luxuries and money in this world it would not be as valuable as you. Do you understand how valuable you really are? You are more valuable than silver and gold. The enemy understands this fully well. You were thought about long before you were born. You are no accident, nor are you a mistake.  John 10:10 says" the enemy comes only to steal, kill and destroy but I have come so that you may have life and have it more abundantly.

Nowadays it is very easy for someone to pick up a gun and take the life of another or even themselves. In my opinion we have been brainwashed by television. How many programs or movies can we watch without someone getting shot or murdered. It happens so often that it has become the norm. We must be careful what we allow into our spirit. We are moved by what we read and see. It all has a great affect on us. We can sit back and say " well" I have watched those kind of shows and it does not affect me, but if we take a good look around us we will see that it does have an affect on us. Is it possible to hear the evening news without someone getting shot and killed. It seems as though the poor are most affected. If we do not have an outlet, what will we do or where will we go? If we as a society decided to spend most of our time focusing on God and reading his word instead of being more focused on television, Facebook, texting and the Internet. What kind of society would we be? All these things are distractions that the enemy uses to get us away from our real purpose. We were put here on earth to honor our creator but as we can see the enemy has been disrupting this from the beginning.  Why does it seem so hard to believe that we are all brothers and sisters. We are also sons and daughters of the most high God. How can one persons'  life be more important, or valuable than another. Evidently Jesus did not think so because he died on Calvary for you and me and anyone who believes. If someone died for us shouldn't it be enough for us to understand. I know life can let us down, and sometimes it seems as if we are all alone but believing in the positive things in life and not allowing our negative feelings and situations get the best of us is what we need to work on. God did not say it would be easy but having him to call and depend on is much better than going it alone.

Matthew 11:30 states " for my burden is easy and my yoke is light. Jesus has given us many reasons to know that he truly love and care about us. We are not alone in this because someone greater than us took our sins and got on the cross for us. We are precious and very valuable to Jesus Christ, so we cannot let sin, people or the trouble life gives discourage us from believing that we each are truly precious, and valuable in his eyes. If we understand how valuable we are then maybe we will understand how valuable the next person is and then we can allow love to overpower and rule  us instead of hate.