Boxed Living

Up, down; Left right

Everywhere I look I am trapped

Forward, back; Run, walk

Everywhere I step I am trapped

The broadening of my mind is too much for me to comprehend

But it’s ability to see beyond what surrounds me does not supersede His plan

Living by sight instead of by faith

Boxes you in and seals your fate

Claustrophobia settles

Mediocrity increases

The hope of my desires fulfilled decreases

My finite mindset entraps me in despair

And makes me question whether or not God is even there.

I have tied His hands

I have determined his plan

Because I forgot the limitations of man

The top begins to open

The walls are falling down.

I run and leap to where my future begins

Higher and greater is the one who lives in me

This is the revelation that begins to set me free

How bright, what a horizon I am beginning to see

Finally realizing boxed living isn’t for me.

Undefiled

So I have become a victim of how easily someone can be influenced by society or social media. Simply by watching television one's perspective can go from innocent to defiled. I choose to stay undefiled. I was watching one of my favorite televsion shows which for the most part is pretty innocent considering what is put on syndicated television.  There was a pretty graphic scene that lite up the screen. My first thought was that it was a little much for a viewing audience. I am not going to lie, for a black women I got embarassed and blushed, which because of my skin pigment is kind of hard to do. As the night went on that scene just kept playing in my head. My thoughts began to think about what I will have one day and how will it live up to what I saw. I began to desire something defiled. It put an unclean perspective on something so precious. I had to bring myself back to reality and realize that what I saw was no okay. Why would I compare myself to something that clearly wasn't God's design. I have made a commitment to God to live a holy lifestyle and to honor him in all areas of my life. I know through scriptire what that looks like. Revelation began to happen. No wonder so many young people and adults alike live in such distress and unfullfilled lives. They are looking at society and social media and trying to live up to those unreal expectations. They think they have to look a certain way, act a certain way, have certain things, or their relationships should mirror others to be happy. Those who are easily influenced become a product of what they are surrounded by. 2 Corinthians 10:12 says "But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. .It breaks my heart for those who don't understand that you are complete in Christ. We each are unique and don't have to live up to anyone's expectations but Christ's. His expectations are easy though. Because we are hidden in Christ, even that expectation was met by Jesus, who we are hidden in. God sees us as the spotless and blameless image when we accept Christ. This is my reality. I want to be confident in Christ and live a life undefiled. So my plea to you might be a little cheesy but I am reminded of the song " Be careful little eyes what you see." At the end of the day what you watch and listent to are playing a part in molding you into what you are becoming.

Hello
I love those unexpected times where God will use differnt things and situation to make His Word come alive. I sit back today and really evalutate the goodness of God. How all of my life, He has guided me and protected me. I have truly been blessed beyond measure. Because of this fact, I feel like I have been so sheltered to a lot of the world's hardships. I thank God for that! Just recently I had the opportunity to experience one of the most humbling and convicting experiences in my life. This truly brought alive the hurt, need, and pain that the world is in. God opened my eyes and allowed me to see things from His prespective and it broke me. The hurt He feels when people chose to turn away from HIm. In the midst of all of this God showed me a BIG revelation.  I think about the verse:

Philippians 4:19
And my God shall supply all of my needs according to His riches and glory in Christ Jesus.

Do we even really know what are needs are? I think so often we call our wants and desires our "needs" and then when those "needs" aren't met we start questioning the faithfulness of God. God is not a man that He should lie. It says in Matthew that God know what we need in every situations even before we know we need it and He promised to supply that basic need. Psalms 37:25  says " I have been young and now old , never have I seen the righteous forsaken nor His seed begging bread." A need is " a lack of something wanted or deemed necessary." A want is "something desired, demanded, or required." So I encourage you to evaualate when you ask God for something is it truly a need or something that you want? God is faithful to His Word everytime. One final thought. As I reflect as a young child, before I went to school  I was made to recite Psalms 23.  The very first verse " The Lord is my shephard I shall not lack." in this case it is to be in need.  Reflecting back on life, I can confidentally say that up until this point of my life I have never been in lack of my basic needs. That is a testament to God's faithfulness.

"Hello World" is very fitting. I am introducing myself and all my glory to everyone. All my quirks, my passions, my vulnerabilities, and my ambitions will be unfolded everytime that I write. Some might be funny ( that is just a part of who I am) and some might be a tad more serious, you just never know what you are going to get from me. i enjoy life and enjoy serving others. I am passionate about changing a generation. I have never done anything like this but I am thrilled to share a part of myself with the world. I love talking and I feel like sometimes I have more to express with words so writing has always been my next go to. I hope through my writing not only will I bring joy to your lives but also empower you to dream bigger and reveal things to you that challenges you to go to the next level. I am a zealous follower of Christ and unashamed of my faith and belief so majority of my writing and such if not all will have some kinds of spiritual theme. If that is something that might bother you or step on your toes than this is probably not the blog for you. I will not apologize for my faith and back down from "haters." To many times people will compromise their belief to be politcal correct and to make sure someone is not offended. That will never be me. I will not intentionally try to make someone mad because that is not my heart. My heart is to love any and everyone so if it comes off that way I do sincerly apologize. You can say what you want to say about me but at the end of the day this why I AM who I AM.