From the Abundance

On this very fine day, 31 years ago I was born into this world.  Passed through space time, and eternity through my mother's womb.  I don't know much of the story of how I came to be, but God knew that my parents would come together and produce me for a specific purpose and destiny.  He knew it before I was ever celebrating a birthday.  I am thankful today and every day, for the breath of life and all of the daily benefits of living for God, but today I'm especially thankful for being born and then being born again! In my natural birth, I was born into a series of curses, sin, strife, and death. Psalm 51:5 says Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.  Beyond that Jesus came that I might have life and have it more abundantly.  So through His death, burial, and resurrection, I have the opportunity to be born again of the water and the Spirit. Nicodemus came to Jesus by night asking what must he do to be saved and Jesus a...

WELL FRIENDS, I WAS WORKING ON A POST CALLED "EVEN IF YOU DON'T FEEL IT.... SAY IT," BUT THE AUTO-SAVE FEATURE ON THE SITE ACCIDENTALLY ERASED IT. I REMEMBERED MOST OF WHAT I HAD TYPED BUT GOD JUST WOULDN'T LET ME REWRITE IT SO I GUESS THAT POST WAS JUST FOR ME AND MY TIME TO ENCOURAGE MYSELF. IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THAT HE GAVE ME A POEM. THE INSPIRATION CAME FROM AN ORIGINAL SONG BY MY MULTI-TALENTED, GIFTED AND HIGHLY ANOINTED FRIEND TYRONE. THE SONG IS CALLED FADE ME AWAY AND IT'S HIS PERSONAL TESTIMONY. DAYS AFTER I HEARD THE SONG IT KEPT RINGING OVER AND OVER IN MY SPIRIT.. I TOLD HIM I HAD A MEGAMIX OF HIS SONGS PLAYING IN MY HEAD. SO THAT BECAME MY PRAYER FROM THAT NIGHT FORWARD. FADE ME AWAY GOD... FADE ME AWAY... AS I CONTINUED TO PRAY AND SING THIS SONG TO THE LORD, WORDS JUST BEGAN TO FLOOD.. SO HERE GOES... INVISIBLE Make me invisible God So that no one can see the uncertain mess that is me Strip away this flesh and the sin within Peel back ...

It's been a while since I've been here and I know that's probably why I'm feeling a lot of the frustration I'm feeling today.  It's 2 am and I haven't even attempted to sleep for the night yet... Wow.. once again I'm up and awake and will pay the price for it in the quiet moments at work!       As I've stepped into the newness of 2010 and all that it will bring I have to be transparent and say it's been a struggle... God has elevated me to new places and I have most definitely been feeling the attacks that come along with it.  I thank God that even though I may get frustrated and want to give up or walk away at times... He always has a way of ever so gently pulling me back in.  A friend of mine (shout out to Ty R) said that beyond being transparent, we should be translucent.  for those who don't know the difference let me help you catch it... transparent --> having the property of transmitting rays of light through its substance so th...

Well this is my first post of the New Year and wow... it's been an amazing 8 days already... God has really shown up in a major way and done some things to just blow my mind like never before. A few years ago I began to ask God to show me what my purpose is, why I'm here, what I'm supposed to do with the things He's given me, how to put it all together and what I can possibly do for Him with what seemed to be a bunch of stuff that doesn't even go together... Fast forward a couple of years and here we are in January of 2010... I know my purpose, I know what my gifts and callings are, I've been activated into the kingdom, He's showing me what my ministry looks like and has even given me visions of what it will look like. I say that to say this... even when you think what God is calling you to do is impossible, beyond your means, you're unworthy or you just can' plain figure out how you're going to make it work... write the vision. Habakkuk 2...