Move into the Blessings....

There was a faithful man that lived in the same home, in the same neighborhood, married to the same woman, worked the same job, did the same things for over 25 years. For the last 10 of those 25 years, the man started to feel a shift in his everyday. He didn't understand it so he continued to do his everyday. A week later that same home he had lived in for years caught fire. Not bad damage but the man said, "it's fine, I have fired insurance".  The home was fixed. A week later the man lost that job and when his wife found out, she left him for the man she had been seeing behind his back for years. The man says, "that's OK I'm financially stable and as long as she's happy I'm fine." One day he ask God why did you allow these things to happen when he had been faithful. God said, "when I told you to move, you stayed still. I allowed your home catch fire as a warning and you still didn't move. I removed your wife and job because they were distracting you from what I have in store for you. See I have blessings that are waiting for you but I can’t bring treasure in until the distractions are removed."  We have to learn to listen to God and move when He tells you to move. He will go the extra mile to make you hear his voice. There is Grace for the faithful.

Daddy's Love....

This will be my first father's day. Before becoming a father, i prayed to my heavenly father to fix my broken heart from the absence of my earthly father that i may be a great father to my child. It's funny because for 28 years i had anger towards my father and at the moment of birth of my daughter, the anger for a man i never knew was gone. A fathers love for his child is special. My job as a man changed. I am now a protector, a provider, and a teacher. God made man in his image, his likeness. The bible says, "for it gives your father great happiness to give you the kingdom." A father is giving and generous, but he will not give to the point of destruction and hindrance. Most men give things to show his love, but i have learned that giving does not replace time and attention. Be your child's hero. Kids are easily satisfied. So don't over think things. Be there. Be goofy. Be caring. You be DADDY forever. Brotha's stop letting your baby mama be an excuse to be an absent father. It's selfish to have a fatherless child. Daddy's love is something the mother can't give. Something that shapes and moods a child. Fellas stop being baby daddy's and more fathers. Less about the mother's and more about the child. Happy father's day to ALL men even the absent men. 

Trust the Detour

There was a blind girl who hated herself just because she was blind. She hated everyone. She was blind since birth so she blamed God. She had multiple surgeries to "fix" what God had done to her and nothing worked. One day she talked to God. She expressed her hatred for Him.  The next day a pair of eyes were donated to her. She could finally see. But when she looked at her world, she had no family. She found out that as a child her father murdered her mother and brothers as she was in the same room. She was devastated. God spoke to her and said, "I didn't give you eyes because if you saw what your earthly father had done, it would have blinded you from the purpose I have prepared for you." We lean so much on ourselves, we forget about the reason we live. Following God's lead without knowing where he's sending you. Waiting for God's timing without knowing when it will come. Expecting a miracle without knowing how God will provide. Trusting God's purpose without understanding the circumstances. So many times when we don't understand Gods plan, we depend on self. Sometimes God doesn't allow us to see the whole plan because there are road blocks in the plan that will knock us off the course of our purpose. God provides the neccassary detour that is not always the best route. Trust God no matter the circumstances.

Had a Song on My Heart and....God Spoke to Me.

I was singing. "You don't know my story, all the things I've been through. You can't feel my pain, or what i had to go to through get here. You'll never understand my praise, don't try to figure it out. Because my worship, my worship is fareal." I said to God, "God i have lost my mother, I've lost my job, i have lost myself to other people. i can't take it anymore.i wanted to be angry, i wanted to be depressed but all i could think is, "Lord i love , lord i love you. My worship is fareal." God spoke to me and said, "Son you didn't lose your mother, you gained an angel in my army. I took that job because i have a purpose for you and you wouldn't listen when i told you it's time to move.i took those relationships because you couldn't hear me because you were busy listening to them.i am preparing you for greatness. Walk into your destiny." All i said was, "thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus my worship is fareal." Sometimes God will take away things, so you can see the blessings waiting on you.So give God praise even when it seems dark. Joy comes in the morning.

Compounding Defects.....

You know i have come to the conclusion of why things don't work out the way we want them to. Man.... Our foundations are built on bullsh** now days. We try to build foundations on money which is paper thin, popularity which is meaningless and selfishness. A lot of us have replaced God with our own foundations. My late great mamma, i have to give her a lot of credit in raising two hard headed boys. As much BS that we got into, she had us in church every, i mean every Sunday, Tuesday, Saturday, Vacation Bible School, Church Summer Camp, Usher Board, Youth Choir, everything was church based. These things took priority over any other interest that we had. Now that i'm older i realize, all my interest had cracks in the foundation. As much as i disliked it, her decisions as a single parent were building a foundation based off GOD. I had a conversation with my brother the other day and he said, "bro, all this s*ht i'm going through right now i think is because i stopped going to church and paying my tithes." He is right. When your foundation shifts, everything on top of it can come falling down. When building a house the foundation is the most important part of your home. If the foundation is not right, the more you build on top, the worse it will get. Just think about our schools took GOD out of the foundation, our families have taken God out of the foundation and even some of the churches have taken God out of their foundations. The LORD says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who relies on it will never be stricken with panic." God's solid foundation stands firm with no cracks or defects, build on it!

Prayer:
Lord, I ask You to build Your godly structure in my life, family, and those around me built upon love, faith and hope, and to tear down ungodly structures built on selfishness, pride, and selfish ambition. I repent for myself and my ancestors for building ungodly structures based on our agenda, pride, honor, fame, self-centeredness, greed, rebellion, and worship of self instead of worshiping the One True God. In Jesus Name, Amen....