SPIRITUAL POMPOUS ASS

Today I was called a HYPOCRITE! (In my I'm so shocked, who me, humble and hurt demeanor)

I was having a conversation with a friend and of all the words spoken that could have hurt me and question our connection was the one word chosen to define me at that moment was "HYPOCRITE".  In the words of Kevin Hart "let me explain".  I brought to the attention of my friend that there was something I thought was inappropriate.  The response was that I was a hypocrite and basically remove the big behind plank from your own eye to see clearly to remove the speck in your bothers eye.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+7%3A3-5&version=NIV


Iiiiiii don't think Iiiiii was being judgmental or hypocritical but discerning something that Iiiii thought was not becoming to this person out of love.  Do I have a plank in my eye?  ABSOLUTELY! I had just prayed the night before asking for an even closer relationship with my Father and for several months although not overly consumed with the matter I wanted to address this particular issue with my friend.  Well! The window opened today and guess what!  Iiiii got the back-wash!  Now how did it make me feel?  Not good! I believe that GOD has given us all the spirit of discernment to help our fellow Christians and he uses all situations to make us right.

Although we all have a plank in our eye I believe there are some things we can see spiritually. In this case I do not feel that I was being hypocritical or judgmental but bringing something to the forefront and addressing it as I felt led by GOD after all the window opened.

But after our conversation I felt like a spiritual pompous ass.  That being said I had to examine myself and do as the word directs me to do and remove the plank from my own eye.

Lesson learned:  God uses all situations to strengthen our relationship with HIM! And we have to be ready for the BACK-WASH!

With that said the back-wash washed the plank from my eye:)
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backwash

Sela!

btw I can say ass cuz ass is in the bible....lol.  We used to say that when we were kids trying to justify saying a word that would be considered a questionable bad word.  

Re-Purpose 2014 - He is Amazing, He is Awesome, He is the Almighty!

RE-PURPOSE! 
Is my word for 2014! 

So we think that only things can be re-purposed.  One of my sisters in Christ posted on her blog that she was making granny squares color combination black, grey, and blue.  Batman colors.  She stated that she had messed up on one of them and was gonna toss it.  Then she reconsidered and re-purposed it into a change purse.

She went on to state that colors were the colors of the Batman costume who is considered a super hero.  So she said why not look at our God and the GOD-MAN!  Whoa!  I was thrown into a celestial whirlwind.  GOD-MAN my Super Hero! Why can't people be Re-Purposed?  Thank you Jennifer!

We often think that our lives have been a waste there is no redemption and not worth moving forward.  Well I was in that state for the majority of 2013.  But I have experienced the Re-Purposing power of my Super Hero GOD-MAN!  I have experienced His redemptive power and bringing me out of situations that I have allowed myself to get into by making my own decisions without HIM!  In 2013 I made some choices because I did not trust Him enough to bring me through certain situations.  But He made a way for me to be Re-Purposed out of no way possible.  He is Amazing, He is Awesome, He is the Almighty! 

GOD-MAN!!!

Sarah 'Rumer' Joyce - I Believe In You

MAXIMIZE! STOP WASTING TIME

Maximizing every Day that GOD Blesses me with!

I have made the choice to maximize each day that God has allowed me to enter.  I love Him each day more and more.  Everyday someone will ask "how are you today"? Even if the natural man says.... Bills!!!!, WORK argggh!! People getting on my nerves.....WHOA!!!, can't find my way!!!! I will respond I am well I woke up this morning with breath in my lungs and a God who provided the breath so I am well. 

God told me last year not to look at the path because HE is the path look at HIM and HE will walk me. 
So now I maximize my day!
5:30 am
First Fruits go to Him = Worship

Maximize my finances-  I have started to TITHE!!!
And I went to financial counseling which made a big difference in my credit score!!!

OH! Work that DOLLA, I have learned that the dollar store and  Goodwill have some good finds as well!

I have not had cable for almost a year.  Do I miss it NO!  why was I paying $150.00 monthy to be made to watch cable shows that I don't like. Just about everything can be streamed and my daughter dosen't miss it either.  We have maximized our electornics.  My phone is a hotspot for $20.00. So I can connect to netflix via Wii, and Kindle, download movies and get free movies from the public library. 

Maximize on activities for youth keep your children busy, moving and motivated.  Mighty Writers, http://www.mightywriters.org/  IC Movement, http://www.icmovement.org/free programs at the library, http://www.freelibrary.org/  and YMCA https://philaymca.org/ member ship for us both $24.00 monthly. 

Maximize on education, tuition and schedule very flexible.  I have enrolled in Eastern's School of Christian Ministry Palmer Theological Seminary.  I would like to be equipped to work with our innercity youth.  http://www.palmerseminary.edu/

Maximize on Christian fellowship and networking, ENON noonday service every Tuesday at Broad and Arch, Local Christian Worship Leader monthly concerts at various venues http://www.theresanoye.com/. 

STOP!
being spiritually lazy
being spiritually bored
being spiritually boring
being locked in a christian box
waiting on a husband or wife to do for you
being afraid of your calling
being afraid of your future and your past

Who You Are: A Message To All Women

Desires Nothing This World Can Satisfy

C.S. Lewis Song

 

I feel that sometimes when I just don't understand.......I have to remind myself that this is not my NATRUAL HABITAT!!!!

Brooke Fraser - CS Lewis Song