smooth seas...

originally planned this post for 1/31/14...but wasn't sure how to proceed at that time.  so whenever i feel lost, i did what i do normally: 

decided to go back to basics and...

pray.


    smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. - african proverb

so, on the other side of things- it seems only to make sense that we should count all things joy...embracing the challenges...

this is my resolve for my journey/ walk with Him/His Word.

not really motivated by money nor proving other folk wrong so much.

i just Love Him/His Word + humanity (my neighbors).

my way of address is not for everyone.  this is well understood at this point.

so...anyone telling me this anymore- resonates with me as the beating of a dead horse... 

+ here's what's just so, though:

the fact folk don't get nor like me/my way of being me so much- does not mean that i must turn myself inside out.  futilely attempting to be what others appear to need from me in order to sleep comfortably.  folk are straight demanding political correctness.  "church" folk demanding i keep silence.

"church" folk demanding that i give no testimony.

keep it to yourself!!!

relax.

learn to laugh it off. 

 ssshhh!!!

     

that  business is not what i am called to do.

final answer.

i have asked Almighty and He/His Word indicates that i should Stand Strong.  that His will overcome by their testimony. that i need not even consider what i AM to say...

going forward, i will hold myself accountable for the following:

• to consider the feelings of others prior to/while speaking.  
• to treat others as i would want to be treated.  
• to exercise Patience prior to casting out devils.  the objective is to fish for souls, after all;)  
• to watch my tone when addressing folk- even when they are speaking out of turn/disrespectfully with me.  soft answer turns away wrath.  be slow to speak + anger.  it is always my turn to do this.  accept this Truth.  know + understand- others, too, got next on the turn to be bigger people.  however, i can't make them take their turn;)  
• this is where the serenity prayer comes into play for me:

Yah, grant me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change.  The Courage to change the things i can; and the Wisdom to know the difference.

this is a partial accountability list for sure;)  

it is not my place to worry about other folks' path/ life journey...

which is something that i tend to do.

despite knowing that it is not my job nor a part of my journey.  i Understand fully that:

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UNIVERSAL LAW:

2 Corinthians 5:7- (For we walk by faith, not by sight;)   


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since i was feeling all different types of ways about the last few days worth of goings-on...thought i would go back to basics.

     went all the way back to basics;)  back to seeing this through the eyes of a child.

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UNIVERSAL LAW:

Genesis 46: 10-11 

10   Be still, and know that I am Almighty:  I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

11   The Sovereign of hosts is with us; the Almighty of Yacob is our refuge.  Se-lah.

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with the belief of a child in their Father...i believe that Almighty will not be mocked.

with all that i AM i believe this to be Truth.  so i can take it all the way back to childhood...   when i was dealing with these types of comments from folk that should have known better...momma gave me the following words, written as a prayer on a little card.  which i carry + cherish to this day:

slow me down, Sovereign

ease the pounding of my heart
by the quieting of my mind.
steady my hurried pace.
give me, amidst the day's confusion,
the calmness of the everlasting hills.
break the tension of my nerves and muscles
with the soothing music of singing
streams that live in my memory.
help me to know the magical, restoring 
power of sleep.  teach me the art of 
taking minute vacations...slowing
down to look at a flower, to chat with a friend, to read a few lines
from a good book.
let me look up at the branches of the 
towering oak and know that it grew
slowly and well.  inspire me to send 
my own roots deep into the soil of 
life's endearing values...that i may grew toward the stars of my greater destiny.  
slow me down, Sovereign.  

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this is my heartfelt prayer, from my soul, as i learn to navigate less than smooth seas, in His Mighty Name and Power.   may more come to know Him/His Word...as we head on into...



ONE YAH~ ONE MESSIAH~ ONE WORLD 

settle down...it will all be clear...

i AM fully persuaded...that He is Real...and gives me not a spirit of fear...but one of Sound Mind, Power and Love.

He built me for these days...

i plan to Stand Strong on gp (general principle).  folks will know what it means that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.  lioness, protective of her cubs instinct amplified...as folks come to take out humanity.  on my watch, with my silence/implied consent?

never that.

i AM built to Stand Strong on His Word. 

please know that my haters, detractors, saboteurs grow me.  i AM immensely thankful to you.

you call forth that thing in me that would have me love you out of spite.  lol.  all bad, i know...i used to do this thing with old racist white folk back in the day.  it tickled me that i could tick them off by being genuinely happy to see them.  lol!  i was genuinely happy to see them, too...since, i knew i could make them flush and feel uncomfortable by wishing them a good day!  LOL!

how hateful would one need to be to get upset by a greeting?  looking back...it is all pretty funny.

i pray Almighty takes that spite factor away...that i might love because it is all love.  thank you all for showing me that spiteful/contrary spirit was still there.  one must truly guard their hearts...

which is a great segway into my response to a convo i was having at FN not too long ago with September.

September...you mentioned the heart in your comment to me.  the way you mentioned the heart, led me to believe that you might benefit from His Law regarding our hearts.  see if trusting in our heart makes sense when one considers this:

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UNIVERSAL LAW:

Matthew 15: 17-19

17  Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goest into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

18  But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

19  For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

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UNIVERSAL LAW:

Proverbs 28:26- He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool:  but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

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i have to confess:  verse 1 is here because i think it so beautiful...even in its fearfulness.  like whoa!  Yahudah is messing up!  yet... the way it is written is just beautiful to me...  back to His Law:

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UNIVERSAL LAW:

Jeremiah 17: 1, 4, 5, 7, 9-10

1  The sin of Yahudah is written with the pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond:  it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;

4  And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not:  for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.

5  Thus saith the Sovereign, Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Sovereign.

7  Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Sovereign, and whose hope the Sovereign is.  

9  The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked:  who can know it?

10  I the Sovereign search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

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UNIVERSAL LAW:

Mark 7: 20-23

20  And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.

21  For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murderers,

22  Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

23  All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.


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long story short...i would not recommend trusting in one's heart.  that could go too many different kinds of wrong.

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with a different flavor...still delicious to my ears...i ask Almighty all in the mix on this song.

that said...

this song conveys my heartfelt thoughts and convictions in my heart.  i AM His Mouth and servant.

i AM committed to standing on His Word/Truth.

ONE YAH~ ONE MESSIAH~ ONE WORLD