New Beginning

Happy New Year Fellow Followers!!! I can't believe it will be 4 years this year since I started this blog. It started out as a process to enhance my counseling skills and ended up being the healing process to my heart. Daddy is so awesome!!! He will take your will and plan and some how in the process convert it to bring him glory!!

Well it's that time of the year again. The time we talk about the new beginnings of a new year. The time were we sit and think about what we want to accomplish, speak into the atmosphere, and just really press towards. I am super excited about 2016! I mean it's the year of the expectation of Daddy. I am really ready to see the promises of what Daddy's YES and AMEN looks like aren't you? Well with all this expectation and excitement can I talk to you about new beginnings and how to really look at 2016?

 As children of Daddy we forget three things when it comes to our new beginnings in a new year. These things are: Last year's lessons, Daddy will for us, and faith. Yep, these three things are things we forget to continue to incorporate in our new beginnings. Let's talk about he first one "Last year's lessons." I don't know about you but last year was the greatest lesson plan that I think Daddy could prepare for me. I lost my mother's side of the family with disconnect due to the death of my grandmother, had to move out of the house I lived in for 15 years into an apartment with my mother, lost my daddy's mother whom I was close with but never got the full closure I needed from her death, because my cousin got into an major accident on the way to funeral and I saw it all; and last I was in a major car accident in another state that left me with a totaled car. What lessons!?! Well let me tell you what I got from all of that which were great lessons for me to apply to 2016. Lesson 1. Never ever allow what you feel to predict your assignment. You are not your own, you are just a steward of the body you were given. This life you live is not about you and your glory, but about you completing the assignments that Daddy has give you the honor to carry out. Never allow how you feel to dictate how you respond to life and its situations no matter how much you feel it will bring productivity to the situation. Lesson 2. Have faith and stay faithful. Hum, I think I am about to cry about this lesson. Because it's hard to have faith when your integrity is being drugged through the mud by family, you have so many life changes going on that you don't know if you are coming or going, and you feel like you about to lose it, but you never do. But can I tell you if Daddy is faithful you can be faithful too. Because his track record in your life is greater than the moment of foolish and temporariness that is cause by others or yourself. Lesson 3. Always rest. I know this can be hard when you are looking for answers, solutions, and resolutions to life, but if you rest in the peace, love, and joy of GOD he will become your strength and the rest you thought you would never experience will be one that you desire more and more every day. Lesson 4. Change your vision. How you see things are not how things are actually seen. (that's deep I know). What you see in your face doesn't hold value to what Daddy is doing behind the scene. I am always reminded of the story where the prophet Elisha prayed that his servant's eyes be open during a time of war. And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. (2Kings 6:17) It wasn't until he prayed for the spiritual vision of his servant that he could see the true vision of victory. Always know that fight is rigged you win every time all you have to do is show up. Here is the final lesson. Lesson 5. Stand on the word of GOD. His words will not return to him without purpose. "so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it." (Isaiah 55:11)
So now you have the lessons you need to enjoy your new beginning apply them to your 2016 and watch Daddy do what he does best...manifest greatness!

Prayer: Daddy as we go into our new beginning help us to never forsake the lessons of our last year or the years before, let us always have the mentality of a student that seeks to learn more  and the characteristics of a child humble, but assured that there is nothing to big or hard for our daddy to do. Let us always remain in the place of faith, hope, and love, realizing that nothing is ever in our control only yours. Let us always speak life where death tries to rest, remaining assured that your word will not return to you void. But Daddy most importantly let us never take your grace and mercy for granted. Let us always be in the position were we realize tomorrow is never promise to us ; therefore, we will rest in today and allow you to take care of tomorrow as we complete what you have called us to and become great stewards of the the life you allow us to live, no matter what our expectations for it is.  In Jesus Name AMEN!

Session 1: Where Am I?

As we continue to enjoy the first month of a new year I always like to pose the question where are you? Not in the sense of location, but where are you in accomplishing your goals. Where is you vision, your dreams, you confidence, and most importantly, where is your heart? So many times we take this first month of a new year to set goal, write visions, and plan the next steps in your lives, but we neglect to see where we are? We become so wrapped up in what want that we miss out on what we have or where we are. As I as looking on twitter one day I realize that a lot of people were totally dishearten at the fact that they were back at their beginnings. They were back at the place they tried so hard to get way from. Their place of pain, growth, failures, disappointments, heartache, lessons, and place of settling; they were asking themselves how did I get back here again? I think that is a question that we find ourselves asking in June. How did I get back to into this habit? How did he/she get back into my life? How did I get back into a relationship like this? In this session I want to help you answer the question: Where Am I? I want you to realize that where you are, is where you need to be. While reading my Joyce Myer’s reading plan on you version (I suggest everyone go on you version and get into a plan. Just go to www.youversion.com to sign up. Now back to the regular schedule program) I was introduced to Abram. Abram was Abraham’s name before GOD changed it (just in case some the readers didn’t know). Abram had just his place of comfort. Home and GOD told him to leave that which he knew and go to a place where he did not know. Of course like us Abram brought some people that he could trust, love and bring him comfort on this uncomfortable journey. But the person her brought, Lot took what he wanted. It says in Genesis 13 that they parted ways, but Lot to the land that Abram wanted. Ain’t it just like people to take what we want though we never open our mouth to claim it (that’s another lesson for another session)? So after having his mini pity-party GOD spoke to Abram saying: 'Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are.' GOD did not want Abram to get stuck in his pity-party; He wanted him to take advantage of what was in front of him. After telling him to look GOD then told him: 'Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you' (Genesis 13:17 NKJV). Even though Abram didn’t get the land he wanted he got the land he needed along with extra. What if Abram just continue with his pity-party and asking GOD where am I, would have been able to enjoy the increase that was given?  Today I want to encourage you. Stop dwelling on the fact that you are back at the place of beginning. Love the fact that GOD has allowed you to start back over not only in your beginning, but a place that can expand your territories later.

New to the Game

I am new to the blogging game and was very hesitant in really starting the blog, but when GOD wakes you up out your good sleep with His plan you must move or continue with the cycle of GOD waking you up out your good sleep. Well I got tired of waking up and really just being disobedient to GOD. So during this season I decided that Obedience is so much better than sacrifice. In other words I would rather do this blog than to walk and as myself, "Why can't I go back to sleep? UGH!" So here I am blogging about whatever GOD lays on my heart; expressing the passion of a woman seeking to be a counselor of change, creating a legacy of success, wanting to be a mentor for the next generation. With all that being said, now you know the motivation behind this blog. Now I think we are ready for our first session. Sometime I will live you with encourage words other times I will leave you with a scripture that provokes my thought and relationship with GOD and people.