Work YOUR Faith

Jesus said in Matthew 17:20 "If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and NOTHING shall be impossible unto you (emphasis added). A mustard seed is so small until you almost need a magnifying glass just to see it in the palm of your own hand. To think that such a small amount of faith can move a huge mountain is like completely awesome right? Right! However, we need more than faith to move the mountain. We must move on that faith by speaking to the mountain. I believe that even though all one needs is a mustard-seed-size of faith we all have different "faith-sizes". Some people have golfball-size faith. Some have baseball-size faith. Some even have basketball-size faith. It doesn't matter what size your faith is; what matters is that you work it by moving on it. Since everyone does not have the same size of faith; we should not expect others to believe God like we do nor for the things we believe Him to do. Did you know that your faith can be affected by the faith of others, whether it's for the good or bad? Therefore, it's important that we guard our faith and work it according to how we believe. Be careful of who you share your dreams, visions, and even desires with because the doubt of others will negatively influence unguarded faith. Your faith will also be challenged. During those times, you must exercise your faith like never before. Just know that whenever you do work YOUR faith, NOTHING shall be impossible for you.
Peace, Blessings, and Favor

Passion Leak

For some reason I feel like there is a leak in my passion pump. I no longer desire to do the things that I feel I was once ''passionate'' about. Sometimes I feel that too much information about someone else who is doing what I used to do or would like to do has caused me to feel inferior and possibly less than qualified...even though I have experienced success. However, that is beyond believable because how can the knowledge of someone else cause one to question his/her ability to do the very thing that they were once successful at because of their passion. I've heard of dry seasons and such; so I'm not exactly ruling that out. I just know that something is missing. It almost makes me wonder if there is another passion that is on the rise, like for a cause in connection to an experience that I haven't shared just yet. Still, though, the things that I was once passionate about should be the objects of some kind of purpose-driven desire to move forward right? I remind myself of some things that I was told but wonder if those things were spoken because of what others saw on me or what they actually knew about me. This is definitely a moment of revelation into what really drives me to do what I do. It causes me to search my heart and identify the motives for doing the things that I once had a passion to do. At this point, I don't even seek a ''thing'' to pour passion into; but I seek passion for something that will drive me to simply ''do''. I have to find this leak, and soon, because I'm almost empty!

Peace, Blessings, and Favor

Petty Pity

Wow, it's been over two weeks since I posted! Geesh! That's a long time not to feel inspired enough to inspire someone else. Geesh! Well, I will admit that I've been attending one too many pity parties! What's even more tripped out is that I've been blowing balloons, spreading confetti, the whole nine! It's kinda hard to admit but it's the truth. On yesterday, I got a call from my Mama, who has got to be the best Mama in the world! She said that she had a feeling something was wrong so she wanted to check on me. I just broke down into tears when she asked how I was doing. I started singing my little ''woe-is-me'' song. When I finished, she began to tell me about the people in Alabama who ARE suffering as a result of those tornadoes. She began to paint a picture with her words to let me see just how fortunate and blessed I am, even though things are a little hard right now. She told me how people have been forced from their comfortable homes to cots in a shelter; from preparing meals whenever they desired one to not knowing when or how they would be fed; from walking on dry land to pushing through flood waters. Now, I'm not gonna lie and say that I immediately felt better, because I was so deep in my pity until I didn't wanna think about nobody else. Just selfish! Later on, I talked with one of my big brothers and he advised me to change my perspective, which, to me, was similar to what Mom had shared earlier. After pondering on all I had heard, I began to see just how petty my little discomforts were. It's bad enough to have uncalled-for-pity but for the pity to be over petty things is just down-right ridiculous! I appreciate my mom and big brother for allowing me to be honest about my emotions regarding my ''situation'' but I appreciate them so much more for not allowing me to stay in that place of petty pity. There are two major things that I took from those conversations on yesterday. (1) It's not as bad as it looks; I just have to change how I look at it. (2) There is always someone else experiencing much harder challenges that I.
Peace, Blessings, and Favor