“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."~Psalm 46:10
“Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says the Lord.’~ Romans 12:19
Happy Monday Readers~
I know your prob like “WOW, this is the most I’ve seen her post in awhile” well yes it is. I’ve finally gotten rid of a lot of tasks and things in my life that were unnecessary- focusing on the important matters etc. and just multitasking not harder, but smarter and I must say it’s working so far.
This was meant to be posted yesterday of course, but I’m in the process of moving so after service, I went straight to the house and got to work.
Sunday Message will be a new series that I’ll start doing to share the word of God; I know that my faith may or may not be shared by all my readers but I’m sure even those of different faith’s can use the message for positive encouragement.
Bishop T. D Jakes explained that “When people mistreat us or do bad things to us it’s our normal human instinct to go “oh, I’ll fix you!” “Let me tell her about herself!” or “I’ll handle this!!” when all God wants us to SHUT UP! And be still”. He see’s everything that’s going on, what she did to you at work, or how john did this behind your back. There’s nothing going on that he isn’t aware of. That doesn’t mean you can’t feel hurt or anger- there’s reasons why he gave us these emotions; you have to positively and constructively release those ill emotions though. He wants’ us to trust in him, the same way we trust in karma- that he will make it right, in his way, in his time.
This message hit me especially in the heart because I’ve done things to people, I’ve hurt people- and I’m sure that if I haven’t reaped what I sew, I will one day. I’ve also been hurt by people, a former friend of mine told lies about me using her to our mutual friends and of course it got back to me, this same person went behind my back later and sought out “friendship” with a person we both knew was up to no good. Both situations and even those I won’t delve into I wanted so bad to call her out, but what point would it prove? This person walks around with the victim mentality and refuses to acknowledge their human qualities and in-turn already has lost a lot of “friends”.
I know the type of person I am, my family knows the type of person I am, and most importantly God knows the type of person I am. Who I am and what I do is not validated by what some small insignificant experience a female had with me or how it left her feeling. My life is much more and so is yours. And while I sometimes struggle with the after-thoughts of confrontation, she never told me how I “used her” how she felt I put my family before her. After learning of her saying and doing these things, I do NOTHING…..Why? Because I know that this is not my place, haven’t said anything to her about it, never will. I still love her as a sister in Christ, but as far as being friends it will never happen again, You reach a point in your life where foolishness is not acceptable, and you really have to look at whom you call "friend"; the title is thrown around so much these days and you really have to pay attention to whom you let in your life.
This is the point I’m going to make with you guys, even if you don’t believe God see’s what’s going on in your life, please don’t be discouraged, he see’s it as well as your response to it. Allow him the opportunity to control the situation, and believe me you’ll be glad you did. My life has changed dramatically in such a small amount of time, i've lost friends, gained friends, and even lost those. I'm happy that these things have taken place, even though at times i get upset because i'm lonely, however- i realize my time will come. it's better to be alone than to be dealing with people whose goals dont align with yours, or whose life isn't about the same principles as yours.
If you wish to download a .MP3 of this message from T.D. Jakes please click the link below:
