One thing I’ve learned, in this life, is that the color of your clothes, the color in your hair, the love for something or someone and even ink from paper may sometimes fade but the grace and mercy of God never does! Deuteronomy 31:6 says “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.” See, even when the love fades from your marriage, God is still there. When the color fades from your favorite black dress, God doesn’t. When the black fades from hair and is replaced by gray, God never fades. Stop allowing storms to control your life! When the rain starts falling and the thunder is loud enough to rock the ground, hold on! When the tornado comes and wipes out your possessions, with God, you still got a strong foundation on which to rebuild, so don’t start wavering in this fight. Strap on your battle gear, tighten your shoe strings and let the word, God’s word, do the work! Start by trusting, believing, and having faith that God will do just what he said he’ll do and when all else fails and/or fades, God will be right there.
You’re struggling in your marriage, not because God has forsaken you but because the person you’re telling your business too is the one that is keeping up the mess! If the truth shall be told, they want what you got and why you are wondering whose telling your spouse all your business, you’d better open your eyes to who you’re telling your business too. You’re struggling on your job because your mouth keeps putting you in a place you can’t get yourself out of. You know, it’s writing a check your butt can’t cash. You’re trying to show that you’re better and smarter than most of your coworkers and now you’ve been placed over a project and don’t have a clue where to start. Now, you could possibly lose your job but maybe if you would keep your mouth sometimes, you’d stay out of harm’s way. You are worried about bills but you’re still shopping. You got problems but you won’t turn to the problem solver. You got pain but won’t turn to the healer! You’ve fallen but you won’t reach up to the one person that can pull you up. God is waiting at the door, knocking and all you have to do is let him in. God says oh ye of little faith why are you afraid (Matthew 8:26)? When the door is shut in your face, didn’t I give you hands to knock with? When folk talk about you, didn’t I give you knees to pray with? When you mess up, sin, hate on folk and lie, didn’t I give you a mind to think and a mouth to repent with? When folk speak death over your life and circumstance, didn’t I give you a tongue to speak life with? When money is low aren’t I a provider? When times are hard aren’t I able to carry you? When folk leave am I not there for you? When sickness comes aren’t I a healer? When the car stops don’t I give you legs and strength to walk with? So then why do you doubt and why are you so afraid? Why don’t you have faith that I’ll bring you through? You got faith that the IRS will do you right come tax time but you don’t have faith that I will do you right all the time. Oh ye of little faith! If you would just trust in me like you trust in the chair you sit in daily to hold you up, your walk would be better, your talk would be greater, your living would be living and your hands would do better giving. Oh ye of little faith! Matthew 17:20 says “You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.”
With God, all things are possible. When you doubt God and when you worry it’s like asking God if this is possible or even can I actually do this but Mark 9:23 says “What do you mean, ‘If I can’?” Jesus asked. “Anything is possible if a person believes.” If you believe it then you can achieve. If you don’t have the believeth of yourself within yourself, how can you make someone else believe it? You have to be a salesman of yourself, so that everyone that comes into contact with you buys what you’re selling. But, if you’ve placed your gift on the back shelf, hidden from the view of the people you’re trying to convince, you’ll never make a sale. Believe in you and keep God first and all that comes behind it will be a blessing and then and only then it won’t be allowed to hurt you. Yea, hurt will still come but it won’t affect you like it use too. When you have God first, when your boo leaves, you’ll be able to handle it. When the money runs out before payday, you’ll still be able to handle it. When you have God first you can handle whatever test that comes your way because when you have God you have salvation and with salvation you have strength and with strength you’re strong enough to handle situations. Trust God because he will never fail nor fade. 1 Peter 1:25 says “But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.”
Lakisha, the Author 