Quit Dreaming, Start Living!

The alarm on my phone goes off at 6:45 am. I grab the phone and automatically slide the iPhone key so it won't go off again. It's almost bright outside and I lay there, and think "Ughh, my back and feet are achy.. Ahh, this bed is so warm and cozy, and I'm still sleepy. I can't get up yet.... ZzzZzz.."
2 hours later I wake up- It's bright, the baby is up, and she has bonked me in the head or the back with her "bobble" about 10 too many times, knowing full well that if she does it again I will get up and get her juice.

This happens every morning. I "try" at least six days out of the week of seven to set my alarm and get up at an hour that will put me ahead in the day. Yes, I do have a 14 month old, Yes I am her full time Mommy, no I do not have a job.
And yes I would like one.
Today is Sunday and I would have really liked to have made it to church this morning. Last night I faithfully set the alarm on my phone to 6:45am.. And same as always, as soon as it goes off, I reach over and then turn it off. I had set two other alarm times too, one for 7am and the last at 7:05am. When 7 came around, I bumped it to 8.

Why can't I get up in the mornings I ask myself?

Today I am rending my heart.

I realize there are far too many things in my life that I tell myself subconsciously that I "can't" do.

Like: I "can't" get up early enough in the mornings... I "can't" ever find a job good enough to buy the things I need... I "cant" do hair good enough to make a career out of it... The list doesn't go on and on, but the things that are on it are the very things that I need to deal with the most.

And maybe it has been having a baby and being a stay at home Mommy (that I am very grateful for being able to do) or moving and having to reconnect and meet new people in a new place that have made me somehow start to believe that these important things "can't" be acheived due to delay.

But I remind myself of the Word that Jesus Christ Himself spoke, and said, "ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE IF YOU BELIEVE" and I am fully convinced that I CAN do the things that I need to do in order to be happy, healthy, wealthy and whole.
I just need to start telling myself, what Jesus already told me!

I am up for the challenge, because I do believe. And I have already decided to change all those "can'ts" in life, to "cans", because Jesus said I can!



Matthew 19:26
But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

John 6:63
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.

Psalm 119:89
Forever, O Lord,
Your word is settled in heaven.

From the Message @ Church Today

Do I want to let God make me the woman that He wants me to be? Do I want to be "The Woman" He wants me to be?
Yes, yes I do! Thank You for Loving me so much LORD JESUS!
amen ;)

Answers From God

I have come to tell you today, That God can be Found!
I really believe there are people who think that God does not exist, or that He is not real or that for whatever reason He doesn't love them enough to "talk" to them, and that people who believe in His Word are "crazy" for thinking that they actually can hear and understand a Living God.

The Holy Bible says this, "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."
In Jeremiah 29:13

This is God, speaking through the Prophet Jeremiah. Now when I say "speaking through", I mean Jeremiah is "saying for God".

That is what a Prophet does. They speak for God. If your mom tells you to go tell little Timmy to come inside and wash his hands because dinner is ready, and if you know that Momma wont let anyone eat until Little Timmy is sitting down at the dinner table with clean hands and your hungry- What are you going to do? You're going to go outside and tell Little Timmy to get off his bicycle and come inside and get cleaned up, and as quick as he can because you're hungry! You don't want to wait! You are being a prophet for your mom.. a MESSENGER of sorts. A Prophet is a MESSENGER for the LORD.

Now that we have that settled I want to point something out. There are people who tell me, they have never heard the voice of God. They have never read the Bible and had it "say something" to "them".
My opinion here, and I think this is true, is one of four things is going on for this to be happening. Here they are:

1. They think they are inferior to other people. They believe they are not like everybody (or anybody) else. And there fore not "worthy" to hear from God--- Like "other" Christians.

2.They think they are better than everybody else. They think they are superiour, and do not need to hear from God.

3. They are scared of hearing from God.

4. They do not want to hear from God.

Now then. The first two are easy. God created every human being the same as each other. Even if someone is born with a physical or mental "flaw", each individual person comes with a brain, a heart, a soul, a spirit and a body. Every human being has the potential to live, to have purpose and meaning, and ultimately, to love, to know Him. Things like money, social status, appearance(good looking or not good looking), education, are not what make a person valuable in God's Sight.

Now, #3. If you are scared of hearing from God, I would only sggest that you ask anyone else who says they have heard from Him, if He is scary or not... and then go from there. I am sure they will tell you ... He is the Most Loving One you can ever Communicate with!!

#4. Now... This is a big one. The person who does not want to hear from the Lord, already knows the answer. They already have the answers that they might seek. They are usually angry with God, because of something happening not to thier particular desire, and therefore they think God doesn't exsist, because He didn't serve thier wants. These people need to learn the art of acceptance. The art of Grace.

See... no one gets what they want, all the time. In fact, we are called to do HIS will, and NOT our own!
Can someone say "Self- Denial", or in other words, "SELF CONTROL"?
What is "self control" anyway?

It is the ability to control one's self. This does not mean, to just simply avoid temptation,. or to have some magical strength over things like sexual lust, craving for foods or abstaining from alcohol.

It is more like a map and a compass if you will.. or a ship at sea.

You thoughtfully and intelligently make choices instead of being lead by impulses.

Your "self" is more than a body. It is also a mind, a heart, a spirit and a soul.

Now then, One other reason, a person might not be "Hearing" from God, is because they aren't "Seeking Him with ALL their HEART".

This might include fasting, crying, screaming, praying, reading, writing, talking, listening.. Yes listening ....

If you really want to hear Him, you will hear Him. If you still are having trouble, I suggest checking your own self, church, The Cross, and counseling.

Speak Life!

Have you ever said something out loud, and later on, thought, "Why exactly did I say that?"
Me too!
It may not neccessarily come from a place of regret, but coming from a place of self- examination, introspection if you will. Sometimes I will think about things I have said and laugh out loud, if it was truly funny. Sometimes I am proud of what I say and other times hope I said the right thing at all.
What brings me to this blog today, though, is that I recalled a statement I had made to someone that, when I remembered it later thought to myself, "Why on earth did I say that?"
I know it would be more entertaining to be totally candid about what was said and it really wasn't offensive or rude or inappropriate in any way, I am not sharing purely out of embarrasment of feeling silly for saying it...
And the reason I am bringing this incident here today is because I want to ask you my readers (and myself),
Do you really think before you speak?
I know there has to be "thought" to acually verbalize to communicate, I mean, come on now; but are we actively thinking, considering how what we say will be perceived or what our words can and might do to those they are spoken to or who ever else might hear them?

Words have power. And words are formed by our thoughts... and our thought life is motivated by our heart. And while it might seem a challenge and maybe even undesireable to change our hearts about life, and feelings, and thought... sometimes, it is Good. Change can be good, in fact it can be Great!!

So, think about this for a while.. write me a comment if you want. And most of all, think before you speak. What are you trying to do with your words?
iAngel

GOD POURING OUT A PROPHECY IN MY LAP, WHOSO MAY RECIEVE IT, RECIEVE WITH ME, IN JESUS NAME! AMEN!

MANY PEOPLE ARE TALKING AND THINKING ABOUT THE UPCOMING ELECTION, AS IT IS ONLY ABOUT 4 MONTHS AWAY.
AS YOU ALL WHO READ THIS BLOG KNOW, I AM AN AVID BELIEVER IN THE BIBLE AND WHAT IT SAYS AND REPRESENTS. SO MY OPINION HERE WILL BE INFLUENCED BY WHAT THE HOLY BIBLE SAYs, and how i feel it influences and affects todays issues.
ACCORDING TO BIBLE HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL -(GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE, OF WHICH MOST OF THE BIBLE'S STORIES ARE CENTERED UPON)- WHEN THE ISRAELITE PEOPLE TURN AWAY FROM GOD, AND SERVE OTHER "GODS" ( TODAY'S IDOLS: MONEY, DRUGS, LUST, IMAGES OF POWER, THINGS YOU MAKE WITH YOUR OWN HANDS) AND FOLLOW AFTER THINGS OTHER THAN THE REAL TRUE LIVING GOD, HE ALLOWED THIER NATION (ISRAEL) TO BE TAKEN CAPTIVE BY OTHER RULERS OF OTHER "UNGODLY" NATIONS. AND THE ISRAELITES SUFFERED GREATLY FOR IT, BY GOING INTO SLAVERY, HAVING THIER CITIES AND LANDS AND HOMES DESTROYED,BURNED UP, TORN UP AND TAKEN OVER.
I AM A FIRM BELIEVER THAT THIS OUR GOD IS THE SAME: YESTERDAY, TODAY AND FOREVER.
I DO BELIEVE THE AMERICA IS UNDER SIEGE BECAUSE OF THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND.
AND IF YOU SAY, "WHAT SIN?" YOU WILL NEED TO LOOK AGAIN, AND CHECK EVEN YOUR OWN LIFE, AND YOUR OWN HEART - AND REPENT.
FOR NONE IS WITHOUT SIN.

THERE IS NO LINE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG ANYMORE.
EVERYTHING HAS BECOME "ACCEPTABLE" TO ALMOST EVERY PERSON.
BUT TO GOD, IT IS NOT SO.
IT IS NOT OK WITH GOD, TO CHEAT ON YOUR WIFE (OR HUSBAND) BY LUSTING ON ANOTHER PERSON-IT IS NOT PLEASING FOR GOD TO SEE YOU DO THAT.

IT IS NOT OK WITH GOD TO TAKE HIS NAME IN VAIN, TO SWEAR AND CUSS LIKE A SAILOR- DOING THAT DOES NOT PLEASE HIM, AND IT IS NOT PLEASANT TO HIS EARS.
IT IS NOT OK WITH GOD, TO STEAL- EVEN A PEICE OF GUM FROM A STORE- HE DOESN'T APPROVE.
IT IS NOT OK WITH GOD TO BE ANGRY AT YOUR NEIGHBOR, OR YOUR BROTHER (OR SISTER_) FOR NO GOOD REASON. yES, SOMETIMES ANGER IS "JUSTIFIED" - BUT BEING ANGRY AND WANTING TO UNLEASH YOUR ANGER ON ANOTHER PERSON IS NOT SOMETHING GOD FAVORS. HE DOES NOT LOOK DOWN ON AN ANGRY PERSON AND THINK HOW MUCH HE LOVES YOU FOR THAT - IN FACT, HE LOOKS AWAY FROM YOU WHEN YOU DO THAT....HE CAN'T STAND IT. WHY CAN'T YOU JUST BE PATIENT WITH THEM AND FORGIVE THEM INSTEAD?
LIKE HE FORGIVES YOU, DAILY, RIGHT?

IT IS NOT GOOD OR OK WITH GOD, TO HATE THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN YOUR CITY, OR THE NEXT CITY, OR ON YOUR STREET OR NEXT DOOR. NO MATTER IF THEY ARE TRASHY, WHITE, BLACK, SPANISH, MEXICAN, WEIRD, OLD, YOUNG, WHATEVER.
GOD HATES HATE. AND HE LOVES LOVE.
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS (and our enemies), AND WE ARE ALSO SUPPOSED TO SHARE THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL E V E R Y W H E R E

WHEN DID YOU FORGET TO LOOK AT SOMEONE AND SMILE, BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO MAKE THEM SMILE, TOO? (for the sake of joy and peace and love)?

WHEN DID YOU FORGET TO LET SOMEONE GO AHEAD OF YOU AT THE STORE when they had only two or three itmes, and you were "in a big hurry", OR PASS YOU IN TRAFFIC WITHOUT FEELING LIKE THEY OWE YOU AN EXPLAINATION? MAYBE THEY WERE "IN A HURRY"??
WHEN DID YOU FORGET THAT PEOPLE ON ANY TYPE OF GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE or asking for any type of finacial help, ARE ASKING OR NEEDING FOR A REASON- AND THAT IF YOU WERE IN THIER PLACE, YOU WOULD BE USING IT TOO? AND GOD HAS ALOT TO SAY ABOUT "THE NEEDY". READ ABOUT IT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, FROM PSALMS ALL THE WAY UNTIL JESUS ARRIVES.

AND WHEN DID YOU FORGET THAT I, JEHOVAH GOD, CREATED ALL PEOPLE AS EQUALS, AND NONE IS AS GREAT AS I? -SAITH THE LORD ...
WHEN DID YOU FORGET TO PRAY ?
WHEN DID YOU FORGET TO ASK FIRST?
WHEN DID YOU FORGET TO FAST AND SEEK MY FACE?

WHY ARE YOU COMPLAINING ABOUT EVERYTHING, O MY PEOPLE, AND YET DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT-?
OH WHAT YOU CAN DO IS COME TO ME, SAYS THE LORD, AND ASK OF ME, AND I AM FAITHFUL TO HEAR YOU AND GIVE TO YOU OF MYSELF - BUT YOU WOULD NOT ASK ME... SAYS THE LORD, YOU HAVE NOT BECAUSE YOU ASK NOT- ASK AND YE SHALL RECIEVE, SAYS THE LORD.
EVEN ASK OF ME FOR JUST A SIGN, AND A SIGN I SHALL GIVE-
ASK OF ME GREAT AND MIGHTY THINGS AND GREAT AND MIGHTY THINGS SHALL I SHOW YOU.
ASK OF ME FOR ANSWERS, SAYS THE LORD, AND ANSWERS, I SHALL GIVE.
ASK OF ME OF YOUR HEART'S DESIRES, AND I WILL SHOW YOU THE WAY, BUT YOU MUST ASK OF ME FIRST, AND FOLLOW THE WAYS THAT I LEAD YOU UNTO.
FOR YOUR WAYS ARE NOT MY WAYS, NEITHER ARE YOUR THOUGHTS MY THOUGHTS. BUT MY WAYS ARE HIGHER THAN YOUR WAYS AND MY THOUGHTS ARE HIGHER THEN YOUR THOUGHTS...
SO:
"QUIT COMPLAINING, AND START PRAYING."
AS MY ANGEL HAS SAID.

YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO COMPLAIN IF YOU HAVE NOT FIRST PRAYED.

I HAVE THE ANSWERS, SAYS THE LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY ONE OF HEAVEN ABOVE AND EARTH BELOW.
I HAVE THE ANSWERS, AND I WILL SHARE THE ANSWERS, WITH THOSE WHO SEEK THEM FROM ME.

FOR I AM LOOKING FOR AND LONGING FOR A PEOPLE WHOSE HEART WILL FOLLOW MINE.
I AM LOOKING FOR AND SEEKING A PEOPLE WHO WILL LET THEIR HEART BEAT AS ONE, WITH MINE, IN RHYTHM, AND TIME.
TO SEE THINGS AS I TRULY SEE THEM, PEOPLE, NATIONS, LANDS AND THINGS~
TO GLORIFY MYSELF ON THE EARTH AND IN HEAVEN, ALWAYS AND FOREVER~

I LOVE MY PEOPLE, AND I LOVE MY CHOSEN ONES, WHO FOLLOW ME, WHO TURN FROM THEIR SIN AND EVIL WICKED WAYS TO FOLLOW THE WAY OF THE CROSS, AND TO KNOW ME, AND LOVE ME AND SERVE ME WITH A PURE HEART AND A SINGLE MIND.

MY PEOPLE KNOW WHO THEY ARE, THEY KNOW THEY ARE MINE, AND I AM THEIRS, FOR I CALL THEM BY THEIR NAMES, AND THEY ARE MINE, AND MINE ALONE.
I LOVE THEM, AND THEY LOVE ME, BECAUSE THEY KEEP MY WORDS IN THEIR HEART.
THEY DO NOT AS THE WORLD WOULD HAVE THEM DO, THEY DO AS I WOULD HAVE THEM DO.
WITH OBEDIENCE COMES GREAT REWARDS.
COME AND WORSHIP THE LORD.

AMEN

a poetic prophecy

out of the old and into the moment of finding out what life's all about. it's not what you think - times goes by with a wink and it's gone---gone baby see ya later---can't go back --there's only a future hope to find----divine-sublime-subconscious-unwind. the thoughts inside your mind-mystery----the words left unsaid become a rhythmic history-whether you record it or not. say a spoken thought- or write it down.... one day to be found. from me , to you. the one you thought you knew. so find me now... as I seek you to be found...of me. and we can be forever free.....free....love is free. love doesn't cost a thing. let it go, let it all be released... all the fears anxieties and tears. let them go away. find the dawn of a new day and believe--- believe it- it is all it takes. and that's a secret - yet to be revealed.... see.... it doesn't really take anything.... because to believe is liberty. ... to believe there is no limit. All Things Are Possible To Him That Believes. Those are the Words of the Anointed one of God- Jesus The Christ. Amen. yes,amen.


2.15.09 Yes Me!

Here I am to Save the Day!!

It's been a looong time since I've had time to write anything, ..... and I miss it. So, here I am! Writing, thinking, wishing I had sat down the last three or four times I was inspired and geared up with a Word for ya's. BUT~ nevertheless, those things are still in my heart and I WILL get them on here asap!!

One of the ideas I wanted to share was about THE Word- how, like Jesus expalins it like a seed. And how basically, what you say and what you speak affects people. Both positively and negatively. I am saying this at this point like this because when I had thought to write about this originally, it was because I didn't like the way I was being talked to, because it was bringing me down... but now I myself am dealing with my own mouth! And needing to take heed to my own words --- I have just been a lot more "stressed" out these days and it is a challenge to be perfect when you're being challenged... but I think that is part if the Whole Grand Idea ... I do need to work n it though.

The other topic I had jotted down in my notebook was another thing i will have to look into and refresh my thoughts about... in fact I might just need some new ideas altogether.
But I do have a computer now and much more freetime than before so, you all be on the lookout and come back and check me out here as you all always do!

I do just want to say, as I have done here recently, too... Don't forget or forsake to do the things that you love to do. If you have a hobby or pasttime that you haven't been involved with in a while, go do it! And if there is a friend or family member you've missed - call them!!

Just a Reminder :0)

Love you all and Here's my new (old) signature:
Peace, Much Love, & Respect~
AshleighBritt aka The Angel ;)