Beyonce

So this is not about Beyonce, I just wanted y'all to read LOL! Since you're here you might as well read it out though 😉  I promise to entertain and hold your interest. Since I did drag you here under false pretenses let's talk about Beyonce for a little. She is a beautiful woman who men drool over and women secretly envy, people turn heads at her every move, defend her honor more than they do President Obama and the ground she walks on is worshipped. Let's #Pause for a second and this is not to bash her, to destroy her name or throw shade because I was once a fan myself. I don't hate her, I hate how people act about her and have put her so high on this pedestal that none of us can meet her standard of beauty, talent and skill. 

The real title of this was suppose to be: Spirit Detox but I couldn't think of how to draw you in so I used deception. That's the enemy's tactic and tool all the time! Pure deception, you saw the name Beyonce and were automatically drawn by the mention. Why can't we be like that about Jesus?? Romans 1:29 states: "Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip."

We become so caught up in everything that's going on that we become almost immune to the things and people who are corrupting us. A little of this is alright it won't hurt me and this mess is kind of entertaining so I'll watch it. The other night I decided to tune into Real Housewives of Atlanta, I laughed at the fact that I once took these middle aged women with highschool drama seriously! You wanna know the odd part? That night I had a dream that me and Nene's husband got in a fight LOL and woke up upset! That's silly right? I don't know him! You see how the smallest things can alter our emotions? We watch mess then next thing we know we are having messy thoughts. 

I was an avid Scandal watcher and when God instructed me not to watch anymore I was so hesitant! I was like this isn't God, this is my emotions 😂 well duh we are emotional beings and God is a stabilizer! After Scandal my mind, heart would be racing like I was high and I kid you not I'd spend a week anticipating Thursday nights. God said you are promoting purity and mess how do you justify that Ciara??! I felt guilty and slowly I backed off. I was already struggling with celibacy so why on earth would I watch that and cause myself to stumble. The enemy is shifty, first season wasn't so bad but by then end of second season I was like oh ok God my spirit is being contaminated. It's not about whether you feel like you're easily influenced or not, if you rep Christ you have uphold his image. Since then my eyes have been opened so much and my spirit is so sensitive to the things I watch and listen to. 2 Peter 2:19: "They promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves of sin and corruption. For you are a slave to whatever controls you." 

It slips in when we make excuses and exceptions for the little things which turn into big things. 

GUARD YOUR HEART!!! Thanks for reading until we meet again, be blessed.

❤️CDJ❤️

3 A.M

I should be sleep but I can't seem to fall... Prayed awhile, closed my eyes, tossed turned only to get frustrated. I started thinking of so much, like the fact that my alarm will sound in 3 hrs and I haven't slept at all tonight and there's an 8 hr day ahead of me. Normally I'd stress but instead I prayed and decided now is a good time to write. Listening to the rain and feeling at peace with how far I've come in a years time. Life can get rough but I'm learning that we need the rain and those rough moments in order to grow. Yes we appreciate sunshine and we should enjoy it but rainy days and stormy seasons help us to grow. If not for those lonely days, nights, disappointments and heartache I could have never sympathized with those who are lost or hurting. I've noticed that a lot of people lack compassion for those who are going through especially if they've never been through that ordeal. People tend to compare struggles or tell people to get over things without fully understanding that no one can just "get over" something. If life were that easy then people wouldn't mask their hurt with drugs, sex or alcohol... They wouldn't constantly jump from relationship to relationship looking for something or someone to fill the void if they could simply get "over it." God has definitely helped me to get over something's but when I attempted to do so on my own I failed everytime. We spend too much time advising people on letting go, moving on but we lack compassion and don't have a solution as to how they should get over. We see people going through, we pray for them occasionally but sometimes we fail to pray about how to help them get through. We ask God to help them and we avoid getting involved... Are we not his hands and feet?  Are we not his instruments??  We get uncomfortable and we pretend that we don't see their hurt... We pray and say God will fix it! Yes he will but he just might be using you to help fix the situation, he might be using you to encourage and uplift. I believe that he sends people to us so that we can help show them the way because often times the only way they'll see Christ is through you. Eyes are heavy finally. Until we meet again be blessed! 

❤️CDJ❤️