Are you "Wearing the Cross?"

I guess you could say I consider myself to be a fashionable diva, and one thing I've noticed that's been hot for a while is The Cross. I see people with rings, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, and even watches (ppl still wear those?) and guess what they all have in common. They all have a Cross on them. And they are real pretty too, RhineStones, Diamonds, Turqoise, Studded, I mean really cute ones.... And nothing's wrong with cute, Trust me, I like Cute. The real issue is I see people "Wearing" the cross but not "Wearing the Cross". And yes there is a difference.

I see tall, short, light, dark, pretty, and even gorgeous women "Wearing" the cross. But seriously, How Many of them are actually "Wearing the Cross?"

Question: How many of them act like Jesus & Smile Like Jesus?

Answer: Not too many, but I know one. I know a true, dowright keep-it-real nityy-gritty authentic Christian woman who "Wears" the cross while "Wearing the cross"......How many do you know?

Real Men Don't Text!.......They Shole Don't

Okay, so that last part was just me throwing in my 2 cent. What an awesome book, by Ruthie and Michael Dean. I was so sad finishing up the last chapter on my Kindle because that meant my time with them came to an end. It was a keep-it-real dating how to book for all ages, especially for us 20somethings trying to keep it together in this crazy, sex infused world. I'm telling yall, put Real Men Don't Text on your to-read list. Get it on your bookshelf, order it on your kindle or
                                                         nook. It's a must read!
     Ladies: It's pretty funny because that's kind of my dating mantra too. If a guy is interested in me, then he will call me, he will make plans to see me. A text is not enough ladies. A text can keep you wondering, waiting, and guessing his true intentions. Make him work for you. A man won't feel that he has won anything valuable if he didn't work for it. And when he does call you or take you out, acknowledge him for that, give him credit where credit is due.
     Gentlemen: Keep it real with a woman that you care about. If you are truly interested in winning her heart, nothing will stop you. Be encouraged and don't fear rejection. Geniunely pursue her. State your intentions at the beginning and make them clear. Don't be weak and cop-out with a text message. Go after her, forreal forreal.
***As this relationship is starting, remember to keep God first.

New Year, New Me

Happy 2014 Blog Family! Thanks for visiting me this year! This year, hmmmm, boy it's been a year already. Paul said it better, I am crushed but not pressed, persecuted not abandoned, struck down but not destroyed, I am blessed beyond the curse cause his promise will endure and his joy's gonna be my strength, though sorrrow may last for one nite, joy comes in the morning. Actually Israel and the New Breed acutally sings that song too, verse by verse, verbatim. That's the best Song verse and scripture verses I could give you to explain where I've been since the New Year. Yeah, it's a New Year and a New Me, but the only way for the new me to come out, is for the old me to be crushed, broken and straight up dead. I'm talking to my seasoned folks now, yall know what I'm talking about. New beleivers, hang in there, I'm getting to yall. In order for the New Me to shine out-, that old man, has to be crucified in the flesh. God wants that old man dead. Yeah, I know we were all taught that when we first got saved, that 2 Corinthians 5:17, was true. It says that "If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature, Old things are passed away, and behold ALL things have become new. And I agree, that is true. Our old man, the man we used to be is new, but that's talking about our spirit. However, our MIND and our FLESH, we still gotta work on that. We have got to keep our MIND RENEWED and keep our FLESH DEAD, or UNDER SUBJECTION. Both the mind and the flesh can cause some stuff to happen.

So, we as Christians have got to stand up as his real holy people and keep it 100. Not only with the body of Christ, but we've gotta keep it real with unbeleivers too. They are lost, and it's not gonna help them to "get found"/ "get saved" unless we, Christians stop condemming them, and putting them down. I don't know how this turned into a preaching message casuse I shole didn't mean to. BUT we gonna take this annointing and keep on flowing. I pray right now for ever non beleiver to come out of darkness and that your eyes would be open to a new light and a fresh new knowledge of the thing s of God. I call you blessed, prosperous, fulfilled and living out God's calling upon your life. I call an abundance of blessings over you in Jesus name!

Happy New Year, for The Best Has Yet to Come!

1st Birthday

 

Hey Bloggers out there! Today is on my year birthday, well....my blog's one year old birthday!

Diva in Christ 7 made one today!!!! I think it's time to celebrate with style!

 

This blog is such an accomplishment for me! I love Blogging....

One Year Down, Many More to Come

 

Happy New Years!!!

Long Time, No Post.......

Hey Blog Family!
A New Pic of Me: Short Hair. Don't Care

Did yall forget about lil ole me. Wait a minute, I ain't old, I'm 26 and I'm proud!!! I remember the last time we talked I told yall I was 26 and struggling with it, but now I'm 26 and proud of who I am and proud to shout my age, I'm 2666666666666666666666666666!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yayyy Me!

 Anywho- I told yall I was gonna write back about Yielding, and guess what I still haven't. Sorry. I just wanted to check in with yall, and tell yall a little about what's going on with me. I interviewed all summer long with the anticipated wait of a full-time job, my first full-time job since I graduated college, technically my first full-time job ever, come to think of it. I went on 6 interviews, got 5 no's and 1 yes! And Praise God it was at the school that I was already working for  three years. I thought my time was over for middle schoolers, but I guess God thought something else. The salary was nothing like I expected, in fact it was actually an insult for someone with a degree. BUT boy isn't that humbling. I work with two of the best ladies a girl could ask to work with. Our team is awesome, and we are all Christians and work well together. What a blessing huh!

Also, let's see what else is new, oh yeah, I chopped my hair off, lost 10 lbs. and counting, started wearing really cute leggings, and I take my Social Work Test on December 3. And if that's not enough for you, I'm still waiting, waiting on my husband, waiting on God, patiently knowing he is behind the scenes perfecting this man for me. And did I mention, I loooove dancing now, well technically only at the gym, but that's a start. I love dancing in the mirror at the gym with some weights and a real good song, like "God in Me" or "Before I Let Go" by Maze, going old school for yall.

I'm loving life, even when it's hard, and scary, and I don't know what's next, it's still a adventure, and I'm thankful to be living it. So.....What's new with yall??? Met any new friends, started dating someone? What's going on? Hit me back. Love, Peace and Prosperity Allllll Around!

 

Yield.......

So, did any of y'all know that I'm 26 now......Well you would have, if you asked, lol. I'm still getting used to the whole 26. I told my friend/sister in Christ Janelle, who's 26 too, "Girl we are in a whole new bracket." Y'all know what I mean. Just today, I was trying to listen to LaCrae's new CD on Overflow and it asked me a few questions. One question asked about my age bracket. And to be honest, it took me a minute for it to register. I said, dang, it's happening already, that age bracket thing. This of course was the option I chose:
{ } 18-25
{x} 26-35

Why does it matter? Technically it doesn't, because everyone gets older. But 26 seems much closer to 30, than it did at 25. I'm coming to a point, I promise, just give me a minute. See, society puts so much pressure on people today. Even in our Christian circles, we face pressure. We have "The List", the things to get done before we're 30. The things we are "supposed" to have accomplished by now. Let's see society says, "We" should have graduated college with our Bachelors and Masters by now working in an Entry- Level Position, Have Gotten Two Promotions with two Raises, Bought a House, Got Engaged and Planning for the Big Day. That's society for you. BUT, here comes that big ole' BUT, the saving grace of BUT. But God! God has us on our own timetable. He knows our end from our beginning. He knows the things we can handle and when and what age we can handle them. God is faithful, totally faithful. He's faithful to us to fulfill our promises, even if we feel like it's taking a loooong time. It's really not, he's just preparing us for where he wants us, and what he want to do with us. And he's faithful and just to do it, if you just believe him for it. How do I know? Because I just went through it. Let me explain.

I graduated from college 3 months before I turned 22, (I was still 21) and moved to TX the same day I graduated. I had worked hard for four years to earn my Bachelor of Social Work. And I was real proud of myself, graduating on time, under 22, and Cum Lade. See here's where "the list" popped in. And I just knew that I was gonna get a Social Worker's entry level position. I was so excited to be moving to Texas, new place, new opportunities. But when I tell you nothing happened that I planned, my list deleted itself out of my mind, notebook, and off of my computer. When I moved here, I was attacked with every and anything that came against me from sickness to lack, to a place of the unknown. Nothing happened the way I planned it, and when I say nothing, I mean nothing. I didn't understand it, I was the one who followed directions, I dotted an my i's and crossed all my t's. I did what was right in God's sight, and was (and still are) actively following him. I felt hurt and mad and ashamed all at the same time. I was mad at God for taking over and in my eyes "not doing anything". But boy, was I wrong, God was actively working in providence, working behind the scenes for my own good. Now, I could tell yall all the pain, agony, sadness, brokenness, and all the other stuff that I went through, but I don't want to scare yall newcomers away. Let me just say this, when you say the prayer of salvation, and say these words: "God, I accept you as my Lord and Savior and I make you Lord over my life," Know what you are getting yourself into. It's a journey, that only you can do with Christ. Let him do it with you because without him, you can't do anything. The one piece of advice I will give is "Yield to the Holy Spirit". Whatever is going on in your life, may it be uncertainity, or the need of a job, or mate, or sickness in your body, or struggling in your marriage, YIELD. God can do it and he will do it, and trust me, even in those silent times when it seems like he's not "doing it" that's when he's moving the most. Be encouraged, and I will be back soon to give yall part 2. Love Yall!

The Notebook

Southwest Believers Convention 2013....So this year I was ready. I saved money for it. I bought snacks for it. I packed lunch for it. I even had a new cute Turquoise Bag to carry my bible, notebook and all my supplies I needed. I had planned for it to say the least. I was ready, really ready. A friend and I went together, we went last year together, and I barely knew her then. But now this year, I knew her, I knew her current situation, I knew what she was up against. I knew the things of her heart, and she knew the things of mine. We went out there early Monday morning, another friend followed us there, it was her first year too, and I knew she was gonna love it. We found good seats, sat down and received from the Men of God, and really enjoyed ourselves. That Monday was a good day! A tiring day, but a good one. We decided to leave our notebooks on our seats over night, like most people do, so we could keep our seats. There was only one problem with that, we discovered that Tuesday. Our notebooks were stolen. Our seats were stolen. And I felt completely horrified. No it's not JUST a seat, or not JUST a notebook. That seat was a hard earned seat for that convention, you have to be there to know what I mean. And that notebook, had all of the good notes I took from the day before, plus all of last year's convention in that one notebook. How could they, steal, from us as Christians, at a Christian Convention. What is the world coming too? Then to top it off, we had horrible seats, on the floor right behind where the crew was recording, so we couldn't see anything. Not only we couldn't see, but al the greeters/ushers kept walking up and down the aisle we were in and moving people, talking loudly, and just plain ole getting on my nerves. Mad wasn't even the word to describe it, it was more like outrage. So when we left that day, we went check lost and found and they said they had not received any notebooks. Oooh I thought that ole devil, he is a liar from the pits of hell. He will not win.

 Now, I don't know how God did this, but somehow through all of the caious of the day, I still received from the Man of God preaching. It was none other but Bill Winston. He said something that kinda stuck with me. He said "You've gotta see it, before you see it. Seeing is believing". So right there in that service I saw it. Saw what. My red spiral notebook and my friends cute little notebook. I saw us holding them in our hand studying the notes and going back over information. I "saw it" before "I saw it."  Then I prayed with my friend in agreement, I said "God I pray right now for that person who stole our notebooks. I pray that you would use that information and revelation to open up their eyes to know you and to see you. I pray that their hearts are convicted for stealing and that you allow them to give those notebooks back to us, in Jesus name. I decree all that was stolen was returned to me 100 fold. In Jesus name we pray, Amen" So Thursday came and we went straight to that lost and found table as soon as the session was over and I asked boldly, "Mam did someone turn in our notebooks today" And before she could even say yes, she pulled out my red spiral, then my friends cute little journal, and I shouted really loudly "Praise God." See God cared about what we cared about. No matter how big or small, God says "Cast your cares on me, for I care for you." Be encouraged, God cares about ALL the things in your life too.

****Just a little lagniappe, (that means extra for you non-new-orleaneans) Did I mention that the same time our notebooks were stolen, God replaced them with two brand new free notebooks from a ministry at the convention. Talk about that Elijah, double portion blessing.

With Love~