Can we find peace from broken pieces?

Day 16

Yesterday, I reached out to an old friend after a year plus long hiatus. The exact reasons for doing so were; if I didn't, who would? We can't always wait for the other party to do what we are capable of doing ourselves. I knew there was no ill feelings on my end so it was inexcusable not to reach out to settle an unsettled matter. At the end of the conversation neither one of us were able to identify what the reason was behind the long gap in communication. We both shared what our thoughts were on the situation, but it still did not help to resolve the issue. When the conversation ended the only thing I could do was pray on it. Lord, I understand that it is you and you alone who can provide us with a sense of peace from the broken pieces in our lives. I also understand that to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the sun (Ecclesiastecs 3).  Although I may not always understand the purpose for things right away; what I have learned to do is trust the process of things.  To everything there is always a process we must go through...a lesson to learn... or a lesson to teach, either way there is always a process and no short cuts to getting to the end result.  With that said, I know there are no hard feelings. Only love can exist when you possess the love of God. Although friendships do end and at times it may be difficult to deal with the Bible tells me that there is a time to mourn and a time to dance; a time to weep and a time to laugh. So, although weeping may endure for a night, joy is bound to come in the morning.

To anyone who has tried to find peace with the broken pieces in life I encourage you to trust God. He is the very one who promises to give us peace that surpasses understanding. I know I found peace yesterday, not because it was concluded that there was never a real issue to begin with, not because we parted ways and the friendship was put away, but peace because God provides understanding of the process and the end result. Our ideal end results aren't always so ideal, but learning to expect the unexpected and to press on through the situations makes us all stronger.

What I will say is that bitterness, anger, rudeness, unforgiveness are all things that are detrimental to our minds, hearts and souls, but with LOVE, pure love, it has the ability to conquer all. So, if there are any broken pieces just lingering around in your life, I encourage you to make peace with it. Seek out guidance from the Holy Spirit to understand when you should speak and when you should be still. The beauty about being slow to speak and quick to listen is that it provides a sense of stillness and with stillness we know God will fight every battle and work out every discord (Exodus 14:14).

Keep me humble in your presence.

No More Whacky Worship

In such a time as this where society and issues of life would want to discourage us from our worship for God, No More Whacky Worship helps to redirect us back to the path of true worship in spirit and in truth.  No More Whacky Worship written by Overseer Omaudi Reid is an awesome book that helps to guide us back to the path of true worship. Often time we as believers and followers of Christ will try to water down the magnitude of our worship to appease ourselves. No More Whacky Worship helps to identify three classes the spiritual, the struggling and the unbeliever in order to help us identify what category we can closely relate to and then to effectively target our stumbling blocks with worship.  I encourage anyone and everyone who desires to truly worship God in spirit and in truth and as an avenue of demonstrating extreme obedience to God to purchase this powerful book. No More Whacky Worship can be purchased at any of the links below at an amazingly reasonable price.

Another favorite and great read by Overseer Omaudi Reid is Creating Unbreakable Bonds: Marital Intimacy on Three Levels   which can be purchased here --- Creating Unbreakable Bonds

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Focus

Day 15

Sometimes the busyness of life can consume and overwhelm us. It has the ability to take away precious and valuable time that we can never get back. Recently, I found myself allowing life to overly consumer me with thoughts of work, career advancements and change and other life planning's. In those moments I realize there was a disconnect slowly being created between myself and God. My prayers were becoming shorter and my time in the word was becoming shorter as well. I then began to deal with worry, stress and a feeling of anxiousness. However, in that very moment when I realized these things being planted in my life I had to take a moment and get on my knees and really seek the face of God for redirection and repositioning. It is so important to take quality time out with God to seek His face on a daily basis. When we begin to lack quality in the time spent with God it will affect our lives in so many different areas. When we begin to place our faith in doctors to heal us, or our jobs to pay us, or our supervisors to validate us, our faith has ultimately been displaced.  It is important and wise to place our faith in God and to build upon a rock so that our foundations in life are always stable and strong.

They say that when an individual is stressed or angry their true colors will shine; however, I understand that in order to avoid colors that are inconsistent with the life I have chosen to live for Christ, makes it important to place my trust in God. My desire is that my true colors will
be consistent, full of peace and a direct reflection of Christ.  Therefore, in order to ensure that this consistency exist it is important that I take time  daily to spend with God. It is important that I spend time in His house and amongst other believers. Finally, on a daily basis my trust, faith and peace should and can always be found in Him if I remember where my focus lies.

Christ Beneath Me. He is my Rock.  Keep me humble in your presence.