My Favorite quote that I say to myself every day:Good morning beautiful.. someone out there is depending on your downfall.. make it your business to disappoint them today."
I look back and think about how many times I had tHe nerve to ask God Help me one minute but continue to do everything I wanted to do without including God in anything except my prayers! THe problem wasn’t that God was not doing His part.The problem was I wasn’t doing my part.Job 22:21 says “Submit to God and be at peace with Him; in this way prosperity will come to you” ……. James 4:7 says “So humble yourslef before God. Resist the devil, and He will flee from you”. Now it is written in black and white that if we do submit to God’s will He will take care of everything so why is that we can’t seem to do this one thing even though we know this is the one road to TRUE peace and happiness yet we claim to have faith?? Praying to God for Help without submitting to Him and following His word is not going to get results. That is on part of the process. We won’t instant gratifications instead of putting in any work. That is not the way things work so when we go to Him in prayer we should have already made the choice to have faith in God to handle the situation no matter what the situation is. Then after we pray to Him we need to let go and let God instead of getting in His way and trying to fix things our own way. Clearly our own way is not working to well so far so why not give God a chance?We need to submit to His will and follow His lead no matter what His will may be! Half the time when we do pray to God for Help we don’t even truly have faith that He will help us in the first place but we do it because it’s our “last resort” and we hope that He will deliver that miracle! But if things don’t happen when and how we want them to we begin to doubt Him even more. We start to blame God for not loving us or blame ourselves for not being good enough to deserve God’s blessings or we just think God has forgotten about us. Let me be the first to tell you that you are hindering your own progress!God is not the issue we are! You cannot pray to God to bless you with rent money and then go out and start selling dope, strippin, stealing, trickn and scheming for rent money and expect for God to still bless you. If you believe in Him you will pray to Him and then listen for His instructions and we all know God didn’t say go get a brick and sell it in the hood so you can get that rent money so when you get caught up and put in jail, shot up or killed out here trying to get this rent money don’t blame God because you didn’t give Him a chance to do His work because you never submitted to His will! By doing your own thing you have shown God you have no true faith in Him and you have allowed the devil to wreak more havoc in your life which means God has to come in and clean up the mess you just made in order to go back and clean up your original mess which does nothing good but only delays your blessings.
Don’t get it twisted I do not believe that God expects for us to be SAINTS!Adam and Eve proved that it’s not possible to be a total SAINT your entire life. But I do believe that God wants us to choose him more times than not.Now “religious” folks may preach to that you have to be a Saint in order to make it to through the pearly gates but that’s just not true. A true Child of GOD knows that all you need is a true relationship with God on a continuous basis and everything else will fall into place even if you are not a SAINT! When you begin to submit you will strengthen your personal relationship with God and that is how we can live in peace and happiness in this crazy world and ultimately get to the BIG PRIZE your place in HEAVAN! Submission is the key. That is where the journey begins.You have to submit to Him more times then you submit to the flesh, or submit to peer pressure or submit to anger, or submit to fear, or submit to temptation etc….. If you just start submitting to His will more and more each day you will see the change in your situations!! I 100% guarantee this. Even if you’re going through a storm worse than Hurricane Katrina you will see a brighter day real soon but only if you work on submitting to His will! It is so much easier than you make it out to be! We make things so much harder for ourselves most of the time. God’s blessings are priceless so why do we think we can get them without any effort?? If you want a priceless life then you have to submit to God and He will deliver!
GOD HAD A MESSAGE FOR ME THIS MORNING!! I GOT A STORY HERE IT GO (LOL)
I always give money to the people on the streets. If I have change, a few singles etc...I give that all the time! I pride myself on giving to people because it’s the “right” thing to do. But this morning I had a self check moment! I was coming off the freeway downtown and this man was standing there with a sign and I was a few cars back sitting at a red light. So i started to look through my purse for a $1 or 2 but I had no singles just two 20’s and I didn't see any loose change so I zipped my purse up and said to myself I will get him next time. I had my music blasting (JJ Harriston , After This ) feeling real good!! Then God said to me “So you can only help somebody with a few dollars”??? So I asked myself am I doing the right thing or the GODLY thing?? I immediately opened up my purse pulled one of those twenty's and gave it that man. I felt so good with myself so I turned the volume to MAX and enjoyed the rest of my drive to work with a bigger smile on my face!!! Now don’t get it twisted I am not rich by far. I get my OT hustle on a regular basis to keep things going in my world and that wasn't extra money either. Now, I did want that $20’s to take care of something but he needed it more than me so I gave up my want for someone elses need! Think about it do you really give everything that you can or just the bare minimum?
Message!! YOUR mate CANNOT be TAKEN unless they WANT to be TOOK! so stop focusing on the person you THINK is trying to take your mate and start focusing on YOUR mate! If someone comes at YOUR mate then YOUR mate should shut it down. The question you should ask urself is why don't u trust the person you choose to give ur heart too? Ijs ...... what are your views?
I know that no one wants to feel pain but sometimes the pain is only the beginning of your healing!! Don’t run from healing pain because if you don’t allow God to walk you through that pain then you will never be able to enjoy JOY! The pain is only the beginning of your spiritual Resurrection!! The pain is only the beginning of your turn around!! For the majority of us we don't run to God unless we are going through a lot of pain. We tend to wait until the last minute to seek out the Lord. It’s sad that we wait until we are on the ropes to turn to God but that is what most of us do so it is what it is. Let’s just focus on how to use your pain to find your joy! I know that sounds crazy but true joy is just a step away from true pain. The problem is we tend to take steps backwards and/or sideways when we are going through a hard time instead of stepping forward! It is so easy to fall into the same ole same ole when that’s what your use to but learn to get use to something thing else. God is right there telling you to step forward but your lack of faith in God's word and the lack of faith in yourself prevents you from stepping out on faith. Instead you go back to the things that got you to this point in the first place because we know if we walk away we have to deal with the pain of leaving something or someone we love but stop looking backwards. That pain you may feel will be temporary but the joy you will feel in your soul through the healing process will grow each day and it is permanent!! So many people allow pain to alter them instead of letting the JOY alter them. How many times has God tried to get you out of your pain filled situation?? How many outs has he given you? If you look back and really pay attention we will see all the opportunities we had to learn from our pain and move forward in joy and we will see how many times we choose the wrong path. How many times have you caught your man cheating but yet you always take him back. How many times has God blessed you with a job that you didn't appreciate because you didn't think it was good enough for you! How many times have you been able to get out of the street life but you would rather live that fast life in the streets, get that fast money, always watching your back instead of letting God lead you out of that life with a normal regular 9-5 job?. You choose the fast money instead of the Godly money so you will live a fast life (literally) and a fast life usually ends in an early death or prison! How many times have you survived a beating from your abusive mate and God gave you a window to escape but you choose fear over faith! How many times has GOD placed a mirror in front of you so you can see your pain and learn from it but instead we choose to avoid the true reflection in the mirror? Stop running from your pain.. Face it, so you can change it and let that pain connect you to your JOY! If you need to leave your mate because they are hurting you on a regular basis then do it!! Yes it will hurt to leave someone you love but that hurt is good hurt,. that’s that healing pain. Just like your physical health if you have a illness you are down for a minute but once you get your medicine your body starts to heal. It’s the same with your spirit. If your spirit is sick then you have to get your "medicine" from God so you can start to heal. That pain will lead you out of the darkness and into the light. Because once you make the choice to follow God and walk away from hurt God will hold you up through the pain and show you the Joy that you deserve. The pain is only the beginning of the happiness!!
So many people have good ideas but rarely do you have a good idea and good people to team up with at the same time. But when you do that is when a good idea becomes a GREAT IDEA!!! (that is a direct quote from me and you can quote me if you like lol ) Tray :-* Ya'll better start being team players instead of worrying about being the leader!! (yup that one is me to lol and yes you can quote that one as well lol) ijs
If you rolling with that "it's all about me"nigga then you better cut his ass off! Leave that dude alone! Now! Today! By text!!!! Then block the number!!!!! He is not the one to work with because all he cares about is his part of the venture to succeed so he can look better than you. That's the one we always see in the movies (like juice, New Jack City, Belly, Five Heartbeats etc.....) You know the one that starts wild'n out thinking above everybody and starts messing up the whole team and then everybody fails!! You need those team players in your life. Whether its a marriage, a business, relationship, a job, drug cartel etc.... Play your part!! If everybody plays their part on a team then the team wins most of the time! Unless its some fluke shit! Do your part so that the team wins not just so you can look like the the superstar! Check yourself are that "its all about me" nigga? If you are make some changes if you want to succeed at whatever it is your trying to do good! And if your the team player and you have a "its all about me" nigga on your team then that is the reason why the team is not succeeding the way it should? That's why you have to make some changes too. Tray, A.W.I.P. (A Work In Progress)
If you find yourself suddenly with less money then you use to and struggling then you might want to reflect on your past. Did you truly appreciate what you had? Did you thank God for what you had when you had it? Did you use any of it to help others without them asking you? Did you give with a free heart? Do you pay your tithes before you splurged on your self? Did you save a little so you wouldn't be in a bad place just in case? Did you waste it on things that you knew weren't worth the sacrifice? If you said yes to any of these things then you must understand that you put yourself in this position and you now have to learn how to make it on less and still pay your tithes in order to prove to God that you now respect your blessings and when you do that and have FAITH in God things will get better! Tray A.W.I.P. (a work in progress)
If your anything like I use to be then you are fooling yourself!! You are not worthy of all the blessings God has had waiting on you!!!! You think because you go to church every other Sunday, or because you pay tithe (less than 10% of course) when you do go to church because you claim you don't have it but you spent more than 10% on shoes, trips, dinner, partying, Patron, weed, vjj, clothes, cars, niggas, flossing, strippers , video games, weave, jewelry etc.... but you don't have 10 % when it's time to pay GOD!! God is the reason for all the good you do have in your life and you play him on the money?! Now you may be the one who will say "you have an issue with God because your broke. Funny thing about that is your broke because you have been making some dumb ass financial decisions. (lol funny but true) You take your stupid butt to the dealership and get a 300 , slap every hood accessory on it that you can .. car note high... insurance even higher knowing you need to go get you a Malibu throw a little something in the sound system, tint the windows and save the rest of that damn money for your tithe and living life!!!! Your not living life if the most expensive thing you own is a pimped out ride (Xzibit voice) but you can't pay God 10% for giving you enough money to be be able to afford that car in the first place?! What you need be saying is" You know what I can afford this car buy only if I don't pay my tithe like I should but because God has already blessed me with this money I owe him at least 10% so instead of getting the top of the line car I will take a step down on the car for now.. because in 2 years when this lease up God will have blessed you 10 times over by then you will be able to get that 300 with all the bells and ghetto whistles and still pay him his 10 %!!
You see we block most of our own blessings. The thing is we are not loving God as we should. You see we love him from a distance and that's just not acceptable. Its like we hold our love hostage for blessings. You think about God when you need him. So then you love him to pieces. Until you get what you want or give up on waiting for God to give you what you need. Ladies when your man leaves you then you wanna take you and the kids to church! For real?!?! Your going to church now and paying some tithes so God can bless you with your man again. Don't lie you know ya'll do that. Ain't that a b****! Or are you the kind of man that when you don't have enough money to pay all the bills and you have to go home and look your lady in the face and/or your family and feel like a loser and not a "real man". That's when you wanna take you and the fam to church and post church check-ins on FB and Twitter! Thats the only time you wanna act right because you need some miracle money?!?! Or are you the person who wants God to get them and their family through a death or hard times so now you are on your knees praying more than Karine Stephens in a room full of rappers. All of a sudden you are a verse qouting, church repping, prayer bandit and choir sigining child of GOD! Posting pictures of the pastor on intsagram. Really?? The only time you think you need God is through the really hard times?? Just think if God can get you through such hard times when you are not living right just imagine what he would be doing for you if you were living better for him??? THE issue is the reason why you should live right is not because you want a car, some quick money, to pay a bill, to get a man back, to take care of a sick loved one, to buy your child some expensive cell phone at the age of 10, to get those new Jordans and in my case Jimmy Choos. Anyway you get the point. You should live right because the ultimate blessing is to live wonderful in this world full of chaos under Gods light so you can get All of his blessings and have Eternal life. I know that may sound wackashell.com to a lot of you but that's ok you have your opinion and I have my proof! No love lost just come back and holla at me when you are ready because one day you will be and I will be here to kick it with you then. We are all so selfish but we are so caught up in all of our BS that we can't even see it. When a person gives some money to a homeless person the first thng they say is "if you bless people you will be blessed" the problem is that should not be the reason you give someone something. The reason should be because they needed it and you had it to give. The blessings you receive from that should be extra and the act of truly helping someone should be the only true reason!
If we truly thought about our relationship with God more we would all be in a much better place. The classic cliche "Its the thought that counts" is probably the realist words ever! My question for you is How much do you truly think about God? Just think about that for a while. (stepping down out of the pulpit lol)
Feeling good on the inside is better then just looking good on the outside. The problem with people today is that they worry about looks more then souls. They worry about how good they look everyday but not how good they feel. they worry about how many people think they are fine instead of how many people thing they are a good person. They worry about how good their mate is instead of how good their mate makes them feel. People worry about what club the hottest chics/niggas hit instead of what church that hot chic or that find dude attends. People will spend all of their money to pay for a wedding instead of saving all of that money to enjoy their marriage. Let me give you an analogy... If you buy a Benz with a bad engine you can hook up BEATS in the sound systems, throw DVDS in every head rest, have wood grain every where and slap some 20's with BZO Sprewells on it that car will not last long because the engine will fade quick. And when it does you either have to pay a ton of money to get a new engine or your stuck with an expensive good looking car that sits there and makes you mad every time you see it! We've all been this kind of person the key is are you still this person or are you on a mission to make a change. Looks fade but a persons spirit is eternal! #themaninthemirror
SIGHT: position within view...... INSIGHT: the ability to understand inner qualities or relationships...... The words " I was blind but now i see" is trying to tell us that there is a difference between having God in sight and having insight on God.... the view from up here is so much better!!
