Transitioning To The Next Level

My oldest child is my daughter, Tyler, age 10. She is bright, beautiful, funny, and very affectionate. I see so many elements in her character that I admire. She is still in the "age of innocence" and God knows I want her to hold onto that as long as she can.

Right now, she's wrapping up her elementary school years this month, and come August, she will be enrolled in Middle School. (Where does the time go?!!). As is typical of most mothers preparing their child for big transitions, I've found myself sometimes going overboard trying to stress various points and principles to her. I can sometimes see in her face that unexpressed "Mama, pleeeaaassse! I know, I know!!" But I can't seem to help myself. The Mama Bear just seems to come out of me whenever I think about all that pre-teens are exposed to so soon these days. Yet I find comfort and control over my flesh when I remember that her father and I are raising her up in the way that she should go, and God promises that when she is old she won't depart from it. My faith is quickened by that, and somehow, deep down, I know that she will be alright. I also know that we won't know if she's learned the lessons if she is never given the tests.

While I do want her to grow up and become the young woman that God desires her to be, I have to fight myself constantly to release control and allow her to make her own mistakes and connect with God in her own personal way. I guess as she goes to the next level of maturity, I have to transition to the next level of parenting. It's not easy.... but I know God is able and she and I will both be alright!

Any other Mamas feelin' the stretch out there?

Where are the holy ones of God?

Good Afternoon Sisters,

It has been quite a few days since my last blog. I hope you'll forgive the absence. But I've gotten some much needed restoration and I am back on the block, girls!

Thanks for sharing such wonderful, glorious revelation and testimony. It certainly is blessing my life.

Lately, I have had occasion to become more aware than usual of the pain and darkness that humanity is in. It seems that for every advancement we make on an intellectual level, we fall backward ten steps in the maturation of our souls. The extent of human depravity and spiritual void never ceases to amaze me as I look in utter sadness at the world we live in. I can't help but cry out to the Lord, "Have mercy, O God!"

But the one thing that keeps echoing in my spirit as an answer is the passage in Eph. 3:20 that says "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us". There is a power that is works IN US. How awesome is that!

The power is there on the inside of us to enable the workings of God miracles in the earth. But are we blocking it with? What makes us so impotent to affect the world we live in? I know I'm asking the Lord to search my soul to show me what my blockers are. I want to do my part to bring God's Kingdom to this earth. How about you? Will you take your own heart to task so that the holiness God calls us to can make us ready and able to meet each of the Devil's attacks with precise counteraction?

Holler back Ladies!

Stay on the Wall Cont'd....

Sorry. I had to take come of some business before I could finish the last post.

But in conclusion to what I was saying, be like Nehemaiah and the remnant of God's people who helped him rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. The Bible says that "the people had a mind to work" (Neh. 4:6). It's apparent that they had many distractions to contend with themselves, but in the midst of all that, they still kept the focus on their "why". In other words, they didn't lose sight of their purpose for rebuilding.

By working on those holy habits, you too are building something. You are working in cooperation with the Holy Spirit as He helps you to build the character of Christ on the inside. So don't let the idle chatter of others, their opinions, their issues, etc. get you off track.

You can't change them, but you can change yourself (with God's help)!

I suggest that you work on one habit at a time. Don't try to consume the elephant in one bite - just take it easy - one day at a time. Trust me, each victory you gain will encourage to keep going.

Currently, I'm working on rebuilding the habit of MEDITATING on God's Word. Did you know that to "meditate" means "to murmur softly over and over". That really intrigues me because when you think about it, the way we got our current perspective anyway was by repeated exposure to the same words. Words form a pattern of thinking, and thinking affects our attitude and our choices. That's some good stuff right there!

I am realizing again how powerful the spoken Word of God is and how it can transform the way I think. It's causing me to gain more confidence in who I am as a child of God. I believe I'll be like David and encourage myself in the Lord!

How about you? What holy habits are you committed to work on?