His Virtuous Rib: Keeping the Faith

His Virtuous Rib: Keeping the Faith: Lord knows I have been through some things in the past year and a half.....some for the good ...some for the bad....and some just because,...

Keeping the Faith

Lord knows I have been through some things in the past year and a half.....some for the good ...some for the bad....and some just because, one thing has been a constant in my life and that's learning how to let my faith take control...as I have said so many times before "I am still under construction" "A work in progress" and daily I'm reminded of just how "human" I am.

Maintaining a consistent faith walk is so imperative, and sometimes you just have to do what feel right for you, I'm not perfect and I don't proclaim to be so deep that I hear God's voice every day, but what I do know is Faith without Works is dead. We are always asking God to give us this, or do that...and he has and will....yet we miss one important factor, God has already given us ALL the tools we need to get the job done....we just have to utilize them and build.

Fear is a funny creature, it suck the life out of you and will have you walking around like a zombie, we have all been there...I truly believe this is the time for us to position ourselves for what God has in store for us!!! I truly believe what ever your asking or seeking from God is truly obtainable!!! so I dare you to put your Faith into action!!! it's yours for the taking!! use your tools and get to work!!!

Can't wait to hear the testimonies!!!
~Selene~

The Prayer of a Broken Woman.

Lord on today I lift my hands up to you in total surrender....I honor you for all you have done in my life...but today I need you to pour into my spirit...the cares of this world are truly taking a toll on my heart, my body and my mind... Lord today right now I'm broken...

The Bible tells me to have faith..but today I'm broken...and I need the potter to put me back together....I'm human Lord and I hurt, I bleed, I cry, I get fearful, I get depressed, I get angry, I get tired...This is your child being transparent before you....there are times when I can't feel you, there are times I allow the enemy to enter into my home, and my mind....Lord today right now I'm broken..

My life is in your hands....I know I'm suppose to pray with out ceasing, I know I'm suppose to have faith, I know that every thing works together for the good...even in the bad...but today right now Lord I am broken...

Fix my heart...fix my mind...give me strength to let go of what I know isn't good for me. Help me to get past my hurt,  past my feelings...Lord today right now I'm broken.

God things are getting overwhelming and I just can't do anything but fall to my knees, because today right now Lord I'm broken..

Restore me, Rescue me, Endow me, Strengthen me, Comfort me, Hold me, Touch me, Console me, Fix me because today right now Lord I'm broken.

I don't want to be in this place... I'm praying, I'm fasting, and most of all I'm believing... Lord I know you are able to do exceedingly and abundantly more than I could ask or think, according to the power that worketh in me....I know your going to bring me out of this place...wrap me in your arms and fix me because today right now Lord I'm broken.

Amen, Amen, and Amen
~Selene~

I wrote this because as a women we take on the world...I promised myself that when I decided to start blogging I would be real and I also stated that I'm a work in progress..I have found myself in this prayer yep...as a child of God I'm right there in this prayer...if you choice to comment on this express when you were broken and how you got back on the right track... and keep me in your prayers just as I do for you.

Who Am I?

Well It's been quite some time since my last blog, I took a small hiatus from social media to really allow God to minister to me, about me. Yep you read it right ME.

One question continued to ring out during this time of reflection, Who Am I? Seems simple enough right? but it wasn't easy for me to answer. Of course the obvious I'm a woman..I'm a mother..I'm a wife..I'm a sister..I'm a friend....and the list goes on and on. but do any of these statements truly define who I am. I have done a lot of contemplating over the last week, and I have to be honest, with all of those titles I truly lost sight of my own identity. I know that it may sound a little strange to some, but when your busy juggling all of the every day task, and then trying to be what "other" people want you to be, you forget who you are. I thought about some of  the things the Bible says I am. "I am fearfully and wonderfully made" Psalm139:14, " Head and not the tail; above and not beneath" Deuteronomy 28:13, " A Virtuous Woman is a crown to her husband" Proverbs 12:4, and so many more things that it would take me months to finish quoting, but I know you get the point. As I began this quest of seeking out Who I Am, I realized that I was looking for the answers with the wrong mindset. I was answering this question with what I thought other people would say about me...... WOW.... yep that's exactly my reaction.

We base our own identity on what other people know or think of us, that's when I had to dig deeper and ask the question, Is what other's think of me truly who I am? mmm mmm mmm yesss I went there. Some would say I'm friendly, smart, sweet, nice, compassionate, caring, etc.... some would say I'm fat, negative,bossy, naive, etc...and some of these things are correct (if you know me), yet some how I had to take in all the factors and really examine Who I Am. As human beings life is full of things that stop us from finding out who we are, at this point in my life I want to be as real as I can about ME, that's right ME I said it again. In order for me to be the best mother, wife, friend, sister and all the above mentioned items, I have to understand me. There are some situations in my life that have given me a wake up call to truly start the process of identification. Some good, some bad...and if I want to keep it real with myself I have to embrace all the pieces that make me, me. At the end of the day what I think of me is what matters...I see so many of us losing ourselves to low self esteem, low self imagine, doubt, depression, anxiety, and it's sad because we all have something great inside of us, it's just getting to the place of birthing that "Greatness".

"I am who I am and I love me!!! " even when people hurt me, abuse my friendship, twist my kindness, and mistreat my heart those are the words I utter to myself, and they make all the difference in the world when you are questioning who you are. It's a process when it comes to identifying Who You Are...life lasting process and it's not an easy one either, I just want to be the "BEST" me I can be.

I want to challenge those that read this, I challenge you to take a closer look at yourself, truly do some real self inventory and really understand what makes you, you all the ugly pieces as well as the beautiful ones, most importantly understand your worth and begin the journey of moving towards your propose, you can't go wrong.

My Prayer For Today.

Lord Please Direct my path on this day, allow me to accept what you have for me, even if it's not what I want or understand. Continue to open my heart to your ways, Lord speak so loud today that I know it's your voice. Lord please forgive me for not doing the things that I know I should have done, forgive me for not saying what you wanted me to say, keep me so focused today that I wont be distracted by things that don't have my well being in mind.
Lord continue to place your arms of protection around me, guard my heart on today dear God, anything meant to hurt me or destroy me give me the strength to deal with what ever comes.
Lord I love you, for who you are, and I bless you for all that you have done thus far..keep me in your will! let those around me on my job and in my personal circle see YOU in me. Give me the ability to reconize the hands of the enemy, keep me from dangers seen and unseen. Lord you are so wonderful, and so merciful, so loving and I thank you Jesus for caring enough about me to die for me, and I don't take that for granted!!! I love you and I give your name all the praise and all the glory for you are so worthy. In Jesus Name Amen

Only Human....I Think

Ok here it goes, Yes I love the Lord, and I know that He loves me, but can I keep it real, some days I'm only human. I know God can do exceedingly and abundantly more than we can ask or think, yet some days I'm only human. A mother, a wife, a friend, a sister and so much more, I wear many hats (they don't all fit the same but I wear them anyway) but I'm still only human, these last few days have proven that to me. I truly know the power of God and to all you  who walk in the spirit 24 hours a day this doesn't apply to you. Let me explain;

"Lord Help Me Not to Scream"  We know there will be many and I do mean many trials and test, the goal is to survive and still maintain your sanity while dealing with every day situations...now yes I get stressed, yes I wake up some mornings and ask the question "Lord do I have to keep the peace today?" and like I said so many times before "I'm still under construction" I have found myself in this stage of my life not able to tolerate alot of craziness and there are just some moments in this life that I just want to scream on some people ( yes even church folk). In all I go through I pray and ask God to show me more of Him so I'm able to  make it through the day.....if you can relate just wave your hands where ever you are...I wont tell. One scripture comes to mind in times such as this 2nd Corinthians 2:9 "My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness" isn't that amazing God is saying to me that HE is made strong in MY weakness....well Lord you are truly marvelous because there are many days when I'm just weak....whewww there I said it.....I get weak and it seems to me these are the moments when I'm reminded that I'm only human, as women we take on alot of responsibilities and we don't always like to say or be reminded of our weaknesses, but if God is made strong because of my weakness then I have no problem with it. So when the kids, spouse, job, and life seem to be getting out of control and you want to scream.....do it because that's your weakness in action so let God be Strong for you.

 Now I don't proclaim to be deep and mystical, my life demonstrates that in every way, but what I do know is as a woman I still have to ask God to be everything to me, here is an example: If my husband comes home and has worked a long week and I'm in need of some extra affection and he has no clue why I'm tripping, I ask God to hold me close and give me what I'm missing. More times than not when we are single we pray "Lord send me a husband" and we don't realize that once the wedding bells have rung we still have to ask God on occasion's to be our husbands and when He gives us affection and loving care like only HE can it makes the load lighter for our "natural husbands".  Ladies we have to understand it's ok to take off those many hats and put the "Super~Woman" cape in the closet and embrace the way God has made us, for we are "Fearfully and Wonderfully made."

Only when we accept that we are only human can we truly recognize our worth. My challenge to you on this week is to yell out "I'm only human" when you just can't seem to keep it together and allow God to replenish what HE has put into you......open yourself up to His will for your life and hold on tight, because the road is going to be bumpy, it wont always be what we want but with Christ all things are possible.

Empty Nester to Be.

Isn't it funny how time flies, it seems like just yesterday that I gave birth to my oldest child which is my son who will be  26 this year ( yeah I started early) who plans to join the Army National Guard soon, and he has also given me a beautiful grand~daughter. Then four years later I gave birth to my middle daughter who is now 21 and in her third year of college, then three years after that baby girl came who is now 17 and will be graduating high school this year!! whew it's been a long time coming.

Now all of my children are from my previous marriage, but I have to give my current husband a major shout out for loving them as his own , love you Shannon, Toot Toot... ok now on to the topic at hand. I have had moments of wanting to straggle them, cry with them, ask the question what in the world were you thinking with them, moments of comforting them, basically just being "Mommie" to them, it hasn't been easy Lord knows there have been some rough mountains and a lot of scary moments, yet I wouldn't trade them for the world.

Now that  baby girl is about to graduate and go into the Army National Guard and onto college life will definitely change for all of us. So some ask the question will you miss having the kids in the house? or say your gonna be lonely, but I say "chase the world" and get outta my house ahahaa. It's been a wonderful journey but I'm learning that now it's truly time to see all that has been put into my children come out in their adult lives.

I'm excited for September to come and don't have to fill out school forms, or buy school clothes or rush to leave work to pick up a child from school, or attend another PTA meeting, don't get me wrong it was nice while it lasted but Thank You Jesus I'm about to be in a "New" chapter of my life. I do have to admit I want to keep all of them close to me on some days, then there are the days I want them to just explore all the wonderful things God has in store for them, I want to see just how good of a parent I have been. I will always cherish all the ups and downs, but I'm looking forward to putting up my "Red~Superwoman Cape~ and enjoy the sweet life of being a Empty Nester........hummmmm where shall I vacation??

Finally Ready

Yes, it's been a long time coming  and I must say I have truly been a work in progress. A lot of contemplating, a lot of second guessing, a lot of uncertainty, yes all the things you think about when your about to open your world up to the blogging community. Then it hit me....Why? if God says go, then go. So here I am!! His Virtuous Rib.

Let me set the record straight, I'm not claiming perfection, nor am I saying I have the perfect marriage, but what I am saying is God is the supreme force and foundation of my marriage so as we journey together in this life of blogging I want God to Get the Glory.

~So enjoy~