Daughters Of The King

   Before I start, I want anyone reading this to declare: Jesus is the King over my life and that Satan's army is subject to my authority. Amen.
   Like I've said in some of my previous blogs, we all have a purpose, Jesus died to give us life, that we may have joy & peace, that we may experience true love through Him.
   But oh so often, we allow the ways of this world to manifest darkness over our lives. We allow people to come in and take the thing Jesus died on the cross for and that's our life. What I mean by this is we become broken, broken mentally, spiritually, physically, and emotionally. Some of us have suicidal thoughts and some of us even took it there, wanting/trying to end our lives because someone has made us feel like we have no life to live for. (NTL) Romans 13:10 "Loves does no wrong to anyone, so love satisfies all God's requirements."  I want us to think back to a time that the one we "loved" the most said or did something that brought us to a point of no self-worth. I'm not just saying it happened once, I'm saying they did so much over a period of time that it broke your spirit, you were broken, depressed, and self-conscious of who you were. We have had times in our lives that changed us, by what people did, so we separate ourselves from God. Whatever was stolen from us, we try to find it outside of God's will, drinking, smoking, being promiscuous, cutting, ever suicide. We feel like there's no hope because we've lost hope in the only man that gave us hope (life) and that's Jesus Christ. We've allowed someone to take what they didn't give and separated ourselves from the one who gave us peace.
   We start taking our frustrations out on ourselves, we start not to care about our morals and start feeding our flesh and mind with temporary satisfaction because someone told us that was all we were worth. But let me tell you what we are worth, we're worth the blood of Jesus. We're worth our beloved God giving his only son to die so that we can have life, so that we don't have to be bound by the worlds standard of whats acceptable and whats not. 
   (NLT) John 3:16-17 "for God so loved the world that He gave His only son so that whoever believes in Him will not parish but have eternal life (17) God did not send His son to condemn the world but to save it." So if God didn't send His son to condemn us, who are we to judge, who are we to make people feel less than who they  really are, we are daughters of the most High God and we should carry ourselves in such a way that people can see the glory of God in and around us. 
   (NLT) Romans 12:12 says, "Be glad for all God is planning for you. Be patient in trouble and always be prayerful." Take joy that God has a special plan and purpose for your life, be patient in knowing that Gods plan will manifest itself in your life on Gods time. 
   (NLT) Romans 12:21 says, "Don't let evil get the best of you, but conquer evil by doing good." 
   I've suffered from suicidal thoughts, I've actually tried once, I was that self-conscious girl, I was that homeless woman with children feeling worthless as a mother and a woman, I'm that girl who dealt with homosexual thoughts, I'm that girl that was beaten, that became promiscuous because I was numb to the word of God and focused on how hurt I was by the men I had been with and told myself that I didn't care, all I wanted to do was get my satisfaction and let it be known that I can, "Think Like A Man" (foolishness). I didn't care about morals, I didn't care about what the Word of God said, I didn't care about the only Man that loves me with the purest love and that's my God.
  I'm the harsh reality of how this world can break us down to our lowest point how we allow people to come into our lives and steal our joy and when that happens, we lose sight of OUR PURPOSE GIVEN LIFE!
  In the worlds eyes, I'm a statistic, a high school dropout, black woman with 3 kids, I've been on welfare, I receive government assistance and the father of my children is incarcerated. That's what the world defines me as. But let me tell you what God defines me as, I AM BEAUTIFUL, SMART, LOVING, STRONG, EDUCATED, LOVED, COURAGEOUS, PEACE, OBEDIENT, I AM, A DAUGHTER OF THE KING!!!! And so are you, when the world cast you out, God's love brings you in, into your purpose. He loves you in your wickedness, He loves you in your lust, He loves you in your NO MATTER WHAT!! So what is it for us to put on the whole armor of God, live according to His purpose and be FREE!! The world called us outsiders, God called us His children, there is power in the name of JESUS by His blood we are FREE, in His name we can LIVE! WE ARE ALIVE, WE ARE FREE!!!
  DON'T EVER FORGET WHO YOU ARE AND WHO'S YOU ARE. YOU ARE THE A DAUGHTER OF THE KING!!! GOD!!!

I share my story because I want women to know that no matter what it looks like God has a plan and a Purpose for our lives. People are going to talk, they'll talk about you when your're good and they'll talk when your're down, either way, they're TALKING!! So why not give them something to talk about, let them talk about our success after our failure, talk about how God brought us OUT of our "condition" and situation and brought us into His plan for our lives. GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD! There have been days that I wanted to quit, days that  I didn't want to even get out of bed because I was so broken by what I saw but none of  that matters now because I understand my purpose and I'm here to show you the way through the Word of God to understand yours. LET'S GET OUT OF OUR CONDITION AND LIVE!!!!!! www.facebook.com/bstrawther

Our Friendship

   Growing up, did your Mother ever tell you to be careful who you hang around? Or did you have a close friend that you did everything with and Moms (for some reason) didn't approve or your "friendship", I have.
   Growing up, I had so many "friends" , I hung with this person, that person, I talked to this person and that person and within months, I probably didn't remember their phone number. Some friends, we may have lost touch, and some we may have had a disagreement those are " temporary friendships", those are the friends Mom warned you about.
   Mothers have a special gift when it comes to their children, like a K9 sniffing out a criminal, mothers can sniff out foolishness from a mile away.
  We as teenagers (when we were teenagers) wants/wanted to hang with the people that we gravitated more to and this is what it was/is based on, 1) popularity 2) the way they dressed 3) what they looked like 4) that benefit they would bring to us and our reputation. But what we as a generation forget to look at is the integrity of a person. Integrity is defined as adherence to moral and ethical principals; soundness of moral character; honesty. My goodness, Lord knows I would have loved to have been around people like that.
   Some might ask, how are you suppose to know  the integrity of a person if you're not around them? good question. That's when the Holy Spirit comes into play, you may be sitting having a good conversation with someone and you've told them all about you spiritual walk, you've told them about your old life and living of this world isn't who you are anymore, they (of course) tell you they understand and not even 5 min later, they proceed to try and convince you to go against everything you stand for. I've heard people say I know God's Word but I'm just not ready to put my all into it, I'm still young and I have a life to live .Those are the friends we love from a distance. (Philippians 2:14-18) tells us to (14) stay away from complaining and arguing, (15) so that no one can speak blame against you... (16) hold tight to the Word of life.... (17) ... if my life is to be poured out like a drink of offering to complete the sacrifice of your Faithful service. I will rejoice and want to share my whole heart with all of you. (18) And you shall be happy about this and rejoice with me.
   A "friend" is a person attached to another by feelings of personal regard. How can you be friends with someone if the personal change in your life isn't taken into regard in their life? The same way they would Love for you to follow their lead, why can't they follow yours, knowing that the journey you're taking is life changing and for the better?
   If someone can't rejoice with you and be happy with you and for you especially when it comes down to living for Christ maybe you should reevaluate your "friendships". Now don't lose sight of what I previously said, I said "Love from a distant", meaning you don't have to completely shut them out of your life but do what God has called you to do, let them live their life and when they need someone to call on when things aren't going right, you'll be the first one they pick up the phone and call on to give them the guidance they need to start putting the pieces back together. Why? Because you're living, you have no worries (though to the world, it may seem) but you don't worry, you've already made it clear that you've given up and gave it to God and with that, that's where they want and need to be.
   Surround yourself with those who walk the same walk as you, who follow the same path, even though your journey may not be the same, the love that you all share for Christ is and with that, makes a friendship for eternity.
OPGL

(1 John 1; Hebrews 10:24-25; James 5:9; Leviticus 19:16; Pilippians 2:14-16; 1 Peter 4:9; Romans 14:1; 16:17-19)