HAPPY NEW YEAR! Long time no post aye? Well a lot has transpired since my last blog. You ever had the wind knocked out of you, you know like when you were a little kid and you were running then all of a sudden you fall and the wind gets knocked right out of you. It takes a minute or two to regroup and gather yourself and realize you are okay right?
Well this is kind of what happened to me towards the latter part of 2020, like I got the wind KNOCKED out of me and I’m still “regrouping. I must say, up until that point, 2020 for my family and I wasn’t bad, God continued to provide during the pandemic and still continues to provide. We are healthy and have so much to be thankful for. Yet, amongst all of this, the wind got knocked clean out of me in a way that I could have never imagined and I began to feel like the majority of the word felt about 2020….My mother passed away, the gut wrenching blow that took my very breath away.
Which brings me to today’s topic , Grief. I’ve always heard people say things like “until you lose a parent you never understand this type of lost.” And now I find myself in a club I never wanted to be a part of, nor imagined being part of for years down the road. The woman I knew literally my whole life made her transition to be with the Lord. I believed God until the very end that He would heal her on this side and yet God saw fit in His infinite wisdom to heal her in eternity with Him.
Grief is real. Grief is necessary. Yeshua, even, went through grief in the loss of Lazarus. He mourned and wept, yet, in the very midst of grieving He reminds us that anyone who believes in Him will never die. The psalmist tells us that “precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.” So in the midst of our loss we should know how God feels about the ones are no longer with us.
God, Yeshua, Holy Spirit and the prayer of His children is how I am getting through this grieving process. Mommy (as her children call her) is all the way whole never to be bound by sickness and disease ever again. I miss her more than words can express (as so my other siblings and other loved ones)but I remain hopeful in that her transition was precious to the Lord. God himself felt this pain of losing His only son. He knows what you and I experience when we suffer the loss of a loved one.
If you are reading this and you are going through a traumatic loss, I encourage you to not be afraid to ask Abba (Father God) those tough questions. He can handle them. I also encourage you to take your time and allow yourself to be angry, cry, scream, not want to be bothered, to be shocked, all the emotions involved —you are free to go through. Don’t try to ignore them or suppress them. You may find yourself crying at inconvenient moments and it’s okay. You are not crazy, you are just grieving. It’s said that over time it becomes more bearable, so just take each moment as it comes. God will still be there because His word says that He is close to those of a broken heart. Allow yourself to mourn for you shall be comforted.
While I grieve, I still have hope that the legacy she left in my siblings and I will lead a dying world to a risen savior. My mom was telling as many people as she could about Yeshua, even during her final days and then when she could not talk, her very presence testified of Yeshua. Mom never let the pain nor the frailty of her physical body stop her from preaching the gospel. It’s as if she was like, I know I’m headed to heaven and I’m taking as many people with me as I can :).
Every time I get to share Yeshua with someone I know my mom is in heaven rooting me on, so I will continue to hope through this grieving process. While the wind may have been knocked out of me, Holy Spirit is pouring back in and helping me live. I know my mom loved me and supported my every endeavor so I know in time I will be okay and my prayer is that you know that your loved one that has transitioned into Glory would want wants you to live. Their journey may have come to an end on earth, but you need to pick up the mantle and continue the journey.
Lord, I pray that you heal every heart that is grieving the loss of their loved one. Whether it’s recent or years ago, I pray that you would comfort us all and be with us always. In Yeshua’s name, Amen.
“This post is dedicated to my beautiful mom, you will forever be in my heart”
Apostle Chuck puts it like this, “the King is in the Field”. Approach Him and allow His countenance to shine on you. The month to fix what has been broken. The month to find yourself in the company of the Lord. The month to run into the tower of might. The “mother” month – the month of nurturing. Faith requires action. This is a month of spiritual service, organization, management.” ~Exert from A Time to Advance.
I just want to encourage you and me to Prophesy; yeah I said PROPHESY to that which is dry in your life. Prophesy to the business(s), Prophesy to the vision God gave you for your life, Prophesy to your marriage, your family, your ministry, your body, wherever and whatever the dry bones are in your lives. Prophesy as God commands you then watch what God uses your voice to put in place. What you will see is an exceedingly great army that will go forth in the power and spirit of Daddy God.
y knew how babies were made so she had every right to ask. Once the angel explained to her that the Holy Spirit would come upon her and she would give birth to the Son of God she said yes, “let it be done to me according to what you have said.”
There will be good days and not so good days, but remember Mary and Joseph they held on to what the Angel spoke. And that enabled them to stayed faithful, focused, and committed. Hold on to what God has spoken to and over you. Look at the Yes’s that are waiting in the wind– from your walk with God to your marriage, to your finances, to your business etc. That YES to commit fully to whatever you promised God is beckoning, how will we respond?
FYI… if you don’t know I am a PHILADELPHIA EAGLES FAN. Being born and raised in Philly you really don’t have much of a choice lol. Whether my team won or lost, they were and are always my team. This year we had a phenomenal year, I remember in October, saying we are going to the super bowl this year…. and of course all the haters heckled me and said we wouldn’t make it to the playoffs.
My City: “This is My City and I am going to bring a new hope to Philadelphia, My people have had moments of hopelessness, and I will restore hope to My People, My City. I am releasing oneness in this city where the divisions will diminish as the momentum to build together has come. This city has gotten my attention as I see the efforts from all instead of self-gloating of one. This city belongs to Me and I am doing something new in this city and in all who will call on My Name.”
struggled for years as a team, lost for years as team, lost some good warriors along the way, yet today the Philadelphia Eagles are Super Bowl champions winning to a team that has won 5x prior to 2/4/18.
wife is also well along in years.” [Luke 1:18]. This is the question Zechariah asked the angel of the Lord that appeared to him and told him his prayers were answered and he was having a son.
he Angel how the promise of John the Baptist was going to happen. And what happened as a result, the angel told him “……you will be silent and unable to speak until the child is born. For my words will certainly be fulfilled at the proper time.” [Luke1:20] What is interesting to me is that this was some one who served the Lord in the Holy Temple but yet bound by doubt and unbelief. Which shows me that we as Christians can do the works of serving the Lord, reading His word, yet not having any real revelation of the God that never lies, not having an encounter of the word of truth that declares His word never returns to Him void.
someone who falls alone is in real trouble. 11 Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone? 12 A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.
One more thing I would like to address….this mindset that we don’t need to attend assemble with other believers. Hebrews 10:25 says “not forsaking our meeting together [as believers for worship and instruction], as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more [faithfully] as you see the day [of Christ’s return] approaching.” Forsake means to “renounce or turn away from” it also means: abandon, desert, leave, quit. God tells us not to renounce, not to desert, not to abandon, not to leave the very meeting place where we gather to worship. Whether it’s in a house, a building, a school, there are designated meeting places God has for you and me to encourage one and other and for His unity to flow like a fresh anointing.
SPEAKISAY 