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Woman, do you ever feel like a dead tree, even though you know God has filled you with living water and knowledge/wisdom that needs to be shared? Well, be encouraged. Do what's necessary to go from feeling like a dead tree to BEing/sharing the fruitful, flowering tree that God has made you and wants to contiue to make you.
Isaiah 61"For the Spirit of the Lord God is upon me;.." https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/mclean/kjv/Isa.61 Products: www.etsy.com/shop/becmin |
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I spent part of this month "fighting"...advocating.... for myself, (if that makes you non- fighters feel better - lol)! Yes, that. That is what I call it because that's what it was although it looked like something else. I'm serious - lol! Anyway! I was moving along doing what I needed (healthwise), what I liked and what liked me. At some point, I had a feeling that eyes were watching. Why?!? Because that's what I deal with often, yet I still dismissed it because the flesh continues to hope things will change/I won't be the cause of unwanted attention that leads to arrows launched. A few days later, the Lord showed me a snapshot of something changing, not for the good, but just because it was me...aka...and arrow would be shot. The next day, I was sent to do an assignment I did not need meaning it worked against my health, and it did not fit me in other physical ways because I am who I am and I can't fit everywhere or just anywhere. I do what I'm told, even if only to prove that what others want for me that is not meant for me just won't work. I tried to find a video of an angry baby to attach but couldn't find the right one. I imagined a baby who is sitting quietly and peacefully satisfied, then someone comes along and picks it up when it doesn't want to be and doesn't need to be fed or changed or anything at all, but was just fine, but that person wanted to hold the baby for their own pleasure. I pitched a fit while at the same time following proper channels with the powers-that-be to make my case. I pitched a fit because I was quite angry about why they bothered me. I knew my fit was not at all necessary because I knew the proper channels to follow, had medical evidence and physical evidence plain to see, to back my case and knew God would help me win because I was there to do tasks properly, not half-way. The fit I pitched was for the purpose of showing them that I was not going to be a sitting target who would remain nice while they sought to mess me up! I came out swinging and acknowledge that they got the me who has gotten FED UP with always being the target out of 5, 100, 200, 1000s of other people depending on my past experiences. Maybe they didn't deserve that. They seemed to be low-key/higher class bullies or meddlers that weren't looking to do something mean all out loud like others I've encountered who wanted to known as bullies. Nevertheless, these two got me at a time when I had appropriately reached DONE. Yes, appropriately. The only ones who want us to take being mistreated forever, always and with a smile or either 1) others being mistreated who don't know how to stand for themselves so they take a bunch of stuff that God was willing to free them from but they won't let Him, or 2) the ones iwth a twisted view of Christianity in tht they dish out mess in the flesh thinking they're helping God make you suffer and teach you how to let Him handle the enemy, or 3) the ones who never get chosen as a target and think they know what you are going through. The funny thing is one day when I opened my fan page, the first post I saw was something like "At the end of a day, have you ever looked back over how you acted earlier and thought all that wasn't even necessary?" I had to laugh because it was true of me and admit/post "YES. ME this morning! Guilty." I spent part of this month "fighting". No, it was advocating for myself, (if that makes you non-fighters feel better - lol)! Yes, that. That is what I call it because that's what it was although it looked like something else. I'm serious - lol! Anyway! I was moving along doing what I needed (healthwise), what I liked and what liked me. At some point, I had a feeling that eyes were watching. Why?!? Because that's what I deal with often, yet I still dismissed it because the flesh continues to hope things will change/I won't be the cause of unwanted attention that leads to arrows launched. A few days later, the Lord showed me a snapshot of something changing, not for the good, but just because it was me...aka...and arrow would be shot. The next day, I was sent to do an assignment I did not need meaning it worked against my health, and it did not fit me in other physical ways because I am who I am and I can't fit everywhere or just anywhere. I do what I'm told, even if only to prove that what others want for me that is not meant for me just won't work. I tried to find a video of an angry baby to attach but couldn't find the right one. I imagined a baby who is sitting quietly and peacefully satisfied, then someone comes along and picks it up when it doesn't want to be and doesn't need to be fed or changed or anything at all, but was just fine, but that person wanted to hold the baby for their own pleasure. I pitched a fit while at the same time following proper channels with the powers-that-be to make my case. I pitched a fit because I was quite angry about why they bothered me. I knew my fit was not at all necessary because I knew the proper channels to follow, had medical evidence and physical evidence plain to see, to back my case and knew God would help me win because I was there to do tasks properly, not half-way. The fit I pitched was for the purpose of showing them that I was not going to be a sitting target who would remain nice while they sought to mess me up! I came out swinging and acknowledge that they got the me who has gotten FED UP with always being the target out of 5, 100, 200, 1000s of other people depending on my past experiences. Maybe they didn't deserve that. They seemed to be low-key/higher class bullies or meddlers that weren't looking to do something mean all out loud like others I've encountered who wanted to known as bullies. Nevertheless, these two got me at a time when I had appropriately reached DONE. Yes, appropriately. The only ones who want us to take being mistreated forever, always and with a smile or either 1) others being mistreated who don't know how to stand for themselves so they take a bunch of stuff that God was willing to free them from but they won't let Him, or 2) the ones with a twisted view of Christianity in tht they dish out mess in the flesh thinking they're helping God make you suffer and teach you how to let Him handle the enemy, or 3) the ones who never get chosen as a target and think they know what you are going through. The funny thing is one day when I opened my fan page, the first post I saw was something like "At the end of a day, have you ever looked back over how you acted earlier and thought all that wasn't even necessary?" I had to laugh because it was true of me and admit/post "YES. ME this morning! Guilty." My anger left completely the second week, when on my way to work, God reminded me he didn't show me what would happen for me to get mad about it. He showed me so I could check with Him on how to prepare. Like I stated earlier, I followed channels, got results, and should have skipped the anger part. God has given me so many dreams in the past 28 years. Coming blessings. Warnings. Upcoming changes. Plots against me. Plans for me. Most dreams are only a few seconds long. Had I known my first dream would be one of many, I would have meticulously written or recorded them somewhere. Some are, but in different places - notebooks, journals, floppy disks, hard drives, jump drives, notepads, cell, voicemails, cell audio recorders, Samsung Notes, etc. Most have not been recorded in some way. I remember them ALL! End of 2023/beginning of 2024 dreams have been quite interesting. They answered questions, confirmed situations, and given directions. 1.9.2024 First, a prayer: Thank you Lord for the dream this morning. It let me know my unconcern about some gatherings is fine. It goes back to the revelation that I am not to do things like I did in the past, even though those things were good things all those many, many years. That is over for me at this point in my journey, which was revealed to me when I heard a lesson on letting go of the past. Dream: I was lying on my bed, awake and satisfied. People were moving around me preparing for an event. Some were known to me. friends, and some with whom we all are acquaintanced with the same space. Others were people I knew who are not connected to the group, which caught my attention because they were gathering together to have the event. I was unconcerned that I was in the bed and they were moving around me to complete their tasks for the start of the event. They were unconcerned that my bed was in the middle of their venue. They all spoke or stopped to chat when their tasks took them past my bed. End of dream. Continuation of the Prayer: Lord, Thank You for giving me YOUR specific peace through the dream about my inaction. I already had my peace about it because I understood the assignment of walking in what You taught me over the years to see if I learned Your lesson to do YOU regardless of how others operate. I have to walk in You even when it looks different. Thank You that we've been this way before and I'm not new at having to do that. It's a lesson we all have to learn over and over in life: We go through something, good or 'bad', right or wrong. You show and teach us things about the situation. We end up in the situation again. Do we handle it the same way we did the last time or did we learn the lesson? I also like how You always put something or someone 'out-of-place' in each dream that makes me pay attention to it. Thank you, Lord. 12.30.2023 A couple of weeks ago I paused some accounts because of a hacker using the info posted in those accounts. The next day I had a dream of me & lady sitting side-by-side. One of us handed the other a work packet like kids get in school for a particular topic. A man arrived ready to 'teach' us. He noticed the change of subject/direction/packet and said "Oh, so the discussion has been changed." He wasn't the least bit bothered and didn't realize we changed the direction because the situation was getting a little uncomfortable for us. He had no idea. We didn't try to explain. We just relied on the change of subject/packet would handle the problem. Also, a previous dream that goes along with this one, showed a man (a stranger to me but obviously part of a particular circle) who leaned down to me as I sat alone and said he was glad I ended suspended the accounts because he was aware of what was happening (hacking and hacker) and was uncomfortable knowing and not being able to do anything about it. The dream was confirmation. (2.14.24 "Reframe". I was reminded of a TPM the Lord gave me years ago about a situation. The reframe for this would be that I'm a Resource, Consultant, Mentor, Advisor, Teacher - all for free and mostly without my consent (lol) to that person, yet still without condoning the boundary breaking.) ((Conversation with God 3.21.24 on the way home from Carrollton: Pastor DP (video) reminded that there has to be agreement. If one says something, somebody needs to agree with it. Of course that's what we were taught. That's what God said. I thank you Lord for just telling with and reminding me that it's not necessarily in a group but can be. Also, as we were taught, when someone says something to us, listen or look for it two more times, somewhere in our world - somebody at work, in the family, at church, in the Bible, a stranger, etc. I am in a situation where.I appear to be alone. I don't think of myself as alone. I'm fine. I'm not lonely I've rarely been lonely when alone in my life. I've certainly not believed I'm alone when God has sent me many places. Never alone. In regards to this 'agreement' between prophets, at this time in my life there are two of us. This is post-1999, so agreement/confirmation may not always come in person or on TV! There are more ways...way more ways!! When I post it and 'they' use it AND say it's confirmation (not not hacking -lol), then it is what it is. From my viewpoint, I am the Prophet and he confirms me. From his viewpoint, he is the Prophet and confirms me. (I like my viewpoint.) NEVERTHELESS, there are two of us speaking forth the same. This is not new to me. I've been in this spot several times before with others in person-to-person study groups, without the social media aspect of it which muddies the waters/view (speculations of snooping/hacking/copying/being wooed and wowed by the posts they see, etc, etc, etc)). 12.18-ish.2023 Dream this week: Small conference room. Deep Mahogany or Cherrywood table. From door to end of table: Three 35-45 yo males, three empty spaces, then me nearest the back wall. We all did equal quality and quantity work in helping the one 'in charge'. My work was apparent in the person's work. It could not be denied, as was probably the case of the other three, as well. He came in the door. He gave each of the men a check. He held one more check in his hand and stepped before me. He looked at me a moment, then decided to not give me the check. #Iaintmad #WomenInMinistryhaveoftenexpereincethisevennow #Notthefirsttimethathappenedoverthepast25plus #Godsgonnafixhim #Godsgoingtoblessmeanyway #SometimespplgottadouswrongforGodtoshowthemWhoHeIsforus This morning! Dream/Answer to situation a few yrs ago that I didn't understand why I was the villian!!! :
I exited a group meeting. Headed to my normal area. A person took me to another spot. I wondered. I knew that was one of the sacred spots but I went where I was told. I didn't know the machinations/decisions behind the scenes, so I obeyed her. Shortly thereafter, a livid group leader stomped back and forth passed me! I never saw the leader out there before. I had no idea what he was livid about but I knew it had something to do with me. He didn't address me or ask a question. He just angrily stomped past me back and forth a couple of times. I KNEW I needed to get out of all that because he seemed dangerous! Fast forward to 1.13.2024 at 6:11am. God woke me up to remind me of the incident and told me what happened. That day, I was put in one of the 'sacred' spots, which I knew but was following directions! The Lord told me the person put me there purposely to defy or overstep the leader and to get me (whoever new person) in trouble. Consequently, I got treated like I was a bad child for the next 4+ years even though I didn't go back to the group (because he was acting like a raving maniac that day!). I was not approached, questioned, called, emailed, corrected, redirected or asked why I obeyed or even who I obeyed. I did what I was told by the one who was going about placing people as if she was the one in charge of that assignment for the day. That wasn't the time to run back looking for the scattered group to ask should I do what she said or was she in charge or...? Approximately 2.5 years later, I saw a group officer who I was slightly acquainted with way before this. She was cordial but with an added glare at me. I didn't know what that was about! Now, I do...at 6:11am on 1.13.2024! Lord, You have a way! I don't know why You didn't tell me this back then or lead those people to search You for direction on how to handle the situation (because maybe You would have revealed to the leader/exposed the other person) or reminded them that mistakes had been made (by them) and to just calm down. (Although I didn't do wrong purposely - and she did or maybe didn't - there seemed to be no or very slow forgiveness from them in that and other situations concerning outsiders. Yet I have an issue with forgetting, so, there you go. ) Anyway, I thank the Lord for waking me early this to show me what all that was about way back then. There is a reason He showed me and a reason He waited. And we know that all things work together for good to them who love God, for them who are the called according to His purpose...Romans 8:28 Consider this: Some adult children do not want to give their life to Christ at their parents' church, especially if it took them a while to make the decision, because they don't want to hear about it at every testimony service. Month One: Joe gave his life to Christ! Hallelujah! We prayed him in. (Joe rolls eyes thinking Lord, You did this. Not them. I came because of You.) Month Two: I walked by Joe's car and saw his Bible on the seat. He had his Bible in the car! (Joe thinking to himself: Really? Now, I need to cover my car windows or hide my Bible under the seat so they won't testify EVERY time they see me and my Bible.) Month Four: I heard Joe talking to his best friend about the Lord. They were at the bbq talking about God! (Joe: Now, I can't even talk about the Lord without it being broacasted at testimony service.) Month Six: Parent/Deacon/Leader/Auntie: Thank ya'll for coming to Bible Study. Tonight, I'm teaching on how to study to show thyself approved, a workman that need not be ashamed. I heard my nephew Joe - you know we prayed him in the church - giving scriptures to his friend. He got a couple wrong but I'm sure the Lord got His point across to Joe's friend. God is good! (Joe rolls his eyes because he didn't know Relative heard him witnessing...until they told the whole Bible Study.) Sometimes, people don't want to because they don't want to hear about it, out loud and in public, every time they do something. Store: www.etsy.com/shop/becmin (image by brfgx on freepik.com) A couple of weeks ago, I had a dream about myself and another woman changing the conversation. Her face was a little blurry but I felt who she was. I had no idea she was experiencing somewhat the same thing I was concerning our lives being included in someone else's lessons. It goes along with the situation of someone who includes points from my old TPMs and new posts in their messages and in a couple of other forms of presentations. I think it started in 2018. Blew my mind! They may have started before then but I didn’t notice because I wasn’t acquainted with them before then. I saw the videos, which is common knowledge to them that I watch their posts. Well, of course, that made the videos more interesting and I definitely continued to keep up with the messages. . This is not someone in the terrestrial (land/building structure) or internet radio business that I worked with. I would have no problem with them doing that. (My TPM recordings go back to 2006 and only I and the radio stations had them. I also have them in print and other ways they are saved.) Actually, I wouldn't have a problem with anyone who listened to the TPM'S back then or reads my posts about my thought provoking life experiences. The weirdness about this situation is that this person started including new tpms/sentiments/life reactions/etc I tweeted, posted or shared 2018 – present. The creepiness is that I eventually blocked them and everyone and everything I knew was associated with them on my three Twitter pages, IG and two FB pages. Tthey still did/do it with my newest and very specific posts, etc. I locked the Twitter accounts and they could still see and use my very specific (not general things that everyone or anyone may copy or share) tweets. Before that particular dream, I knew others in their camp knew what he was doing. Then, the week before that dream, I ‘closed’ two of my Twitter accounts. The next morning after having closed those accounts, God sent me a dream of me sitting with the device in my lap, a man from his camp who I do not know, appeared and leaned towards me and said he was glad I closed the accounts because the hacking of my accounts was wrong and he wasn’t comfortable being a witness to it. That dream solidified the actuality of what was going on. God will reveal, won't He? What's even more interesting is that the one doing the hacking has felt the need to search and use my words/thoughts/TPMs/etc to get something to present to others. Nice? Yes (BHU did teach us that we are a Resource). Hacking to get it? Wrong. If one will hack, even for what they call a good reason, you can bet they do other deceptive things. About a month ago, the Preacher said God will handle my enemies. Is this person an enemy? I guess so because he's deceptive. The good they do? Valid. The bad they do? Will be handled. Watch, pray, get counsel and totally trust only God. OH! I forgot about the dreams with the football players. Apparently, they represented the 'clergy' tht used my writings for a 'season' to get their points/messages across. I received the dreams the last year of these happenings. Look down. Find the full blog post at https://www.facebook.com/rebecca.c.clark.79/ If you are on my friends list, request access to the blog post via Messenger. If not, send a friends request and you will be added to Custom Audience on the post. 3.11.2024 Last ToughtprovokingmomentsBLOG.com blog posts of 2023 #1 - My Testimony Since you can do it to me or make it happen to me, why can't I testify about it? If you are bold enough to bother me, why can't you be bold enough to claim the actions AND hear me testify or read my testimony about MY experience concerning our interaction? Why should we be quiet about your mishandling of us OR of your correct handling of us that looks bad for you coming from you, like a parent or an adult deals with a child that may be correct but looks rough and out-of-order? You brag privately about your story of what you did but do not want us to tell our story of what you did to us. Stories of racism, prejudice, misogyny, gender abuse, bigotry, assault, economic oppression, intellectual hijacking, etc., that I/we have experienced should be hidden according to the perpetrators. If you can do it to me or to us, we should be just as bold in testifying about our experience to others. Jesus' story of the crucifixion, the cross, and the tomb are written in the Book for everyone to read. Jesus' attackers wanted their actions known at the time because they were sure they were doing the right thing by abusing Jesus (although there was one that had second thoughts that may not have wanted his name and actions written in the book – Judas Iscariot.) They marched him through town. They hung Him high. They stretched him wide. They were sure (right or wrong) of what they did to him. If you are sure of how you handle someone, you should not want them to hide your actions towards them. If you are not sure you want your action known, don't do it. Matthew 26:14-15, 46-50, 67 Matthew 27:1-5, 27-37, 39-43 #2 2023! People who haven't had up-close contact or none at all with me in a while (some don't even know each other) and are in different areas of life/religion/locations/denominations, have gotten together to tear down who God called me to be and to spread the lie. They clearly waited until all the people who were associated with witnessing, confirming, and spiritually and literally documenting my calling passed away so that they could not verify their agreement with God as to what my calling and titles are. Mind you, none of them have spoken to me about it. They've just hinted and whispered loudly and convinced people (who they don't even know personally). All these people are heads and tails above me in assignments, positions, callings, jobs, and finances, BUT they took the time to seek to kill my teeny tiny whisp of a reputation. Hmmm! I MUST be someone special in God's Kingdom if people take time to try to bring me down, while uplifting soooo many others whose origins of callings they don't even know. #tpmblog <a href="https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/new-year-background-design_982480.htm#query=happy%20new%20year%202024%20svg&position=18&from_view=search&track=ais&uuid=fbe6a2a9-285f-4184-b0d8-aed1e6b58489">Image by katemangostar</a> on Freepik
Holidays. Parents get really sanctimonious about them being celebrated right. During the year, the kids are allowed to believe in Peppa Pig, Spiderman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Batman... Yet, on Holidays, Santa Claus (and other holiday representatives and activities) are banned because they don't represent Christ. Kids know something is amiss when they're allowed to do all kinds of questionable stuff most of the year, but have to be really holy and spiritual on holidays. Just be consistent, whatever rules you choose to believe or enact. Consider toy deliverers (and bunnies) part of the usual characters of make believe that your kids watch and idolize every day. Have we told bigger lies all year long? So why bash the Santa story? "This proverb is spoken by Jesus in Matthew 23:24. On His last trip to Jerusalem, Jesus spoke at length about life under the oppressive reign of the Pharisees. The religious leaders tested Him continually “and plotted how to entangle him in his words” (Matthew 22:15). In Matthew 23, Jesus pronounced seven woes against the scribes and Pharisees, accusing them of hypocrisy, laying heavy burdens on the people, exalting themselves, and preventing people from entering God’s kingdom. He was especially harsh in His assessment of their strict adherence to the laws of tithing while they “neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness” (Matthew 23:23). He concludes by saying, “You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel” (verse 24)." (Gotquestions.org) If you plan to go back to the bad behavior all the next year, why change only on one or three holidays? Respect God every day. Live right every day. Revelations 22:11-12 11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. 12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. Revelations is about the endtimes but don't forget that God comes for people every day. All day long, people xome face-to-face with death. I do believe conversations happen between them and God during those final moments but that isn't to say they're always good redemptive conversations. Ease up on Santa Claus. www.etsy.com/shop/becmin Remember this? http://www.thoughtprovokingmomentsblog.com/blog/draft-god-can-make-your-situation-so-unique-that WELL, They said God told them you shouldn't work but they want you to give (money), come (gasoline), participate (clothing), do (money, gasoline, and clothing) as a volunteer. Hmmm. (A lady I know used to call it 'voluntold' instead of volunteer. LOL.) They had a negative thought, 'per the Spirit', when you chose to not have kids, but want you to be on call (which you don't mind) during the day to help with classes, services, funerals, meetings, etc. What could they be thinking?!? Plus, the 'Have babies but come when we call and don't bring the babies'. ??? Ladies,
WATCH THIS VIDEO. https://fb.watch/oBLWcRbMyl/?mibextid=NnVzG8 #5 - Pay attention. #4 - Trust NO ONE, not even your friends, relatives, coworkers, co-laborers. (THIS YEAR, the Lord took me back 40 yesrs ago to show me I'd been set up, by someone who I SHOULD have been able to trust, but the setup didn't work.) #3 - Don't go alone. STAY with your buddy. #2 - Don't go! #1 - Give your life to Christ and ask Him to give you self-esteem, restore your God-given emotional/physical boundaries, and show you ways to have true fun. WATCH the video again. https://fb.watch/oBLWcRbMyl/?mibextid=NnVzG8 Christians have a myriad of reasons for accepting one and rejecting another.
Some don't like the denomination. Others believe in attending or degrees from Schools of Religion. Those over there have issues with race and gender. The ones on the other side choose according to knowledge of or lack of knowledge of their choices. Have you read Matthew 13? Consider this: You are not chosen or called or included because you're too much like Jesus. Jesus, not others, were rejected by His own area. Hmmm... You are not the 'others'. They get called. So, who's left to be compared to? Maybe, you're rejected like and for the same reasons as Jesus. "How could Jesus know that? Who taught Him? We don't trust any of it. Ignore Jesus." Be grateful. The rejection is a blessing and a testimony to your authenticity in Christ that some people can't handle. It's great to be rejected for being so much like Greater (is He that in in ME than he that is in the world). READ MATTHEW 13 KJV 54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? 55 Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? 56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things? 57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. EXB 54 He went to his hometown [C Nazareth; 2:23; Luke 2:39] and taught the people in their synagogue, and they were ·amazed [astonished]. They said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and this power to do miracles? 55 ·He is just [Isn’t this…?] the son of ·a [L the] carpenter. ·His mother is Mary [L Isn’t his mother called Mary…?], and his brothers are James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas. 56 And all his sisters are here with us. Where then does this man get all these things?” 57 So the people were ·upset with [offended by] Jesus. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is ·honored everywhere [not dishonored] except in his hometown and in his own ·home.” clipart by www.freepik.com Image by benzoix on Freepik www.etsy.com/shop/becmin to purchase POEMS FOR WOMEN: BLACK WOMEN, ALL WOMEN LUKE 12:47-48
KJV 47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. 48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. EXB 47 “The ·servant [slave] who knows what his master wants but is not ·ready [prepared], or who does not do what the master wants, will ·be beaten with many blows [beaten severely]! 48 But the servant who does not know what his master wants and does things that should be punished will be beaten ·with few blows [lightly; C a metaphor for judgment]. From everyone who has been given much, much will be ·demanded [required]. And from the one trusted with much, much more will be expected. ON EARTH...WHILE ALIVE... Should leaders' mess be exposed moreso than the missteps and sins of Average Joe and Average Jan? Leaders, whether true or not (not), are considered more wise, more knowledgeable and "better" than the Average Joe and Jane. Shouldn't leaders who claim to know more or claim to have a deeper relationship with God because they are leaders, apply Luke 12 to themselves as being the ones who are better able at knowing God's will for themselves and others? The question is not about what God actually meant. It's about how people interpret the scriptures according to their place in the Kingdom. If one places themselves or allows others to look at them as "higher" than everyone else, that one should also apply scripture to themselves more readily than to those they consider to not be as "high" in the Kingdom. I Chronicles 16:19-22 KJV 19 When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it. 20 And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people; 21 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, 22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. EXB 19 Then God’s people were few in number, very few, and they were strangers in the land. 20 They ·went [wandered] from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another. 21 But he did not let anyone ·hurt [oppress] them; he ·warned kings not to harm them [rebuked/admonished kings]. 22 He said, “Don’t touch my ·chosen people [anointed ones], and don’t harm my prophets.” [rebuked/admonished kings]. ON EARTH....FOR THE LIVING... This scripture is often used in defense of those in charge, leaders, "higher" callings, yet vs 22 makes it clear that God is speaking not only about the leaders or prophets but also about His Chosen people. All God's chosen are the 'anointed ones'. Therefore, this scripture, when applied to the Prophet/leadership, should also be equally applied to Laity (noun 1. lay people, as distinct from the clergy. 2. ordinary people, as distinct from professionals or experts.) The tax collector in Luke should have been protected from scorn and punishment. The pew sitter should be as protected from scorn and exposure of transgressions and iniquities as the clergy. The sins or missing of the mark of Average Joe or Jan are often put our front or called out or confronted or listed out loud or talked/written about. Yet, when a Prophet has issues, all are admonished to cover, forgive and forget immediately, don't even speak of it around your own kitchen table, and act like it didn't happen because the Prophet should be more protected/hidden than Average Joe's and Average Jane's mess. Not so according to the scripture. Average Joe and Average Jane are God's chosen and should be just as protected from whispers, calling outs, exposing, etc., as anyone else. Acts 10:34-35 KJV 34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. EXB 34 Peter ·began to speak [ opened his mouth]: “I ·really [truly] understand now that ·to God every person is the same [God does not show favoritism/partiality]. 35 [But] In every ·country [nation] God accepts anyone who ·worships [ fears] him and ·does what is right [practices righteousness]. Romans 2:1-11 KJV 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; 10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: 11 For there is no respect of persons with God. EXB 9 He will give [or There will be] trouble [affliction; tribulation] and suffering [distress] to everyone who does evil—to the Jews first and also to those who are not Jews [the Greek; C here meaning all Gentiles; see 1:13, 14, 16]. 10 But he will give [or there will be] glory, honor, and peace to everyone who does good—to the Jews first and also to those who are not Jews [ the Greek; v. 9]. 11 For God judges all people in the same way [there is no partiality with God]. James 2:8-9 KJV 8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. EXB 8 This royal law [C because God the king decreed it, or because it is the supreme law] is found in the Scriptures: “Love your neighbor as you love yourself [Lev. 19:18; Matt. 22:37–40].” ·If you [or If you really; or If you, however,] ·obey [fulfill; carry out] this law, you are doing ·right [well]. 9 But if you treat one person as being more important than another [show favoritism/partiality; 2:1], you are sinning. You are guilty of breaking God’s law [ convicted by the law as lawbreakers/ transgressors]. Colossians 3:25 KJV 25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons. EXB 25 But remember that anyone who does wrong will be ·punished [repaid] for that wrong, and the Lord treats everyone the same [ there is no favoritism/partiality]. Do one or the other: Cover and protect all or don't Call out and confront any. www.etsy.com/shop/becmin becmin.etsy.com ebay.com (search POEMS FOR WOMEN: BLACK WOMEN, ALL WOMEN) 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; 10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: 11 For there is no respect of persons with God. God gave everything and everybody a way to fight. Just sit there if you want to. There's a war going on for your soul, mind and body. You better fight!
https://fb.watch/owToPqGv0r/?mibextid=NnVzG8lick here to edit. Good fear.
Fear lets me know to not go there or to get over it and take a stand. Sometimes we fear and hold on to it and refuse to change because what caused that fear is still there, letting us know to stay away or be very cautious. Other times we let go of the fear and forge ahead. We can get over fear or take fear with us in some circumstances. In others, we have to take that fear as a God-warning and stay away. When the one you choose to follow or listen to is the devil, you can’t resist the devil and also submit to the devil’s lead. The fear tells you to stay away. Some issues are about personalities, idiosyncracies, techniques, etc. Those are not demons but are traits that may rub others the wrong way, but can be dealt with and the relationship, partnership, leadership, etc can continue. Fear is to be resisted. Go anyway. Stay. Stand. Sometimes fear means don’t go. Don’t cast your pearls before swine even if there is only one swine in the group. Hear the fear and stay away regardless of how great the experience of others. |
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