Food For The Soul

Greetings, my Sisters in Christ!! 

I thank God for His many blessings, and pray His continued blessings upon each one of you.

May His holy spirit rest upon us all, in our time together today, in Jesus name, Amen.  

Well Ladies, how is your 2024 coming along? 

So far so good, right? 

But what happens when 'Weary' sneaks in? 

You know, when all the excitement of the 'New Year' turns into the 'same ole-same old" 

When the motivation of our 'resolutions'dissolve into into 'relaxing on the couch'. 

When we 'Give It our Best!' and then 'Settle for Doing Enough' 

Or what happens if we just 'run out of gas'? 

And we will.

Because as the saying goes, 'if we fail to plan, we will plan to fail'. 

When I was in college, I was Vice President of the college chapter of the NAACP. 

Sounds impressive? 

Not really. 

Because the truth was, we were only there for Name Sake. 

Yes, Ladies, we were there as the 'Token Negros'. 

The meeting to their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion quota. 

And I wasn't feeling THAT, at all! 

Sis, I'm a DO -ER!  

One who is Driven for Results. 

A Seeker of Outcomes. 

An Innovator of Solutions!  

Girl, I wasn't in the NAACP for NOTHING! 

I thought WE were there to March for JUSTICE and Change the World! 

We were marching alright. 

Right into those meetings, to sit and have GREAT talks, and then DO.....ABSOLUTELY..,,NOTHING! 

Girl, I was SICK of IT!  

But apparently, unbeknownst to me, I was walking in God's will 

And was about to learn a monumental lesson from the School of the Holy Ghost. 

In the face of a standoff with me and the President. 

He was a man. 

Enough said? 

We were not in 'sync' on any level.

Not in our Mission implementation 

Or team Planning and organizing 

NOT - AT -ALL! 

And worse, He was the true epitome of a male chauvinist. 

So where my focus was on what was BEST for the People 

His getting accolades for being the MAN in CHARGE

Was His only PRIORITY!  

Everything came to a crash and burn one day when WE missed yet another deadline as a team, and I was just over it.  

I felt completely DEFLATED inside. 

But rather than rant and rave. 

Cuss or Fuss. 

And I definitely wanted TO! 

But instead, I kindly advised the team, I could no longer support the lack of in-action in this group 

I recused myself as the Vice President effective immediately 

And, I WALKED OUT.... 

But amazingly! 

When I walked out, GOD walked in... 

The Chapter Advisor followed me out into the hallway and attempted to encourage me to stay 

She did so, by quoting a scripture from Galatians 6:9: 

    "Do not grow weary in well doing, for at the proper time we will reap a Harvest, if we DO NOT give up." (NIV) 

Funny thing is, she was right. 

Problem was, I was younger back then 

And I left anyway. 

But God was still at WORK! 

And with the School of the Holy Ghost in session, I realized I would take this class 

AGAIN and AGAIN 

Until I finally passed the test called "Long Suffering" 

This is how we overcome 'Weary' Ladies, through 'longsuffering'. 

If Christ died while we were YET sinners, and He DID. 

Then that means He knew we wouldn't 'get it together' overnight - so why do we expect others to? 

Since we are saved by grace and through faith - and we ARE.

Why don't we extend the same GRACE to ourselves? 

And, if any man who is in Christ, is a NEW creature, and all old things are passed away - 

And THEY MUST! 

Then perhaps it's time for us to bury 'Weary' in the ground with the other dead things in our lives. 

It's time to raise up a NEW standard of 'DOING' by "BECOMING" 

Let's BECOME the Woman God has called us to BE 

By committing to DOING what God has called us to DO

No matter what obstacle 

No matter what delay 

No matter who doesn't approve 

Let's KICK weary to the curb, and Let's put on a new creature! 

We can do ALL things through CHRIST, and NOTHING without Him. 

If He is for us, WHO can be against US?

You're STRONGER than it feels at times, Sis! 

Stay FOCUSED! 

Continue to BE - LONG so you can BE - COME whoever God has designed you to BE

FOR at the Proper TIME, WE WILL reap the Harvest if WE faint Not! 

May His word be a lamp unto your feet, 

waters of healing for your broken heart, 

spiritual strength to endure every trial

and FOOD for your SOUL.