Tardy For The Party

I was told the closer you draw to Christ the further away from the world you will be. I didn't pay it too much attention because I figured whoever I knew could come along with me. All of my friends believe in God but only one of them are saved. I figured I could be an example and soon we all could attend church together and everything would run smooth.  WRONG!!!
Jesus told his disciples come and follow me and I will make you fishers of men. It seemed it was so easy for the disciples to leave their whole life and just follow Christ, maybe it was because Christ was right in front of them so his Spirit they couldn't deny, idk what it was but I said why isn't it that easy for me. I don't mean not being able to follow God's word but being able to leave friends and family behind and just praying that they will one day get saved.

Last month, I believe, I had become highly offended because a friend of mine took another friend out for her birthday and I wasn't invited and when I confronted her about the situation her response was "girl you wouldn't have liked it anyway you would of been throwing your Holy water everywhere". First I don't walk around with Holy water. My other friend who is trying to know God better apologized for not inviting me and I was like cool whatever but the friend that made that comment bothered me a little. I prayed on it and I said nothing to her until the Spirit showed me I'm different.  I'm no longer like her, well not just her none of them. I see the world different, most of the time when I'm out I have to pray to myself because of what I see, I can't take the cursing and bickering. My other friend finally told me that on that night her and my other friend got into a big argument and it was almost a fight and I said to myself thank God I didn't go.
Something else stuck out to me my man's mom said "you shouldn't be bothered by not being invited, it shows you're growing in Christ". I realized that I can't cling to the world and God too, some people will get left behind, some people will catch up and others will fall my the wayside. Don't get me wrong I cherish all of my friends, the ones I speak to everyday and the ones I speak to every 3 months. They have been there through a lot with me but Christ has been there through things they have no idea about so if that means I have to miss dinner, a concert, a road trip or even a vacation oh well it just shows I'm growing and maturing in Christ and out of all of my friends he is the friend that I need by my side the most.

So saints don't worry about being tardy for the party or even missing it all. The bible says we are a strange and peculiar people, most people will feel very uncomfortable when we are around and that's fine, Christ is fine with us just the way we are so should we!!!

It's Me God!! Do You Have A Minute!!

Man oh man, it feels like I haven't wrote on my blog in a while. I guess I can catch you up with what's been going on. Basically  school is back in session. Smh!!! It's not easy and I'm only taking 2 classes lol. I'm in school to get my Social Work license and even though I know this is something that needs to get done, most days I just want to sleep lol.
One class I'm taking in school is Faith and theology, don't ask how I got in there because that's a whole different  blog entry but let's just say it's a interesting class and once I'm done I'm going to wrote about it. I still have the full time job, plus my relationship plus my relationship with God and plus God keeps giving me all of these things to do. Well at first I was slacking because I figured hey God knows I'm in school so let me just pray everyday and that should be enough. Ha!!! With everything going on my relationship with God was what I seemed to be putting on the back burner. Others who know me would say how when you're always at church, bible study and so forth. All of that was fine but my prayer life started to shorten, I would read my bible real quick and go to sleep, I found myself checking my emails before praying, my blog, which God told me to start, was being completed ignored all because my life had become too hectic.  Then today the spirit convicted me and we'll here I am. Lol that conviction is no joke.  If you've never felt conviction  before then hmmmmm that's another blog too. Lol. But yea so I started this challenge in my bible app, Kick start Your Spirit! Basically it showed me that I got wrapped  up in the world. Of course we all have our everyday life and yes God wants you to prosper. God doesn't mind you working, for a man who doesn't work doesn't eat. God doesn't mind you going to school but God does mind when you start putting all of those things before him.

For Matthew 6:24 states "No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate one and love the other; or else he will hold to one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon."

Needless to say I just stared organizing my time better, instead of watching my favorite TV shows, I sleep so I can get up pray read the word then go workout.

God really does want you to have a good life, he wants you to have joy but he also wants you to prioritize, with him being first and everything else being 2nd.

Be blessed my brothers and sisters. Remember spend more time with God, stay in your word and fast and pray, we all have a calling on our life make sure you're doing what God wants you to do and not what you want to do.