Lessons For Living

1.    Power of Forgiveness -  We all need wisdom and discernment in handling any type of problems.  If my family and I reacted to the shock of our parent’s death by being unforgiving and with other types of negative reactions, we would not have made it here today.  Life would have eaten us up. Holding grudges will destroy you.

It takes power to forgive when the pain of hurt aches every part of your body.

But through my experiences in life I learned forgiveness and the importance of it.

As we love and forgive, God can help and deliver us, which sets us free to help others who are bound by circumstances and the Spirit of Unforgiveness. It’s hard to help people until you have first helped yourself, although it is not impossible for hurting people to help hurting people. One must be very careful and use wisdom, because usually you will find hurting people hurt people. Whole people help heal people and make them become stronger.

Forgiveness, however, frees you to live, grow, and move on. Learning to forgive at an early age prepares us for the hurts that will come later in life. We had to “put something in our hearts called love” in order to receive the reward of being free in our spirits.  Remember NO DEPOSIT, NO RETURN; what you put out is what you get back.

Forgive as soon as possible because the longer you wait the more damage it does on your body. Unforgivenees is a form of stress that wears and tears on the body.

2.   Power of Healing -   It is always best to expose the enemy or your bad habits in your own life before someone else does. Often, when people find out something about you, they cannot wait to tell someone else. This is why I am telling “My Story,” because nobody can tell it like I can tell it.  When we tell, we are healed from it faster. Of course we always must use wisdom and common sense.  Seek divine direction so you will have clarity of thought and articulation of speech about what to say and not to say. But the healing process requires that you release that which hurts you in some constructive way. Communication is the best way, because it is so therapeutic. As you release the negative in a healthy way, then you have room to fill yourself up with positive things. During our mending process, God put our hearts back together one day at a time and one piece at a time. But first, you must admit the problem has literally crushed your soul. Then you must seek to get the ultimate healing. No food, job, sexual experience, money or person can fix a problem like spiritual healing can.  

        Memories are reflected encounters of life that have taught us and brought us to where we are. In other words, we are the sum of our past, that has been designed to help us grow into our future.  As you reflect and understand where you have been, it is then and only then that you can go to the next level in life. People have a tendency not to want to think about the past because it brings up so much hurt. But, it is healthy if we face our accuser, and it is through these encounters that healing can take place. We can be healed in the very place of our pain. Ask me. I know!  

 I look at healing as living water. It never touches one person or one place, but, just like water, when it spills, it touches all that is around it. Now, living water will ignite what it touches, to bring life to anything that needs life. It is imperative that we get these lessons, because, otherwise, we may find ourselves falling into the same behavior patterns. Lessons in life teach us about ourselves and lead us on a road to recovery. The roads where it lead us often help us to apply what we have learned during our pain and healing to help others who are going through similar situations. This is what true destiny and purpose in life is all about: helping those to help themselves.  The same comfort of healing I receieved over my parents’ death, I am now able to use to comfort others.

3.   Power of Loving yourself and Being Whole – Please seek help for all the hurts and pains in your life. Take care of them like you would take care other areas of your life. Unresolved issues do nothing more than get worse over time. You are not in your problems alone. There is somebody somewhere who is going through something similar. Look for help because it is the right thing to do, and do not worry about what people think. Seek divine help to be free you from people and their opinions. Strive to be around people who will not poison or vex your spirit but build you up. You need people for encouragement and correction in love.  Being free in your mind from carrying unnecessary weight is really the life you want to live. Otherwise, you will be enslaved to yourself, and your problems will mentally weigh you down.  Destruction usually follows along with a life of unfulfillment. Please seek help until you find it, and continue to knock until a door is opened to you. After every ‘No’ there is a ‘Yes’ somewhere.

Be honest with yourself first, and take it to the Lord in prayer. There is one thing about God that I just absolutely love: He is a good listener. Remember that love is the only thing that changes people. You cannot change anybody but yourself. As you love people, you love unconditionally, and this helps people move into wholeness.

Life’s not designed for you to make it by yourself. Everybody needs help.

Seek to find the strength to overcome, and become a VICTOR instead of a victim.  

After God spoke specific revelations into my spirit, I finally felt completion or closure to my parents’ tragedy. My mind was at rest, and I had peace with the situation. In addition, my mended broken heart was now in sync with my renewed mind. They were of one accord. From this encounter, I became completely “whole” in this area of my life. I now felt free and had more strength to share my story with others.   From these encounters came my mission in life and Community Empowerment Outreach was born.  An organization to help those who have a similar story as myself and those who need to be empowered.  As you understand your self-worth and have self-identiy you become whole and complete with the strength to move on and help others along the way.