I Love You

No matter how many times you turn back on me - I Love You!
No matter how many times you allow the enemy to use you, abuse you, mistreat you and others in surrounding. I Love You.
Every time you turn your nose up at the person I send to meet you at your path of crossing, I Love You.
When you refuse to attend service at my house and even at your own, I Love You.
Every curse word,
Every evil thing you have done to someone,
The lies you told,
The hearts you broke,
The gossiping,
The disrespect you have shown to your elders, your parents and even to yourself.
My leaders who are put in place to teach & reach and you turned a deaf ear to them.
Even when you refuse to believe that my son is the only reason why I haven't taken you out yet, I Love You!
Every time you do the very things that hurts me, I bow my head with great sadness because I Love You that much to let you make your OWN decision of where you want to live eternally. I guess you won't be coming with me.

-God

IF

IF               

If I can have you with me all the time, I would be glued to you.

If I can keep you safe wrapped in my love, my arms, my heart and soul without ever hurting you, I would keep you safe.

If I can be with you without the doubts, concerns, pass heart aches, I would be with you forever.

If I can promise you that I would never make a mistake or hurt your heart or pride, I would make that promise.

If I can look into your eyes and provide you with my thoughts, my desires, my wants and you feel my love instantly without a doubt, I would stare into your eyes forever.

If I tell you that I will love you forever and mean it from my heart, believe me.

If I say I will try to spare your heart from being broken, I will try harder to not hurt you.

If I love you today I know that I will ALWAYS love you tomorrow because that is forever with you.

If I am not around you I want you to know that I am thinking of you, desiring you, most importantly still loving you.

If I make a fool of myself trying to love you at all times, I guess that makes me a sucker for love.

If I have the need to be please, I will depend on you.

All the if’s in the world can’t stop me from being in love with you.  I love you always!



Especially written for my husband

The Test of The Heart

Proverbs 17:3  Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but the LORD tests the heart.

It takes intense heat to purify gold and silver.  Similarly, it often takes the heat of trials for the Christian to be purified. Through trails, God shows us what is in us and clears out anything that gets in the way of complete trust in him.  Peter says, "These trials will show that your faith is genuine.  It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold-through your faith is far more precious than mere gold" (1 Peter 1:7).  So when tough times come your way, realize God wants to use them to refine your faith and purify your heart.

No matter what it looks like just know that God is wanting to see your faithfulness, your dedication to serve Him.  So hold on, be steadfast and unmoveable when all hell breaks loose.

 

 

REMEMBER YOUR CREATOR

 

Old Testament

Ecclesiastes 11:1-12:14   (vs. 1:10) “Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, And put away evil from your flesh. For childhood and youth are vanity.”

Ecclesiastes 12:1 “Remember your Creator in the days of your youth….”

Ecclesiastes 12:6 “Remember your Creator before the silver cord is loosed…”

New Testament

I Corinthians 11:1-16 “Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.” 

There was a little girl who they called Punkin.  Skin so dry, wrinkled, and always broke out.  Her hair was fine but no one could really tell because it was always broken out with bald spots.  She couldn’t do the things most little girls her age could do because she was always sick.  The other kids made fun of her while her sister and brothers hardly claim her.  Father was absent and mother was present in the home but was better off away from home.  You see, her mother was not the motherly kind.  She showed favoritism to the younger two a boy and a girl and forgot about Punkin and her older brother.  God blessed her with 4 children but she acted as if she had 2.  Punkin wanted to be so much like her mother that she began wearing her makeup like her mother.  She even went as far as mocking her mother by the way she walked, her talk, and yes her habits.  Her mother wasn’t having that so she began telling her daughter how she look in a negative way.  Punkin had on a pair of blue jeans with ruffle socks and blue pumps.  Her hair was pulled straight back into a pony tail while wearing a pink and blue blouse.  Wanting to show off her new make over she walked into a room full of family and friends and her mother loudly stated that Punkin looked like she belonged on third and main.  At 13 years old, Punkin was no longer trying to reach her mother.  She withdrew, became hateful and evil especially to her brothers and sister.  Until summer day, her grandmother took notice about the girl who nobody seem to want to be bothered with.  Grandma was a Evangalist who served God all her life.  Her mother was a saved woman of God and Grandma saw something in Punkin that no one else saw.  Beauty! Vanity!  Wisdom! but heart who will love hard and give unselfishly.  Punkin got baptized and terry for the Holy Ghost July 27, 1984 at the First Bibleway Pentecostal Church of God in Christ in Oxford Ohio under the leadership of the late Lenora Jenkins.  Through her many struggles in life, she stayed close to Grandma and very close to God.  Today, the girl who they once called Punkin is now called by her birth name, Cheryl A. DeVaughn.  It is an honor to meet you!

• In Webster dictionary the word vanity is 1 : something that is vain, empty, or valueless 2 : the quality or fact of being vain 3 : inflated pride in oneself or one's  appearance : conceit 4 : a fashionable trifle or knickknack 5 a : ³compact a b : a small case or handbag for toilet articles used by women 6 a : dressing table b : a bathroom cabinet containing a sink and usually having a countertop

When I was Punkin I was vain, empty and trying to find me but in the process began loosing the light in my own life.  But God sent me an angel to walk with me, talk with me, show me how to call upon the name of Jesus.  Had it not been for God’s grace I don’t know where I’d be.  When Grandma took me to church something deep down inside of me woke up.  I yearned to hold on to God’s hand especially when my summer vacation ended and I had to go back home.  God knew the path I was going to take before I was even thought of.  The key was to standing on his word, praying and forgiving those who persecute me.  When Grandma opened the door for me to know Christ she was allowing God to remove the sorrow from my heart and giving  me the tools  which is to pray and call on the name of Jesus by putting away evil from my flesh.  She knew my childhood and youth were vanity! 

So I had to suffer, go through some things that some folks would have probably taken their own lives but God had his hand on me when I couldn’t through my hands up and say “HALLELUJAH”  The good thing about growing up Pentecostal is the foundation of fearing God.  The strictness of the church provided discipline.  So when I would hear or read, “Fear God and keep His commandments for this man’s all.  For God will bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing Whether good or evil” has a little girl scared to think evil thoughts.  Yet it was those sayings that kept my soul flourished,

So I no longer wanted to imitate my mother for now I saw the perfect person to imitate.  God!  My Grandmother is the most important person to me and I am so grateful to God for allowing her to be my Gannie!  When I was young and even today, she has always said I would follow in her footsteps.  I have some pretty big shoes to fill.  But I accept her vision and embrace God’s will for me.  Had it not been for Granny imitating Christ and seeing my vanity I don’t believe I could have been a good mother, a good wife a loving anything.  When I turned 21 I decided to take my name back.  I stopped answering to the name of Punkin because that name was associated with too much hurt, too much pain.  I released the silver cord as I had done when I gave my life to Christ.   What is a Silver cord it is in metaphysical literature a term referring to the connection between the physical body, astral body, and Higher Self.  Sometimes you have a out of body experience where you can see yourself and the things around you in a better light so when you come back to reality you make the necessary changes.  This life we are living is the most precious thing God entrusted us with.  Why are we wasting time throwing it away on foolish things?  Why are children being abused? Children growing up too fast because the parents have lost their way, lose their mind, lost their religion and stop believing.  Kids killing one another because no one sees the vanity that is within desiring to helped.  We have the government and the liberal organizations telling we shouldn’t pray in schools or in the court house.  The bible says I will BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES and HIS PRAISE SHALL CONTINUALLY BE IN MY MOUTH ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE not I will bless the Lord when the government tells me.  Nothing or no one will stop me from praising Him!

When I cut the silver cord on my pass, I stopped the hurt to myself and many of us need to know how to cut off the hurt.  I am not talking about the person we need to pray for those who trespass against us.  The hurt is something the devil will hold on to just so he can use it against you……”he's going to hurt you as soon as he can”, “She don’t love you”, The devil wants us to be insecure with our walk with Christ.  We can’t say we believe in God in one breath and in the next say “I DON’T KNOW WHAT I’M GONNA DO”  Where is the I in God?  He don’t need your help.  You need his.  Let God do a work in you and through you so you can bring up a child to know him.  It is better to fear God more than fearing this world!  So what is the plan…..“...keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.”   This is the bottom line to all of the arguments presented throughout the book of Ecclesiastes!  This again points back to verse 1: “Remember your creator in the days of your youth” ... those who do will obey God’s commands all their lives!  What we lay down as our foundation for life in our youth is what will drive us throughout our lifetime!  Those who remember God in their youth are likely to make His commandments their rule for living!  This will bring a harvest of spiritual fruit and thus satisfaction in old age.  This will enable us to handle life from an eternal perspective which is a much broader frame of mind than just the here and now!  Our plans will be built on whatever foundation we set in youth, remembering our Creator God will ensure that our plans include Him throughout our life, and His commands.  It is our duty to obey God’s ways if we want the best here and now, as well as then!

If you have forgotten your creator in your youth you are not likely to remember Him in your old age.  It is never too late however, just tear down the bad foundation and start building the right one now, it is never too late, but how much better to do this in youth!

Every house has a foundation, without one it could not be stable or stay standing for long.  It will have to stand against storms, earthquakes, weathering. Etc.  The better the foundation, the more durable the house, the same is true in life, if we establish an early found­ation based on a relationship with God we will more easily endure the storms of life.  The patterns of our life are set in youth, so set them in Christ!  This is what it means to “REMEMBER YOUR CREATOR IN THE DAYS OF YOUR YOUTH!”

No Matter What.........

"Our giving is no longer a debt that we owe, but a seed that we sow."

"The great tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer, but unoffered prayer."

"Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you." Luke 6:38

Devotional Reading
Old Testament - Deuteronomy Chapter 27(ALL) and Chapter 28:68, Psalm 39:12-13, Proverbs 13:7, 8
New Testament - Luke 6:27-49

As I thought about the good times and all the ups and down life has thrown my way, I realized I have so much to be thankful for. I survived my father not being there, my mother and the drugs she use to be on, the difference my family made between my sister and I, being sick all my life, rape, molestation and the many knives that was placed in my back and much more. I also survived all the mess I took innocent people through and the hurt I purposely gave to those who brought harm my way. Until I realize GOD for the truthfulness and loveliness he provides and provided all my life. Even in the midst of my wrong doing, I had someone, something to call my own whether I realized it or not. God giving his son for little ole me is enough to bring tears to my eyes. No person alive or dead can show me that much love, maybe a pinch but there is None Greater than the love of God.

I write all that to say.......No matter what you are faced with, death of a loved, job loss, financial burden, lack of wants/needs, uncertainty don't let the devil in hell steal the one good thing you have. Your PRAISE!!! God is waiting for you to clap your hands in his honor, sing with joy, shout in His name giving him the highest praise, HALLELUJAH!!!!!

If you want God to move, you must first move. You can not make a plug, plug itself into the outlet. God don't need you, it is the other way around. When His day is not right, he don't come looking for you. When your day isn't right or something happen you are calling on him! No matter what, STOP taking God for granted and learn to love and appreciate him NOW! No matter what, love yourself and then love your neighbors! No matter what, help those less fortunate and bless those who don't need it. Let me explain, when you help those less fortunate we do the work required by God; but when we bless those who is already blessed their blessings bestowed upon them is now also on you. The key to life is blessing! No matter what, be a blessing to someone!!!!

God Bless and I pray I have Blessed someone whose reading this.
Cheryl aka Forealdoh (4 Real Doh) :)

Go and hug "YOUR MICHAEL" by Maya Angelou...

I had to repost this to the one place I could share....my blog. 
Be Blessed


Go and hug "YOUR MICHAEL"
by Maya Angelou...

Yesterday I cried watching the Michael Jackson memorial. I cried for
a little black boy who felt the world didn't understand him. I cried
for a little black boy who spent his adulthood chasing his childhood.
And I thought about all the young black boys out there who may too feel
that the world doesn't understand them. The ones who feel that the world
does not understand their baggy jeans,their swagger, their music, their
anger, their struggles, their fears or the chip on their shoulder. I
worry that my son, may too, one day will feel lonely in a wide, wide world.

I cried for the young children of all colors who may live their life feeling 
like a misfit, feeling like no one understands their perspective, or their soul. 
What a burden to carry.

As a mother, I cried for Katherine Jackson because no mother should ever bury a 
child. Period. And I think about all the pain, tears and sleepless nights that 
she must have endured seeing her baby boy in inner pain, seeing him struggle 
with his self-esteem, and his insecurities and to know he often felt unloved 
even while the world loved him deeply. How does it feel to think that the 
unconditional love we give as mothers just isn't enough to make our children
feel whole? I wonder if she still suffers thinking, "what more could I have 
done?" Even moms of music legends aren't immune to mommy guilt, I suppose.

When Rev. Al Sharpton ("who always delivers one" awesome "funeral speech") said 
to Michael's children, "Your daddy was not strange....It was strange what your 
Daddy had to deal with," I thought of all the "strange" things of the world that 
my children will have to deal with. Better yet, the things I hope they won't 
ever have to deal with anymore.

And as a mother raising a young black boy, I feel recommitted and yet a little 
confused as to how to make sure my son is sure enough within himself to take on 
the world. Especially a "strange" one. To love himself enough to know that even 
when the world doesn't understand you, tries to force you into its mold or 
treats you unkindly, you are still beautiful, strong and Black. How do I do
that?

Today, I am taking back "childhood" as an inalienable right for every brown 
little one. In a world, that makes children into booty-shaking, mini-adults long 
before their time, I'm reclaiming the playful, innocent, run-around-outside, 
childhood as the key ingredient in raising confident adults. Second, I will not 
rest until my little black boy, MY Michael, knows that his broad nose is 
beautiful, his chocolately brown skin is beautiful, and his thick hair is
beautiful.

And nothing or no one can ever take that away from him.

"Now aint we bad? And ain't we black? And ain't we fine?
 ---Maya Angelou

My Love

From the moment I laid eyes upon you, I was caught without a breath. For just a simple moment I realized I have found my soul mate. The mate God made just for me. A love so new, so old and yes new again. A friend I have longed for and needed so bad. My love for you is stronger than ever and because of the love God has shown me and I able to love you with that same love. I loved you yesterday, I love you today and I will always love you tomorrow my love.