It's Not Old School!

Morals (n) - a person's standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for them to do.

Values (n) - a person's principles or standards of behavior; one's judgment of what is important in life.

I overheard this conversation five years ago:

Woman 1:  “Hey girl, how are you doing?

Woman 2:  “Hey - - I’m fine girl! I haven’t seen you in years. How many children do you have now”?

Woman 1:  “I have four!

Woman 2:  “All by the same man?

Woman 1: “Girl no! I ain’t that crazy yet”!

Woman 2:  (laughs) “Well it was good talking to you”!

Woman 1:  “You too! I’ll holler at ya later!

Woman 2:  “Alright”! “You take care”!

My first reaction was, “Oh Wow”! What does she mean by, “I ain’t that crazy yet”! I pondered on this for a long time after I heard it and I'm still bothered by it today.

Morals and values do not change and God does not change; yet our worldly behavior is forever changing in a way that continues to reap below average results!

When we choose better, we have better and that’s first seeking Christ Jesus! Many of us women do not seek Him, but seek companions that are themselves lost, and we are breeding a lost generation, that has taken a detour and somehow are not sure how to get back on the righteous path. And notice I said lost; however, they can be found with knowledge of who they are and whose they are ~ which is a child of the Most High! 

We still have the belief that we can do it alone. We are not meant to be alone! The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Genesis 2:18 NIV

If you have been married, like I have, heal first spiritually, mentally, and physically, so that when God gives you a second chance, you are able to reap the reward!

"Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,'  and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh' ?  So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." Matthew 19:4-6 NIV

That'sThe Ratio

We all make mistakes, we are all sinners and none of us are perfect!  Yeah Yeah Yeah is what you are probably saying! Well it is true~ but ~so is ~ You are perfect in God's eyes, you are made for great things, God's grace is sufficient and brand new every day! He is a God of excellence and wants us to live that life too. The quality of life I am talking about is not worldly ~ or put in simple terms - - materialistic! 

Relationships take work ----such as co-worker relationships, family relationships, and a relationship with Christ! All relationships are not balanced, because some give 80/20 and others give 60/40. It's like the fat content in hamburger. You all know the 80/20 or the 85/15! The more lean the meat, the better it is for us and our overall health. The more fat is in the meat, the more likely we are to develop poor health~ so it is with Christ - - - the more we read and study the word, the better our lives become! ~ However, He did it ALL! 

So if you are you willing to work on your relationship with Jesus Christ; here's what you do! Just pick up a Bible, open it up and VUALA  ~ that's where you begin! Right there! If you do not begin ~ how are you going to finish ----- in eternity with Christ!

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. Hebrews 12:1-3 NIV

I'm Determined!

Women are beautiful, valued, precious, and delicate! So why then do we as women, feel devalued, ugly, competitive, and worthless?

Go way back in time and seek that answer! It's how society views women and we as women have accepted it! Yet, it does not make us feel good about ourselves, so we seek acceptance and value in all the wrong places ~ several sex partners, eating disorders, striving to obtain that high paying career even if we are not passionate about what it is we are doing ~ or; "I don't know anything else I can do"! 

Bishop T.D. Jakes told a brief story during his sermon, "Divine Expectations", of how on an Africa safari, the Zoologist stated that to rule the jungle, the young lions fight the lion who is already king per say of the pride. Bishop Jakes responded and said, "Oh, so only the strong survive"! The Zoologist said, "No, it is nature's way of making sure the weak lions do not reproduce!

WOW ~was my response! That is so true. We as women accept weak and defeated things in our lives! Anything that is not God's best is not strong or lasting! Breed a life of Excellence so we choke out the weak things in every area of our lives!

Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? The farmer sows the word. Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.” Mark 4:13-20 NIV