Author: tvskinner1

Last night I received a text from a very good friend of mine.  In the text, she stated that her daughter, her 3 year old daughter had just got through “breaking it down”. Knowledge or should I say wisdom.  The 3 YEAR OLD (TODDLER) stated that when you are sad or have a problem, BEFORE you do ANYTHING, the FIRST thing you DO IS PRAY.

I responded to the text and just said how much I am LEARNING AND TRUSTING GOD through her babies (their WORDS, ACTIONS AND DISPOSITIONS). I find myself saying, YES LORD, YES, LORD, YES LORD more than WHY LORD? WHY LORD?

I read the text again and the only thing I could say is WOW!!!  I was quite overwhelmed to know that THE 3 YEAR OLD, THE TODDLER KNOWS that “….We should first seek ye the kingdom of GOD and all of HIS righteous….”

If we do what the 3 YEAR OLD, THE TODDLER SAYS which is SCRIPTUALLY SOUND-THEN

“……Nothing will separate ME from the LOVE of GOD which is in CHRIST JESUS…..”

 

Tangey V.

INREALTIME

 

 

On March 23, 2016, a Wednesday. I was somewhat anxious. Not really knowing why-everything is working well and falling into place. There is an overwhelming sense of peace and calmness. (HOW can that be with me feeling somewhat anxious?)

There are some things (it appears many because I have yet to start, complete, COMPLETE, COMPLETE) that I NEED to work on and in my mind and spirit-I am working-NO, I HAVE completed them (SPIRIT willing, FLESH weak). CAN NOT and WILL NOT allow that to be an excuse.

GOD HAS given-HAS given-the operative words HAS GIVEN ALL, ALL, ALL that I need to complete everything. Yet, I keep putting IT off, making myself tired and exhausted thinking and thinking and thinking about IT.

I start working on IT and then rest. RESTING is what I am actually doing because I keep thinking and thinking about IT.

I am really NOW resolved to work and stop thinking. Thinking about IT-the WORK, although IT seems tedious is quite fulfilling. IT makes me feel good, IT moves me closer to my purpose, goal and destiny.

Not working and thinking leaves me feeling apathetic, indifferent and fatigued, using my little Big sister’s word, LETHARGIC.

It’s like exercising (for me). I really enjoy working out. I love the sweating-relaxes the body, relieves some of the tension in the body and gives much energy (after the workout). During the workout-it depends if you enjoy the workout or exercise activity, I am excited that I have mastered the machine and I am not struggling to complete my reps.

SEEING THE RESULTS-tired and sore, life (it is happening as we speak).
The workout is sometimes shortened and I experience setbacks (going home to “sit”). I   allow life (job, family, friends, finances, ailments) to be the LORD of my life and stop for months on end.  KNOWING how much I enjoy working out and how exercise enhances my life. But I begin thinking about IT again. When will I return to the gym; what works best for me, how can I work out with ALL of these things going on and what will I DO with my hair.

I may grunt (in the words of Loretta Lynn in Coal miner’s Daughter, “… growling like a big ol’ bear….” during the entire workout, but I continue because I NEED to do this. It makes me feel so much better afterwards-SEEING the results-MUST get to the gym to reach my goals.

SEEING THE RESULTS- with sore muscles-difficult, but worth it. Moving slower and somewhat hesitant.

SEEING THE RESULTS-but reaching a plateau, not able to lose those last few pounds because the body has been conditioned for its current state. Must INCREASE(DO MORE) the endurance/reps in order to strengthen the muscles and get even better results.

THERE IT IS-MORE. WE HAVE TO DO MORE:

WE HAVE TO LIVE MORE-STOP FOCUSING ON OUR JOBS/OCCUPATIONS/HOW WE MAKE/EARN MONEY.

MAKE TIME FOR OUR LIVES AND ENJOY OUR LIVES.

MUST WORK TO FIND/REDISCOVER OURSELVES, DATE OURSELVES, COURT OURSELVES

WE HAVE TO LOVE MORE-YOURSELF, ALL THINGS THAT MAKE US UNIQUE. STOP COMPARING OURSELVES TO OTHERS “….FRET NOT EVILDOERS…”

LEARNING HOW TO LOVE LIKE GOD LOVES-UNCONDITIONALLY-WE MUST IN ORDER TO BE LOVED UNCONDITIONALLY.

WE HAVE TO LAUGH MORE. INCORPORATE THOSE THINGS IN OUR LIVES THAT GIVES US JOY. STOP ALLOWING CHAOS AND CONFUSION INTO OUR LIVES, STOP REBELLING AGAINST AND RESISTING THOSE THINGS THAT WE KNOW WILL ENHANCE OUR LIVES AND GLORIFY GOD.

YES-WE WILL BE TEMPTED, WE WILL FALTER AND MOST IMPORTANTLY WE WILL PREVAIL. IT IS DUE TO US WORSHIPING GOD MORE, HONORING HIM MORE, SEEKING HIM IN ALL THINGS MORE AND HE WILL CONTINUE TO BLESS US EVEN MORE.

AND  MANY OF US WILL HAVE TO WAIT SOME MORE!!!!

“….NOTHING will separate ME from the LOVE of GOD which is in CHRIST JESUS….”

Tangey V.

InRealTime

I am beating myself for not posting on Sunday, March 20, 2016.  It was not as if I didn’t have anything to say(type), I was not sure of what I was to share this week.  It is not as if GOD is not speaking to me, HE IS constantly speaking and NOW I am ACTIVELY listening for I WANT and NEED CLEAR instructions.

Those of US who want to live in the perfect WILL of GOD, WANT and NEED clear instructions.  Not wanting to sound clicheist (new word),  HE IS preparing us for ALL of our desires, HE has MADE provisions for them. AGAIN, we MUST do the WORK. We MUST stop praying about it, talking about it, most definitely worrying about and DO the work.

We are experiencing, what appears to stagnation-you know when it seems to be the same ole, same ole-work-home-church-gatherings-you even get tired of eating the same food. Just wanting something else or different-stagnation.  You may begin to search for old pain, that’s been HEALED just trying to “feel” alive. But thank GOD for the HOLY SPIRIT for HE allows us to BLESS the name of the LORD-WE  were entrenched in that painful situation or situations (Mine were simultaneous)-for deliverance from those situations.

This period of same-ole, same-ole is the perfect time for us to get closer to GOD. I know it sounds clichiest(new word), but this is the time when things have slowed down enough for us to REALLY connect with GOD. This period is when HE can and reveal more of HIMSELF to us. We just have to stop trying to put things in HIS place. This is the period when HE allows us to REALLY mature in HIM. This is the period when you really began to give a less care (new phrase, but really an old one) about how you look or being “isolated”because you just not “feeling” it anymore. THIS really is the period when “IT” is GOD desiring us to get closer. This is the period when you can ask THOSE questions (ME?WHY?REALLY?MORE?HOW?WHEN?)and clearly hear the answers and began to wail in most cases due to our resistance, laziness, sense of entitlement, rebellion, fear and disobedience.  THANK GOD, HE allows us to work on getting it right.  We can no longer go back to the “flesh pots”(Egyptian Captivity).

Our inability to go back to the “flesh pots” is GOD preventing us from thwarting the promises HE has for our lives.  We have messed up, given up, put off, avoided, “escaped” (kickin’it, starting new projects, making new friends, joining another ministry, changing hair whether it’s length, color, or texture) and made excuses for too long.  It is now time for us to prove to GOD that HE IS the LORD of our lives and that we will thrive in the places that HE placed us in and the places HE will send us.

So as we declare that JESUS IS the LORD of our lives…know that the enemy is already planning his attack and HAS lost.  WE WILL prevail in the name of JESUS!!!!!

“…Nothing will separate me from the love of GOD which is in CHRIST JESUS….”

Tangey V.

INREALTIME

Today, or should I say last night, day light savings time began for me. I usually set my clock ahead on Saturday way, way before 2 a.m. It doesn’t matter if I Spring forward or Fall backward, it takes me a while to adjust to “the time”. Excited in the Winter for the extra hour of sleep and Ecstatic in the Spring and Summer for the extra hours of daylight.

I began to think about how Daylight Savings Time is a man made concept.  It, not being exactly sure, but surmising nevertheless, was invented to assist with the economy (planting and harvesting, vacationing).  We are always messing with time-or should I say, we are always wasting time, losing time, never having enough time and wondering where did the time go.

Wasting time not living the life that GOD promised us-Many of us spend too much time complaining and talking about what is NOT happening to  us and for us. Nothing is EVER right-It is too hot, too cold, too big, too small, This will do-BUT, I’ll take-BUT is is not what I REALLY wanted

Losing time-Still complaining and doing nothing but complaining about any and everything. NEVER satisfied. Never a joyous moment.

Never having enough time-It is due to us wasting time and losing time on those things that really don’t enhance our lives nor does it move us closer to the life GOD promised us.

Wondering where did the time go-We wasted IT murmuring and complaining. We waste our most valuable assets-time and energy critiquing, coaching, analyzing, constructing, and orchestrating the lives of others. It takes us far too long to realize that our input and our concern was not warranted or wanted.

NOW IS the time-Let us began to focus on the GODNESS (not a typo) of the LORD. Focusing on HIS GODNESS reminds us of the joy that we once had when we first heard HIM call our names.  LET US use the time we have LIVING, LOVING and LAUGHING according to the promises GOD has for our lives.

Although time has changed and I am adjusting-I AM so GLAD that GOD does not change

HE IS and WILL ALWAYS BE THE GREAT I AM!!!!

“….NOTHING will separate ME from the love of GOD which is in CHRIST JESUS….”

Tangey V.

INREALTIME

 

 

 

 

I have been working on this blog for two-three years. I know right. It is INREALTIME and VERY authentic. It was when I was in the midst of spiritual growth (I still am in the midst) and was resisting and honestly, very afraid. There was no one that I could talk to (GOD does this for our complete dependency on HIM) and I could not express what IT was or what IT IS for that matter. I know that I was hurting, confused, afraid and as crazy as it sounds hopeful. I have had anxiety attacks, gained weight, lost hair and sleep and “THE WORD” was irritating me. Let’s be REAL-I did not want to hear about how GOD was preparing me and how pressure on coal makes diamonds, and how the storm comes before the blessings. I was hurting, I was afraid and I wanted answers, NO, I wanted for everything to be over, I didn’t want to live in fear and have anxiety and yet, there I was-LIVING as if JESUS was DEAD (wait on the post).

So, today, the day I was blessed with my family, February 28, 1970, I am fervently working to WORSHIP and HONOR GOD for who HE IS.  WORSHIP has become my true purpose and “….All these things will be added…..”.  I am asking HIM to teach me how to worship and honor HIM in all areas of my life. I am not as afraid of wanting more of HIM. I fought this, Getting Closer to GOD, for I have always been “a loner”.

Tangey V. “a loner” yeah right. I know, I know I am always somewhere talking and “with” people but the people were not “with” me.  It was and still is a (watch for the new word) gigormous (gigantic and enormous) pill to swallow.  I don’t feel as dejected and rejected as I use to feel. I no longer try to create and become a person that people would want to be around.  I no longer try to find out why they are no longer “in the number”. Quoting from the book of BB King (my cousin) “I wish them well”.

I no longer cry when I think about the call and the WORK that I MUST do. GOD WILL NOT let me cry.  It is futile-me crying about something(s) that IS FINISHED; something in which the PROVISIONS have been given to complete.  I MUST DO the WORK.

Paraphrasing Romans 8:35-39

“…Nothing will separate ME from the love of GOD which is in CHRIST JESUS…..”

TANGEY V.

INREALTIME