Stop Viewing GOD as an ATM!

I have heard so many testimonies about stuff, literal stuff. Folks are joyous and truly testifying. Why do so many of us choose to pray for so many THINGS? What would the world be like if we stop viewing GOD as an ATM, a new car dealership, a furniture store, and a Saks Fifth Avenue? How much richer would we be if we repeatedly asked GOD to expand our minds, our perceptions, our heart, our compassion, passion for nature and the earth, creativity, etc? ~Crystal Johnson Full Conversation Click Here

Crystal I totally agree ... If we would only expand the reaches of our mind, beyond material things.  There is an allegorical tale in the bible which covers this very thing.  G-d by way of a dream, asked Solomon, "What shall I give U?”...  Solomon, succeeding his father in death, and becoming King requested, "G-d give unto me an understanding mind, a hearing heart, and wisdom, that I may discern bad from good".  G-d, hearing his heart granted Solomon all he asked; and because he did not ask for material gain or the head of his enemy, G-d granted him riches and honor. 

The moral of this story is… As we seek to be spiritually re-membered to divine source (G-d) by virtue of our request for wisdom, knowledge, and understand, all other needs will be met and/or offered/presented.  
Let’s expand our consciousness.Sista

Running (Sista Thoughts)

Much like running from a dog that’s chasing you,
Running from sin only leaves you tired and exhausted…
It has been my experience, to face the sin, the deed, the action, the thought… and confront it… “What you resist will persist” as they say…
So face and embrace who you are, see yourself (your sin) clearly and forgive yourself. Once you have forgiven yourself, release the sin, the deed, the action, or the thought with love. Now you understand what it is, to be made whole.

“Worship what you know” … John 4:22

Jesus said,
“And I shall send unto you a comforter”… John 16:7
I am of the opinion, that the comforter whom Jesus sent was, “KNOWING”…
Know the truth, and it will make you free.
The disciples of Jesus believed in him,
Trusted in him, and now upon his death, they had to know he was a man of his word.
That KNOWING, would comfort them in his absence, and in the pursuit of their calling.
Jesus said, “These works I do, you can do also, and greater works than these.
Without KNOWING, there are no works…
This is what I mean when I say, “Believing must graduate to KNOWING”
“Worship what you know” … John 4:22

Create Consciously

Just as we count or measure our steps, on the fast track to fitness, let us count and measure our words. Today, let’s take note of the number of positive conversations we initiate or engage in. Let us become conscious of our thoughts, and the words we speak… Today let’s be mindful, understanding the words we speak today, will create our tomorrows, so create consciously. ~Sista

Sista Quotes

It matters not,
That you knew not,
For ignorance is equivalent to knowing without doing,
Thus the wages are the same. ~Sista

THE MOVIE "INCEPTION"

After years of novice attempts to understand lucid dreaming, and the complexities of human consciousness, I have finally had the opportunity to view a movie, which tackles these subjects with depth and creativity. This movie addresses the intrinsic perplexities of the subconscious, demonstrating the over lapping worlds we build as we sleep. I will be buying the movie... “Inception”.

THE SONS OF GOD

THE SONS OF GOD
By Louis Maye

In the Bible....we have a story...
Telling us about the sons of God...
And how they were not supposed...to have any
Dealings with the inhabitants...the humans.
Now as with most of the stories...in the bible we are not given the full story...
But a partial telling of ...what ...really took place.
We must also take into account the repetitious nature of history ...which is such..
Because mankind fails to learn the
Lessons of past generations.
We continue to repeat the same mistakes over and over again and again.
Thus if destruction befell them ...will it not ...overtake us also .
What have we done differently to change this outcome...?
What have we done to avoid destruction...absolutely nothing?
In fact we are mimicking ...their very actions.
But let us get back to the sons of God ...who are the sons of GOD?
There have been many speculations ...a plethora ...of answers offered up.
Some would say ...they were the priesthood...
Others say angels. I would conjecture ...that ...they are you ...and I.
Plain every day ordinary men.
Does not scripture say that...
(Every man/woman ...is a priest...priestess...in their own home).
We have all ...somewhere ..sometime ..heard the story...of Enoch ...
In fact in some bibles.., there is indeed
The book of Enoch .
Enoch has also been said to have been ...the Egyptian ...Hermes,
Trigmigistus...called by the Greeks ... Thrice Greatest Hermes.
According to the bible Enoch was taken up by the Angels ...
For he was found to be righteous...the most righteous, of his day and time.
According to...The Book of Enoch... he was deemed the scribe of God.
I...must ask the question...for in a reasoning...thinking mind ...the question begs to be asked...
Why is it...that this book only appears in some bibles...?
While in others we are only given a glimpse into…this story .
Again...a question arises...
If God ...so deemed him the scribe of God...
Then why was it omitted from some bibles
While appearing in others.
In the account given in the Book of Enoch...
Enoch was taken up into the heavens and shown
All the mysteries of the universe ...he also tells the story of the fallen angels or sons of God...and becomes.... due to the angels request...a mediator and intercessor for the sons of GOD
(The fallen angels)...they who took wives of… the daughters of the men.
The mission apparently was for them to come down ...and teach the human population...
But just like in the Star Trek saga... They were given a prime directive...and it was violated.
As they came together in council and there they discoursed as to taking in marriage...
The daughters of men...which apparently was forbidden…by God himself.
Some have speculated that ...this was the situation...which brought about Sodom and Gomorrah.
Cause and effect.
If we were to approach this story in a symbolical way...
It would no doubt...point to men to whom it was given...
The knowledge...of spiritual understanding...
And once recognizing the power and control it carried...
Used this power in a wrong way or manner other than was intended.
Never the less they had come with a knowledge...that surpassed the human understanding....
Then misused it ...and was therefore bound to never...again ascend back to heaven.
F.Y.I....This also means there are two groups of angels ...including the 1/3...which followed Satan. Research AZZAZEL...I think it is.
From a metaphysical point of view ...angels can be interpreted as good thoughts...
Which have become evil...or demonic, as to the usage of mankind…
As always ...I do not ask ...anyone to believe me ...or anything I say...
But I would suggest...if I may… that you research it for yourself.
Be advised also that the biblical stories are also stories telling one of the trials and tribulations...
One must undoubtedly face.... in our journey… our sojourn here on the plain of material existence.
Thank You and God Bless
Louis

U See

We are as we see ourselves,
and in the eyes of others,
we are as they see us....

The Trip Is Worth It...

There are times when the events of our lives don’t always go as we imagine,
and the folks we love and count on don’t always respond in the fashion we desire…
We point fingers,
we wonder why,
we pity ourselves,
and in our supposed loss,
we agonize in fuming emotional pain believing the world stands against us…

We attempt to enlist others in our agony,
our amen corner,
our well wishers,
who know only the partial truth,
for the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the truth,
so help us GOD,
would not bring glory or honor to our cause.
Therefore we leave out bits and pieces in-order to gain the desired measure of sympathy.
Then we pull scriptures from our cap and hang them in our windows of pretentious self-righteousness… Shouting “GET THEE BEHIND ME SATAN”,
when all along we need to address the
“THE MAN IN THE MIRROR”.

When it seems the world as we know it, has turned against Us,
Let Us recall these words by Rudyard Kiplinging,
“If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
If you can dream and not make dreams your master,
If you can meet with triumph and disaster,
And treat those two impostors just the same,
*Then you will be a man my son.”

The time is now,
we must stop, and see our opportunity for growth,
we must stop and measure the weight of our actions,
we must stop and quantify the validity of our quest, and
we must know that not every NO is a weapon formed against us,
nor is every YES a shield of protection.

When we cease to waddle in self-pity
When we learn to be responsible for ourselves, and the creation of our actions
When we hold to that which is honorable and undefiled,
Then we’ll know greater is that which is within us, than that which is without, and
Yes, the trip is worth it.
Copyright © 2010 Kim Daniel/ SistaSistaSister
*(substituting man w/woman & son w/daughter)

U better not never tell nobody.

“U better not never tell nobody but God”,
Pa says to Celie in the “Color Purple" by Alice Walker…

There are some tragedies so great,
some hurts so painful,
some mistakes so unspeakable that U fear NO-One will ever understand.
However if U search the quietness of U’r heart,
the stillness of U’r mind, the depts of U’r soul,
U’ll know GOD will

“I Ain’t MY HAIR”....

To wake up with no hair to comb would be great,
and not recall how it happen would be even better...
So When I say, "I don't know", I would not be lying...
I'm starting to think hair is over rated...
Dreads might be nice, but the starting process is to messy;
Perms, Relaxers, & Texturizers are far too much work,
with the bi-weekly to monthly trips to the shop, for up keep.
Bald is cool, but looks best on thinner women,
Boy cuts are good, but they still require too much maintenance...
I just want ...Wash and wear... Wash and wear...
Less Hair would cut down on bathroom time, bobby pens, hair clips, and all the other assortment of things we do to be publicly acceptable...
If folks understood what it takes, just to put my hair in a ponytail…uhmm
I run through more brushes than the law allows, due to the length and thickness,
I can’t get anyone to do my hair for less than 75 dollars…
Then it never stays… It’s been three years are better without a relaxer.
Each morning I wake looking like
"Buck-Wheat!!!!" ( :OOOOtaaaay ..LOL)
I need to play that “India Arie” cut and make it my anthem,
“I AM NOT MY HAIR”....

It’s your position which determines the view of your horizon;
It’s your standing point which determines the clarity of your sight;
Partial vision yields partial truth…
You will never understand the whole of the matter if you never adjust your point of view.
(It’s on the horizon, can U see it: Truth, Understanding, & Wisdom)
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Love Aint Stingy... and
Stingy Aint Love... they're just neighbors,
on opposite ends of the same street.
Sista Quote

First Cousin... RePost

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  Reggie Arnold THOUGHT: you have to love some people from a lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng distance. Help yourself before you extend too far, there may not be enough rope left?

  
  

  

  Sista SistaSister

  must borrow this post....

  
  

Except We Agree:

Misery loves company, and hurt people hurt people. If folks fail to take the time needed to heal, they will always repeat the cycle of pain. I have found love means different things to different folks, so we must find our definition of love, and apply it as we await the arrive of that mate, which shares the same definition as ourselves. "Can two walk together, except they agree" Amos 3:3

My Facebook Conversations (2)

Learning the virtues of patience.....

And what brought that revelation

Life and it's various experiences, reveals what is most needed. Though we hold some virtues, there is always room for growth, and sincere self examination is all it takes to see ourselves. When I examine me, I see, I must learn the virtues of patience... { Book of Judgment chapter 20: There shall be a day of judgment unto thee, O man. Soon or late, thou shalt take the matter into thine own hand; and thou shalt look into thine own soul to judge thyself. This is unto all men; none can escape it. }

hmmmm...quite true...must check that book

This is so true Let God be the judge!!!

That seems to be the hardest thing for some religious groups to handle ...they can't comprehend the concept of letting GOD...be the judge...thus we continue making the same mistakes as our predecessors ...some within humanity... in it's finite wisdom and knowledge...choose to think themselves capable of the task . But humanity ...is flawed ..with ... prejudices one against the other ...agendas...based in greed and power ..thus their judgments...are unjust .Remember the witch hunts ...the crusades ...the inquisitions...jihads ...and the like...human ..judgments. Yet they always ascribe them to the will of GOD ..Allah...Jehovah....but it is humanity making these judgments.

@LOUIS..SO TRUE. Man uses religion as a means of controlling each other. What kills me is how those who suffer the most transgressions are convinced that the suffering somehow equates to piety.

And that we can attribute to ...miss-education...misinformation...disinformation ...and fabrication....down right lying.If they would but open their eyes ...and realize ...look at the world at large ...see the whole picture. the middle class has become the working poor ...our young adults are being manipulated ...to resort to a negative life style ..... the drug trade ...stripping in clubs etc.as instead of creating real jobs ...the system is taking away jobs .and it is all ...mental manipulation...mind control..
on an unimaginable scale ...and it began with religion as it is a means of controlling ..the masses of humanity...and did not begin with now ..but civilizations before this.

Many of us read to locate, take note of, or memorize, that which has been taught unto us.
Some of us study to gather information of that which is written, and has been taught unto us, with no intention of questioning it's validity. Others of us locate, take note of, memorize, gather information and are able to rightly divide the written and ... spoken word, which has been taught unto us, and there confirming or denying it's validity. Wisdom is seeking beyond what is taught or understood, to affirm truth.

may i copy and paste that on my page

Yes Louis, You're more than welcome to do so...

it was just so precise ..i couldn't have said it better

:) Thank U

Many of us...most of us are taught NOT to question. Especially religion. It is made to seem devilish. Imagine masses and masses of ppl just going along just because.... Lives dedicated and given because.... We are afraid of believing in ourselves and how God moves through us.

So very true @ Stephanie
We are taught in childhood, not to question, our parents, our elders, and those deemed to have religious authority over us.. We are not to lean to our own understandings, and if we find ourselves of another opinion, we are told it is the devil. Therefore withstanding our failure, our unwillingness, our fear to question ... that which is questionable, we adhere to a belief passed down but never scrutinize by those we looked to for guidance. We pledge servitude to a belief we ourselves struggle to comprehend, and in so doing, we vaguely acknowledge the God-ness, the creative force within ourselves… (Greater is he that is within U than he that is in the world./ The world meaning outside of U.)

Learning the Virtues of Patience...

Life and it's various experiences, reveals what is most needed. Though we hold some virtues, there is always room for growth, and sincere self examination is all it takes to see ourselves. When I examine me, I see, I must learn the virtues of patience... { Book of Judgment chapter 20: There shall be a day of judgment unto thee, O man. Soon or late, thou shalt take the matter into thine own hand; and thou shalt look into thine own soul to judge thyself. This is unto all men; none can escape it. }

My Son on Facebook (March 1, 2010)

Michael Holman I search but never find,hurt but never cry i work and forever try, but im cursed so never mind and its worse cuz better times seem so much further and beyond!

Sista SistaSister

If you search and never find, redirect the search, you’re in the wrong place.
If you hurt but never cry, there’s no wound, just the carpet burns of life.
Lil Wayne’s lyrics should be taken in stride.
Your not cursed it’s a deception of the mind, your soul is divine, and things get better with time, success is no further beyond, your ability to work and forever try. ~Sista :)

"I am that I am" and that’s all I am…

I am the wanderer in the desert searching the depths of my soul.
I am the traveler who purposefully left the security of home.
I am the pupil who teaches the broken to become whole.
"I am that I am" and that’s all I am…

Copyright © 2010 KRD

Need More Wood ? ? ?

(quote derived from a Facebook tread between family members)

When God gives you what to do,
trust Him.
Even if you are building an ark in the desert,
trust him.
He may never make sense, but he will always supply the need,
trust him.

Angela Nicole Caldwell All I have to say is when God says what to do, it is best to trust Him. Even if you are building an ark in the desert.

Lisa Rodgers

need some more wood? God never makes sense...let your faith kick into over drive!