Whatever Your “It” Is, “It’s” Always On Time (Blog #6)

I’m smiling because I want 2 ENCOURAGE and ENCOURAGE and ENCOURAGE (w/ the biggest smile on my face and joy in my soul): GOD WILL MAKE A WAY OUT OF NO WAY. And I’m not necessarily referring to the “ways” being seen or produced from your gifts or your 9 to 5 jobs. I’m talking: “Mission Impossible, coming out of nowhere, Spiderman flying from building to building trying to save you” kinda way.

Think about a time in your life where u thought: now how am I going to get through this? And now think about where you are now: 2011.

If you can honestly say: ‘He brought me through that, what makes me feel, think, or sense He can’t bring me through this…’ then you are ripe for a newer understanding of who God is TODAY.

Today I got a chance 2 experience God’s provision outside of my singing/acting/ performing gift. Meaning: it had nothing 2 do with my natural gifts, per se. It was linked to me seeing and doing what others dared not see or do. Or caring or loving for someone that others ignored while in the same room. Without going n2 2 many details, I got a chance 2 work w/ a novice actor whom my other cast-mates made fun of, laughed @, talked about etc. that, 4 some reason I saw a long-time friendship with this fellow actor. I dared 2 get 2 know this actor and dared 2 scratch the surface w/ this actor and, long story short, we have become the best of friends. Not friends that talk everyday, or hang everyday, or see each other everyday but friends that when needed the truth we were there. Or friends that when needed a support or shoulder, we were there. Or my favorite: FRIENDS that saw the God in each other when others wrote us off. In the midst of it, my friend needed my help indirectly. As uncomfortable as the extent of the help was: I began 2 be grateful that I was trustworthy enough 2 do so in assisting.

My point: we can’t think that God, because of how he blessed us years prior or how he operated in let’s say 2006 that He will come the same way, heal the same way, deliver the same way, make amends the same way, protect the same way, even show His love, mercy, and grace the same way. My petition 2 u: Sew your time. Sew your seed. Sew your gift. Sew your giving. Sew your help. Sew your smile. Sew your tears. For you never know which of them will harvest that which you have been waiting 4. Just keep loving. Keep caring. Keep listening. Keep understanding. Keep giving. Keep referring. Keep showing mercy. Keep helping. AND DON’T LOOK 4 THINGS TO COME BACK DIRECTLY THE WAY YOU PUT THEM OUT TO WHOM YOU GENERATED THAT WHICH YOU GAVE.

Whatever your “IT” is…IT’S always ON TIME!

It’s What You Do Behind Closed Doors (Blog #5)

Often times we want people 2 know a piece of our minds. And often times we want revenge in a timely manner determined by us. And often times our natural instinct is to speak back, or lash out, or my favorite: talk about others in a negative way. But vengeance thru God’s eyes has no price tag. I have found its what u do ‘in private’ that determines the outcome of a situation that ultimately leads to success that even your enemies have 2 acknowledge is success. Your “private” may be praying for those who’ve done you wrong, or working on you (i.e. eating healthier, working out, practicing on your craft, mediation hour). And I have found that we, through face book, twitter, and other viral sites focus on the new age terminology ‘haters’ so much, that it has become a major distraction in our purpose.

I say ‘our’ because as I write to you, I too have been victim to this very thing. But I have found that once we focus and work on “our” purpose, all negative internal/external energies can be destroyed such as fear, doubt, envy, jealousy, coveting etc. For example: U want 2 own your own valet company. What licenses are you required 2 have? Who would your competitors be? Where is valet parking more valued than in other locations?

If you find that you can’t answer the in-depth questions such as who, what, when, how, where, you have not began to explore your “purpose.” I am a true testament that when u focus on your purpose, your joy will be so overwhelming that the smallest things that use 2 bother you will no longer be a joy stealer. Your focus on purpose will be a catalyst as you move 4ward. Its in that revelation of how u feel ‘moving’ in your purpose that continues to encourage the essence of who u were created 2 be. Yes, you will be tested. Yes, you will cry. Yes, you will have questions. You can’t focus on what use to be…or whom you use to hang with…or what you use to have. The past is the past for a reason. The present is the present for a reason. And the future is the future for a reason. If you are still alive and breathing, you have everything you need for that day. Determine your passion and work on it. Don’t worry about the income or the people or why people seem to ‘hate’ on you. Once you write down that vision and continually work towards that vision, you will be amazed at what God can do when you honor HIS purpose.

With honesty,

Tamar