Making a Shift

First, I would like to thank all of you who have supported this blog. God is shifting me, so I will take a break for the rest of the this month. I will return in January, dropping it likes it's hot.

Funny Friday

This is funny, women what would you have done in this situation?

I Gotta Guy

We all got a “guy” that does something. I need a mechanic…”I gotta guy”. I need a hair stylist… “I gotta guy (non gender specific)”. I need a handyman, guess what….”I gotta guy”.  Maybe you are the “guy”.  There was a time that I had a network of people that could do whatever you needed; ranging from legal help to painting your house.   My mentor told me that there are 5 people I needed in friend circle: A doctor, lawyer, police, mechanic and a home improvement person. These were all people that I connected with and the majority of them became my friends; I was always referring someone to someone else.  You can never under estimate the power of who you know or who knows you. I was very intentional about meeting someone in each of these industries.  I recently meet with “my guy” and he introduced me to "his guy” and we made a connection and it turned out to be a good one.   

Take Time to Smell the Roses

A couple of years ago Allstate had these commercials that stated life happens fast. This one particular commercial showed a husband and wife with a baby in the back in a car seat. They looked back and the baby was still strapped in the seat, but he was about 18. As you can see, time is not waiting for anyone. It's like 2012 just started and in 3 weeks we will be in 2013.  I know that life is moving hundred miles a minute, especially in this season. Take the time to look at clouds, watch birds, smell the roses. Even if it's only for a minute.

Are You Ready to Give an Answer?

First, my thoughts and prayers go out to anyone who has last a love to violence.  Over the weekend a professional football player killed his girlfriend, and then drove to the stadium where he then killed himself in front of the Coach and GM. Leaving a 3 month old daughter behind. I also just read a story where a 25 year old son stabs his father girlfriend 42 times, then drives to his father’s job and shot him in the head with a bow and arrow and then kills himself.  I wouldn't try to figure out the state of mind of someone who does not have a history of violence, but ends up committing a crime like these. A few years ago I spoke with someone who was at their wits end and was about to kill themselves. Now, my thought on this is; if this person was really going to do it, why would they call me and tell me and not just do? Well here is what I came up with.  After, we began to talk I realize that this person wanted someone to talk them out of doing it. They really didn't want to do it, but they thought it was the only way to escape their situation.  At that point they didn’t have a value on their life, so I had to find something that they did value.  Something that made them want to keep living.  Please understand that I am not saying this to toot my own whistle, but to say I was open and available when God needed me to be.

We get so caught up in our own lives that we miss opportunities. If someone called the majority of us right now and said they didn’t what to live, we wouldn’t have a response for them.  We wouldn’t know what to do.  You don’t have the time to get them to your Pastor or to the “church”; they need you to be ready and able to jump into their lives NOW!!!! The Word says” be ready always to give an answer to every man that asks you a reason of the hope that is in you” I Peter 3:15. That is not only referring to questions that they have about the bible, but life. These are some sad situations and my prayers go out to these families. Are you ready to give an answer if you are approached?