Perceptions....Perceptions.....Perceptions

In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth it was all created out of the divine creativity of our Father. However when he decided to create Man, his method changed, his instrument of choice changed. He no longer was using His creativity but He used His perception. He stated, "Let US make man in OUR own image"!!! Then based off of the power of perception man was formed. Isn't it wonderful how powerful something so simple as perception can be in our life and our very existence. Our species was started from perception. Your self-esteem is created from perceptions, your mood is determined by your perceptions. Your relationship is determined by your perceptions. Since perceptions play all these important roles it is very very important that we are operating in the functionality of the correct perception. The wrong perception could cause the wrong things to happen, the wrong perception could alter your self-image, your self-assessment, your self-value most importantly it can alter your world. That's why the enemy is always in your mind because he has to attack your perception of yourself and your perception of how others perceive you and once you are occupied on yours and others perceptions you no longer can see Gods' perception of who you are. For years I struggled from low-self esteem... every time I saw my reflection I was ashamed, I was disgusted!!! I thought look at how unattractive I am, look at how I was created!! So for the first time today, I was surrounded by my reflections, I was in my first photo shoot and with each flash of the camera every thought of my self image came flooding in but this time I felt differently. This time with every thought of my self image I no longer was operating out of my own perceptions. I was seeing myself through the eyes of God. As I looked into the camera, I drifted into a spiritual trance where I started to see myself being photographed, it felts like I was having an out of body experience. As the camera flashed I thought look at those features, look at that big head, those big lips...I am fearfully and wonderfully made. My big head allows my waves to thrive and flourish in my hair, my big lips makes for a beautiful smile, my knock knees and slewfootedness gave me a stronger stance. I started to see that my flaws were created to bring out my features. My perception had changed. For so long I used other people's perceptions of me to define who and what I was and I even used those perceptions to create my own way of perceiving who and what I was. By doing so I was trapped, bound to depression, bound to low self esteem. But when I allowed God to be my image consultant he began to show me that I am fearfully and wonderfully made. I am made from the image and out of the perception of the same God who created the beautiful flowers, who created the magnificent waterfalls and mountain tops. I was created by the same God who created the definition of beauty. If this God looks at me and calls me blessed and calls me the salt of the earth and calls me his child and tells me I am royalty then I must be the best thing since sliced bread. My friend the time has come for you to switch your use of perceptions. It is time for you to embrace your flaws and walk in your unwavering beauty. Your beauty isn't measured by phenotype manifestations. Your beauty comes from your spirit, your essence, your soul because that is what God created, this body is just a natural manifestation of your spiritual reflection. Look in the mirror and smile..overbite, under-bite and even no bite you are beautiful, your are a woman of value, a man of strength and a child of destiny. Stop allowing other people's perceptions to control the way you perceive yourself and please by all means stop letting your tainted perceptions out weigh the perceptions of He who created you. Remember who you are has no relation to your perceptions of who people think you are, You are not a product of their perceptions and neither are you a product of your own, but you are a product of God's perceptions of who you are and that alone makes who you really are far greater that what them or you can perceive.

Smile because no one else can smile better than you!!!! You are the definition of beauty!!!!!

THEY SAID I WOULDN'T MAKE IT.....

SO MANY TIMES PEOPLE MAKE ASSUMPTIONS BASED ON PRESENT SITUATIONS. NO ONE STOPS TO LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE, NO ONE STOPS TO LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL OF A PERSON OR A THING. WHEN  I WAS GROWING UP ALL I HEARD WAS HOW I WOULD NEVER LIVE TO SEE 16, HOW I WAS NOTHING, I WAS GO BE JUST LIKE MY DADDY A NOBODY....ALL THESE FALSE PROPHECIES THAT WERE SPOKEN OVER MY LIFE SEEMED SO REAL AT THE TIME. BUT I HAD A DIFFERENT OUTLOOK, A DIFFERENT MINDSET.  I WAS DETERMINED NOT TO BE A STATISTIC, I WAS DETERMINED TO BE BETTER THAN MY FATHER I WAS DETERMINED TO LIVE WAY BEYOND 16.. I DON'T KNW WHO I AM WRITING THIS FOR BUT GOD WANTS YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT DEFINED BY YOUR SITUATIONS, YOU ARE NOT WHAT PEOPLE SAY YOU ARE, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO DIE BUT YOU SHALL LIVE AND DECLARE THE WORKS OF THE LORD. GOD HAS CHOSEN YOU FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS. YOUR DESTINY IS BEFORE YOU. YOUR VISION IS COMING TO PASS. THE BIBLE TEACHES US TO WRITE THE VISION AND MAKE IT PLAIN AND THAT HE THAT READS IT MAY RUN WITH AND THOUGH IT TARRIES IT SHALL COME TO PASS....SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO FIGHT FOR YOUR FUTURE, PRAY FOR YOUR PROGRESS, FAST FOR YOUR FAVOR AND WRITE THE VISION AND HAVE FAITH IN THE WORD OF GOD AND KNOW THAT IF GOD SAID IT THEN IT HAS TO COME TO PASS BECAUSE GOD'S WORDS ARE THE POWER OF CREATION, WHEN HE SPEAKS THINGS MOVES, WHEN HE SPEAKS LIFE IS FORMED SO MY FRIEND WHEN YA HATER TRIES TO GET YOU DOWN AND TELL YOU WHERE U BEEN AND WHERE THEY THINK YOU GOING...STOP, LOOK IN THEIR FACE AND SAY LOOK AT ME NOW...I GOT FAVOR!!!!!

Smaller than a gun but deadlier than a bullet!!!!

So many times we have been taught that words don't hurt and that we if we build up our tolerance enough we can let words just roll of our back. But the reality is that sticks and stays may break your bones but words can destroy you destiny. Words are so powerful they have the ability to uplift and destroy a person's sense of self worth. Our bible says it so plain we Jesus teaches us that the power of life and death is in the tongue. To break this down some more Jesus was simply saying the power to create or to destroy can be found in the tongue which produces words. So many times we viciously chump people off and tell our kids how bad they are or our significant others how much they are not satisfying us but then something strange happens, instead of them correcting the behavior it seems to get worst, what we say about them and to them starts to become a consistent part of their personality. People have been called worthless and a waste of space and then as a result committed suicide. Our words have caused bombings, shootings and fights. Our words have broken up families and destroyed friendships and relationships. We have utilized the power to destroy with our tongue and ignored it's most powerful component and that's the power to create. Instead of speaking negatively start to speak those things that be not as though they were. Start speaking life instead of death. Start using your words to elevate, start using your words to encourage, empower and equip yourself and your fellow man. God has trusted us with the most precious gift and that's the power of life, The world was created when God spoke, the storm was ceased when Jesus spoke, demons fled when Jesus spoke, the blinded were able to see when Jesus spoke, deliverance came when Jesus spoke so it's time for us to start speaking life and stop speaking death. It is time for us to tap into the power that has been given to us since the time of creation....Your life is a mess because of the words you say, your child is full of hell because of the words you speak over them. Stop housing garbage in your mouth, stop carrying rejected material in your throat and start to rinse your vocal chords with the spirit of God and fill your diaphragm with the presence of the Holy Spirit so you can start speaking a right now, relevant and resurrecting word....