The Blessing or THINGS

Blessings are not defined by the THINGS (houses, cars, etc.) you are surrounded by. Blessings are defined by your internal peace, the happiness and wholeness of your soul, the joy in your heart, and the everlasting love that you carry with you every single day, shows forth the blessings in your life. Now the THINGS are just an added bonus to the blessings that occur within. Take your eyes off of what you don’t have at this present moment and focus in on what God has blessed you with internally-mental peace, joy, happiness inside.

Do you realize that there are people in this world that have to take pills in the morning to get up and pills to settle them down at night, just to get rest at night. And here we are complaining to God about the THINGS we don’t have. GET YOURSELF TOGETHER!!! Regain your focus on what matters the most-take inventory on how bless you really are, and REJOICE to find how abundantly blessed you are. **Written In Love**

~MechelleRenee

Day 2: Winning the Wars Within

Now that you've identified the giants within, your next step is to make sure you possess a winner’s attitude. Your attitude is the determining factor to winning or losing your personal wars within. You must prepare yourself to fight. Do you realize that the enemy has dedicated his entire life to destroying yours? His plan and mission is to steal from you, kill the very life in you, and destroy everything about you and the ones closest to you in the process-you must take on a winner’s attitude. A person with a winner’s attitude takes on the role of the victor of their situation, rather than the victim. When you gave your life over to the Lord, you were immediately transitioned into the Kingdom of God-which rendered you  full access to the kingdom's beneficial package (and you didn't have to put in the usual 90 days of work to receive it). 

With these benefits comes an internal protection plan as well. For example before you had no peace in your life, and when you accepted Jesus Christ (the Prince of Peace) as your Lord and Savior, he moved peace into your heart. Whatever cup(s) you need filled in your life (love, peace, joy, healing for your soul, etc.) God has the pitcher full and ready to pour into your empty cups. You must stand on God’s word and believe that he wishes above all things that you prosper, be in GOOD health, even as your soul(your mind, your will, and emotions) prospers- see 3 John 1:2. An attitude to win is the second step to Winning the Wars Within.

Day 2 Assignment: Write down the areas in your life that you've been playing the victim role in, rather than the victor. If nothing comes to mind, pray and ask the Lord to reveal to you any hidden areas of fear, discontent, or even day to day stress in your life. Remember all honest answers are welcome.  

God Bless & Talk With You Tomorrow for Day 3 of Winning the Wars Within J 

Love Nugget for today: The Courage to Love

It takes courage to commit to loving someone unconditionally-taking the good with the bad.  With this comes unmasking the truth about who we really are in terms of loving ourselves and the ability to love someone else. But Are you really loveable? You’re probably saying “sure I am”…I’m funny, smart… No, not your three point resume traits to being lovable, I’m talking about the essence of lovability (If that’s a word…if not I just created it…Lovability). 

Let me ask the question this way-Is your heart lovable? Many of us have perfected our mask wearing techniques to the point that our mask(s) are the dictators of our lives, instead of our hearts. Your heart may be screaming for LOVE, but your mask is blocking the divine view of having REAL love find you. We must unmask ourselves only to find what’s in reach of our hearts view.

Remember to commit to being the love that you want to see in return.

~MechelleRenee  

To My Future Love

Just today I shared a thought about my future husband on Facebook and twitter with you. I said “being single is beautiful, but I can’t wait until my husband comes into my life; he will encompass the beauty of my heart.” I read that statement over and over…and wow!!! The Lord has brought me to a place of comfort... I trust the Lord to write my love story. Yes!! He created me and my future husband and I trust the Lord so much to bring us together!!

I pray for my future daily!! I pray for his strength and ask the Lord to lead and guide him throughout his day; ending the prayer with “and Let him know that I love him, and kiss him for me.” It will not be hard for my future to discover who I am because in him he carries a sensitive radiator to detect his long lost rib; which lies inside of me. It’s so fulfilling to know that God designed us both to fulfill a destiny, in which we both must fulfill together; what a work of art. I am truly convinced that God and my future have had several different conversations about me; preparation on how to love and treat a queen. Don’t worry God and I converse on several different occasions as well J… I know a little about whom he is…and that’s all I am going to say.

 He will definitely be the king in the king’s palace, and I will serve as his lifelong queen (wow! Isn’t that beautiful?) I hope your feeling me readers on this one; the softer side of Mechelle. The love that we will share will encourage people around us. We will have such a love and trust for one another that if and when the enemy would try to put a stumbling block in the way, we will both kindly step over them!! I know his heart will be pure and beautiful; like God. I will live in the very moment of our beautiful life together; even in the stage of friendship. I’m in great waiting to see how the Lord will bring us together; as the romantic/passionate God that He is, I know it will be a story to be told to generations to come…I know the Lord has created me a king with character, integrity, humbleness of heart, kindness, strength/courage, etc. (Whew! Let me take a break from that list).

I want to build intimacy with him and share my deepest thoughts with my future. I want to create something between us to share, to where even done in public we will only both know the inside secret. I want to share our joy with one another and build on the foundation of true love; nothing broken, nothing missing…just perfect unconditional love. I am so ready to hear about his visions and goals, and if he is already successful I would like to hear about how he would take his plans/goals to another higher level. I want to know what makes him smile, what’s his pet peeve, what’s his favorite movie, food, WHATEVER; I just want to know him!!! Pursue friendship with him, learn about him, and grow with him.

I want to give my future the security password to my heart; share my life with him (I hear the song share my life by Kem playing in my soul; YouTube this song if you’ve never heard it before) Yes I enjoy listening to Kem for the ones who are super religious.  There is a yearning in me to want to serve him!! I once was the MISS INDEPENDENT WOMAN!! But now I depend on God and he is preparing me for my king. I want to come home and lie down next to him…I want to make sweet love to him, and when we depart and travel to our responsibilities of service we will still be one with each other; He may be in Scotland filming, and I may be in Jamaica performing, but we will carry each other in our hearts. I cannot wait to step down as first place, allowing my future to be my covering, and I happily take the back seat of being the strong one. Through my singleness the Lord is teaching me how to serve and submit to a man. When you understand how to serve and submit to God, than and only then will you understand how to submit to your future/husband.

I believe that God has created someone for everybody, but are you writing the love story of your life or is the Lord?  I have given God total control over my life, which includes my love life. Every part of me belongs to the Lord, and when I try to take back the trust from God He would kindly remind me that “I AM is in charge”…My man will resemble God, not only is God a gentleman through the Holy Spirit, but He also knows how to properly put me in place at times. I need an accountability partner who is not ashamed to love me and properly put me in check at times. Because believe me when I say it, I will definitely love/check you ;). I believe in God writing and creating my love story. I believe in arranged marriages if ONLY the Lord is doing the arranging, and I believe in unconditional love. Am I perfect? Not by a long shot, but I serve a perfect God who will teach me how to love my future husband. I will accept him and the many hats that he wears, I will embrace his testimony; and he will do the same for me. We don’t have to live in a mansion with 50cars…I would like a 5bedroom 4bathroom home with custom made fixing (I will explain the custom details to my future husband; it’s privateJ).  The dream truck that I’ve always wanted is an Audi Q7 with all the luxury fixings, with the color of my choice.

Readers I know this is a little different, but love/relationships are a part of God’s plan as well. Relationships started with God creating us to fellowship with Him on a daily bases. So embrace the fact that God has you in mind to walk you down the aisle (for the ladies), and to fix your bow tie (for you men); God is in control!! So allow Him to be in control of your love life as well.  Be Bless!!

-PureEnlightenment