Happy Mother’s Day

Their really are no words or ways to say “thank you” to a mother.  A woman who sacrifices so selflessly in times of joy and in times of great peril.  A woman who keeps a steady hand while trying to make sure food is on the table, appropriate clothing are on our backs and integrity is coursing through our souls.  “Thank you” just doesn’t seem to suffice when evil penetrates the mind and mama has the words of encouragement, or disappointment occurs and mummy has the insight to inspire.  What can you say to ma who gives everything of themselves for our success?  The only options are to try our hardest to say “thank you” by working everyday to be the best version of ourselves.  Putting into action all the wisdom instilled over and over in the hippocampus that is now stored in the cortex. I have found that being the best version of myself puts a smile on her face, resounding that all the late nights up with us sick, all the elementary music concerts attended after a long day of work, through all the ups and downs of our sometimes rebellious lives, were well worth it for mommy.

“The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.” ~Genesis 3:20~

“Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: ‘Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.’” ~Proverbs 31:28-31~

“And his mother treasured up all these things in her heart.” 
~Luke 2:5~ 

5 Generations of Sacrifice and Love 
Picture taken after the birth of my first child
My mother in the middle

Rest In Peace:

My great grandma (with scarf) Ozie Bell Dates 
June 11, 1921~March 18, 2016

My grandma (far left) Margaret Moore 
January 4, 1935~May 10, 2003

Keisha

How Do You See God?

Some might see this as just eggs in a pan. 
I see this as God saying He loves me too!

So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.

I will strengthen you and help you;

    I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

~Isaiah 41:10~

KEISHA 

God Said

We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. 1 John 5:19

Revelation 12:7-12

There was a war in heaven.  The evil one fought with his angles and was defeated by God and his angles with Micheal leading the battle.  The evil one was thrown to earth in a rage with revenge on his mind to destroy all those who believe and follow Jesus.  His plan is lies, rape, murder, family dissension, hate, greed, pride, discrimination, pain, loneliness, isolation, separation, degradation, false-hope, and many other ills aimed at bringing misery/pain disguised as truth wrapped in lies.  The ultimate betrayal.  

Therefore, we need to stand strong in the mercy of God and become a solid body of one to defeat evil with; love, understanding, compassion, togetherness, forgiveness, loyalty, and most of all prayer, courage and strength to get through what the evil one has in store to retaliate.

Picture by Harmonia Rosales

KEISHA 

Friday, April 10, 2020 - Good Friday

A solemn joyous day in remembrance of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Whom shed His blood so that our souls shall be saved.  I am truly unworthy of His suffering for I am a sinner.  I have fallen short in many ways and many times in my life.  I still feel the love of God in my heart, in my actions, in the peace He’s given me, in times of trouble, in times of doubt my God is still with me.  How blessed we are that God so loved the world that He has given His only begotten son.  Why would we not repent and follow Jesus?  Jesus says to love, to feed the hungry, to give drink to the thirsty, make strangers feel welcomed, clothed the naked, help the sick, and to visit the imprisoned.  That if we should be first, we should be last putting the needs of others before our own.  God said, greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Romans 3:23

Hebrews 13:5

John 3:16

Matthew 4:17

1 John 4:7-8

Matthew 25:34-36

Mark 9:35

John 15:13

KEISHA 

Pray For Mercy As Our God is Merciful

I feel like God is near me, speaking to me and I pray I am not wrong.  I don’t want to hear Him incorrectly.  Covid-19 is taking lives.  The Government is saying it’s the old that are dying and people with prior health conditions, giving much of society a false sense of hope.  I have read stories of a 12 year old with no prior health issues who is on life support.  I read an article about a man in Detroit who is my same age (43 years old) who died from covid-19 and had no prior health issues.  Science can’t explain the wrath of God.  This society has turned to evil in ways that to the common person, they are oblivious (1 Corinthians 2:14).  The music, on the iPhones and electronics how evil has soaked in the minds, especially the minds of the young, making things that go against God’s laws seem normal. People put faith in science, in men.  God controls everything.  What is to be, what will be, and what has already been done is only through God.  I believe God came to me in my dreams weeks ago telling me of my future.  Now, I feel like He was reassuring me before all the tragedy that I would be okay.  God built me a beautiful house that is consecrated with His protection which was completed and ready right before the covid-19 seeped into my state.  I heard Him tell me to stay home. I have been actively praying the past year, denying my sin and asking God for help.  I am not perfect nor am I sinless, and I have been praying to be Holy, praying for wisdom and divine wisdom.  I have been trying with everything in me (Matthew 22:37)  to serve God and bring as many people as possible to Him, especially His children.  This is a crucial time for everyone to ask forgiveness.  Our God is a merciful God.  We can not serve two Gods.  We can not serve money, lust, greed, and be content in a world that endorses pain, misery, and injustice, lies handed out and deceiving as if it were love.  I believe we can plead with God.  Jesus is coming soon and everyone needs to get their life right with God. Immediately.

13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. ~ 2 Chronicles 7:13-14~

Lay In The Wait~Anything Is Possible

God said that with Him anything is possible.  I have dreams big enough to reach beyond this earth and past the sun and way beyond the moon beyond what we know is space.  I have passion that gets ignited by motivating movies like La La Land and inspirational people like Jessie Williams.  The thing is that people forget that we are human.  They forget by passing judgement on how I live on how we live on how others live.  The funny thing is that anything can happen to anyone at anytime so why judge when tomorrow it could be you or him or her.  God said that with Him He can make miracles happen and He gave us the power to move mountains.  God gave us Jesus to see just how extensive His love grows.  What a wonderful gift and yet we still seek more.  We live in a time when time is going at an alarming rate and we don’t want to wait.  I don’t want to wait.  I don’t want to wait to do everything in me that I’ve dreamed.  I don’t want to wait to spread the Word of our gracious and loving God. I want everyone to come to know the possibilities that lay in the wait.  That simple.

And looking at them Jesus said to them, "With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." 

Matthew 19:26

Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Mark 11:23-24

And Jesus said to him, “‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who believes.”

Mark 9:23

Keisha 

Peace I Leave With You

Peace is of God

Anxiety and worry is of evil

Trust that God has you

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. ~John 14:27~

Keisha