Two Different Wavelengths

How can two walk together except they agree? I love you, we have years of history. But is that enough?

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Mourning Into Joy

I'm slowly but surely moving.

I am saying goodbye to "Can I Get A Witness?" and FullComplexity.

FullComplexity is an alias that I took on as a confused, hurt, and bitter girl trying to find her way through her seemingly chaotic life. Now that I've grown (a little, lol) it's time for me to say goodbye to her. This is so hard for me though. FullComplexity and this blog are all that I've known for the past 5 years. 

I'm stepping out on some tremendous faith and doing what I feel I've been told to do. So, please, those of you who follow me, change your links and come to my new home: MourningIntoJoy.com. I will no longer be posting here. :( Ah! It hurts me to write this. Okay, maybe I will post a little while longer. lol!

But please continue to support, email, and comment.

Thank you all for your support through these years! Time to move on!

Much Love,

Tash

Mourning Into Joy

I'm slowly but surely moving.

I am saying goodbye to "Can I Get A Witness?" and FullComplexity.

FullComplexity is an alias that I took on as a confused, hurt, and bitter girl trying to find her way through her seemingly chaotic life. Now that I've grown (a little, lol) it's time for me to say goodbye to her. This is so hard for me though. FullComplexity and this blog are all that I've known for the past 5 years. 

I'm stepping out on some tremendous faith and doing what I feel I've been told to do. So, please, those of you who follow me, change your links and come to my new home: MourningIntoJoy.com. I will no longer be posting here. :( Ah! It hurts me to write this. Okay, maybe I will post a little while longer. lol!

But please continue to support, email, and comment.

Thank you all for your support through these years! Time to move on!

Much Love,

Tash

Thankful Friday

This week has been a long week for me. I am still recooperating from trying to be grown; staying out late and going to bed even later. I also managed to fight off this couging, sneezing bug that's going around. The weekend is right on time. Then again, isn't it always?

Suicide

Vision. Agnostic. Prayer

Today is a very slow day at the job. I literally have nothing to do. I'm not complaining, for once. I'm using this free time to write the vision. I've decided that this year is going to be my year. Faith is an action word. I can write all day long about the promises of God and the faith that I have. But if I'm not acting on it, those words are only words. Action is required to activate those words, which brings faith to life. Once we do that, we please God and he acts on our behalf. Hebrews 11:6 says, "but without faith it is impossible to please him."

Faith is an area that I believe we all struggle in. Trusting in something that you can not see can be hard. It's challenging enough to trust those that you see every day! I had a talk with a friend and he told me what I already know. I have faith, but I'm expecting God to "point a gun at me and shoot the blessings" into my lap. He was right.

This morning, as I was sitting at my desk, Habakkuk 2:2-3 came to mind. "Write the vision, make it plain."
I see dreams becoming a reality for people around me every day. I have the faith. Now, its time to write the vision, make it plain, pray over it, and act.
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I decided to mosey on over to one of my fav blogs. Her most recent post touched me to the core. She was releasing; talking about her fears, insecurities, and burdens. She is weighed down, struggling with depression/anxiety, and is tired. It touched me because I have been there! I felt everything that she was saying. It was almost as though I was reading one of my old posts.

The comments section is closed on that particular post. She stated that she just needed to get it out. I totally understand. Sometimes, you don't want to hear "advice." There are moments when you just need to vent. Despite all of that, I wanted to reach out to her, let her know that Jesus can take all of that away. I wanted to tell her that I've been on antidepressants and nothing changed until I let God take over.

She's not a Christian. She considers herself agnostic.

So, what do I do? Sure, I could still email her my thoughts and risk getting cussed out for "pushing my views on her" or I could email her and perhaps make some leeway with her. However, I have read other posts by her and I understand her position.

I hear the voices of those who think, "why should we as Christians back down and water down what we believe? Email her!" But its not about that. I'm going to pray for her. Prayer can go where we can not go. The prayers of the righteous availeth much. When we pray, those petitions make their way to God. He can most definitely change hearts and deliver.

So, that's just what I'll do. I'll pray for her. And if the time comes for me to literally reach out via email, God will show me and give me the go ahead.

It's Sunday, which means my weekend is officially over. :(

I should be doing my hair. It is 7:27 pm. I have an idea of how I want to style my hair, but I'm not quite sure.. Indecisive is my middle name. I want to two strand twist it and keep it that way for at least a week. I usually wear my hair in a wash-n-go or a bun. But, I'm tired of doing my hair. It takes too much time in the morning- and time is not always on my side at 4:30am. So, I'll try the two strand twists. My roomie/soror/friend inspired this.

I had brunch with my roomie (really ex-roomie) but she'll always be my roomie and another friend from church. We had IHOP. Pancakes - yum! We had an awesome time reminiscing about church, church folk, drama, men, and fun times. We should really get together more often. I need to do better with keeping in touch with people.

In other news, sigh, I can't talk about it. LOL! Sometimes I wish I had kept my identity a secret. I want to write about this sooo badly! But I can't. Too many people that I know read my blog. :/ The pros and cons of blogging......

Let's just say that I had a wonderful weekend! My car is clean and now has working head lights and interior lights! LOL. However, the bad thing is that I had to fork over $200! I went to get an oil change

Thankful Friday

I am truly excited about this weekend! Saturday is going to be absolutely gorgeous and I have nothing to do! I'm going to relax. What can be better? To start the weekend off right, I want to thank God for a few things:

• I'm thankful for life, health, and strength. (I sound like folks in the old church.) But seriously, I am thankful that the Lord saw fit to wake me up this morning. The Bible says that, "it is because of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed. They are new every morning. Great is thy faithfulness." Lamentations 3:22-23 We take for granted the fact that God has all power and has the ability to turn off the lights at any moment. But because he is so faithful and loving, he gives us brand new mercies EVERY morning. We get a fresh start. Could you imagine doing that for the people in your life? I'm still learning how to truly forgive and walk in it. So, I couldn't imagine. But God is not like us. He's awesome!
• Answered prayer. "The prayers of the righteous availeth much." Not everything in my world is perfect. There are things that I want that have not manifested just yet. There are things that I want to do that are still being worked out. But in all of that, I thank God in advance for the things that I know are coming my way. I also thank God for answering those prayers that I had forgotten about. He has delivered me from some STUFF, he has kept my mind, he has broken down walls and allowed me to have relationships with people who at one time hardly spoke to me.
• Chastisement. "The Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son." Hebrews 12:6. We all do dumb stuff. Sometimes we do things not even realizing the severity of what we've done. And then there are times when we do things with the wrong intentions. No one else may see your intentions, but God does. And if you are his child, because he loves you, he will discipline you. How would we ever learn if God didn't show us our mistakes and tell us about ourselves? This morning, God straight knocked me up side the head with a scripture. It spoke directly to something that I had done. And for that I love him because I know that he only wants the best for me. So, he must bring out the best in me. :)
• Canton Jones. That Dominionaire CD is bananas!!!! OMG! I like traditional gospel music with the choirs and the powerful lead singers. But I love love love music in general. Sometimes I want to hear a hot beat or a smooth melody. And Canton Jones is God's answer to that cry! LOL! I put in his CD, turn up the volume, and ride out. I can praise God and jam all at the same time. =) Go get it.

I think that's enough for me. What are you thankful for?

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I Worship You. When I Feel Like It....

The expression on my face describes
how I felt.

"But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead. Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and annointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped" 2 Samuel 12: 19-20

A few weeks ago, I was driving on interstate 66, on my way to work. This particular interstate has a reputation for having really bad traffic. On this particular morning, I woke up late and missed the 5:45 train that I usually take. So, to avoid the wrath of the director of the office in which I work, I decided to drive into the nearest Metro Station. (This is the subway for Virginia). During my commute to the metro station, I begin to pray and completely lost track of where I was. I totally missed my exit. This would be fine except for the fact that traffic really picks up after this exit and it is hard to turn around. So, I freaked out for a moment and then realized that I still had time to just drive to work. I would just have to pay the $14 for parking. Well, as I'm driving, I notice a sign for another metro station. I decide that instead of paying $14 for parking that I would rather still just ride the metro.

So, I get off at the exit. As soon as I took the exit, I see a police officer pointing a flashlight at me. I slowed down, perplexed, and looked at him like he was crazy. I know I wasn't speeding. What in the world is he stopping me for? I roll down my window and he tells me that I'm being pulled over for an HOV violation. I was so confused. Apparently, the ENTIRE exit was HOV only. ARE YOU SERIOUS?

It's A Process

Have these words ever come out of your mouth?

Lord, make me more like You. Or Lord, I just want to please you. Lord, take out anything that is not like you.

If you are serious about your walk with the Lord and have a heart for God, I’m pretty sure you’ve prayed that at some time or the other.

Well, guess what? The word says that the prayers of the righteous availeth much. God hears us, even when we don’t want to be heard. And He is faithful to answer prayer. So, don’t be surprised that, after seriously praying those words, all Hades breaks lose in your life!