To Propose or Not to Propose,
To Purchase or Not to Purchase,
To Marry or Not to Marry,
To Preach or Not to Preach,
THESE ARE THE "GROWING PAINS" OF ELEVATION!!
2008 has been a year for the record books for me.... GOD flipped my life completely around, sending me on a roller coaster ride that has not stopped yet!!!! I went from being singled to being engaged to my best friend, living with 4 room mates in VA to purchasing my first home with my Fiancé in Capitol Heights, going from being Engaged to my best friend to marring my best friend, then being Godly promoted from a Deacon to a Minister.... all in a one year timeframe...so to speak.
The world views my elevation like this New Fiancé, New Home, New Wife, New Title, “Your on Top of the world” they say…..but they do not see is the "Growing Pains" that comes with those rewards. Don’t get me wrong…these are awesome rewards and accomplishment and it’s not a day that does not go by that I am not thankful, blessed and honored for all that GOD has blessed me with “because if the truth be told…I am by far worthy to have any of these rewards”. I want to educate and encourage anyone that is reading this that you must be in tuned with God to be able to handle all that he has for you…. There are serious task, duties and responsibilities that come with being rewarded and there is NO room for complacency, laziness, egos, or arrogance because your rewards will then become your destroyer. My accomplishments are not just for pleasure “ONLY” but it’s for Purpose…I have to remain humble, grounded, and Christ guided so that in each one of those gifts that I have been privilege to have will be used for the Glory of GOD to fulfill a greater purpose. “And we know all things work together for the good of them that love Christ and are called according to his purpose!” (Romans 8:28)
I understand the Apostle Paul when he said; I don't say all this of boast or brag but to encourage!!! You see Elevation can be a serious "Throne in your flesh" (2 Corinthians 12:7), meaning you embrace the joy of promotions, but your humbled by the responsibilities that come with it. I bless the Lord because every time I even think about looking at my life in a selfish way, I am sat down to be humbled because I am reminded of when I did not have, knowing that it is nothing but the Grace of GOD and for HIS PURPOSE that I am who am in the position that I am in. Though I did not shed physical tear, I cried mentally through each rewarding experience...tears of joy, tears of fear, tears of happiness and tear pain; because from the outside looking in, everything looks so "worldly rewarding" but from the inside looking out, I see the big picture of things. I now have a family to lead and a house to be the head of and a life-term assignment that I have been called to do for the sake of my father.
So what are the “GROWING PAINS” of Elevation?
The Desire, The Burden, The Mission, The Purpose
To Purchase or Not to Purchase,
To Marry or Not to Marry,
To Preach or Not to Preach,
THESE ARE THE "GROWING PAINS" OF ELEVATION!!
2008 has been a year for the record books for me.... GOD flipped my life completely around, sending me on a roller coaster ride that has not stopped yet!!!! I went from being singled to being engaged to my best friend, living with 4 room mates in VA to purchasing my first home with my Fiancé in Capitol Heights, going from being Engaged to my best friend to marring my best friend, then being Godly promoted from a Deacon to a Minister.... all in a one year timeframe...so to speak.
The world views my elevation like this New Fiancé, New Home, New Wife, New Title, “Your on Top of the world” they say…..but they do not see is the "Growing Pains" that comes with those rewards. Don’t get me wrong…these are awesome rewards and accomplishment and it’s not a day that does not go by that I am not thankful, blessed and honored for all that GOD has blessed me with “because if the truth be told…I am by far worthy to have any of these rewards”. I want to educate and encourage anyone that is reading this that you must be in tuned with God to be able to handle all that he has for you…. There are serious task, duties and responsibilities that come with being rewarded and there is NO room for complacency, laziness, egos, or arrogance because your rewards will then become your destroyer. My accomplishments are not just for pleasure “ONLY” but it’s for Purpose…I have to remain humble, grounded, and Christ guided so that in each one of those gifts that I have been privilege to have will be used for the Glory of GOD to fulfill a greater purpose. “And we know all things work together for the good of them that love Christ and are called according to his purpose!” (Romans 8:28)
I understand the Apostle Paul when he said; I don't say all this of boast or brag but to encourage!!! You see Elevation can be a serious "Throne in your flesh" (2 Corinthians 12:7), meaning you embrace the joy of promotions, but your humbled by the responsibilities that come with it. I bless the Lord because every time I even think about looking at my life in a selfish way, I am sat down to be humbled because I am reminded of when I did not have, knowing that it is nothing but the Grace of GOD and for HIS PURPOSE that I am who am in the position that I am in. Though I did not shed physical tear, I cried mentally through each rewarding experience...tears of joy, tears of fear, tears of happiness and tear pain; because from the outside looking in, everything looks so "worldly rewarding" but from the inside looking out, I see the big picture of things. I now have a family to lead and a house to be the head of and a life-term assignment that I have been called to do for the sake of my father.
So what are the “GROWING PAINS” of Elevation?
The Desire, The Burden, The Mission, The Purpose
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