Uh, What?!

Hola!

Its me, again. So I was laying in bed last night when a re-run of the BET Awards came on. Then I remembered Trey Songz's acceptance speech for an award he won for his song, "Neighbors Know My Name". As you can imagine, "Neighbors Know My Name" isn't a song about him hosting a neighborhood watch. It's about sex. But get this, the first thing that Trey said was, "I wanna thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ for blessing me...blah blah blah"

um, WHAT?!?!

So I'm thinking, "Yo Trey, did you want to thank your Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ before or after the neighbors knew your name?" Cause frankly I'm confused. But this got me thinking, how many times does God bless us, but we manipulate the blessing and misuse them to our own selfish desires? Okay yes, trey is blessed with his (very)good looks and his (sometimes)good voice, but does he actually think that God blessed him with those things so that he can make music about the neighbors knowing his name or, my personal favorite title, "panty droppa"? lol I mean seriously. Don't get me wrong, I like some of his music, but i'm like don't credit the Lord for blessings that you misused to promote the work of  "evil". That would be like me winning the lotto and saying thank you Lord for blessing me to win the lotto. Um, no because gambling is a sin!

Every breath, every heartbeat, every step is a blessing. We are beyond blessed, but to take those, manipulate them, and use them to do everything but glorify God is like a slap in the face. I mean think about it. Some of us are blessed with perfect health, but we destroy that by drinking, smoking, and having sex with whomever. Some of us are blessed with the ability to captivate emotions and thoughts with music, but we manipulate that to talk about drugs, money, cars, clothes, and hoes. How many times has God blessed us, and we took the blessing, stomped all over it, and promoted evil with it? How many times have we cried out to God, begging him to bless us, to help us, and then when he does, we spit in his face?

P.S. no this does not classify as a Jesus Juke

Beautiful Things

So yeah! I’m new to this whole blog thing but hopefully you guys like it.

Not too long ago, I had the opportunity to participate in a church function. Every part of this function was amazing up until this particular individual insisted on speaking and giving a testimony. In all honesty, I knew it was going to be a disaster. Everything about it screamed “hello, I’m a terrible idea”. It frustrated me so much because we had the opportunity to change lives drastically, forever. Instead, the night was going to be not only a waste of time, but an embarrassment to the establishment. As the night progressed, this particular individual had turned out just as I thought, absolutely terrible. But when it came time for altar call, something changed. People were crying, praying, and praising. It was beyond me to think of how this was possible. But then, it clicked. The whole day I thought I was doubting the ability of this one person, when in all actuality I was doubting the ability of God. I doubted his power to use imperfect individuals, his ability to lead us through the spirit, and I greatly misjudged the impact that night was going to have on me as a person.
God spoke to me that night. While I was looking out at all these people thinking what is wrong with you all, he asked me…

“Lyndsei, Who do you think I am?”

I immediately felt humbled and ashamed. He is the One and Only God. The one who gives us breath, who is ever constant and always faithful.  Doubt is within our nature, but to doubt the only perfectly constant, pure, and beautiful thing we’ve ever known is pure stupidity.  We put faith in man everyday. What is holding us back from putting faith in the one who deserves it? I want to challenge you guys with the same question. Who do YOU think He is? Who is he to you? and if He is the I AM for you like He is for me, then why are we not glorifying him, with every waking breath?