Spiritual Gifts, A present from GOD

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Your Gift Will Make Way For You!

I love Toby McGuire and he is the best Spiderman ever.

I am employed, I am able to pay my bills, however, my face could be in this picture! You know why? Because my spirit knows that I should be doing more. My spirit knows that there is a plan and a purpose for me ordained by GOD, and because I’m not working out of that design, the inside of me looks like this:

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So many of us have been infected and we’re walking around as zombies…a walking dead. AND why? Are we too old, are we exhausted from playing the roles of a synchronized parent, are we staying because we need the insurance, are we questioning the ability to qualify for something higher? As zombies, we’re not eating people, we’re eating defeated thoughts.

This morning Proverbs 18:16 came to me. “A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.” In other words, fear and negative thoughts are stopping us, not GOD! GOD has equipped all of us with a gift that places us in the areas we have envisioned since children. It’s never too late for any one of us.

2 Timothy 1:6-7, “Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”

Ginger’s Thoughts – Writing, singing, speaking, teaching, dancing, influencing, whatever our gift may be, let us focus and stir up our gifts! I’m praying you a great work week, and tomorrow begins our first day waking in unzombied:)

Don’t Take It Personal, It’s ONLY Confirmation

I know I’m absolutely not alone with feeling a strangeness, a loneliness… a feeling of being caged into a box that I no longer want to be in. I’m extremely grateful for the box, because for some time, I needed to be hidden. In that box, my life was safely packaged. The Bible even tells us that GOD will hide us for a reason. It’s not meant to be permanent. In HIS pavilion we are to be learning, gathering strength, and building up our muscles of faith to breakthrough and breakout with a renewed mind and spirit believing we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm%2027:5&version=KJV “For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

I goggled the word box and the synonym that stood out to me was coffin!

How many of us are hiding the gifts and talents GOD placed inside out of us to use for HIS Glory because of fear? Fear of the unknown is literally stopping us from fighting for the plans and purpose ordained for our lives, and that’s a spirit GOD did not give to us, https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Timothy%201:7&version=KJV. “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Being afraid to trust GOD with whatever it is HE’s telling us to do, that’s a spirit. Feeling like we’re not good enough, smart enough, beautiful enough, strong enough…. that’s a spirit. AND we rebuke the spirit of fear in Jesus name; NOW.

Recently I broke out of my box…my coffin and I’m literally walking by faith. The unknown is a scary place and so many times I’ve had to ask GOD to help my unbelief because life be lifeing. For three reasons I started writing back on my blog today.

• Encouragement! We have to encourage and pray for one another. We have to believe that ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE THAT LOVE GOD AND ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE.
• https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2025:14-30&version=KJV. The parable about the talents. I told GOD in January that in June, I would begin working and flipping every talent HE gave me.
• For all of us coming out of the box, people we love are hurting our feelings. People we helped are folding on us. People we opened doors for believe we don’t have another door to open! It’s a heartbreaking feeling, but I come with GREAT NEWS. I heard clearly, “Don’t take it personal, it’s only confirmation.” GOD wants us to realize Ephesians 6:12,^” For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. It’s not the people.

Ginger’s Thoughts: I’m excited to read the testimonies to come, and this is for all of us breaking out of our boxes; https://www.alldevotion.com/message-from-god;

Realities Of Being Single After A Long Relationship

Awesome, Funny, and yes I concur; TRUTHFUL Post!

From One Daughter to Another Maia Campbell

In recent weeks, we have seen videos of the beautiful actress Maia Campbell resurface. Her behavior on these videos is a visual of a chemically imbalanced brain, and the aftermath it causes because of self medication. As I watched this video, I cried. I cried because I remember watching this Nubian Barbie doll on a show called, “In The House,”

and thinking how lucky could she be to work with L.L. Cool J, and have author BeBe Moore as her mother.

I wanted to be you; the majority of Teenage Black Girls at that time, wanted to be you. Maia Campbell, you represented us.  Black Girls Rock, and our Magic is being showcased like never before. You should be a part of that magic.

As it’s often quoted on the television show, Intervention by phenomenal Addiction Specialist; I ask that you, “Accept the gift that is being offered to you.”

L.L. is reaching out to you because He has not forgotten about you. God hasnot forgotten about you. There are many forgotten people on those streets you playing in. Get help so that you can come back to the streets and help them.

Ginger’s Thoughts – Maia, I’m not a celebrity, but I am a daughter of a mentally ill mother. I grew up never knowing who my mother was going to be. Some days she was Clara Huxtable, and other days; she was Mama Dearest.  Her illness, and not receiving the help she needed; resulted in to me growing up too early.  It’s never, ever, good, for a child to grow up too early.  I have issues that I have to work on everyday; and in spite of all of the negative things that I can type about my mother, at the end of the day, she’s still my mother and I love her. I love her, and I will beat the hell out of any person that talks about her. Maia, your daughter will do the same because she loves you; but STOP giving her negative things to fight over you about. Stop making her embarrassed, shameful, and unloved, every time she hears or sees your name. Heal yourself so that you can heal her. I am praying for you’re healing, and I am praying that God touches the people who are exploiting you in this season of your life. They have troubled your family; May God trouble them. Soon:)

Thank you L.L. Cool J. for reaching out and trying to help this mother. I’m not going to post those videos on my site. If you want to check them out for educational purposes I’ll provide the link to Bossip.com.

Raising awareness by Dawn Ogle

Hi Dawn! Thank you for sharing. The world needs more awareness regarding #Bi-polar Disorder. My name is Wenny and my mom is bi-polar.

Gracious words by Gary Bertnick

#Thoughtful #Precious #Heartfelt #Testimony

Erase Her Memory

I found this article published on June 27, 2017 by Saraschaefer. In Adams CO., Indiana, 23 year old Andrew Taylor, son of Berne’s police chief Tim Taylor, was given three years of home detention and five years of probation after pleading guilty to molesting the family’s 13 years old foster child.

23 years old Andrew Taylor asked his 13 years old foster sister to perform oral sex on him, and he says that she agreed. I don’t know if that’s true because she was not in court; and in addition, she; nor legal counsel, was present during this trial.

Ginger’s Thoughts – I’m BLACK! Unfortunately I’ve become accustomed to hearing unjust verdicts, especially when the police department is involved. It boggles me to read that same type of injustice delivered to a 13 years old tween. This police chief, Tim Taylor, did not uphold the “protect and serve” quote within his own home! His family took in a girl that was already in the foster care system. This means that she didn’t have parents. This means that she didn’t have a home of her own. God only knows what this child has already been through, and in a house that should have been the safest one in Adams, CO., Indiana, she was being used as a personal blowup doll for the police chief’s son; pedophile, Andrew Taylor.

I pray that the family that has taken this child in be the family that God has ordained to erase all the hurtful memories of her past. May her life be beautiful from this day forward!

To the Taylor family. Y’all messed up big time! Enjoy this last laugh because….

We, she; are the biblical quote; “when my mother and father forsake me, then the Lord will take me up!” We are literally God’s children; and our lives are supernatural! When you Bless us, God allows your life to be Blessed, and when you curse us, God turns his head when hell is opened in and on your household. She and I will read about it. #FACT

 

 

Kodak Light

Women have it hard! I mean, for us; the quote, “Beauty is Pain,” is literal!  A man can get a date with a $25.00 haircut, wearing a white V-neck T-shirt and jeans; but not us…..No,No,No, No…NO! We have to have our hair tight, our nails tight, our girdle tight, underneath our tight clothes, with our feet tight, in our tight shoes, wearing a tight smile! If we want to get a date; we have to be on our A game, and gentlemen let me tell you; it get’s exhausting sometimes!

I read the comment Kodak Black shared and I understand why he wasn’t handled in New Orleans because the real soldiers are locked up on trump chargers (did y’all catch that)!

Back to this boy, I could have respected his opinion if in fact he had one, but he didn’t.  I’m not going to put his Willie Lynch comments on my post, but you can feel free to read it for yourself on TheGrio.com. Thank you WikipediA for providing this image of this stage boy.

Ginger’s Thoughts – How you make your money with the mike is cool, but what you do with the mike when the beat ain’t dropping is something else! You have a responsibility Mr. Octave. You have a responsibility to love yourself first, because people with your skin color were tortured so that you could one day have a “stage” name. You have a responsibility Mr. Octave to not tear down our sisterhood! We’ve come to far with our shapes, our sizes, our hair, our skin tones, and our generational insecurities for you to make us go back to not genuinely loving one another again. God gave you a mike and you’re trying to keep us scattered, SO; may God take that mike away from you until you learn how to SPEAK! And please, remove the Black from your name because you’re not worthy enough to carry it.

Louisiana Bans Criminal History Questions on College Applications

I am so addicted to twitter! They are the first to know everything; and speaking of first, I am pleased to write about my State of Louisiana being the First State to Ban Criminal History Questions from College Applications. This is huge!

The legislation was signed into law on Friday, June 15, by Gov. John Edwards. Proponents of the law say such questions often discouraged applicants with troubled backgrounds from pursuing higher education.  Annie Freitas, program director with the Louisiana Prison Education Coalition, told Fox News 8 (I’m not adding a link for them, so feel free to https://www.google.com them), “What research shows is that two out of three people with convictions that want to go to college when they start the application and they see the question, they stop.”

I know what you’re thinking!  Those thoughts ran across my mind as well, but this Bill was well written because it allows the law to make exceptions so that colleges can inquire about aggravated sexual assault or stalking convictions, though there is an appeals process if an applicant is denied based on the exception in New Orleans. The law also does not prevent a college from asking about a student’s criminal history after he or she has been admitted in regards to financial aid or campus housing.

I have witnessed how our Criminal Justice system works; and does not work, for certain people. I have seen two young men, both the same age, arrested for drugs. One of these young men had marijuana. The other young man was busted with a meth lab in his home and children were present. The young man with the marijuana served jail time. The other young man with the meth lab was sent to a rehabilitation center. One young man now had a record, and the other young man went to rehab and his record was expunged.

I almost forgot to tell yall; one was BLACK and trying to help his mother because he couldn’t find jobs in the rural area they lived in, and the other young man was white and bore a surname that connected to power and wealth and could have easily found employment instead of playing with meth.

My point; that BLACK young man will no longer be the two out of three to stop filling out his college applications.

I want to thank our Gov. John Edwards for signing House Bill 688 into law and making Louisiana the first state in the nation to ban criminal-history questions on college applications.  I want to thank Marcus Howard for reporting this article, and the Atlanta Black Star for always representing the news that concern us. I mention Fox News 8 tv station because I read somewhere in the article. And of course I have to thank and mention twitter because you rock!  This picture came from twitter as well!

Ginger’s Thoughts – We all have a past! We all have done things that we are not proud of but we can’t stay in that place of shame, guilt, and condemnation. We have to push through. A drug dealer is the smartest sales man I have ever met, but what he sells to his people is wrong.  A doorway has been open. Use it. Use those same skills to develop, earn degrees, and become the man/woman that God intended for you to be. #No #More #Excuses!