Live Life Post 133 Some Natural Inspiration

Found some inspiration ...

That is my daughter Kayla.  I just love her hair!  I promote and encourage young African American females to wear their natural hair.   It is important for me to let my daughters know that they should be proud of their heritage and they should be proud of who they are.

I have another daughter Alyssa, who also wears her hair natural.  I myself am known to sport my natural doo around town for the promotion of self confidence, and ethnic pride.

I do this because I want everyone to know that it is ok to love yourself and love what God has naturally given you.  I do declare, I am proud of my hair!  But even more than my hair,  God has equipped both me and you with gifts and talents that we should also be proud of.  I teach my kids the importance of knowing how special they are, how unique they, and how they each have a purpose in this world.

Do you know that you have a purpose?

Let me introduce myself the way that I introduce myself on periscope:

My name is Tamorra, the Art Teacher 4 Purpose.  I write, create, and promote content that motivates you to find your purpose.in life.

I am a multi-passionate entrepreneur and theological teacher who has a calling to help you discover your purpose in this life.  This is one of the reasons why I write this blog, it is to help you connect to the information that you need to start your journey to your purpose.  You belong hear so stick around!

In past posts, I have referred you to some of the more prominent motivational speakers such as Les Brown, Jim Rohn, and Zig Zigglar.  I even talked about some inspirational female speakers of today such as Lisa Nichols, Marie Forleo, and Mel Robbins.  I'm a connector, that is what I do.  I want to help people find the community that they belong to.  Everyone needs a place that they can go, that will nurture their talents, in order to create a life of great success.

Don't you want to be successful?

I want to be successful, I want to live the dream of independence and success.  Guess what?  God told me that I can have this success.  I can have it all if I really wanted it.  This is why I have taken this year to slow down.  I have taken this past year to get out of the rat race of  7o hour work weeks.  I desired to spend time with my kids, raise my kids, and get to know them.  I desired to get to know myself.   I wanted a better life where I had time to enjoy the fruits of my labor.   And this is exactly what I am doing . . .

So, I found someone on periscope that I related to and her name is Adeea Rogers.  Today is the first Scope that I had ever viewed of hers and it is entitled: "1 year Quit Day Anniversary! 10 Lessons I Learned in 1 year of Full-Time Self-Employment."

Why could I relate to this?

I related to this because she is a natural hair enthusiast, entrepreneur, blogger, speaker, and coach.  Encouraging people to find their purpose by designing life plans for those desiring success.  I am sure I can pick her brain about her journey.  Just like I invite you to pick mine.

This is exactly what I need to know, because I am also coming up on my one year anniversary of being out of work, and it hasn't all been sunshine and rainbows.  Instead, it has been  a series of sudden down pours, cloudy days, and soggy mud pits.

If this is what God wants me to do, then why isn't it working out for me?

Well, "no body told me the road would be easy, but I don't believe he brought me this far to leave me!"

So, don't give up!  Keep going, keep finding that motivation that will help you jump over that next mud pit!

But really, this is the thing guys . . . God wants us to be happy in our work.  He desires that we live an abundant life as long as it goes along with his will for us.  This is going to be a movement, I see it happening.  People are going to start waking up out of the work week worry rut and into entrepreneurial business ownership.  God made us to be managers over the Garden of Eden . . . so why should we continue to spend our time working for other people who just want to boss us around.  Listen, for a person who has a Kingdom Inheritance, it is just not in you to be bossed around by someone who has no spiritual authority over you.  This is why we are so frustrated in our work life, we have natural tendencies to lead and manage.  We were made to rule!

Remember when Moses was doing so much work in trying to keep the Israelites in order.  He had got some advice from his father in law, Jethro:

"Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:  And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.  Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:"

Exodus 18:19-21

We can apply this in 2 ways

#1 Seek wise counsel

Everyone needs to hear from someone older and wiser.  If you take the time to learn from someone you has the experience, you can avoid making their same mistakes.  If you listen to good advice, you will find your self closer to the mindset of success.  Always seek wise counsel.

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:  Proverbs 1:5

#2 Work smarter not harder.

Being a good manager means knowing how to delegate responsibility.  We don't have to over burden ourselves with  things that we can get someone else to do.  In the long run, it helps the other person in their training and growth.  This is why Jethro gave Mosses this advice to teach others and then place them in positions of authority.  Create a funnel of responsibilities.  This is what good managers do in business, household, and life!

Moses was trying to do too much on his own. God wants us to enjoy our work.

The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it: Proverbs 10:22

I feel like this past year off of work had really put somethings in perspective for me.  I know God has a purpose for my life.  And I now know that God is not a short cut God.  If you really want to change your life, you have to put in the work.  Part of that work is getting to know yourself.  Then you need to show God that you can be a good manager over the little things, like you home, finances, and family, then he will bless you with bigger things to manage.

I feel those entrepreneurial juices flowing through my body.  However,  I am yet to really start a legitimate business that makes money.  This whole year has been a process for me and sometimes a hard broke pill to swallow!

So I wanted to hear and really get some advice on how to make some money from Adeea.  I felt that her insight and experience would shine some light on how to be a successful entrepreneur.  So I decided to listen in on her 2 hour periscope lesson to gain some knowledge of her 1 year Quit day Anniversary.

You see, I got laid of my job, but she decided to quit her job May 31 2016.  Come to find out she was a natural hair you-tube blogger more than 5 years ago and she has been building her business since then.  So, she didn't just start this year, she has been working at this for a while. That encouraged me because I'm only 1 year in this, and I'm constantly wondering "what am I really doing?"

This is why it is important to follow people who are going through (or went through) the same things that you are going through.  I will continue to watch this scope, and q you in on her 10 lessons of entrepreneurship.  Meanwhile, check out her website: http://adeearrogers.com/

Also, check out her "Trendsetters Elite Inner Circle" which is a community that will help you discover, and meet your business goals.  On her site she writes:

"I know what it is to have a dream and a desire and unsure how to fulfill it. I worked for 10 years in a job that was literally written for me. Flexible schedule (although it included weekends) and a chance to do what I liked to do. But there was still something missing. I wanted more. I looked in so many places to find this more. Then one day, I realized…

The MORE I seek is inside of me.

At that moment, people started coming to me sharing what they saw in me. Affirming and confirming the talents and gift inside. I believed them. But where should I start? Then God surrounded me with a group of women who nurtured, developed, and pushed me to wear I am now.

I know the power of community. I know the power of consistency. I know the power of habits that lead to significant change."

http://adeearrogers.com/wearetrendsetters/

So let me go get my natural self together and learn how I am going to be successful as an entrepreneur and writer!

Lord, help me to always acknowledge you.  Knowing that you are the author and finisher of my faith.  And although my heart has many plans, it is you who will direct my purpose according to your will.  God Bless You All.

Until next Time

-Tamorra

Live Life Post 132 Lord, What am I supposed to be doing?

I am proud to say that I have no idea what I am doing!

Nope, no clue what so ever . . .


Ok, well I have a clue, a few hints, maybe a glimpse into my future, but that is it!!

This  is the way it happens.  Very rarely does God give us the full view and plan for what our life is going to be.  He often just gives us little hints, little crumps to follow, expecting us to have faith and to grow in faith.  He wants us to constantly grow in trust.  He wants us to understand that he has it all under control.  The most important thing about this lesson is learning about how to have patience . . .

For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?  But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

Romans 8:24-25

I know I have to take myself out of the mindset that I have to DO DO DO all the time.  It just isn't necessary really.  We have to learn how to be in harmony with God's plan for us.  We have to learn how to just do what God tells us to do, no stress, no worries, and no anxiety.  When we feel these type of emotions, they don't come from God.  We do it to ourselves.  Now we just have to learn how to navigate through these types of feelings.

But what do we do when we feel lost?

The thing is some days, the vision is very clear.  Other days not so much.  I know for me when I am on a roll for Jesus I am full of energy and I am ready to go full steam ahead.  I have creative energy, I have focus, and I am ready to do what God says do.  Other days, especially those days when things are not going so well,  I feel lost and alone.  I want to scream out to God.

What am I supposed to be doing!!!

I want to be "On" all the time.  It feels good knowing what and when your supposed to do something.  But sometimes life can just side track us and we can find ourselves in our own wilderness.  What I am learning is that this is supposed to happen.  God wants to teach us that we need to be depended on him for everything.  Even when things don't seem to be working out according to our plans.  He wants you to stay the course of his plan.  He wants us to remember what he has told us to do.  We have to learn how to clear out the distractions and concentrate on God.

Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.

Proverbs 19:21 NIV

There is a purpose in going through these feelings of confusion.   The reason why we go through these emotions is so that we can learn how we should navigate our way through it.  Guess how?  Yep that is right: reading your word.  Reading the bible is our guide and our counsel with the most high, our Lord and savior Jesus Christ.  When we learn how to navigate ourselves through these seasons of doubt and confusion, we learn that all roads lead back to the Lord.  He will always be the way to peace.

I tell you again: Learn PATIENCE.

Learning how to trust your faith, being patient in the belief that God's purpose will always come to pass really gives you a sense of peace.  So, why to we go through these times of confusion?  It's just because we forget.  We have to be reminded from time to time of God's promises to us.  Have a little talk with Jesus, he will remind you that you don't have to worry "bout a thing, cuz every little thing is gonna be alright!" (in my best Negril Jamaican accent!) "Yeah Mon!"

After wearing my self out with work, home, kids, husband, and errands, I finally slowed down and said "That's it!  It is time for some serious alone time with Jesus."  With all the matron of honor duties, daughter, mom and wife duties, I was getting distracted from my purpose.  God even had to stop me and correct me about this blog . . . It is more important for me to spend time with him then it is to write this blog . . . Why? . . . Because if I don't spend time with the Lord, then how can the Holy Spirit tell me what to write to you?

So, this is for everyone who is feeling a little overwhelmed.  Maybe you feel a little used up by people because of all of the favors that you do for them.  Or maybe you are just feeling out of place. This post is for the busy ones who think their schedule is just a little too jammed pack for the Lord. . .Slow down, take a deep breath, everything is going to be ok.  It is to your benefit to spend time with God through prayer or reading your bible.  It is ok to tell the family, "Look, I need a little time to my self, get some leftovers from the fridge."

Spending time with the Lord is what you need to do to find yourself!

Yes, you and I are in the same boat.  We don't know what to do with ourselves when we put too much on our plate.  When we finally do get a chance to look up from our lives, we say out loud "I don't have any idea what I am doing!"

None of us know exactly what we are doing.  This is why we should always consult with the Lord.  This is why we should always listen to the Holy Spirit so he can lead us to where we need to go. We need to take things day by day and trust that the Lord has our best interest at heart. God tells us not to worry about tomorrow because today has enough to worry about!

Being a Christian and a follower of Jesus Christ is not a guarantee that we are going to be happy, smiling, no troubles in the world Christians all the time.  It just means that we trust the Lord to take us where we need to go.  We also trust that he has the answer written down for us somewhere in his word.

Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellers they are established.

Proverbs 15:22

So, (in my best NJ Italian mobster voice:)

Don't Worry About It!

We want to continue to walk in our purpose and we don't want to be disappointed.  Let's just take it one day at a time seeking our counsel from the Lord.

All my best with love and prayers that you stay on this journey and let God use you.
Until Next Time
-Tamorra

Shout out to Sis. Carol (Thanks for reading I got your message and thanks sooo very much for the well wishes and thoughts!)

Live Life Post 131 Walk in Purpose

We all need a little encouragement from time to time.  Encourage yourself.  Start your walk to your destiny by living on Purpose.  Remember what I always say about the power of words.  Start speaking good things over your life.  Start writing these things down and you will be closer to your purpose.

Identify your gifts

Listen for your calling

Follow the dreams that God gave you

Walk in Faith

Obtain your Vision

Go after your Dreams

Walk in your purpose

How do you do all of this?  By walking and talking with the Lord.

Love you with the love of Jesus.  I pray that this was encouraging to you.  I pray that you find your purpose in this life.

Until Next Time

-Tamorra Goldsboro

Collide with your Destiny

Live Life post 130 The Wiles of the Enemy

-Kay Arthur

Do you know how the devil works?

I wanted to present to you this question real quick because I am concerned that too many Christians don't really know how the devil works.  I don't think we are reading our bible long enough, hard enough, or clear enough.  If we understood how the enemy sets things against us then we can learn how much of a nuisance he is.

I think we either give the enemy too much credit or not enough credit.

I know that I have recently fell for one of his schemes.  Something must of happened that my faith dropped and I thought that I had to take a part time, demeaning job, just to make ends meet.  Turns out that it was costing more to do the job then if I stayed home.  What happened?  Well I had a lot of negative people in my ear telling me I needed to get a job, get 'something' to help out.  This was only a half truth.  We all need to work, this is true.  But God already told me that he has provided me with a job.  This is my job now.  My only concern should be building this business online and helping my family out in this way.  This is the vision that he had given me regardless if anyone else could see it.  I now feel so behind.  On top of that, I am not doing very well at this part time job.  So not only did the devil trap me in this job, stealing my time from what God wants me to do, but he has is trying to get me to think less of myself.  This situation has created great toil for me and my family.  Here goes the thing that I need to point out though . . . it was not all the devils fault!  He just set up the trap and I chose not to remember what God was telling me to do.

Be careful of the people around you and the negative words that they say.

The thing is, people don't always know when they are being used by the enemy.  Much of the time they think they are helping by giving you their opinion of your situation.  These people have no say over your life.  God always has the say, but do you know what he says? This is why it is better for you to surround yourself with like minded people.  People who share your vision and people who can relate to you work.

I love my family, but sometimes they are used by the enemy so easily which is a big distraction for me.  This is another way the devil attacks, through distraction.

I was soo distracted by people, events, and work that I am falling behind on my goals.  Well I rebuke the enemy and his devour.  I will not have it anymore.  I am learning how to use my words to rebuke the demonic spirits that the enemy sends my way.  I speak out loud and with the authority given to me by God, through his son Jesus, and the power of the Holy Spirit.

We do understand that our words have power right?

When we speak negative things into the atmosphere, we attract evil spirits, evil energy.  When we speak positive words over our lives then we attract good things, positive energy, even angels.

"When you speak negative things, you attract the opponents to faith- the devil and his demons.  When you speak positive things from the scriptures, however, you attract angels, the Holy Spirit, Jesus, and Father God!"

-Sid Roth

It's Supernatural!

This is why I chose to practice speaking positive things over my life with affirmations.  The devil will no longer trick me in trying to tell me who I am.  I will no longer be distracted by his traps.   I am free in Christ Jesus.  I will have good success with out any toil.  I know that God made me for a purpose.  I know that he has plans for me, to prosper me and give me peace.  I know what the Lord wants for me and it is not that little rink-a-dink job! 

I will no longer be distracted by the traps of the enemy!

Do you know the plans that God has for you?  You would if you read your bible.  You would know that this is how the devil works . . . he doesn't want you to read your bible so that you could know the promises that God has for you.  The enemy doesn't want you to know all the blessings, the inheritance, the authority, the power, and the peace God wants for you.  These promises are not only for the next world, but for this world also.  God is good all the time.  Read the Book to find out your inheritance.  We should no longer be tricked by the enemy and his kingdom.  He has no authority here.  He just makes us think that he has more power then he really does.

The enemy has come to lie, cheat, steal and destroy. That is how he works.

He does this by:

Distracting you

Giving you false promises

Trapping you in toil

Conditioning your mind to lack

We don't serve a God of lack.  We serve a God of abundance.  He wants us to live a life of abundance.  So listen to Paul when he says the following:

10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12For 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. 13Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Pray Continually

18Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; 19And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, 20For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

Ephesians 6

I am praying that each of you who do read this blog,  please tap into the power of God by reading your word. Learn his will for your life.  Study his law and you will be happy in it.  God says that "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge"  Hosea 4:6

Many Christians will say that they no longer have to follow the law because they are saved by grace.  This is true, however Jesus did not come to destroy the law but he came that it may be fulfilled.  Hence, Christ is the end of the law of righteousness, which means . . . we do not have to work our way to our salvation, the price was already paid.  The grace was the gift of Jesus Christ, he died on the cross so that we can regain direct communication with the Lord.  Our righteousness is now determined by our acceptance of the gift of Jesus Christ.  Now we have a spirit worthy to communicate with God.  Let us not take that gift for granted and be thankful that we can talk to God.  How?  Through reading his word and obeying it.  His word is the law.  Here is Hosea 4:6

"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children."

My point is this:  Don't forget the word of God.  We are ambassadors in his kingdom, working for him.  We do not want to work for the enemy in his Kingdom unknowingly. Don't be a distraction to other people, helping the enemy in his agenda.  You will be destroyed in this ignorance.  Instead, put on the whole armor of the Lord.  Be on the right side, learning, understanding, and remembering the law of God.

Fight against the enemy with the power of God by reading his word.  This is how you defeat the wiles of the enemy!

Keep fighting for your purpose. Keep on keeping on.  All my best.

Until Next time

-Tamorra

37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.  Romans 8:37-39

Live Life post 129 Who is your boss?

I am concerned with the condition of this world . . .

Sometimes I tell myself . . . why should I care.  Why should I care what other people are doing, or what other people are thinking or how other people are living.  I tell my husband

“You know, I am very upset about this world that we are living in. . .”

He responds with tone of humor  “Hun, why are you worried about it, it’s not like you can change the world!”

But there is a strong urge in my spirit to do just that. I want to change the world. Not knowing exactly how, and not understanding the destiny for my life but just having that feeling that something has to change. Something about this world has to change.

We are living in an illusion that we are actually working for something.  But if people were really to sit down and calculated the time they waste on things that don’t matter, than they would see that most things are vanity and vexation.  Our lives, our jobs, our sense of importance, mean nothing if we aren’t  living on purpose.  We are just working to work if we are not working for the Lord.

If you follow my blog then you would know that I have recently decided to cash in my pension and pursue a career in writing.  But my writing is not only about the love of writing, it is about the love of Christ.  I feel like I was called to do something more with my life.  I answered the call.  Not everyone understands it, but I thank God for the support I do receive from my family to follow this dream.

Now the thing is that this dream doesn’t necessarily pay the bills.  So I decided that I was going to get a little part time job to help my husband pay the mortgage and other privileges that we don’t want to live without..

So, about this part time job: I’m doing this paper route.  I’m delivering newspapers from door to door, using my own vehicle, paying for gas.  Not to mention putting wear and tear on my car.  I wake up every morning no later than 2 o’clock.  I rocket down the road like a wild banshee on the prowl.  I am doing the best I can to bag and deliver over 100 papers in under 4 hours.  I rush, counting every minute, every turn down every street, so that I can get home on time to help my children get ready for school.

I fail.

 

I fail repeatedly.

The weekend is the worst and I can never figure out a path that will help me deliver all  my papers by  7am.  Yesterday I had dispatch call me:

“Hello, can we speak with Tamorra?”

“This is she”

“Hey, Tamorra.  This is Courier Post dispatch. Yeah, we received 5 complaints already from your route.  What is going on?”

I didn’t really have much to say except that I was still working on it.  I was still delivering.  And I was still trying my best to finish.

I did finish.  I always finished because I am determined not to embarrass my God.  I know that I am part of the Kingdom and I know that everywhere I go, I am representing God.

So when I say, I have a problem with the condition of this world, I have a problem with the way the world will use you and use you up.  I mean, I’m working this paper route 7 days a week, every morning and no one ever called me when I did deliver all the papers on time.  But they were sure to call me when something I did, cost them money.  They were also sure to take $1.50 out of my pay when I get a complaint on my route.  I only get $.22 a paper.  That is about 22 dollars a day for 7 days which is 154.00 a week.  Minus the $70.00 of gas I spend a week, not to mention the additional maintenance I will need on my car, leaves me with $84 a week.  My car payment is 226 a month, so for 4 weeks of work I make $336.00 minus my car payment leaves me with 110 a month.  When I look at it this way I worked on average 4 hours a morning/ 7 days a week for a total 28 hours for $27.5 a week, calculating to be a little under $1 an hour.

Um, I know my worth, and this job, just wasn’t worth it, so I gave my two weeks notice.  I was very honest about it.  “This is not for me”

So I ask you: “Do you know your worth.”

God is talking to you.  He is even calling you to do a job.  And when you do a job for him all he requires is for you to keep working, keep delivering, and keep trying your best to finish your assignment.

God is the best boss

God is the best boss ever.  He understands all that we are going through on our job here on earth.  I am talking about our spiritual job.  Our calling and our purpose. He knows every pathway we will go down, and if we listen to him, he will tell us which way to go.  He knows how to train and prepare us.  He knows when to give us motivation and when to correct us.  He knows our strengths and our weaknesses.  He knows exactly where to place us so that we can do the best job ever.  He knows what our work should be so that we can meet our full potential.

Even when we fail, he gives us another chance.

Even when we quit, he never took us off of the pay roll.

He is the best boss ever.

So, when I propose in one of our meetings that I want to change the world,  He comes up with a plan for me to do just that.

Talk it over with God, he will prepare you to do exactly what you are supposed to do.  Each and everyone of us have the capacity to be part of the team to change this world for the better. You just have to decide who is going to be your boss:  The World or God. . . 

Peace and blessings to you always. Start working for your purpose.

Until next time

-Tamorra

Live Life post 128 Who are you?

Who are you?

Do you know who you are?  I mean do you really know who you are?

I want to let you know that if you don't know who you are, you will always feel an emptiness inside.  There will always be that need to do more, see more, and be more. 

Why is this?

We have to look at ourselves the way that God looks at us.  God is the designer and he has created each and everyone of us with a specific design.  Our individual design was thought up because God had an intention on how to use us.  His design was determined by the job that we are supposed to do in this world . . .

Let me back up because we all need to understand who we are so that we can understand our purpose.  When an inventor invents a product, he is usually trying to address a problem or an issue that will help people.  For example, the motorized car was invented to help people get to places faster.  Sure the design has matured over the years, but we still see the original design.  You have the wheels that role, the body of the car that hold the passengers, and the motor that makes it go.  Now the intent is for this motorized vehicle to transport the passengers from one point to another.  It was specifically designed to do this, and this was the original intent of the designer/inventor. 

What happens if this vehicle was no longer used to transport?

#1 The vehicle is not being used for it's original purpose or intent
#2 The designer/inventor will not see his vision fulfill it's original purpose
#3 The invention itself is being wasted

We don't want our lives to be wasted!

We want to be used for our original purpose, our original design, and God's original intent.

When we choose not to know who we are, we are choosing not to know our purpose.  When we chose to do other work in this world that God has not intended for us to do, we are being wasted.  God wants to see his vision come to life.  He is waiting on us to make that decision to be used for what he has made us for.

Each of us were designed carefully, meticulously, and methodically.  Everything that is in us was placed there for a reason.  Just like the car has a engine, a transmission, a carburetor, a battery, and so forth, you have a plethora of working parts, intricately designed for you to go.  You were designed to move.  You were designed to help other people move.  You were designed to help people get to their destinations.  You are a vehicle designed to transport.

It is important to know who you are.  It is important to learn why God has made you with the gifts and talents that you have.  There is a reason why only you can do what you do.  Find your gift and enhance it.  Practice your purpose.  Become the best at being exactly who you were designed to be.  Your design must mature in order to meet it's full potential so that you can fulfill your purpose.

So I ask you again:  Do you know who you are?

Do you know why God made you?  Or are you just closing your eyes and hoping for the best? Well, honey, you really need to open your eyes because you keep crashing into things!  We have to stop wondering why our lives are a mess!  We know why.  It is because we are not operating in our original purpose.  We often times don't know who we are!  We can't define it. We can't exactly pin point it.  There is something that is separating us from our purpose.

I encourage you to talk to the Lord.  Spend time with him.  Seek after him.  He is the designer and he will tell you why he made you.

Remember this:

In order to feel fulfilled in life, you must be used for your original intent.

Find your Purpose!

Ladies, I don't know if I shared this video with you before, but it was very motivating to me when I was searching for my purpose.  Check it out and always know that You are Awesome!

Until Next Time
-Tamorra

Live life post 127 Tuesday Tip to Live by

“If you’re serious about becoming a wealthy, powerful, sophisticated, healthy, influential, cultured, and unique individual, keep a journal. . .

“Don’t trust your memory. When you listen to something valuable, write it down. When you come across something important, write it down.” - Jim Rohn

If I can't say it enough, I'll think it until the Christian world understands the importance of keeping a record of your thoughts.  I kept journals in the past and have written a lot of poetry.  I always saw something different when I went back to reflect on the words I had written years before.  I always learned something new.

This blog acts as my journal.  I have been living for 36 years and collectively only have about 4 years recorded of it.  I wish I had more, I wish that I knew the value in all my past mistakes, in all my trials, and all my growth.  What were the thoughts that I was thinking?  What were the decisions that I made, big and small.  What did I learn that helped me overcome certain situations?

The Bible is a giant journal of people's lives, mistakes, good fortune, and triumphs.  This is the place to go to learn all that we need to learn. . . God already knows what we need to know how to be successful, now all we have to do is study to find out what  he needs us to know . . .

No, we can't always trust our memory.  Our brain dumps information that we haven't used.  Our brain dumps things that it thinks is not important when we haven't accessed that information in a while.  So, in order to learn and keep learning from our lives, we should really keep a journal. 

Now writing in a journal is just a first step.  The next step would be to  review it on the regular.  What were some hard decisions that you had to make in your life?  What did you learn about yourself in that situation?  How could you have handled things differently?  So on and so forth.

I like to reflect and think things out.  This is a good way to be a problem solver.  Look at the facts, analyze the facts and come up with a solution.  I come up with my solutions by presenting my problems, issues, and hang ups to the Lord.  When I read the bible, the Lord shows me were I can improve.  It also gives me perspective on my life.

I am serious about my life.  I am serious about living it to the best of my ability.  I am serious about God and my faith.  Therefore, I write it down, to show God I am serious about the things that he is teaching me.  I write it down to show that I don't want to forget what God has already shown me.  I write it down because I don't want to keep making the same mistakes.  I write it down because I believe in the directions that God is giving me.  I write it down because I have faith that my hopes and my dreams will come true.  I write it down because  God told me to:

I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make [it] plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

For the vision [is] yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

Behold, his soul [which] is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

Habakkuk 2:1-4

In context:  God was telling the prophet Habakkuk to write an announcement publically so that everyone can see it and read it.  The announcement was a vision to be announced by writing large letters on a tablet, which was a common practice back then.  Habakkuk was asking God, when would the time come where he would finally judge the wickedness of the world.  God answered him with a vision of how he would destroy Babylon (in parallel thought: also the system of Babylon, which is the world we are living in today).

God told Habakkuk to write the vision down.  What he wrote was not going to happen right away, but it will happen at the appointed time: the time that it was already decided to happen by the Lord.

side note: Let us understand that our understanding of time is not the Lord's.  God does not operate on a time line like we do.  He is infinite and always living in the present able to move in and out of the lines of time.  It is because of his infinite wisdom and understanding, that he can make the necessary calculations of what will happen, when it will happen, and how it will happen.  Now, since we live on a time line, the prophetic message will happen in our understanding of what the future is.  Our future is determined on the processes, circumstances, decisions, free will, and product of our calculations.  We are working out our future right now.  A future that God already knows!

Application:  So what does this mean for us and how can we apply this scripture?

The scripture is relevant to the time Habakkuk.  It is also relevant to us in our time.  The word of God is infinite and everlasting.  The word of God will always surpass our understanding unless we have interpretation by the Holy Spirit.  Hence, understand and hear what the Holy Spirit is saying to the church:

We should be writing down everything that the Lord is saying to us.  We must write it down in order for others to understand and apply the learning.  This way, we can constantly move forward.  This way we can constantly learn the ways of the Lord.  Always sharing, always teaching, and always motivating others with the word.  Even for those who are too busy to listen, even for those who are running too fast to see or read the message.  Write it down and make it plain.  Don't forget what the Lord is teaching and telling us to do.  If we do this effectively, we will grow and we will move along on this time line continuum.  But first we have to do what the Lord says do.

Additionally, everything is a parable.  God tells us stories and presents them to us in away that we can connect to them.  He is the master teacher and whoever seeks after him, gains more understanding.  So, each time you go back over the story, you get a higher understanding of the revelation.  This is why Jesus taught in parables.  It is not for everybody.  It is for those who seek after it.

Keep a journal, get a revelation from God about your purpose.  Write your purpose and don't forget it.  Love you with the love of Jesus.

Until Next Time

-Tamorra