Smart, Saved, Sexy: Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

What exactly is being fearfully and wonderfully made? What was King David saying to the Lord at the time this prayer and praise was penned? 

Psalm 139:14New King James Version (NKJV)
14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well.

I believe the King knew, despite his many flaws God made him GREAT! Yet, it doesn't stop with how God made the King but how HE created all of us!


I suggest finding the biblical definitions of fearfully and wonderfully to come to full conclusion what King David was trying to convey but here, for this text, I'll share my thoughts (and what I agree with):

In the original Hebrew text of the Bible, the word fearfully means: with great reverence, heart-felt interest and with respect. The word wonderfully means: unique, set apart, marvelous (darlingmagazine.org)

So what is your Fearfully and Wonderfully made story? Are you Naked, Unafraid and ready to tell it?

Telling your story is helpful to another and can provide you with release! God bless you!

Smart, Saved & Sexy: The day Abstinence and Celibacy Met UP

Abstinence meaning: 

ab·sti·nence

ˈabstənəns/Submit

noun

the fact or practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something,

Celibacy meaning: 

cel·i·ba·cy

ˈseləbəsē/Submit

noun

the state of abstaining from marriage and sexual relations.

In may of 2012 I enjoyed my last intimate act with the person I said 'I Do' to; not only to him but to anyone. I decided at that point because our lives as husband and wife were on a downward spiral letting go sexually was the start of letting go mentally and spiritually. He didn't notice. God had. 

Abstinence and Celibacy have two different meanings but, depending on your life, help with one thing: being prepared for what God has for you(us) in the long run which is our end result. 

In the midst of this, I share with you TODAY the realities of both from the perspective of a single woman. When I made the decision in 2012, I did so in order to see what my then husband would say or do, because he did nothing it was easy for me to understand and see my lot in life as a woman chosen for ministry and a higher calling. I was able to see and hear what God was saying to me and the assignment at hand. You do realize four years ago I made this spiritual pact. I anxiously await my future king, but I serve God first while waiting.

Today Abstinence and Celibacy have met up. I am sharing this with you because the choices we all must make in our singleness is vital to the doors that must remain closed until our God ordained husbands show up. Doors that must remain intact until God sees fit. This is why I serve and this is why I stay in the position of prayer. 

Ladies your sexuality and sensuality is in held by you in the understanding of WHOM GOD IS AS YOUR FATHER. A father will not put you in a place where you will succumb to temptation, So you have to make the choice to live according the word given us. Your temple, and your call. LINE IT UP WITH THE WORD OF GOD. 

1 Corinthians 6:18-19

1 Corinthians 7: 32-40

1 Corinthians 7:2

Romans 10:17

It is my hope that you are encouraged to do what is necessary in keeping yourself pure until the time the Lord says different. 

Dana Williamson 

Ways to be B.A.D # 11: Realize Your Worth

God said we are fearfully and wonderfully made. If that is so, we are worth more than we THINK WE ARE. As a matter of fact the word also says that we are WORTH MORE THAN RUBIES.




There is nothing wrong with knowing that you are valuable. How will you walk out how valuable you are? Are you ready to accept your worth?

Ladies, we have to be refined and smoothed out, but that doesn't change that you are expensive. You are so expensive, no one can afford you, but God will send someone to honor you, to respect you, and to value you. You are not just a diamond in the rough, you are a ruby. You are blessed anointed and destined. When you figure out your worth, you can walk in your BAD-NESS!


Dana Neal
Coach

Motherly Wisdom #26: Mom loves you more than money

I can share this now, because it is AFTER CHRISTMAS, and a lot of you have received your gifts or received nothing.

As a parent, WE LOVE YOU MORE THAN MONEY. Your lives mean more to us than what you can buy us. Gifts are great, but they are an added addition to what we already have in you, and that is LOVE, RESPECT, TRUST. (please go back and review Motherly Wisdom 24)

Gifts can be stolen and replaced, but life cannot be. Let me help some of you mothers with a little transparency here: MY KIDS AREN'T PERFECT EITHER, but I love them just the same. I MIGHT be a little disappointed in the lives they have chosen to live, but ITS THERE LIFE AND THEY ARE GROWN.

Whew..now that that's over.

Mom loves you more than money. Money is good to have, but not where i takes over your life. Let me tell you that on some point, when you have your own kids, you will realize you can't give them everything that you want to, but you can share with them LOVE......

SO #CATCHTHIS: DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT WHAT MAMA ISNT' DOING, WHEN SHE'S STILL LOVING YOU!


Dana Neal
Coach and Mama!!

Motherly Wisdom #22: I told you so!

There is nothing like stepping back and watching things unfold exactly like you said it would. I mean truly we don't want to say I told you so, but it happens. I watch my children ignore what I say, or just say okay Mom, but then after about 2 or 3 weeks, I find out it happened just like I said. I try  not to laugh, but I just WAIT FOR IT.

Our purpose and plans, as parents, is to teach and hope that our children grasp on to what is necessary for their lives. If they decide that they don't want to do what MAMA says, that's fine. But when they keep getting a bloody nose, because they keep hitting a brick wall, just hand them the towel and keep walking. 

No, I'm not trying to be mean. I'm being honest. The truth shall set you free! If my mother wasn't so mean about the truth, I might have listened as I got older, but that's another lesson on the couch with the LORD. 

None the less, try not to tell them I TOLD YOU SO. Just wait for it! 

Dana Neal

Coach and Mama 

Motherly Wisdom #21: I'm just the grandmother, not the mother.

I love my grand children. I do, but at the end of the day/weekend they go home. I'm not the one to come in and change how my daughter decides to raise her kids. 

{side bar: if she does them any wrong, she'll suffer the wrath of God through Mama; WATCH!}

My grandchildren are a blessing. I want to tell me daughter this or that to help keep them safe, and raise them right, but in all actuality, they are her children. Ladies, you have to realize you can't RE-RAISE your kids through your GRANDCHILDREN; you will develop a horrible relationship with your children (men or women). Understand that regardless of whatever you are the grandmother, not the mother. 

Dana Neal

Coach and Mama! 

The Past

Today I'm talking about life as we knew it. I needed to come HERE to write this because I want it to reach the masses. There is purpose in all of our lives that is important we attain. Now, what you take from this is totally up to you, but you have to see, hear, meditate, and understand.

THE PAST

What does this mean to you? What does it meant to the people around you? Are you running from it? Have you decided that it is not yours to remember? Have you repented of all your wrongs and asked God to forgive you? Who were you and does that matter now?

I was taken to Proverbs this morning and the scripture bothered me. It bothered me in a way that was not pleasing to my understanding. You see, the words weren't clear so I studied each verse aquainted with it and then studied those verses. I looked in various bible versions to get a clear understanding and then put in my journal a question that you will see later.

The verse is Proverbs 9:18 But he does not know that the dead are there,
That her guests are in the depths of hell.
 
Doesnt' say much does it? So look at Proverbs 2:18, 7:27 and 5:5
 
After you do that look at what the message bible says about 9:18:
 
Madame Whore Calls Out, Too


13-18 Then there's this other woman, Madame Whore—
brazen, empty-headed, frivolous.She sits on the front porch
of her house on Main Street,And as people walk by minding
their own business, calls out,"Are you confused about life, don't know what's going on?
Steal off with me, I'll show you a good time! No one will ever know—I'll give you the time of your life." But they don't know about all the skeletons in her closet, that all her guests end up in hell.

Now this is deep!

Now, I'm wondering how many of us can understand where we are in this. This would mean, and it goes against some of my most recent messages, but this would mean that you have to look at your past and really see if there are any skeletons in your closet. You have to know if you are acting immorally in anything that you do or have done and your HAVE TO lay prostrate to get healing, to get over and to get it right!


Noah Webster's Dictionary(bible dictionary) says immoral is


(a.) Contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licentious; as, an immoral man; an immoral deed.

As I read this, I decided to look at what is divine law and found this definition that will help us ALL get to the point we need to be and thus getting over the past.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_law
Divine law is any law (or rule) that in the opinion of believers, comes directly from the will of God (or a god). Like natural law (which may be seen as a manifestation of divine law) it is independent of the will of man, who cannot change it. However it may be revealed or not, so it may change in human perception in time through new revelation.

In Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on Law, Divine Law, as opposed to Natural Law, comes only from revelation or scripture, hence Biblical law, and is necessary for human salvation. In Aquinas, divine law must not be confused with eternal law.

This definition can go in many directions, but still, you have to know what you are doing wrong in order to get right. If you are going against the Divine Law..God's law then you are not in right standing.

So, if you have  not opened the closet of your past to let the skeletons out and be buried in the cemetary of repentance and God's forgiveness, you need to do that NOW! The past IS the past, but in order to get over it you have to put it in your face and do what's right. Get rid of the guests of your past; get rid of what is dead and bury it in the proper place. Do not teach about getting over the past if you haven't yet. It is a wonder that I have seen this scripture today as I was having issues with my past previously. I couldn't understand, this day, if God was telling me that I was an immoral woman in the biblical dictionary sense. So I can be transparent and humble to say, YES, I have been immoral but I will not go on in that manner. I am looking in the closet of my past, and giving the dead a respectful burial place.

I can't help you until I help me first...so today is the day!

Apostle, Mother, Wife, Minister..........Tracy Foreman

Keeping with my theme of featuring business owners, I want to bring to you Mrs. Tracy Foreman:

Meet Mrs. Tracy L. Foreman, a minister, wife, mother, entrepreneur, and trailblazer in the Kingdom of God. If you need a true friend, and cheerleader in your corner, this is one young woman you must have in your life. So many things can be said about Tracy's accomplishments, but her hard work speaks for itself. The calling God has given her reaches women on a daily basis all over this nation.

A New Woman Ministries, is a dynamic ministry of healing, love, and compassion. Precious souls from various states gather together on a regular basis to connect on a live fellowship teleconference line to deal with real women, real issues, and real deliverance. Tracy believes in building the total woman, body, mind, and spirit; so therefore, she has created several networks to bring this vision full circle. Wellness Keys For Women, is an online health and weight loss club for those who desire to embrace a healthier lifestyle. The Royalty Network was created for those determined entrepreneurs, men and women alike, who need 24-hour support that will encourage them to continue building their businesses, while pursuing their dreams and goals.

Also, for professional women who are ministers and motivational speakers, and desire to increase their speaking engagements by 50%, she created a free online database and search directory called Women Speakers Galore! Finally, at the end of the day when you need to relax and wind down, the Royalty Spa Collection would be an excellent choice. This is Tracy's wonderful business in which she creates natural skincare with a touch of elegance. As you can see, this amazing woman has something to offer to everyone.

This woman is awesome and has been an awesome benefit to my life; as a business woman and a woman in ministry. Apostle Foreman is a woman of excellence and is very much a 5 star individual. Please visit her sites, connect with her. She's doing something that has nothing to do with money, it has to do with building God's kingdom!

What is it worth?

I have looked at my life, spiritually, through the eyes of another and though WOW, is it worth it?

I can't say I know the answer. I can't say I don't know the answer.

You see, life is about challenges and changes. You cannot stay in the same way of life and expect to get to heaven. You cannot flip back and forth with whom you want to servie (God or the devil) and expect to live eternity in Heaven.

I ask myself if my spiritual journey and life long campaign to serve the Lord is worth losing some people in my life and I can heartily say YES! But, then I look at my journey as Wife and Mother and say, Lord, can I present this area of my life with the same question; I don't know.

I get tired of trying to satisfy everyone in my household and trying to butter over the problems in life knowing I can't succomb to the tempation. YET, the bible says do NOT cause a man to sin especially if he doesn't know. So, I ask you, what is worth? Trying times seem to come every morning and I don't think I want to give up my relationship with God to make it all work. So I ask you, what IS IT worth?

Is it worth the love? Is it worth the tears? Is it worth the headaches? Is it worth the developing patience? Is it worth the time?

Yes, saints, it is. It is worth everything. Why? Jesus died on the cross for us. God thought that we were worth enough to have His ONLY son die for us. He died for our sins. If Jesus can do that, how much less can it be for me to just sit tight and wait on the Lord to move in my household. It is worth alot.

Some people may call it hypocritical of me to help another when my house is not complete, but, when you are keeping your eyes on the Lord and claiming the victory in advance w/o complaining..I'm a blessed woman of God..and it is worth it all!

Stop Making Me YOUR Excuse

There was a time, when I was a young girl, that I blamed myself for how people treated me. I felt that I was the problem for the adults and the fellow friends. As I grew up, I continued to beat up on myself regarding the relationships I had with people and the results there of.

I finally woke up.

I woke up when I realized that every WRONG thing I did as child, God would forgive me, and HE did. I finally realized that what others CHOOSE to do was a result of what THEY felt they needed to do, not by any thing I did to them.

I realized that how WE act and react to others is by response of the spirit within us. NO one can make us do anything we do NOT already want to do. Just the evil or the good held within dictates to us in our inner ear.

So what happens next? Well, first off, I want to tell all those connected to me in some way shape or form; if I offended you with my cut throat in your face reality of what GOD really wants, and you don't like it...stop. JUST STOP making me your excuse for the relationship we now have. No matter what you think and how many spiritual cosigners you need, I love you with the love of the Lord and according to God's bible, not the man made doctrine's that have been dictated to us all these years.

Secondly, those of you that have been connected with me through ministry, business, this blog or more, understand that your life on this earth is going to end. Be ready for it when you take a moment to look at your life and what you have done to others. How will God look at you? Have you repented of any wrongs? Not everything you have done is wrong so you have to look at it all. Be ready for your friends and colleagues to use you as an excuse for their actions.

I did this as a child, looking at all of me and I had trouble understanding God's work in my life. I did not SEE it or understand it until about 3 years ago when my body was totally clear of all liquor and things that hurt my temple(my body). I started to see how the smallest miracles are just as GRAND as the large ones I was waiting on. I looked at how I treated people in business, and in life; I looked at how I shared myself with my now husband and how it was MISUNDERSTOOD. I looked at how open my book of life was used against me and how, right now, I am still misunderstood and rejected.

Although I am misunderstood and rejected, I am not going to allow my "connections" to make me their excuse. I follow a command that is not part of the Ten Commandments and I share it with others so that they understand: Ezekiel 33:8
When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you shall surely die!’ and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.

This is important. WHY? I know God's word...I do NOT apply what I like to my life and leave what I don't like. So, when I share what the word says and you don't like me for sharing it..too bad. WHY? My salvation is more important than how you feel about the word that is needed for you. Once you, saints, figure out that the life you have should show Christ's light and illuminate to all not just who you pick and choose and that YOUR salvation is just as important (actually more important) than the car you drive you will realize that all else means nothing. Don't fail...don't stop...and please don't keep using ME as your excuse. I am nothing but a breathe on this earth....