My God is Steadfast and Intentional

Romans 8:28 NLT

And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.

Know that peace must be intentional. You must make the decision, repeatedly, to trust God regardless of how you feel. Trust in God’s sovereignty and know that He is in total control of all aspects of your life always. It’s only by making this choice, to trust God always and in all things and to disregard our opinions or feelings at a given time, that we can truly embrace that special peace. Remember that your emotions are conditional, but God isn’t. God is steadfast and intentional always.

A Cry in the Time of Despair

Psalm 22:16

For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me:they pierced my hands and my feet.

My Prayer😇

My God, sometimes despair grips us and we feel forsaken. Sometimes, the human weakness within me floods my soul and attempts to drown out the voice of Your Holy Spirit. In these times Father, I feel lost and persecuted. In these times I can no longer only focus on my glorious future in heaven with You, instead I focus on the pain. The pain of regret, the pain of loss. God, I become so wrapped up in my despair that I forget my login for the peace that You’ve placed within me. Reach for me Father! In these clouded moments, I’m unable to tap into my reserve of divine strength God and I need You to not only call out my name and remind me of the strength that’s within me but I need You to reach for me. Stretch forth Your mighty hand oh Heavenly Father and pull me free of this entangling despair. Rescue me from my abyss and tear me free from this spiralling trap. I call upon You God, please come to my aid. This is my prayer, with exceedingly great trust in my Jesus, my Lord and my Saviour sent by God to redeem His children, amen.

💕💕💕

Psalm 118:5-6
I called upon the Lord in distress:
the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.
The Lord is on my side; I will not fear:
what can man do unto me?

God Has Planned It All

Jeremiah 1:5
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

The reality is that you are not privy to all the plans of God. We get glimpses, if we focus our eyes. We hear snippets, if we train our ears. If we can truly meditate and teach our spirit to respond to the call of God, we can get some of that true insider information. And ultimately we’ll learn that God knows best and we should trust our fate to His will.

I knelt and I prayed to God. My hope has been under attack recently. I’d say viciously but that makes me feel like I’m being overly dramatic. But my hope has been under attack. I’d say for about three months now. Well that’s not merely recent. It has been a tough battle. It has been a rewarding battle. It’s amazing to record and feel so much change and growth within myself in such a short time. I had grown accustomed to the delayed responses.
I had been used to long battles which I wasn’t even aware I was fighting until I was laying face up at the end of my wits. Then I’d beg God to swoop in and do His superman things. But this battle was different. I was aware. From the onset, I was aware. Although I wasn’t all too on-par with the awareness, I knew exactly what to pray for and eventually I realised what was actually occurring. It all happened in record time.

Psalm 119:116
Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live:
and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

At first, I was all frantic. Scurrying about, looking for an exit. Praying but trying to do my own thing. Planning then asking God to see me through; the Shami way. Baking an earthly cake and asking God to be the icing or maybe even just the colourful sprinkles. Inviting God to the party, not as an after thought, but to be the life of the party and get the place pumping. Not realising that God is the main guest and He isn’t present for just mere entertainment.

So maybe the battle rages on, but the battle is not mine, it’s the Lord’s. So I am no longer front and centre all bloody-faced and teary-eyed hoping to get some rest soon. Instead, I am at peace amidst the storm because my Lord, even my Saviour, is the commander of the fierce winds too. 🙂

Luke 1:78-79
Through the tender mercy of our God;
whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Philippians 1:6
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

 

Thank you God for being for being a very present help always!

Love is Soulful

Love is… Soulful

I am certainly a gifted human. My most precious gift, for God has blessed each and everyone one of us with a myriad of inherent gifts and talents, is love. I love people. I love their words, their height, their choice of clothing and even the fact that they love cheesecake as much as I do. Most importantly I love their souls.

Our souls are the very fabric of our beings. And souls are beautiful. Each and every soul is beautiful. Some have flourished and blossomed more than others but I’ve always prided myself on seeing potential. So the souls I see are all beautiful because they are all ladened with the potential to be the best version of themselves. So I’ve dedicated some prayers to ask God to open not just my heart, but also my eyes, that I may boldly and truly follow the path he has laid out for me. Through God, I aim to be the best possible version of myself. I’d like you to do that too. Unlock that hidden potential.

Rob Hill Snr said it best to me – we were not put here to be islands, we were put here to be blessings.

Check out Rob Hill’s inspirational video entitled ‘A Letter to the Heart – Part 2’ – https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9_mkM_jLHBE&feature=youtu.be

 

Picture of Kay & I at Rango Restaurant in Price Plaza on 9th June, 2015.

The Lord Will Save You

In the book of Isaiah, king Hezekiah wrote the following when he had been sick and was recovered from his sickness:

Isaiah 38:20 The Lord was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.

Bible study tonight reminded me that God cares. Sometimes we get caught up in trying to follow the rules. Don’t lie. Don’t steal. No adultery. And, well, we know the rest by heart. It all seems like a rigid system all designed to keep us on our best behaviour. As such, we can sometimes just view God as this straight-faced overseer waiting to crack His whip.

So I’m here tonight to remind you that this is not the God we serve. As much as we’re here to follow the rules, God enjoys our praises. God wants each and every one of us to make it to heaven. God cares for each of us. The Lord is ready to save us. As mighty as God’s right hand is, His tender left hand is equally comforting.

God invites you to come to Him with all your worries and all of your concerns. God is our Father and He aims to allow each and every one of us to turn from our sinful ways and make our way home to His love and care. So go to God today. Surrender your heart to God. Lay your troubles upon our Lord. God will forgive you, once you admit your wrongdoing and strive to become His faithful child.

Amen ❤

 

Shami Mejor. Day 12.

Photo taken at La Fortuna Waterfall – Costa Rica 2015.

Trial By Fire

2 Timothy 1:7
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

There’s no mistaking it – life is tough. My mind was drawn to Isaiah 54:17 where it is said that ‘No weapon formed against you shall prosper’. And as has been pointed out by many before me, the promise is that the weapons which are formed shall not prosper but not that the weapons shall not be formed. So I decided to own my fear.

 

Fear can be terrifying and crippling even. Fear can lead you to build up worries about things that have the least probability of even occurring. Fear threatens to stop you dead in your tracks. Fear, if misused (as is often the case), stifles growth and surely leads to limited progression. Then the realisation that you’re stuck leads to depression and even more fear. Am I at my limit? Can I risk the change? Should I just toss in the towel? Let’s not even get started on fears that do become reality. Life forces us to face our greatest fears and then dares us to find the strength to continue living.

 

We’ve heard it in a variety of ways. Things that matter most are harder to achieve. After the rain comes the refreshing sunshine. Through sacrifice and hard work do we acquire steadfast determination. In the end, there’s no joy without sorrow and no victory without a battle. It’s like steel-making. Carbon and other compounds are added to iron at high temperatures. The impurities are removed and as a result, we have a stronger compound that has a wide variety of uses. This stronger compound is more resistant to changes in its set shape. Or like diamonds, which are formed at high temperature and pressure at great depths within the earth.

 

But ultimately, it’s the trial by fire that brings you into a state of greater ‘being’. So, going forward, my fear shall not incapacitate me. My fear shall no longer force me to cower in a corner and call it quits. Regardless of the situation that I find myself in, I promise myself that I will keep my head high and find solid ground to stand on once more. Fear shall be used as a motivator. Fear will now indicate that I am attempting to step outside my comfort zone, thus, opening my mind to explore new options. Why should I be confined to my present state? Why can’t I desire to experience more of life in other capacities than that which I have come to realise to-date? With a proper spiritual and social foundation, my life remains boundary-less!

 

Jesus will always be my solid ground. I long to follow the path that God wishes for me to follow, but I swear that I mess it up so much. Then too, sometimes, I don’t even know if I’m on the right path. Then I go on a lamenting-fest! But, thank heavens that God has heard and seen it all already. Because, I will forever rely on God to pull me out of every slum, even if it’s my very own attitude or decision that put me there in the first place.

 

Based on the fact that I’m no longer of the ‘Quick-Fix’ persuasion (lol I changed that mentality quickly, I know), I now welcome the trials that life has to throw at me. I will endure, learning lessons and keeping positive through it all. My walls have crumbled, to the point of no return, yet here I am. I consider myself a product of a miracle which only God could have achieved.

 

Be it my professional or personal life, when I find myself in an uncomfortable position wishing to disappear or sleep for a week straight, or take an unsolicited sabbatical to a far away land to meditate for three months, I will take a few moments to examine the situation and see which Shami traits can be refined during the course of that trial. Ain’t no mountain high enough after all. And once you know where you’re heading, there’s no obstacle great enough, once you’ve got the breath of life in you, that can stop you.

 

Obstacles – stepping paths to success.

Fear – notification that you’re stepping out of your comfort zone AND it’s time to fly like an eagle!

 

God’s ideals and God’s desires and God’s very kingdom is unshakable. So too  should be your faith in God. So when all else is shaking around me, and bursting into flames, I’ll keep my heart and soul fixed on that which is constant and I will prepare myself to emerge as a better version of myself. I imagine that I’ll certainly be happier and more comfortable in my own skin. I also aim to be a great comfort to those around me and hopefully a sign of stability in this ever changing world.

 

So, trial by fire, I welcome you! God will mould and shape me via any tribulation that crosses my path. I trust in the promise that God made in the book of Isaiah – that no weapon formed against thee shall prosper. So enemies- they prosper not. Unfair working conditions – you prosper not. Unrequited love – you too shall fail to prosper. Depression – duh you can’t prosper here. Hardships of all kind and dimensions shall not overcome me to the point where I give up hope. Not ever again.

 

Shami Mejor. Day 2.

 

God bless ❤

Photo taken at Jaco Beach, Costa Rica 2015

Living Life in Prayer

We share the love of Christ and we share the responsibility to help each other achieve our spiritual goals.

As fellow believers in Christ, we must share victories as well as burdens. It’s a pleasure to be joined to you all in the most valuable way ever – spiritually. And I hope that we continue paving our path to victory in Christ.

Remember that Christ cares. And Christ is able. Don’t be afraid. Always give thanks to God and pray for guidance and practice being more sure-footed. God never expects perfection from us, in fact, God longs for our weaknesses to manifest, for its in those moments that we seek Him most.

So seek God always and know that when you are weak, God makes you strong. Take time to relax and enjoy this life. For life is a gift meant to enjoy. We must enjoy all that God has so richly blessed us with. We must aim to never be so burdened that our days on earth just slip us by. Love every moment and know that God has your back, front and side. You are never alone.

Live carelessly in God’s care, knowing that no matter where life takes you, God can set you free.

I love you.

God bless.

Philippians 4:6-7
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Photo of Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago taken at the Lady Young Road Look Out, 2015.

Personify God

We know that God lives inside each and everyone one of us and that His love for us is personal. We know that public declarations and rituals do no sanctify us in the name of the Lord. But we also know that including God in all that we do and being witnesses of His love encourages and enlightens those around us. 
Aim to be a beacon of hope in these dark times. Humans are tired and weary and unjust and cruel. And these things are all side effects of the sin-filled world that we inhabit. So we need to ensure that we do not miss a beat. We need to want more of God. We need to be living, walking testimonies of the glory of our Lord. 
So don’t forget to set aside time. Whispering prayers under your breath during the day is good. But taking time to meditate and fixate on God is a whole new level of goodness. So challenge yourselves, as per your capacity, to meet God and learn about Him in a more personal way.
Remember that God desires that you desire Him to be your everything and nothing can separate us from His love that is Jesus Christ. 

Romans 8:38-39

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor 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. 

And I encourage you to read your bible also. Aim to personify your experience. 
Love you 🌺

God bless 😘

Picture shows sunset at the lookout along the Lady Young Road, Morvant. 

Picture taken by Shamillia Rock☺️

2 Corinthians 7:10

2 Corinthians 7:10

For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

Sorrow causes pain. No man is ever content with or welcomes sorrow of any kind. The aim however, is to not despair to the point that one is consumed and gives up hope and strays from the favour of God. For sin is like a wild animal crouching at the door waiting to devour you. When you are at your weakest, evil steps in boldly. God makes you strong when you are weak. While walking or crawling through that fire of your sorrowful torment, allow God to mould and shape you. Use the time to find yourself and repent. Repent and change your ways as you offer up yourself to God and rely on His heavenly strength. This will lead you away from sin and allow you to bask in the glorious grace of God’s salvation. Never allow worldly sorrow to make you die a spiritual death. Instead, allow all things to draw you into a closer relationship with God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. Amen and amen.