I Love Lecrae!

Of course I don’t know Lecrae but coming from the (world) into a realm that’s not of this world my view was of course that wow (he looks good…definitely dateable) which I didn’t think was possible (in my ignorance) U get this view of churchy boys that have no kind of swag at all. The best thing is that I don’t feel any kind of lust towards Lecrae nor would I feel comfortable feeling any lust towards him, its pure love for who he is as a person. & that’s how all men and women should carry themselves, but obviously that’s not the case.

Men (& women) purposely entice lust to one another, but ultimately every human being desires love. Every human being desires a relationship with God, God is Love 1 John 4:8. But most don’t move past their desires, stuck instead by their surroundings and their past. What’s attractive about a man that desires to draw you away from God? You don’t love the singers, rappers, athletes; movie stars that feed off your weakness to gain money for themselves…I mean how could you? How can you love something that is not a reflection of what love is?

Lecrae is an image in (Christian Hip Hop) of a guy I would want to date…In Secular Hip Hop women love secular rappers & most would want to date them. Secular rappers talk about everything most women want…the money, cars, fame, sex, party life. But that’s not what (I) want. (I) want so much more. I want what God has promised to all his children. Galatians 5:22-23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³ gentleness and self-control.”

What I see in Lecrae…is what I see in myself.

Lecrae is a reflection of Christ…I want a husband that reflects Christ. A husband that is not ashamed of the gospel Romans 1:16 a husband who’s inner spirit is reflected outwardly through his passion for living for Christ! & I don’t want it to seem that just because I use Lecrae in my example that my husband needs to be a Christian rapper…Lecrae was the first image of the YOUNG Christian world that I saw. I honestly didn’t know there were young people out there boldly living for Christ. Christian Hip-Hop makes Christianity BOLD. & when I see a man that is so UNASHAMED of being exactly who he is (exactly who I am) the only word I can use is Love. How can you not? When what you read in the Word is being reflected in another human being? & I don’t expect Lecrae or my husband for that matter to be perfect like Christ…but it’s the passion. Going beyond desiring living for Christ, & actually living for Christ. Passionately pursuing your purpose in Gods will!

DESIRE – to want something

PASSION – the refusal to live without something

Lecrae has gone beyond the realm of desire into the realm of passion! & yes there are several men that have found their passion for life but their passion isn’t to live for Christ it’s to live for themselves. This includes normal everyday non celebrity men as well…miss me with that.

The passion that Lecrae has for living for Christ is sooooo attractive!

It’s his passion (his refusal to live for anything but Christ) that has got him to where he is today. Ultimately it’s his passion for Christ that I love. The fact that he has found his purpose is why his passion has turned into success. A man (in the world) can find his purpose & never have “worldly success” but a man living for God who finds his purpose will be successful no matter what. God never fails Zephaniah 3:5

Lecrae has the outlet of music to express what is in him outside of himself.

I’m past desiring living for Christ, I do live for Christ (he’s my passion) only thing is I don’t know yet how I will use my talents to glorify Christ (my purpose), I just know (how) will be revealed to me in Gods time.

What’s attractive about a man that wants to live for himself?? Nothing. What’s attractive about a man that wants to live for the same thing I’m living for??? Everything.

Self-Worth

I’ve always had some sense of self worth. But I lacked self-worth in some areas. Didn’t fully understand the meaning or ‘feeling’ of self worth.

One of the big areas I struggled in regarding my self worth is I let what other people said or felt about me affect me. Like many others, I was constantly bullied by boys & girls, a lot of times for how I looked on the outside.

My horrible sense of fashion, big forehead, big nose, clumsiness, big feet, no butt having, socially retarded self.

I started doubting myself..like wait maybe I’m not that great…

Lucky for me, guys only focus on the outside rather than the inside..so as I grew a little older…I became a little more confident & outgoing..& the more confident & outgoing I became..the more men I attracted. The amount of men I attracted was overwhelming. It was a game & I relished in it for awhile..but attracting men became too easy. No one enjoys easy games for too long.

Where did the next challenge lie?

The challenge lied in me dealing with someone who had got past the outside & made me realize that no matter how ‘great’ I was on the outside..my inside mattered just as much (if not more).

I started doubting myself..like wait maybe I’m not that great…

Hmm..you made me think oh yes you did, & I love you for that. & the greatest thing is people may never believe the change in me, but I don’t need you to, I don’t need anybody to. The beauty of having the Spirit in me is that my life is to be modeled after Christ, nothing that anyone says or feels will affect me, because from the day I was born he defined me! He chose me! Christ died for me, I am worth it!

So why I ever doubted myself? Because I lived for this world & when I did the opinion of the world mattered..Now I rest assured as I did as a toddler..

I am that great!

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*God-worth – [God-wurth]

–noun

the sense of God’s value or worth of you as a person; God-esteem; God-respect.

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CUT IT OUT!!!

I waste enough of my own time…

so to waste time with others who have nothing to offer me in the present nor the future is a no-no.

To be clear…If a relationship is offering something to me it doesn’t mean I’m the one taking, I benefit from relationships where I’m mostly giving as well.

If I’m able to cut people out I do, I like to keep my circle small…

I unfollowed a whole lot of people on twitter & deleted my facebook because a lot of the connections I was keeping were purely entertainment…meaningless. I stopped communicating with a bunch of people because my relationships were purely entertainment…meaningless..

Too many peoples lives are set on living for themselves..mines is set on living for God! Those two paths don’t match up!

I have a purpose to pursue!

Back in the day when I spent my time with people who are (entertaining) when times got hard there was nobody around.. #butGod

So when time is available…outside of time wasted on myself it is to be put towards time with God.

He’s the only one that’s always been there thru everything believe that! He gave me life, & a life worth living!

He deserves for me to give him everything I got & to live my life for the purpose of glorifying him!

CELEBRITY

Do you ever wonder y celebrities seem to have it all…yet they’re still not happy? Still not satisfied? Still yearning for more? Have you ever thought, if I had money & fame like this or that celebrity I would surely be happy!! Yet thru media we’ve heard/seen before our eyes countless stories of fallen singers, actors/actresses, & athletes. Maybe there’s more to “The good life” than what the world tries to make it seem. Maybe “The good life” isn’t so good after all…

Here’s where the problem lies…nothing of this world can bring you happiness. Let me repeat myself…nothing of this world can bring you happiness…true happiness. Not money, not cars, not a house, not even another human being. Sure you’ll have your good times, & those times when you think life couldn’t possibly get any better. But what about the bad times?? What do you do then??

What happens when you lose your house? Your husband/wife cheats on you? A close relative passes away?? How then can you get to a place where you are truly happy? What are you going to use to numb the pain?? Will it be alcohol? food? shopping sprees? drugs? sex? …How about God? If you wait till your at your lowest to reach for God after years of living for this world…you are going to find yourself far away from home.

Peep this-If you chase the things of this world you are only going to wake up one day & realize how unhappy you really are when you reach the ‘goal(s)’ you’ve set for yourself. You’ll feel empty like your life is pointless & there’s nothing really to look forward to. Why? I’ll tell you y!! Because all along you have never lived for anything that is meaningful!! Living for yourself & worldly desires is what us Christians would call a “Wasted Life”. Why not live for a purpose??

DO OUR FANS MEAN MORE THAN OUR POSITION IN ETERNITY???

New York Giant Hero @DTyree85 spoke out on gay marriage. Simply put, we can not follow along with what is popular, because what is popular in our world does not align with the truth.  It’s hard to believe that speaking against gay marriage will actually change the direction @ which society is moving. But I know now as a true christian that I have the obligation to at least try. I hope other athletes see this & follow suit. Stop worrying about what is popular & worry more about what is right & what is going to lead your fans to a path of eternal life!

Why did you decide to speak up for marriage?
Do our fans mean more than our position in eternity? I believe marriage is a reflection — Marriage is the only relationship that mirrors a relationship with God. It’s very unique in that way. So I am disappointed when there’s not enough guys who dethrone their platform and cast down their crowns to lift up something as honorable and near to God’s heart as marriage.

When dads are absent what do boys learn about how to be a man?
Our society permeates those three things, for men especially…sexual conquests, economic prowess. They’re extremely unfulfilling. At the height of my moment that actually lead me I realized I had athletic prowess, sexual conquests…at a very young stage, you know, economically well in my early career. I was at the lowest point of my life, it was extremely unfulfilling. Not to say that they’re all bad thing in and of themselves, but if they’re at the central focus of our being and that’s the message that we’re sending our children, you’re setting up to live unfulfilled, purposeless lives.

What message does gay marriage send?
It sends [the message] that you don’t need a mother or a father. That has to be one of the loudest messages that ring[s] forth. I know this, I was impacted severely — my father was in my life — but I was impacted severely because he wasn’t in the home. Then you have father’s in the home, but it’s almost like they’re not in the home, and that’s impacting on a child. This is what I do know, you can’t teach something that you don’t have, so two men will never be able to show a woman how to be a woman. That’s just simple, for lack of a better term, common sense. I’m not political. I approach more from an angle of prayer. As much as people are going to voice their opinions and make those pushes in a negative direction, I feel like athletes, believers, or people who are very strong towards marriage, especially in places of position, need to really take this opportunity to voice it. I think we’re doing ourselves a great injustice, as well as those Christians or believers, we’re doing God an injustice by not making his heart known to our country.

I want to identify my life with the Lord Jesus in every way. I realize that when he hung on that cross he identified himself with me & I wasn’t really worthy of that. So I kind of double honor just to be who I am. & Its not about establishing a theocracy its about whats right its about how can marriage be marriage for thousands of years & now all of a sudden because a minority an influential minority has a push or an agenda it totally reshapes something that was not founded in our country, not founded by men, & its something that’s holy and sacred & I think there’s nothing more honorable worth fighting for especially if we really care about our future generations.

What will happen if they pass the gay marriage bill?
If they pass this gay marriage bill….I guess you can say my peace is in God’s sovereignty. But what I know will happen if this comes forth is this will be the beginning of our country sliding toward…you know, it’s a strong word, but anarchy. The moment we have, and if you trace back even to other cultures, other countries, that will be the moment in which our society in itself loses it’s grip with what’s right. I do believe that there is right and wrong. I do believe that there is good and evil. I believe that many things are subjective but I don’t believe that truth is. Marriage is one of those things that is the backbone of society. If you redefine it, it changes the way we educate our children, it changes the perception of what is good, what is right, and what is just.

Meagan Good speaks about her love for Godly Men

Meagan Good was interviewed in Today’s Black Women Magazine…

Peep a couple excerpts from her interview below…

Is it important for you to communicate your beliefs with what you wear?
I think there’s a perception of me where I come off as a rebel. I definitely like to hang out and go out to clubs. I seem kind of like a wild child, and in a way I am. But I am also a woman who loves God, and I’m a firm believer in not being judgmental with other people. I am also a believer, as a Christian, going into places other people wouldn’t go because they are too busy judging. It’s about reaching people in dark places.

Do you see marriage in your future? What are your must-haves in a man?
I definitely want a family. My criteria for a man: Number one, you just have to be a man of God. That’s at the top of my list, or it’s a no-go. He has to believe in Jesus Christ and really love the Lord. Not someone who just says,“Oh yeah, I’m a Christian,” but someone who is actively trying to live his life that way. Someone who can encourage me and influence me to be a better woman. Nothing means more to me than that.

I believe women are the backbone of relationships and marriages and households.You can’t really have a good man without a good woman. I’m the kind of girl who would sign a prenup in a heartbeat, because I don’t want your money.

Now I totally agree w/ Meagan that there are a lot of guys (& girls) that throw around the word ‘Christian’ while not really living as one. & its important to be with someone who truly is Christian. However, I learned that you can’t wait around for a man in order to change…you got to change for yourself. No one is judging her based off the fact she calls herself a christian yet still goes to the club however, I can’t see her way of reaching people as a christian as being effective. As a celebrity she has several avenues for reaching people in dark places without having to actually walk into the darkness. So I see her saying that more as an excuse to continue living in similarity to a sinner. But hey, what do I know. Only Meagan knows Meagan’s heart. & might I add that I love Meagan Good as a person!

What do you feel about what she had to say???