count it all joy: testimony

i want to share a testimony with you related to my blog Count it all Joy. on the evening that i had posted this blog, my daughter and i was out running errands. we had been out for awhile and we were hungry. my daughter wanted to go to Mr. Gattis and since she had been out of school this week, due to outpatient surgery she had, i wanted to treat her. i'm gone share with you all that i didn't have any money on me nor in my account. So i decided that i would write a check. we arrived at Mr. Gattis and as soon as i opened the door to walk in there was a sign that read "sorry we no longer accept personal checks". i told my daughter that we wasn't going to be able to eat there and she began to cry. she asked could we go to the chinese restaurant. we went there only to see the sign "no personal checks accepted". we turned around and my daughter cried even harder. so i suggested that we go to chick-fil-a because i just knew that they accepted checks. we go inside and i was told that they no longer accepted checks. this time i decided that we would just go home. my heart was broken because of the look of disappointment in my child's eyes and i felt like a failure. to top it all off, my gas hand was on empty, on the little red line. i went to the gas station. my plan was to use my card as a credit and guess what, i was denied. this time i wanted to cry. now, let me tell you how satan operates. in my mind,satan's battlefield, i could hear satan mocking me "count it all joy. you told others to count it all joy so lets see if you gone count it all joy. what you gone do now?" immediately, i started praising
God and i prayed that we would make it home and that God will supply our needs. we came home,had dinner and made smoothies.

Now,let me tell you how my God works. the following day I had woke up, went into my prayer closet and talked to God about my situation. Not too long after that my phone had rung while i was at the gas station pumping gas. it was my director from my job. now, before i go any furthur let me inform you that i had been working on my job as part-time status since January. My director was calling me to offer me a full-time position. HALLELUJAH, PRAISE GOD. God is soooo good. again, i just wanted to encourage someone to Count in all Joy, and expect to see something good out of whatever situation you may be going through. Trust God. Do not give up on Him

count it all joy

My brothers and sisters consider it joyous when we go through various trials; know this, that the testing of your faith produces patience (James 1 verse 2-3).

I'm pretty sure many of us have gone through something and have asked the question, "Lord why me" or may be you just wondered "Lord, what is going on"?  Someone may be asking those questions right at this very moment or probably feel like giving up and throwing in the towel. The situations that we go through may not feel or look good to us. We may not understand it and we will not always understand God. But God knows how we feel that is why He gives us instructions in His word. One of His instructions is for us to consider it joyous when we are going through our trials or hard times. I know what you may be thinking, easier said than done right? I can agree with that but I also know that it can be done. How can it be done? By dwelling on the positive instead of the negative. There is a positive somewhere in the situation. When we go through trials, God is testing our faith in Him. God is looking at our reaction to the situation. Whether we're going to trust Him or if we're going to give up and turn our backs on Him. By saying that (turn our backs) are we gone go back to some of our old evil ways or turn back to people that God has separated us from for whatever reason. We may not know it, but God knows what He is doing. He knows what it takes to get us to where we need to be. I don't know what your situation may be or how painful it is. I do know that through it all God is performing a good work in you (see He still working on me). You may be dealing with a death of a loved one. If so, my heart goes out to you. Know that, good can come out of that situation. I don't know if you all have seen Tyler Perry's Madeas Big Happy Family. If you have, you will notice that family was not happy or getting along until the mother had passed. Her death had brought the family together. Someone death may have caused a person to turn their life around. You may have lost your job. I know it's not easy, I've been there. I'm here to tell you to trust God. I know you have bills to pay and mouths to feed, but trust God. There is nothing too hard for God (Jeremiah 32 verse 27) and just enjoy your moment of rest (Matthew 11 verse 28-30). You know that job was stressing you out anyway :) I don't know who this was for, well actually i do know, it was for everyone who read this blog because we all are going through something. I just want to encourage you to count it all joy, look at the positive instead of the negative, allow God to complete His work in you and most of all TRUST GOD. Don't think that God is mad at you or that He doesn't love you. He loves all of us and what we go through is not to harm us but to do us good. God word says, For i know the thoughts that I thinks towards you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil to give you a future and a hope (Jeremiah 29 verse 11). Think on that and as you do talk to God. Let Him know how you feel. Be real with God. He knows how you really feel anyway and He always keeps it real with us.

Be Blessed.

Reverse roles

Ladies! Is it me or does it seem like our roles as women has reversed? What i mean by that is we don't just carry on the role as women but we also carry on the role of men. Why is that? Now i'm not speaking about single mothers or single women who live alone because in that situation we have to be the woman and the man of the house. Meaning we have to tend to our children, take care of our homes and be the provider. I'm talking about when we are in relationships or marriage. I have noticed that many of us are taking on the role of men and not allowing a man to be a man. I've experienced it myself and i see it in so many others. For example,

1. for women who have their own places, why does the man have to move in with us? now i understand if you have your own and he has his own and when you come together in marriage you may choose your place because of maybe size and family, but after awhile he should be finding a place for his new family. but other than that why do we allow the man to move into our homes? (2 Timothy 3 verses 1-7)
2. why are we working and trying to pay the bills while the man is at home chillin or "keeping the children", hanging with his homeboys or riding around in "your" vehicle wasting your gas and you be the one to fill it back up? why is he not working whether he make more or less than you and being the provider? (1 Timothy 5 verse 8)
3. if the man is working, why are you struggling to pay the bills and take care of the children while he spends his money on whatever he pleases and give to you what he wants you to have?
4. why do we continue to sleep with them, give our beautiful precious bodies to them when they have not put a ring on it, paid the price for us or realize what we are worth? (Matthew 7 verse 6)

You know i am telling the truth. I know that i am not the only one who has experienced this or know somebody else who is going through the same. I am not saying that all homes or men are like this, but we see a lot of these "reversed roles" in society today. And we wonder why so many homes are in chaos,Why so many women are tired, stressed and depressed, why there are so many abusive, violent, domestic relationships and why so many men are lazy. Not only because of wives or girlfriends, but because of mothers too.

Do you not feel like the roles have reversed? Do you not feel like we are not allowing men to men? The bible say for us to be help meets not the provider. If we can get our own (homes, cars, jobs, careers, education) why can't he? "Women we should be contributors,but allow the man to fulfill his role,too" (TD Jakes, The Lady, Her Lover and Her Lord)

He still working on me

Today I went to Walmart and when i was at the register checking out the clerk asked me do i remember the song He still working on me? I said yes. She said "that song has been in my head all day and it's good to know that God is still working on me." It is good to know that God is still working on us. God's word says in Phillipians 1verse 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.  That is basically saying that we can be confident and happy in knowing that when God starts working on us He will continue to work on us until Jesus Christ returns. As Steve Harvey titled his stand up comedy show "Don't Trip God is not Through with me Yet." And look at Steve Harvey now! Some of us recognize the fact that God is working on us and we feel so much better than before and some of you are resisting and you are miserable. It's doesn't feel good when you go against the will of God. Allow God to work on you. It is a process but that process starts with you. The process is not easy there are lessons to be learned, but it's up to you on how fast you will learn those lessons. Don't resist God. Don't make the process or the journey longer than what it has to be (read the story of the Isrealites when Moses lead them out of Egypt). For those of you who acknowledge the fact that God is working you, rejoice and be glad. Imagine what the outcome is going to be. I Corinthians 2 verse 9 ...Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love Him. That's something to shout about right there! I am glad to know that God is working on me and I am ready to see what else He has in store for me. Do you feel the same? For those who are more spiritually mature than others please do not look down on those who are not there yet. Help them. Lift them up and be encouraged. Keep in mind that you were once there.

Be Blessed!    T. Nash

Welcome!

Welcome to I am Royalty!! This blog is created for women all over, regardless of race, age or social status. God has the same message for us all. I don't know if some of you noticed that eventhough we may come from different backgrounds and live different lives, we all have something in common. I can name a couple of things myself just from my experiences and others. A lot of us women are dealing with pain, low self-esteem and other issues, but Hallelujah! There is an antedote to our problems and it is the word of God! How often do we hear, read and apply the word of God to our lives? Probably not enough. How do i know? Because you can never get enough of the Word. Ladies, we need the Word. We need to hear the Word, read the Word, be a doer of the Word and sow the Word into others (James 1:22). We have to come together and get right. Ladies, we are losing ourselves! We are losing ourselves to fornication, relationships that are not of God, drug addiction, alcoholism(alcohol addiction) , depression, abuse, hatred, etc. It's time for us to recognize who we are so we may share it to others. Someone is watching us. We have daughters, sisters, nieces, little girls or teenagers looking up to us.

So, who are we? We are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar (strange) people; that we should show forth praises of Him who hath called us out of darknesss into His marvelous light (I Peter 2:9). We are royalty! Lets walk like it.

Welcome to the blog. I pray that we will receive something from it. That we will grow spiritually. That we will do the work of the kingdom by sowing seeds into other people lives (Matt. 13:37). We will not disrespect one another or one another opinions. That we will pray for another and lift eachother up. That we will be healed, delivered and set free from all pain, addictions, strongholds and anything else that is keeping from being what God has called us to be and doing what He has called us to do. Bless this ministry Lord. Let Your will be done. Touch every heart that read this blog and get involved. We need you Lord. Help us realize what we are worth and who we are. That we may be examples to others and that we may be leading ladies. In Jesus name, Amen.