The Code of Trust...

Ten years ago, I stood in my parents' living room telling my Father that though l loved him and Mama very much, I had to leave our town to follow an unction! An unction to turn aside and discover who I really am! In the process of time, I've seen too much! Endured too much! Survived too much! Escaped too much! And conquered too much!!

Yet, in pursuit of this unction, I dived deep into unknowns and observed Purpose in all of its wonder! It is without age; quick to chase and hard to kill! It cannot be forced into dormancy nor appear beyond our reach! It supersedes blood, duty and death to leave a legacy stamped on eternity's history! It is too intelligent to forget the name or face of an intended assignment nor allows rest until its execution is done! It is so imprinted on the hard drive of our DNA that it cannot be altered nor left to chance!

My encounter with Purpose, these past years, has destroyed my limitations and unraveled my former self for a greater journey. It prepared me wings mounted to cross into the realm of uncommon faith where I must trust the Lord in every inordinate aspect without normalcy! On this spectrum, Trust is a code that insists I shut my natural eyes to see my unseen Captain's visage and perfect will with a renewed mind! It is a creed that demands my agility to soar above the high clouds and go down to the sea to do business in great waters! It is an oath that forces me to let go of sure provisions to attain divine promises my senses cannot detect.

"Trust Jesus", was the only two words my Earthly Father gave me on the first day of my adulthood and I still live by that command. For while I was "seeing too much", I watched the Lord's matchless power manifest itself right before my eyes! While I was "enduring too much", the Lord was fashioning me into a kingdom heir to legitimize my seat in heavenly places! And while I was "conquering too much", I found that the name of the Lord was good with me, as I saw it wipe clean and set straight atmospheres with one utterance!

With full consciousness, I choose to trust Jesus! Not because I am perfect, but specifically because I am not! For only in my weakness is His strength perfected! My very existence is solely dependent upon the immutability of His counsel and His inability to lie! Without His integrity, my entire world would cease if just one of His words failed!! Just one...

So with the weight of that, I am walking off this page singing a hymn the old folks use to throw their heads back and sing in great triumph...

I will trust in the Lord!

I will trust in the Lord!

I will trust in the Lord until I die!

I will trust in the Lord!

I will trust in the Lord!

I will trust in the Lord until I die!

Amen...

I Have No Legal Right to be Without…

It is a lie of hell to believe any narrative that eludes that not asking our Heavenly Father for both our needs and desires somehow makes us more righteous. The scriptures reveal that the Lord Jesus Christ came that we might have life and more abundantly! So, at what point did we decide that it was okay to cope and settle for the cards scattered upon our tables? If we can ascertain that we have a God that is able to do exceedingly above all that we could ever ask or think, shouldn't we have the audacity to want more? 

The answer is YES!!

I have been assessing my internal inventory and found that I long ago adopted the idea that the Lord would send all I needed my way without my participation of asking and believing! Not only is there no honor or glory in such belief, but it is a cop-out! For if I can get away without requesting any gift from the Lord, then I can pompously attribute my lack to God's will to justify my complacency and far remove myself from requirement! For to whom much is given, much is required! This could work if Jesus did not leave a contradiction on record in John 14:14 indicating, "If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it". Knowing this, it is almost illegal for me to be without! In fact, I have no legal right to be without!

Coping is an evil concept; for it means to come to terms with a present situation and subsist--which is a synonym to maintain oneself at a minimal level. A minimal level in sickness, poverty, abuse, irrelevant relationships, unhappiness and more! A minimal level wherein we befriend these things and become acquainted with their companions of excessive substitution meant to sedate us into a falsehood of living! Which is not life at all nor the liberty Jesus died, resurrected and lives forever more for!

There are treasures in heavenly places stored awaiting our audacity to come before the throne of grace and ask for that mercy we have need of! And once we attain such a need, we cannot reserve this supernatural mercy for just our shortcomings alone! This kind of mercy is a power source and driver for our assignments, success and kingdom conquests! 

We have a Father that so loves us and so ready to show Himself strong on our behalf, that I can no longer, in good conscious, allow Cope and its friend Subsist live in my mental capacity! They have not paid one dime in rent in all of these years and are being evicted effective immediately according to the codes and the regulations of the kingdom of God and the articles expressed in His rightly divided word! 

Come on! Let's snap out it and unplug from this matrix! We don't need a red or blue pill for this! We got the Word of God and must insist on its promises! The Lord is waiting on us to do so! We got a life to start living! Let's live!

Love The Key to Woman's Glory

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An Excerpt From “My Journey to Wholeness: Love Letters From the Throne - Volume I”

As the finishing touch in the Earth's creation, the Woman is swayed in dominion; fortified to subdue; prolific to be fruitful; exponential to multiply and stocked to replenish! She is comparably designed as the sole equal counterpart of the Man and built to be his match in physicality, intelligence and strength!

On all platforms of the spirit, soul and body, the Woman is the catalyst that ignites intimacy; the incubator of the generation's seed and the only creature that delivers divine DNA safely into our realm! Her mentality is hardwired to perform executive functions; defaulted to never forget and explicitly keen to recall a memory by the whiff or glimpse of the familiar. Her ability is unparallel and her emotions are acutely tuned to detect the unseen and the unheard!

Though the ages has multiplied her sorrow and subjected her to the whims of men--the Woman has prevailed! Though the world holds her in contempt for our chaotic state and often distrusts her motives--the Woman is loaded with remedies for all ailments! Though the systems discount her as mere property and a second class citizen--the Woman blossoms beautifully among the thorns and briars! Though her adversaries relish in destroying her magic and withholding rights, protection and provision--the Woman is atomically equipped to flourish and her needs are supplied by Heaven every time!!!

Consider this...

If history has proven that the Woman's success in dominion cannot be breached by the unfavorable conditions of: inequality, classism, sexism and racism-- how much more would the application of Love unlock the depths of her treasures? For, Love is the key to the Woman's glory! It is imprinted in her codes and runs in her veins! It is her fuel and ranks high above the needs of air, water or food! It duals as the source of her power and her kryptonite in the poor imitation of unrequited reciprocity!

The most inhumane act done to Women has been the conditioning that her security in love is contingent upon external factors! No other creature in creation must hang their happiness, self-worth and functionality upon this manner of madness! Nor is any other female species forced to choose love among the acquisition of: husband, children, education, career, money and materialistic ideals for fractured fulfillment!

The Woman must internalize that she was first and wholly loved in the mind of God when she was just an idea! The blueprint of her construct was formulated in His genius and released in a dimension to thrive without apology or limitation!! If the Woman ever perceives that she is perfectly loved upon arrival, she will unleash incalculable and insurmountable favor the worlds would never recover from! If the Woman ever comprehends the boundless love of Jesus Christ, she will apprehend the fullness of God and manifest in supernatural measure! If the Woman ever ascertain her totality, she will never be disarmed by the lesser or overwhelmed by the mighty again!

In His infallible wisdom, the Lord established the Woman as an outcome and the trajectory of mankind was forever altered! The Heavens made her an Earth Ruler! Man identified her as the bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh! The Generations call her Mother of All Living! And Hell reveres her as Nemesis and Enmity! Truth is, the Woman is bad all by herself, yet the extent of her greatness remain untapped, restrained or locked! In its simplicity and majesty, Love is, and will ever be, the only self-activating key that will set the Woman free in all of her aspects!

With that said, my Sisters...turn the key! For our future's sake...Turn the Key!!

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The Wing of the Storm: A Higher Dimension of Greatness

With the exception of the Eagle, it is said that during a storm, most birds hide in the leaves and tree branches until it passes. It is believed that Eagles not only love storms, but get excited; for it uses the rough winds to lift itself higher until the "wing" of the storm is found! When that sweet spot is discovered, the Eagle maximizes the weather's rage to ascend above the clouds to the optimal place where it can glide and rest its wings.

This information correlates beautifully with the human experience of elevation! For at the brink of transition to a higher dimension of greatness, the emergence of oppositional storms to disinherit one's divine promises is a given and the rite of passage! The question is, can we get excited knowing we must encounter the deadliest, the scariest and most treacherous conditions for upward success? In all honesty, my answer will be YES--once the transfer is complete! LOL!!

I have lived enough to detect the preludes of a shift! It is the space in time that if it wanted to go wrong, it does! If it wanted to be inconvenient, it was! If it wanted to be unbelievable, I saw it with my own eyes!! Traditionally, this is the place where I am the most weary, unsure and must rely solely upon the unequivocal power and genius of Jesus Christ to rise upon me!! In doing so, I am empowered to stop fighting against the storm and ride its madness to the advantageous glory of God!!

When I first arrived at this season of life, I was just learning my wings to determine if I could fly! I didn't expect such a strong storm, but a hard demand was put on my feathers to prove them for higher altitudes. I have experienced exponential loss, but each degree of loss took me exponentially higher! I have experienced moments that knocked the wind out of my chest, but for every ounce of wind taken I have witnessed beauty that required such breathlessness. I have contended with birds of prey that sought to discredit my character and mar my confidence, but for every swipe of dishonor the Lord exalted me in humility!

In all of this, Love remained my constant teacher, nemesis and gatekeeper. For at each level of altitude, Love required a costly toll of my fear as an exchange for entry. In many instances, I thought it cheaper to stay rich in my apprehension; for being disarmed of my fears negated my defense of non-performance! I often thought it would be easier to underachieve, but the cost of not elevating to the next realm or returning to previous depths is far more expensive!

This current apex has required a stretching, a recalibrating and a breaking of a fever over my own head. Though the verdict is still out on whether I am a better woman, inescapable evidence ascertains I am not the same woman that first appeared. This aerial space has clarified my worth; enlarged my fearless perception; preserved my soul's intangible currencies; verified my value is not based upon perfection and seared my faith immovable with fresh revelations of Christ Jesus!  

I do not know how the heavens will judge me here, but my face has turned and is fixed to the vertex above me!! My wings are full in strength and conditioned for the storms and turbulence ahead, as well as, the new levels of speed, conquest, passion,  enablement, capacity, courage and vision!!

So...here's to the flight!

Mount up, Girl!!

No Longer Afraid...

What can I say about this week? I am not exactly sure, but I will say that something has happened to me. I almost missed it, because it was not obvious and slowly crept upon me. I discovered that I am not afraid. 

I am no longer afraid of the consequences or outcomes of being me. I no longer feel the need to convince others of who or what I am! Nor prove what I can or cannot do in accordance or comparison to others. The Lord had something in mind when He thought of me and He didn't miscalculate nor slip-up. I am necessary. Whoa!! Did you feel that?!! That just took my breathe away!! I have to say that again...I am necessary! Good God, Almighty! One last time...I am necessary!

What does this mean, I wonder? How will this translate and what will be the end result? I don't know, but I am reminded of something the Lord said to me early one morning. He said, "Because there is no fear in me, there is nothing that I cannot do"!!

Taking that statement into full consideration, it is clear that fear, in its torment and intimidation, is nothing more than failure multiplied! It is a coward...it cannot produce...neither can it multiply in its limitation! Fear has no strength of its own and its might is empowered by the freedom we decide to give it to reign in our very lives!

This stands to reason that the Lord's unlimited ability to create anything He puts His thoughts and words to is founded by the fact that He is Love—fear's polar opposite!

There is no fear or failure in Love and because there are manifold heights, depths, widths and breadths to its nature, it means there are also manifold heights, depths, widths and breadths to its success! 

Now it is becoming clear to me why we must be rooted and grounded in the love of Jesus Christ, because it is there where we have the fullness of God--which is absolutely infallible!! And if our Heavenly Father is infallible, so are we in this world as His heirs! 

Forget about being exceptional—let's disinherit fear and breach it’s promise in our lives so that we can forever be infallible!!

BOOM!! And might I add...BAM!!

Contend For The Faith: Unbelief and Attempted Murder!!

I was awaken way too early reminded of a five minute encounter I had with a tall Caucasian gentleman a few months ago! Per our conversation, he shared his concerns for his sons' dire need for both work and education.

I learned that one of the sons' passion is to be a chef, yet he already made the case that it would take years to develop in the profession. As a result, he thought it easier not to pursue the dream at all and has sentenced himself to something without resemblance. My stomach began to hurt to know this young man has already shut the book on his whole life  and has decided to forfeit the courage to grab hold to his dreams at all costs!

As I spoke a little longer with this gentleman, he began to tell me of his years in law enforcement and his dream to be an event planner to enjoy happier moments. I smiled and began to provide resources that could help him achieve that goal. After every statement I made indicating how it could be done, I watched him shoot the hope of his own dream down one bullet at a time!! After the 5th or 6th dreamshot, I stepped out of civil character to speak of our original purpose; its wealth and how we owe it to ourselves to live out our passions in this lifetime! There was a look of shock on his face as he said I should be a motivational speaker and walked away! As he walked, I sent a message to his son that at the risk of failing miserably, he must try to become what his heart says become!! 

That whole ordeal was painful and I have to give pause to my perplexity to inquire what the John Brown has happened to us? When did we sign the agreement to surrender our innate dominion to become eternal cowards? Where did we learn to rather suffer than pursue our supreme purpose? Who or what has taught us to become trained assassins to our own lives? For as much as we want to place blame on the boogie man, haters or bad luck, it is by our own hands that we commit attempted murder on our desired pursuits!!

For five minutes talking with this gentleman, I stood on the opposite side of unbelief and "it sho' was ugly" (In Shug Avery's voice)! I wonder if this is how the Lord perceives us when we do not, cannot or will not believe in Him...His ability...His performance...and His immutability of counsel to fulfill the promise in our lives!! I now understand why it is impossible to please God without faith! For it matters not that we have a Heavenly Father with manifold riches, grace and mercy to finance our dreams if we don't first believe in Him, ourselves or that we can be what is hardwired in our DNA!

Now before anyone says, "I was never shown or taught that I can be anything!", I will be the first to admit that it is hard to believe without a precedent or reference! BUT isn't it both ironic and wonderful that the whole concept of faith is void of precedence, experience and what we can communicate with our physical senses?  Faith is the hope of things NOT SEEN! It is the invisible power source that makes the impossible possible and the unthinkable feasible! Therefore, I should not be moved by those things I can see; for if I can feel it, see it and attain it in my own strength, then I have no reason to hope! I want my life to be fired by those things beyond my human reach as it will force me to invite the Lord's unlimited nature to manifest something mind blowing in my world and the world I influence!

I don't want the Lord to catch me on the wrong side of unbelief! I only want to be found contending for the faith! Our enemy knows that the Lord's blessings cannot be stopped, but our adversary will weary or obstruct our hope by a barrage of blinding disappointments to skew our belief system! If our foe's attempts and assaults are successful, then our faith is compromised! And if our faith malfunctions, we chance binding the Lord's hands from having a free course in the Earth!

Wrap this around your head!! Faith is the only thing the Lord requires of us to move Him—it is not by our goodness or by our works!  From salvation and beyond, He wants to show Himself strong in our lives!! In fact, His eyes are going to and fro over the earth seeking for such ones!! Today, our hearts are sick because we have deferred our hope! If we mess around, just once, to take a chance to fulfill the desire of our hope, it is our tree of life!! I charge you to contend for your faith! Fight for it so that the Lord's hands, which are full of wonder, are always open towards us!!

~Teresa K. Page

Too Deep For The A.M.: The Inquisition of Blood

Sooo...it's a holiday and I have been wide awake way before 6 AM! I log into Facebook and was hit by an old memory post I wrote describing a terrible dream I had three years ago and the revelation thereof! Can I just say "WOW?", for this post was heavy then and just as heavy today!! I am going to title this..."Too Heavy for the A.M.: The Inquisition of Blood"!

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Too Heavy for the A.M.: The Inquisition of Blood

All of my life I have been a vivid dreamer, wherein the Lord shows me specific things that are both joyful and terrible. I woke up this morning in tears from a dream laced with ancient racism, sexism, war, terror and assault and my heart is so heavy. The terrible things I witnessed from thousands of years ago causes me to wonder why our world still wrestle with these legendary principalities today.  We, as a human body, in all of our pompous technology and knowledge have yet to learn how to defeat the repetition of our history! Instead, we keep passing these poisons from one generation to another and each generation figures out how to make the detrimental uglier! 

We believe we are superior enough to wield our detriment as power on the world's stage, but it only results in mass degrees of tragedy! And it is during these tragedies that I ask, "Lord, Where were you?"! I ask in such accusation as if He is not all knowing and aware of these occurrences! What nerve; for He was neither the initiator nor the blame! We humans boast in our power of free will, but when the error of our poor decision-making reaps into a horrible, but accurate consequence, suddenly we expect for this God to blow the referee's whistle to put an end to our madness. We forget that our cause will always have an effect one way or another! 

I guess my real concern is toward the innocent that always get tagged in the midst of these erratic crossfires. What broke my heart in my dream was that an innocent bystander was made subject to the whims of the wicked. I remember the look in that person's eyes, and as the dreamer, I could not reach in to help them. In my heaviness I asked the Lord why again and He led me to Psalm 9 as a reminder of His judgement. I read it and my heart is back at peace! The thing about us humans is that we want justice and we want justice NOW! There is nothing wrong with that! Sometimes we get it and sometimes it is reserved for a specific time. Sometimes evildoers think they are getting away and sometimes they get tangled up in the very traps they have set out for others. It's a toss up! 

We keep forgetting that our Lord is PROACTIVE and has already set an expected end from the beginning! We must stop thinking that just because the Lord is not REACTIVE to the rampage of injustice that He does not see it! You better believe that He definitley sees it and according to Psalm 9:12, "When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble". I love that word "inquisition" for it means judicial investigation! So when the Lord makes His "judicial investigation" for the blood that has been spilled, He will remember. 

The Lord is not slack concerning His promises! Venegence is His!! Now is the time that grace must abound! Though these are dark days, GRACE still abounds! But when that great notable day of the Lord comes...smh...I don't even have the words! In the meantime, let us keep our trust in the Lord--for He is our refuge in the time of trouble!

Perfect Love Cast Out All Fear...

It is impossible for fear and love to dwell in the same space. The scriptures indicate that, " Perfect love casts out all fear"! So that stands to reason that the presence of fear is the absence of love! And where perfect love abides, fear is forbidden and has no legal right to be in the room!

Until recent, I have discounted my capacity to love because some could or would not receive it in its most genuine state! No more! I had no idea that love is the solution of all things and the greatest source of power known to man IF we know how to wield it skillfully! 

The love that is branded to my person is not for everyone and cannot be bought with a price! Yet, it is good to those that choose to bask in the light of it and must be given away freely; for who could rightly judge its value?

I will love beyond myself in Christ Jesus and will not cower to the possibility of rejection or deception! If rejection comes--let it come! If deception arises--let it arise! For this kind of living cannot be reduced to just emotion, but is a kingdom expectation that is not for the faint at heart! 

Life is way too short to be afraid and careful! I was selected to dock in this Earth to unload divine cargo and my vessel will leave this world empty of its treasure! Death will not have the opportunity to profit from anything of mine! It's all or nothing! I choose all!

What Manner of Love?

Introduction…

Three years ago, I asked the Lord to teach me about love and what I experienced was the harshest dismantling of what I thought it was and have come to the understanding of everything it is and can never be!

The divine magnitude of Love is most atomic, yet it is the luxury of our own self-governed decision and is not conditioned else it ceases to be! That in and of if itself is nothing short of heaven's power demonstrated; for it gives those that live within its realm freedom to love as deep, as high, as wide and as hard as one chooses! For something without boundary, its foundation is sure; for when all other contenders such as Like, Lust and Infatuation fail, Love remains untampered, unmoved, anchored and steadfast!

Yes, Suh!! Now that is a revelation at 4:53 am!! Oowww! 

Though I still have much to learn of its strength, check out what I have discovered this far…

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What Manner of Love?

An Excerpt from “My Journey to Wholeness: The Sojourn Continues”

The illness of sin is a contagious worldwide epidemic that has long infected the minds of humanity draining its victim’s purpose, beauty and strength. The sickness thereof dims the light of vision in the eyes and bricks the luxury of hope behind its high walls of bondage. Its tainted fruit rots quickly and ages the young, yet the general population eats of it in excess and the void is never filled!!

Nonetheless, there is an antidote that is able to eradicate this poisonous disease forever! It cost not a dime and its supply is limitless! It translates into any language; fits any size, and has no boundaries! It is not hindered by seas or continents. It is not ruled by time or by the laws of gravity! It is not subject to government, science, technology or politics! It cares not about net worth, education, family lineage or social connections! It cannot be bought, sold, traded or bartered! It will not force itself, but it can disband armies, destroy cities and dissolve generational chains! I call it and you know it as LOVE!!!

This remedy has been publicly accessible all along, but its potency is forsaken due to its simplicity and the misdiagnosed administration of fairy tales! This nature of love is rooted and grounded in Christ Jesus by faith that we may comprehend the latitude, extent, distance and pinnacle of it for the sake of being filled with all the fullness of God (Ephesians 3). It is the same ardor that motivated the spirit of God to create worlds and their inhabitants! (Gen 1:1, Colossians 1:16, Hebrews 1:2)! It is the passion that moves our Lord to seek after our friendship and provokes Him to jealousy should we worship another (Exodus 33:11, 34:14, Isaiah 41:8, John 15:14)! It is the vehemence that quickens our Lord to arise swiftly in war on our behalf (Exodus 15:3)! The amity that inspired the eternal Father to embody Himself in mortal flesh to walk among us as a perfect portrait full of grace and truth (John 1:14)! It is the greater affection Jesus manifested by becoming a curse lending his visage and form to be marred for the sake of presenting us holy, unblameable and unreproveable in his sight (Isaiah 52:14, John 15:13, Galatians 3:13,Colossians 1:22)! The passion that declares that ours eyes, ears and heart cannot begin to conceive the things God hath prepared for them that loves Him (I Corinthians 2:9). The manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us that we should be called the sons of God, wherein it do not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is (I John 3:1-2)! This is the cure that can resuscitate the world back to our living soul’s original air (Genesis 2:7)!

Jesus left us with this, “A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another” (John 13: 34-35)! As believers, it is our mission to show the world how love should conduct itself. Loving by example will drive men, women and children to find out our difference. To discover the source of our glow and the warmth of peace felt in our slightest touch. Think back! Who were we watching that convinced us to leave the world of darkness behind? Who was our beacon of light that navigated us to our encounter with Jesus? For if we remember, it was not condemnation that attracted us, but that “not so accidental” bump into that right person who introduced us to our destiny in Christ at the right time.

Love is the kingdom’s secret weapon that will utterly eliminate the symptoms of sin and restore men to their initial call of dominion (Proverbs 10: 12). It is truly perfected; lacking nothing and without blemish. Yet, it is the only component that renders us nothing if we do not possess it (I Corinthians 13).

Love does what it does because Love is a living deity that sits upon a great throne! That is correct--GOD IS LOVE (I John 4:8)! He is the total ingredient and highly performs without fail. With Him nothing is impossible and He is beautiful for every situation (Luke1:37, Psalm 48:2)! According to Apostle Paul, come tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril, sword, death, life, angels, principalities, powers, things present, things to come, height, depth or any other creature, nothing is capable to separate us from the love of God (Romans 8: 5-39)! I John 4:10 sums this up splendidly, “Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us…”!

Amen!

Taste and See...

Not long ago, I tasted something that was very bitter, but I continued to chew and swallow it. The appropriate reaction would have been to spit it out, but I did not! Why not??!!

To the naked eye, this is not a big deal, but the fact that I did not automatically eject that which was unsavory is the small fox I am after! Allow me to share how this simple instance turned into a serious teach moment!

When it dawned upon me that the morsel in my mouth was vile, the Lord brought to my remembrance the verse, "Oh taste and see that the Lord is good..."! Before I fell asleep that night, I found Psalm 34 and verses 8 through 10 stood out by saying,

"O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing."

As I pondered on the scripture before me, it became vividly clear that my history led me to believe that I was born to feast on nothing more than heartbreak, labor and humiliation! The demonstration of such an erroneous belief was so ingrained into my existence that it settled into my way of life; my way of thinking and my way of expecting beneath my privilege! This troubles me, because when did I cut this unnatural agreement to trade sweetness for these years of ugliness as a seeming preferred comfort? Who knows? So, I will just file this under “Another folded attempt in Satan’s plan to steal, kill and destroy me” and deem it immaterial!!

The real revelation to the tasty side of this lesson is that the Lord said He has come to bring sweetness to my life and honey to my existence! He has witnessed the venom that has transpired and has elected to manifest a paradox of His manifold joys in exchange for my historical pain. The levels of joys prepared for me is divinely designed to wipe clean the hard drive of my memory; recalibrate the expectation of my senses and eliminate the divide between the starvation of my former days and the abundance of my original intent!!

Therefore, I consciously decide to nullify the terms of this contract and fall out of love with bitterness!! Just because the Lord prepares tables before me in the presence of my enemy, does not mean I am supposed to eat off their plates! I am ready to partake in my Heavenly Father's goodness with an enlarged mouth to ask with boldness; an enlarged heart to believe in His performance and with enlarged hands to receive until there is no more room!

Blessed am I for hungering after the fruits of God’s love and the nectars of heaven, for I shall be sweetly filled and will never hunger or thirst again!

Taste and see…

My Ebony Prince

Introduction…

My father, the late Elder William Burnett Page, Sr. was a very special man!! I like to think of him as the Renaissance Man, for he had the fortitude to wrangle a large truck, but could write and speak a message most eloquently! In my eyes there was nothing my father could not do and I always felt safe whether it was from a midnight thunderstorm or stranded with a flat tire on the side of the road!!

My father was quiet and patient, yet with a single snap of his finger, he could set a whole house in order! He showed up when it was most important and his ears always managed to grow back every time I would talk them off. I truly believed he could sense when we, his children, was up to something unbelievably stupid; for he would walk-in to stop danger in the nick of time!

My father went from his earthly work to his eternal destiny a few years ago and I miss him! I miss not being able to tell him about my latest triumphs and challenges. I miss sharing more of my dreams, but my heart is comforted because he is in the right place and is forever young. Even now, I can imagine that he has Jesus hemmed up in a corner in heaven debating the scripture in that distinct way he would point his index finger to make you hear him better! LOL!! That is a such a Bill Page move!! 

My father was not perfect, but to me HE WAS GREATER THAN SUPERMAN!! He was, is and forever will be my Kingdom Ebony Prince!! This for you, Daddy...

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My Ebony Prince

An Excerpt From "My Journey to Wholeness: The Sojourn Continues"

Dedicated To My Father: The Late Elder William Burnett Page, Sr.

Ebony man! Created and shaped of earth
Trusted with heaven’s authority
Partakers of God’s holy rebirth.

Equipped with mahogany eyes that gaze
upon our Futures--plain and bright.
Broad, round noses designed to inhale
the invisible Substance of life.

Vessels of honor--possessors of power
Speaking full truth and instruction for this detrimental hour!
Deep Adonis built for protection
In one hand there is comfort. In the other, the rod of correction!

In his belly run rivers of God’s spirit and holy word.
Yet his feet refuse to walk away from promises made firm.
Sable greatness passed through his blood into mine
God’s way, God’s law is my inheritance--how sublime!

Silent praying; quiet thinking, yes, I learned that from him.
Secretly seeking Jesus and have succeeded
in finding my precious gem.

In my earthly father’s house have I been placed
Eternally grateful and wonderfully graced.
Brought up in salvation and humble recompense
It has been my honor to be in the presence of
My Ebony Prince!

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Beautiful Woman

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Introduction…

For anyone that has ever worked side by side with my Mother know first hand that she can drive a sober person to hard liquor! Yet if you worked side by side with her for a few seconds more, you will also know that this Woman is a walking example of what it means to "Stand Therefore" according to Ephesians 6:10-18.

This Ole Girl is sweet as honey and hard as nails. She loves knowledge and consumes the Word of God like we consumed her signature cornbread as children! Her memory is sharper than any device and like an acrobat, she can scale the limbs of any family tree.

I have watched this Woman war on her knees; cook for kings; serve her meals on her best china and preach the most fiery sermons from her recliner lift chair. She has always strived towards perfection and willing to fight to defend that which she believes to the death.

I honor my Mother for the Warrior and Queen that she is!! I wrote this poem for her...Beautiful Woman

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Beautiful Woman

An Excerpt From "My Journey to Wholeness: The Sojourn Continues"

Dedicated To My Mother: Mrs. Sarah Mae David Page

Black Beautiful Queen, shout loud your name ’til your soul burst!
Why? Because, it’s melody to the ears of this universe.
Beautiful Woman--strong and proud--know your glory
Stand your ground!

Lovely and sweet
Sassy and complete
Look at you! You’re much too fierce to accept defeat!

Exotic black orchid
Unique, peculiar and carefully defined
For no man--dead or alive--your passions deny!

So full of purpose and obviously full of worth
The blood of Jesus says, “Subdue this earth”!

Thin or round, fair or deep
Hidden from all harms, your soul Jesus keeps!
You are made fearfully and wonderfully
In Him you are made complete!

Tell your soul to dry its tears
Instruct your heart to run and yet live!
Dazzle your world with fancy--cunningly and fine
Be comely in godliness--holy and divine!

Run fast to your first love never to stray again
Ebony eyes search for your treasure,
And quickly pursue God’s plan!

Beautiful Woman with all the falsehoods that remain
Persistent to mock you
Know that you are beautiful
Know that is the truth!

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I Am Worthless...

Introduction…

For anyone that has been bullied, the art of survival demands to cower, cover your head and count the seconds until the assault is over.

Ahhh, but what happens when one's intrinsic kingdom value becomes glaringly clear? We stand up; look our opponent in the eye; declare enough is enough and prepare for a warfare of divine vengeance! The way I see it, even if I lose, it is my duty to leave a mark so deep, my enemy will think twice before coming for me again!

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you I Am Worthless...

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I Am Worthless…

AN EXCERPT FROM "MY JOURNEY TO WHOLENESS: THE SOJOURN CONTINUES"

All my life Satan has plagued me with thoughts of being worthless! Even as strong as I am today, I still have to do battle with my self-esteem from time to time! But glory unto the Lord Jesus Christ, I finally straightened my back and found the words to overcome!

I told Satan that he was absolutely correct! I am totally worthless--to him and the kingdom of darkness! You see, I was not created to assist him with his agenda in any shape or form. I am indeed an imposter in his camp and among his cohorts! I do not look like them; smell like them; talk like them; think like them; walk like them or behave like them. I am completely useless and unbelievably clumsy when it comes to replicating Satan’s dark nature! I am not capable and the skills on my resume do not fit his job description! I am not a prime candidate, because my proficiencies were never intended to oversee any of his projects. Pity? NOT!!

Truth? I hate I have lost years and mind space contending with lies that appeared factual, but I shall redeem the time! My clouded vision is clearing and what I see beyond the haze is a diamond in the rough! I may not be the flawless marquis sort of gem, but I am a work in progress! Let it be clear that I am all woman, but my life has depended upon me to be strong, industrious and capable! I am a rare cut whose intent is still hidden and being formed under intense heated conditions! Because my content is 1,000 times stronger than the average ruby and sapphire, I can resist scratching and endure adversarial eruptions aimed to blow me into unrecognizable fragments. Yet, to my adversaries’ surprise, life’s detonations were precisely designed to blast my divine purpose to the surface for a predestined end! Who knew? I thought it was just hot!! LOL!

If I may, let me encourage you diamonds out there that are late bloomers or think that life has stepped over you without a second look! Start believing--and I mean right away--that what appears to be isolation or rejection is really preservation and reservation!! Allow me to confirm those thoughts that you are worthless! Worthless to the kingdom of darkness, that is! They cannot use you, so stop trying to fit in! You are not weird or a misfit! You are purposely unusual and cannot be easily attained or duplicated! Your value is far above rubies and according to the riches of the grace of Jesus Christ; you are His purchased possession whereby we are overcomers able to do ALL things in Him!! For, He does not just love us, we are His beloved! 

Now you know!!

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The Real Fight for Dominion...

America!! Stop being surprised by the blatant racism that we are witnessing on our hallowed soil. Quit being so flabbergasted; for racism is just as deeply ingrained in our nation's founding make-up as the freedom we sell to the world. When we, as a human body, stop yielding ourselves as conduits for superiority and inferiority to thrive, the gulf between us would cease to exist and world peace would become our cultural norm!

For centuries, racism has been the thinly veiled guise that has persecuted nations! It has distorted our concept of rule and forced us to subject ourselves to low degrees of heinous acts that is against nature!! For once, let us be honest about what we are really after!! What man is fighting for, and has fought for through the ages, is the recovery of our God-given assignment of DOMINION!! Though we have poorly articulated our angst through a host of "isms", the loss of this dominion has been the object of our human struggle from the beginning!

Our drive to reign is innate! It is written in the very code of our DNA by the finger of an all mighty God!! We were made to have rule over the earth, the sea, the fields, the air and each of their inhabitants! My goodness, ladies and gentlemen, we are made to create worlds with our words, command the elements and demonstrate supernatural wonder in the universe! But, let it be clear--Man was NEVER designed nor commanded to have rule over another man! PERIOD!!

What a misplaced batch of royalty we are, for we have invested bounds of wealth and natural resources over millennia to create sciences, laws, treaties and sanctions of oppression in an effort to inflict our personal will upon our equals! We have elected to downgrade our divine power to impose small territorial defeats upon one another that are only skin deep; gender deep; religion deep, wealth deep, class deep and creed deep! We have given racism and its companions too much credit and bestowed upon them a General's status to blindly lead us by the nose of our own fear and ignorance without question!   

Stop tripping, America!! The displays of racism that we are so shocked to see in the 21st century can be halted right here in our life time! The power to shutdown or unleash its wrath is a two-edge sword totally wielded by our conscious decision as a people!! Hear that? It is the decision of "The People"!  So, if we would decide to shut the mouth of hatred's doctrine and if we decided to activate love's true force within our realm, then we could afford to respect more and fear less...discover more and destroy less...educate more and imprison less...feed more and bury less!

We talk about greatness, but if we are going to be truly great, let us subdue racism and its cohort's grip within our city gates; annihilate their influence to make mockery of our humanity and reject our consent to act out our base nature as their personal puppets in the streets! We are better than this--if we choose!

Provisions, Promises and Eagle's Wings

Wednesday of this week, something I never dreamed of has hit me where I live and I had to concede the possession of something very special. The intended detriment was for me to fall prey as a woman in distress, but that is not what I am and can never be!  Here's why...

During Thanksgiving, the Lord said that His provisions were going to stop so I may obtain His promises.  Since that time, all that sustained me for the sake of survival has fallen by the way side while the components and favors of promise are aligning themselves so the Lord can manifest His glory through me.

One of the components aligning is the rediscovery of my Life's Vision Plan in my files! I had honestly forgotten that I put this together about a year ago. I did not realize how perfectly it was crafted in detail, order and clarity! I barely remember constructing it; nonetheless, every venture I want to accomplish in this lifetime, to leave as a legacy to the world, has already been mapped in its hierarchy!

This is almost laughable, because how can I speak of a legacy, due to my current detriment? How can I speak of vision when it appears to be totally dark in my world? Well...MY VISION IS MY LIGHT!!! MY VISION IS MY LEGACY!! Though nothing feels promising, the stakes have been raised ever since I asked the Lord to accomplish His Plan in me!!

Because I finally admitted to my Heavenly Father I want this manifestation, the hour of revolutionary quickening has found me, thereby abruptly ending the term of a provision to inherit a 30 year promise! Therefore, this is where I get off the ledge of ordinary existence and jump into the unknown acquisition of a dream!!

As soon as my feet land in the next few days, I will be mounting up on eagle's wings to possess this assigned territory; experience God's wonders; ascend to heights of uncharted adventure, warm my soul by the fires of unbridled passion and let my wings rest upon the winds of genuine love.

So, just in case you are searching for me--look up!

My Dreams Have A Contract On My Head...

For the past year my attention has been fixed on the construction of a new corporate building. I have witnessed every stage and it is nearly finished. The structure is not the highest point erected in the sky, but from a distance it looks of pure glass and serves as a mirror reflecting the brilliance of the Lord's handiwork! I often admire the work of the superstructure from afar; however, just the other day, I came eye to eye with the behemoth and decided to count its girth of 21 floors. In all honesty, there is nothing overly spectacular about this project, yet I am forced to look upon its glimmering aspect every day; for it has captivated me and hauntingly ignited something within. What is my fascination? I will tell you...

As a little girl, my dream was to own a multi-complex corporation that would house every lucrative idea that crossed my mind! It was the dream that would set my entire family free! The vision was so clear and fearless! Then life happened and now I am 41 years old. Did you hear that? Now I am 41 years old!! I will just let that sit there for a second, for as I type, I can hear the same cinematic doom music in my own ears that you are hearing right now!

Truth is, I am afraid! Afraid I have broken a promise to my young self. Afraid because my former attempts to grasp this dream have all failed! Afraid that I will never come close to accomplish this thing! Afraid I will die and take this unfinished assignment back into eternity! What will I tell the Lord when He asks why I did not fulfill what He sent me to do? I do not want to have that conversation; for I am not altogether confident that my Salvation will protect me!

Since Thanksgiving 2016, all of my childhood dreams I unknowingly propelled into my future has put a contract out on my head and is now looking for me. They just killed the provisional blessings that have helped me "survive" thus far and now the footsteps of prophetic promises are gaining on me! I have run out of places to run or hide! I must make the decision to surrender to the will of that little girl's hopes or concede to die as a failure.

How am I going to do this? With all of my degrees, skills and experiences, I do not have the slightest idea which direction to put my foot down. That chubby little girl knew the answers! She knew this dream was already paid for--that is why she could speak of it with a resolved assurance. She knew that everything needed to make her life come true was enclosed inside of her and that she had direct access to the entire treasury of heaven. She knew that the combination of favorable conditions would form the perfect storms to bring me to this moment. She knew every purpose assassin I would encounter over the years were hired navigators to lead me to this place.

She knew that I would be strong enough to get up after every hard hit despite the injuries, bruises or damages. She knew I would submit to divine healing so I was finally in right mind, body and spirit to walk in this call! She knew that my age was the season of ripening where I would be the most rare, most sweet, most beautiful and most full of seed! She knew that every seeming delay has always been fixed right here in this era awaiting my arrival.

It is not too late! The fact that this dream has resurrected and positioned itself before my eyesight indicates that I am prophetically on time! This is the hour of the revelation of God's glory in my life! This is the hour where He will show off His mastery and unparalleled strength. This is the hour where invisible meets manifestation and where the impossible submits to absolutely! I was designed to enterprise, build, awaken and empower in true love; deep soul healing and discovery of original intent.

Therefore, the scattered visions and their resources have been commanded and are straightly aligning themselves for fulfillment!!

Thank you, young Teresa! For out of your mouth, babe, you spoke into existence an established destiny to shape my earthen vessel's finite time! Thank you for having the courage to believe everything heaven ever said concerning me! I am ready to take it from here!

Blessings and Tribulations: Why Do I Need Them Both?

I cannot believe it is August already! In these 8 months, I have experienced blessings and tribulations of epic magnitude all at once!! How is that possible? Could it be that they are contingent upon one another? If so, which is the friend and which is the foe? Or are they in cahoots, wherein the survival of the tribulation deems a reward of blessing or the reward of a blessing reaps the angst of the tribulation? ...I do not know the answer to any of this!

All I know is that I have seen the Lord bless me tremendously in such a short amount of time; however, in this same amount of time I feel like I am being broken in two! What hidden thing is He trying to uncover? What manner of oil does He want to flow from me that justifies this pressing? What treasure is He after and how deep does He plan to excavate? What is it that He wants my knees to buckle in surrender to? Why won't He just tell me so I can get over all of this? I say it again...I do not know the answer!

While I am wonderfully favored and even trained to endure hardness as a good solider, I am honestly wearied by the hardness of this season! Yes, I know that it is poetic to say that I press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling, but do you want the real truth?! The real truth is that it is my choice to bypass my trouble or to walk right through it! I choose the latter, because the risk to forfeit the end blessing is too great! But, better still, deciding to look my test eye to eye brings me to a most holy place! The place where the Lord's strength is made perfect and where the power of Christ rises upon my weakness!

If I would just give in or would just stay down without resisting, this seeming madness would cease immediately! I am sure of it!! Nonetheless, to lose the Lord's eternal inheritance for the sake of relieving my temporal trials requires a surrender I cannot live with and provides a yellow-bellied comfort that I cannot eat nor sleep in! Therefore, I choose to stand in this heat, for the Lord is with me and His cool place is in the flames! I choose to triumph over my enemies, seen and unseen, for I am more than a conqueror through Him that loves me!

My choices are easy, for I am manifesting in the divine dunamis power of my Heavenly Father! He is a Man of War and they say that He is terrible in all His ways! As the Ancient of Days, He has been conquering from way back and does not know how to lose! He never uses the same strategy twice, for He is a genius and bad like that! My confidence in Him is unmoved, for it is His great pleasure to show Himself strong to annihilate my adversaries without mercy!!

So yeah, I may be a little tired in this walk with Christ, but that comes with the territory! What I know to be true is they that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength and they shall mount up their wings like eagles! And, if the Lord does things the way I think He will do things, He wilI uncommonly revive me beyond my age!

Ask Something Hard...

Sojourners! There was something that I truly desired today, but I loss the courage to ask and missed an opportunity! Now here I am sitting with that deep sinking feeling of regret in the pit of my stomach! I tell you this much...it will not go down like this again!!

Listen up! The scriptures indicate that we have not, because we ask not! The scriptures also reveal that we have what we say!! What have you said on today? What did you ask that it was given? What have you knocked upon that it was opened unto you? Hmmm...?

Think on this...how many specific blessings remain in our Heavenly Father's hands to date all because we have not boldly asked? Have we considered that if we were freely given Jesus Christ, the only begotten of the Father, as a sacrifice, then what could the Lord possibly withhold from our reach? Nothing! Not one thing!!! 

Now, I don't know if it was my fear, my sin complex or my self-righteousness at work that enabled me to punk out today, but I am clear on this one thing--it  was not of the Lord!!! From this moment forward I choose to ask the Lord for something hard...something beyond my reach...something that I know I could not perform in a million lifetimes!! Why? Because, I want the Lord to show Himself strong on my behalf!! I want Him to flex so hard that the earth trembles from its shockwave and the world will marvel at the glory of my Lord Jesus Christ!!!!   

Ok, so I have to take today's experience on the nose as an opportunity lost and lesson learned!! Take it from me...don't you sit there and waste another minute with your mouth closed! Apprehend opportunities vehemently when they present themselves; use the creative power of your tongue to speak a moment into existence or redeem the time if you must!! Whatever it takes, speak the John Brown up and let's shake some blessings loose!!! I dare you!!

Four Petitions...

Dear Sojourners,

At the beginning of 2016 I put 4 petitions before the Lord of things that I wanted 2016 and I to accomplish together! Now that the year is half spent, I am in awe as I observe the methods that the Lord is utilizing to perform my petitions. I think what is interesting is that when I first made my petitions known, I assume that He was going to use the materials and/or persons that were currently in my life! I WAS SO WRONG!!! 

So what did the Lord do? He chose to press my faith by moving me into arenas that I did not have the resources for; by placing a gulf between me and those that could not enter this new phase in my life; by introducing new individuals that actively demonstrates the Lord's divine care for me and by increasing my influence by shifting me from one territory into another! Every move that I have made this year was totally unexpected, illogical and not sought after!! All of this proves one thing to me!! It is none of my business how the Lord decides to perform a thing--I just need to know that He is well able to perform exceedingly above all that I asked or thought!  

My relationship with the Lord is years old and established, but I learn new aspects of His character in every season I walk in! He does nothing the same, yet my faith is built upon what He has done in the past!! What makes me laugh is that He doesn't even ask my input on the prayers I send up to Him!! LOL! All He cares about is if I am going to believe Him! Besides that, I need to get somewhere and sit down to let Him work!! I love and admittedly hate that about my Heavenly Father, but the end result is unarguably a masterpiece!

Now those of us that know the breaks of serving an Almighty God knows that the mastery of a piece is not easy! While we wait, it will get darker and depending on the method our Great Potter chooses, there will be some spinning, watering, shaping, firing and staining until the work is finished!! We must be confident that while the Lord is answering our call, He is making us ready to receive!! For He that has begun a good work in us, shall perform it until the day of Jesus Christ!!! 

With that in mind, I might as well keep asking!!