Day: January 11, 2011

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Cree’s Class 2011~The Faith of the Centurion

Welcome to Cree’s Class 2011
 
 
The Faith of the Centurion

Matthew 8

 5 When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. 6 “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.” 7 Jesus said to him, “Shall I come and heal him?”

 8 The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9 For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

 10 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. 11 I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

 13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! Let it be done just as you believed it would.” And his servant was healed at that very hour.

Tell me that you all got that?

Here this man who goes to Jesus, he says Jesus look…..my servant is paralyzed  and he needs to be healed. He knows that Jesus is going to say… okay, I’ll go there to your place to heal him,so he says to Jesus…. I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. He said BUT just SAY THE WORD. JUST SAY THE WORD. JUST SAY THE WORD,, JUST SAY THE WORD, JUST SAY THE WORD, JUST SAY THE WORD, JUST SAY THE WORD.

That’s deep in the streets!!!

Now let me go deeper. This man had MAD FAITH.His servants did what he told them to do. In my “mental video” of this story I can see that the man faith came in the area of his servants obeying him making things happen. So to me he expected Jesus to not only be able to heal his servant, but to make it happen from where he was. It wasn’t a doubt in his mind that Jesus could do it, as a matter of fact he didn’t even want or need for Jesus to go to his house and heal this person. He just wanted him to “Say the word” and he KNEW it was a done deal. And you can bet that’s  probably the way he is with his servants, a man who does what he says, and expect what he needs done, it will get done.

People with little or no faith will want Jesus to come to their house. No way would they believe that he could/will heal their servant without PHYSICALLY being there. They want to know how long its going to be before he finish with the people before him, what time, what all do THEY need to do. I can see it now. They would be trying to give Jesus directions to their house to make sure he knows the way ( little or no faith). Which would mean, they wouldn’t believe that he could make it. LOL Yall know its true.

You have to really be careful with what you ask for. God is always looking to see if you trust him. I know he told me something years ago, and I was too blind to see that what he said would happen, I AM NOW already living in it. And even though it hasn’t came full circle, I some how keep sabotaging  it. I don’t exercise enough patience. But NEXT time around, I’m going to be ready. I already know and I already see it. I don’t have the desire to rush it, to keep talking about it, keep thinking about it, or keep trying to get it to come faster. In my mind its “whateva wheneva” God says. And that I’m standing on.

My question to you…. Do you have enough Faith to believe that God will do what he says he will do for you?

Cree ~ New Level~

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Ted Williams my HERO~

Hey,
 
Before I go any further, make sure you check out the previous blog entry…. God talks to La’Crease. Where do I begin? So much has happened, good and spooky. Well, let me start off with Ted Williams!!! My new hero. When I tell you that I cried when I saw this man’s story……please believe me. I cried like a baby. I admire, Love and adore this man. I Thanked God so much for his break thru and I prayed even more for God to station good people in his life to help him and not harm him. I prayed that God watches over him, and make sure that he doesn’t relapse from all the sudden fame. I’m sure it can be very over whelming at times. He said that before he didn’t have God in his life, he didn’t Praise him, didn’t acknowledge him at all, he said this time is different. He has God in his life and this time he is Thanking him for everything. His mother is 90 years old and looks good!!! I’m so glad that God granted him his wish for them to see each other, and she sees all the attention and offers that he is receiving. But I will say this….. his mother is a STRAIGHT UP MOMMA!!! LOL She don’t mind the cameras and fame, but she let him know in so many words, you have done this before ,and that you can only SHOW me you are serious this time. She didn’t care about cameras following them around or the endorsements. She wants her son to get his life together and stay that way. When she passes on, she wants to know that he is on his feet and is stable. I love that about her, at first I was like dang………she sure is acting “funny”, but see she knows her son, we don’t. She has seen him up and down, and before she eats any “cake and ice cream” she wants to be perfectly sure that he is going to be just fine. I’m so proud of him. I feel like one of my Homeless friends made it! Yes!!!
 
Last week as I was ringing up customers, the guy who raped me when I was 17 walked up to me and spoke. I said hello to him, and he asked me how was my mom and dad. He was humbled, I didn’t act funny or anything. When he was done shopping, he got in my line. I planned how I was going to say to him ” do you remember raping me”? I wanted to ask him this so badly, his wife ( a old friend of ours)  was with him but she was still in the store shopping. My line was long, after a while I looked back and he was in another line. Maybe it wasn’t meant for me to ask him. I dunno if I could’ve said it once we were face to face, but I felt like I could. Of course I would have said it low, but then again it wasn’t the right time. Its just something that “I wanted to ask”. I love God, because he always told me that I would see him in Walmart. He prepared me for this. Both times I saw him, it was there. How “father-daughter” is that? I know that I want to ask him this question, its not like he’s a stranger he knows my whole family and I know his. Its a question that I really really want to know. Even if he can’t answer it, at least I will put it in the front of his thoughts.
 
Everyday I’m thinking about moving to Atlanta!!! Oh my God its on my mind so deep. I know that I will become a residence, its just a matter of when God is going to release me from this city. I’ve  been wanting to live there since Neisha was at least 4 , 20 years ago. I feel like a foreigner in another country there. I want to drive around the state and get to know new places. That’s what excites me the most, getting to know Georgia for myself. And its funny because I have no desire to go any place else and do that. I knew that Georgia would be my home 20 years ago, I don’t know what work is there for me, but its coming. I’ve been doing what God told me to do, and whenever he say its time to move, I will be making that move. The last time I was there, I found a nice place to stay. I know a lot about Buckhead, Sandy Springs,  and Dunwoody. I love to drive, so when I was there in June, that’s all I did ALL DAY. I wore my momma out, she said take me back to the hotel. LOL We did, and soon as she got in the room, me and Neisha took off for the beautiful night life downtown Peachtree. I even found me a Krispy Kreme donut house. LOL
 
May 1, is when My Raisingurls meetings start back up!!! So many parents have asked if their daughters can be apart. I do have a limit and I have to make sure everything runs smoothly. I’m really looking forward to seeing the gurls and meeting new ones. So much to plan, so much to discuss, so much to learn, so much to do.
 
Its that time again to feed the HOMELESS and pass out Valentines Care Packages!!! If you are reading this and would like to donate, my pay pal email address is neshacrese@aol.com . Thank you!
 
Well, Im closing for now, gotta post one of my teachings in the next blog entry.
 
Cree ~ New level~
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God talks with LaCrease

Lord Thank you for another day. Lately I’ve had a lot of time to reflect on my life since May of last year with the things that made me “Seek first the Kingdom of God”. You told me to do one thing…… and that’s watch what I say. I didn’t understand what you meant, because my intent is to never hurt anyone’s feelings. But that wasn’t what you were trying to tell me. And for the last few months, you have really shown me what you meant. It’s so deep, and just to think that sometimes I talk so much * not bad* that I never knew that people take my words to heart, to be truth, to the ends. And if my words are not clear, it can go south and that would be the end.
 
For the past month or so, I have been going to work being quiet, just doing my work and leaving the building. My boss came up to me and she said, ‘ I know you don’t like such and such, but I have good news, she will be such and such such and such. I looked at her and GOD SAID DONT SAY ONE WORD…. and I’m saying to myself God let me defend myself, BECAUSE I DIDNT SAY THAT!!! He said, be quiet and listen. After she told me “the big news” she told me NOT to tell anyone * she knows that I wont*, I said okay and she walked away. I stood there doing my work, saying to myself, I DIDNT TELL HER THAT!! Then God said, LaCrease you may not have said you didn’t like her, but in a conversation you come off strong, and since you didn’t make yourself clear, its out there, that you don’t like/care for this person. Oh, that killed me to let her leave me and she believed that I said that. God said to me La’Crease your words have power, and when people talk to you, they listen, you have to be careful of your words, your facial expression,  and your body language. Can you imagine how hard that is for me?
 
Lately, I’ve been wanting to post my comments on certain things, and I hear God loud and clear, DO NOT RESPOND TO THAT POST!!!! Oh it gets me. I don’t respond either. Same with Facebook. I have been knowing these 2 sisters for over 25 years, and they aren’t talking to each other, I posted something on my board about forgiveness, and one sister responded, and then the other, then the first one responded after hers, then the mother comes and respond. They set my post OFF!!! The sister is mad at the mother and her 4 sisters.  I DID NOT KNOW THAT. So the one sister THINKS that I knew this and posted on the topic * I haven’t talked to her since Christmas*, and so she decides to set off my page, thinking I KNEW that SHE wasn’t talking to her WHOLE FAMILY. SMH.Then the sister I’m close to, sends me a private message saying that God used me to post that message, because she knew that I didn’t know this was going on, and that she glad it was posted because she knew God lead me. I feel bad for what’s going on in their family, but I came to the conclusion that I won’t let the fact that I am FRIENDS with people, stop me from posting what’s in my heart, and what God leads me to post. Again, I wanted to post and say something to the one sister, but GOD SAID NO!
 
Sometimes, when I’m expressing myself, things come out that are true but at the same time, I feel that I share too much. And you know how people gossip and can’t wait to tell something? Well, that’s not me, I tell to much of what’s good. That’s what God is telling me. I get excited and start talking, and these last few months God has really muffled my mouth, and when I’m quiet I get to see the whole conversation without me adding anything to it. And I like that.
 
A few weeks ago, my coworker was telling me about someone she knew who was gunned down, and the more she told the story I was saying to myself, this story sound familiar. When she got to the name of the person, I knew I had heard the story before. Just before I was about to say ” I knew him”, God said DONT SAY A WORD!!! I listened to that whole conversation without saying a word of how I knew this person, or anything. And God is not trying to keep me from communicating , I KNOW THIS, he is trying to get me to understand that its okay to not comment on everything, to NOT feel obligated to do so, to sometimes JUST LISTEN, to be able to let a conversation pass my ears and not have anything to say about it. Because ( MY) LACREASE words has power. I am a person with Integrity and Character and people seem to remember everyyyyyyyyyyything that I say. And a lot of what I say is misunderstood, and if I don’t know that it’s NOT CLEAR TO THAT PERSON, then I wont know to “fix it” I don’t have time to go back and correct all my conversations.
 
One day this lady bought some CD’s and when she got to her car, she couldn’t find them. So she came back into the store and accused me of giving them to the person who was behind her, because she can’t find them in her bags. I told the lady to go back out to the car and look one more time, she went off on me, saying she wasn’t going to do that, and that she knew that it wasn’t in there. So my manager comes over and tries to calm the lady down, this makes her even madder and at this point she’s going off on me. I’m getting pissed because I know those CD’s were in her bag because I walked around and put them in her cart. Then the store manager tries to calm her down, and at this point I’m really on fire. They tell her to go back and look in the car while they review the tape, make a long story short, the lady never returned. She FOUND THE CD’S. I’m upset, but I have customers so I have to be the Leader that I am, and take care of my business, I wasn’t that moved by her.
 
 Later on that day I post on my FB, Thank God for the armor and prayer this morning for work, because this lady went off on me so bad. Didn’t I get to work the next morning, and  the person who handled the case yesterday comes up to me and says: LaCrease that lady must have really bothered you yesterday, I read your post. I looked at her and GOD SAID DONT SAY A WORD…. I wanted to say, you missed the whole point of the post. The point of the post was that I PRAYED FIRST, I PUT ON THE ARMOR OF GOD.That prayer slowed down my anger. She was so focused on what happened that she missed that. But I did say, just because I smile everyday doesn’t mean things don’t bother me. I said I have bad days too, can I please have this 1% of  complaint? I said now I would be wrong, If I complained to you the 99% of stories telling of how people get on my nerves. I said let me have my 1%! Whew……….
 
Then I go through the issue of knowing something and not saying anything about it. LOL  A few days ago a friend was telling me something, and I knew about it, but I didn’t say anything I just listened, well just so happened the person who told me came and joined in, LOL and while I’m sitting there quiet, the person who told me said. Cree I shared this story with you……… and the person who was telling me said WHY DIDNT YOU TELL ME YOU KNEW? LOL  I said because it was your story. LOL Had I said……. Oh such and such already shared it with me, then you probably would be looking crazy. Like how you know? LOL
 
So, yes this is where God has me at this time in my life. And you know God knows what’s best for me, he’s teaching me something, and the funny part is, ITS DAILY. Everyday I have to be quiet about something. LOL A person like me who is big on communication, this really shuts me DOWN!!!
 
In closing of this blog entry…… I will post this Scripture.

1 Peter 3:3-4 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.

Cree

~new level~

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