HEAR DIRECTLY from God
Hey Sweety Babies!!!
I love words of endearment, they are powerful, they can put a smile on someone’s face, and it brings attention to your next conversation. I love to hear older ladies say ….Hello Sweety, suga, precious, darling, honey, baby, pretty, beautiful. Now that I’m in my40’s I’m always using these words to people I meet and greet. I also look at these words to show my self friendly. The bible tells us:
Proverbs 18:24 (King James Version)
24A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
What I love so much about the Lord is that when I first wake up in the morning, he’s on my mind. It continues off from what ever went on with him yesterday. When I was back and forth and swimming “Way out to sea”, satan would ride me early in the morning as soon as I would open my eyes. And if you don’t pay it any attention, you will find yourself following that Spirit for the whole day. It’s this peace that comes over me in the mornings. Its like I get up and walk so lightly to the bathroom, feeling so good with God on my mind. Right now, I don’t have any money, my bills are paid, my daughters car ( I’m driving) is starting to make noise, and I have tons of events to attend every week in August. I prayed, and I’m not going to give any thought to any of it, on how I’m going to do it all. LOL I can’t, because the word ( bible) that keeps my mind stayed on Jesus!! I’m loving it. My best friend, keeps me grounded. I love her. And my other friend tells me to stay Focused!! I need that. I’m always the friend to someone, and I truly need them in my life.
People its very important that we read the bible for ourselves. Man, I can’t express it enough. I hear people quoting Scriptures and that’s cool, but when we depend on THAT ALONE to Minister to us………..that’s not good. We can’t go on asking people to ask God this or that FOR US, just because they hear from God. You can hear from God too. Don’t try/want to piggy back off others who can hear from God. That means you’re not doing your part to get to know God FOR YOURSELF!!! God invites all to get to know him, you don’t have to wait for your phone to ring, to TELL OTHERS your story, then sit back and watch them AMEN your story. Let God be your guide. Why do you need others to tell you, what you can HEAR DIRECTLY from God? I just don’t understand that. And that’s why we have so many people trying to cling on to those who DO HEAR from God. Why is this happening? I say because people don’t want to put in the work with God. They are too busy, working, going to school, taking trips, etc, and not wanting to put in the time to spend with him. So they find people to cling on too, thinking that they can “get feed” through them. These people should be told that they need to build their own relationship with God.
Gotta go babies!
Cree
Newness!
HEY!!!!
Praise God for a brand new day, a day that no one has ever seen. A day to get it together within!!! When I opened my eyes this morning, the first thing I said to myself is….. Thank God my eyes, I can see.
So much is going on with me, where do I start? All good.
Mar’Neisha went to Ohio with her dad, aunt, and Step Sister, yesterday evening to visit her family till Monday. She was very angry with him yesterday morning. Oh my goodness. I had never known her to get so angry…. ever. He told her that they were pulling out of Detroit around noon. I was at work, and while I was in the bathroom… “something” told me to text her and see have they left yet, cause I know her dad, he will tell you he’ll be at your house ( because he’s “down the street”) in one minute, and he’ll get there in 30. Neisha is that Virgo that likes to be on time NO EXCEPTIONS!!! I’m that Virgo that will be saying, here I come, here I come, give me one mo mintue…… about 20 times. LOL So, when she text me back, she was soooooo angry because she called him and said… look dad it’s after 12 what’s up? He said I’m doing this job, we’ll pull out around 4ish 5 ( they end up leaving around 7ish ). She asked him why didn’t he call everybody that’s riding with him and tell them? I dunno what he said, but she had to called her aunt, and Step Sister and tell them about the change. Then she texted and told me, that she didn’t want to have flash backs of her waiting for him to pick her up as a child. OMG… I never knew she felt that way….. at all. I had to called my baby to put things in order. I told her to pray about it, and ask God to take away the bad thoughts she has having, she was crying. I felt so bad for her. He does this a lot to her/everybody!! All the time. He use to do me like that. I know him like a book. She just has to learn that if she is going to deal with him when it comes to family functions and traveling, she has to not let it get to her. She already knows how he is. I told her you need to make up in your mind, if you’re going to deal with him when it comes to trips? They travel to Ohio and Atlanta about 5 times a year. But still he is her dad, and as a mother, I’m not going to let her carry anger around with her. I asked her is it that you wanted to go to Ohio so badly, she said No ma, it’s the fact that I had to call HIM and ask him why isn’t he here yet.She says he does this all the time. She said we all got up at 7 ish in the morning and we were all at home waiting. I got that. After I calmed her down and talked with her, we hung up and I sat on my break in Subway thinking, should I text him and let him know that he needs to stop having ppl wait on him every trip they take? God was like NOPE, don’t do it. She is 23 and can talk to her dad in her own way. That is an issue that she needs to talk with him on if they are going to travel together. It was hard, but I put the phone down and let it go. When I got home, I told her I wanted to text him, she said NO MA you didn’t do you? I said no, and she was happy. LOL But when he finally finished and came to get her and her step sister from at my house, she was madddd at him!!! He said Lacrease, she’s mad at me aint she? LOL I said yep, you’re gonna have to fix this one yourself boo!!! LOL Its very seldom Neisha gets angry, but when she does its hard for her to forgive right away. I don’t like that about her. I can forgive instantly. She will ignore you, like you are not in the room. I can’t. She text me last night when she got there and I asked her did they talk on the way there, and she said a little. I told her to neverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr allow herself to get on that level of anger again, forgive him, but learn your own lesson from it. Whatever that is!
Last night after I got off work, I came home and read the whole book of Job. Took me hours, becuse of phone calls, emails, dinner, and quick naps. lol I read the bible daily on-line as well. I love that because it gives you a little at a time to read without feeling overwhelmed. Okay, I’m about to ramble because I need to be getting dressed to go to dinner with my momma @ 5… its 4:32. She woke me up this morning saying, Lets go out to dinner today, just me and you. I LOVE IT!!!! MY SISTERS ARE GOING TO BE JEALOUS. HAHAHA And my momma made me a banana pudding 3 days ago. They would burn my house down if they knew that. ROFLLL. I begged my momma not to tell them, cause if they knew they would come ova and “tear the club up”. Then my nieces and nephews love it, OH LAWD I WOULD HAVE A FIT, seeing all of them going in the cabinet grabbing bowls. LOL ME and my momma ripped that bowl of HOMEMADE banana pudding apart!! Baaaaaaaaby when I say, we “tore the club up”…….. please believe it. HAHAHAHA (my spooky laugh).
My coworker ( white lady) lost her boyfriend a few days ago, tomorrow is the funeral. She is the one who keeps me uplifted at work, prays with me there, and for me. She gives me a word from God, and she always knows when something is on my mind. Ahhhh, she is soooo intuned with me. She’s around her early 50’s. I feel bad because I thought her close Walmart gurl Ms. Denise, would send a card around, and she probably did/would, but she wasnt at work yesterday. The bad part is, I hate that I didn’t do it. I waited for somebody else to do it, when I should have done it. She approached me yesterday as I was leaving for the day and said, Sat is the funeral, please keep me in your prayers. I looked into her eyes and wondered why wasnt I passing a card for her. SMH. Gotta boss up my Awareness. My other co-worker who I talk about God with, she came to me and ask for a few dollars, I gave them to her, and when I got home. I sat at my kitchen and began to pray for her, to pray for her finances. She’s having a hard time right now, and I feel for her. AT first I was going to put it off till later, but I can hear God telling me to go ahead NOW. So, I did. Dont yall know the very next day I went to work, and when my co-worker saw me walk into the door she told me after I punch in to come here. I did. She told me that when I walked into the door JUST NOW, she got chills when she saw me. She said so deep that it bought tears to her eyes. She said last night she had this dream that God blessed us both financially, like bless us GOOD!!!! And instantly I thought about how I wasnt going to pray until God told me o do it! Now, had I not prayed, I would have been feeling pretty stupid as she was telling me what she dreamed about. LOL I said God you could have picked her and any of the 200 plus co workers to be in that dream with her, but you chose me. I said I’m so glad that I was Obedient!!! When I prayed for her…………. I prayed for myself as well !!! I told her about my prayer and she teared up while ringing up a customer. I see there is still a lot for me to learn 🙂
I am so behind on my movies……… I wanna see my gurl Angelina Jolie in Salt this weekend.Been kinda broke lately. At least all my bills are paid. Thats all that matters. Been paying my Tithes for 12 weeks straight in a row, just as God told me. No cutting corners, paying him first off the top!!! My August is jammed pack. August 14, I’m going to a wedding!! Been waiting for this one for a while. August 21, my good friend is having a Gurls Night at her house, and on August 28, about 45 of my Anita Baker friends are coming into town. There are so many of us. WE have hotels booked, and we are having dinner Sat just before the concert. I’m excited. My money better be looking alright!! LOL My Sistergurls group is going strong. It’s just hard to get women to open up and chat. I made the group private. But when they chat…….. they chat, so that’s good. There are 41 of us, if I could only get half to open up. So, I started thinking, wait………… I don’t have to do this work all by myself. I sent out an email to the group asking for others to help post Scriptures, videos, testimonies and 4 ppl replied. I told them what I wanted/vision. And today is the 3rd day. So that’s a plus. People want to talk about baby daddy’s, and bad men all the time. I don’t. Thats not where I’m going. Anyway……….. I’m about to get dressed for dinner , and I’ll post this weekend!!
Cree
Quick Note!
Hey,
Praise God for another day. I went down to the Detroit River this morning for 3 1/2 hours to spend time with God. I had a wonderful time. As I got near Belle Isle tears just started flowing because of this new spark in my life. I’m grateful! My Sistergurls Ministry is off and running!!! I’m so excited. I can see so many things are about to take place, I just have to stay focused and to keep learning all that I can. I gotta go for now. Thank you Lord for all that you’ve done for me!
Cree
MINISTRY MINDED~ Our Children/Pep Talks
I observe children a lot. It’s my Ministry. When Neisha was growing up I got all kinds of flack about how tough I was on her, and how strict I was on her for even the tiniest things……. like leaving her things when she went to spend the night out, or keeping up with her barettes when SHE sees them on the floor. I admit I was tough on her. But now that she’s 23 she tells me all the time how that has taught her to keep up with her things. She travels way more than I do, and whenever its time to pack, she can remember everything she took with her on the trip.
We train kids to be the adults they are today. I’m convinced that even if a mother or father isn’t in the home of that child, God will send a parent, teacher, pastor, friend, relative in that persons life to plant seeds. When a child acts up in the grocery store in front of lots of people, the parent makes a decision right there to discipline that child, or “wait till they get home”. Children needs to know that where you show out, is where you learn you can never show out again.
A child is supposed to act up in the grocery store at least one time. Let me explain why. They come into this world knowing nothing, they are assigned a guardian to teach and guide them, and when they do something wrong the very first time, its our/the parent time to teach them that showing out in public is a no-no. Thats how they learn.We are to train them right from wrong. When you take your child to the movies for the very first time. I believe that a parent should give them a pep talk. They should say: Listen, ( name of child, and using direct eye contact) we’re going to the movies. This is a place where lots of people come in, sit down, eat candy, popcorn, food, and drink pop. You are not allowed to talk at all ( of course they will talk, but we should train them to whisper and not talk loud. Teach them that if they get sleepy in the movie, they can be quiet and take a nap in the chair. But to disturb others in the movie will NEVER BE TOLERATED. See, when we teach our children what WE expect from them, they understand. So that when we don’t they will do and say what they want. And when we take them out into the world, and there are no rules , threats ( with the eyes) or consequences, your/our children will surely show out.
What will happen when you take your child to the movies with NO PEP talk? When a child walks into a movie theatre that is about to start. First thing they notice is people sitting down, talking low, eating and drinking. When the lights go out, its quiet. A child with no PEP TALK, will talk just because they know 1. they won’t get in trouble for it. 2. they have the attention of everyone there, because of how quiet it is. A child like this, will have the parent running up and down the aisle chasing their child,screaming at them, telling them to be quiet and threatening them, and having to apologize to everyone in their area. Thats not fair to the parent, the child, or to others who are enjoying the movie.
Why do parents allow their children to do what they want to do, in a way that it inconvenience others? Some are too embarrassed to “check” their children in public, fearing it will draw attention to the situation. Some don’t like to say NO to their children, because they are PARENTS who didn’t want their parents to say NO to them when they were children. Some parents don’t want ANYONE to tell them NO, at all.
The bible tells us clear….. (Heb 12:6) “Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.” (Pr 22:15) “The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.” (Pr 29:15) And “He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.” (Pr 13:24) Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6
Be Blessed
Cree
“LOVE AND COMMUNICATION”
Today was a good day. Thank you Lord. Talk with a few customers today, learned some new things in general so my 4 hours went fast. But………. on the way home, I-94 was shut down and it took me 1 1/2 hours to get home, when it only takes 8 minutes IF that. Time in traffic ALWAYS makes me think about my life……. ALWAYS. Today’s thoughts was like Part 2 of what I was going to blog about anyway, now I’m at the point where I’m just irritated about it. So, today is the day that I post “Whats really on my mind”.
Growing up with 3 siblings
Growing up in my house as the oldest was hard to me. I was in charge of them whenever my mom and dad had to run and do errands. My sisters and brother use to get on my nerves. LOL But there is one thing I can say about them. We love each other. We love each other deeply. Growing up we were never allowed to fight. If we got caught, or even if 2 were fighting and the others told, we were in DEEP TROUBLE. Hitting was a no-no in our house. I can’t even remember ever fighting my Sisters and brother. If somebody did fight, you can better believe the others are going to run and tell so that they can watch my momma and daddy whoop them! LOL That was a treat!!! If we had a disagreement, our parents would let us argue it out, and then when it got on their nerves they would say “Okay now SHUT THE HELL UP DAMMIT”! And believe me, when I say that was the end of that, it was the end of that!!! LOL Then my daddy would say, now HUG, KISS AND make UP!!! OMG that was the hardest thing to do. That to us was equivalent to putting your hands in a fryer full of hot grease!!! We HATED to make friends after a heated debate. What parents does that? Are you serious? At least wait till we have cooled down. If, we had a physical fight, and had to make up that would have been different, because we would have felt bad about hitting on each other, but just after an argument? I don’t think so. LOL
Growing up we really couldn’t go many places, because my daddy was always protective over us. So, since we all had different personalities we would have tons of people on our porch. And we all got alone. WE were the kinda kids that were peaceful, we couldn’t fight, so we didn’t pick/chose friends that fought either. If only one of us would come and sit out on the porch, then the whole block would come over. And if there were 2 or more of us, OMG, then friends from blocks ova would come over and we would have so much fun. Sitting outside till sometimes 4am.
As we got older, but still at home, we started dating. We all had different types of boyfriends and gurlfriends. They knew how close we were, and none of our boyfriends/gurlfriends step outta line . WE were known for CUTTING OFF PEOPLE WHO DIDNT MEAN US WELL. We had each other, WHY deal with the mess? That was all of our mentality. MY daddy always told us that we were “bricks” and that we were strong and that “bricks” stick together. And so we took that into our lives and we raised our children on that same motto. Growing up, I can never remember none of us stepping over the line as it concerns each others boyfriends. We let it be known to the guys that we didn’t play that, so we never had that problem. But we did step to boyfriends and my brothers girlfriends when they tried to play them. We didn’t fight, but we let it known that, “what you are doing to my sister can no longer go on”. We didn’t play. We were known around the neighborhood for that. We talked it out, we got you face to face to find out “What the problem IS”? LOL We didn’t talk in circles, or related messages to one person to another. WE knocked on doors to get to the problems. We talked things out. And so that is how we learned how to deal with ISSUES……. then and NOW.
Dealing with other people
We were straight up kids. We were honest, giving, loving and always were faithful to each other.During that time we were living at home, I can’t really think of people who were “snakes” or back stabbing. I don’t know was it because we had each other that we didn’t experience too much back stabbing, or fights, but we didn’t. It was foreign to us. If you were one of the people who sat on our porch, then you were a friend to us. And after all these years later, we still have the same friends. ALL OF US!! LOL Funny.
“I love you”
My parents were telling us that they Love us everyday!!!! We heard that all day. We got hugs and kisses just because we were sitting next to a parent. Hugs soothes me to this day, and the same for my daughter. She has to have hugs and kisses from me. She demands it!!! LOL My mom said when she was growing up, her mom didn’t tell her she loved her much, my dad didn’t hear it either. They made a promise before I was born, before they got married, that they would let their kids know that they are loved. And they made good on that!!! Our friends would tell us that their parents didn’t tell them that, because we were so affectionate growing up, we would tell our mom and dad we loved them and give them kisses in front of our friends, and it was nothing to us. But as we got older, people tried to make it seem as we were spoiled, or different, because they wasnt hearing this kinda talk in their homes. It didn’t bother us at all growing up because, my dad and mom had already told us everybody wasnt going to experience this type of Love. Dayum were they ever right.
When the 4 of us started having kids, we made ONE promise TO EACH OTHER ABOUT OUR KIDS, and that was that we raise our kids to NOT fight each other LIKE WE WERE RAISED. See we knew that kids would be kids, and that cousins can have it out too, especially since we are a very close family. When the kids would get mad at each other, we told them NO FIGHTING AT ALL, IF ANY ONE GET CAUGHT…….. ‘THAT’S A BUTT WHOOPING ON THE SPOT. They never did. Today my daughter is 23, my nephews are 19 16,12 my nieces are 19, 16, . They ALL love each other soooooo, soooooo much, if yall could see them, yall would think they were brothers and sisters. When they walk into each others houses we hug and kiss on each other, like we havent seen each other in years. When we all live just around the corner from each other. My sisters and my daughter still kiss on the lips when they greet each other!!!!! We drive each other crazy the way we lean, kiss, and hug on each other. WE be like dang………. get off me, let me get some air!!! LOL And when they have children they will raise them to be the same way. This is all we know. They don’t stab each other in the back, they don’t gossip about each other ,and get mad and bring up old stuff, they don’t cross the line and date each other ex’s or present boyfriends/girlfriends. When they ARGUE for anything it gets loud and go on………… FOR MINTUES!!! LOL THEN they make friends and you’ll never believe they had that argument in the first place. LOL We don’t mind, because its better than physical fighting, they need a way to vent, so do it, AND BE DONE WITH IT!!!
“Stepping out on our own”
When I moved out I found out quickly what kinda people lived outside of the house we grew up in. People were sleeping with my man, back stabbing me, being fake. I didnt know what I had stepped into. I trust people right off the bat. With me. ……everybody had “instant credit”. Meaning, you were my friend right off rip, until you did me wrong . I trusted everybody. I grew up thinking that everybody was suppose to love you and cherish your friendship. I didnt know sisters were against sisters, Moms sleeping with their daughters men, boyfriends raping you, your friends brothers feeling all over your vagina. This wasnt happening in my house, what kinda world did I step into? I was truly lost, and devasted by the way I allowed people to treat me because of how nice I was. I was devasted. I showed Love to people and they misused me. They were jealous of Me because Im lightskinned, had a brick house shape, pretty, big behind, with little waist. All I wanted was friends that were just like my Sisters and my Brother.
Fast forward to today. All of us ( my sisters and brother) find it challenging sometimes how life at home, differs from life now. SMH! We were the kind of kids where, if we didn’t talk to you for 3 weeks, the next time we talk to you, we would continue off from where we left at. Some of our (new) friends today, if we havent talked them in 2 days, them we would have to go back to day one, as if we were talking for the very first time. They get mad at us!!!! They look at it as a form of DISS AND DISCONNECTION. WE find ourselves getting into debates with our friends about “not calling for a few days”. We werent needy siblings. We don’t have to talk everyday to know that we are still friends, when we do talk thats our chance to “Catch up” NOT re: get to know each other all over again. We can go 4 days without calling each other and when we see or call each other, we are talking for hours. It’s so hard for us in this area. We were raised up that your friend is your friend. You don’t gossip about them, you don’t fight them, you show them you love them by sticking by them no matter what. If your friend is wrong, you deal with the trouble they are in right then and there, BUT, when you get then in private you tell them how you feel. And in the end you are still friends. That’s how we grew up.
My one sister is married, and my other sister is engaged.My brother is divorced. They tell US all the time… “I never met a family like this”. They say, we didn’t grow up saying I love you, or give me a hug and kiss. I tell my brother n laws that I love them all the time, and at first it was like dang……..for real.You Love me? Now when we all depart, they say I love you Sis. Then that’s when you have to start showing it. They can ask me for anything, and its done!!! And I know I can go to them as well. They love my Sisters and that’s all I want. We don’t tell each other our personal business that will start confusion and make us all turn away from each other. I LOVE THAT. I don’t wanna hear my sister’s business, unless she needs to vent, and that’s my time to Minister, other than saying “LEAVE HIM”!!! It always works out.
Me, I’m having a hard time with people. I can say “I love you boo, and God Bless you”… that means to people of the outside world. I need to borrow some money, what do you want or need from me? This mentality kills me to no end. I tell customers I love you. Some embrace it, because they somehow believe it, and others look like……. you don’t even know me to love me. Its sad. People are so into how the world sees LOVE, that they can’t grasp it long enough to feel it for themselves. I always tell my coworkers I LOVE THEM!! ALWAYS. When we are short on money or anything, we go to each other and we look out. I love them dearly.
“Communication”
When it comes to Communication……… if I can’t have it…….. I don’t need friendships. I’m a straight to the point person. I hate for people to beat around the bush to ask or confront me on something they need to talk to me about. A person shouldnt care if that person being confronted is mad about it or not. I didn’t grow up like that, I didn’t build friendships on beating around the bush. Tell me the truth, be upfront with me. don’t play mind games, tell me your real question, ask me anything. IM DIFFERENT THAN MOST PEOPLE, YOU DEAL WITH!!!! Most of the time I can figure out while you’re asking me something, but sometimes I can’t. And people need to know that you don’t have to do that with me. Just ask me straight out what you want. That makes me upset. I can take you for the longest ride of your life, if you don’t just tell me what it is you want to confront me on. Cause if I have to figure it out on my own, when we could have talked about it in its entirety, I’m done. I don’t like that, because it shows that there is no communication in our friendship at all. And I’m finding out that there are so many people out here like that, and I’m having a hard time dealing with people like this because I don’t understand this kinda communication and friendship. Its hard for me to even be myself without a person feeling that I want something from them, or is trying to get information. You can offer to take someone home, and they think YOU are low on gas and need gas money. I shake my head at people because Communication goes a long way. If I want/need anything I can go to my family to get it. I don’t need to use anyone, for ANYTHING!!!! NEVA HAD TOO!!! The more you tell someone “I Love You sweety, or boo, or honey, they think you want something. In my house growing up, the next thing you get or do would be a hug and kiss and I love you back. You tell people that nowadays, and they are reaching for their wallets to hide. IM SADDEN BY THIS.
People remember Communication is Everything. If there’s anything you want to talk to someone about. Dont take them through all these hoops, back doors, blocks and corners. If somebody tell you NO, dont keep going back there until you hear a YES….. then take that as the final answer. No!!! Don’t use them for information then do what you do best. That’s bold. If someone tells you they Love you, don’t think they want something from you. Embrace it, take it for face value.
La’Crease
Thank you Lord!!!
Thank you Lord for this day!!! I had a marvelous time on the Detroit River ( Belle Isle Park) this morning with you. I shall be out there again tomorrow morning. I enjoyed how you drew my attention to the seagulls who were chasing that one for his food!! OMG that was the cutest “show” I have ever seen. They were willing to get hit by a car, truck, it didn’t matter tryna catch him and eat the food he found. He end up dropping a piece flying away from them.LOL I had never seen anything like it, they were on his tail. LOL It was funny too. So, I Thank you for that.
La’Crease
My day…. July 12, 2010.
Hey Sweety Babies!!! ( My greeting to people I meet)
Ah where do I start? First I have got to Thank Jesus for blessing me and for loving me no matter what!!! No matter how crazy I am, ( hehe) he stills show me that I’m still in the running. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7 (New International Version)
Today was a good day!!! I had to work this morning. Before work, I had to go to my bank @ 9 o’clock because those “doe doe birds” TRIED TO GET ME!!! Oh yea, they tried to get “ThatgurltheycallCree” LOL! Check this out. I had 3 purchases on my account that posted on-line at home AS SOON AS I SWIPED MY CARD….. Okay….. which was on the 6th. On the 7th I didn’t swipe my card at all. On the 8th was pay-day and I have direct deposit. Well, ( clears throat) on THEIR screen, my transactions for the 6th never posted until IN BETWEEN TIMES OF MY DIRECT CHECK DEPOSIT. But on mines it did. As, I was on my way to bed, I decided that I was going to go on-line pay my tithes to get that off the top. I said wait…….. let me check my balance first. I checked it and my direct deposit was there. I made the transaction to my Church on-line. On check day much later , I went to check my balance on my account and it showed that they took out 3 over draft fees for $33.00 each!!! I was like Noooooooo they didn’t. The next day I went to one of their branches, and the 2 ladies that where there said they couldn’t even EXPLAIN THIS TO ME, and for me to go to my own bank branch where I signed up at 6 years ago. This was Saturday. That meant I had to wait till today/Monday.
Before I went in the bank, I had to have a pep talk with myself in the car, because I’ll get upset when they start talking dumb to me. When another agent hears what has happened, they love to come over and try to explain *gang up on me* and help the original agent HELP me to understand. lol She looked at my account and told me that the reason why it went into overdraft was because when I made my transaction for the ones on the 6th, it didnt post at that time. I said well, it posted on my screen on line!!! So when I paid my Tithes, that amount took up the amount I had left, making the 3 trans actions that happened 3 DAYS BEFORE HAND……….OVERDRAFT. And Im looking and saying to her in my COUNTYIEST VOICE * What was that now*? I said how is that a transaction can post immediately thats way higher than the 3 that was DONE 2 days ago, and make my account overdraft? She was looking so crazy, so guess you know………. the lady in the booth ova from us comes over and try to explain to me what happened. * See, I told yall* Im cool, Im listening. Then they both look at my account and say: Lets call ( over the phone) such and such, she may be able to explain this. They called this person, brief her, and then she tried to run it down to me. She said not once were you in the negative when you made your transactions. She said, but whenever you use your direct deposit, make sure you do it after 5:00am. She says what happened doesnt happen often, but we have seen it a time before. I wonder how many times they do this to old people? This is not FAIR!!!! She ran me back my “chips” THO and thats all that mattered!!
My Sister who is under me had to have surgery @ 11:00 am. She was told by her doctor that she had a clog artery and that they wanted to perform surgery to clear it. She was nervous, so was our whole family. I can’t take any kind of issues like this. I go crazy mentally… I really do. So today I was kinda nervous. Just the fact dealing with her heart and stuff, I’m not cool with that at all. Her husband was with her today, I went to work and I said a prayer for her last night and today while driving to work. I don’t like to show what I’m going through on my face at all. I can be dealing with 50 issues and only those who know me., would know something is wrong. I don’t want to discourage anyone, who needs to talk with me. After I said my prayer for my Sister, I felt good, I had Peace. I knew that God wanted me to let him take care of it, for me not to worry and to continue working.
Then this white lady came through my line, she had to be about 47 somewhere up in there. When she walked up to my register, I had my head down. When I looked up into her EYES to greet her, I was taken back by a STRONG BURDEN. I FELT A STRONG SENSE OF BURDEN ON HER. I had never felt anything like it before. Instantly, I said whats wrong, are you okay? She looked at me with a very, very humble voice and shook her head ( don’t remember if she was shaking it yes or no.) Um um, I knew something wasnt right with her. The burden she was carrying was so strong, I can actually feel it. That’s deep to me. The moment I looked into her eyes, I FELT IT. So, I’m ringing her up trying not to look at her, thinking I have got to say something, I can’t as a Christian let her leave here the way she came. God, said LaCrease when you are done, go around and hug her, and while you are there let her know that if she believes God will lift her burden it will be. I couldn’t finish ringing fast enough. Then people started lining up behind her, and I was like dang…………. should I do it? Then for a split second, I thought about JUDAS . Don’t ask… lol That flash back was enough. I never NOT planned on hugging and talking to her, but when I saw other people, I starting thinking okay, should I keep ringing to get the line down? Then I thought naw, I’m doing this!!! I finished her transaction, and I caught her totally off guard when I walked around from my register to embrace/hug her, INSTANTLY she started crying. Imma cry baby, so I told myself “YOU WILL NOT CRY LACREASE” LOL I hugged her so tight, I said God will lift this burden off your shoulder if you just let him. I told her that she had to BELEIVE IT!!!! I told her she has NO BUSINESS carrying around BURDEN this BIG!!! She didn’t tell me what it was, and I didn’t want to know. Her Burden was the biggest I have ever felt. She was a woman very very humble, and very little words. She cried and cried and cried. She wasnt expecting that at all. Thats why when people come into my life to Minister to me, and they don’t know me, or they have a word for me, I listen. I may not understand it at the time, but YOU BETTA BELIEVE that I’m going to be in prayer about it because IT ALWAYS COME TO PAST!!! EVERYTIME. And if I am out here Ministering to others, I want them to know that these words come from God not me. It’s not always easy to tell someone what the Lord said. Thats a form of Obedience, and as a Christian its our job to do as he say. I havent talk to one person who wasnt right about what they had to tell me about someone, or something. I guess, I’m stuck at “why I didn’t see it first, afterall it does have something to do with me”. But that’s okay, and its petty to try to figure out why, it’s just my job to do right by the information. Praise God?
I get off work, and I can’t dial my Sisters cell phone fast enough. I’m driving on the freeway pushing numbers , pushing the wrongs one tryna stay focused on the road. They told her that she might be in there for a day, if she did good, she could go home today. I didn’t get an answer, so I called my momma. She was like Na ( Yolanda) is home. I said home? For real? I said things must have went good, she said they went to do second look and found out that NONE OF HER ARTERIES WERE CLOGGED. They said it was clear!!!! They didn’t have to perform surgery at all!!! I was so happy and so THANKFUL TO GOD!!! OMG I was so happy driving home. As soon as I walked into the door she called me from home, she was tired tho. What happened was, they had went through the whole thing of surgery, but when they looked it them, it was clear!!! But so what! She has her husband, my niece to help her around the house.
I had a good day today. I have been learning so much about people, and when I sat around and talked about it with my brother and sisters, we all are experiencing the same thing in life. ITS DEEP! Thats coming up tomorrow. DEEP, DEEP, DEEP!
I’m on my way to bed, I’m off tomorrow! You all know what that means, Im going to the River in the A.M. tomorrow. So peaceful
Crazy Praise!!!
Today was a beautiful day!!! As I was driving home on the freeway, I looked up at the sky and saw how beautiful it was. Isnt it something, how God allows us to do many things, but when it comes to changing night from day, he does that? And havent anybody noticed how perfect he is, that the night has never hesitated to turn into day? WE need to give him Praise just from that alone!!! LOL Crazy Praise!!!
Even though I have started my Sistergurls Ministry on-line, I feel bad about not being able to connect with my Raisingurls @ my home. A lot of the gurls always called me for a ride, and for 2 years I would pick them up, take them home, when we went to the movies, I would pick them up. We also went out to dinner and I provided transportation, but my car is down….. I had to JUNK IT because it was giving me problems. So now, I’m using my daughters car, and I feel so bad about that. A few days I was praying, and ask God to bless me with transportation. And he said what kind? I remember my BF always tell me to be specific because that’s how she got everything the way she asked from God. I couldn’t tell him what I wanted, so I said God, I’ll think about it and tell you later. LOL So embarrassed!!! Later on that night when I prayed, I told him exactly what I wanted. A 2010-2011 grey Chrysler Town and Country Van!!!
I really love this Van. When I was in Atlanta we rented one and I didn’t want to give it up. This would be perfect for them. Plus I get so tired of needing 3 and 4 cars, with this, all I need is 2. A coupla of my gurls have really been off the chain since we had a meeting last year and the year before. I keep in touch with them, they are all on FB so that helps me a lot. I’m on my way to bed, gotta go to work in the AM. I’m cooking some greens for Sunday.
I have a house-warming to go to next week, a wedding next month, and also my ANITA BAKER family is coming here, that’s gonna be fun!! Well, talk to you later, and please listen to this song.
Cree
“Tired of fighting”
Today, I came to realize that I’m fighting. I’m just tired.
Today, I went down to my basement to my prayer area, and I stripped down NAKED to talk to God. I cried, and cried. I’m just tired of fighting. I’m fighting back what I’m suppose to be doing that’s going to lead me to the next level. Today, I surrender. Its okay too. It really is. I felt ( up until today) that Ministering to people everyday is taking up my time. Because it’s so demanding. Being selfish. But I have to give up my life, that’s not to say that I can’t have fun and do the things that I want to do. Maybe I’m scared of that. I’m about to get geared it so I probably won’t be posting as much. I’m going to learn how to balance my time with God, family, to Minister, work, and play. There is no balance in my life. I can no longer live like this. I’m tired. I’m so tired. I can’t wake up tomorrow and do things the way they have been done. I can’t. It will surely kill me.
Theres a reason why people are always calling me,texting me, stopping me on the streets, in line, on-line, off-line, at work, in the stores, on the phone, in person, in and out-of-town. I can no longer be selfish. My time is not MY time, it belongs to God .I’ve been wasteful with my time, and I can no longer “sip on milk”. I have a gift to be able to touch and reach a lot of people. No one know half of what I know. And let me say this, to all those reading my messages daily. Don’t watch me go through these whoppings from God and not learn from it. I’m going through a lot Spiritually, you all just DONT KNOW, and I come here to share these things with my readers. Please don’t let me go through this for FREE. Take something from it.
Let me post a few Scriptures that speaks to me at this time.
Hebrews 12 (New International Version)
Hebrews 12
God Disciplines His Sons
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. 2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5 And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons:
“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,
and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
6 because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son.”[a]
7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? 8 If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live! 10 Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. 13 “Make level paths for your feet,”[b] so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
Inside the mind of cree 
