Resurrection Is A Lifestyle - LIVE IT!

Are you suffering from the heart sickness of a dream deferred? If so, the resurrection of your hope is at hand. Resurrection is not limited to the Easter season; it can be an everyday experience as in the motto coined by the St. Paul Community Baptist Church: “Resurrection is a Lifestyle – LIVE IT!” Each time you endure and persevere through another year, you are an overcomer, who has been given an opportunity to live another day and contribute to making a difference with your life. With each new day, you have a chance to begin again, continue on, tap into your creative force and realize your divine self. If your dreams have been held captive by fears and insecurities too long, apply the following principles for your liberation and success. Now is the time and this is the season to resurrect your dreams and make them live!

1. Know And Embrace Your Dream. When you have a constant and strong desire or interest that has been rooted in your heart and thoughts, embrace it. If it has followed you into each New Year, acknowledge it as your dream, your heart’s desire, and determine to pursue it to see what the end is going to be. Put forth 100% effort. In doing so, you will extinguish any regrets of never trying or ever knowing if your dream could be realized.

2. Know And Embrace Yourself. Know that you have been blessed with at least one gift, talent, ability, and unlimited potential. Step into your future with hope of the peace, prosperity and security that is yours. If you can believe and look for it wholeheartedly, you will find it. Everything you need to make your dream a reality is already within you.
 
 
Dream Again

Have you identified your talents, gifts, and abilities? Is there an activity that fills you with joy and motivates you to engage in out of sheer pleasure? Do you have a strong liking for or a deep interest in anything in particular? Has God sowed a vision in the core of your spirit that took root and continues to tug at your heart and resurface in your mind? What career path would you take if neither money nor fear were a consideration?

If you have not asked or answered these questions for yourself, now is the perfect opportunity to begin an honest self-inventory. Get still and quiet before God to inquire about His plan and purpose for your life. Release past disappointments and embrace the Spirit of power, love and a sound mind that He has given to us. When we take the time to spiritually ponder our course and make choices based on the right reasons, instead of other people’s opinion or our personal fears and limited thinking, we become open and available to the wisdom and direction of God’s leading. The peace, prosperity, and contentment of success are ensured by aligning ourselves with the Creator and pursuing our calling and life’s purpose.
 
 
An Extended Process

God blessed me to publish my first book of poetry entitled, ON SOLID GROUND: Inspirational Poetry For All Occasions. All of the poems are God inspired and are based on His word with a scripture reference for each one. I may have written the words, but God spoke them to my spirit to help encourage, heal and celebrate others as well as myself.

I have been asked how long it took me to write the book and I always have to pause before I respond because:

1.    The oldest poem in the book was written while I was in college in 1982 and the newest poem was written in February 2008, so the book is reflective of over 20 years of experiences with people, places, situations, events, and occasions;

2.    I compiled the original manuscript in 2000 and allowed fear, insecurity, lack of publishing knowledge, distractions and procrastination to keep me from following through. However, I always intended to return to the manuscript to edit it and add scripture references;
 

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