Carpe Diem!

Well this week proves to be yet another incredibly wonderful week. This is the 3rd week straight that everything seems to be going perfectly well. Today is one of those hump days that you just loooooove to hate. You know…you love that the weekend is close, but hate to see this week leave because it was a good one. You love that the weather is impeccable, but you hate that you’re stuck inside only enjoying the aesthetic quality of it.

As I look outside now…I am just SOOOO excited about spring coming! The warm weather will greet me with many wonderful events. My best friend is getting married, I’m going on my first trip to Europe, and I’ll be turning the big *drum roll please* Twenty-Five! Yay! (stop smacking your teeth. It’s not thirty but it’s still big. lol)
Needless to say. I’m excited.

On my way to work this morning, I was jamming to my tunes…and I realized how incredible it is to hear something NEW in a CD you play almost everyday. Yet here I am, about 5 months into playing my Israel and New Breed CD and I hear something that just stirs me. He said,


We must seize the opportunity of a lifetime, within the lifetime of the opportunity.


As I sat there… in my usual hour and 15 minutes of morning traffic…I began to really let that permeate my spirit. He is so right. So many times I’ve meant to act on something, but waited to late…and the opportunity is gone. I really do think that procrastination is the number one killer of souls. I mean really, most people I know aren’t where they are because they didn’t have goals and ambitions and etc. They are there because they figured they had time to get there later and before they know it, time has slipped away.

In my favorite movie, (the usual suspects) Verbal/Kyser Soze said something really profound…well at least I thought so the first time I heard it. He said that the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.

I love that line…but I found that that isn’t exactly true. I think that maybe yeah…it’s the second greatest trick. The greatest trick I PERSONALLY think the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that we have time. People don’t realize how close we are to the Tribulation Period and the Rapture. We feel that we’re young…we’ve got time. We wanna do it up while we can. But honestly, we don’t have that luxury like our parents did. We will see revelations unfold in our lifetime. That’s real. I used to HATE when people said that because I wasn’t ready to hear it. But the truth will set you free…and ignoring it won’t make it go away. So you might as well get ready. Might as well serve the Lord while it is yet day. Because when night comes, no man shall work. And if you get caught with your works undone…*smh* I don’t even wanna think about it. That’s why the first words outta my mouth in the morning is…Thank you Lord,( for another opportunity to serve you) and Let your will be done in me today.

Today is the day. Will you procrastinate?

So out of character.... It's about time!

Never in a million years would I have thought that I would become an Internet Evangelist. lol. In fact… I never really thought I’d be any kind of evangelist. I'm shy. I'm quiet. I'm the type of person that rode the same bus in school for 4 years and no one even knew my name. lol. Being so forward and zealous about something to the point that I can't STOP talking about it is very out of character for me. I blush easily. I'm self conscious. So.....how is it that I....Miss Sway.... can boldly spread the gospel? Not only on here is He using me, but even in my offline life. I find myself teaching Bible Study and Sunday School.... and ministering to people I "coincidentally" meet. (i used quotes b/c though I know it wasn't coincidental...it was by divine intervention...some poeple don't realize it) Before I knew that part of being a Christian meant actually FOLLOWING HIM…(ie. Doing what he did…letting Him be the example of how we should live our lives) and listening to His word, I just figured that I would obey the 10 commandments…or try at least…*lol* ...and be a do-gooder. I figured that this feat would be all I needed to successfully be like Christ. But as I got deeper into the word, and the Holy Spirit began teaching me, I realized …THAT was only the TIP of the iceburg.

In the Gospel according to John 21:15-17, Jesus told Peter that if he loved Him (Christ), then he(Peter) should feed His (Christ) sheep. What does that mean? Well…in a nutshell it means that if we love Jesus, we should go and spread the gospel. Which is exactly what His disciples did. They became fishers of men. If we can go out to the lake and quietly sit and wait ALL day for a fish to come and take our bait so that we can reel them in…then how come we find it so hard to lift God up (for the scripture say that if HE is lifted up, HE’LL DRAW all men unto Him) and wait for people to come to us and then we can reel them in?

After His resurrection, Jesus the Christ gave His disciples the GREAT COMMISSION
(Matthew 28:16-20)
(16)Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. (17)When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. (18)Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. (19)Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, (20)and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”


Our job as a believer in God and a disciple of Christ is to tell others about the God, the Kingdom of God, and Jesus the Christ.

For a long time, I just didn't know that it was my job to tell people about Christ. My motto was always… hey you do you….and I’ll do me. I never knew that my motto was SOOOO anti-biblical. I can’t have a non-chalant attitude about the unsaved. I AM MY BROTHER'S keeper. What kind of person would it make me if I didn’t at least TRY to tell people what's right? What kind of person sees their friends drowning and don’t try to help? Even if I'm not the BEST swimmer, (or Christian)... because of my love for you, I should not want to see you perish.

Sidenote:
And as a person drowning....you'd THINK that they wouldn't be trying to look at how well I swim...but instead be thankful that I'm trying to help them. However... most people who are drowning seem to want to look at my bad technique (faults)...and then choose to drown because of my imperfections. *smh* Don't look at me... *pointing up* look at Christ. That way.... you'll always be safe.

It’s my Christian duty to spread the Gospel. I just never thought I’d be at the point to get over what people thought…and actually procede foward at FULL SPEED to do it. I figured I couldn’t afford to have people look at me funny or laugh at me…or call me a Holy Roller. But you know what… I've realized what I can’t afford is to NOT do it and be accountable in Heaven for the lost souls that I could have planted a seed in....and for all the people that Jesus, through me, could have saved from hell. When it’s put that way… *shrug* I don’t mind being an evangelist.

I doubt many of the readers from my other blog will read this one as much…but nevertheless, I’m putting this out there…for any that may “stumble” upon this blog. It’s NOT by accident that you’re reading this. It’s not by accident that God formulated these words in my spirit and allowed me to type it. God wants to change us ALL. So…as I pour out what God gives me….I hope that we are all changed. God Bless.

Making me over.....

Hiiiiiiiiii!!!!! *waving and grinning furiously*

I know I've been away for a few months. And I also know I said that I WOULDN'T be away this long anymore. lol. But what can i say, *shrug* I've been busy with life and with my other 2 blogs. But that's all about to change now.

My original intent for this blog was to answer questions about myself that would help others get to know the real me. However, as time went on, I started wanting to share the things that were happening in my life and began to write more and more in my other journal. I've been writing there religiously for a little over a year, and I am still planning on writing there, but I've come to a point in my life that a change is taking place inside me and my desire to share the gospel has become so unbearable that I MUST get it out. So, I decided to reform this blog into a space that deals with my spiritual growth and daily walk with Christ.

It's like....
being pregnant. I was impregnated with a vision and with a ministry in my teenage years. I never fully understood what God was doing, but I knew He gave me something. At first, I did have morning sickness: I felt horrible when I ate of His word and still went out and sinned against Him. I kept wanting to throw up that thing which He placed in me because I didn't want to be different, I didn't want to bear the cross He laid before me. I felt fatigued, when I got too far off track and cut my self off from the "Thirst Quencher". But then came a day, that the sickness went away. I began to realize that I can't run from God. I can't run from His calling on my life. And I began to appreciate the ministry and vision He placed in me. I've been going to the hospital (Church) and getting my check-ups and reading the manual (Bible) on ministry birth. God's been feeding me good food. I'm pregnant....and my baby's growing more and more each day. It's there developing, getting established, and getting nourishment...and has been that way for quite some time now. God is now telling me that, Sway...it's ready to come on out. My water has broken. I'm fully dialated and now I MUST PUSH! So here is my attempt to birth what God has placed in me.

It's like....
Being a catapillar. I was loving being a catapillar. Taking my time, being free, walking and crawling on any and everything I possibly could, going on top of building and seeing the world from on high.... It was great! But one day God whispered in my ear, "I know the plans I have for you...plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future" . And He began to put me into a cocoon, which is where I am now... to change me into a beautiful butterfly. Sure, being a catapillar was great, imagine how much MORE effective and free, and wonderful I'd be as a butterfly! Instead of crawling, i'll soar! Instead of creeping, i'll glide! As a butterfly, God will change me for the better...and take me to heights I'd never imagine seeing as a catepillar. So I'm just logging my time in the cocoon and hoping you all will stick around to see the butterfly that emerges!

It's a big change from the previous content of this blog, but it's all still me. I have many sides, many characteristics...many layers...but they're all me... whether you know Sway the quiet observer; the silly crazy vivacious friend that won't shut up; the emotionally driven lover; the sharp tongued truthsayer; the goal oriented business woman; the flirtasious vixen; or the ghetto atl/decatur gawga girl *lol*.... We ALL live here together. lol. Sometimes peacefully, sometimes not. Either way, my Spiritual being is what's growing, so that is what you'll be seeing. I've changed the name and the layout to go with the new content... hopefully you'll follow my journey..as well as share yours. May God Bless us all!

2 Corinthians 5:17

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. "