ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, GO!

There's a race to be run, a journey of which many have yet to begin. Nevertheless, it must be run and a finish line to attain. So, it's time to get focused, on your marks, set and ready to go! Run with patience the race that is set before you. (Hebrew 12:1) The only competitor is yourself, each day striving to be better than you were the day before. Knowing that the race is not given to the swift neither is the battle given to the strong, but to the one that endures to the end. Getting on the right track also means there will be things that you will have to let go of and that may also require you to let certain people go. It also shows that you have come to the conclusion that the path that you're on is not working favorable for you, for whatever reasons that may be. Especially with the "Dilemma" that our Country is currently facing, being under the dark cloud of the "Great Reveal", which unfortunately will lead to havoc and chaos in many homes. This is a time of great trials and testing which will serve as a fire to move you onto the right track, whether you want to or not. So, since this is an unavoidable road that must be traveled, it's time you get serious about your spiritual journey, or you could never reach your greatest potential.

Every day of our lives we're faced with decisions to make whether small or big, ranging from what we're going to eat, what we going to wear and for some, what car to drive today, should I marry, should I divorce, this job or that one, and the list goes on and on. All day everyday making decisions and mostly of which may have little or no impact upon our daily lives. Day in and day out we give little thought to our choices, moving around like were on auto-drive until something comes through and shakes us up, then WOW, a reality check is staring you in the face. So now you stand looking at the choices you've made and the position in which they have placed you. You realize that you have come to the end of a road you no longer wish to travel, one that you paved with many choices that you are not proud of. You've lied, cheated, stole, manipulated, deceived, hurt those that trusted you, and much, much worse, but too ashamed to even think about it. You want to change but one problem though, "you don't know how to get on the right track"! Darn, you can't even rationalize why you did the things you did, feeling lost and confused, you don't even know how to begin again to make things right. So, let's begin by getting to the root of the problem.

When we're born into this world, we are born with a lost and troubled soul, as a result of previous incarnations, full of habits, addictions, struggles, abandonment issues, abuse, hurt, pain, etc. Regardless of what you've been previously told regarding reincarnations, that no such thing exists, another one of their lies. Entyway, each time you incarnate, is an opportunity for your soul to ascend consciously, to be set free. To accomplish this, you must lead and guide your soul, and you do this by what you feed it. Your soul functions as a sponge and it will absorb whatever you give it and the more you feed the desire the more it wants. The desires of your soul will be manifested through you if you allow them to. This is what has been the problem with humanity and why so much unrighteousness exists in our nation to this day. Our role is to bring order to the body and not to carry out the desires of the soul causing you to be a slave to your flesh. When you have desires that are conflicting to the person whom you strive to be this is the soul's way of showing expressions of behaviors it is familiar with. I'm sure many of you have been there and is there now, perhaps. This is what temptation is and the outcome will depend upon what you do next. The truth of the matter is, eventually we find ourselves yielding to temptation when we know we shouldn't. Why is that? You're not in control! Your inner man is all twisted up and it's leading you and not in a good way. "Every man is tempted when he is drawn away after his own lust and enticed. Then when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin and when sin is finished it brings forth death". (James 1:14-15) Living under a corrupt system didn't make it any easier either, for they were your greatest motivation to a downward fall. The first step then, is taking control of your life by bringing your mind, body and soul into alignment and there is no greater time than now with the current conditions of this world. In taking control, you make decisions that will aid in building your temple as a living vessel unto God. Most of our actions stem from a single thought but can yield a harvest of trouble and chaos. Therefore, we must guard which thoughts we entertain because a thought can quickly become a seed. Once a seed is nurtured in the mind, it's then conceived in the heart, then manifested through your actions. Now you've got the "I can't help it syndrome", on the repeat cycle, saying how did I get here? This is where you don't want to be so it's up to you to prevent it and the truth of the matter is, only you can! "Casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God and bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ". (2 Corinthians 10:5) The goal is to keep the head (mind) right because it ultimately determines where your feet tread, so let's walk through this example.

You take your vehicle to be serviced, you enter the waiting room and a PYT (pretty young thang) catches your eye. She gives you this flirtatious greeting as you walk pass her to sit. You sit down with all types of thoughts running rampant in your head. She gets up and switches over to the snack machine, of course so you could see her 36 24 36 and it works. Now, you all weak and mushy, so you ask her, how long she has been waiting, and it goes from there. You go sit next to her and Yall seem to hit it off very well and despite the fact that you're married, you ask to see her later and she says "of course" while batting her butterfly lashes. Now this smells trouble, no matter how you view it, and no good can come from it only trouble. The bottom line is no self-control, like a ship without a sail, tossed to and fro by the wind. If you do not exercise the right to take control of life, you will be doomed. You can never evolve to the person God has purposed for you to be; you will die then be reborn just to try again, then again and again. This is what has been happening with the human race, and you've got to break this cycle for yourself. The bible says that it was the temptation of Adam and Eve that caused them to disobey God, which led to them being cast out of the Garden of Eden, their Paradise. Well, it doesn't seem like much has changed, temptation is still causing humanity to be in a fallen state. With the Grace of God, He is offering mankind redemption for wholeness, but this is a cross that only you can carry and must bear. Why the cross? Because change require sacrifice, discipline, self-denial, and letting go, along with humility, patience, strength, trust and determination. This a form of death that's necessary to empty you of everything that's hindering you from walking your destined path. This process will assist you in developing a strong mindset, one that will you steer you in a positive and solid direction.

It's the lust of eye, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life that causes you to stay stuck in bondage and lacking spiritual growth. You have to want better for yourself, see the need for change and have a willing mind to do so. So, the next time you see, feel or want something that's pleasing to your eyes, but you know that it is not good for you, try a different approach. Take charge! Get real about your life's journey! If you're currently in the middle of a situation that's taking you down a destructive path, denounce it and turn away. Move forward with the determination of functioning fully in control of your life and your actions. Don't be afraid or allow fear to overcome you. "Fear not them which kill the body but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell". (Matthew 10:28) So, start first by taking full responsibility for the direction your life is heading, learn how to be the boss in your own world. Live your life with integrity, honestly, purity, righteousness, use your power for greatness, for doing good and most of all Love. When you commit to living a wholesome devoted life before God, He will walk with you even when you feel like you're all alone. I'm not talking about going to Church, I'm referring to a transformed lifestyle, erecting yourself as a vessel for the spirit of God to dwell in, for your body is the temple of God.

Go with me as I describe what has been occurring and reoccurring for all lifetimes incarnated as a human being. We're born, as we age, we're groomed and shaped by our environment, we come into the knowledge of right and wrong, we make choices in which we classify as good and evil. The path we choose to live in life will be a direct reflection of the core of your heart. Some set out to live a life of doing good, some of doing evil and the rest just live going with the flow of life. Which clearly brings to mind the scripture; "I wish that you were either hot or cold, for if you're lukewarm I will spew (spit/vomit) you out of my mouth". (Revelation 3:16) Let's resume.....Some of our choices produces good results and some not so good, nevertheless, these are experiences that we're acquiring, designed to teach us and help us to grow. These encounters that we come face to face with are also grooming and shaping us. We're either growing strong spiritually, declining or remaining the same. We're either leading with our heart or being led by our gut (flesh/greed) or just existing in neutral. The System makes sure you stay on the hamster wheel, feeding the flesh through ways of the Media content, whether it's the television, provocative and degrading videos, music, internet access to all types of pornographic materials and anything thing that will cost a distraction. If it's hard for you as an adult, what do you think the younger generation are facing? At the end of your life, you do a mental evaluation of the life you have live and you are filled with regret but now it's too late. You die. Then What? You're born again into the world at your appointed time.

Ok, now you're back, the doctor shines this blazing bright light into your eyes, after you've be chilling for nine months in your low-lit cozy room. You're shocked from the bright light, so you tremble, shake and scream like you crazy, no need to spank you, yes, you're alive. Anyway, you repeat the cycle of life; all your baggage (soul's journey) from your previous incarnations is right there with you, saying "I got you partner" but you don't know that yet. He/She has a big appetite for the good life, fun times, getting in trouble, unfinished relationships and karmic debt to pay, but you don't know that either. So, along with all the stuff you got to encounter in the current life you're weighed down with inner burdens of the soul and you don't even know it. This is what's happening when you're striving to live a pure wholesome life but yet there's strong influences inwardly drawing you to go contrary. These are the areas that needs to be healed in your soul and buttons will be pushed in your life, just for that purpose. This is the warfare between the flesh and the spirit, the two natures that lives within. In Genesis 25:23, it's referred to as the two nations within the womb of Rebekah, the twins (Esau/Jacob).

In the story of the twins, Esau was the oldest of the two and according to their traditions, he would receive the birthright blessings from their Father Jacob. One day Esau came in from the fields in desperation, complaining of hunger and in agony for food. Jacob was cooking some pottage in which Esau asked for some, and Jacob looked at him, with his glasses resting on his nose and said, "Sell me this day, your birthright". Esau responded, "I'm dying, what do I need a birthright for"? So, they made the trade, now I'm sure Esau only said what he had to so he could eat. The day came for their father to pass on the birthright blessing, Rebecca conjured up a plan with Jacob to deceive his father into thinking that he was blessing Esau. Issac's vision had dimmed so he couldn't see clearly, so Rebekah dressed Jacob in goat skin so that he would appear hairy because Esau was hairy. Afterwards, Esau came running in to receive his blessing, but it was too late and that's when they both learned of the deception. Needless to say, Esau was furious and sought to kill his brother, so Jacob fled that country.

Although Jacob ran, he did not escape his karma for deceiving his brother, he got tricked by his father-in-law to be, in a very disappointing way. The nature of Esau/Jacob is what dwells within us. Esau represent the part of us that chooses to live from the lower nature of the flesh, being led by its desires and cravings. (The works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lust, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, rebellion, strife, rivalry, heresies, envying's, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like. Galatians 5:19-21) Jacob represents the spiritual nature, striving to live from the higher nature of which pleases God. (The fruit of the Spirit is Love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance. Galatians 5: 22-23) Thats why God changed his name to "Israel" because he had proved himself before the Lord, after being tried and tested God honored him. When you raise your vibrational frequency to live from your higher nature, you become empowered to rule over your lower nature. You're no longer a victim to its impulsive and out of control behavior, you are now walking in the spirit and have mastered and overcame the flesh. This is what the scripture meant when it says, "the elder shall serve the younger", meaning the soul/flesh will serve the spirit. The soul is at home now, for the heart is the seat of the soul and from the heart is where all thoughts, emotions and feelings are conceived and then eventually acted upon. The soul is now at peace and can live a lifestyle that's in alignment with the will of God for your life. Now empowered to live from its higher consciousness, which is the Christ/Chrism consciousness, the anointing within, the Promised Land of the milk and honey with capabilities to renew the mind daily. It's no longer in a struggle and conflict within itself, just like the dove that found rest for the sole or her feet, after the flood had subsided from the land. Now, the soul has evolved into the image of God as He originally intended for it to be, before the fall in the Garden, for He said, "Let us make man in our image and after our likeness". You have successfully succeeded in bridging the lower and higher consciousness, possessing a sound mind to walk in the ways of the Lord. You have made yourself available to God and He is available to you. This is the Divine will of God for His creation.

What's been happening is that the soul has been stuck in the cycle of living from the lower nature and has never truly had the experience of living from its heart space and the essence of love and purity. Your soul needs you and you must lead and guide your soul by supplying it with the right resources to grow. If you feed your soul junk food, you will act in ways that are low in vibration, and this is no good for growth. Examples: If you have a sex problem, don't feed your soul porn, if you have a gambling problem, don't go to the casino, if you have an alcohol or drug addiction, stop attending those parties. This is where you have to make the right decisions, otherwise you will just be going in circles. You got to help yourself; I can't express that enough. You are responsible for what your eyes entertain, what your ears listen to, what your mouth speaks, your hands touch, who you lay with and where your feet tread. When you neglect to take hold of the reigns to control your life, you will end up creating unnecessary havocs in your world. While you running around chasing flames trying to put out the fire, your soul is chilling, licking his or her fingers from feasting on the good times y'all shared. You have then made yourself a puppet led by the desires and cravings of your soul, but when all the mess hits the fan who has to face the music? You or your soul? This isn't to say that your soul is of a negative influence, but the truth is it can only function at the level in which you elevate it to. As you raise your energetic frequency within and learn to live from your higher nature so will your soul, as I've stated, the soul is like a sponge and will absorb whatever you feed it. On the other hand, what your soul desires is love, intimacy and connection. Your soul has feelings, emotions, attitude, its on mindset, thoughts, feelings and desires just like you do and suffers a lot because of neglect. The reason why sexual addictions become so dominating and out of control is because of the sexual encounters that you've had with others. This becomes the only time that your soul gets to share in human contact or shared emotions is when you lay down and do the Nasty, lol. (I laughed because it's what we called it in my young days) So ultimately it begins to crave for that sexual encounter because it needs connections just like you. You be hooking up with folks that you don't even like and don't even know why you stuck on them, thinking folks got a spell on you, even though that can be the case. Anyway, all the while it's your soul pushing those cravings through you to the point where they become overwhelmingly out of control. Then you eventually surrender, and it becomes a fix that must be satisfied and is being lived out through you.

Let's do better! We go through life year after year, even unto death and never takes advantage of the opportunity to know the other half of our existence, the eyes of which we look into every day, "the window to our soul" as we say. Get to know his/her name, they do have one you know, God will reveal it to you. I believe that we can change a lot about ourselves and how we move forward in life if we build that intimate bond with our soul. In doing this you bring comfort to your soul instead of leaving it feeling abandoned and unloved. We are responsible for the condition of our soul, the path in life that it takes and its freedom. Your soul is the twin aspect of your existence, in which the role of the two is to recall your previous incarnations while coming into energetic harmony aligning the mind, body, soul and spirit, with a high vibration of love abiding within your heart. This is required that you may live a balanced life and obtain your Godlike consciousness. Recalling your past lives could means a matter of life and death, as you grow on your journey God will begin to reveal them to you. There were individuals that I met in this lifetime who played a role in my death in past lives, and more than once. They tried again this lifetime, but God had other plans for my life. Thats why I said, it could mean life or death. Then again, don't you want to know the true core of your existence and why certain people are in your life. "You're eating this woman's food, thinking she's your friend but she's just waiting for the perfect opportunity to poison you. She secretly doesn't like you but can't explain why that is, but she does know that she wants your life. What she doesn't know is that in a past life you took her husband from her this is the deep-rooted hatred that she is still carrying unaware". In this situation, there is damming information that you are not aware of which can cause you your life. So, I advise you to take this journey serious so that you may know your frenemies because your downfalls are usually caused by the ones you trust. I can guarantee you that you will learn soon, if not already that some of the people in your life are not who you thought they were. Take charge, take control of your mind and rule your temple with authority and determination to succeed. It will be challenging, very much so, but attainable. Introduce your soul to the greatness that lies dormant deep within, you'll be glad you did. Help your soul to soar!

TO THOSE WHO THINK THAT THEY OWN YOUR SOUL- THEY DON'T OWN NOTHING!!! Take courage in knowing that you belong to The Almighty Creator of Heaven and Earth! PERIOD!

California Soul

Song by

Marlena Shaw

Like a sound you hear that lingers in your ear

But you can't forget from sundown to sunset, now

It's all in the air you hear it everywhere

No matter what you do It's gonna grab a hold on you

(California soul, California soul)

They say the sun comes up every morning and if you listen oh so carefully

The winds that ride on the high time whistles a melody

So, the people started to sing and that's how the surf gave birth I'm told

(To California soul, California soul)

When you hear the beat you wanna pat your feet

And you've got to move cause it's really such a groove, now (unhuh)

Puts a brand-new kind of thinkin' in your mind

And you can't go wrong cause you're groovin' all day long

(California soul, California soul)

They had the melody and the beat, yall but it still didn't seem complete, yet

Until they saw two lovers kissin, (ah shucks) they knew just what was missin'

So happy they were rockin and reelin because they had added that lovin feeling

(To California soul, California soul)

Might as well get with it, the sound you hear that lingers in your ear

oh you just cannot forget from the morning till the sun goes down

so just gimme, yeah, just gimme, yeah Oh it's all a trend