It's Who I Am and Perfecting to Represent read on....
Last Saturday, was the start or should I say the outwardly manifestation of what I know God is doing internally in me. On that day I attended my church's leadership summit and it was an amazing time of fellowship, sharing, opening up, breaking barriers and great teaching. I had the pleasure of sitting at a table with a group of amazing, beautiful and encouraging women who pushed me to share a part of me with them and the entire leadership, which now compels me to be that much more accountable to my personal and spiritual development.
What I shared that day was something birthed from an assignment that my friend and I set out to do regarding our finances. The assignment was to write down the core values of our life - the things that were most important to us- and once we had the final list those things would help us to govern how our finances are spent and would also help us make those challenging decisions life will always require us to make, at some point.
On June 1, 2013, I sat at my kitchen table determined to complete this assignment. I started by throwing words on a paper that represented who I am, what I like to do and what is important to me; Christ, Family, Finances, Travel, Invest in others, Serve others. On from there I tried to come up with an acronym that represented all of these words which would be a reminder for me to continue to be a representation of that in the earth. A few minutes passed and I couldn't find the one word to bring it all together but then it hit me, the holy spirit stepped in the room - you know the phrase the light bulb just went off well that's really what happens to the believer when HE shows up. :) Okay, so HE shows up and I realized I forgot to add the word LISTEN to my list. Why listen, well because it's something that I discovered, over the past few years, that I'd rather do than to always be the one heard - that's the introverted part of me. It doesn't just require me to listen to your speech but to your actions. In listening you come to know so much about a person outside of the words their actually speaking. So listen is added to the sheet of paper in front of me and then the process of me breaking that word down began to flow freely.
As you read a part of me be blessed and encouraged to begin/continue to operate from the place of your God given core.
The Core of Who I AM and What I Do is to L.I.S.T.E.N:
to be Led by the word of God
to Invest and Impart in others; spiritually, financially and relationally
to Serve with the love of Christ
to Teach by letting my life, in Christ, be the example
to Encourage and Empower our Youth of today
to Never be afraid to venture into the unknown and explore the impossible
Inspired on June 1, 2013 6:33pm
Until next time be blessed and continue to be a blessing.
Samiyyah W.
Until next time be blessed and continue to be a blessing.
Samiyyah W.
