Breaking Dishes

May the Angels be with you to protect you on your journey.  May God cover you with His love in everything that you do!  My prayer for you is not that you receive all of your material desires, my prayer for you is that you receive your spiritual anointing.  Your ministry will become clear, and your heart will be satisfied.  There is power in the name of Jesus, so on this day when you feel weak, I pray that you will let He that is in control of all strengthen you!

Good day to you all!  May God be with you today, and always!

Repay no one evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends upon you, live peaceably with all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God; for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord." No, "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals upon his head." Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Romans 12:17-21

We have come to the end of Black Music Month, and in order to expand my old school horizon, I started listening to music that I normally don’t. I came across a song that I found interesting.  The song is called ‘Breaking Dishes’, and it is by Rhianna.  In this song she is describing how upset she is when she discovers that her boyfriend is being untrue.  She talks about how frustrated she has been. In her final act of frustration she says that she is going to be breaking dishes all night long.  Now, me being the simple person that I am, the first thing that I thought of was, ‘How is she going to eat if she breaks all of her dishes?’. I thought about the mess that she would make. I thought about the fact that she would have to clean up that mess.  All for a situation that she cannot do anything about anyway.  Dear Reader, it also made me think about how many of us are breaking our own dishes.

Dear Reader, I know that you get frustrated every now and then.  I know that there are times when you want to release that frustration and everything around you is fair game.  I want to encourage you today, when you get in those moments of frustration, to give that situation to God in prayer.  What you call revenge, is actually hurting yourself and everything around you. Dear Reader if you break your own dishes how are you going to eat? How can your cup overflow with blessing when you have thrown your cup up against the wall?  What I am saying is that if you destroy the gifts that God has blessed you with, how can God feed your soul.  Sometimes we are starving spiritually, and it is because we break our own dishes.  We don’t just break one or two, we break dishes all night long.  Dear Reader, give those frustrating people to God.  Give your frustrating job to God.  Give that frustrating relationship to God.  Give that frustrating boss to God. Now that you have given those things to God, here is what I want you to do next: smile.  If you are sweet to those who are sour to you, it will leave a bad taste in their mouth.  Your coolness in the situation will feel like hot coals on their head.  God will handle the situation that you have given to him, and the best part is that your dishes will be intact.  Your cup will be able to overflow because you have not broken your cup.  Dear Reader don’t go around breaking dishes, give your situation to God, and He will take care of everything.

You are beautiful, loved and blessed

John Reed