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Have We Become Desensitized?

One of My Last Posts...

This is an emotional post for me. I am sincerely thinking about closing this blog.

The original purpose for this blog was solely an outlet for my expression. However, over time it has become a ministry tool as people got to read first hand my experiences out of a life of destruction and into a life of promise. Many people have wrote me saying how reading these experiences have changed their outlook and have given them encouragement to press towards true salvation. I am truly humbled and honored by this. I'm very thankful that the word of my testimony has helped others. To God be the Glory! I encourage you to speak on the things God does for you as well so people can know that it is possible to come out of afflictions and tribulations and rise as a world overcomer in Christ Jesus. I sit back and read this blog at times to remember exactly what God has brought me through, and it gives me faith that he can and will bring me through much more! As long as I stay focused on him, everything else will fall into place.

God has recently given me the vision for my first published book! So if I hardly ever post, its because I am working on that. I'll continue to use this to post blogs for speaking engagements related to deliverance of sexual sins, as well as spoken word events. Thank you blogspot family for being supportive. Most of all thank you Jesus Christ for bringing me through and making me that new creature I am today.
Please if you have any questions or comments regarding an entry leave them on here and e-mail me at divyne@yahoo.com or at www.myspace.com/missdivyne.

These lyrics from Kierra Kiki Sheard explains exactly how I feel....Thank you

Praise Offering

Verse I:With outstretched hands
And with a sincere heart
I come to You with thanks
And worship for who You are

B-Section:It’s of Your mercies we are not consumed(It’s Your unmerited favor)
And Your compassions fail us not(For they are new every morning)
Great is Thy faithfulness

Chorus:Lord please hear these lips of worship
As we offer praise
Holy Holy Holy oh God of glory

Verse 2:With words never spoken
And melodies of songs never heard
With showers of anointing
And blessing we don’t deserve

Vamp:It belongs to You
I owe to You my everything
My gratitude
And thanks to You for saving me

Written by James Moss(c)2004 Millenni-Era Music/ASCAP

Love=Emotions?

I was thinking of how around this time especially(Valentine's Day), women tend to get so caught up in their emotions.

When are we going to realize that LOVE is not something merely based on emotions! Yes emotions are a part of it, but it is not the focus its a benefit. And that's exactly why so many people end up hurt because as soon as they feel a negative emotion, they are quick to let what they claimed to be "love" go.

I can say this...that this is the very FIRST time I am experiencing true love. People ask me, Why do you love him? How do you know? etc. And the best answer I can give is that I have made a conscious decision to love him. I have chosen to love him. And since I have chosen to love him, how I feel on one day cannot change the fact that I love him. Why? Because I have made a decision to love him. Despite any negative qualities, despite the fact that he may not always say or do the right things, I Love Him....without conditions...And "emotions" I feel from one day to the next won't change that. It is what it is...



To express what I feel in regards to maintaining Control of our Emotions I've written something:



Women we’re known as emotional beings
Always thinking of the person we’re seeing
Nevertheless, as I regress, to the time we invest
It seems that at its best
That being labeled as an “emotional being”
Isn’t far from the truth
We’ve been that way since the days of our youth
Only heightened after that first period
We see he’s fine, and start acting delirious
Mind wanders back to HIM several times a day
Contemplating futures and children together
Only to our dismay
He wasn’t the “one”
Yet we’ve created this picture in our head
Of how he had the qualities
Of the man in our dreams
Which we could have realized sooner
Had we not let emotionalism
Disguise what’s merely the carbon copy
Now you’ve mistaken butterfly feelings
And a fast heartbeat
For Love
Control is the operative word
So Emotions…don’t get stuck


Peace and Blessings
Divyne

Itinerary for 2006....A Working Document!

If you have any questions regarding these upcoming events please e-mail me at divyne81@yahoo.com

If you enjoy good bible teaching ministering, spoken word, inspirational, and gospel music you don't want to miss out on any of the events!

1. Sexual Healing: The Truth About Your Sexual Nature Crusade

Venue: Gospel Ark Temple Bible Way Church
4551 Benning Road SE, Washington, DC

Date: February 24-25, 2006 7:30pm Friday and 10:00 am Saturday Promptly

Registration Fee: $15 per person adults- $10 per person youth/teens 9-17 yrs $20.00 at the door for everyone
www.monicabrownministries.com


2. Black History Month Community Celebration!

Venue: Langley Park Boys and Girls Club. There will be an array of gospel, hop hip, and R&B entertainment. I will be performing spoken word.

Date: February 26, 2006 5:00pm-9:00pm

All are invited to attend!


3. Southern Christian Leadership Conference 27th Annual Celebration

Venue: Cedar Street Baptist Church
2301 Cedar Street
Richmond, VA 23223

Date: April 27, 2006 and April 28, 2006


Note: The performances at Greater Mt Calvary in Waldorf, MD for March 17, 2006 and Crenshaw Christian Center in LA, CA for April 30, 2006 are tentative dates. Once they are no longer tentative I will send an update with information. If you have ANY questions or want further information regarding any of the above events please feel free to email me at divyne81@yahoo.com. Thank you and Be Blessed!

I'm It!

I decided to tag myself from another blog, using her topic because I have been suffering from a creativity block when it comes to blogging. The blog topic was for people to write 5 interesting, and random facts about themselves to share.

So here goes...

1. I have an OCD. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I am obsessed with looking in the mirror. My mom says it started when I was a baby. She put a mirror in my crib, and I've been obsessed ever since. I glance at myself in any and every surface that shows my reflection. Car mirrors, compact mirrors, windows, the list goes on. Now over the years, I've learned to control it...I think. Maybe its just the fact that I've mastered the art of looking at myself on the sneak tip. Now most would think I'm insecure, or some form of vanity. I think its neither. I just REALLY love the way God made me. In conjunction with looking at myself all the time, I ALWAYS put on some type of lip gloss or balm.

2. I did a couple of month stint at a Strip Club back in 2000. Praise God for deliverance! I was really tripping back then. The situation can almost be compared to that Player's Club movie. I was working at the Wet Seal in Georgetown, DC. I met two girls by the name of Diamond and Honey. They blew my naive head up so big. Saying things like, "You are so beautiful, and sexy! You would make so much money at _________club." At the time, I didn't think much of myself, and I had a daring and rebellious spirit. So like everything else I got into during that era of my life. I said what the HELL!? In exchange for my dignity and self respect, I did make a lot of money. I was bringing home so much money my parents began to ask questions, especially since they knew my cousin danced. I lied and told them I was a "waitress" which explained all the 'one and five dollar bills' I would have. So that's how the name "Divyne" was birthed. It was my stripper alias. How ironic?! Today, I walk true to my divinity in Christ so the name fits afterall. :-)

3. Everyone who knows me, knows my middle name to be "Lucy." It is that, but it's actually spelled "Lucee." I don't know WHY on earth, my mom gave my name that ugly spelling. So what if she was trying to combine both grandmother's names of Lucy and Lucille together? The "LUCEE" spelling still looks absolutely dumb to me. So whenever I write out my middle name I always write it as Lucy.

4. I almost died. My first year of college I had this big rare tumor/cyst in my uterus. It is called a "Dermoid Cyst." This thing was so rare, that the surgeons took pictures. It was disgusting. These cysts have stuff like hair and bone in them. They said it was in me since birth, but by the time I was 17 it began to grow exponentially. It was like I had a little alien in me. LOL I would go to the doctor for sharp pains in High School, and they attributed everything to stress. Shoooooooot, I knew what I was talking about. Something had to be wrong, but the doctors thought I was tripping. I was walking around w/ a little pot belly for months. People in my first year of college thought I was pregnant. It wasn't until October 1999 that the Cyst began to leak, and make me so sick that I had to be admitted into the hospital. The doctors then did some real evaluations and discovered the cyst. I ended up spending my 18th birthday in the hospital. October 3, 1999. See, I told ya'll I wasn't prego!

5. I haven't even received an engagement ring, but I already worry about who my bridesmaids will be. I have at least 5 women who consider me their best-friend. Now that I am in ministry I have at least 4 "covenant" sisters in Christ who I would love to be in my wedding. I talk to them on a regular basis now, although the friends from my past have been there...some since my Kindergarten days. *sigh*....I know I won't be able to please everyone, but I can't stand the fact that someone's feelings may be hurt. As we know women can be petty, and sensitive. So this is something I will definitely have to pray on.

Okay now you're it:

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