PRESSURE IS REAL, BUT SO IS GOD

Jesus said, "Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."

All my life I dealt with pressure. Whether it's pressure I put on myself or pressure from others. Either way, I've never been able to handle it. I'm 31 now, and just recently I dealt with pressure that I thought I could handle. I thought I was strong enough to say no and that will be that. How many of y'all know that the devil is persistent? The devil doesn't care about your no. He'll keep blowing smoke trying to make you feel guilty about not being part of the crowd. Not being into what's happening now days. Never in my life have I been pressured more to smoke or have sex. None of which I've done. I will admit it breaks me every now again. I leave work, get in the car, and start crying because of the pressure. Again I've been dealing with stuff like this my whole life, and at 31 I thought I would be past that mess, you know? At least I hoped I was.

I tried to get my mind off of the pressure by music which usually works. I went to the My Prerogative by Bobby Brown playlist because I thought it would work, but this time it didn't. I still felt bothered by all the pressure. Then I went to Jesus Will by Anita Wilson which I should've done in the first place, but I didn't feel like crying at work. I was the kid that cried at school. When I started working I didn't want to carry on that tradition. Whoops.

I feel like that it's in times when I crash and burn like this is when God speaks to me the loudest. That's when verses like, "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." And, "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." Then old songs like, "Pass me not o gentle savior. Hear my humble cry. While on others thou art calling, do not pass me by."

"There are some things, I may not know. Their are some places that I can't go. But I am sure of this one thing, that God is real and I can feel him way down deep within. Yes God is real. Real in my soul. Yes God is real for he has washed and made me whole. His love for me is like pure gold. Yes God is real and I can feel Him in my soul."

"He never has left me alone. By night and by day, He's with me all the way. He never has left me alone."

The Bible says, "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."

So what am I saying to the readers and what am I saying to myself? God is not through. God has not given up on us. Song writer said, "Don't give up on God cause He won't give up on you. He's able." Hold on. Keep the faith. Weeping may endure for the night, but joy is coming in the morning. Most of all

Stay Saved,

Daniel Richerson

THE LORD IS REAL TO ME

Cue Amen by Kurt Carr. First time really hearing this track. Just put the ipod on shuffle and this song came on. It’s sad that I forget what’s on my ipod, ain’t it? Welp.

So originally this blog was going to be one of those depressing blogs. One of those blogs where I’m preaching to myself but I act like I’m in the spirit and talking to somebody that may be reading. Yeah. One of those blogs where I act like I’m deep and some of you actually buy it. Ok here’s what happened after a conversation on the phone which most of you know I hate to do. I hate talking on the phone with a passion. A PASSIONATE HATRED for talking on the phone. So after this conversation I was pissed off and down in the dumps. We talking land fill dumps. No lie, it was dangerous. We had to go to Bible Study and thank God my sister drove. Not saying I wouldn’t have done anything but who knows, right? So my little sister saw I was feeling a little down. She asked me if I was alright, and I told her the truth and said I wasn’t. So she drove to church. Which despite of how I was feeling, I ended up teaching Bible Study. Um, what? How? I was obedient and taught Bible study a lesson that I did not study, by the way. That’s the kind of stuff that blows my mind about God. I mean you hear and read in the Bible that he used a donkey and a rooster, but never really…you know? I mean after I acted like a jackass, there I am…again, what?

So after Bible Study, I started feeling a little better. I mean you hear it said that when you walk into the building your mood should change but never really believe—am I the only one? It had to be nothing but God. He’s real.

Why was I down, you ask? Why was I feeling depressed? I could go religious and say the devil was influencing my mind, but I don’t know for sure if that’s the case. I mean ok, God doesn’t bring depression, so I guess by default....but honestly, you don’t hear me saying the devil is influencing the thoughts that I have, because I don’t hear anybody telling me what to think or what to say. Ok, I look at it like this, the Bible says in Proverbs, that death and life lies in the power of the what? Tongue, right? So in essence I was speaking death on the situation I was in. Not going to say what was I thinking on this blog, but this is not the time or the place, but just know it wasn’t necessarily “power positive thinking” if you will. Like some folks, I don’t post everything I’m feeling on FaceBook. BOOM!  Anymore…moving on.

Of course our thoughts and prayers are with the folks affected by the Boston bombing. We are getting closer to the end. If you are saved, definitely stay saved. If you’re on the line of I want to be saved, but I don’t want to give up this or that…time to make your decision. Jesus is soon to come. The Bible says, that God would rather you be hot or cold. If you’re lukewarm, he’ll spit you out. This is not the time to be lukewarm. Get right church and let’s go home.

Stay saved,

Daniel Richerson
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