Saturday, January 3, 2009

Gossip

I’ve come to realize that my attitude lately, stinks.

God is breaking intimidation and offences in my life continually everyday.I cannot allow the enemy to keep pulling me down and keep targeting me with these weaknesses.

My weaknesses, I care to much about what is going on in people lives, I want to know what’s going on in peoples lives.
I keep looking for the solution when people come to me and talk.
I need to stop solving things and just listen.

Gossip is so huge, When I think of gossip I think that in a lot of conversations go on, its mostly gossip and talking about other people’s lives not very nicely.
When I was in high school and college then main high light of conversation was talking about other people, we would point out people and make fun of them by what they wear etc.
There was no life in our conversations, all we ever did was backstab and talk about other people. .....How sad

During my 3rd year at college, things got a whole lot better it was as though we all understood how gossip destroyed people, this reason was because the 2nd year of beauty therapy so many people never came back to college because they were so hurt and affected by gossip.
During the 3rd year I can proudly say, not once did gossip reach my ear or was spoken, And when it did happen it was sorted immediately with the two people who had issues in a correcty manor.
We all got along very well and when we didn’t we took the guts by stepping forward and confronting each other. When I look back to my 3rd year of college, I have to say I look back in delight of it all, the care for each other, the encouragement we received from each other; we never gave up on each other.
We were all like family and a very good team!And that’s the way it should have been. If one of us were out of money we would help the person.
I had one close friend who was going through a rough time at her home, her brother got out of jail and came back to the home only to destroy it all. He did a lot of damage. As this was happening, my friend phoned me crying on the phone, I could hear all the banging and breaking of glass, I could hear screaming of people in the background. Immediately I called a friend to come pick me up and to take me to her.We picked her up and allowed the police to deal with the rest and She stayed with me for a few days.
As you can see, we were all very close.If something happened we would call each other no matter what time it was if we were in need or danger. I look back on my 3rd year of college and think, I loved them all, Each one of them genuinely.
Now my 2nd year of college on the other hand was a disaster for me, gossip was so out of control, people were so selfish and didn’t care about each other. I had no friends and the people that were ‘friends’ only were because they couldn’t make any friends because of their bad history of backstabbing.I was a friend with all the backstabbers and gossipers, why? Because no one else would be their friend and I wasn’t going to allow them to sit on their own all the time and have a horrible year. Yea they have struggles but it didn’t make me love them any less, I stood by them.... But so many times they hurt me also because they gossiped about me.
I’ve forgiven each one of them, so I’m not holding any grudges, and I cannot allow offence to be taken.

Gossip destroys lives! In the spirit and emotionally.Words speak life! What life are you speaking when you speak about someone in the wrong way?We are all sick and tired of the same cycle of gossip. So lets start a new cycle of putting an end to it!! We need to avoid the areas that will pull you down! We need to constantly pursue love, peace, faith and righteousness.We need to get our Negative attitudes out of our life! Attitudes towards people.
‘If you have nothing nice to say don’t say anything at all’ this was a phrase that was said a lot by my family and me. I’ve learned that this phrase is GARBAGE!
We need to bring positive out of every situation, get negativity out of your hearts and minds!It’s your choice! Don’t allow yourself to be in a situation where you know you will fall, where you know Gossip will try and creep it, we need to cut it off.

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Power to Change! - my 1st song!


Hey y'all!

forgive me for not updating for a wee bit!


I had an amazing opportunity to write and record with theeeeee famous 'Scott Nicol' yesterday :)
He has been bugging me for a while that we will write a song before i got back to Canada, I didn't actually think it would happen!

Scott is an amazing inspiration to me, a great leader, a great friend and encourages me constantly and makes me laugh till I can't breathe anymore ha ha

I'm very thankful for Scott and his family :)

He is an amazing Music leader of Cornerstone Church and also has an amazing CD 'stunning silence' and will be touring in Texas in March! whoop whoop!

Oh ! And anyone reading my blog, he's looking for Gigs in Scotland and England.....hint hint, Sam Gallagher I hope your reading this! you wanna do a Gig sometime with this dude, he's pretty awesome like you! ;) ha ha


So Yesterday I wrote my first song! When I was young I did write many songs unfortunately I didn't keep any of the words and have no idea what the songs sound like, a little gutted! (silly Becka)

Before i arrived at Scott's house in Prestwick I was really nervous about writing the song , I had no idea how to and where to begin.

We sat down and he began to ask questions about what was on my heart, I flicked through some journals, devotions, prayers and prophetic words spoken over my life.


And this is how its all pieced together!



Here it is,

Power To Change

Oh Lord you word
has the power to Change and Renew
Equip and enable, examine my heart cause I love you

Transform my weakness into supernatural strength
Empower, protect me, renew my heart again
Lord I heard you say ' I have anointed your lips'
to speak to a lifeless world
I am knocking at the door, the door of your heart
so rise up and prepare the way for me

You are anointed and I will take you
to your appointed time and place
where I will mould you, you will be still, reflect and seek my face

If you come away from the crowd, away from the crowd, away from the crowd


Oh Lord you word
has the power to change and renew
Equip and enable, examine my heart cause I love you

Transform my weakness into supernatural strength
Empower, protect me, Renew my heart again

Renew my heart again



By Rebekah-Joy




Thank you Scott for making this song happen!
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