As I was seeking what to write about today I found this song and it really struck a chord as I have learned that GOD provides and it is when you listen to his messages that he delivers that you truly find your way and your purpose. I have come to learn that everything happens for a reason. A big example of this was yesterday when my car needed 2 tires and an oil change. Money has been tight for me as I continue to secure clients and projects and seek full time work, the bill came to about $220 and I was able to pay for it and then the answer to my question of where will the money cone from to replace the money I spent it dawned on me that I had $250 coming from an investment I had a few years ago, so the way was provided by GOD. Prior to replacing teh tires I prayed and asked GOD to get me to Boca Raton, FL safe so I could drop off te money I had collected for The American Cancer Society Relay For Life Of West Boca Raton. All the way to Boca I was worried about the tire exploding. The tire didn’t explode I made it to Boca Raton safely, dropped of the money, and made it to The Good Year Store and the car was fixed. While the car was being fixed I followed the message to go an collect donations for The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of West Boca Raton. In 2 hours I colledted $28. Despite the rain and some challenges I was successful.
As I walked back to pick up my car I began to sing and the words were Walking With Jesus Daily. From what I recall my signing went something like this. Feeling AloneI turn to you and you are there walking with Jesus daily, singing in gratitude and joy freely, alone no more, giving more, walking with Jesus daily, watching over me giving peace, love, and happiness creating bliss walking with Jesus daily. After singing this out and giving praise to GOD I saw a shift in my attitude and the attitudes of thoseI dealt with the through out the remainder of the day. As I was stuck in traffic I turned to Reach FM and was filled with the joy of music and praise and upon arriving home I thanked Jesus for providing the way.
As I continue to walk in faith i find good things happening. Yes their are struggles financially, however knowing that GOD will make a way makes it less burdensome. GOD is within all of us and when we get in touch with out divinty we begin to receive better outcomes. We have choices to go with GOD and let things unfold for us by taking action to praise GOD and shine our light by lifting others up in prayer and being of service and value or to question GOD and wondering why things are happening the way they are. God always makes a way sometimes the road is tough and fraught with challenges because GOD will make a test into a testimony. Some times the road is easier as GOD wants to prosper and reward you.
Spiritual Awakening: Tools To Allow God To Make A Way
1: Give glory to GOD. Do not do deeds to glorify yourself or for accolades do it to show respect and glory to GOD.
2: Give praise to GOD. Pray and lift others up in prayer. As ypu praiseand thank GOD you will begin to open the gates to receive as yuo will shine your light and thus give permission to others to shine their light.
3: Meditation is a great tool as you quiet your mind and thus make a mind, body, soul connection allowing GOD to make a way.
4: By being of service you will allow GOD to make a way. From the moment you awake to the moment you rest find ways to be of service and value to all those you encounter.
5: Exercising to praise music such as this song Shackles, originally performed by Mary Mary and presented here by Mandisa is a fantastic way to allow GOD to make away.
6: Reading books like these wil, provide insight and enable you to let go of prior beliefs and put negative events behind you as you make positive progress in your quest to allow GOD to make a way.
Spiritual Awakening: The Final Statement of GOD Making A Way
remember you have friend in Jesus and he will make a way. Until next time STAY POSITIVE.
Spiritual Awakening:Fat Tuesday A Time For Praise and Confession!!!
Mardi Gras” (pron.: /ˈmɑrdiɡrɑː/), “Mardi Gras season“, and “Carnival season“,[1][2][3][4][5] in English, refer to events of the Carnival celebrations, beginning on or after Epiphany and culminating on the day before Ash Wednesday. Mardi gras is French for Fat Tuesday, referring to the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season, which begins on Ash Wednesday. The day is sometimes referred to as Shrove Tuesday, from the word shrive, meaning “confess.”[6] Related popular practices are associated with celebrations before the fasting and religious obligations associated with the penitential season of Lent.
As we begin to indulge and satisfy our vices on Fat Tuesday we begin to realize that starting on Ash Wednesday we will have 40 days to praise and worship while also confessing our trespasses so that we can strengthen our mind, body, soul connection and again create a oneness with our creator. The day before Lent we go a bit nuts and stray from the teachings of our own spirituality in an effort to prepare ourselves for the joy that will come from our obedience to GOD during Lent. What will you indulge in today that you will give up for 40 days starting tomorrow hoping to permanately give it up so as to glorify the GOD in you and creating the oneness with GOD himself. It is through praise and worship and confession that we create a oneness with our creator and thus begin to take action to be a shining light for others to see.
Spiritual Awakening: Forgiveness Is The Theme Of The Day!!!
As I read the daily affirmation and prayer in Rev. Dr. Dee Adio-Moses’ book Heal Your Life speaking about forgiveness I began to verbalize forgiving myself and those that I felt had done wrong to me. I then went into my car and turned on Reach FM and the song Foregiveness came on the radio and I realized then that forgiveness was going to be the theme of the day.
As I sat in quiet contemplation I made a shift to relax and let things flow and just allow. I found it very liberating to start to come from a place of forgiveness and realize that the best thing one can do is not to take things personally and if some one wrongs you do not react just walk away unless your life is in danger. I have found that the best thing to do is to breathe and in your mind forgive the person and then pray for them and let it go for holding onto to the incident does not serve you. It is when we truly take action to forgive that we will erase blockages and create the path to help us strive.
T This blog entry was inspired by Antiqua Libbey, who I had the privilege to interview on my radio show, Get Motivated With Jonathan JDOGG Lederman, which airs on Monday from 7-8 PM EST at www.blogtalkradio.com/hrafnstongradio. She shared her story of triumph over many adversities and gave many great tips. The one that resonated withme was that we all have divinity within us and when we connect with it we become inspired and empowered to live our life on purpose.
As we discussed the idea of divinity and making the mind, body, soul connection I kept thinking I need to really focus on me and take a day to create harmony on the inside and out thus I took today to do laundry, meditate, and then when I felt a harmonious feeling come over me go to my club house to write. I sat quietly for a few minutes visualizing what I was going to write and visualizing people coming to the blog and leaving comments and then I began to write. As I wrote the pains I was feeling and the negative vibrations quickly went away and the message became clear your purpose is to be a shining light to others and as a result of shining your light you will be rewarded.
Spiritual Awakening: Neale Donald Walsh Inspires Positive Shift!!!!
Every day I get a missive from Neale Donald Walsh titled On This Day GOD Wants You To Know and each day I take a moment to read and digest the message. Today’s message …that if you become ruffled with every comment that you consider a ‘slight,’ you will never find peace, really hit home as I have been taking people’s lack of interest in www.labonitakidz.com and http://main.acsevents.org/goto/jdogglederman personally so I took a deep breathe and made a commitment to myslef to start to shif things and realize that not everyone is going to resonate with what I am doing and that it is okay and that those that will support the efforts will appear. As I began to shift and focus on the more positive experiences I and realize that not every not interested or negative comment is a bad thing that it is actually a good thing as it gives me a chance to move on and keep moving in the positive direction of my dreams. I then began to look at how am I presenting myself and my ideas to others and how are my vibrations. As I beagn to reflect and realize that each tie I interact with someone it is a chance to share and that if they are meant to buy and ad or make a donation or use my services then they will and if they are not then the person that is will appear. It is when you leave it up to GOD and take action on his answers that you find the most success.
Spiritual Awakening: Martin Luther King Jr. Remembered
I was 2 1/2 years old when GOD called Martin Luther King Jr. home thus my knowledge of him comes from the watching of his speeches and what they taught us in school about him. In a very spirtual sense he was an action taker who understood his clling and his purpose. Through his passion and action he created many opportunities for those who otherwise would not have had a voice and who may never have been given the opportunity to excel. His dream that people should be judged on the content of the character instead of on the color of their skin is a work in progress as there are still many that have not awakened spiritually to understand that we are all divine children of GOD.
Today (1/21/13) we marked a milestone in history by remembering Martin Luther King Jr. while also swearing in President Barack Obama for a second term. The second bible that Barack Obama used to take his oath belonged to Martin Luther King Jr. As The inauguration ended President Obama and his family along with Joe Biden and his family stopped by The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Statue to honor the fallen civil rights leader.
Spiritual Awakening: Signs, Signs, Everywhere A Sign!!!!
This post was inspired by a song from Five Man Electrical Band tittled Signs. As I listened to the the lyrics and really focused in I began to ask how many times have we missed signs or have we not acted upon the signs that being put infront of us. Is it no wonder that many struggle as they obliviously go through life not seeing nor understanding the signs? Have you ever received what you thought was a sign and then sat quietly asking the universe what it meant and listened for an answer? There are signs all around us delivering messages to us and the more intune with the signs that we become the more fruitful our lives become as we begin to take action in an effective and efficient manner.
Spiritual Awakening:People to Help You Understand The Signs
Satya Kalra, a founder of Path to Anandam is popularly known for her Anandam life style (Blissful Living). Satya’s mission in life is to live in love, peace and Anandam and spread the same to others by leading, practicing and propagating spiritual living and helping others to become more self-dependent and self-reliant, specially destitute women and children.
I had the privilige of interviewing Satya on 1/14/13 on my radio program at www.blogtalkradio.com/hrafnstongradio, you can hear it in the archives. After the show she called me directly and we had a very nice conversation about how we can be of service and value to one another. This all came to fruition because of the sign that I received to reach out for guests for my radio show, By becoming an action taker I was able to make a connection and follow the signs to continue my awakening.
Spiritual Awakening: Maya Angelou Inspires With Amazement Awaits!!!
Maya Angelou delivers a powerful message in her poem “Amazement Awaits” reminding us that when we reach down inside ourselves we find out how truly amazing we are. We have a power to be amazing and to shine our light and collaborate with others so as to make amazing things happen and create a ripple effect that creates a positive impact in all that we do, By becoming an action taker we can create an awakening of mass proportion that will positively change the world. It is when we find our true calling that amazement occurs. We begin to come alive and share our vision for the world to see and our community is a better place because of our actions when we embrace the fact that amazement awaits.
Spiritual Awakening: Jim Croce Reminds Us Of Our Uniqueness!!!
In his song I Got A Name, Jim Croce, reminds us of our uniqueness and our responsibility to share our talents with the world. I recently found out that my name Jonathan means sent from GOD and that my Hebrew Name Yussel Simcha means John The Blessing. I reflected and decided that it was time to embrace this calling and to take action by having an awakening that I have the ability to change the world and improve the human condition by simply embracing my uniqueness. I ask you what makes you unique, how do you stand out what tallents do you have that you are not sharing? What is stopping you from coming alive and making your community a better place? What dreams have you put on hold because someone was discouraging instead of encouraging?
Spiritual Awakening: Chicago Inspires A New Beginning!!!
As I sat and thought about what to write about today all the messages pointed to the idea of beginnings. As I listened to the song by Chicago, Beginnings I began to realize that each day gives us a new beginning and that each day we have 24 hours to make a positive impact on our life and on the lives of others. I then began to ask the question what is it that you have been meaning to begin but haven’t due to excuses or the fear of what others may say or think about it? I then began to ask what is it that is holding you back? Then I found this quote by Lao Tzu,
and immediately thought it is time to take that first step and watch things unfold. What might be holding you back from taking that first step is it fear? I found this video and I hope it inspires you to put your fear aside and to step into your greatness and to shine your light as it is only the beginning:
Is your new beginning being stymied by the idea that you lack funds to put it into action. I found the following affirmation video about money and I hope it assists you in creating your new beginning.
