Help for the Strong – A Mother’s Cry

       This year marks 30 Mother’s Days that I’ve observed without my birth mother.  Consequently, since I was 13 this time of the year brings a level of sadness that I must purposefully shake off with praise. [1]  As I was on my morning run, Love brought back to my remembrance the last words I heard my mother speak to me all those years ago.  Today, as I rehearsed every line I heard something I didn’t hear before…My Mom’s Heart Cry for help!  Walk with me down memory lane.

      It was Wednesday, September 1^st and it was time for my brother, my sister, and I to leave for school.  Our mother had been battling flu-like symptoms for approximately three days and she really wasn’t doing well at all.  As I entered her bedroom to give her a kiss goodbye before going to school, she said…“Don’t come any closer.  I don’t know what I have.”  (Here she was again, thinking of others before herself.)

      In obedience, I stopped and said…“I love you, and I hope you feel better.”

      She then replied…“If I don’t, I’ll just die!” 

      I immediately went downstairs and told my dad what she said.  He responded, “She didn’t mean it.  She’s just in pain.” 

      But oh how wrong he was.  Within hours of that conversation, she went into a coma, was rushed to the hospital, had surgery, and transitioned from this life before the close of day Thursday, September 2^nd. 

      There are so many times I wished I could have a chance to relive those moments.  However, I’ve learned that wishing for something that’s spiritually illegal–living in the past–is tormenting.  Those moments have passed.  I can’t get them back.  However, I pray what I have learned will allow you to live wisely with those you hold so dear, especially your mother.

     

      When a strong person asks you for help, consider it a privilege.

Bishop T.D. Jakes

      Love built My Mother to be the essence of His Love and Life.  In the simplest of terms, she was “gifted to Love”.  However, when one is gifted to love and when one has the innate ability to continue producing even when they are in pain or seldom utters a word of complaint regardless of the load they carry, it’s easy for those they serve to become oblivious or dismiss the signs for help before it’s too late to help.

      Please allow Love to tune your ears to hear the heart’s cry of the “pillars of strength” you are privileged to Love.  Too often those built to last have mastered the art of giving but not the art of receiving.  This posture eventually takes a toll on their physical bodies, rendering them weak and extremely vulnerable to the diabolical tactics of satan before anyone recognizes his assassinating plots.

      Therefore, today I encourage you to allow Wisdom to increase your level of discernment and be diligent to look, listen, and fill any voids in their lives where you possess the capacity to minister h.e.l.p. (Heaven’s Eternal Love and Purpose).  Remember, we only walk this way once, and every cry for help is worth the effort to save–heal, deliver, and bring to wholeness.

      And to every Mother, “Happy Mother’s Day!”  Allow someone to Love on you extravagantly and freely for a Love Act is a terrible thing to waste.

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[1]   Isaiah 61:3a KJV, To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;

© 2013 Julianne Pearson

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Julianne Pearson is an Author, Relationship Strategist, Speaker and Trainer.  She is the Co-Founder of the LĪVE! movement, a speaking, training and coaching organization committed to developing extraordinary people, families, and businesses. Through her books, seminars and training workshop sessions, she empowers her readers and listeners to rise up to their first level of consciousness in order to advance the Kingdom of God on this earth.

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Truth Training Session #7: Mind Your Business!

      Have you ever encountered challenges while running or walking due to external distractions?  I have.  Suddenly something catches my eye and instead of paying careful attention to where I was going, my nosey-self convinced my head to turn in the direction of the diversion.  After a few moments of “Minding Other People’s Business,” out of nowhere the pavement abruptly becomes uneven, causing me to begin tripping over my own two feet.  Promptly, my head turns back around in an effort to regain my balance to continue moving forward “Minding My Own Business”!  Does this sound familiar?

      Well, that’s exactly The Extensive Truth Training I have been experiencing.  Let me share with you just how deep it is…

Study to be quiet…

{by staying calm, living a quiet life}

Mind your own business,

Work with your own hands,

As [I have] instructed you before.[1]

      One can only begin to know exactly what is hindering their progress when Wisdom is given permission to lovingly unveil the true condition of things.  Many suppressed and repressed emotions causes us to react to circumstances from a place of pain, false responsibility or distorted and misguided knowledge instead of us responding from a position of healing and victory.  That’s where I’ve been, and it’s NOW that Love has chosen to shed His Light with great intensity.

      For as long as I can remember, I’ve possessed a “mothering spirit.”  With the revelation I currently possess, I believe being the eldest combined with my God-given attributes coupled with early life traumas, sent me down this path of savior!  That’s right…I have worn an “S” on my chest for decades; minding everyone else’s business while at times neglecting to adequately and effectively deal with my own.  It appears somewhere I began believing the lie that I was somehow and in some way responsible for the life choices others made–especially those that I love and care for so deeply.  Therefore, not only did I carry the weight of my own life, I also picked up and carried the weight of many others.

      Consequently, in the past I have worked overtime with a combination of a “Martha and Uriah Spirit” by throwing everything that I am and had into the success of other people, at times even caring more about their outcome than they did themselves.  For many years I buried disappointments when things didn’t turn out the way I had hoped or the results were not commensurate for the efforts I expended.  Honestly, I found myself becoming more and more agitated, irritated, easily provoked, and even became increasingly angry with the very ones I had for years devoted and given my life to serve.

      You see, I was tripping in my own race because I was spending too much time concerned about the distractions of the race my loved one’s were called to run.  Although I have been appointed by Love to assist them, He never meant for me to neglect my own to the extent that I had. 

      It was June of 2010 when Love gave me a vision of exactly how important this Truth Training Lesson was to Him.  I envisioned a relay race where the athletes have a designated space on the track to pass the baton.  If they pass the baton too early, they would be disqualified from the race.  However, if they pass the baton too late, they would also be disqualified.  In my case, due to a faulty paradigm, I had carried the baton farther than Love ever intended for me to. 

      Subsequently, by carrying the baton of responsibility into the realm of disqualification, I was inadvertently hindering my progress and preventing my loved ones from actively and fully participating in their own Truth Training Exercises.  My distorted acts of love had warped into lust that was rooted in fear.  This learned, destructive behavior pattern was robbing my loved ones of multiple training opportunities that were necessary for their character to get built up to handle the weight of the call that is on their own lives.[2]  I had gone from helping to hindering, from being a huge asset and was teetering on becoming a huge liability.  I simply went overboard, trying to be savior when they already have One! 

      Now at the end of 2012, Love has aggressively stepped in and the Truth Training has become very intense.  Over and over the past few months, again and again, through numerous confirmations, I have heard these very Words…“Take Care of Yourself!”

What does take care of yourself even look like? 

      Isn’t that just like Love?  To Speak in Terms we have no knowledge or wisdom of, which then invites us to seek Him even more to find out The Answer.[3]  Therefore, in the moment of now, I am aggressively working out my own Faith Muscles by choosing to trust Love with my whole heart which includes those I have held so close and dear.[4]  After the past year of delayed and partial obedience–which I admit is really disobedience in The Eyes of Love–I’m finally in the process of learning “how to” take care of myself by studying peace, minding my own business, and working with my own hands as Love has instructed me before on numerous occasions.  Although it’s been a challenging transition for me to come into alignment and agreement with The Intense Training Instruction, I’m actively anticipating and proactively preparing for the much needed change my willing obedience will produce for all of us.[5] 

      Persistent Perseverance Pronounces One’s True Greatness!

Alayna Pearson

      As you pause for personal reflection in this race for Life, have you been tripping over your own two feet recently?  If so, for Love’s Sake, consider joining me in this Intense Training of taking care of yourself by minding your own business.  We have come too far in our Faith Stretches to allow distractions and disobedience to render a disqualification.  Since quitting is not an option, and we've gained too much Wisdom to turn back, let’s run to win![6]   Love Promised that the prize possesses an eternal value that’s well worth all of the sweat and tears perseverance produces.  

      Therefore, today I encourage you…Run, Champion Run!  When you do, I’ll see you at the finish line.

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[1] 1 Thessalonians 4:11 KJV, NLT, and MSG {emphasis}

[2]   Psalms 105:10 NLT, Until the time came to fulfill His Word/Dreams, the Lord tested Joseph’s character.

[3] James 1:5 MSG, If you don't know what you're doing, pray to the Father. He loves to help. You'll get his help, and won't be condescended to when you ask for it.

[4]   Proverbs 3:5-6 MSG

5 Trust Love from the bottom of your heart; don't try to figure out everything on your own.
6 Listen for Love’s Voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; Love’s The One Who will keep you on track.

[5] Isaiah 1:19 MSG, If you'll willingly obey, you'll feast like kings.

[6]   1 Corinthians 9:24-27 NLT

²⁴ Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win!
²⁵ All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize.
²⁶ So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing.
²⁷ I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.

Philippians 3:14

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. (KJV)

I'm off and running, and I'm not turning back.  (MSG)

© 2012 Julianne Pearson

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Julianne Pearson is an Author, Relationship Strategist, Speaker and Trainer.  She is the Co-Founder of the LĪVE! movement, a speaking, training and coaching organization committed to developing extraordinary people, families, and businesses. Through her books, seminars and training workshop sessions, she empowers her readers and listeners to rise up to their first level of consciousness in order to advance the Kingdom of God on this earth.

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