Just Flirting ( Devotional Repost-2015)

Flirting!!! I was thinking about that...as a SINGLE person, there is JUST SOMETHING about FLIRTING!!! LOL!!! I mean lets all be honest...its FUN in the right context of course! Ya know what I mean, that harmless, fun teasing between a guy and girl...ahhhh...FUN TIMES!!! HAHA!!! I mean think about it you know when you just feel that SPARK...that chemistry??? Your just like OH WOW!!!

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This one time, i had this HUGE crush on like a very, very, VERY HANDSOME Apostolic young man buuuuuuut as we became friends, thats ALL it was...good conversation buuuuuut I NEVER felt sparks...its like no matter how attractive of a person that he was, there was just NO CHEMISTRY!!! sooooo i just kind of lost interest in him and the next thing I knew I fell for this OTHER guy and honestly, he really wasn't as good looking as the other guy, buuuuut there was something about our personalities together annnnnd man there were sparks!!! AHAHAHAHA!!! Even tho it would be hard TO ACTUALLY start a convo with him...once we did...MAN...chemistry was STRONG!!! Some of my close girls were like, BUT MARY, the other guy is better lookin and you could talk to him easily, annnnnnd this guy isn't as good lookin and its HARDER for you to talk to him...

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I'm like I know buuuuuuuuut SPARKS girls...SPARKS!!! I mean really, MY NAME IS MARY GINTY and i'm the daughter of Frances Ginty, talking comes NATURALLY for me!!! I could talk to pretty much ANYONE, I could probabley even get a mute person to talk to me...BAHAHAHA!!! So i'm mean...just BEING able to talk to someone...is NOT a big deal for me...like HELLO...BORING!!! HOWEVER, not every person that I talk to, do I feel sparks...ANNNND I LIKE SPARKS!!! Yup! Yup! There is just NOTHING like some GOOD O FLIRTING!!! Can I can and AMEN from anyone out there??? ;)

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Buuuuuuut at the same time, none of us want to be KNOWN as a FLIRT!!! None of us want to be known as the kind of person that flirts with everyone, without really having ANY sort of a true interest in them...being that way...it just gives you a BAD REPUTATION!!!

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I remember seeing a friend, a really good, Godly young lady, one time talking to a guy and after a few weeks I asked her, SOOOOO are you INTERESTED??? And she was like, actually, NO, I don't think I am! And I was like, REALLY, WHY NOT??? I mean, i was really curious, because although I didn't know the guy all that well, he was definatley on the very handsome, attractive side and I knew quite a few girls that would just LOVE to have this guys attention. So my friend, just looked at me and was like, well I don't mean to talk bad about him, buuuuuut to be perfectly honest, he is just TO MUCH OF A FLIRT!!! (Aka: A PLAYER!!!)

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Nobody wants a FLIRT!!! And while flirting outside of marriage is okay, WHILE YOUR SINGLE, within marriage, aside from flirting with each other, FLIRTING with other people is NOT ok! I mean, being VERY SINGLE and all myself, I do NOT know all that much about marriage, buuuuuut I do know, that I would NOT be okay with my husband flirting with other woman! How would you feel if you were married and your spouse was flirting with other people, and when you brought it up, WHAT IF they didn't think it was a big deal??? WHAT IF their response was...I'm NOT CHEATING on you...

I'm JUST FLIRTING!!!

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Oh man!!! I would sooooooo NOT be ok with that!!! Talk about INFURITATING!!! I mean come on...We're married!!! ACT MARRIED!!! We can all CLEARLY see this concept and YET, I see SOOOOOOO much, people IN THE CHURCH... that are SUPPOSED to be in a sold out relationship with Jesus Christ, JUST FLIRTING WITH THE WORLD!!!

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Are you dumpster diving???

A few years ago, we had a fellowship meeting with the Lacour's church in Cave Creek. During the service Bro. Lacour got up and was talking about NOT forgetting where God brought you from. And he was talking about how he STILL REMEMBERS where God brought him from. He STILL REMEMBERS as a child being so hungry that he would go dumpster diving for food. And I turned to the person next to me  and said, YEAH, I REMEMBER DOING THAT TOO!!! And the person sitting next to me said, WELL I STILL DO!!! So I started laughing and said...YEAH sometimes I still do too AND I don't need to either!!! (Okaaaaaay not FOR FOOD people!  Buuuut ya know sometimes ya just happen to come across a good item that is being thrown away! Like the dresser in my room, and the flowers hanging from my ceiling, my bookshelves...well you get the point...I'm a CHEAP GIRL!)

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I really do remember though as a child going DUMPSTER DIVING as a family for food...we were THAT POOR growing up! We would pull up behind the Safeway grocery store and sometimes there would be all kinds of produce my mom would cook with, outdated bread that was still in the package, canned goods, Now you all know why i'm NOT scared of an EXPIRATION DATE...Hogwash I tell ya! If your hungry, YOUR HUNGRY!!! My mom always said, "Beggars can NOT be CHOOSERS!" You may be reading this right now and feeling appalled and DISGUSTED, but don't judge until you've been that poor that you didn't have a choice, till dumpster diving was your ONLY option.

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Now if you go dumpster diving for food and you don't NEED to, you've got issues!!! Your probably never going to hear about Bill Gates going dumpster diving for food! Rich people don't NEED to go dumpster diving. But once you learn the trade its something you'll never forget and every once in a while you'll be like ME, whispering to my friend on Saturday, "Sometimes I STILL DO, and I DON'T NEED TOO EITHER!!!"

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There was a time in each and everyone of our lives, when SPIRITUALLY we were SO DESPERATE that we would SPIRITUALLY go dumpster diving. A time where you found yourself a midst a HUGE mess in your life and you were scrounging around amongst all the muck of hopelessness and despair, TRYING to find something edible to fill the empty aching in your soul. Maybe I can find it on TV , a radio preacher an uplifting song, good deeds, anything to try and feed your soul and bring meaning to your life! We were DESPERATE!!! You found yourself like the Canaanite woman, begging for just the scraps. "And she said... yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table." (Matthew 15:27)

We were POOR! We were begging for just THE CRUMBS that were leftover from the blessings of God's table. However, we have overcome that kind of a life. We were drafted into God's kingdom! We were called to a higher life! We're chosen people! Living for God is a BLESSED LIFE!!! We have been adopted in to God's family! We are no longer beggars!!! We are no longer orphans! We are children of God! We are THE KINGS KIDS! We get THE BEST! We are royalty!!! Yet I ask you this question,

HOW OFTEN do THE CHILDREN OF GOD, find themselves SPIRITUALLY DUMPSTER DIVING, and they DON'T NEED TOO????

Our daddy is RICH!!! There is a feast of SPIRITUAL goodness that is laid before! A table that is spread with the good things of God and yet we don't eat of it. This food that has been prepared for us, its THE BEST there is! Our father has THE FINEST of EVERYTHING prepared for us! No generic brands for daddies kids! Its NOT Mr. Pibb, its Dr. Pepper! Its THE REAL DEAL!!! Its THE GOOD STUFF!!!This feast is not some ghetto Chinese buffet or even the elite Golden Corral. Each plate that is served has been specifically cooked JUST FOR YOU!  Because, daddy knows just what each and every one of his children needs! And yet each plate you push away, your to busy, your to tired other things fill your belly and after just few bites your done. 

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Then all of the sudden life happens, problems, heartache and confusion come your way and suddenly your desperate. You don't know what to do, your hungry, your thirsty, OH if only you had eaten a little more of daddy's food. And you begin to search for it! You scrounge around for the leftovers that have been thrown into the trash because you wouldn't eat! Where's that scripture? Where's that preaching message? Your spiritually dumpster diving, AND YOU DON'T NEED TOO!!! Your RICH! Your the King's Kid! Your ROYALTY!!! You don't need to go dumpster diving,

JUST ASK DADDY FOR ANOTHER PLATE!!!

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King Saul was a SPIRITUAL DUMPSTER DIVER!!! "Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her..." (1Samuel 28:7) The king allowed himself to come to a place in his life that he was spiritually so desperate that he would go and seek answers from God through a witch. He never would have gotten to this place of desperation if he would have just listened to the man of God in his life. But he wouldn't eat when it was laid before him.

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How twisted was this man's mind that he actually believed he could get answers from God THROUGH A WITCH???  But that's what can happen when you allow yourself to get desperate. When you allow yourself to become so spiritually deprived. You don't eat and then you find yourself in the middle of life crisis, Spiritually dumpster diving, and you don't need too!!! There is a feast, THERE IS A FEAST, a fine, well prepared meal that is spread before you!

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Are YOU dumpster diving??? You don't need too!!! There's a feast awaiting you! You say, "oh I'm too tired, i'll just sleep a little longer"...NO, Get up and EAT...Its time to PRAY! "Well I think I'll just skip reading my Bible today"...

NO! EAT!!!

Your gonna need it for the journey! "Ugh, I'm just in a rotten mood, I think I'll skip church today"....NO you HAVE TO GO! Its the biggest meal ever...Stuff your face and then some... EAT!!! Don't let the feast, the well prepared meals go to waste..You've got to EAT!!! There's PLENTY! You can have all you want and there will ALWAYS BE MORE!!! Daddy keeps the storehouses stocked, just ask for MORE, He'll NEVER RUN OUT!!! Its TIME to give up your dumpster diving...

TAKE A SEAT AT THE FATHER'S TABLE...

LETS EAT!!!

"Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever." (Psalm 23:5-6) 

♥Mary Frances :)

Big Fat zero!!!

Do you ever feel like a ZERO??? Like your NOTHING??? I mean think about it, how much value does a zero have??? If someone gives you ZERO dollars, how much did they just give you??? NOTHING!!! And sometimes in life we get to think that we are NOTHING but zeros!!! We have NO VALUE and NO WORTH annnnnnd if your thinking that, the truth is that YOU ARE RIGHT!!! We are NOTHING BUT ZEROS!!!

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One time a while ago, a group of us were sitting around talking after church, and one of the guys at our church works at a bank and he was joking around saying, yeah, come bank with ME and i'll help you out...I'll just add in a few zeros to your account!!! Ok just for the record the guy was totally joking, he does NOT really do this...buuuut we were all laughing about it...

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Annnnnnnd that got me to thinking, I refrained from adding this in at the moment, buuuuuut I was thinking about what he said, I just added in a few zeros...I realized when you add zero's to ANY number, you INCREASE the value of that number!!! you add in a zero next to a 1 and you get a 10! Add in another 0 and you get a 100 add in another 0 and you get 1000 annnnnnnnd you get the picture.

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Do realize that with out God we are NOTHING!!! We have no worth! No value!!! We are NOTHING buuuut a big fat zero!!! Buuuuuut if we will take our sorry, good-for-nothing-selves and stand ourselves NEXT TO JESUS...we suddenly have WORTH!!! When you get next to Jesus, you INCREASE your value. You were JUST A ZERO buuuuut with God you can become a part of something GREAT!!! You were NOTHING, buuuuut with Jesus you can become something!!!

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However, so often we want to just kind of do our own thing even in the kingdom of God! We want to be the ones in the spot light. Look at me...Look at what I've become...I don't got to stand next to them... I'm better then them... Listen up peeps, your still JUST a zero so you better get together with all the other zeros or else your NOT gonna make it in God's kingdom!!! You don't have value without all your other lil zeros!!! We are the body of Christ, you NEED all your other little zero brother's and sister's in Christ!!! The Bible says, "...Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand" (Matthew 12:25)

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We have to unify ourselves TOGETHER to become something greater that what we already are. Buuuuuuut the more zeros that will stand next to the one, THE GREATER the value the number becomes. We may not see eye to eye on everything, we're all always going to have our own personal oppinions about matters, BUUUUUT if we can all realize, that we all have a greater purpose then the here and now. If we can all bind together in realization that our ultimate PURPOSE is to make it to heaven and to bring as many souls with us, great things will begin to happen!!! Think about it...

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 "And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

Furthermore, I would like to point out that a zero does NOT increase its value, UNLESS it is standing in the correct place next to the number!!! For example, if a 0 decides to stand IN FRONT of the 1 you get this; 01 and you know what, that zero STILL HAS NO VALUE!!! Its still JUST a zero! If you want to have value in the kingdom of God, you have to learn YOUR place in God's kingdom!!! The devil tried to be like that zero that put himself IN FRONT OF God and that didn't work out to well! God cast him DOWN!!!

You don't just get your value by going to church...You've got to ALIGN yourself with THE WORD OF GOD!!! There is this thing that we as humans all have difficulty with and that is SUBMISSION!!! Submission gives us an order that we are supposed to be in, as humans our flesh wants to be OVER! It is hard to entrust our will to another. There is an order that God expects to line up to wives to their husbands, husbands to their pastor, pastor's to their elders and ultimately it all leads up to us all submitting to God.So often we think that if we could just change our position to a more authoritative place in God's kingdom, our value would increase but that is NOT true. When you get out of your place you begin to lose your value. Your just like that 0 that is standing in front of the 1.

 I know i'm not married, so no one start throwing tomatoes at me for saying this, buuuuut I think that us woman often think that because we're at the bottom, we're the lowliest of all and often we just SOOOO want to be the one in charge!!!! Buuuuuut I heard a preacher once say, Ladies, you want to be a POWERFUL woman??? SUBMIT TO YOUR HUSBAND!!! There is an anointing that will come on us when we SUBMIT!!! Then he went on to say in general to everyone, when you see someone with a great anointing on them, your looking at a VERY SUBMITTED person!!! The blessings and anointing of God will rest on a submitted person!!! Submission doesn't DECREASE our value, it INCREASES our value!!!

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Only God can make SOMETHING out of NOTHING!!!

Yes, you may just be a zero, ACTUALLY, you are a zero...WE ALL ARE...buuuuuuut YOU CAN become a part of something great with Jesus. We just have to remember to stand in the correct place and bind together in unity and we as zeros will be a part of something that our humanly mind can not conceive the greatness of its value!!!

"But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him." (1Corinthians 2:9)

♥Mary Frances :)
P.S. YES, I know, repost from a few years ago!!! ;)

WHY I LOOK IN THE MIRROR???

Today I would like to tell you all WHY I'm always looking in the mirror!!! I'm pretty sure, ALL YA ALL out there have been DYING to know!!! Contrary to popular belief, it has NOTHING to do with conceit or vanity!!! It is IN FACT a VERY HUMBLE matter!!! Hee, hee!!!
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 Cuz you know what they say,

if you want to see where the problem STARTS...

Don't look around you...

LOOK IN THE MIRROR...

Annnnnnnnd soooooooo

I TAKE IT TO HEART!!! ;)

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

 All i'm saying, is that I RUN IN TO A LOT OF PROBLEMS through out the day!!!Can we say, SPIRIT OF HUMILITY over here people?!?!? ;)))))

 I came to the conclusion the other day that WE ALL NEED HELP!!! Some of us MORE than others!!! I'm not pointing  any fingers tho...

 I'm too busy looking in the mirror!!! ;)

♥Mary Frances :)