Tuesday, June 11, 2024 7:57:58 AM

One of the things I have struggled with was understanding my “why”. Why do I write? Because I have something to say. Who am I writing too? Christian Black women and anyone else who wants to read what I have to say. Why are Christian Black women going to read what I write? I don’t know. What I do know is God told me to write:

Habakkuk 2:2-3 (KJV)
2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

It was over 25 years ago that the Lord gave me the above verses. I was fasting and praying, per class requirements, seeking my purpose and I was told by the Spirit that I was called to write. Habakkuk 2:2-3 was one of the verses that I was lead too, and I have been writing ever since.
People have read my writing, and from time to time I have received feedback but I am not satisfied. I don’t think the person who needs to read what I write is reading it. “For the vision is yet for an appointed time”, I have had this understanding that what I say and do is not for now. I have had this belief that I am planting seeds for a group of individuals who, at the time, were either not ready or not born yet.
Like my ancestors before me, I have to pave the way.

Titus 2:3-5 (KJV)
3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

If it wasn’t for my ancestors I would not be here. My great grandmother, my grandmother and my mother were hardworking women who raised their children the best they could and handled themselves to the best of their ability. Despite the legacy of hardworking women who knew how to honor their parents and love their husbands I decided my way was better. Now that I know their ways were better if I added God’s will to my actions, I can do better.

As a woman of faith in God who happens to be Black, I have a desire to speak to Black women. I want to speak to Black women because statistically they are destroying themselves and it needs to stop. Women are influencers by design, not because of how many likes she gets on social media. Black women are trying to be as good as everybody else, aka White women, because they believe the many lies the world has promoted through various media outlets. Unfortunately, many churches are promoting the worlds’ standard of living and not God’s way. Today I see so many angry Black women blaming everyone else for their troubles. These past few years I have come to realize, I cannot help everyone only those the Lord leads to me.
God has always put women in my path, Black women, who needed a real relationship with Father God. I am happy to oblige. I don’t believe women should have church leadership positions, and the Spirit told me years ago not to seek a title, I don’t need one. What I can do is write what I believe and pray that the person who needs my words reads it.
What I do know is, most African-American women will reject my words. There are women who loves to dance and holler in church, they love to hear their church leader shout words out and the keyboard player to pound the keys; they attend church to release their stress. My words are for women who want to follow Jesus who don’t focus on African-American culture. My words are for women who want to be part of the Kingdom of God. But, I believe there will come a time when even those who reject my writings today will begin seeking later.
Today, I write for the one. To the sister in Christ who will learn from what I write and then go into the world sharing the good news of Jesus our Savior. To the rest of you- DON’T WAIT TO LONG!

Isaiah 55:6-8 (KJV)
6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

Written by Marsha L Floyd
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