One night in July, some friends and I decided to create a vision board. These friends of mines have BIG dreams just like I do. We love to speak positive words into each others life's. These women are my SOUL MATES. To us the word soul mates does not have to be a man and a woman in a lovey dovey relationship, to us this word means so much more. A SOUL MATE is someone that protects your SOUL, your vision and your walk with Christ. These women inspire me to be my very best in every way possible . One of these friends made a couple of vision boards before and encourage the rest of us to make one. We spent the whole night cutting, paste and flipping though magazines. These activities may not seem fun to you but it was enjoyable to me. As I searched though magazines like ESSENCE and EBONY, I came across quotes that were inspiring; Quotes like "the power of our voice" and "Faith over fear". After cutting out these quotes I realized I wanted my board to be more than just material items and goals, I wanted my board to carry loads of wisdom. For this board WISDOM was the main focus because material items and goals can fade away. How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver! - Proverbs 16
DON'T JUST HAVE WISDOM, ACT ON IT!!!
My board also has sections for LOVE, HEALTH, TRAVEL, FASHION, FINANCE, CAREER and FAMILY. For every section I made sure it was only on my board to glorify God and not myself. Every section on this board has a PURPOSE.
LOVE: The purpose of love is to give my relationships to God. To not focus on random men that don't need to be in my life. To wait on God for my husband and not to try and speed up the process by trying to find my husband myself. To believe that God will bless me with a great love story and the storybook wedding of my dreams. I know you may be wondering why President Obama is in the corner of my love section, he's there because our president is a LEADER. I want my husband to be a MAN of GOD and a LEADER. Mr.Obama also has some CHARACTERISTICS I adore. He seems to be humble and caring.
HEALTH: The purpose of health is to focus on taking care of my TEMPLE. This section is not about trying to get in to a size two. Its about taking care of what God gave me. If I can't take care of the body that God gave me how do I expect to take care of his? How am I going to SERVE his people if I'm are always tried because I'm not eating the right foods that gives me energy. Treat your body like you would treat the BODY of CHRIST.
TRAVEL: The purpose of travel is to be able to go on MISSION trips around the world and to enjoy all the BEAUTIFUL places God placed on this earth.
FASHION: Jesus wore a tunic made of fine linen , he was fly.Why can't Christians be fly too? You can be as fly as you want as long as it is in your budget or price range. Remember you need to give your 10% back to God and do right with your other 90%. Don't put your value in these MATERIAL things. Your value is in GOD.
When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided his clothes among the four of them. They also took his robe, but it was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom. - John 19:23
Jesus's robe had no seam, to fly. :)
FINANCE: This area many people have a hard time with and so do I. I'm in the process of learning how to be wise with my 90%. The four places your money should go before you buy that nice pair of shoes are: TITHES, OFFERINGS, LIFE INSURANCE and SAVINGS. I will explain these four in a FUTURE POST.
CAREER: The purpose of career is for me to remember the VISION God gave me and what steps I need to take to get there. To follow the PURPOSE or calling he has on my life.
FAMILY: The purpose of family is to LOVE them, CARE for them and do your best to keep them wanting more of God.
God has a part in every area. A great part. I'm going off the visions he gave me. Every time I look at that board I want to remember what God has planned for me. I'm not sure when its going to happen or how but I have great faith in him. I pray that my faith will grow and become stronger. This board was made to help me remember not to settle for less. To expect the best and to become the best. To remember that I'm Gods jewel and that I'm a part of his family and since I'm in his family that means I'm royalty. Royalty gets the best so I need to start believing that my daddy will give me whats best for me. Its does not matter what my situation is right now. God put me on this earth ON PURPOSE. So I need to stick with him and plan everything and do everything with a PURPOSE in mind. We were put on earth to give God the glory.
Many plans are in a man's mind, but it is the Lord's purpose for him that will stand. Proverbs 19: 21
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:31
The title is called "Inspiration Board" instead of vision board because I wanted to make a board that will inspire me to do better and not chase items.
Ladies, remember to keep your heels, head and standards high.
Love Brittany.
