Yesterday
we continued our conversation about dreams as it relates to our goals and/or:
what we want to do, where we want to go, what we want to have, etc. We also equate “dreams” with visions, but
why? Because it’s what we see without
actually seeing it. If I can’t see it
(visualize it) now, I will never see it.
Millions
of people use eyeglasses and without getting too deep I believe it is safe to
say that our eyes are unique to us no different than our finger prints. Ever heard of the term vision recognition or
seen it in a scene from a movie? The
person has to look into a device which is scanned to give them entry into a
specific area of a building. That
technology is real, but that’s not the focus of the declaration. The case I’m building is that your vision
(eye sight) is unique to you. For those
who need eye glasses, prescriptions are necessary otherwise one could make
their vision worse and/or ultimately lose their site. The prescriptions given are specific to the
individual. I realize establishments
like: Dollar Tree; Walgreens, CVS, etc. sell over the counter reading glasses that
are distinguished by a number and a “+” or “-“ symbol but if I don’t know which
combination of numbers and “+” or “-“ I need for my unique vision, I might
spend a significant amount of time trying different glasses to find the right
lenses for my vision (eye sight).
Granted, I may actually find a pair of lenses that work for me that also
work for others but these lenses are generic, they are not the real McCoy
designed specifically for me. I can’t use your contacts, eye glasses,
magnifying glass, binoculars, telescope or any other lenses adequately for my
vision, the vision that is uniquely assigned to me. The vision that is going to take me to The
Other Side. The Other Side of what? The Other Side of my dream.
For the past two days we have been talking about your
dreams (vision) a plan for your dream (vision) and identifying your
purpose. I realize the order I just listed
may seem out of order and I agree it is, but it’s on purpose (pardon the pun)
because, and don’t be offended by this statement, but if you are well into you
thirties or above and you don’t have a dream (vision) your life is out of order
because you are not living in purpose. I
realize today more than ever that my assignment is to help people identify the
corrective lenses needed to see their dreams (vision) so they can live out
their lives on purpose, in purpose, for purpose, the purpose for which they
were created.
The best way for me to start is to be transparent with
you about my own lenses. For the
majority of my life I could only see my life through generic Dollar Store
reading glasses. I never saw myself as
someone with a special talent because I didn’t consider my abilities as “special”
since I performed them effortlessly.
However, for as long as I can remember people would say things
like:
- Them: There is something special about you. Me: Ummm, OK, what? Them: I don’t know but you’re special. Me: OK well, thanks for that inspirational message; or
- Them: You’re a missionary, when are you gonna get your license. Me: Um, no I’m not. I’m not wearing hats so big I look like a bobble head or that make me walk sideways, sequence suits, cinnamon pantyhose, clear shoes with rhinestones and a table cloth across my lap, no ma’am, I’m cool.
- Them: When are you gonna record an album? Me: Oh you must think I’m Tachina, my name is Tania, I’m good right here ushering us before the throne of God in worship. I don’t wanna be bothered with all that cut throat drama in the music industry.
May I tell you that I was initially embarrassed to say
that I didn’t really know my purpose until January 20, 2013? I struggled with the level of transparency I
should share with you and then I decided that it didn’t matter because
eventually it will be shared with millions of people so why not start with
you.
Prior to January 2013 I started to feel uneasiness
that caused frustration for several years but it really magnified itself in
2008. I had a job with a nonprofit
organization running a truck driving program that I really loved because it
allowed me to empower people with a skill that could help them earn a living
wage. I loved the work, in fact it wasn’t
really like work to me because I was so passionate about it. I talked about it all the time, used my own
personal resources, I prayed over the students and staff (in secret) and asked
God’s favor over the program not for my selfish purposes but for his glory and
I talked about God’s favor whenever the time was right. However, something happened, there was a
shift in the atmosphere, I remember feeling it.
In hindsight it was time to change lenses. Something inside of me was awakened. I started to feel a restlessness and I grew
tired of reporting to people. I wasn’t
tired of the program or those I served, I was becoming impatient with my
superiors and the games they were starting to play with my livelihood and that
of my Team’s.
I felt the shift as early as 2007 but I didn’t know
what it meant: do I look for another job, do I quit and go back to the grind of
my insurance brokerage? If I didn’t know
anything else, I knew I didn’t want to work for anyone ever again because I was
grown, responsible and motivated enough to do my own thing, the question was
what? The assignment was coming to an
end and God began to prepare me for my purpose, my next assignment, I just didn’t
realize it. When I was laid off in 2011
it opened a door for me to live out another seasoned purpose which was to fulfill
a dream to work with my dad full time in ministry as a volunteer Church
Administrator. I looked forward to crossing
two bridges, I lost myself in my work, I owned the position and gave it 110% just
as I did with Goodwill. The severance
package I received allowed me the flexibility to work with him for close to two
years which was my intended cut off.
Just as with Goodwill, I began to feel some uneasiness and there was
some friction because it was time for me to grow even more. In hindsight, I realize my lenses were being
changed again.
Fast forward to January 20, 2013. My husband, Carl’s birthday. He was out of town for an entire week. I decided to use that time to seek God about
next steps. Do I go back to school,
through myself into my network marketing business, get a job, what? At 4:30am on January 20, 2013 the Lord woke
me up and gave me this plan:
GIT IT -- Global
Individuals Transformed Into Themselves.
People
all over the world will be transformed into the person God initially created
and designed them to be. Jeremiah 1:5 (NLT): I knew you before I
formed you in your mother’s womb. Before
you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.” We’re all born with gifts and talents
(spiritual and natural). Each gift/talent
is hand selected by God, however the majority of us are not using them to
fullest capacity. Some of us use them as
a hobby while others completely ignore them.
Results: the world is robbed of your uniqueness, your gift. You "settle" for whatever comes
along and ultimately get stuck and comfortable being miserable and/or broke: spiritually,
financially, emotionally and/or physically
He also gave me:
·
The
power of seven to reach the millions of people that are waiting to GIT IT
·
My
theme passage from a letter written by an amazing man by the name of Paul. Paul had purpose too but it started off all
bad. He hated Christians, arrested and
tortured them for believing in Jesus Christ until God saved him. As a result of his “transformation” he wrote
almost half of the New Testament. One of
the letters he wrote was to a group of believers in Rome. One of the sections of that letter is Romans 12:2 (NLT); Don’t copy the behavior
and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by
changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you,
which is good and pleasing and perfect.
·
My
theme song: Go Get It - Mary Mary
·
My
brand is a butterfly -- multi-colored, purple dominant color
·
My
role model: Harriet Tubman. This one
woman was responsible for rescuing approximately 300 people from slavery, and
is quoted for saying that she would have saved more, but they didn't realize
they were slaves.
Today, November
12, 2014 I have a logo that was re-designed by someone very special to me; my
theme scripture is incorporated on my business cards; I play my theme song
continuously to remind myself of the orders given 1/20/13 and those who have
been “following me” know how passionate I am about: transformation, identifying
your gift/talent so you can live out your purpose. I am proud to say that I know who I am now.
God is so
amazing he will confirm his word in whomever he chooses. In my case he assigned a credible person to
me who ironically had a dream about me and my purpose on January 20, 2013 at
10:30am. Really God, the same day. I won’t drill down into the narrative, but I
will tell you that I was blown away when she shared her dream (vision) with me.
In hindsignt I thought the above plan for something else, but it has become "clear" that it was not. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter. What matters is that I GIT IT now.
I’m way out of town, let’s pick up tomorrow
In His New Excellence
Tania Not Tanya
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