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So ready, you can hardly stand it

Have you ever been so ready for something to happen that you can hardly stand to wait for it? Many of us experience this often when we have done everything we needed to do, we are now just waiting on our blessing. When it starts taking a while, we get anxious and antsy, right?

I want to encourage you today to enjoy the wait. Hold up, I know what you are thinking and I thought the same thing too when I wrote this, but I am hear to tell you that there is often a blessing in your waiting.

In a society where everything is instant, we sometimes don't get why this or that is taking so long, but in all honesty, the reason you are in waiting mode is because there are a few details that must take place in order for you to step into your destiny. You don't know what those details are, but during your wait, you have to trust God and know that He'll give it to you in due time...because as Dotty Peeples sang...He's an on-time God...yes He is.

Coach Fon's Journaling Assignment
What are you waiting on? How would you feel about waiting a little longer if you knew there was a blessing in your wait?

Be Blessed, Be Encouraged, and remember, life is more about the journey and not the destination.

Coach Fon
CoachFon@FonJames.com

What are you waiting on?

Over the past weekend, I enjoyed some quality time with my husband and daughter. We went to the park and my daughter enjoyed sliding and swinging. This was our first time taking her to a "real park." We had taken her to the play area in our neighborhood to slide one time before, but this time we took her to the big park. She absolutely had a blast and so did we! I was thinking to myself...what took us so long to do this? I was so relaxed and just enjoyed being outside in the sun spending time with my two most favorite people.

It made me start to ponder the thought, "What am I waiting on to live the life I often dream of living?" Have you ever wanted to live a certain lifestyle or experience certain things? Like being able to take a stroll in the park or just simply enjoy a nice bubble bath every once in a while? How many of us delay life waiting on perfect circumstances? Does this sound familiar: As soon as I get married, then me and my husband or me and my wife will go to the park; When I have kids, then I will go the park; When I move into a nicer house with a nicer bathroom, then I will take bubble baths. When I do this or that, then I will do this or that.

Let my experience be a nice reminder that if you wait too long, you will end up missing out on all life has to offer. We have to consciously choose to live life everyday the way we want and desire to live it.

I encourage you today to stop waiting on perfect circumstances and just start living the life you want today. Go to the park before the spouse and kids. Enjoy a bubble bath in your current bathtub. Whatever you are waiting on, make up your mind to start doing it now. Experience the life you want today by simply living that life today. You'd be amazed at how blessed you are already and how if you simply make up your mind, you can start experiencing some things right now.

Coach Fon's Journaling Exercise:
Write down three new things you have been putting off experiencing because you were waiting on something else to occur? Write down when you will start experiencing it and what feelings you want to feel as you are experiencing it. Set the tone for your experience and it will happen exactly as you desire.

Be Blessed and Encouraged and remember...life is about the journey, not the destination.

Coach Fon
www.fonjames.com

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What are you being called to do?

Why is it that most of us are called to do something, but are afraid to step out there and do it?

You may be called to be in the medical field, or you may be called to speak, teach, and of course some of you may be getting the preaching call (as the old folks used to say, some are called and some just went!). Make sure you are getting the preaching calling! Okay, so back to my question. For those that have been called to do whatever, why are you not doing it? What's got you stuck?

Being able to identify what's got you stuck is a huge breakthrough moment in moving forward. A lot of times the answer is simply fear. Often defined as False Evidence Appearing Real, FEAR has kept up from living on purpose for God. What are you afraid of?

If you're wondering what may be holding you back from what you know in your heart you are being called to do or you want to explore the fear you may be experiencing, then send me an email for a complimentary life coaching session (CoachFon@FonJames.com)

Awareness is the key to unlocking your stuck state-of-mind.

Be Blessed and Be Encouraged!
Coach Fon

Your Purpose May Come from The Pain

When I coach my clients, there is always something that comes up in the session that seems to cause them pain. Whether it's a lack of something or a desire for something that is so heavy, they just can't seem to fathom waiting any longer. Whatever it may be, it's creating this sense of pain for them. But how many of you know that your purpose may come from that very pain?

See when you go through things, God has a way of getting the glory out of it, which translates into purpose, and you may be fulfilling His purpose through the pains you're having to endure. The great thing is God doesn't let us endure the pain without Him. He provides us with His unconditional love, grace and mercy.

I hear you. You're saying, but Coach Fon it's just unbearable and I am tired of the pain. I am ready for a change right now. You're right, you may very well be tired of going through it, but I'm here to tell you that you are currently building character and growing your faith through that pain, which may be helpful for your purpose.


Whatever you're dealing with today, consider it part of the process and part of the journey you must take for you to be who you need to be in order to serve God and live out His purpose for your life.

Be Encouraged and Be Blessed...and today...Be Strong!
Coach Fon
www.fonjames.com

But Ma, I don't want to!

Sometimes in life, you have to do things you really don't have a desire to do. For some of you, it's going to work, for others it may be helping your kids with homework and for most of us, paying bills ranks at the top of the list. But I want to encourage you today with this thought: the very thing you probably don't want to do doesn't take much for you to do it. "OH WOW Coach Fon, never thought of it that way."

See a lot of times, we spend more time dreading what we have to do, than actually performing the task itself, which makes it seem like it takes forever to do it. Of course our attitudes play a major role because our hearts desire one thing, but our responsibility tells us, we have to do it. As a life coach, I would ask you...Why do you have to do it?

You probably gave a reason why, but I encourage you to change your thoughts about what you are doing and ask yourself why. If it's necessary for you to do it because you need to work to pay bills or need to help the kids be their best by helping them with their homework, then you know why you must do it.

Once you clarify your why, then you can change your attitude and thoughts. Instead of saying "I have to go to work" or "I have to help the kids with their homework" or "I have to pay bills," change your statement to: "I want to go to work because_________." or "I want to help the kids with their homework because_______."

By simply changing the way you think about the task, you free up your energy blocker and get it done faster and feel even more accomplished because you understand why you are doing it.

Remove the "But, Ma I don't want to" attitude to a "I want to because____" attitude.

Be Encouraged and Be Blessed!
Coach Fon

Coach Fon says...Be thankful and break it down!

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What will you be thankful for this time next year...that means in January 2011, what will you be glad you did this year?

In order to accomplish everything God has planned for you to accomplish this year, you must stay close and communicate with God on a daily basis. Whether you goal is to be more this or less that, keeping God at the center of everything you do will lead to a more victorious win at the end of the year. Got a lot that you want to accomplish this year?

A good way to break down your goals is to create quarterly goals. What will you have completed by the end of March? What about the end of June? And so on...
If you break down your tasks into smaller, bite-sized pieces, you will regain the power you need to get them done. How do you eat an elephant...one bite at a time.

Often times, we get bogged down and become overwhelmed with all the things we are trying to do and we end up doing nothing. Break them down and prioritize them based on where you are in your life right now. Things that don't really matter...scratch them from the list and from your thoughts. They're simply taking up space.

Create your quarterly goals from your yearly goals. Then break down your quarterly goals into monthly goals. Then break down your monthly goals into weekly goals. Then break them down into daily goals. Then break your daily goals down into morning, afternoon, and night.

As you can see, that's a lot of breaking it down, but the more you can break it down, the easier it will be to reach your goals.

I encourage you today to be thankful and to break it down.

Be Blessed and always stay encouraged in 2010!

Please Note: This blog will now be updated every Monday. Yep, I am breaking it down...to a weekly encouragement blog. Check back on Mondays for updates or subscribe to the blog to get updates automatically.

Coach Fon

Oops, it's almost year end and I still need to...

Hey Friends,

Does that sound like you: "Oops, it's almost year end and I still need to ___________."

Many of us set out in 2009 to make this our year. We had dreams of doing big things with taglines, like: "Shine in '09" or "It's my time in '09," but this year has come and there are only a few more weeks left for us to shine in 2009.

Where are you with those goals you set out to achieve? If you look at your list and see that there are still many things to do, you may be suffering from a syndrome called: setting unrealistic expectations. But I want to quickly follow that with, it's okay, you'll do better next time.

But back to the unrealistic expecations: we often start out a new year full of momentum to conquer the world, but then we start slowing up and losing momentum and before you know it, we're all out of gas and left on empty to complete our goals. We know they are still there, because we spend the rest of the year worrying about not reaching them and kicking ourselves for aiming too high. Let me encourage you as you close out this year.

While you may have set high expectations for yourself, you surely had to have accomplished something, if not all things. Congratulate and commend yourself for getting those one or two things done! You did that!!! Now as you reflect on the year and look at what you still need to accomplish, ask yourself the following questions:

1) Is everything on my list still important to me?

2) What's a more realistic deadline for getting this task done?

3) What's the worst that could happen if I don't get it done?

4) How will I feel once I get it done?

When you answer that last question, you connect to the core reason why you are putting that item on the list. Sometimes we say we want to do things, but lack motivation to get them done. Usually that's because deep down, it really doesn't matter if we get it done or not, it's just one of those things we feel we need to do. But it's not that important to us, because otherwise we would have gotten it done.

As you plan out the rest of the year with Thanksgiving gatherings and Christmas celebrations, check your list twice and make sure that what's on your list, really matters to you. If not, give yourself permission to let those items go. You'll feel relieved, and you'll now have the room to plan for 2010...but remember the lesson your learned from 2009, and make sure your plans are realistic for you.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving and remember, it's hard to be negative and thankful at the same time. Carry the spirit of Thanksgiving with you always and negative energy won't have a chance!

Be Encouraged and Be Blessed,

Coach Fon
www.fonjames.com

Fon James November 09 Appearances (Jackson, MS)

Hey Mississippi...I'll be there soon!
Check me out at the following stops:

Thursday, November 5th
12:30 p.m.
WLBT Channel 3 - Midday Mississippi Show

Thursday, November 5th
5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Barnes and Noble Bookstore
Ridgeland, MS (off of I-55 N)

Friday, November 6th
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
JSU Campus Bookstore (JSU Homecoming Weekend)
Jackson, MS

Saturday, November 7th
JSU Homecoming Parade and Football Game
Jackson, MS

For more information about appearances or to book me for your next event...visit: www.fonjames.com

Excerpt from new novel Forward March

Hey everyone,
Here is an excerpt from my new novel coming out this summer called, Forward March.

Chapter One

“Ms. Walker, you’ve done it! You scored the multimillion dollar account to do the advertising campaign for celebrity Christian artist and model Shay Praise and Pure Beauty Bars,” Josie Bartrand shrieked. “You’ve only been here for a little over a year and you have managed to win one of the most sought out new accounts in the advertising industry!”
“Well, Josie, it’s all in a day’s work. I knew I was cut out for this stuff,” Faith blushed. She had done her thing selling the folks over at Shay’s company and Pure Beauty, convincing them to go with Elite Advertising as their newest advertising firm. “But I couldn’t have done it without the entire team though. I may have come up with the ad concepts, but I definitely didn’t do the art work. Malik did his thing too, isn’t that right Malik?” she asked as he walked past the glass doors of her 30th floor office.
Since moving from Mississippi to San Francisco, Faith had made her mark in the advertising world. Many of the employees at Elite had heard about her achievements, but she didn’t want to rest on her previous accomplishments, she knew in order to move up in the ad world, she had to hit them with something big and this big deal was just that.
“If it ain’t the big-timer who got us the big deal,” Malik schmoozed. “I am just happy to be a part of your team Faith. I mean, I am just elated that we work together,” he laughed.
Faith and Malik had been cool since she landed in San Francisco. He had been the one to pick her up from the airport and take her around town to show her all the hot spots. As one of only a few African-Americans in the company, Elite made sure they sent someone they thought Faith could relate to. She was glad they had. There was nothing more irritating than being new and trying to get to know someone who wasn’t cool or acting stuffy. Being from Mississippi, the hospitality state, Faith knew when she saw Malik, everything would be a-ok!
“Whatever Malik! You know we couldn’t have landed this deal without your magic graphic fingers! We did this together… along with the rest of the team,” she said while clearing her throat and correcting her statement before someone took offense. She and Malik knew exactly who won the account with the African-American celebrity. It was them! The other people were simply on the project team.
As more people stopped by to congratulate Faith on a job well done, she realized that this career had been a great choice. While at Jackson State, she had often dreamed of landing a big time deal that would take her over the top, but she always knew she had to remain grounded, so after everyone left her office, she talked to the real man who had made this deal possible.
Lord, it’s me. I just want to thank you for this deal. I know that I couldn’t have done anything without you. I thank you for putting me with the right people like Malik and for making us successful. Lord, I thank…
Before she could finish her statement, Anastasia busted into her office.
“Faith, girl you did your thang huh. All that overtime with Malik really paid off. I thought you guys were just up here messing around during those late night hours.”
Controlling the pupils of her eyes that she absolutely wanted to roll, Faith swiveled her chair to meet Anastasia face to face.
“Hi Anastasia,” she acknowledged her presence with a dry tone. “Do you ever knock before just barging into people’s offices? I could have been on the phone or something.”
“You didn’t look like you were doing anything to me. You looked like you were sleeping. So you’re lucky I came in here before one of the manager’s stopped by and saw you slacking off already. Don’t think because you got that new deal they ‘re still not watching us.”
Other than Faith and Malik, Anastasia was the other lone African-American at the company. She was an administrative assistant and always seemed to speak negative every chance she could get. Faith wasn’t trying to hear anything negative today though. Not after landing one of the biggest deals to ever hit Elite.
“What’s up Ana? What is it that you want?”
Anastasia moved around to Faith’s side of the big contemporary espresso-colored desk and sat on the edge and crossed her legs. “Look, don’t be acting all brand new because you did something big. You are still black and they are still only going to let you go so far. You hear me Faith. Them people will only let you go so far before they cap your butt! Look at me. Shoot, I started as a temp and I haven’t gotten anything from them other than a permanent assistant job. Don’t you know I gots one of them fancy degrees too?”
Faith noticed her chest heave up and down as she breathed out a sigh. She wasn’t in the mood today to hear Anastasia’s, poor-black- woman-who-can’t- move- up- in- the- corporate- world, story. It was beginning to get old. Plus adding an ‘s’ to the word “got” made her sound like she didn’t have a degree.
“Ana, I appreciate you coming in to let me know that I still haven’t arrived yet. I will make sure I kick my A game up and be ready for whatever the corporate big wigs try to throw my way. Thank you, girl. You really do know how to keep a girl on her toes.”
“Oh you welcome Faith. You know I got your back. We’s got to stick together you know. That’s how they do. They stick together and get each other jobs and everything. By the way, I heard that Cynthia is considering hiring a junior account executive to assist you with the new account. Think you can put in a good word for ya girl?” Anastasia popped her gum and switched it from the left to the right while waiting on an answer. Faith didn’t know what to say. There was no way she was going to recommend her. What would that do to her reputation? Everybody knew that Anastasia was looking for a hand-out anytime a job came open, whether she qualified for the job or not. She just wanted a hook-up.
“Quick Faith, think of something to get out of this,” she said while frantically wracking her brain. Just as she was about to try to think of something, Cynthia walked in. “Thank you God because I know you didn’t want me to lie to that girl.”
“Hi Faith,” Cynthia said with a perky voice. Then she half-heartedly spoke to Anastasia, which Ana took as her cue to dip out of Faith’s office.
“Just wanted to come by and commend you again on a great job.” Faith noticed Anastasia still lurking by the door, making eye and hand gestures behind Cynthia as if to say with her eyes, “hook a sistah up.” Faith diverted her attention back to Cynthia just in time to nod and smile.
“So what are your plans to celebrate? We would love to take you out for drinks if you are down?” Faith hated when her managers tried to act like they were as young as she was. Cynthia was especially the worst one. She even went as far as trying to dress young with short skirts and tight suits. Cynthia was 55 years old, but unlike most women her age, she kept herself fairly well. Her short pixie hair cut complimented her tanned Caucasian skin and slim build. She wore the latest in designer suits and always smelled of Chanel. Jewelry was her vice. She had to wear something that clanked and banged. You could always hear her coming. It was her signature.
“Well, I was actually thinking about having a little something at my apartment tonight. You know I’m more of a homebody. You’re definitely welcome to come over.”
“Faith, why don’t you let Elite pick up the tab on your house partay. You order what you want from our preferred caterer and have them deliver it. I’ll have some wine delivered from our favorite winery and it’ll be a blast.”
“Well I hadn’t really…”
“Faith, really! Let me do this for you. You deserve so much for all your hard work. So it’s a done deal. Have Anastasia email you the catering menu since she normally handles all of the catering for our office. I’ll tell her what the plans are and she’ll handle everything for you.”
Faith hesitantly accepted. She really didn’t want to have a big shin-dig at her place, but since Elite was picking up the tab, may as well make the best of it. After Cynthia left, she sent Malik an email:
“GUESS WHAT? ELITE IS PICKING UP THE TAB FOR MY GET-TOGETHER AT THE APARTMENT. YOU KNOW IT’S ON FOR REAL NOW. WE GONE HAVE MORE THAN SODA POP. CYNTHIA SENDING THE WINERY OVER. LOL.”
Malik responded almost immediately: “OH THAT’S WHAT’S UP FA SHO. I KNOW I AM GOING TO GET MY BUZZ ON NOW (KIDDING). BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOUR BOY DON’T DRINK. BUT DO MAKE SURE YOU ORDER SOME GOOD FOOD AND NOT ANY OF THAT FOO-FOO MESS WE ALWAYS HAVE HERE AT THE OFFICE. GET SOME WINGS, MEATBALLS, EGG ROLLS, ROTEL DIP. LOL. JUST PLAYING. THEY PROBABLY DON’T EVEN HAVE ROTEL DIP ON THAT FOO-FOO CATERING MENU. LATA.
The next new message on Faith’s email was from Anastasia. “I ALREADY KNOW YOU GONE INVITE YOUR GIRL. CYNTHIA JUST GAVE ME MY PECKING ORDERS, SO JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU WANT ME TO ORDER AND I WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN “BOSS LADY” LOL. JUST PLAYIN GIRL. DON’T FORGET TO HOOK A SISTAH UP.” Faith laughed. She had pegged Ana perfectly when she was gesturing earlier. She sent her an email back requesting the food and confirmed her attendance for the night time affiar. Just as she was about to close out of her email, a new email popped up. It was him.

End of Excerpt....Craving more...Pre-Order your copy now!

Some Good 'Ole Laughter (te he he he)

Hey Everybody,
I know that I haven't blogged in a while, but today I just want to come to you for a quick minute and share an encouraging word.

Yesterday at my church (The Fort Bend Church in Sugarland, TX) we had an awesome treat, outside of the wonderful word preached by my pastor. A gospel comedian by the name of Marcus D. Wiley visited our church. Oh my goodness! He was so hilarious! Of course I had heard him before on Praise 92.1 (The Yolanda Adams Morning Show), but just seeing him and hearing him in person was even better than radio. We laughed so hard and I began to wonder why my pastor invited him on Physical Health Sunday.

Well, after we laughed so hard, I understood why. Laughter is truly good for the soul. One of the things that Marcus said in his comedy bit was that you have to choose to be happy. And I agree. Happiness is definitely a choice and you must choose it everyday. No matter what your circumstances are, you can still choose to be happy.

Our congregation laughed soooo hard on Sunday and I began to ponder what it would be like if we could have a "Marcus" moment every Sunday for praise and worship. Wouldn't that be another great way to usher in the Spirit...with laughter? Well even though we won't have Marcus at our church every Sunday, I am choosing to enter into the Lord's house with a smile and an attitude of happiness. As Marcus said yesterday, God is not spooky, He's cool, so let's smile and act like it.

You may be saying, "But Fon, I don't have anything to smile or laugh about." Well I suggest you just think about the goodness of Jesus and how He's blessed you. That's a "te, he-he-he, umph, umph, umph, smile moment right there." I am sometimes referred to as the comedian in my family (me and few others), but I am no Marcus D. Wiley, so if you want to sho nuff laugh, go to Marcus's website or listen to him on Praise 92.1 in the mornings. And you don't have to be in Houston to listen. Praise 92.1 streams live on the web.

Listen and you'll soon be laughing...I guarantee it!

Have a blessed day and don't forget to live, love and laugh today!

Fon

A note from Faith...

Hi fellow reading fans, this is Faith Walker, from the novel Back and Forth. Just wanted to let you know that I am starring in another Fon James creation. Yes, Fon has brought me back so that you can continue to follow my life after graduating from Jackson State.

As you know, I am now living in San Francisco and I have the best job ever! And I've made some new connections (wink wink). Life is good in San Francisco, but when I allow myself to dwell on the past, I sometimes get a little stuck on it. I mean, I got over the fact that my best friend Chrissy slept with my boyfriend Gavin, guess I should say ex-boyfriend Gavin. Then I got over the fact that they now have a child. And I know you probably thought it was stupid of me to become the child's godmother, but I did it anyway. Oh well, I'm trying to move on with my life, but like I said, when I let my mind drift, I think about all I left in Mississippi.

Well anyway, it was good catching up with you...check me out in the sequel. It's called Forward March! You can pre-order it now on Fon's website. I hope I can march forward with my new life in Cali. Guess we'll see!

Lata,
Faith

P.S. Thanks Fon for letting me write on your blog today!

Not waiting on perfect circumstances

Have you ever said, I am going to wait until I ____________ before I__________.
I know that I have done it many times. I am going to wait until I get my money right before I buy a home, have a baby, etc. etc. Well praise the Lord, I have a home and a baby, but it didn't happen when I got my money right. It happened because God said it was time to happen.

Listening to God is the key to everything. When God tells you to do something, Do It. Don't procrastinate until you think you got all your ducks in a row. Just do it and watch God line everything up according to His will. In Ecclesiastes 11:4 (NLT) it says: "If you wait until everything is perfect, you will never get anything done."

What a word from the Lord! We are often paralyzed by the fear of things not being perfect. But guess what, it's okay if it's not perfect, as long as you do your best. We are not going to do everything right, but as long as we have a heart to try and do it right, then that's good enough. So what are you waiting on perfect circumstances to do? Are you holding back because you are already thinking it might not be perfect? What blessings have you missed out on because of your waiting for the perfect circumstances? You probably could have been had what you are waiting on, but because you are waiting on perfect circumstances to do it, you're totally missing it altogether! Think on this: Perfection can be the enemy of Good!

As I kick off a new day, I am just going to do what I know to do. I trust God enough to know that everything I do for Him will work out for good.

Be Blessed, Stop Procrastinating, Live On Purpose, and Trust God with your life...He's the one that gave it to you...so why not!

Fon James

Busy, But Unproductive

Did you ever work at a fast food restaurant? If not, let me tell you how it was for me. There were peak times at the restaurant when the place was hopping and then there were times when there weren't any customers in the place. But because you were "on the clock," management felt that you had to be "busy" doing something. Even if all the dishes were clean, the floors mopped, or the counters spotless, you still had to wipe them down again or find "something to do" to keep yourself busy, because heaven forbid you just chill until you get busy with customers again.

So you do meaningless tasks that are unproductive but make you "look" like you are earning your pay. You pretend to be wiping down that already clean counter. You restack the napkins that are already stacked. You over fill the cup holder because there are already enough cups there. You check and recheck to make sure you have enough fries and hamburger patties in the freezer. Everything is stocked. Kitchen is clean. Dining Room is clean. Check. Check. Check. There really isn't anything to DO, but you keep DOING.

The same thing happens in a corporate enviroment...has your manager or you as the manager ever said..."look busy, the head guys are coming today."

Why am I bringing this up you ask? Because every now and then, I find myself getting caught up in that fast food mentality of just looking busy. But then I wonder...Am I getting paid for my production or my presence? Am I getting paid for my experience or my extra clean countertop? Am I getting paid for my proficiency when I actually work or my pretended-ness when I'm actually not working? Am I getting paid for results or repetitive tasks that yield no results?

Tell me...why I am here? Why are you here? What are you doing? What are we doing?
Busy, but unproductive. WOW!

The Sequel is Coming..Check Out the New Book Cover!!!

Faith, Gavin, Chrissy, Remi and Giselle are all back in this explosive sequel where all may be forgiven, but ain't nobody forgot! Will these old college band friends be able to forget the past and march forward?

Forward March is the sequel to Back and Forth. If you haven't read Back and Forth yet, pick up your copy now.

Are you ready to move?

I heard this awesome song the other day by Carmen Calhoun and in the song, she sang, are you ready to move when God says move. It touched my spirit so much that I shedded a few tears. The lyrics basically say are you ready to move in the visions and dreams He's given you. WOW! What an awesome question!

How many of us have these big dreams and visions of what we should be doing? Remember in the last blog post I talked about "the danger of doing nothing." This song coincides with that message. In order to live out what God has for us, we have to be ready to move when God says move. How many times have we done nothing or the opposite moved when we wanted to move instead of when God said to move?

You have to listen to the voice of God and allow Him to guide you. But when you pray and ask God to guide your feet, be ready to move when He says move! Okay, I am about to shout because that's a good word right there! A lot of times though, we ask God to move us, but we don't take the first step of faith. You have to be ready to move when God says move. So get ready! Have your stuff together. Don't wait until its time to move to start preparing to move!!! Oh my goodness! I am seriously getting ready to shout now!!! Whatever it is that you are dreaming of, do something on it now, because when God says its time to move forward, you gotta be ready!

Well how do I know when God is telling me to move? Glad you asked. God speaks to us, but in order to recognize his voice, we have to have a relationship with him. By reading His word (i.e. The Bible), and talking with him and communing with him on a regular, we become accustomed to His voice. It's just like when you hear your favorite music artist or actress, you know their voice without even seeing them because you have spent time with them by watching their movies or listening to their songs. That's the same way with God. When you talk to Him on a regular, you begin to recognize His voice. He speaks to all of us differently, but it's your relationship with Him that determines how he speaks to you. So when he tells me, "Fon, it's time to move," I know it's him because we talk all the time. The more you talk to Him, the more you recognize when He's talking to you.

Now back to the moving part...when God tells you to do something, you have to be ready. You can't be saying, "Oh hold up God because I need to do this first or I need to do that first. Or I need to run over here real quick and handle this first. You have to be ready!

So ask yourself, are you ready to move when God says move? If not, then Get Ready, Get Ready! Coming from Jackson State University and playing the flute in the famous Sonic Boom of the South Marching Band, you already know I am going to plug our theme song! GET READY!


You can listen to a snippet of Carmen's song, When God Says Move here

To hear Jackson State's Sonic Boom play Get Ready, check out the link below.
(Please note, the band begins with another song called Blowin, but Get Ready follows. Just listen for the Tubas!).
JSU SONIC BOOM

Be Blessed and Be Ready To Move When God says MOVE!
Fon James
www.fonjames.com
Coming Soon...Forward March, a novel...it's the sequel to Back and Forth.

The Danger of Doing Nothing

Have you ever felt like you were destined to do something big? You have that heart wrenching, gut pulling, butterfly stomach feeling that you are going to make a big splash in this world. You go about your day, your month, your quarter, and you go from year to year to year. Whatever you are meant to do is already rooted in you. But you fail to follow your heart and you just simply do nothing. Or you say, "I am going to wait until I finish school or my kids start school or my husband gets a better job or I get a better job or when I get married or when I lose weight or when my finances get better or when I pay off my debts or next year or next month or tomorrow! And you do nothing.

There is danger is doing nothing. You are not living purposely if you do nothing. God created all of us for a reason. You are not a mistake no matter how you got here. God meant for you to be here and He destined you to do SOMETHING! You were made to accomplish certain things in this life.

Don't get stuck on the "how" you will do it. Just do something and watch God provide everything you need to accomplish His will for your life. If you step out on faith and just simply start it, God will see that you trust Him to guide you through, and He will do just that.

Like the hands in the photo, don't just do nothing...it's too dangerous. Do something and do it today!

Be Blessed,
Fon James
www.fonjames.com
The sequel novel to Back and Forth...COMING SOON!!!!

The Hallway of Opportunities

Yesterday at church, my pastor said sometimes God will open up a door of opportunity or He may even put you in a hallway full of doors with many opportunities behind them. WOW! What a blessing! That gives new meaning to God pouring you out a blessing that you won't have room enough to receive!

I imagined myself in a long hallway (of course) and all up and down that hall were doors. Behind each door was a great opportunity for me! As my pastor says, follow me with your spiritual imagination. As I enter this hallway, the first door I come to is a door where I can have my book on Oprah (yep I said it). Then another door where I can work from home so that I can spend more time with my daughter. The next door was an opportunity to encourage people across the world through speaking engagements. The next door was an opportunity to turn my books into movies!

Do you see where I am going? All along this hallway are opportunities abound...and they are JUS 4 FON! Is anything too hard for God? Nope! I believe that if I have faith in God, if I am obedient to God's word; and if I allow Him to be Lord in my life, then these opportunities are possible, not just in my spiritual imagination, but in my life today! How exciting it is to experience God and know that He can open a door of opportunity, a window of opportunity, and all the while pour you out so many blessings that you won't have room enough! Can you see yourself running down a never-ending hallway!!! Shout with me now!

My hallway is long and I look forward to going through each God-given door. I know that behind each door will be an opportunity from God created especially for me!

God has a hallway for you to...close your eyes and let Him show it to you!

Amazing huh?

Be Blessed,
Fon James

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The new novel, Forward March, is coming soon! Stay tuned to my blog and website for excerpts and announcements about the novel! Forward March is the sequel to my debut novel, Back and Forth. Haven't read Back and Forth yet, get your copy today on my website: www.fonjames.com