God Chronicles: The Collection

By Wanda Outlaw

The world is spiraling out of control with anger, hatred, divisiveness, selfishness, and greed. It will take people finding their way back to their true identity, people working in communion with the source, God, to create a society of love, hope, and compassion.

Mainstream ministers will dispute the concept that we are little gods, but this concept is as ancient as time.

God Chronicles is a collection of encouraging writings that will be relatable to many regardless of their denomination. You can journal through the topics sharing your struggles, testimonies, and prayers.

Take this journey of inspiration knowing you are not alone in your travails. God, by whatever name you call God, is with you, if you just believe.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Mar 12, 2019
• ISBN: 9781796021042

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god chronicles

The Collection

Wanda Outlaw

Copyright © 2019 by Wanda Outlaw.

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CONTENTS

In the Genesis…

LOVE

The Power of Love

It’s All About Love

A Love Prayer

Unconditional Love

Essential Love

PRAYER

Moaning

I Am in Prayer

Let us Pray

When in Doubt

All Shook Up

Going Along to Get Along

Something from Nothing

CLARITY

Call Me Lord

Ah Ha Moment!

Creeping into God’s Camp

In the Now

Knock it Out!

Laid Bare

The Presence of the Lord

Revelation

Didn’t Know I Needed to be Set Free!

In Relationship

In Relationship II

Purification

Purification to Elevation

Wash Yourself

Flakes of Purification

Striving for Perfection

Natural Purification

I AM

Namaste

The Truth Has Set You Apart

I AM Complete

More Than Mere Words

Command Performance

I See You

Courage is the Way

You are Evolving

God is In the Hood

Make All Things New

Man Up!

Where is God?

Why Are We Here?

Poetic Justice

The Incubation Period

FAITH

Strength: An Attainment of Power

Put ‘Em Up!

A Burning Must

Speak Your Substance

A State of Numb

CHANGE…I Won’t Accept it!

Even in the Rain Be Happy!

God Decides

How Wonderful is God’s Grace!

God is in Control: Peace in the 23rd Psalm

A Thorny Adventure!

Look Before You Leap…Think Before You Speak

Lost but Not Found

Loyalty + Love = God

Oh Well!

A Blessing in Due Season

A Ram in the Bush

What God Has for You

Why Complain?

Be Still…

IDENTITY

In Search of Identity

Planet Be Still

What Will People Say?

Seek Your True Nature

Are You a Work of Art?

So What Happened?

CHURCH LIFE

Oh, Worship God!

Church

Trigger

For My Pastors…this one’s for you!

Golden Calf 2018

SERVICE

Do You Have A Servant’s Attitude?

Be Blind to the Flesh

The Least of These

Culture

A Letter to My Black Family

A Letter to My White Family

Communal Living

Crabs Coming Out

JUSTICE

All Things Being Equal

Victory in Justice

How Divine

The Voice of an Artist

When the Wind Blows

A Conversation

God’s Justice Will Reign

WOMEN

A Season of Women: Joan of Arc

Hey Women! Why Worry?

Gentle Whispers—Words of Encouragement Let’s Party!

Mother Forgive Them

MEN

Stand Strong

Man…A Woman’s View

We Need You

MARRIAGE

Do You Want to Know?

Marriage…Until Death Do You Part!

Are You Ready?

PARENTS

Parents…Make the Time

Teach the Children Well…

The Strength of Our Children

Parental Resources

Please Who?

MOTHERS

It’s in the Womb

The Journey Toward Motherhood

Get the Job Done

A Mother Who Knows Her Power

A Precious Gift

Letter to a Mother

Open My Womb

Womb Love

Mothers in Battle

FATHERS

It Ain’t Easy…But Worth It

Father of All

Daughters Need Fathers

YOUTH

Get Back The Sanctuary!

Our Children, Our Gift, Our Responsibility

Don’t Hate…Appreciate!

Flip the Script

A Son

AGING

The Divinity of Age

The Journey of Aging

Too Old?

DEATH

What Were You Taught?

Where there is a Will There is a Way!

NEW SEASONS

A Christmas Dream

New Beginnings: Resurrection for All!

A Sage in the North Quadrant

In the beginning

A Week of Liberation

An Easter Consciousness of Truth

Village…Stand Up

Begin Again

Time Out

A New You in A New Year

Go Without

gods in prayer

For the Babies in the Hood…this one’s

for you.

In the Genesis…

I read through each of these god chronicles and I was encouraged. I have been writing these entries for 10 years or more; forgetting what I have written. People asked me why I did not put the chronicles together in a book. This is the collection of god chronicles for little gods. There is no blasphemy in this. The god chronicles are about and for us. There is one Supreme God and we are God’s children; we are little gods. Read Psalm 82 (KJV)…

"God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.

How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.

But ye shall die like men and fall like one of the princes.

Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations."

It is time that we grow up in our spiritual understanding of our existence. Now is the time to know our true identity as defined in Genesis.

"So God created human beings in his own image.

In the image of God he created them;

male and female he created them." –Genesis 1:27

You either believe the scriptures or you don’t. As little gods, it is not from arrogance or ego; rather, humility and the qualities of our Supreme Parent, God. We are the offspring of God, we came from the womb of God making us little gods. There needs to be an account of a god’s life; this is what the god chronicles are all about.

The god chronicle is about the in between time, the waiting for the breakthrough time, the time when you look at yourself in search of how to be better, so you can do better. Hopefully, you will read this collection knowing that you are not alone in what you experience in life. The god chronicles are a narrative of the heart and soul of a people. It is about remembering who we are and whose we are. I wrote these chronicles from various spiritual voices; voices of the everyday human spirit.

Search your soul as you read each Chronicle. Contemplate your thoughts and feelings; meditate on where you are on your journey. Place your words between the Chronicles, making them even more relatable to your experiences. Allow the Chronicles to propel you into agreement with the Creator, God, who is inside of you. Never judge your journey; rather, embrace the lessons to enhance your spirituality.

It Begins with Love!

LOVE

The Power of Love

Have you ever entered the realization that you are from another planet, from an entirely different place in the universe; you are different. The differences can come under society’s heading of selfish, nerdy, homely, quiet, shy, mean and there are more descriptors. In your difference, you sit off in a bubble that floats over society watching the pain, the abuse, the neglect of one to another. You want to rescue but you do not have the tools, the skills, the heart or it is not your place, your destiny. It is amazing that the world is still in rotation for all the pain that people inflict upon each other. The energy that comes from their anger, abuse, hatred, jealousy and depressions transfers to the globe putting it, seemingly, off balance.

When you come to some understanding of our connectivity to the earth it makes you think about how you think, how you speak and how you treat other people. The most difficult part of a faith walk is not being able to physically do anything about it; solely relying on God. We constantly look for solutions, some charge ahead in to the lion’s den flailing arms, sprouting knowledge that no one hears. We hope against hope that someone hears the power of love.

The power of love defeats that darkness that holds you hostage. How do you tell a woman who is in a destructive relationship that she has the power of love—the power of God—in her to walk away. It may mean admitting to bad behavior on her part but confession is good for the soul; it brings liberation to the mind, body and spirit. It could mean the difference between a slow death and a life of abundance. It may mean spending more time with your children teaching them right from wrong. It may mean getting a second job to keep a roof over your head but it would be a roof of peace and harmony.

The power of love says that if you do not fit in with your friends’ fashion or party habits you are still free because you stand in your true identity. Love says that as you are, right now, is acceptable to God. God is the only One you have to please. The God inside of you says that all is well and that meeting up to the standards of those who have no more than you is liberating. It may feel uncomfortable at first but the more you listen to God inside of you the uncomfortable will transform into peace.

Praying the power of love into family members who have lost their way will push the light to chase away the dark. The power of love in prayer will manifest breakthrough. The human will transform to God’s will. It is essential to pray the power of love on the self as well as on others; pray the power of love on the planet earth. We have to come into conformity with the God force to bring about balance and to excel the pure power of love. This love only comes from God; it is a force that cannot be defeated. This love inside of the human spirit can bring about new life, it shifts the mind to a realization that there is no one better than you except for God, it is a love that opens your heart to love others as God loves you.

The power of love is an energy like no other. God made all things one; the earth, the heavens, man/woman. The elements in human beings are the same elements that are found in the earth. The earth relies on us and we rely on the earth through the power of love, the Source, called God. All of this is expressed whether we believe or not but how much more powerful is love if we have faith in the Originator, God.

It’s All About Love

Our living is all about love. Love, in its purest form, is perfect. Pure love enhances perfection in us and around us. If love could speak it would say, I love you enough to correct you without judging you. It is the language that we use that determines positive correction versus judgement. Love says, You love me enough to accept my correction and not think less of yourself. It is the thoughts of past experiences that cause us to reject love in its purest form. Love affords us the opportunity to release the past to live in the now. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. (1 Corinthians 13:1-8) This is love in its purest form.

Those who unknowingly protect the pain of past experiences cannot find their way to pure love. Pure love speaks to our true nature as children of God. Love is a healing force that renews the mind, body and spirit. Love proves the healing power in forgiveness, it enhances self-acceptance, proving that we are complete as we are and have nothing to fear. It is all about love; how we live, how we move and how we have our being, it is all about love.

A Love Prayer

Yahweh-Rapha, You are our Healer. We bow down in humble praise, worship and awe. We know that You are Love in its purest form; You are Divine in all Your ways. We live in this world but we are not of this world. Our essence was created from Yours as we are Your image and likeness.

Forgive us for all that we think, say and do that separate us from the presence of Your Love.

Gratitude is our song of praise morning, noon and night. We are grateful for our waking up and our lying down. We are grateful for nourishment, shelter, and all that You provide. We are grateful for life more abundantly, not in riches or glory but in the internal peace that we receive from Your presence. This is our true joy!

Lord, we desire a closer walk with Thee. We crave Your Love in our thoughts, our words and in our deeds. We want to love others as we love ourselves under the perfection of Your Love. We desire love that blocks weapons of mass destruction, we speak Love that renews a troubled mind, we stand as Love to encourage a downtrodden spirit. O Lord, our God, we are one with You and we strive to be Love as You are Love. Amen.

Unconditional Love

Love is unconditional. Love does not say, if you do this…I will do that, this is not love; it is a contract and the terms of agreement are spoken in if’s. Love is not based on what you can get, rather what you will give freely; I speak this not in fleshly terms. I speak from a place of spiritual understanding; God understanding. There is a responsibility that comes with giving love in the physical and even in this there is a spiritual aspect. Love is energy; a powerful force that should not be taken for granted.

Hate also, like love, is energy that should not be passed around. It is quite toxic and can spread like a disease. The only cure for hate is pure love. John 1:5 says, The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. Love is light and hate is darkness. Sometimes hate is disguised as a prerogative… it’s my prerogative! We all have a right to what we think and feel and believe but if your prerogative oppresses another, makes another feel less than a child of God, then your prerogative is not built on love.

Unconditional love accepts people and their faults, it does not judge. When people offend you, it does not mean that you accept or approve of their behavior; you can still love them. We all have God inside of us and we are on a journey toward Kingdom living. While on that journey we will make mistakes and we all are worthy of forgiveness for our words and actions that bring harm. This is how God’s love in us is to be lived. This is the love that can bring healing and perfection. This is unconditional love.

Essential Love

Major religions believe that the essence of God is love. So, we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.—1 John 4:16 (Christian); [Allah] is the Forgiving and Loving.–Qur’an 85:14 (Islam), Love is the mystery of divine revelations! Love is the effulgent manifestation! Love is the spiritual fulfillment! Love is the light of the Kingdom! Love is the breath of the Holy Spirit inspired into the human spirit! Love is the cause of the manifestation of the Truth (God) in the phenomenal world! Love is the necessary tie proceeding from the realities of things through divine creation!–`Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of `Abdu’l-Bahá v3[1] (Baha’i) and the Dalai Lama says, All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness. The important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.

God’s love is in us and around us searching to perfect us. A relationship must be built on a foundation of God’s love, whether it is friendship, family or love relationship it must be built on a foundation of God’s love. A worldly love does not lend itself to supporting us in troubling times. The worldly love is based on emotions and passions rather than wisdom. Wisdom is about discerning via God’s word and prayer, the right decisions in our lives. There is no healthy relationship that excludes love, compassion, hope and forgiveness. You can know all the scriptures of your holy writ but if you don’t have love, you are nothing. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.—1 Corinthians 13:2

Love, God’s love, is the Source of life. Search within yourself for God’s love to share it with others; this is essential to our existence and the survival of the plan

Journal…..Contemplating Love

PRAYER

Moaning

The sisters of the church, the old Mothers, knew the power of moaning. They moaned their prayer requests unto the Lord, they moaned for their men; they moaned for their children, they moaned for the preacher unto the Lord. It came from a place deep in the unseen recesses, a place where only God could go. The Holy Spirit dwells in that place but Satan could not grasp it, could not overtake that space—that place in the soul where the deepest desires of hope and love live. Out of the slave tradition, moaning does not come out of pain rather, faith. It is a kind of blissful rendition of a song, often mixed with humming and spontaneous melodic variations.

There was the ring shout that was done in the old mother church when the people formed a circle, the music; a Spiritual, traveled into a strong driving rhythm. The people would move slowly and then the pace would pick up. A musical phrase would be repeated over and over again as a call and response as the people moved, stomped, and danced faster and faster. The educated preachers and congregations banned this frenzied tradition as it was just so undignified and exasperating to their sensibilities. They missed the power of the Holy Spirit in the ring shout.

Listen! You can hear a stirring song, moaned in acapella, hear the men and women moan, Sometimes I feel discouraged and think my works in vain, but then the Holy Spirit revives my soul again. There is a balm in Gilead to make the wounded whole; there is a balm in Gilead to heal the sin sick soul. There’s a sin sick soul in all of us and this is a season of moaning—a season of ashes. Daniel moaned, I turned to the Lord God, pleading in earnest prayer, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes. Moaning is our surrender to God giving over our sinful ways…we are in the ring shout. Feel the rhythm of the ancestors, moan through your wounds, moan from your soul, shout Holy Spirit, SHOUT! Move and moan in the ring shout…dance in the ashes children, moan and dance little gods! Heal my sisters, heal my brothers…hear the ancestors moan;

"Don’t ever feel discouraged, for Jesus is your friend;

And if you lack for knowledge, He’ll never refuse to lend.

There is a balm in Gilead to make the wounded whole;

There is a balm in Gilead to heal the sin sick soul."

(African American Spiritual)

I Am in Prayer

When I was little the first prayer I prayed as a little girl was, "Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my