'Tis the Season

Like the rest of the world I’m already on Christmas even though we haven’t given thanks yet. Gift-giving is one of my love languages…I take pride in it… It brings me joy to know that I gave someone that I care about something that they needed, something that they never knew they wanted…

Speaking of gifts…What’s up with this new phenomenon where women allow men to believe that they are a gift to us? Like if you we got a good man, you hit the jackpot? No, No, Boo Boo…If he got a good woman, HE HIT THE JACKPOT

I remember the creation story going a bit differently…

• God made man and said, this fool is a retard…he is missing half a chromosome…if I let him be by himself he’s gonna go out and get himself killed trying to screw a dinosaur and then I would have wasted my breath (chuckle). So he made the fool a woman and gave her to him as a gift. (Of course I’m paraphrasing and adding my own interpretation but…this is The Gospel According to Tiffany so please allow me my artistic privilege.)

When I really delve into it, they way that some men treat women (their sisters, mothers, wives, girlfriends and so on) bothers me on God’s behalf…

I wish that I would put a gift in your presence and you deal with it like it has no value. Knock my gift off the pedestal that I told you it belonged on….Break it and say it was already broken when you got there…Talk to it like it’s nothing, when it’s everything that you aren’t in the best way possible…Blame it for the consequences of the situations you create…Baby Mama Drama (Dude, there weren’t supposed to be two!)…Daddy issues (That’s your boy’s fault!)…I wish I would see you talking smack about the gift that I made or calling her by the name of an animal that I made just because she did exactly what I made her for…to tell you when you’re trying to kill yourself…I wish that you wouldn’t show up to tend to the bright shiny new gift I make and let them know that they should be adored by the next fool that approaches. THAT'S MY WORD WE GOT PROBLEMS SON!!!

OK let me calm down. I think that I made my point. Why do people forget that the order was set down "In the beginning..." Ladies, men aren’t gifts to us…they need us…Men, act right…God’s watching J

#thegospelaccordingtotiffany

A word that comes and goes

Ever met some one super spiritual...super Christian...super saved...90% of the words they say is a scripture or a praise...

Clearly this person is going to heaven...They have been saved since they were 9...They have served on the usher board for 15 years ...They take communion every Sunday. They PhotoShop Jesus into their Family Christmas Photo. Jesus is literally their homey, He follows them on twitter....except...

...this person is an absolute butt-hole. The remaining 10 % of their words are used to belittle, to put down or to cause division. When they aren't looking to the hills for help, they are looking at people all sideways. Excluding, spreading malice and negativity, acting out grudges. Hurting people...

I imagine that a Sanctified Jerk will have a hard time at the pearly gates. They'll shout all the way up the streets of gold and get to the Book of Life to find that God decided they were a non-factor because they obeyed all the rules and failed to represent Him. God is love, if you don't represent that...#Fail

We know love well. We have felt love. We show it from time to time but it should be all over us. It should ooze out of our pores and affect everyone around us.

Now I feel the need to check myself and make sure that my love game is on point...Instead of putting Lil' Wayne's "How to Love" on repeat, Let us review the Bible's definition of Love

1 Corinthians 13

⁴ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

⁵ It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

⁸ Love never fails...

¹³ And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Our words and actions should be drenched in love. Not "I'm just keeping it real"...Not "Oooh I tooooold you!"... and most certainly Not "Well somebody had to say it".

We never really know what a person is dealing with...The most confident people can be the most broken. Low self esteem is often hidden behind a carefully crafted mask. The Small cracks that are visible to us run clear to a person's foundation. Let's not even start discussing the people that already appear fragile. They need LOTS OF LOVE too.

In closing, God is Love so to represent Him you have to show love. Jesus is God's Love-Child so to be a for real Christian (not just a believer) we have to be like Love's (God's) Love-Child. Wow that's ridiculous and overwhelming...